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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, November 16 -- MONDAY, November 22

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
In "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," Harry, Ron and
Hermione, now teenagers, return for their third year at Hogwarts,
where they are forced to face escaped prisoner Sirius Black, who
poses a threat to Harry. Harry and his friends spend their third
year learning how to handle a half-horse half-eagle Hippogriff,
repel shape-shifting Boggarts and master the art of Divination.
They also visit the wizarding village of Hogsmeade and the
Shrieking Shack, which is considered the most haunted building in
Britain. In addition to these new experiences, Harry must
overcome the threats of the soul-sucking Dementors, outsmart a
dangerous werewolf and finally deal with the truth about Sirius
Black and his relationship to Harry and his parents. With his
best friends, Harry masters advanced magic, crosses the barriers
of time and changes the course of more than one life. Director:
Alfonso Cuaron. Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert
Grint, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Michael
Gambon, David Thewlis, Gary Oldman. 2004, CC, MPAA rating: PG,
142 min., Fantasy, Box office gross: $225.700 million, Warner,
$22.99 VHS SRP. DVD: Day & Date.

OASIS
The story of two people who love each other despite family and
social norms. Gong-ju is a woman afflicted with cerebral palsy,
making it almost impossible for her to live an average life.
Jong-du, a man who is carefree to the point of mental illness,
has been convicted of crimes, including manslaughter of Gong-ju's
father. Both are imprisoned by either body or mind, but are able
to establish a relationship despite these handicaps, and they're
able to find love and acceptance with each other. The film shows
how these two social misfits were brought together by fate, and
had to fight their families to stay together. In Korean with
English subtitles. Director: Lee Chang-dong. Stars: Kyung-gu Sol,
Nae-sang Ahn. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 132 min., Drama, Facets
Video. DVD: Only.

SECRET THINGS
The story of two gorgeous young women who discover the power of
sex as a tool to climb the social and professional ladder.
Sandrine and Natalie work at a strip club; Natalie performs an
erotic act on stage while Sandrine serves drinks. After they both
get fired, the two become roommates and Natalie begins training
Sandrine in the art of seduction and plan to take on the world of
men. Their top prize is Christophe, a charming heir apparent and
rising star at a large bank. After landing jobs at the bank and
"working" their way up the ladder, the femme fatales don't
bargain for the ultimate cruelty and power of their prey and soon
find Christophe, a man who controls all whom he meets, their
ultimate match. In French with English subtitles. Director: Jean-
Claude Brisseau. Stars: Sabrina Seyvecou, Coralie Revel, Roger
Mirmont. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 112 min., Thriller, Box
office gross: $0.104 million, First Run Features. DVD: Only.

SLEEPOVER
School's out! Julie (Alexa Vega) has invited her best friends --
Hannah (Mika Boorem), Farrah (Scout Taylor-Compton), and Yancy
(Kallie Flynn Childress) -- to come celebrate the last day of
junior high, but what begins as just another sleepover turns into
the adventure of their lives. Eager to cast off their less-than-
cool reputations, the friends agree to a challenge from the
"popular girls": an all-night scavenger hunt. With Julie's father
distracted by a home-improvement project downstairs, they sneak
down the rose trellis, borrow Yancy's electric car, dodge Julie's
mother at a nightclub, steal a pair of boxer shorts from the
cutest guy in town (Sean Faris), go to their first high school
dance, fall in love, and in the end, learn a little something
about themselves. Typical girl teen comedy: boys and pseudosex.
Director: Joe Nussbaum. Stars: Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Kallie
Flynn Childress, Scout Taylor-Compton, Sam Huntington. 2004, CC,
MPAA rating: PG, 90 min., Teen comedy, Box office gross: $8.070
million, MGM, $19.98 VHS SRP. DVD: Day & Date.

