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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, May 31 -- MONDAY, June 6

BOOGEYMAN
Every culture has one -- the horrible monster fueling
young children's nightmares. But for Tim (Barry Watson), the
Boogeyman still lives in his memories. When he was eight,
something devastating happened. Each night his dad would put him
to sleep with a bedtime story. Many of these stories teetered on
the brink of horror, much to his mom's chagrin, but Tim and his
father made sure his bedroom was safe when the lights finally
went out. Until one fateful night: As Tim watched from his bed,
paralyzed with fear, his father was violently sucked into the
closet, and was never seen or heard from again. Tim is terrified
that the Boogeyman will someday return and take him as he has
taken so many before. Until now he has coped by eliminating
opportunities for the Boogeyman to get to him. He has removed
every dark corner in his apartment; there are no closets, and his
bed is on the floor so the evil force has nowhere to hide. The
thought of getting a jacket out of a closet sends him spiraling
into terror. When Tim is forced to move outside his comfort zone
on a Thanksgiving trip to girlfriend Jessica's (Tory Mussett)
parents, he leaves this protected world and things begin to fall
apart. After a disturbing dream about his estranged mother (Lucy
Lawless), Tim awakens in a cold sweat, hunched over on the floor
of the guest room. His cell phone rings -- his mother has died.
Forced to return to his childhood home, a looming and run-down
Victorian Gothic house in the countryside, Tim must tie up family
matters with his Uncle Mike (Philip Gordon) and face the source
of all his fears. Is the Boogeyman real? Or did Tim make him up
to explain why his father abandoned his family? The answer lies
hidden behind every dark corner and half-opened closet of his
childhood home as he faces the chilling unanswered question --
does the Boogeyman really exist? Director: Stephen T. Kay. Stars:
Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless, Tory Mussett, Skye
McCole Bartusiak, Philip Gordon. 2005, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 89
min., Horror thriller, Box office gross: $46.212 million, Sony,
No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.

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NEWS

COMING SOON:
Due June 21 is weak sequel "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and
Fabulous," starring Sandra Bullock, Regina King, Enrique
Murciano, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson, Heather Burns, Diedrich
Bader, Treat Williams, Eileen Brennan and Elisabeth Rohm, from
Warner, on DVD and VHS ... Warner will release on July 19 horror-
thriller "Constantine," starring Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia
LaBeouf, Djimon Hounsou, Max Baker, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gavin
Rossdale, Tilda Swinton and Peter Stormare ... On August 2 Oliver
Stone's biodrama "Alexander," starring Colin Farrell, Anthony
Hopkins, David Bedella, Jessie Kamm, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer,
Christopher Plummer and Rosario Dawson, will arrive on VHS and in
two-disc and single-disc unrated director's cut and R-rated
versions, from Warner ... Sony will release comedy "Guess Who,"
starring Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher, Zoe Saldana, Judith Scott,
Hal Williams and Kellee Stewart, on August 2 on VHS and DVD ...
and, on August 9, Fox will release family film "Because of Winn-
Dixie," directed by Wayne Wang and starring Jeff Daniels, Cicely
Tyson, Dave Matthews, Eva Marie Saint and Annnasophia Robb, on
DVD and $15.95 VHS.

DVD COLLECTIBLES:
The Criterion Collection will release this week "Jules and Jim"
(1962), Francois Truffaut's early masterpiece that charts the
friendship of two writers over the course of 25 years. Jeanne
Moreau stars as Catherine, the alluring and willful young woman
who becomes the center point of cinema's most famous romantic
triangle (between Oskar Werner and Henri Serre). In the Bohemian
playground of pre-World War I Paris, Truffaut's film asks frank
questions about freedom, loyalty, and the weight of time on love
... From New Yorker comes two excellent films from famed Senegal
filmmaker Ousmane Sembene: the satires "Mandabi" (1968) and
"Xala" (1975) ... Disney has added three new anthologies to its
Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites line: "Walt Disney's
Classic Cartoon Favorites: Extreme Sports Fun (Volume 5)," with
restored cartoon favorites "Canine Caddy," "How to Play
Baseball," "The Hockey Champ," "Double Dribble," "How to Play
Football," "Mickey's Polo Team," "Goofy Gymnastics"; Walt
Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites: Extreme Music Fun (Volume
6)," with restored cartoon favorites "Mickey's Grand Opera,"
"Music Land," "Orphan's Benefit," "Farmyard Symphony," "Pluto's
Blue Note," "How to Dance," "Woodland Cafe," "Donald's Dilemma";
and "Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites: Extreme Adventure
Fun (Volume 7)," with "Mickey's Trailer," "No Sail," "Good
Scouts," "Hello Aloha," "Old Sequoia," "How to Ride a Horse,"
"Trailer Horn," "Two Weeks Vacation."

