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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, June 1 -- MONDAY, June 7

AILEEN: LIFE AND DEATH OF A SERIAL KILLER
Nick Broomfield's documentary is a chilling look inside the mind
of serial killer Aileen Wournos, whose life was the basis for
"Monster." As we see a girl trading sex for cigarettes as early
as nine, America's first female serial killer becomes less of a
monster and more of a tale of humanity's failures. Broomfield
looks deep into Wournos' history of abandonment, sex and violence
to look at how a life gone wrong can create a serial killer.
Broomfield's picture is developed through years of correspondence
and involvement with Wournos, and he lets us see a girl
hitchhiking for sex, abandoned by her parents and ultimately a
human lost to paranoia, a victim of her own mind who kills seven
men. This gripping documentary culminates in Broomfield's own
court testimony solicited by the district attorney during
Wournos' final appeal. Director: Nick Broomfield. 2003, CC, MPAA
rating: R, 89 min., Documentary, Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

CATCH THAT KID
Teen adventure film about a 12-year old girl who, with the help
of two friends, robs the state-of-the-art bank, in order to
acquire the cash needed for a costly operation to save her ailing
father. The three close friends have special talents: a champion
rock climber, a computer genius and a mechanical whiz
specializing in go-carts. During the heist, the kids overcome
high-tech security systems, guard dogs, and a nasty security
chief to get to a bank vault suspended 100-feet above ground.
Their plan is foolproof, their methods ingenius -- and they're
not even old enough to drive. Director: Bart Freundlich. Stars:
Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max Theiriot, Jennifer Beals, Sam
Robards. 2004, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 92 min., Comedy, Box office
gross: $16.625 million, Fox, $19.98 VHS SRP. DVD: Day & Date.

COMPANY, THE
Robert Altman takes a breathtaking look at the world of ballet as
only Altman could envision it, bringing his fluid camera work to
the world of dance. The authenticity and richness of "The
Company" is rooted in the unprecedented way in which Altman shot
the film: with the complete cooperation of the Joffrey Ballet in
Chicago. Joffrey dancers constitute the core of Altman's ensemble
and screenwriter Barbara Turner spent over two years on and off
with the Joffrey, observing and writing. Altman's vision for the
film was an extremely intimate one: to show the difficult daily
work, the intense pressures of performance, the richly textured
behaviors of the dancers -- whose professional and personal lives
grow impossibly close -- and of course the sheer beauty of dance:
exhilarating, kinetic and thrillingly observed. Neve Campbell --
the only actor who worked as part of the Joffrey corps -- stars
as a gifted company member on the verge of becoming the principal
dancer at a fictional Chicago troupe. Campbell, an accomplished
dancer, does all of her own dancing in the film and worked
intensively with the Joffrey to prepare for her role. Director:
Robert Altman. Stars: Neve Campbell, Malcolm McDowell, James
Franco. 2003, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 112 min., Drama, Box office
gross: $1.920 million, Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental. DVD: Day & Date.

EUROTRIP
Scotty Thomas (Scott Mechlowicz) and his Berlin-based computer
pen pal Mieke (Jessica Boehrs) have been writing each other for
years, sharing every detail of their lives. When Mieke makes a
cyber pass at Scotty, he completely freaks out, thinking that
this guy he's known for years is coming on to him ... in German
no less. Too bad the one detail Scotty doesn't seem to know is
that, in Germany, Mieke is a girl's name. By the time Scotty
figures out that Mieke is a girl, and a hot one at that, Mieke
has cut off her e-mail account and all contact with him. Thinking
that this might be his one chance at true love -- even though
he's never actually met the girl -- Scotty and his best friends,
Cooper (Jacob Pitts) and the twins Jenny (Michelle Trachtenberg)
and Jamie (Travis Wester), embark on a raucous trip across Europe
headed for Berlin. Along the way they must deal with British
soccer hooligans, annoying French human robots, a merciless Dutch
dominatrix (Lucy Lawless) and a creepy, lascivious Italian guy on
the train. Their trek takes them from London to Paris to
Amsterdam and Eastern Europe, exposing them "literally" to every
lascivious, larcenous and lecherous indulgence Europe has to
offer. A mildly agreeable comedy that does little to improve
international relation(ships). Director: Jeff Schaffer. Stars:
Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Kristin Kreuk. 2004, CC, MPAA
rating: R, 96 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $16.944 million,
DreamWorks, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

