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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, August 23 -- MONDAY, August 29

A LOT LIKE LOVE
A romantic comedy about romantic obstacles is moderately
romantic. Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet star as a pair of
dynamic, diametrically opposed twentysomethings -- Oliver and
Emily -- whose initial fateful meeting sets off sparks -- then
seems to go nowhere. Over the next seven years, they continue to
meet. But is their relationship simply a good friendship? Is it
destined to be yet another romantic disaster? It all begins as a
young man and woman meet on a cross-country flight. Oliver
(Kutcher) is a brand new college graduate with an airtight
timeline for attaining his dreams of both business success and
finding true love. Emily (Peet) is a bold, free spirit drawn to
spontaneity and wild extremes. Two different choices, two
incompatible views on life. They may have hooked up for a brief
moment, but Oliver and Emily clearly don't belong together. Or do
they? Though they both move on, Oliver and Emily nevertheless
can't quite seem to completely let go. As the two bump into each
other, year after year, in city after city, through changing
careers and different relationships, there always seems to be
plenty keeping them apart. So what keeps getting in the way of
what could be romantic destiny -- the lack of an engaging
plotline and characterization -- nothing ever really happens to
or engages these people, or develops them as characters. But the
kids seem to love it. Director: Nigel Cole. Stars: Amanda Peet,
Ashton Kutcher, Taryn Manning, Aimee Garcia. 2005, CC, MPAA
rating: PG-13, 107 min., Romantic-comedy, Box office gross:
$21.317 million, Buena Vista, $29.99 VHS SRP.

BEAUTY SHOP
Gina Norris (Queen Latifah) is a long way from the Chicago
barbershop (in the film "Barbershop") where she got her start --
she now lives in Atlanta and is making a name for herself and her
cutting-edge hairstyles at a posh Southern salon. But when her
flamboyant, egotistical boss, Jorge (Kevin Bacon), takes it one
criticism too far, she storms out of his salon to open a shop of
her own, taking the shampoo girl (Alicia Silverstone) and a few
key clients (Andie MacDowell, Mena Suvari) with her. Gina risks
it all to buy a rundown beauty shop and gets to work making it
her own, inheriting an opinionated group of headstrong stylists
(including Alfre Woodard, Golden Brooks, and Sherri Shepherd), a
colorful clientele, and a sexy upstairs electrician (Djimon
Hounsou). It's a rocky road to fulfilling her dreams -- and Jorge
does his best to ruin her plans -- but you can't keep a good
woman down. Slight comedy that pushes urban humor to the R-rated
edge -- with predictable, pat ending. Director: Bille Woodruff.
Stars: Queen Latifah, Alicia Silverstone, Andie MacDowell, Alfre
Woodard, Mena Suvari, Della Reese, Kevin Bacon, Djimon Hounsou,
Golden Brooks, Sherri Shepherd. 2005, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 105
min., Comedy, Box office gross: $36.310 million, MGM, No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental.