FROM TV TO VIDEO:
Due this week: "Dangermouse: The Complete Seasons 1&2," a two-
disc set with 17 episodes of the 1980s British animated series;
$29.95 from A&E Home Video ... "Dark Shadows DVD Collection 18,"
a four-disc set with 40 episodes, $59.98 from MPI Home Video ...
"Dukes of Hazzard: The Complete Third Season," a four-disc set
with 23 episodes, $39.98 from Warner ... "Home Movies, Season
Two," a three-disc set with 13 episodes of the cartoon NetworkOs
Adult Swim series, $34.98 from Shout! Factory ... "King Lear"
(1976), a six-part miniseries of the acclaimed Canadian Stratford
Festival version of Shakespeare's tragedy, starring Patrick
Magee. Ann Lynn, Patrick Mower; $24.95 from A&E Home Video ...
"The Presidents," a three-disc set of the 2005 History Channel
documentary series, narrated by Edward Herrmann; $49.95 from A&E
Home Video ... "The Tomorrow People: Set One," a four-disc set
with 26 episodes of the 1970s kitchy sci-fi series; $79.95, from
A&E Home Video.

BUZZIN' THE 'B's
Steven Seagal returns to the screen with Vinnie Jones and Nick
Brimble to battle a bio-engineered terror in a submarine at the
bottom of the sea in "Submerged" (2005), on VHS and DVD from Sony
... In "Dead Easy" (2004), starring Richard Grieco and Joanna
Pacula, a husband and wife team play nasty games of one-upmanship
with their affairs, leading to lethal consequences, on VHS and
DVD from MTI Home Video ... A maverick bush pilot and a young
Inuit woman are thrown together in a struggle for survival when
their plane crashes hundreds of miles from civilization in the
Arctic in "The Snow Walker" (2003), directed by Charles Martin
Smith and starring Barry Pepper, Annabella Piugattuuk and James
Cromwell, on VHS and DVD from First Look Home Entertainment ...
In "Devour" (2005), a murderous, Satanic video game called "The
Pathway" threatens to cause a worldwide chain-reaction of death
unless a high school teenager can unravel the mystery, on VHS and
DVD from Sony.

ON THE INDIE FRONT:
Vanguard Cinema will release this week "The Zeros" (2000), about
a surreal road trip in which a twentysomething young man
(Mackenzie Astin) discovers that he has just six weeks to live
and goes in search of his sixth-grade sweetheart, finding the
meaning of life, the mysteries of mortality and the joys of
karaoke strip bars along the way; winner of the SXSW Film
Festival audience award, $19.95 DVD; and "The Ultimate Shorts
Collection," a five-disc box set of 33 short films including
award winners from Sundance and AFI, with such stars as Ewan
McGregor, Mel Gibson, Martin Sheen, Chris Penn, Rebecca Gayheart
and Alice Cooper, $59.95.

SPECIAL INTEREST:
For music lovers this week there's "David Cassidy: Greatest Hits
Live," a concert recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo in London
during the singer's 2004 U.K. tour from Kultur/SRO ... "Judy
Collins: An American Girl in Concert" features performances and
interviews, $14.99, from Kultur/SRO ... "Pop Legends Live:
Herman's Hermits Starring Peter Noone" is a program of the
group's hits, $14.99 from Kultur/SRO.

"The Edward R. Murrow Collection" is a four disc set of the
newsman's greatest work: Emmy and Peabody Award-winning
programming featuring archival footage, rare interviews, a
complete Murrow biography and timeline of his most momentous
events: "This Reporter," "The Best of 'See It Now,'" "The
McCarthy Years" and "Harvest of Shame"; $59.95 from Docurama ...
Documentary "The Dreams of Sparrows," from first-time director
Hayder Mousa Daffar and his team of camera men, show what life is
like inside Iraq: The truth about Baghdad ... what Iraqi people
do, how people live, what people eat ... because all he saw about
his country on the Internet and the news was bombs and
explosions. This is Daffar's dream ... for years he wanted to
make a documentary about Iraq. No American journalist can speak
the language or get this close to Iraqi citizens like Daffar has.
"The Dreams of Sparrows" captures the fascinating story of life
in Iraq, post-war, pre-reconstruction, and in mid-chaos. From Go
Cart Films on $19.98 DVD (www.gokartrecords.com).


