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Video Business's Just Announced enewsletter for the week of June 2, 2009, features the latest movies and TV shows announced for release on DVD and Blu-ray.

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June 9
THE FIRST BASKET (LAEMMLE/ZELLER)
Documentary: Look at the little-known history and relationship between Jews and basketball. Click for full details

June 16
WHAT GOES UP (SONY)
Drama/comedy: Journalist befriends a group of teenaged misfits in a small New Hampshire town. Click for full details

June 23
MY DINNER WITH JIMI (INFINITY)
Drama: This film retells the Turtles' British adventure in 1967, when they met Graham Nash, Donovan, The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix in one night. Click for full details

July 7
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: VOLUME XV (SHOUT! FACTORY)
Comedy: Space travelers on the "Satellite of Love" continue to skewer B-movies of the past. Click for full details

NIGHT TRAIN (NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT)
Thriller: Veteran conductor, pre-med student and salesman discover a dead body onboard a night train. Click for full details

PASSAGE (BFS)
Documentary: The mysterious disappearance of British explorer Sir John Franklin, who set out to find the Northwest Passage. Click for full details

THE PEACEKEEPERS (BFS)
Documentary: Examination of the UN's tactics to keep the peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Click for full details

SHINING MOUNTAINS (BFS)
Documentary: A tribute to the ever-majestic Great Divide and its wildlife. Click for full details

July 14
DAKOTA SKYE (E1)
Drama: A gifted teenager grows disillusioned with life. Click for full details

A DOG OF FLANDERS (E1)
Family: Abandoned dog gives hope to impoverished boy and his grandfather. Click for full details

MARY WHITE (E1)
Family: Journalist reflects on the short time spent with his 16-year-old daughter. Click for full details

July 21
CORALINE (UNIVERSAL)
Animated fantasy: Girl discovers a strangely idealized but slyly sinister alternate version of her own frustrating home. Click for full details

July 28
ANGEL OF DEATH (SONY)
Action: Premiering on the Web, this film stars Zoe Bell as a cold-blooded assassin who is haunted by her victims. Click for full details

DOCTOR WHO: PLANET OF THE DEAD (WARNER)
Sci-fi: The Doctor and Lady Christina must help passengers who have traveled to an alien world. Click for full details

DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION: Z EDITION (FOX)
Action fantasy: A young warrior sets out on a quest to collect a set of seven magical orbs. Click for full details

THE STATE I AM IN (CINEMA GUILD)
Drama: Former political terrorists are on the run with their daughter, but they must return to Germany for one last job. Click for full details

Aug. 4
FRAGMENTS (SONY)
Drama: When shots are unexpectedly fired, the survivors must pick up the pieces and find themselves transformed. Click for full details

ICONS OF SCREWBALL COMEDY VOLS. 1 & 2 (SONY)
Comedy: Volume one includes If You Could Only Cook and Too Many Husbands, and volume two includes Thedora Goes Wild and The Doctor Takes a Wife. Click for full details

Aug. 11
THE ART OF WAR III: RETRIBUTION (SONY)
Action: A special agent is on a mission to stop North Korean terrorists from obtaining a nuclear bomb. Click for full details

THE CLASS (SONY)
Foreign language drama: A year in the life of a French schoolteacher working at a high school in a tough neighborhood in Paris; French with English subtitles. Click for full details

I LOVE YOU, MAN (PARAMOUNT)
Comedy: An engaged man (Paul Rudd) with no male friends must find a best man for his wedding. Click for full details

Aug. 18
THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE (IMAGE)
Thriller: Four blue-collar men rise and fall after teaming with a destitute prostitute. Click for full details

THE GOLDEN AGE OF SECOND AVENUE (SISU)
Documentary: Look at New York's Yiddish Theater of the early 20th century. Click for full details

THE SHELTER (SISU)
Foreign language thriller: Father and son escape from a nuclear missile attack on Israel; Hebrew with English subtitles. Click for full details

Aug. 25
LANDSCAPE NO. 2 (VANGUARD)
Foreign-language thriller: Two burglars steal a valuable painting and mysterious document and go on the run; in Slovenian with English subtitles. Click for full details

MAKING SOMETHING UP (VANGUARD)
Romantic comedy: An anal-retentive writer unexpectedly falls for an unemployed single mom. Click for full details

MERLIN AND THE BOOK OF BEASTS (ANCHOR BAY/STARZ)
Fantasy: The Sci Fi Channel movie about the dark side of Camelot, whose only hope is the now-bitter and broken wizard Merlin. Click for full details

MY SWEET KILLER (VANGUARD)
Horror: An ex-mental patient tries to hold his life together, but he begins to have increasingly real, obsessive dreams. Click for full details

SOMETHING IS KILLING TATE (VANGUARD)
Drama: When Tate attempts to commit suicide, his family and friends visit him and help him face his demons. Click for full details

