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Pick of the week:

For people who like it when family members of Liam Neeson get Taken: Unknown

Okay, I don’t know for sure this is what happens in Unknown since the plot is unknowable. What we all know from watching the lead-up to the release of this movie is that the producers all but begged for people to consider this to be a de facto sequel to Taken. While the results were not quite as dramatic as was possible, audiences did demonstrate a willingness to give Neeson further respect as an action hero. Unknown earned a solid $63.9 million domestically and an even more impressive $135 million worldwide. That’s a tremendous take for a $40 million budget, meaning that Neeson has established himself as the best aging action star since Sean Connery. He’s having the career that Harrison Ford stopped having in the period between Air Force One and the fourth Indiana Jones film. Neeson’s recent resurgence as a box office draw is one of the most heartening stories I have chronicled during my dozen years covering the industry. He is legitimately in the conversation for best thespian in the world and now he’s an action hero to boot. It’s unfortunate that most of this happened after the untimely death of his wife, Natasha Richardson, whose skiing accident occurred right as Taken was exploding in popularity.

New releases for the week of June 21, 2011

DVD:

42nd Street: River to River
The Adjustment Bureau (DVD +)
The Adjustment Bureau (Widescreen)
Agatha Christie's Marple: Pale Horse
Agatha Christie's Marple: Series 5
Albino Alligator
Alphonso Bow
American Flag
Armitage: Movie Collection Armitage 111
Beautiful Girls
Bedways
Bending all the Rules
Beneath Loch Ness
Beowulf
The Best of Cheaters: Volume 1 (Uncensored)
Best Of Cheaters: Volume 2 (Uncensored)
Best Of Cheaters: Volume 3 (Uncensored)
Best of Cheaters: Volume 4 (Uncensored)
Big Time Rush: Season One, Volume Two
Black Rat
Bleach Box Set 9 (Uncut)
Blue Gender Collection / Warrior Movie Classic (Set)
Bob Dylan: Revealed
Bob Ross Joy of Painting Series: Lakes
Bob Ross Joy of Painting Series: Mountains
Born Innocent
Bunnyman
Cedar Rapids (Special Edition)
Cedar Rapids (Special Edition)
Cedar Rapids (Rental)
Cedar Rapids (Rental)
Ceremony (Widescreen)
Ceremony
Charlie Sheen: Born To Be Wild
Cheatin' Hearts
The Chi-Lites: Live in Norfolk 2005
The Closer: The Complete Sixth Season
Destination Inner Space
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (Back-To-Back)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (DVD +)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (Rental)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (Side-By-Side)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (Rental)
Ding Dong Dead
Dizzy Gillespie: In Redondo
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Drop: Live Action Movie (DVD +)
The Eagle (Unrated)
The Eagle (Unrated)
Eclipse Series 27: Raffaello Matarazzos Runaway Me
El Capo Part 1 (Spanish)
Elektra Luxx
Elvis Costello Spectacle: Season Two
Elvis Costello Spectacle: Season Two
Face Of The Screaming Werewolf
Family
Four Rooms
Four Tops: Live in Las Vegas
Frontline: Football High
Full Frontal
Ghost In The Shell: Individual Eleven
Ghost In The Shell: Solid State Society
Ghost In The Shell: The Laughing Man
Girls Next Door UK: Babes, Bombshells & Hotties
Glory Daze
Grand Champion
Growth
HappyThankYouMorePlease
HappyThankYouMorePlease
Harvest
Here
Hip Hop's Power Couple: Jay Z & Beyonce
An Ideal Husband
The Island
Jillian Michaels: Get Fit & Fab
Johnny Thunders: What About Me? (Special Edition)
Just Write
Kanokon: The Complete Series
Keith Lowell Jenson: Double Plus Good
Kekkaishi Set 1
The Kid