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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:

Weekly listings of DVD releases can now be viewed on mobile
devices at www.tagtag.com/onvideo
** Boogeyman (2005) Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless,
Tory Mussett, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Philip Gordon. Extras:
Alternate ending, animatics, deleted scenes, making-of
featurette, visual effects progressions. (Sony).
** The Complete James Dean Collection. Six-disc set with
new-to-DVD "East of Eden" and "Rebel Without a Cause" and a
special edition of "Giant," $69.92. Each title available
separately for $26.99. (Warner).
-- East of Eden (1955) Dir.: Elia Kazan; James Dean, Julie
Harris, Raymond Massey, Richard Davalos, Jo Van Fleet. Two-disc
set, remastered with Dolby Digital 5.1. Extras: Commentary by
film critic Richard Schickel, all-new documentary "East of Eden:
Art in Search of Life," "Forever James Dean" documentary, 1955
New York premiere footage, screen test footage, wardrobe tests
gallery, deleted scenes, set design test footage.
-- Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Dir.: Nicholas Ray; James Dean,
Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen,
William Hopper, Rochelle Hudson, Dennis Hopper. Two-disc set.
Extras: Commentary by Douglas L. Rathgeb, author of "The Making
of Rebel Without a Cause"; all-new "Rebel Without a Cause:
Defiant Innocents" documentary; "James Dean Remembered"
documentary; three Behind the Cameras segments from the Warner
Bros. Presents TV series including the "Drive Safely" public
service announcement, with Natalie Wood, Jim Backus and James
Dean; screen test footage; wardrobe test footage; deleted scenes.
-- Giant (1956) Dir.: George Stevens; Rock Hudson, Elizabeth
Taylor, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills,
Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor,
Judith Evelyn, Earl Holliman. Two-disc set. Extras: Commentary by
George Stevens Jr., screenwriter Ivan Moffat and critic Stephen
Farber; nearly three hours of new and vintage documentaries in
which stars, filmmakers and Texans who took part in the location
shooting recall their experiences: "George Stevens: The
Filmmakers Who Knew Him," "Memories of Giant" and "Return to
Giant"; New York premiere TV special; Hollywood premiere and
project kickoff newsreels; two Warner Bros. Presents behind the
cameras featurettes; photo and document galleries; production
notes, director filmography and introduction by George Stevens
Jr.
** Dangermouse: The Complete Seasons 1&2. Two-disc set with 17
episodes of the 1980s British animated series; $29.95. (A&E Home
Video).
** Dark Shadows DVD Collection 18. Four-disc set with 40
episodes, $59.98. (MPI Home Video)
** David Cassidy: Greatest Hits Live. Concert recorded at the
Hammersmith Apollo in London during the singer's 2004 U.K. tour.
(Kultur/SRO).
** Devour (2005) Shannyn Sossamon, Dominque Swain, Jensen Ackles.
Direct-to-video.
** Dukes of Hazzard: The Complete Third Season. Four-disc set
with 23 episodes, $39.98. Extras: Introduction by John Schneider,
Catherine Bach and Tom Wopat; "Dukes Family Tree" featurette;
commentary on select episodes; retrospective featurette.
(Warner).
** The Edward R. Murrow Collection. Four disc set: "This
Reporter," "The Best of 'See It Now,' " "The McCarthy Years" and
"Harvest of Shame"; $59.95. Extras: Rare interviews, a complete
Murrow biography, timeline of his most momentous events.
(Docurama).
** The Essential Steve McQueen Collection. Set of six McQueen
films: DVD debuts of "Bullitt," "The Cincinnati Kid," "Never So
Few" and "Tom Horn," and previously released "The Getaway" and
"Papillon"; $68.92. (Warner).
-- Bullitt (1968) Dir.: Peter Yates; Steve McQueen, Robert
Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Simon
Oakland, Norman Fell. Two-Disc Special Edition. Extras: Two
documentaries: "The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing," a
fascinating look at the art of film editing featuring
award-winning directors Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Martin
Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino and Ridley Scott; "Steve McQueen: The