THE DEFA SCI-FI COLLECTION
Newly re-mastered, "The DEFA Sci-Fi Collection" features three
seminal works from the legendary DEFA film studio: "The Silent
Star," "Eolomea" and "In the Dust of the Stars." Always
provocative, hugely influential and highly entertaining, these
mind-bending stories of space exploration, alien races and
utopian dreams (or nightmares) are finally available, unaltered
and unedited, in all their space-age glory. DEFA (Deutsche
Filmaktiengesellschaft) was made up of the state-run studios of
the former German Democratic Republic or East Germany. DEFA was
headquartered in the legendary UFA Studios of the "film city" of
Babelsberg near Berlin and was famous for the work of such
artists as Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder and Marlene Dietrich.
Spanning from 1946 to the 1990s, this body of films represents
Europe's largest cohesive national cinema collection. "The DEFA
Sci-Fi Collection" runs a total of 270 minutes and has a
suggested retail price of $59.95 or $24.95 for each film. (First
Run Features).
"The Silent Star" is a film by Kurt Maetzig, based on Stanislaw
Lem's novel "The Astronauts." In this celebrated sci-fi classic,
a mysterious object from outer space is found in the Gobi desert.
An international expedition, dispatched to Venus to decipher the
message it contains, discovers it is a declaration of war -- on
Earth. The first sci-fi film made in East Germany by the DEFA
film studio, "The Silent Star" is a masterpiece in story, art and
set design, and technology, made during the U.S./U.S.S.R. space
race set off by the Sputnik launch. 95 minutes, 1960, German with
English subtitles.
"In the Dust of the Stars" is a film by Gottfried Kolditz.
After a six year voyage from Earth provoked by an urgent message
for help, the spaceship Cyrno and her crew arrive on the planet
TEM 4 ready for action. But the "Temers" deny having sent the
message. Before departing, one of the crewman discovers something
mysterious going on under the surface of TEM 4. This groovy 70's
sci-fi classic, replete with space age costumes, liberal social
mores, and a socialist utopian undercurrent, is an enjoyable gem.
95 minutes, color, 1976, German with English subtitles.
"Eolomea" is a film by Hermann Zschoche. A mysterious message -
- "Eolomea" -- is received on Earth from a sector of space.
Within three days, eight cargo ships disappear from the sector,
and a space station goes silent. What is Eolomea -- and who on
Earth knows about it? With shades of Tarkovsky, Kubrick, and even
Jess Franco, this striking sci-fi classic features a spectacular
space exploration plot grounded in realism -- the scientists
drink and swear, the bureaucrats get in the way, and the space
stations are reminiscent of MIR. 80 minutes, color, 1972, German
with English subtitles.

DUST TO GLORY
Documentary about the longest non-stop, point-to-point race in
the world -- The Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 -- first held in 1967.
Pulse-pounding, front-seat view of the world's most dangerous and
exciting multi-vehicle race through Baja, California. Packed with
awesome helicopter footage, cameo appearances in archival footage
by Steve McQueen and James Garner as well as celebrity driver
Mario Andretti as the Grand Marshall, "Dust to Glory" follows a
wild assortment of motorcycles, dune buggies, ATV quads and
tricked-out trucks in a 32-hour dash across 1,000 miles of
unforgiving terrain. Director: Dana Brown. 2005, CC, MPAA rating:
PG, 97 min., Documentary, Box office gross: $0.630 million, MGM,
DVD only.

HOME OF THE BRAVE
Viola Liuzzo, a 39-year-old Detroit Teamster's wife and mother of
five, was the only white woman killed during the civil rights
movement. Narrated by Stockard Channing, Paola di Florio's
powerful and poignant documentary rescues from obscurity Liuzzo's
tragic untold story. Dramatic archival footage recaptures this
turbulent era, and compelling interviews with her children etch a
vivid portrait of a shattered family determined to uncover the
truth about their mother's murder and the government's campaign
to smear her name. Director: Paola di Florio. Stars: Narrated by
Stockard Channing, Gloria Steinem. 2004, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 75
min., Documentary, Home Vision Entertainment, DVD only.

LA PETITE LILI
Modern day retelling of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull." Ludivine
Sagnier stars as Lili, the love and muse of an idealistic young
filmmaker named Julien. At odds with the serenity of the
breathtaking French countryside, Julien rebels against his mother
and her guests, while multiple intrigues of lust and power play
out behind the scenes. When the young and overly sensitive
filmmaker Julien screens his new DV art-film starring his
girlfriend Lili -- a sexy young local girl -- to his famous
actress mother Mado, and her lover Brice, an accomplished film
director, an unraveling of the delicate peace in their house
begins. The graceful beauty Lili, who dreams of becoming a famous
actress like Mado, is immediately fascinated by Brice, who gladly
falls prey to her charms. Lili's ambitions will stop at nothing
and she soon seduces Brice into leaving Mado to take her to Paris
so she can become a movie actress. Mado and Julien are left to
pick up the pieces of their disrupted lives, and for Julien the
loss is almost fatal. Five years later, Julien, now a more
established filmmaker, remakes a fictionalized account of this
disastrous love quadrangle which nearly destroyed him. He
reunites the characters -- based on Mado, Brica and Lili -- in
his first, highly autobiographical, feature film. Lili is no
longer with Brice, but she has become a famous actress. When she
learns of Julien's film, and that it's about that tempestuous
summer of five years past, she tries to reconnect with him. In
French with English subtitles. Director: Claude Miller. Stars:
Nicole Garcia, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ludivine
Sagnier, Robinson Stevenin, Julie Depardieu. 2003, CC, MPAA
rating: NR, 99 min., Drama, First Run Features. DVD only.

