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Get ready for midwestern faith healing, cliffhanging mountain adventure, romance, and more Bad News Bears in this month's Blu-ray line-up. Words Scott Hocking

THE BAD NEWS BEARS GOTO JAPAN (1978) Move over Godzilla! The Bad News Bears hit Tokyo in the third and final chapter of the baseball

comedy trilogy. Tony Curtis headlines as a slick and sleazy hustler out to exploit the team for his own financial gain, and culture clash chaos ensues when the Bears take on Japan's gun little league team. Extras include a new audio commentary by film historian Scott Harrison.

CARRIE (1952) Long before Stephen King made it a name for terror, Jennifer Jones starred as the title character alongside

RESURRECTION (1980) Ellen Burstyn ( The Exorcist ) delivers an Oscar

Laurence Olivier in this romantic drama about a small town girl who

nominated performance as a woman who awakens from a near-death experience with the power to heal others. Attributing her ability to the power of love rather than divine intervention puts her at odds with her fundamentalist parents and lover (Sam Shepard). Extras include a new video interview with Burstyn, video essay on faith-healing movies, and audio commentary.

discovers big city life and love in Chicago at the turn of the century. Legendary filmmaker WilliamWyler ( Ben-Hur ) directed this adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's classic novel, Sister Carrie. Extras include a new audio commentary by film scholar Jason A. Ney.

THE MOUNTAIN (1956) Inspired by a real-life 1950 air disaster, this cliffhanging adventure stars Spencer Tracy as a retired mountaineer

HURRY SUNDOWN (1967) Otto Preminger ( Anatomy of a Murder ) directs this Southern Gothic drama starring Michael Caine as a greedy bigot determined

SOMETHINGTO LIVE FOR (1952) Directed by George Stevens ( A Place in the Sun ), this Hollywood melodrama stars Joan Fontaine as a struggling Broadway

pressured into helping his unscrupulous brother (Robert Wagner) reach the site of a recent plane crash in the Swiss Alps in order to loot the wreckage. Extras include a new audio commentary by film historian Howard Berger, an archival interview with director Edward Dmytryk, and the theatrical trailer.

to monopolise land in rural Georgia, leading to conflict with a pair of sharecroppers (John Phillip Law and Robert Hooks). The all-star cast also includes Jane Fonda, George Kennedy, and Faye Dunaway in her movie debut. Extras include an Otto Preminger featurette and video essay, and a new audio commentary.

actress and alcoholic who finds support from a clean and sober ad man and AA member (Ray Milland). But their friendship quickly teeters towards romance, threatening his marriage. Extras include a new audio commentary by film historians Daniel Kremer and Davis Del Valle.

• The new Imprint range is out on February 22 for a limited time only, while stocks last.

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