MONSTER
In a revelatory performance, Charlize Theron stars in the
shocking true-life story of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute executed
last year in Florida after being convicted of murdering six men.
While Wuornos confessed to the six murders, including a
policeman, she claimed to have killed only in self-defense,
resisting violent assaults while working as a prostitute. Bravely
burrowing beneath the tabloid headlines about America's first
female serial killer -- and the media's sordid designation of
Wuornos as an unrepentant monster -- in the midst of the horrors
and pathologies, first-time writer-director Patty Jenkins
unearths an unlikely love story between two misfits. Nearing
suicidal despair, Wuornos wanders into a Florida bar, where she
meets Selby Wall (Christina Ricci), a young woman sent by her
parents to live with an aunt in order to "cure her
homosexuality." Wuornos -- victim of a tragic, abusive upbringing
-- quickly falls in love, and clings to Selby like a life
preserver. Unable to find a legitimate job but desperate to
sustain her relationship with Selby, Wuornos continues working as
a prostitute. When one of her johns turns violent, Wuornos shoots
the man in self-defense; the first in her tragic string of
killings. Shot in many of the actual locations where Wuornos
committed her crimes between 1989-90, "Monster" is at once a
social commentary, road movie, and love story. Director: Patty
Jenkins. Stars: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee
Tergesen, Pruitt Taylor Vince. 2003, CC, MPAA rating: R, 109
min., Drama, Box office gross: $34.000 million, Columbia TriStar,
No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

MY BABY'S DADDY
Comedy about three guys who have to grow up quick when their
girlfriends all become pregnant at the same time. Director:
Cheryl Dunye. Stars: Eddie Griffin, Anthony Anderson, Michael
Imperioli, Paula Jai Parker, Joanna Bacalso, Bai Ling. 2004, CC,
MPAA rating: PG-13, 99 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $17.321
million, Miramax, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.


STARSHIP TROOPERS 2: HERO OF THE FEDERATION
The alien bugs are back and the interstellar assault rages on
with the direct-to-video premiere of "Starship Troopers 2: Hero
of the Federation," the sequel to Paul Verhoeven's cult-classic
1997 hit "Starship Troopers." The outing marks the directorial
debut of Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor Phil
Tippett (who worked on VFX for the original "Starship Troopers"
in addition to other high-profile films such as "Return of the
Jedi" and "Jurassic Park") with a screenplay by the first film's
writer Ed Neumeier. The film picks up where the original left
off, right back to the frontline of battle against the arachnid
warrior bugs at a desolated outpost on Zulu Angel, a storm-swept
planet where the first film's arachnids gained a murderous grip
over humanity. A small group of mobile infantry troopers lead by
General Shepherd (Ed Lauter) find themselves taking refuge in an
abandoned Federation outpost where they discover the last
remaining soldier Captain Dax (Richard Burgi), who helps them
fight off the encroaching arachnids. Isolated from the outside
threat, the rag-tag band of fighters discover a much graver
danger is actually infiltrating their unit and a terrifying new
breed of enemy is hunting them down from within. Director: Phil
Tippett. Stars: Kelly Carlson, Ed Lauter, Richard Burgi, Sandrine
Holt. 2004, CC, MPAA rating: R, 92 min., Science Fiction,
Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.


For more release info, check out our calendar pages at
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NEWS

