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Dragon Hunters
Zoe is a little girl who believes in fairy tales. In order to help her uncle Lord Arnold get rid of a terrible dragon, Zoe decides she has to find some heroes. When she meets Gwizdo and Lian-Chu a couple of two-bit, fly-by-night dragon hunters she decides that shes going to believe in them and set out on an adventure to bring peace to the land.

Last Year at Marienbad (Criterion Collection)
Not just a defining work of the French New Wave but one of the great, lasting mysteries of modern art, Alain Resnais’ epochal visual poem has been puzzling appreciative viewers for decades. A surreal fever dream, or perhaps a nightmare, Last Year at Marienbad (L’année dernière à Marienbad), written by the radical master of the New Novel, Alain Robbe-Grillet, gorgeously fuses the past with the present in telling its ambiguous tale of a man and a woman (Giorgio Albertazzi and Delphine Seyrig) who may or may not have met a year ago, perhaps at the very same cathedral-like, mirror-bedecked château they now find themselves wandering. Unforgettable in both its confounding details (gilded ceilings, diabolical parlor games, a loaded gun) and haunting scope, Resnais’ investigation into the nature of memory is disturbing, romantic, and maybe even a ghost story.

Tokyo Sonata
The latest film from Kiyoshi Kurosawa the hugely acclaimed Japanese director famous for his groundbreaking, existential horror films such as Cure and Kairo [Pulse] set Cannes alight this year with a surprising change of pace to, that staple of Japanese cinema, the family drama. When Ryuhei Sasaki (played by Teruyuki Kagawa) is unceremoniously dumped from his safe company job, his family's happy, humdrum life is put at risk. Unwilling to accept the shame of unemployment, the loyal salaryman decides not to tell anyone, instead leaving home each morning in suit and tie with briefcase, spending his days searching for work and lining up for soup with the homeless. Outstanding performances; serene, elegant direction; and Kurosawa's trademark chills are evident as he ratchets up the unsettling atmosphere and the grim hopelessness of Sasaki's unemployment.

Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir presents an intriguing riddle: is a documentary still a documentary if it's animated? Taking over where fact-based animations like Waking Life and Chicago 10 left off, Israel’s Ari Folman tries to wrap his head around 1982's Lebanon War (the title refers to Lebanese leader Bashir Gemayel). Why do disturbing dreams plague his former army colleagues, while he remembers nothing? Folman meets with nine of them to find out. As they speak, animators recreate their experiences, but instead of rotoscoping or video-capture, Folman first shot his film on video and then assembled an animated version from the resulting storyboards. This graphic-novel approach suits their strange, surrealistic stories and parallels the work of Black Hole's Charles Burns, who tends to walk on the shadowy side.

Fight Night: Round 4 (XBOX 360)
Fight Night Round 4 promises to be equally as ground-breaking and revolutionary. With an all new physics-based gameplay engine, truly unique and differentiated boxer styles, the fastest and most true to life representation of the "Sweet Science," and the most impressive boxer roster ever including the return of the legendary Iron Mike Tyson, EA SPORTS' Fight Night Round 4 takes video game boxing and fighting to an entirely new level. In Fight Night Round 4, you are only one clean punch away from victory, or from getting put on the canvas. Also available on PS3

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (XBOX 360)
Based on Hasbro's legendary Transformers property and the highly anticipated blockbuster film, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen thrusts players into a battle for supremacy across the globe as either Autobots or Decepticons to drive, fly, fight and blast their way through intense, pressure-packed levels. Delivering more control than ever before, players can select from an extremely diverse range of playable Transformers - each with distinct personalities, abilities and weaponry - and jump straight into action as they instantly switch between robot, vehicle and weapon modes to fight for the preservation or annihilation of all mankind. For the first time in the Transformers universe, players can also fight the epic war between the Autobots and Decepticons online in explosive, multiplayer combat.Also available on PS3 and Nintendo Wii

Ghostbusters
Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis wrote the script, but Bill Murray gets all the best lines and moments in this 1984 comedy directed by Ivan Reitman (Meatballs). The three comics, plus Ernie Hudson, play the New York City-based team that provides supernatural pest control, and Sigourney Weaver is the love interest possessed by an ancient demon. Reitman and company are full of original ideas about hobgoblins--who knew they could "slime" people with green plasma goo?--but hovering above the plot is Murray's patented ironic view of all the action. Still a lot of fun, and an obvious model for sci-fi comedies such as Men in Black.

