Upcoming Movies
Here's a listing of upcoming DVD releases and noteworthy movies scheduled
for television broadcast. Check back weekly for the latest movie news.
Upcoming DVD Releases for March
(Scroll down to the end of this list to find difficult to rent movies that are scheduled for broadcast on Turner Classic Movies in March)
March 2
- 2012 (Action)
- Alice (Fantasy, TV)
- Alice in Wonderland (1933) (Adventure, Fantasy)
- Alice in Wonderland (Special Edition) (1999) (Adventure, Fantasy, TV)
- Bitch Slap (Unrated) (Action, Adventure)
- Castle in the Sky (Special Edition) (Adventure, Animation, Fantasy)
- Clash of the Titans (Keepcase) (Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance)
- Cold Souls (Comedy, Drama)
- Curious George: Follow That Monkey (Animation, Family, TV)
- Gentlemen Broncos (Comedy)
- Have Gun - Will Travel: Season 4, Volume 1 (TV, Western)
- KiKi's Delivery Service (Special Edition) (Adventure, Animation, Fantasy)
- Matlock: The Fourth Season (Crime, Drama, TV)
- My Neighbor Totoro (Special Edition) (Adventure, Animation, Fantasy)
- Ninja (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller)
- Return to the 36th Chamber (Action, Comedy)
- Thomas & Friends: Thomas & the Runaway Kite (Family)
- Where the Wild Things Are (Adventure)
- The Wraith (Special Edition) (Action, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller)
March 9
- Barbie in a Mermaid Tale (Animation, Family)
- The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller)
- Breaking Bad: The Complete Second Season (Crime, Drama, TV)
- Capitalism: A Love Story (Documentary)
- Fix (Drama)
- The Fourth Kind (Thriller)
- Greek: Chapter Four (Comedy, Drama, TV)
- Hachi: A Dog's Tale (Drama, Family)
- Hannah Montana: Miley Says Goodbye (Comedy, Family)
- In Plain Sight: Season Two (Drama, TV)
- Matt Houston: The First Season (Crime, Drama, TV)
- Old Dogs (Single Disc Widescreen) (Comedy)
- Planet 51 (Animation, Comedy)
- Possession (Thriller)
- Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (Drama)
- The Stoning of Soraya M. (Drama)
- Tremors: The Complete Series (Action, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi)
- The Truth About Average Guys (Comedy)
- Walker, Texas Ranger: The Complete Series (Action, Crime, TV, Western)
- Walker, Texas Ranger: The Seventh Season (Action, Crime, TV, Western)
March 16
- Armored (Action, Thriller)
- Astro Boy (Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi)
- Broken Embraces (Drama, Thriller)
- D.C. Sniper (Action, Crime, Thriller)
- Did You Hear About the Morgans? (Comedy)
- Dillinger Is Dead (Criterion Collection) (Crime, Drama)
- Hawaii Five-O: The Eighth Season (Crime, Drama, TV)
- Monk: Season Eight (Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV)
- Ninja Assassin (Action)
- The Princess and the Frog (Widescreen) (Adventure, Animation, Musical)
- South Park: The Complete Thirteenth Season (Animation, Comedy, TV)
- Unrivaled (Drama)
March 20
- Twilight in Forks: The Saga of the Real Town (Documentary)
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Two-Disc Edition) (Romance, Thriller)
March 23
- 7th Heaven: The Tenth Season (Drama, Family, TV)
- The African Queen (Adventure, Drama, Romance, War)
- Bigger Than Life (Criterion Collection) (Drama)
- The Blind Side (Drama, Sports)
- Brothers (Drama, War)
- Carny (Sci-Fi, TV)
- Damage (Action)
- Days of Heaven (The Criterion Collection) (Drama, Romance)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (Animation)
- Hitler Meets Christ (Drama)
- Mad Men: Season Three (Drama, TV)
- The Men Who Stare at Goats (Comedy)
- The Prisoner (Miniseries) (Drama, TV)
- Red Cliff (International Version - Part I & II) (Action, Adventure, Drama)
- Red Cliff (Theatrical Version) (Action, Adventure, Drama)
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: The Sixth Season (Comedy, Family, TV)
- Seraphine (Drama, War)
- The T.A.M.I. Show: Collector's Edition (Documentary, Music)
- Talhotblond (Documentary, Thriller)
March 30
- Afghan Star (Documentary)
- Alice in Wonderland (Special Un-Anniversary Edition) (Animation, Family)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel (Double DVD) (Comedy, Family)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel (Single DVD) (Comedy, Family)
- An Education (Drama)
- The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty (TV)
- The Killer (2-Disc Ultimate Edition) (Action, Drama, Music, Romance)
- Letters from Fontainhas: Three Films by Pedro Costa (Criterion Collection)
- Madonna: Sticky & Sweet (Concert, Music)
- Sherlock Holmes (Action, Adventure, Mystery)
FILMS WORTH WATCHING ON TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES IN MARCH
(All times are Central)
MARCH 3
11:15 PM Heaven's Gate (1981) A Wyoming sheriff tries to protect immigrant farmers from ruthless ranchers. Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt. Dir: Michael Cimino. C-219 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format
MARCH 4
12:30 AM Loved One, The (1965) An Englishman in Hollywood moves into the funeral business. Cast: Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Rod Steiger. Dir: Tony Richardson. BW-121 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
3:00 AM Dementia 13 (1963) Members of an Irish family are being killed off by one of their own who wishes to inherit the family fortune. Cast: William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton. Dir: Francis Ford Coppola. BW-75 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
MARCH 5
10:00 AM Boy With Green Hair, The (1948) An orphaned boy mystically acquires green hair and a mission to end war. Cast: Dean Stockwell, Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan. Dir: Joseph Losey. C-82 mins, TV-G, CC
11:30 AM Secret Garden, The (1949) An orphaned girl changes the lives of those she encounters at a remote estate. Cast: Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell. Dir: Fred M. Wilcox. BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
1:45 AM Big Bad Mama (1974) Bad luck forces a woman and her daughters into crime. Cast: Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, Tom Skerritt. Dir: Steve Carver. C-84 mins, TV-MA
MARCH 6
3:15 AM Killers, The (1946) An insurance investigator uncovers a string of crimes when he tries to find a murdered boxer's beneficiary. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien. Dir: Robert Siodmak. BW-102 mins, TV-14, CC
MARCH 7
1:00 AM Contempt (1963) A film production of The Odyssey causes friction in a marriage Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance. Dir: Jean-Luc Godard C-102 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format