DVD COLLECTIBLES:
Highlight of the week is the "Cary Grant Signature Collection," a
set of five Cary Grant films (on the centennial of his birth)
available as a five-disc set for $49.92 or $19.97 each, from
Warner: "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" (1947), starring
Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple; "Destination Tokyo" (1943),
starring Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale, Dane Clark; "Mr.
Blandings Builds His Dream House" (1948), starring Grant, Myrna
Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny; ""My Favorite Wife" (1940),
starring Grant, Gail Patrick, Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott; and
"Night and Day" (1946), starring Grant, Alexis Smith, Jane Wyman,
Eve Arden, Monty Wooley. All come with neat extras ... Miramax
will release this week three from their Collector's Series: "Cop
Land" (1997), starring Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Harvey
Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert Patrick. The director's cut includes
commentary by director James Mangold, producer Cathy Konrad,
Stallone and Patrick; deleted scenes with optional filmmaker
commentary; shootout storyboard sequence; "The Making of an Urban
Western" behind-the-scenes featurette; "Flirting With Disaster"
(1996), directed by David O. Russell and starring Ben Stiller,
Patricia Arquette, Tea Leoni, Mary Tyler Moore, Alan Alda, Lily
Tomlin with deleted scenes, outtakes from the feature and from
the deleted scenes, "Flirting With Disaster" original featurette;
and "Trainspotting" (1996), directed by Danny Boyle and starring
Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd,
Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald. The two-disc set director's cut
includes commentary, deleted scenes with optional commentary,
"Trainspotting" retrospective featurette: The film then and now
includes filmmaker interviews, Cannes Film Festival interviews,
"The Making of Trainspotting" featurette, gallery of images ...
The latest Fox Studio Classic is "The Snake Pit" (1948), directed
by Anatole Litvak and starring Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens,
Leo Genn. Extras include commentary by film historian Aubrey
Solomon, MovieTone News footage ... Tying in with the June 11
theatrical release of "The Chronicles of Riddick," Universal will
release "Pitch Black Special Edition" (2000), directed by David
Twohy and starring Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Keith
David, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Claudia Black, in R-rated and unrated
director's cut editions. Each DVD includes a free ticket to see
"The Chronicles of Riddick," and is loaded with extras.

FROM TV TO VIDEO:
Due this week is the classy HBO miniseries "Angels in America"
(2003), starring Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Justin
Kirk, Ben Shenkman, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeffrey Wright, Patrick
Wilson, James Cromwell, Michael Gambon, Simon Callow ... Series
due this week are "Dukes of Hazzard: The Complete First Season,"
a three-disc set with 13 episodes; for $39.98 from Warner ... and
"Monk: Season One," a four-disc set from Universal.

SPECIAL INTEREST:
Warner has set a June 1 release for three sports DVD sets just in
time for Father's Day gifts: "NBA Dynasty Series: L.A. Lakers
Complete History," a five-disc set with 22 hours of action,
$64.92; "NFL Super Bowl Collection: Super Bowl XI--XX," a five-
disc set highlighting every game from 1977 to 1986, $64.92; and
"NBA Dynasty Series: Chicago Bulls 1990s," a four-disc set for
$49.98 ... And, lastly, HBO will release "The Curse of the
Bambino," a documentary look at the "curse" that befall the
Boston Red Sox after the 1919 "sale" of Babe Ruth to the New York
Yankees; the Sox, which had won five World Series prior to that
year, have never won another while the Yankees went on to
dominate the sport for decades. The one-hour DVD sells for
$19.99.


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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:

Weekly listings of DVD releases can now be viewed on mobile
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** Ali: Director's Cut (2001) Dir.: Michael Mann; Will Smith,
Jamie Foxx, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver, Jeffrey Wright, Jada
Pinkett-Smith. All-new extended version. Extras: Commentary by
Mann, never-before-seen footage, making- of documentaries.
(Columbia TriStar).
** Angels in America (2003) Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma
Thompson, Justin Kirk, Ben Shenkman, Mary- Louise Parker, Jeffrey
Wright, Patrick Wilson, James Cromwell, Michael Gambon, Simon
Callow. HBO miniseries. (HBO).
** Back to the Beach (1987) Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello,
Bob Denver, Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers, Don Adams, Edd "Kookie"
Byrnes. (Paramount).
** Cary Grant: The Signature Collection Five Cary Grant films (on
the centennial of his birth) available as a five-disc set for
$49.92 or $19.97 each. (Warner)
-- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) Grant, Myrna Loy,
Shirley Temple. Extras: Lux Radio Theatre radio production (June
13, 1949) starring Grant and Temple, "Little Tinker" classic Tex
Avery MGM cartoon, Cary Grant trailer gallery.
-- Destination Tokyo (1943) Dir.: Delmer Daves; Grant, John
Garfield, Alan Hale, Dane Clark. Extras: Warner Bros. WWII short
"Gem of the Ocean," Cary Grant trailer gallery.
-- Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) Grant, Myrna Loy,
Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny. Extras: Lux Radio Theatre
broadcast (October 10, 1949) starring Grant and Irene Dunne,
Screen Directors Playhouse broadcast (June 9, 1950) starring
Grant and (then- wife) Betsy Drake, "The House of Tomorrow"
classic MGM Tex Avery Cartoon, Cary Grant trailer gallery.
-- My Favorite Wife (1940) Grant, Gail Patrick, Irene Dunne,
Randolph Scott. Extras: Vintage MGM "Home Movies" short by Robert
Benchley, Screen Directors Playhouse radio production (December
7, 1949) starring Grant and Dunne.
-- Night and Day (1946) Grant, Alexis Smith, Jane Wyman, Eve
Arden, Monty Wooley. Extras: Vintage Warner Bros. shorts "Desi
Arnaz and His Orchestra" and "Musical Movieland," Bugs Bunny and
Elmer Fudd in classic Looney Tunes "The Big Snooze."
** Catch That Kid (2004) Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max
Theiriot, Jennifer Beals, Sam Robards. Extras: Commentary by
Stewart, Bleu, and Theiriot; eight deleted scenes; Academy Award
nominated short "Gone Nutty," more. (Fox).
** Cocoon (1985) Dir.: Ron Howard; Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn, Jack
Gilford, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Wilfred
Brimley, Steve Guttenberg. (Fox)
** Cocoon II: The Return (1988) Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn, Jack
Gilford, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Wilfred
Brimley, Steve Guttenberg. (Fox)
** Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt (1989) Documentary.
Dir.: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Narrator: Dustin Hoffman.
Extras: "Then and Now," a new short film by Epstein and Friedman
about AIDs, photo gallery. (New Yorker).
** The Company (2003) Dir.: Robert Altman; Neve Campbell, Malcolm
McDowell, James Franco. Extras: Commentary by Altman and
Campbell; extended dance sequences that give viewers the option
to watch just the dance numbers (Suite Saint-Saens, Vivandiere,
White Widow, Strange Prisoners); "The Passion of Dance"
featurette; "The Making the Company" featurette. (Columbia
TriStar).
** A Cool, Dry Place (1999) Vince Vaughn, Monica Potter, Joey
Lauren Adams. (Fox).
** Cop Land (1997) Dir.: James Mangold; Sylvester Stallone,
Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert Patrick.
Director's cut. Extras: Commentary by Mangold, producer Cathy
Konrad, Stallone and Patrick; deleted scenes with optional
filmmaker commentary; shootout storyboard sequence; "The Making
of an Urban Western" behind-the-scenes featurette. (Miramax
Collector's Series).
** The Crucible (1996) Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder. (Fox)
** Das Boot: The Original Uncut Version (1981) Dir.: Wolfgang
Petersen; Jurgen Prochnow, Herbert Gronemeyer. Two-disc set with
restored original stereo and newly created 5.1 surround. Extras:
Two-hours of extra footage, "making-of" featurette. (Columbia
TriStar).
** Deja Vu (1985) Jaclyn Smith, Nigel Terry, Shelley Winters,
Claire Bloom. (MGM).
** Dora the Explorer: Super Silly Fiesta. Four animated episodes.
(Paramount).