Essence of Cool," a new documentary premiering June 1 on Turner
Classic Movies with interviews from Neile Adams (McQueen's first
wife), Sir Richard Attenborough, Norman Jewison, Chad McQueen
(his son), Peter Yates, Barbara Minty (McQueen's widow); more.
(Warner).
-- The Cincinnati Kid (1965) Dir.: Norman Jewison; Steve
McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden, Tuesday
Weld, Joan Blondell, Rip Torn, Jack Weston, Cab Calloway, Jeff
Corey.
-- Never So Few (1959) Dir.: John Sturges; Frank Sinatra, Gina
Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen, Paul Henreid, Brian
Donlevy, Dean Jones , Charles Bronson.
-- Tom Horn (1980) Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard
Farnsworth, Slim Pickens, Elisha Cook Jr.
-- Fascination (2004) Jacqueline Bisset, Adam Garcia, Alice
Evans, James Naughton, Stuart Wilson. (MGM).
** Forced Vengeance (1982) Chuck Norris. (Warner).
** Get a Clue (2002 -- TV) Lindsay Lohan, Bug Hall, Brenda Song.
Disney Channel Original Movie. (Buena Vista).
** Home Movies, Season Two. Three-disc set with 13 episodes of
the cartoon Network's Adult Swim series, $34.98. Extras:
Commentaries, interviews, featurettes. (Shout! Factory).
** Judy Collins: An American Girl in Concert. Performances and
interviews, $14.99. (Kultur/SRO).
** Jules and Jim (1962) Dir.: Francois Truffaut; Jeanne Moreau,
Oskar Werner, Henri Serre. (The Criterion Collection).
** Kansas City Bomber (1972) Raquel Welch, Kevin McCarthy.
(Warner).
** King Lear (1976) Six-part miniseries of the acclaimed Canadian
Stratford Festival version of Shakespeare's tragedy, starring
Patrick Magee. Ann Lynn, Patrick Mower; $24.95. (A&E Home Video).
** Mandabi (1968 -- Senegal) Dir.: Ousmane Sembene; Makhouredia
Gueye, Ynousse N'Diaye, Isseu Niang, Serigne N'Diayes. (New
Yorker).
** Over the Top (1987) Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan
Blakely. (Warner).
** Parent Trap Special Edition (1998) Dir.: Nancy Meyers; Lindsay
Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix, Lisa Ann
Walter, Simon Kunz. Extras: Commentary by Meyers, "Updating a
Classic" featurette, "How Hallie Became Annie" featurette, "The
Accent on Fun" featurette, deleted scene. (Disney).
** Pop Legends Live: Herman's Hermits Starring Peter Noone.
Program of the group's hits, $14.99. (Kultur/SRO).
** The Presidents (2005) Three-disc set of the History Channel
documentary series, narrated by Edward Herrmann; $49.95. (A&E
Home Video).
** St. Ives (1976) Charles Bronson, Maximilian Schell, John
Houseman, Elisha Cook, Daniel J. Trafanti, Jeff Goldblum, Robert
Englund. (Warner).
** The Snow Walker (2003) Dir.: Charles Martin Smith; Barry
Pepper, James Cromwell. Extras: Cast and crew interviews, "The
Making of Snow Walker" featurette. (First Look Home
Entertainment).
** Submerged (2005) Steven Seagal, Vinnie Jones, Nick Brimble.
Direct-to-video. (Sony).
** Swimming Upstream (2005) Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Jesse
Spencer. (MGM).
** The Tomorrow People: Set One. Four-disc set with 26 episodes
of the 1970s kitchy sci-fi series; $79.95. (A&E Home Video).
** Viva Knievel (1977) Evel Knievel, Gene Kelly, Red Buttons,
Leslie Nielsen, Lauren Hutton. (Warner).
** Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites: Extreme Sports Fun
(Volume 5) Restored cartoon favorites "Canine Caddy," "How to
Play Baseball," "The Hockey Champ," "Double Dribble," "How to
Play Football," "Mickey's Polo Team," "Goofy Gymnastics."
(Disney).
** Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites: Extreme Music Fun
(Volume 6) Restored cartoon favorites "Mickey's Grand Opera,"
"Music Land," "Orphan's Benefit," "Farmyard Symphony," "Pluto's
Blue Note," "How to Dance," "Woodland Cafe," "Donald's Dilemma."
(Disney).
** Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites: Extreme Adventure Fun
(Volume 7) "Mickey's Trailer," "No Sail," "Good Scouts," "Hello
Aloha," "Old Sequoia," "How to Ride Aa Horse," "Trailer Horn,"
"Two Weeks Vacation." (Disney).
** Xala (1975 -- Senegal) Dir.: Ousmane Sembene; Fatim Diagne,
Makhouredia Gueye, Thierno Leye. (New Yorker).
** Year of the Dragon (1985) Dir.: Michael Cimino; Mickey Rourke,
John Lone. (Warner).


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