Guide to TV DVD sets as holiday gifts
A TV show DVD set represents more than a holiday gift that’s easy to wrap. It also demonstrates respect: you know the recipient is mentally fit and couch-ready for a viewing marathon of “Dr. Who” or “House.”
A TV show DVD set represents more than a holiday gift that’s easy to wrap. It also demonstrates respect: you know the recipient is mentally fit and couch-ready for a viewing marathon of “Dr. Who” or “House.”
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Recordings of multiple “Ring†cycles lead the classical gift suggestions, but other recommended works are an early Mozart work, a history of Carnegie Hall and an opera about Anna Nicole Smith.
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New on DVD and Blu-ray, Nov. 20 Movie Collection” (various dates), “Another Kind” (2011), “Backslasher” (2012), “Black Magic” (1949), “Bringing Up Bobby” (2011), “The Captain’s Table” (1959), “Cinderella” (1950), “Cinderella II & Cinderella III” (2002, ’07), “Dragons: When Horror Came to Shochiku” (various dates), “The Expendables 2” (2012), “Eyewitness” (1956), “Gingerdead Man Trilogy Box Set …
DVD and Blu-ray sales were dominated by the debuting “The Amazing Spider-Man,” while rentals were ruled by the returning “Prometheus.” Holdovers “The Campaign” and “Disney Fairies: Secret of the Wings” were strong sellers, and “Magic Mike” and “The Avengers” were still strong rentals after many weeks on the charts.