TERMINAL, THE
"The Terminal" tells the story of Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), a
visitor to New York City from Eastern Europe, whose homeland
erupts in a fiery coup while he is in the air en route to
America. Stranded at John F. Kennedy International Airport with a
passport from nowhere, he is unauthorized to actually enter the
United States and must improvise his days and nights in the
terminal's international transit lounge until the war at home is
over. As the weeks and months stretch on, Viktor finds the
compressed universe of the terminal to be a richly complex world
of absurdity, generosity, ambition, amusement, status,
serendipity and even romance with a beautiful flight attendant
named Amelia (Catherine Zeta-Jones). But Viktor has long worn out
his welcome with airport official Frank Dixon, who considers him
a bureaucratic glitch, a problem he cannot control but wants
desperately to erase. A well-honed comedy -- with some romance --
by the always craftmanlike Steven Spielberg. Director: Steven
Spielberg. Stars: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci,
Chi McBride, Diego Luna, Barry "Shabaka" Henley, Kumar Pallana,
Zoe Saldana, Eddie Jones, Jude Ciccolella, Kevin Weisman. 2004,
CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 128 min., Comedy, Box office gross:
$77.032 million, DreamWorks, $15.95 VHS SRP. DVD: Day & Date.

ZHOU YU'S TRAIN
Twice a week, Zhou Yu (Gong Li), a beautiful artisan, takes the
train to faraway Chongyang, where she indulges in a torrid affair
with Chen Ching (Tony Leung Ka-Fai), her poet-lover. United by
their passion, he finds in Zhou the ultimate muse, while she
believes Chen to be her ideal soul mate. But accompanying Zhou on
her long, lonely train rides are two individuals who threaten to
derail her romantic idyll: Zhang Qiang (Sun Honglei), a young
doctor hopelessly obsessed with her, and Ziu (Li, in a dual
role), a mysterious young woman who bares a striking resemblance
to Zhou and seems to be following her every move. A passionate
tale of one woman's search for perfect love, the film is a
sensual evocation of distance and time, reality and imagination,
where the only thing that's truly real is what's in one's heart.
In Chinese with English subtitles. Director: Sun Zhou. Stars:
Gong Li, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Sun Honglei. 2004, CC, MPAA rating:
PG-13, 92 min., Romantic Drama, Box office gross: $0.140 million,
Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

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NEWS

COMING SOON:
The much-in-demand "Miami Vice" is finally coming to DVD with the
release on February 8 of Season One, a three-disc set, remixed in
5.1 Surround, featuring an introduction by creator-director
Michael Mann, "The Vibe of Vice" featurette, a "Back-Story: Miami
Vice" featurette, and featurettes on the series' fashion and
music, from Universal for $59.98 ... Theatrical releases just
announced include flop comedy "Surviving Christmas," starring Ben
Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate and Catherine
O'Hara, due December 21 from DreamWorks; "Superbabies: Baby
Geniuses 2," a very silly kids film starring Jon Voight and Scott
Baio, on $19.96 VHS and DVD, due January 4 from Columbia TriStar;
On January 18 Lions gate will release comedy "The Cookout,"
starring Ja Rule, Tim Meadows and Jenifer Lewis; Paramount will
release "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," starring Gwyneth
Paltrow, Jude Law, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon, Ling Bai and
Angelina Jolie, on January 25; On February 1 Miramax will release
the recent boxoffice hit horror-shocker "The Grudge," starring
Sarah Michelle Gellar; Romantic comedy "Shall We Dance?" starring
Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon and Stanley Tucci
will arrive February 1 from Miramax; On February 15 New Line will
release Hilary Duff romantic drama "Raise Your Voice"; and, on
March 8 Buena Vista will release "Ladder 49," starring Joaquin
Phoenix and John Travolta.

DVD COLLECTIBLES:
Radley Metzger is a legend in the production and distribution of
erotic films as well as a distinguished director whose trademarks
include lavish set design, witty screenplays, unusual camera
techniques and stories of sexual decadence and seduction. First
Run Features has put together three of his art-house outings --
"Therese and Isabelle," "The Alley Cats" and "Camille 2000" --
together in a boxed set, "The Radley Metzger Collection: Volume
1," for $49.95, available now ... Also due this week is "Tanner
on Tanner," the follow-up to "Tanner '88," from Robert Altman and
satirist Garry Trudeau, directed by Robert Altman and starring
Michael Murphy, Cynthia Nixon and Pamela Reed, on DVD from
Showtime.