Killer Stories: Crime of Torture & Horror
The Killing Machine
Kiss Me Deadly (Criterion Collection)
Kiss Me Deadly (Criterion Collection)
Larry Carlton & Sapphire Blues Band: Paris Concert
Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto: Live 2010
Lawn Boy
The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci
Louie: The Complete First Season (DVD +)
Louie: The Complete First Season (Blu-ray +)
Magical Witch Punie-Chan (Special Edition)
The Medallion
Medium: The Complete Series (Set)
Medium: The Final Season
Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (Widescreen)
Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
Mike Stern: Paris Concert
Miles Davis: Live at Montreux Highlights
The Minority
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Part 1
Monte Carlo
Muammar El-Qaddafi: King of Kings
Neil Young: Here We Are In The Years
Nickelodeon Big Box of Play Dates Vol. 2
Nickelodeon Favorites: Summer Vacation
Nona Hendryx: What's On Your Plate?
Off the Lip (R Rated Version)
One World Tour Europe
Paranormal Planet: Psychics & Supernatural
Phil Tarver: Place of Worship
Playing House
Poison (20th Anniversary Edition)
Porij Neoplasm
Priest Of Love
Priest Of Love
Prime of Your Life
Psycho Holocaust
Queenie
R&B's Lost Souls: Aaliyah & Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
Radiohead: Arms & Legs The Story So Far
Rap Sucks
Restoration
The Rig
Rio Conchos / Take A Hard Ride (Double Feature)
Rocko's Modern Life: Season One
The Romantic Englishwoman
The Romantic Englishwoman
Scenic Routes Around The World: Africa (DVD +)
Scenic Routes Around The World: Asia (DVD +)
Scenic Routes Around The World: Complete Series (Boxed Set)
Scenic Routes Around The World: Europe (DVD +)
Scenic Routes Around The World: Far East (DVD +)
Scenic Routes Around The World: South America (DVD +)
Scenic Routes Around The World: The Pacific (DVD +)
Sins
Split Estate
Squidbillies: Volume 4
Stonehenge Apocalypse
Stylistics Stylistics: Live In Norfolk 2005
Submarine: Hidden Hunter
Sunrise Earth: Greatest Hits East/West
Swedish Midsummer Sex Comedy
The Tell-Tale Heart / The Oval Portrait (Double Feature)
The Thorn Birds: The Complete Collection (Back-To-Back)
TNA: Lockdown 2011
Ultimate Death Match III
Under the Hammer
Unknown
Unknown
Van Von Hunter: Live Action Movie
Visioneers
Weapons Races: The History of Modern Warfare
White Zombie
William & Kate
Willie & the Poor Boys
Wired (Widescreen)
The Women in Cages Collection (Triple Feature)
WWE: Over the Limit 2011
WWE: Over the Limit 2011
Yesspeak: Yes 35th Anniversary (2 Disc Collector's Edition)
You Got Served: Beat the World
You Got Served: Beat the World (Widescreen)
You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle Collection 3 (Set)

Blu-Ray:

The Adjustment Bureau
Agatha Christie's Marple: Series 5
Bob Dylan: Revealed
Cedar Rapids
Ceremony
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Drop: Live Action Movie
The Eagle
Elvis Costello Spectacle: Season Two
Ghost In The Shell: Individual Eleven
Ghost In The Shell: Solid State Society
Ghost In The Shell: The Laughing Man
Growth
HappyThankYouMorePlease
The Island
The Killing Machine
Kiss Me Deadly
Louie: The Complete First Season
The Medallion
Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
Priest Of Love
The Rig
The Romantic Englishwoman
Scenic Routes Around The World: Africa
Scenic Routes Around The World: Asia
Scenic Routes Around The World: Europe
Scenic Routes Around The World: Far East
Scenic Routes Around The World: South America
Scenic Routes Around The World: The Pacific
Stonehenge Apocalypse
Unknown
WWE: Over the Limit 2011
You Got Served: Beat the World

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