LAYER CAKE
Based upon JJ Connelly's London crime novel, "Layer Cake" is
about a successful cocaine dealer (Daniel Craig) who has earned a
respected place among England's Mafia elite and plans an early
retirement. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough
assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess
daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construction
business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters
are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal neo-
Nazi sect and a whole series of double crossings. The title
"Layer Cake" refers to the layers or levels the dealer has to go
through as he painstakingly plots his own escape. What is
revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed.
There are no "codes" or "families," and respect lasts as long as
a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his
"savvy," "telling" and skills which make him one of the best, to
escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called
Tammy and an international drugs ring, threaten to draw him back
into the "cake mix." Director: Matthew Vaughn. Stars: Daniel
Craig, Tom Hardy, Jamie Foreman, Sally Hawkins, Burn Gorman,
George Harris. 2005, CC, MPAA rating: R, 105 min., Thriller, Box
office gross: $0.243 million, Sony, No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental.

OLDBOY
Based on the comic of the same name. Oh Dae-su is an ordinary
Seoul businessman with a wife and little daughter who, after a
drunken night on the town, is locked up in a strange, private
"prison" for 15 years. No one will tell him why he's there and
who his jailer is, but he is kept in reasonably comfortable
quarters and has a TV to keep him company. On the TV, though, he
discovers that he has been framed for his wife's murder and
realizes that, during one of the occasions in which he's knocked
out by gas, someone has drawn blood from him and left it at the
scene of the crime. The imprisonment lasts for 15 years until one
day when Dae-su finds himself unexpectedly deposited on a grass-
covered high-rise roof. He's determined to discover the
mysterious enemy who had him locked up. While he's eating in a
Japanese restaurant, his cell phone rings and a voice dares him
to figure out why he was imprisoned -- in just five days. Winner
of the Grand Prize of the Jury at the 2004 Festival de Cannes,
"Best Asian Film, South Korea" at the 2005 Hong Kong Film Awards,
as well as other awards. Scheduled for a U.S. remake in 2006 by
Universal. In Korean with English subtitles. Director: Chan-wook
Park. Stars: Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji,
Dal-su Oh, Byeong-ok Kim, Su-hyeon Kim, Seung-jin Lee, Su-kyeong
Yun, Myeong-shin Park. 2003, CC, MPAA rating: R, 120 min.,
Thriller, Tartan Asia Extreme. DVD only.

RING 2, THE
Naomi Watts reprises the role of investigative reporter Rachel
Keller in this sequel to the 2002 horror hit "The Ring." Hideo
Nakata, the director of the original Japanese blockbuster
"Ringu," upon which "The Ring" was based, directed this version,
which marks his American film debut. The story picks up six
months after the horrifying events that terrorized Rachel Keller
and her son Aidan (David Dorfman) in Seattle. To escape her
haunting memories, Rachel takes Aidan and moves to the small
coastal community of Astoria, Oregon, to start fresh. However,
Rachel's resolve quickly turns to dread when evidence at a local
crime scene -- including an unmarked videotape -- seems eerily
familiar. Rachel realizes that the vengeful Samara is back and
more determined than ever to continue her relentless cycle of
terror and death: this time by taking over her son's life.
Director: Hideo Nakata. Stars: Naomi Watts, Simon Baker, David
Dorfman, Elizabeth Perkins, Gary Cole, Sissy Spacek. 2005, CC,
MPAA rating: PG-13, 110 min., Horror thriller, Box office gross:
$75.888 million, DreamWorks, $19.95 VHS SRP.

