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Tyson The most ferocious boxer to ever step inside the ring, MIKE TYSON was at age 20 the youngest heavyweight champion in history. But within a few short years, the baddest man on the planet was himself on the ropes, the victim of his own rage and fear. Told exclusively through the compelling words and commentary of Iron Mike himself, Tyson is a powerfully frank and provocative look at one of the most controversial and misunderstood sports figures of all time. "A movie that's a contender." -Richard Corliss, Time for language including sexual references. The Informers In his bestselling novels (American Psycho, Less Than Zero), author BRET EASTON ELLIS established himself as a modern chronicler of decadence, and a writer who reveals the dark shadows behind lives of wealth and glamour. Academy Award® winners BILLY BOB THORTON (Best Adapted Screenplay, Sling Blade, 1997) and KIM BASINGER (Best Actress in a Supporting Role, L.A. Confidential, 1998), Academy Award® nominees WINONA RYDER (Best Actress in a Leading Role, Little Women, 1995) and MICKEY ROURKE (Best Actor in a Leading Role, The Wrestler, 2009) star in an interweaving tale, which unfolds in Los Angeles in the decadent 80's: a city ruled by addictions of every type - from sex, to drugs, to power - where youth is wasted, where love is fleeting, where every night is a headlong rush to the next orgy of sensation. Sooner or later, the party has to end ...and the hangover is bound to be a killer. Also starring CHRIS ISAAK, BRAD RENFRO, AMBER HEARD (Pineapple Express) and AUSTIN NICHOLS (TV's "One Tree Hill"). Featuring 80's flashback music loaded with tracks from 'new wave' recording legends. Screenplay by BRET EASTON ELLIS & NICHOLAS JARECKI. Directed by GREGOR JORDAN. for strong sexual content, nudity, drug use, pervasive language and some disturbing images. Fragments "Like Crash, but better. The all-star cast brings true power to these intertwining tales." -Eric Campos, FilmThreat.com. Shots ring out and the early morning tranquility of a diner shatters. As survivors pick up the pieces, they find themselves transforming in the most unexpected ways as they cope with the aftermath. One brief moment and their lives are changed forever. Featuring an all-star cast including KATE BECKINSALE, DAKOTA FANNING, GUY PEARCE, and Academy Award® winners FOREST WHITAKER (Best Actor, The Last King of Scotland, 2006) and JENNIFER HUDSON (Best Supporting Actress, Dreamgirls, 2006). for violent content, sexuality and language. The Class The Class (2008 Academy Award® Nominee, Best Foreign Language Film) follows the year in the life of a French schoolteacher working at a high school in a tough neighborhood of Paris. Cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom. As amusing and inspiring as the teenage students can be, their difficult behavior can still jeopardize any teacher's enthusiasm for the low-paying job. Insisting on an atmosphere of respect and diligence that's neither stuffy nor severe, his frankness often takes the students by surprise. But his classroom ethics are put to the test when his students begin to challenge his methods. Directed by LAURENT CANTET, the film stars FRANÇOIS BEGAUDEAU, on whose best-selling autobiographical novel the film is based. for language. Paris 36 Set in a suburb of north-east Paris between December 1935 and July 1936 during the "revolutionary" period of the Popular Front (who introduced the first paid holidays and a shorter working week), three unemployed performers decide to take over by force the music hall where they worked a few months earlier and stage a show there. From the creator of The Chorus and Winged Migration. for some sexuality and nudity, violence and brief language. Rudo Y Cursi Score! From the creators and stars of the international sensation, Y Tu Mama Tambien comes a raucous comedic drama following two brothers' rivalry from the rural banana plantation where they play soccer for the village team to the big city stadiums where they battle on opposing sides. When a talent scout gets stranded in their tiny town, brothers Beto (DIEGO LUNA; Milk, The Terminal) and Tato (GAEL GARCIA BERNAL; Bad Education, Babel) are discovered and whisked away to Mexico City to play for the big leagues where they quickly achieve fame. Beto is nicknamed "Rudo" for