August 2, 2012
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LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – The Toronto International Film Festival announced more than 70 additions to its programming on Tuesday, including new documentaries from Ken Burns, Julien Temple and Alex Gibney, a black comedy from Oscar-winner Martin McDonagh and a number of films from Mumbai. The new additions to the September 6-16 festival comprise its TIFF Docs, City to City, Midnight Madness …
What is it? Welcome to the tender, deadpan world of Aki Kaurismaki, a Finnish filmmaker who has set his story of timely issues and timeless values in the French port city of the title. Arletty and her husband, Marcel, eke out a modest existence along with a tight-knit community.
New on DVD and Blu-ray, July 31 Feature: “ATM” (2012), “Body and Soul” (1947), “Cole Younger and the Black Train” (2012), “Dead Season” (2011), “Detention” (2012), “The Devil’s Feast” (2007), “Falling Overnight” (2012), “Fire With Fire” (1986), “Firstborn” (1984), “Force of Evil” (1948), “4.3.2.1.” Television: Costume Drama Classic Collection (various dates), Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids:
The film version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” will be split into three movies, rather than two as originally planned, New Zealand director Peter Jackson said Tuesday.
“Hatfields & McCoys” scored big ratings when it debuted on the History channel in May, depicting the real-life blood feud that tore two families apart more than a century ago.
The DVD debut of “Harry O” and the Blu-ray debut of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” lead these TV shows that arrive on store…
After a lightning strike knocks them silly, five teen offenders discover they each have a new and different superpower in the daring British science-fiction comedy series “Misfits.” Season one thunders onto DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, July 31.
Three foreign films lead off these new movies that have found their way to DVD and Blu-ray this week.