FROM TV TO VIDEO:
The long awaited Seinfeld makes its way to video this week with
the release of "Seinfeld Volume 1," a four-disc set with all 18
episodes from Seasons One and Two, and "Seinfeld Volume 2," a
four-disc set with all 22 episodes from Season Three, both sets
loaded with extras and selling at $49.95 each, and the "Seinfeld
Deluxe Holiday Gift Set," which contains "Seinfeld Volume 1" and
"Seinfeld Volume 2" in a boxed set that includes a limited
edition script with handwritten notes from Larry David, exclusive
"Monk's Diner" salt & pepper shakers and collectible playing
cards; $119.95; all from Columbia TriStar. Other releases this
week: "Boy Meets World Season Two," a three-disc set with 23
episodes, $49.99 from Buena Vista ... "Dark Shadows DVD
Collection 15," a four-disc set with 40 episodes, $59.98 from MPI
Home Video ... "Golden Girls Season One," a three-disc set with
25 episodes, $49.99 from Buena Vista ... "Home Improvement Season
One," a three-disc set with 24 episodes, $49.99 from Buena Vista
... "Lizzie McGuire Boxed Set: Vol. 1," a four-disc set with 22
episodes, $49.99 from Buena Vista ... "The Protectors," a four-
disc set with 26 episodes of the 70s cult classic featuring a
trio of British crimefighters, $79.95 from A&E Home Video ...
"The Ranch," a 2004 telefilm starring Amy Madigan and Nicki
Micheaux in a look at the steamy and gritty lives of women in a
working brothel, on VHS and R-rated and unrated DVD, from MGM ...
"A Touch of Frost Season 4,"> a three-disc set of the popular
British detective series; $49.98 from MPI Home Video.

BUZZIN THE 'B's:
"Unstoppable" is a 2004 spy thriller about a former Special Ops
soldier -- mistaken for a CIA agent -- who, after being kidnapped
and injected with a mind-controlling drug, escapes and goes in
search of the villains, starring Wesley Snipes, from Columbia
TriStar ... "Doing Hard Time" is a 2004 revenge flick about a man
who goes behind bars to deal out justice to the men who
accidentally killed his 7-year-old son during a drug-deal-gone-
bad, starring Boris Kodjoe, Giancarlo Esposito and Jaszmin Lexis,
from Columbia TriStar.

FOR THE KIDS:
"As Told by Ginger: The Wedding Frame" contains three animated
episodes from the popular Nick show, from Paramount ... "In
Search of Santa" is a direct-to-video animated feature about two
penguin princess sisters, Crystal and Lucinda, who set out on a
journey to find the elusive Santa Claus, featuring the voices of
Hilary Duff and her sister Haylie Duff, from Miramax on $19.99
DVD and $14.99 VHS.

SPECIAL INTEREST:
Manga Entertainment will release this week the 12-part video
comic series "The Guyver," about a powerful mechanized warrior
who must defend humankind against the Zoanoids, devastating bio-
weapons created by an ancient alien race's gruesome genetic
experiments, in a two-disc boxed set for $39.98 ... "Ray Charles
Celebrates a Gospel Christmas With the Voices of Jubilation!" is
a 90-minute performance by the legendary singer -- his last
filmed live performance -- originally released in October 2003,
on DVD from Urbanworks Entertainment.