SUNSHINE CLEANING (ANCHOR BAY/STARZ)
Drama: Two sisters start a crime scene cleaning business together in this limited-release film. Click for full details

Sept. 1
THE EVIL THAT MEN DO (HEN'S TOOTH)
Thriller: Professional killer comes out of retirement to investigate the murder of a Latin American journalist. Click for full details

Sept. 8
BLEACH: THE MOVIE 2: THE DIAMOND DUST REBELLION (WARNER)
Anime: When the King's Seal is attacked, Squad 10 is ready to protect the treasure. Click for full details

Sept. 15
THE GETAWAY (1972) / THE GETAWAY (1994) DOUBLE FEATURE (WARNER)
Thriller: Two versions of the renowned bank heist thriller. Click for full details

WAGON MASTER (WARNER)
Western: Outlaws use a Mormon wagon train as a hideout from a pursuing posse. Click for full details




June 16
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK: 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (FOX)
Drama: Based on the true story, this film chronicles a Jewish family trying to survive during the Holocaust. Click for full details

Sept. 8
CATWOMAN (WARNER)
Action: Halle Berry stars as Catwoman in this 2004 film. Click for full details

CREEPSHOW (WARNER)
Horror: Five shocking stories in the style of horror comics from the '50s. Click for full details

DEAD CALM (WARNER)
Thriller: A couple (Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman) rescue a man (Billy Zane) from a sunken boat, but the stranger plunges the pair into a game of cat and mouse. Click for full details

FREDDY VS. JASON (WARNER)
Horror: Freddy enlists the help of Jason to kill on his behalf on Elm Street. Click for full details

FRIDAY: DELUXE EDITION (WARNER)
Urban comedy: A couple of South Central guys hang out on their stoop. Click for full details

MENACE II SOCIETY: DELUXE EDITION (WARNER)
Urban drama: Young man in the Watts district spirals down into a world of violence and helplessness. Click for full details

THE NEW WORLD EXTENDED CUT (WARNER)
Adventure: The story of Capt. John Smith (Colin Farrell) who falls for Pocahontas (Q'orianka Kilcher) in this 2005 movie. Click for full details

OVER THE TOP (WARNER)
Drama: Sylvester Stallone stars as a trucker who tries to rebuild his life by winning the World Armwrestling Championship in this 1987 film. Click for full details

THE POSTMAN (WARNER)
Drama: Kevin Costner stars as a wayfarer who is destined to lead a heroic rebellion. Click for full details

SET IT OFF: DELUXE EDITION (WARNER)
Urban comedy: Four women from the projects plot a bank robbery. Click for full details

SNAKES ON A PLANE (WARNER)
Action: An airplane becomes terrorized by snakes in this 2006 movie. Click for full details

SPHERE (WARNER)
Sci fi: A huge spacecraft falls into the Pacific, and an expedition must discover its origins. Click for full details

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2003) (WARNER)
Horror: Travelers ask for assistance at a ramshackle farmhouse, where terror awaits them. Click for full details




Now
ARMY WIVES: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (DISNEY)
Drama: Five military spouses must deal with family crises, scandalous rumors and heartbreaking deployments in this Lifetime series. Click for full details

RAISING THE BAR: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (DISNEY)
Drama: A group of young defense attorneys and prosecutors find their careers easier to manage than their personal lives. Click for full details

June 9
AUGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS: MASTER OF AMERICAN SCULPTURE (PBS/PARAMOUNT)
Documentary: Examination of the life and work of the great Ireland-born sculptor. Click for full details

FRONTLINE: SICK AROUND AMERICA (PBS/PARAMOUNT)
Documentary: A look at the flaws in our health care system. Click for full details

June 16
FRONTLINE: BLACK MONEY (PBS/PARAMOUNT)
Documentary: Report on the world of international bribery via multi-national companies. Click for full details

FRONTLINE: TEN TRILLION AND COUNTING (PBS/PARAMOUNT)
Documentary: Report on the country's growing national debt. Click for full details

June 23
BEEF STATE (PBS/PARAMOUNT)
Documentary: A look at the victories, losses and grit of Nebraska, America's beef state. Click for full details

CRY FOR HELP (PBS/PARAMOUNT)
Documentary: First-person stories from adolescents confronting depression and anxiety. Click for full details

THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR: SEASON FIVE (FOX)
Reality: Holly, Bridget and Kendra join Hef for fun, fun fun! Click for full details

HALLOWED GROUNDS (PBS/PARAMOUNT)
Documentary: A visit to America's extraordinary overseas military cemeteries. Click for full details

July 7
MOON MACHINES (IMAGE)
Documentary: This miniseries focuses on the people who made lunar landings possible. Click for full details

WAR OF 1812 (BFS)
Documentary: Four-part program looks at the extraordinary combat between America and Great Britain. Click for full details

