The Dog Is Not a Toy, Get Fuzzy Series, Darby Conley

DOG DAYS is a scathing satire, exposing the ugly underbelly of contemporary suburban mores. It is the first dramatic feature of notorious documentarian Ulrich Seidl (ANIMAL LOVE). With a keen visual sense and lacerating wit, Seidl weaves together the sordid tales of a large group of people in suburban Austria during a heat wave. There's the Greek divorced couple who continue to live together, miserable and haunted by the memory of their young daughter's death. There's the alarm system salesman who...

Kumiko is a hard-edged new teacher in school, assigned to the rambunctious class 2-4. But she manages to keep control over even the most difficult students, because unbeknownst to them, she has learned to be strong and willful as heiress to a powerful Yakuza clan. THE GOKUSEN is a schoolyard action-comedy in the tradition of GREAT TEACHER ONIKUZA. VOLUME THREE is the final collection of the Anime series, containing episodes 10-13. Kumiko finds trouble in the form of dropout Kudoh, who has formed...

ON THE ROCKS: Containing two Christmas specials and a few hilarious parodies of major feature films, this is a welcome addition to the French& Saunders ouvre. Having established their names in the 1980s alongside a welter of alternative comedians such as Rik Mayall, Ade Edmondson, Alexie Sayle, and Ben Elton, French& Saunders subsequently carved out a niche for themselves in their own right, with a series of shows that cemented the reputation of their quirky double-act. Both have also enjoyed fame...