RINGU 2
Japanese sequel to the international phenomenon "Ringu." The
mystery of the cursed videotape continues in this bone-chilling
sequel. While investigating the horrifying death of her
boyfriend, Mai Takano (Miki Nakatani) learns about a videotape
haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which
kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her
boyfriend's son, Yoichi (Rikiya Otaka), starts to develop the
same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep
the boy and herself from becoming the next victims. In Japanese
with English subtitles. Director: Hideo Nakata. Stars: Miki
Nakatani, Hitomi Sato, Kyoko Fukada, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kenjiro
Ishimaru, Rikiya Otaka, Yoichi Numata. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: NR,
95 min., Horror Thriller, DreamWorks, DVD only.

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NEWS

DVD COLLECTIBLES:
Coinciding with the release of "The Ring Two" this week,
DreamWorks will also debut the smash hit Japanese films that gave
inspiration to the hugely successful $200 million "Ring"
franchise. "Ringu 2," the sequel to the international phenomenon
"Ringu," makes its North American DVD debut day-and-date; $19.95
DVD only. For the ultimate Japanese "Ring" experience, DreamWorks
will also release "Ringu Anthology of Terror," a four film set
featuring the original four Japanese films: "Ringu," "Ringu 2,"
"Rasen" and "Ringu 0," for $34.99 ... From The Criterion
Collection comes two classics of the international cinema: Jean
Renoir's 1932 "Boudu Saved From Drowning" and Roberto
Rossellini's 1950 "The Flowers of St. Francis." "Boudu" is about
a well-to-do bookseller who rescues a tramp from a suicidal
plunge into the Seine and who adopts the bum with the hopes of
reforming him. The irrepressible Boudu shows his gratitude by
shaking the household to its foundations, challenging the
hidebound principles of his hosts and seducing them with his
anarchic charm. An effervescent satire of bourgeois complacency.
"St. Francis" is a timeless and moving portrait of the search for
spiritual enlightenment. In a series of simple and joyous
vignettes, director Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini
lovingly convey the universal teachings-of humility, compassion,
faith, and sacrifice of the People's Saint. Shot in a neorealist
manner, with monks from the Nocere Inferiore monastery playing
the roles of St. Francis and his disciples.

"The Defa Sci-Fi Collection" is a newly re-mastered collection of
three seminal works from the legendary DEFA film studio in East
Germany: "The Silent Star" (1960), "Eolomea" (1972) and "In the
Dust of the Stars" (1976), uncut and unaltered; $59.95 the set or
$24.95 each. Always provocative, hugely influential and highly
entertaining, these mind-bending stories of space exploration,
alien races and utopian dreams (or nightmares) are finally
available, unaltered and unedited, in all their space-age glory.
DEFA (Deutsche Filmaktiengesellschaft) was made up of the state-
run studios of the former German Democratic Republic or East
Germany. DEFA was headquartered in the legendary UFA Studios of
the "film city" of Babelsberg near Berlin and was famous for the
work of such artists as Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder and Marlene
Dietrich. Spanning from 1946 to the 1990s, this body of films
represents Europe's largest cohesive national cinema collection.
"The Defa Sci-Fi Collection" is from First Run Features.

For a more guilty pleasure, there's "The Transporter Special
Delivery Edition" (2003), directed by Corey Yuen and starring
Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Matt Schulze, Francois Berleand and Ric
Young. The film -- shot in the French Riviera -- is a star
vehicle for Statham and highlights Yuen's fast-paced action style
(car chases, great martial arts action, impressive fireworks --
but with a soul). Released by Fox in time for the September 2
theatrical release of the sequel.