Miracle
The studio that brought you The Rookie and Remember The Titans presents a new reason to stand up and cheer: Miracle is here on Blu-ray disc. Now the action-packed true story that united a nation is more exhilarating and suspenseful than ever in heart-racing high definition. Kurt Russell stars as Herb Brooks, the dynamic and determined coach of the 1980 United States Olympic ice hockey team. Brooks had an impossible dream, to defeat the seemingly unbeatable Soviets at their own game. Starting with a handpicked group of undisciplined kids, Brooks inspired them to play like they d never played before, and transformed them into a team that believed they could achieve the unachievable. Feel the burn as you rocket across the ice accompanied by the thunderous roar of the crowd.

Lost: The Complete First Season
Lost is the ultimate TV series to experience in high definition with mind blowing 1080p picture and 5.1 uncompressed sound. Mixing suspense and action with a sci-fi twist, Lost begins with a thrilling pilot episode in which a jetliner traveling from Australia to Los Angeles crashes leaving 48 survivors on an unidentified island with no sign of civilization or hope of imminent rescue.

Bonus Feature Include: the genesis of Lost, designing a disaster, before they were Lost cast auditions, welcome to Oahu: The making of the pilot, the art of Matthew Fox, Lost at Comic Con, Lost on location Lost revealed: flashbacks and deleted scenes, bloopers, spoofs, audio commentaries

Lost: The Complete Second Season
The multiple Emmy Award winning drama reaches new heights in its spectacular second season as the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 discover they are not alone in their battle against the Others and a contested decision to open the hatch reveals a new realm of mystery and intrigue.

Bonus Feature Include: audio commentaries, Fire & Water: Anatomy of an episode, Lost on location, the world according to Sawyer, canine castaway, flashbacks, deleted scenes, bloopers, mysteries, theories, and conspiracies, secrets from the hatch

Dr. Strangelove
Arguably the greatest black comedy ever made, Stanley Kubrick's cold-war classic is the ultimate satire of the nuclear age. Dr. Strangelove is a perfect spoof of political and military insanity, beginning when General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden), a maniacal warrior obsessed with "the purity of precious bodily fluids," mounts his singular campaign against Communism by ordering a squadron of B-52 bombers to attack the Soviet Union. The Soviets counter the threat with a so- called "Doomsday Device," and the world hangs in the balance while the U.S. president (Peter Sellers) engages in hilarious hot-line negotiations with his Soviet counterpart. Sellers also plays a British military attaché and the mad bomb-maker Dr. Strangelove; George C. Scott is outrageously frantic as General Buck Turgidson, whose presidential advice consists mainly of panic and statistics about "acceptable losses." With dialogue ("You can't fight here! This is the war room!") and images (Slim Pickens's character riding the bomb to oblivion) that have become a part of our cultural vocabulary, Kubrick's film regularly appears on critics' lists of the all-time best.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game (XBOX 360)
Who ya gonna call? The Ghostbusters are back for an all new adventure in Ghostbusters: The Video Game. With Manhattan overrun again by supernatural creatures, take on the role of a new recruit joining the famous Ghostbusters team. Equipped with a variety of unique equipment and gadgets, hunt, fight, and wrangle a wide range of ghosts in an all-new battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague. Also available on PS3

Guitar Hero Smash Hits (XBOX 360)
Guitar Hero Smash Hits takes the most exciting, recognizable and fun to play music from genre-defining titles Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, which were previously available for guitar-only in-game play, and delivers them as a compelling and dynamic full band experience. Featuring 48 master recordings, Guitar Hero Smash Hits delivers exciting online and offline gameplay modes including Band Career and 8-player "Battle of the Bands". Also available on PS3 and Nintendo Wii