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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:

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** As Told by Ginger: The Wedding Frame. Three animated episodes
from the Nick series. (Paramount).
** Bandit Queen (1994 -- India) Dir.: Shekhar Kapur; Seema
Biswas, Aditya Srivastava. (Koch Lorber Films).
** Boy Meets World Season Two. Three-disc set with 23 episodes,
$49.99. Extras: Cast and crew commentaries. (Buena Vista).
** Dark Shadows DVD Collection. 15 Four-disc set with 40
episodes, $59.98. Extras: Interviews. (MPI Home Video).
** Ghost in the Shell -- Stand Alone Complex Volume Three. Four
episodes of the anime series (airing on Cartoon Network's Adult
Swim block) in two versions: Standard Edition in Dolby Digital
for $24.98 and a Limited Edition with two discs, one in Dolby
Digital and one in DTS Digital. (Manga Entertainment/Bandai
Entertainment).
** Golden Girls Season One. Three-disc set with 25 episodes,
$49.99. Extras: "Let's Talk Fashion With Joan and Melissa Rivers"
featurette. (Buena Vista).
** Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Dir.: Alfonso
Cuaron; Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Robbie
Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, David
Thewlis, Gary Oldman. Two-disc set. Extras: A selection of
mystifying exclusive never-before-seen footage; "Creating the
Vision," an interview with J.K. Rowling and the filmmakers; three
interactive memory challenge games: "Magic You May Have Missed,"
"Catch Scabbers,""Quest with Sir Cadogan"; self-guided iPIX tours
into Honeydukes and Professor LupinOs Defense Against the Dark
Arts classroom; interviews with the cast lead by Johnny Vaughan
and the Shrunken Head; "Care of Magical Creatures" animal
trainers featurette; "Choir Practice" sing-along with the
Hogwarts choir; "Hogwarts Portrait Gallery" featurette with a
closer look at the various portraits lining the walls of Hogwarts
castle; "Conjuring a Scene" featurette with an in-depth look at
the making of key scenes from the film; theatrical trailers of
all three Harry Potter films; Electronic Arts game preview; DVD-
ROM PC capable features include Wizard Trading Cards and a
Hogwarts Timeline. (Warner).
** Home Improvement Season One. Three-disc set with 24 episodes,
$49.99. Extras: Commentaries, "Loose Screws" featurette. (Buena
Vista).
** In Search of Santa (2004) Animated direct-to-video. Voices of
Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff. (Miramax).
** Lizzie McGuire Boxed Set: Vol. 1. Four-disc set with 22
episodes, $49.99. Extras: Commentaries on select episodes, Lizzie
McGuire "look" featurette. (Buena Vista).
** Oasis (2002 -- Korean) Kyung-gu Sol, Nae-sang Ahn. (Facets
Video).
** The Radley Metzger Collection: Volume 1. "Therese and
Isabelle," "The Alley Cats" and "Camille 2000"; $49.95. (First
Run Features).
** Ray Charles Celebrates a Gospel Christmas With the Voices of
Jubilation! (2003) Concert of holiday favorites. (Urbanworks
Entertainment).
** Secret Things (2002 -- French) Sabrina Seyvecou, Coralie
Revel, Roger Mirmont. (First Run Features).
** Seinfeld Volume 1. Four-disc set with all 18 episodes from
Seasons One and Two, $49.95. Newly enhanced in high definition.
Extras: Loaded with approximately 12 hours of exclusive special
features, including the following extra features, tailored to the
episodes included in the particular set. "Inside Looks":
Interviews with the cast and creators about what was happening
behind the scenes as the episodes were created and filmed; "Yada
Yada Yada": commentaries from the cast remembering the making of
the episodes; "In the Vault": Saved from the cutting room
floor... deleted scenes; "Not That There' Anything Wrong With
That": outtakes and bloopers; "Master of His Domain": See Jerry
in NBC promotional ads and trailers; "Notes About Nothing":
behind-the-scenes scoop and production notes. Volume 1 additional
extras: Two versions of the original pilot episode; "How It
Began": An hour-long look at how Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David
first came up with the idea for the show, how it almost didn't
get made; Tonight Show footage. (Columbia TriStar).
** Seinfeld Volume 2. Four-disc set with all 22 episodes from of
Season Three, $49.95. Newly enhanced in high definition. Extras:
Loaded with approximately 12 hours of exclusive special features,
including the following extra features, tailored to the episodes
included in the particular set. "Inside Looks": Interviews with
the cast and creators about what was happening behind the scenes
as the episodes were created and filmed; "Yada Yada Yada":
commentaries from the cast remembering the making of the
episodes; "In the Vault": Saved from the cutting room floor...
deleted scenes; "Not That There' Anything Wrong With That":
outtakes and bloopers; "Master of His Domain": See Jerry in NBC
promotional ads and trailers; "Notes About Nothing": behind-the-
scenes scoop and production notes. Volume 2 additional extras:
"Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo": If you thought Cosmo Kramer
was hilarious, wait until you meet the real Kramer: Kenny Kramer!
(Columbia TriStar).
** Seinfeld Deluxe Holiday Gift Set. "Seinfeld Volume 1" and
"Seinfeld Volume 2" in a boxed set that includes a limited
edition script with handwritten notes from Larry David, exclusive
"Monk's Diner" salt & pepper shakers and collectible playing
cards; $119.95. (Columbia TriStar).
** Sleepover (2004) Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Kallie Flynn
Childress, Scout Taylor-Compton, Sam Huntington. Extras:
Commentary by director Joe Nussbaum, Vega, Boorem, Taylor-
Compton, Childress; "A Guide to the Perfect Sleepover"
featurette; "Meet the Girls" cast featurette; "Ready, Set,
Action!" behind-the-scenes featurette; the casts' "Sleepover
Confessions" featurette; gag reel; photo gallery; Easter egg.
(MGM).
** Stealing Sinatra (2003) David Arquette, William H. Macy,
Thomas Ian Nicholas. (Showtime).
** Tanner on Tanner (2004) Dir.: Robert Altman; Michael Murphy,
Cynthia Nixon, Pamela Reed. Follow-up to "Tanner '88," from
Robert Altman satirist Garry Trudeau. Extras: Behind-the-scenes
footage, new interviews with Altman, Trudeau, Nixon and Murphy;
behind-the-scenes photo gallery including shots from the
Democratic National Convention. (Showtime).
** The Terminal (2004) Dir.: Steven Spielberg; Tom Hanks,
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Diego Luna,
Barry "Shabaka" Henley, Kumar Pallana, Zoe Saldana, Eddie Jones,
Jude Ciccolella, Kevin Weisman. Available as a single disc and as
a three-disc Limited Edition Gift Set featuring the film with DTS
sound on disc one, a second disc of exclusive behind-the-scenes
material developed by Spielberg's special features producer,
Laurent Bouzereau, a third disc CD with the original motion
picture soundtrack. Extras: "Booking the Flight" dialogue with
Spielberg, producers and screenwriters on the origin of the
script idea and story line; "Waiting for the Flight" behind-the-
scenes featurette on the daunting task of building a fully
functioning airport terminal from scratch; "Boarding: The People
of the Terminal" interviews with the film's stars and ensemble
cast; "The Take Off: Making the Terminal" making-of featurette;
"In Flight Service: The Music of the Terminal"; "Landing: Airport
Stories"; more. (DreamWorks).
** A Touch of Frost Season 4. Three-disc set of the popular
British detective series; $49.98. (MPI Home Video).
** Zhou Yu's Train (2004 -- Chinese) Gong Li, Tony Leung Ka-Fai,
Sun Honglei. (Columbia TriStar).

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


** Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2002) (2004) Dir.:
Alfonso Cuaron; Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint,
Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon,
David Thewlis, Gary Oldman (Warner): $22.95
** In Search of Santa (2004) Animated direct-to-video. Voices of
Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff (Miramax): $14.99
** Sleepover (2004) Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Kallie Flynn
Childress, Scout Taylor-Compton, Sam Huntington (MGM): $19.98
** The Terminal (2004) Dir.: Steven Spielberg; Tom Hanks,
Catherine Zeta-Jone, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Diego Luna,
Barry "Shabaka" Henley, Kumar Pallana, Zoe Saldana, Eddie Jones,
Jude Ciccolella, Kevin Weisman (DreamWorks): $15.95

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


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