FROM TV TO VIDEO:
"Adam-12: Season One" is a two-disc set with 26 episodes, $39.98
from Universal ... "ALF: Season 2" is a four-disc set for $39.98
from Lions Gate ... "Boy Meets World: Season Three" is a three-
disc set with 22 episodes, $39.99 from Buena Vista ...
"Emergency! Season One" is a two-disc set with 11 episodes,
$39.98 from Universal ... "Futurama Monster Robot Maniac Fun
Collection" features Matt Groening's favorite four episodes:
"Hell Is Other Robots," "Anthology of Interest I," "Roswell That
Ends Well" and "The Sting," $14.98 from Fox ... "Good Times: The
Complete Fifth Season is a three-disc set with 24 episodes,
$29.95 from Sony ... "Homeland Security" is a 2004 telefilm
starring Scott Glenn, Kal Penn and Tom Skerritt, from Paramount
... Kung Fu: The Complete Third Season" is a four-disc set with
all 24 episodes from the final season, $39.98 from Warner ...
"Life as We Know It: The Complete Series" is a three-disc set,
$39.99 from Buena Vista ... "The O.C.: The Complete Second
Season" is a seven-disc set with 24 episodes, $69.98 from Warner
... "Once and Again: Season Two" is a five-disc set with 22
episodes, $59.99 from Buena Vista ... "Six Feet Under: The
Complete Fourth Season" is a five-disc set with 12 episodes,
$99.98 from HBO Video ... "That's My Mama: The Complete First
Season" is a three-disc set with 26 episodes, $29.95 from Sony
... "That's My Mama: The Complete Second Season" is a two-disc
set with 13 episodes, $29.95 from Sony ... "Virus Buster Serge:
The Collection" is a three-disc set with 12 episodes of the anime
series set in Neo Hong Kong 2097, in which genetic engineering
and advanced cybernetics have successfully fused man and machine,
creating an insidious new threat -- digital viruses capable of
controlling their hosts; $39.98 from Manga Entertainment ...
"What's Happening!!: The Complete Third Season" is a three-disc
set with 22 episodes, $29.95 from Sony.

FOR THE KIDS:
The Walt Disney Company and The Baby Einstein Company have teamed
on a new video line, "Disney's Little Einsteins," featuring six
Little Einsteins in learning adventures that will spark the
curiosity of children with fun ways to enjoy, see and hear
classical music, celebrated works of art, and the wonders of
nature. The first release, "Our Huge Adventure," takes the Little
Einsteins on an exciting mission to help a large caterpillar on
his quest to become a Monarch butterfly, set to the music of
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and featuring classic artworks
including Van Gogh's "Wheat Field of Cypress," Monet's "Woman in
a Garden" and Navajo woven art; $19.99 VHS and DVD ... Paramount
will release this week additions to three kids TV franchises:
"Caillou's Family Fun," with eight adventures of the inquisitive
4-year-old and his family on $14.99 DVD and four VHS adventures
($9.95), for preschoolers; "Boohbah: Big Windows," with three
adventures from the PBS KIDS series on $9.95 VHS and $14.99 DVD,
also for preschoolers; and "Cyberchase: Ecohaven CSE," featuring
the three kid heroes of cyberspace in two adventures, on $14.99
DVD (with a bonus episode) and $9.95 VHS, for kids six to 11 ...
"Codename: Kids Next Door -- Sooper Hugest Missions File 2"
features seven episodes from the Cartoon Network series about a
group of neighborhood sleuths who want to make the world safe for
kids, candy and staying up all night long, on $14.97 DVD from
Warner ... Fox will debut this week two inspiring short family
films from the new hit series "Roach Approach": "Roach Approach:
Don't Miss the Boat!" in which grandpa roach relates the story of
Noah and the Ark, and "Roach Approach: The Mane Event!" in which
grandpa retells the tale of Daniel in the Lion's Den; $12.98 VHS
and $14.98 DVD.

FOREIGN:
"Oldboy" (2003 -- S. Korea) is director Chan-wook Park's
harrowing tale about an ordinary Seoul businessman with a wife
and little daughter who, after a drunken night on the town, is
locked up in a strange, private "prison" for 15 years, until he
finds himself unexpectedly deposited on a grass-covered high-rise
roof as if nothing ever happened. While eating in a Japanese
restaurant, his cell phone rings and a voice dares him to figure
out why he was imprisoned -- in just five days. Winner of the
Grand Prize of the Jury at the 2004 Festival de Cannes. From
Tartan Asia Extreme on DVD only ... "La Petite Lili" (2003 --
French) is director Claude Miller's modern day retelling of Anton
Chekhov's "The Seagull." Ludivine Sagnier stars as Lili, the love
and muse of an idealistic young filmmaker named Julien. At odds
with the serenity of the breathtaking French countryside, Julien
rebels against his mother and her guests, while multiple
intrigues of lust and power play out behind the scenes. When the
young and overly sensitive filmmaker Julien screens his new DV
art-film starring his girlfriend Lili -- a sexy young local girl
-- to his famous actress mother Mado, and her lover Brice, an
accomplished film director, an unraveling of the delicate peace
in their house begins. From First Run Features.