** Dream Lover (1994) James Spader, Madchen Amick. (MGM).
** Dukes of Hazzard: The Complete First Season. Three-disc set
with 13 episodes; $39.98. Extras: Commentary by John Schneider
and Catherine Bach on the pilot episode, "The 20th Anniversary
Hazzard County Barbeque" reunion, "Dukes Driving 101: A High
Octane Salute" featurette with NASCAR race car drivers. (Warner).
** Eurotrip (2004) Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Kristin Kreuk.
Rated and unrated editions. Extras: Rated DVD: Commentary by the
filmmakers, deleted scenes, alternate ending, gag reel, the music
of "Eurotrip," more. Unrated DVD: Commentary by the filmmakers,
unrated deleted scenes, nude beach exposed, unrated scene
indexes, the music of "Eurotrip." (DreamWorks).
** Faithful (1996) Dir.: Paul Mazursky; Cher, Chazz Palminteri,
Ryan O'Neal. (New Line).
** Flirting With Disaster (1996) Dir.: David O. Russell; Ben
Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Tea Leoni, Mary Tyler Moore, Alan
Alda, Lily Tomlin. Extras: Deleted scenes, outtakes from the
feature and from the deleted scenes, "Flirting With Disaster"
original featurette. (Miramax Collector's Series).
** For Queen and Country (1988) Denzel Washington, Dorian Healy.
(MGM).
** Freaky Friday (1976) Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster. Extras: "A
Look Back With Jodie Foster," "Memory" interactive game.
(Disney).
** Freaky Friday 2-Pack. Two-disc set with 1976 "Freaky Friday"
and 2003 "Freaky Friday," $39.99. (Disney).
** Funny About Love (1990) Gene Wilder, Christine Lahti, Mary
Stuart Masterson, Leonard Nimoy. (Paramount).
** The Great White Hype (1996) Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Berg,
Damon Wayans, Jeff Goldblum, Jon Lovitz, Jamie Foxx, Corbin
Bernsen, Cheech Marin. (Fox).
** Head Above Water (1996) Cameron Diaz, Harvey Keitel, Billy
Zane. (New Line).
** Heart Condition (1990) Bob Hoskins, Denzel Washington. (New
Line).
** Herbie the Love Bug Collection. Four-disc set with "The Love
Bug" two-disc special edition, "Herbie Rides Again," "Herbie Goes
to Monte Carlo" and "Herbie Goes Bananas," $65.99. Extras on "The
Love Bug": Commentary by Dean Jones, Michele Lee, Buddy Hackett;
deleted scenes; "Susie, The Little Blue Coupe" cartoon; "That
Loveable Bug" feature; "The Many Lives of Herbie"; "Herbie
Mania"; Lost Treasures: "Searching for Herbie"; 1969 Disney
studio album; behind-the-secens promo; Love Bug Day at
Disneyland; "The Man Who Gave Herbie His Voice" feature; more.
(Disney).
** J.W. Coop (1972) Dir.: Cliff Robertson; Cliff Robertson,
Geraldine Page. (Columbia TriStar).
** Jumpin'Jack Flash (1986) Dir.: Penny Marshall; Whoopi
Goldberg, Jim Belushi, Jon Lovitz. (Fox).
** Kiss of Death (1995) Dir.: Barbet Schroeder; David Caruso,
Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Helen Hunt, Stanley Tucci,
Michael Rapaport. (Fox).
** Little Murders (1971) Dir.: Alan Arkin; Elliott Gould, Vincent
Gardenia, Donald Sutherland, Marcia Rodd. (Fox).
** Masquerade (1988) Meg Tilly, John Glover, Kim Cattrall, Rob
Lowe. (MGM).
** Monster (2003) Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern,
Lee Tergesen, Pruitt Taylor Vince. DTS 5.1 surround. Extras:
Interview with director Patty Jenkins, featurette, DTS film
mixing demo. (Columbia TriStar).
** My Baby's Daddy (2004) Eddie Griffin, Anthony Anderson,
Michael Imperioli, Paula Jai Parker, Joanna Bacalso, Bai Ling.
(Miramax).
** National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995) Tommy Chong, Matt
Frewer, Fiona Loewi, Jeremy Renner. (New Line).
** New Blood (1999) Nick Moran, Shawn Wayands, Carrie-Anne Moss,
John Hurt. (Fox).
** Out to Sea (1997) Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Dyan Cannon,
Gloria De Haven. (Fox).
** Paragraph 175 (1999) Dir.: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
Narrator: Rupert Everett. Extras: Commentary by the directors and
producer, additional interviews. (New Yorker).
** Pelle the Conqueror (1987) Dir.: Bille August; Max Von Sydow.
(Fox).
** Perfect Strangers (1984) Dir.: Larry Cohen; Brad Rijin, Anne
Carlisle. (MGM).
** Pitch Black Special Edition (2000) Dir.: David Twohy; Vin
Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser. Keith David, Lewis Fitz-
Gerald, Claudia Black. In R-rated and unrated director's cut
editions. Includes a free ticket to see "The Chronicles of
Riddick" when it opens theatrically June 11. Extras: Commentaries
by Diesel, Hauser and Twohy; new introduction by Twohy; "The
Chronicles of Riddick Virtual Encyclopedia": Hauser hosts this
exploration of Mercs, the Slam, and other unique elements of the
Riddick universe; "Johns' Chase Log": Follow the bounty hunter