his hotheaded goalkeeper style and Tato is called "Cursi" for his peculiar scoring technique. But success leads to excess as Rudo descends into a quagmire of gambling debt and drug abuse and Cursi is distracted by beautiful women and a second career as a pop singer. Having come so far, will the siblings remember their original goal: building a home for their mother? for pervasive language, sexual content and brief drug use. Icons of Science Fiction: Toho Collection Toho, the most famous of all Japanese movie studios, first made its name in the West for the extraordinary masterworks of AKIRA KUROSAWA. But they really struck box office gold with the wildly colorful kaiju eiga (monster movies) that began in 1954 with the original Godzilla, the creation of director ISHIRO HONDA and special effects wizard EIJI TSUBURAYA. Now for the first time on DVD -- and in their original Tohoscope aspect ratios -- Sony Pictures presents three HONDA classics that display the enormous breadth of the Toho magic during its glory years. The H-Man, Battle in Outer Space and Mothra are presented in both their Japanese and U.S. versions. So travel back to the days before CGI, when special effects were real and the results were spectacular! Icons of Screwball Comedy: Volume 1 The screwball comedy was virtually invented at Columbia Studios, during the height of the depression. Following the huge success of FRANK CAPRA'S It Happened One Night (1934), Columbia would make more of these madcap romantic comedies than any other studio. Typical screwballs featured marital mix-ups and plenty of opportunities to poke fun at the wealthy, while allowing audiences to dwell in the luxury of the upper-class. These films also offered some of the best roles for actresses in this period, often playing working-girls in a man's world (ROSALIND RUSSEL in His Girl Friday), or socially liberal gals battling restrictive upper-crust society (KATHERINE HEPBURN in Holiday). A breezy approach to male and female roles was a hallmark of the screwball comedy. For this collection, the studio digs deep into its vaults for four classics of the genre. Also available: Volume 2. The Swan Princess and the Secret of the Castle Princess Odette, Prince Derek and their faithful animal friends Puffin, Speed and Jean-Bob are back for an all-new, musical Swan Princess adventure! When Prince Derek attempts to rescue his mother Queen Uberta from the clutches of the evil Clavius, he discovers Clavius' plan to steal the magic Orb hidden deep in the Prince's castle. To stop him, Odette must use the Orb's magical powers and once again transform into the beautiful Swan Princess. It will take all her power plus the help of her friends to save their kingdom. If they fail, Clavius will rule the enchanted land and Odette will remain a swan forever... These Old Broads After their '60s movie becomes a revival hit, three aging movie stars (Oscar® winner SHIRLEY MACLAINE, Oscar® nominee DEBBIE REYNOLDS and JOAN COLLINS) are given a chance to join forces for a one-time televised concert, if they can overcome their long-standing animosity toward one another. Even when a legendary agent (Oscar® winner ELIZABETH TAYLOR) achieves the seemingly impossible task of getting the three to agree to the concert, the producers worries aren't over. The drama has only just begun! The Beast: The Complete First Season PATRICK SWAYZE is back and gunning for justice as Charles Barker, an unorthodox but effective FBI veteran in The Beast. Though considered by many, including rookie partner agent Ellis Dove (TRAVIS FIMMEL), to be the best in the business, FBI undercover operative Barker has a style that is nothing if not unconventional. In pushing Dove to immerse himself more deeply into the characters they create, Barker makes it clear how the stresses and dangers of working undercover make normal relationships impossible. As he and his mentor are tested by cases that pit them against ruthless drug lords, dangerous arms dealers, corrupt cops and deadly killers-for-hire, Dove also struggles with his own secret: he's being asked to cooperate with an FBI investigation of Barker, who's suspected of going rogue. And as Dove is pressured to become an informant, Barker launches his own investigation into a conspiracy within the Bureau that's protecting a secret cadre of agents operating outside the law.