SPECIAL INTEREST:
"Home of the Brave (Special Edition DVD)" is a 2004 documentary
on Viola Liuzzo, a 39-year-old Detroit Teamster's wife and mother
of five, who was the only white woman killed during the civil
rights movement. Narrated by Stockard Channing, Paola di Florio's
powerful and poignant documentary rescues from obscurity Liuzzo's
tragic untold story. Dramatic archival footage recaptures this
turbulent era, and compelling interviews with her children etch a
vivid portrait of a shattered family determined to uncover the
truth about their mother's murder and the government's campaign
to smear her name; $29.95 from Home Vision Entertainment ...
World Wrestling Entertainment has two releases this week: "The
Great American Bash!" featuring the Smackdown! superstars in
their annual summer celebration (180 minutes, $24.95 DVD) and
"Tombstone: The History of the Undertaker," a three- disc set (10
hours) featuring 21 of the Undertaker's best matches with
additional footage and histories of his many opponents, $34.95
DVD.


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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

** A Lot Like Love (2005) Amanda Peet, Ashton Kutcher, Taryn
Manning, Aimee Garcia. Extras: Commentary by the director and
producers, deleted scenes, bloopers, Aqualung music video. (Buena
Vista).
** A World Apart (1988) Dir.: Chris Menges; Barbara Hershey,
David Suchet, Jeroen Krabbe, Paul Freeman, Tim Roth, Jodhi May.
(MGM/Sony).
** Adam-12: Season One. Two-disc set with 26 episodes, $39.98.
(Universal).
** The Adventures of Ociee Nash (2002) Skyler Day, Keith
Carradine, Mare Winningham. (Fox).
** After Sex (1997 --- France) Brigitte Rouan, Patrick Chesnais.
(New Yorker).
** ALF: Season 2. Four-disc set, $39.98. Extras: Two animated
episodes: one from "ALF Animated" and one from "ALF Tales."
(Lions Gate).
** Beauty Shop (2005) Dir.: Bille Woodruff; Queen Latifah, Alicia
Silverstone, Andie MacDowell, Alfre Woodard, Mena Suvari, Della
Reese, Kevin Bacon, Djimon Hounsou, Golden Brooks, Sherri
Shepherd. Extras: Commentary on select scenes by Woodruff, gag
reel, "Beauty Shop: Inside the Style" featurette. (MGM/Sony).
** The Big Score (1983) Dir.: Fred Williamson; Fred Williamson,
John Saxon, Richard Roundtree, Ed Lauter, Nancy Wilson. (Empire
Pictures).
** Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932 -- French) Dir.: Jean Renoir;
Michel Simon, Charles Granval, Marcelle Hainia, Jean Gehret.
Extras: Archival introduction by Renoir and archival interview
with Eric Rohmer, an excerpt from French television featuring
Renoir and Simon, new video interview with filmmaker Jean-Pierre
Gorin, an interactive map of 1930s Paris, more. (The Criterion
Collection).
** Boy Meets World: Season Three. Three-disc set with 22
episodes, $39.99. Extras: "The World According to Boy" trivia
game. (Buena Vista).
** College Girl Murders (1967 -- German) Joachim Fuchsberger,
Uschi Glas, Grit Bottcher. (Dark Sky Films/MPI Home Video).
** The Defa Sci-Fi Collection. Newly re-mastered, featuring three
seminal works from the legendary DEFA film studio in East
Germany: "The Silent Star" (1960), "Eolomea" (1972) and "In the
Dust of the Stars" (1976), uncut and unaltered; $59.95 the set or
$24.95 each. (First Run Features).
** Dust to Glory (2005) Dir.: Dana Brown. Documentary on the
Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. Extras: Behind the scenes featurette,
deleted scenes, amazing moments captured by the crew, tribute to
Bruce Brown. (MGM/Sony).
** Emergency! Season One. Two-disc set with 11 episodes, $39.98.
Extras: "The Wedsworth-Townsend Act" TV movies that launched the
series. (Universal).
** The Flowers of St. Francis (1950 -- Italian) Dir.: Roberto
Rossellini; Aldo Fabrizi. Extras: New video interview with
