New DVDs you can watch this weekend:
• "The Class" (PG-13) This film from French director Laurent Cantet, which took the top prize at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, tells the story of a teacher in an inner-city Paris middle school. Critics loved it (the movie scored a 97 percent favorable rating on the Rotten Tomatoes Web site, which compiles reviews from across the country), including The Post's John Anderson, who said: "The effect of Cantet's faux-doc, hand-held shooting style is one of intimacy but also suspense. ... The film is not just the best film released thus far this year, it may be the most gripping."
• "The Final Inch" (Unrated) This Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Short Subject looks at the final stages of the eradication of the polio virus more than 50 years after the vaccine was developed.
• "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition" (PG) This set includes all four feature films and such extras as turtle masks and tattoos.
• "Katyn" (Unrated) History buffs should enjoy this drama from Polish director Andrzej Wajda, which recounts the World War II murders of thousands of Polish officers by Russian officers. The film was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2008.
• "Adam-12: Season 3"
• "Designing Women: The Complete Second Season" This season (1987-88) featured a controversial episode about AIDS.
• "Life With Derek: The Complete Second Season"
• "90210: The Complete First Season" A new spinoff of the 1990s series "Beverly Hills, 90210."
• "Olivia" Four episodes from the new cartoon series for preschoolers based on the children's book.
Notable DVDs released Tuesday include:
• "Hannah Montana: The Movie" (G)
• "The Last House on the Left" (Unrated)
• "Tyson" (R)
Posted in Videos on Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:00 am | Tags: Dvd, Video
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