3:00 AM Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952) An unscrupulous movie producer uses everyone around him in his climb to the top. Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Dick Powell. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS
MARCH 8
7:15 AM Band Wagon, The (1953) A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop. Cast: Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Cyd Charisse. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-112 mins, TV-G, CC
12:15 AM Confessions Of A Nazi Spy (1939) An FBI agent risks his life to infiltrate Nazi sympathizers in the U.S. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Paul Lukas, George Sanders. Dir: Anatole Litvak. BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC
MARCH 9
7:00 PM Ikiru (1952) A dying man devotes his last months to building a children's playground. Cast: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyoko Sieki. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-143 mins, TV-14
9:30 PM Throne of Blood (1957) Spurred by his wife and a witch's prediction, a samurai murders his lord to steal the throne. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-109 mins, TV-14
11:30 PM Hidden Fortress, The (1958) In medieval Japan, a samurai fights to sav a feudal lord's daughter from bandits. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Ninoru Chiaki. Dir: Toshiro Mifune. BW-139 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
MARCH 12
11:00 AM Collector, The (1965) A disturbed young man kidnaps a woman he's been stalking. Cast: Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne. Dir: William Wyler. C-119 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
11:30 PM Them! (1954) Federal agents fight to destroy a colony of mutated giant ants. Cast: James Arness, James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn. Dir: Gordon Douglas. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC
MARCH 13
9:00 PM Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966) A sophisticated crook mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank. Cast: James Coburn, Camilla Sparv, Harrison Ford. Dir: Bernard Girard. C-107 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
MARCH 16
7:00 PM Bad Sleep Well, The (1960) A man seeks revenge by marrying the daughter of his father's enemy. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyoko Kagawa. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-151 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
9:45 PM High And Low (1963) Kidnappers mistake a chauffeur's son for the child of a wealthy businessman. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Kyoko Kagawa, Tatsuya Nakadai. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-143 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
12:15 AM Red Beard (1965) A tough doctor takes a young intern under his wing. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Yoshio Tsuchiya. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-185 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format
MARCH 19
7:00 PM Browning Version, The (1950) On the eve of retirement, a bitter schoolteacher searches for some hope in his life. Cast: Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick. Dir: Anthony Asquith. BW-90 mins, TV-PG
MARCH 20
7:30 AM Kiss Me Deadly (1955) Detective Mike Hammer fights to solve the murder of a beautiful hitchhiker with a mysterious connection to the Mob. Cast: Ralph Meeker, Cloris Leachman, Albert Dekker. Dir: Robert Aldrich. BW-106 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
1:45 AM Lord Jim (1965) After turning coward, a naval officer tries to redeem himself by helping Asian natives stage a revolution. Cast: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Eli Wallach. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-154 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
MARCH 21
1:00 AM Mafioso (1962) A factory worker returns home to Sicily, where he gets mixed up with the Mob. Cast: Alberto Sordi, Norma Bengell, Gabriella Conti. Dir: Alberto Lattuada. BW-102 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
MARCH 23
4:30 PM Stray Dog (1949) When a detective's gun is stolen, he tears apart the underworld to get it back. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi, Shimamura, Keiko Awaji. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-122 mins, TV-PG
7:00 PM Rashomon (1950) In medieval Japan, four people offer conflicting accounts of a rape and murder. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-88 mins, TV-PG
8:30 PM Seven Samurai (1954) Japanese villagers hire a team of traveling samurai to defend them against a bandit attack. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Kuninori Kodo. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-207 mins, TV-14
12:00 AM Yojimbo (1961) A samurai-for-hire sets the warring factions of a Japanese town against each other. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Seizaburo Kawazu. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-111 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
2:00 AM Sanjuro (1962) A wandering samurai recruits younger fighters to help him battle corruption. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Hakadai, Yuzo Kayama. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-95 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
MARCH 24
12:45 PM Reivers, The (1969) A young man comes of age when he stows away in his grandfather's stolen car. Cast: Steve McQueen, Rupert Crosse, Mitch Vogel. Dir: Mark Rydell. C-111 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
MARCH 25
7:00 PM Interiors (1978) Three sisters fight to adjust to their parents' divorce and their father's re-marriage. Cast: Diane Keaton, Geraldine Page, Maureen Stapleton. Dir: Woody Allen. C-92 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
11:15 PM I Never Sang for My Father (1970) When his mother dies, a grieving son is torn between his demanding father and his need to live his own life. Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons. Dir: Gilbert Cates. C-92 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
MARCH 30
12:45 AM Ran (1985) An aging lord's decision to retire brings out the worst in his sons. Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. C-163 mins, , Letterbox Format
MARCH 31
10:00 AM Two Rode Together (1961) Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages. Cast: James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones. Dir: John Ford. C-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