July 14
WIRE IN THE BLOOD: THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON (E1)
Crime drama: Physician who has the ability to understand the criminal mind works with police in Northern England. Click for full details

July 28
TORCHWOOD: CHILDREN OF EARTH (WARNER)
Sci-fi: This series is a spinoff of the BBC America series about Torchwood Institute, a renegade criminal investigation group. Click for full details

Aug. 18
DAPHNE IN THE BRILLIANT BLUE COLLECTION ONE (SENTAI/AD)
Anime: A military academy reject becomes part of an unusual help-for-hire agency; in English dubbed or Japanese with English subtitles. Click for full details

GOSSIP GIRL: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (WARNER)
Drama: Romances and scandals are everywhere as the Upper East Siders begin their senior year. Click for full details

Aug. 25
DESTINY OF THE SHRINE MAIDEN COMPLETE COLLECTION (SENTAI/ADV)
Anime: The destiny of Himeko changes when she bears the mark of the sun on her chest; in English dubbed or Japanese with English subtitles. Click for full details

DOKKOIDA?! COMPLETE COLLECTION (SENTAI/ADV)
Anime: A teenager becomes the prototype for a company's new mechanized power-suits; in English dubbed or Japanese with English subtitles. Click for full details

ONE TREE HILL: THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON (WARNER)
Drama: The town's beautiful, young people continue to try to make their dreams come true. Click for full details

Sept. 1
CLATTERFORD: SEASON TWO (BBC/WARNER)
Comedy: Group of friends involved in a women's club get themselves in and out of trouble. Click for full details

Sept. 8
FRINGE: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (WARNER)
Sci-fi thriller: Trio of unlikely colleagues team up to investigate a series of peculiar deaths and disasters. Click for full details

THE OFFICE: SEASON FIVE (UNIVERSAL)
Comedy: Steve Carrell stars as the clueless boss of a paper company in this NBC series. Click for full details

THE OFFICE: SEASONS 1-5 COLLECTION (UNIVERSAL)
Comedy: All five seasons of the NBC series about a dysfunctional office. Click for full details

ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (BBC/WARNER)
Comedy: temperamental curmudgeon rails against the passage of time. Click for full details

Sept. 15
THE BIG BANG THEORY: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (WARNER)
Comedy: The physicists and their geek pals continue to conquer the cosmos—just as the realities of real life conquer them. Click for full details

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS VOL. 2 (WARNER)
Animated: Four episodes from the TV series about Anakin, Ahsoka and Mace Windu trying to save planet Ryloth. Click for full details

Sept. 22
THE MENTALIST: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (WARNER)
Drama: Simon Baker stars as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation in this CBS series. Click for full details




June 9
IRON MAIDEN FLIGHT 666 (UNIVERSAL MUSIC)
Music: This film chronicles the band's “Somewhere Back in Time” world tour. Click for full details

June 16
HALF PINT: IN HOLLYWOOD (MVD)
Music: Reggae musician Half Pint performs at the Key Club in Hollywood. Click for full details

June 30
HYPNOSIS: STRESS RELIEF FOR LIFE (BFS)
How to: Professional hypnotherapist Susan Hepburn helps viewers identify causes of stress and how to manage stressful situations. Click for full details

TED NUGENT: MOTOR CITY MAYHEM (EAGLE ROCK)
Music: This concert film was shot during Ted Nugent's performance at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Detroit. Click for full details

TOKYO! (LIBERATION)
Drama: Three shorts by filmmakers Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Bong Joon-ho. Click for full details

WHITE SOX MEMORIES: THE GREATEST MOMENTS IN CHICAGO WHITE SOX HISTORY (MLB/SHOUT FACTORY)
Sports: Look at the history and legacy of the great Chicago ball club. Click for full details

July 7
A REIKI PROSPERITY ATTUNEMENT PLUS SUBLIMINAL PERSUASION PROGRAMS (BODY & MIND)
How to: This program reveals what viewers need to know to increase prosperity in their lives. Click for full details

July 14
WILD PACIFIC (WARNER)
Nature: A look at the Pacific Ocean and the wildlife that lives there. Click for full details

July 21
LEARN TO DANCE: RUMBA/SAMBA. MAMBO/CHA-CHA (BFS)
Dance: Guide to the international world of dance. Click for full details

LEARN TO DANCE: SALSA 1/SALSA 2 (BFS)
Dance: Guide to the international world of dance. Click for full details

LEARN TO DANCE: WALTZ/TANGO/FOXTROT (BFS)
Dance: Guide to the international world of dance. Click for full details

Aug. 11
BARNEY: SHARING IS CARING (HIT/LIONSGATE)
Children's: Barney donates his old toys and learns that generosity brings a smile to everyone's face. Click for full details

Sept. 1
NFL AMERICA'S GAME: PITTSBURGH STEELERS (WARNER)
Sports: This six-DVD set contains all of the Pittsburgh Steelers' championship seasons. Click for full details





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