Johns (Hauser) on his month-long hunt for Riddick, which includes
excerpts from his personal log chronicling Riddick's final days
of freedom before his capture, leading into the opening scene of
"Pitch Black"; "Dark Fury: Advancing the Arc": An inside look at
the making of "The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury," the new
film by animator Peter Chung (The Animatrix "Matriculated", MTV's
"Aeon Flux"); "A View Into the Dark": David Twohy and Vin Diesel
explore the character of Riddick; "The Game Is On" sneak peek at
the new "The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay"
interactive game; "The Making of Pitch Black." (Universal).
** Slaughter of the Innocents (1994) Scott Glenn, Darlene
Fluegel. (Fox).
** The Snake Pit (1948) Dir.: Anatole Litvak; Olivia de
Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn. Extras: Commentary by film
historian Aubrey Solomon, MovieTone News footage. (Fox Studio
Classics).
** Special Effects (1984) Eric Bogosian, Zoe Lund. (MGM).
** Spider-Man Superbit Edition (2002) Dir.: Sam Raimi; Tobey
Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco, Cliff
Robertson; $26.96. Extras: Commentary by Maguire. (Columbia
TriStar).
** Spider-Man Deluxe Edition (2002) Dir.: Sam Raimi; Tobey
Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco, Cliff
Robertson. Three-disc set, $24.95. Extras: Disc 1: Commentary by
Raimi, Dunst, producer Laura Ziskin, and co-producer Grant
Curtis; SFX commentary by special effects designer John Dykstra
and visual effects crew; "Weaving the Web" pop-up factoids;
branching web-isodes; music videos; DVD=ROM extras. Disc 2: HBO
"making-of" special, E! Entertainment special, director and
composer profiles, screen tests, costume and makeup tests,
gag/outtake reel, comic archives, more. Disc 3: "Spider-Man 2"
sneak peek and trailer, two playable levels of Activision's
Spider-Man 2 video game. (Columbia TriStar).
** SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeGuard on Duty. Eight episodes.
(Paramount).
** Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004) Kelly
Carlson, Ed Lauter, Richard Burgi, Sandrine Holt. Direct-to-video
sequel. Extras: Commentary by director Phil Tippett, writer Ed
Neumeier and producer Jon Davison; "From Green Screen to Silver
Screen" featurette that shows progression of visual effects from
storyboards to final footage; "Inside the Federation" making-of
the film featurette with interviews with cast and crew; photo
gallery. (Columbia TriStar).
** Summer School (1987) Dir.: Carl Reiner; Mark Harmon, Kirstie
Alley. (Paramount).
** Sunset Strip (2000) Nick Stahl, Simon Baker, Anna Friel.
(Fox).
** The Super (1991) Joe Pesci, Vincent Gardenia, Madolyn Smith
Osborne. (Fox).
** Tai Pan (1986) Bryan Brown, Joan Chen. (Fox).
** Talons of the Eagle (1992) Billy Blanks, Priscilla Barnes.
(Fox).
** The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) Documentary. Narrator: Harvey
Fierstein. Extras: Commentary by director Rob Epstein, first and
25th anniversary vigils, outtakes featurette, alternate ending,
San Francisco premiere at the Castro Theatre, 1985 Academy Awards
presentation, photo gallery, Dan White update. (New Yorker).
** Trainspotting (1996) Dir.: Danny Boyle; Ewan McGregor, Ewen
Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly
Macdonald. Director's cut. Two-disc set. Extras: Filmmaker
feature commentary, deleted scenes with optional commentary,
"Trainspotting" retrospective featurette: The film then and now
includes filmmaker interviews, Cannes Film Festival interviews,
"The Making of Trainspotting" featurette, gallery of images.
(Miramax Collector's Series).
** Trapped in Paradise (1994) Nicolas Cage, Dana Carvey, Jon
Lovitz. (Fox).
** Two of a Kind (1983) John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John. (Fox).
** Where Are We? Our Road Trip Through America (1992)
Documentary. Dir.: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Extras:
Outtakes. (New Yorker).


For more DVD info, check out our DVD calendar pages at
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THIS WEEK'S VHS SELL-THROUGH RELEASES:

** Catch That Kid (2004) Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max
Theiriot, Jennifer Beals, Sam Robards. (Fox): $19.98
** Dora the Explorer: Super Silly Fiesta. Two animated episodes
(Paramount): $9.95
** SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeGuard on Duty. Five animated
episodes (Paramount): $9.95

For more sell-through info, check out our Sell-Through/Repriced
pages at <http://www.onvideo.org/reprice.htm>


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