Comedy - Page 59

Manufacturer: Shout! Factory

Join up with the inn crowd on Newhart! The inimitable Bob Newhart is back for another hilarious helping of off-kilter comedy in the sixth season of the delightfully daffy Emmy-nominated sitcom, Newhart. Season Six finds innkeeper, author, and television host Dick Loudon (Newhart) and his wife Joanna (Mary Frann) facing a whole new batch of comic misadventures as they contend with running the Stratford Inn as well as the oddball natives of their quaint Vermont town. However, their quirky companions- handyman George (Tom Poston), queasily cutesy couple Michael (Peter Scolari) and Stephanie (Julia Duffy), and those brothers in buffoonery, Larry (William Sanderson), Darryl (Tony Papenfuss), and Darryl (John Voldstad)-are there to ensure that even in their own inn, the Loudons will find no shelter from the storm of silliness that surrounds them

Manufacturer: Funimation Model: 34840718

Something sinister is growing in Academy City. The shadows are filled with whispers of a project to clone one of the super-powered students known as espers. High-ranking master of electricity Mikoto Misaka laughs off these stories until she comes face to face with a copy of herself. The duplicates are real, and are being mass-produced from Misaka’s DNA, making each one of them a little piece of her. These clones—her sisters—are being systematically murdered in a series of experiments designed to turn a sadistic killer into the strongest esper in history. Misaka vows to save her copies and destroy the project, but this might be one fight she can’t win alone. High-energy battles and intense action explode in this continuation of the Railgun series from the creator of A Certain Magical Index.

Manufacturer: Lionsgate Brand: Lionsgate Model: 35341141

Season three of the popular Netflix original series about Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), a classy woman in her thirties who is sentenced to prison after being convicted of a ten-year-old crime of trafficking money for her drug-dealer girlfriend.

Manufacturer: Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Viggo Mortensen (The Lord of the Rings series) stars in the New York Times Critics' Pick, Captain Fantastic, about an unconventional man who raises his six children in the forest of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society. When he is forced to bring his family out of seclusion and into the world, this leads to a confrontation with his father-in-law (Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon), who wants his grandchildren to have a normal life. Now Ben must question if his methods are the best for his family. Rolling Stones raves, "Viggo Mortensen is magnificent. A career best work."

Manufacturer: Shout! Factory

Blair, Natalie, Tootie, and Jo say goodbye to their beloved Mrs. G: and things will never be the same again in The Facts of Life: Season Eight. When Edna Garrett finds love, the girls are understandably overjoyed: but it turns bittersweet when they realize that their longtime friend and mentor will be leaving them. Edna’s sister Beverly Ann (Academy Award winner Cloris Leachman) steps in to keep an eye on them, but as the year passes and graduation from Langley College looms for Blair and Jo, it appears that the winds of change that haven’t finished blowing just yet. Other highlights of Season Eight include a rockin’ trip back to the 1960s, an Eastland girls reunion featuring some familiar faces for longtime fans of the series, guest appearances by George Clooney and pop star Stacey Q., and a surprising, hilarious murder mystery in which no one-and we mean no one- is truly safe. Continue your collection of one of your all-time favorite sitcoms with The Facts of Life: Season Eight.

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Brand: Warner Manufacturing

Ranma 1/2 - TV Series Set 7 Limited Edition (Blu-ray)Ranma is challenged by Ryoga to fight yet again, but this time he is completely defeated by Ryoga's new technique, the "Lion's-Roar Blast." It is said that the more miserable the user, the stronger the technique becomes-does Ranma have a chance against the tragic Ryoga?! Then, Ranma must master martial arts cheerleading, but in order to win, he is going to have to cheer for Upperclassman Kuno! Finally, Ranma's mother at last comes to the Tendo Dojo, but why is Genma doing everything he can to stop Ranma from meeting her? Akane feels sorry for Ranma, who barely remembers his own mother, and forms a plan to bring them together.]]>

Manufacturer: Paramount Brand: Paramount

In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker (Tina Fey) decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her comfortable American lifestyle, Barker finds herself in the middle of an out-of-control war zone. Luckily, she meets Tanya Vanderpoel (Margot Robbie), a fellow journalist who takes the shellshocked reporter under her wing. Amid the militants, warlords and nighttime partying, Barker discovers the key to becoming a successful correspondent.