Rossellini's daughter, actress Isabella Rossellini. (The
Criterion Collection).
** Four Friends (1981) Dir.: Arthur Penn; Craig Wasson, Jodi
Thelen, Michael Huddleston, Jim Metzler, Lois Smith, Reed Birney.
(MGM/Sony).
** Futurama Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection. Features Matt
Groening's favorite four episodes: "Hell Is Other Robots,"
"Anthology of Interest I," "Roswell That Ends Well" and "The
Sting." Extras: Episode introductions by Groening, cast members;
$14.98. (Fox).
** George Carlin: Doin' It Again. The comedian's seventh HBO
stand-up special, recorded at The State Theater in New Brunswick,
New Jersey in 1990; $19.98. (MPI Home Video).
** Gladiator Expanded Edition (2000) Dir.: Ridley Scott; Russell
Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard
Harris, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, David Schofield. Three-disc
set. Extras: Disc 1: Commentary by Crowe; introduction by Scott;
17 minutes of additional footage cut back into the film; original
theatrical edition; trivia track with historical references and
production details. Disc 2: "Strength and Honor: Creating the
World of the Gladiator" documentary with never-before-see footage
and all-new cast and crew interviews examining the film's
production, with "chapters" on story development, design and
construction of weapons and vehicles, costume design, production
journals, visual effects, and a featurette on how the filmmakers
had to scramble to digitally salvage Oliver Reed's final
performance as Proximo after the actor died during filming. Disc
3: "Image & Design" documentary with "chapters" on production
designer Arthur Max, a production design gallery, director
Scott's storyboard sketches, storyboard-to-film comparisons,
costume design gallery, abandoned sequences and deleted scenes,
more. (DreamWorks).
** Good Times: The Complete Fifth Season. Three-disc set with 24
episodes, $29.95. (Sony).
** Harakiri (1962 -- Japan) Dir.: Masaki Kobayashi; Tatsuya
Nakadai, Rentaro Mikuni, Shima Iwashita, Akira Ishihama. Two-disc
set. Extras: New video interviews with Nakadai and screenwriter
Shinobu Hashimoto, a video introduction by film historian Donald
Richie, trailer, more. (The Criterion Collection).
** Home of the Brave (Special Edition DVD) (2004) Dir.: Paola di
Florio; narrated by Stockard Channing, Gloria Steinem.
Documentary on Viola Liuzzo, the only white woman killed during
the civil rights movement. Extras: Digitally mastered; deleted
scenes; Viola Liuzzo's FBI file; state-by-state civil rights
timeline; photos, memorabilia, and propaganda gallery; theatrical
trailer; liner notes by "New Yorker" staff writer Hilton Als.
(Home Vision Entertainment).
** Homeland Security (2004 -- TV) Scott Glenn, Kal Penn, Tom
Skerritt, Leland Orser. (Paramount).
** The Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985) Christopher
Lee, Annie McEnroe, Reb Brown, Marsha A. Hunt, Sybil Danning.
(MGM/Sony).
** I Love You, Don't Touch Me! (1997) Marla Schaffel, Mitchell
Whitfield, Michael Harris, Meredith Scott Lynn, Darryl Theirse,
Nancy Sorel, Wally Kurth. Extras: Commentary by director Julie
Davis, Schaffel and Lynn; screen tests; alternate/extended
scenes; "On the Virge: A Short Film" by Julie Davis with optional
commentary; selected sound bites from Julie Davis. (MGM/Sony).
** Inserts (1975) Richard Dreyfuss, Jessica Harper, Bob Hoskins,
Veronica Cartwright, Stephen Davies. (MGM/Sony).
** The Killing of Sister George (1968) Dir.: Robert Aldrich;
Beryl Reid, Susannah York, Coral Browne, Ronald Fraser, Patricia
Medina, Hugh Paddick, Cyril Delevanti. (MGM/Sony).
** Kissed (1996) Molly Parker, Peter Outerbridge, Jay Brazeau.
(MGM/Sony).
** Kung Fu: The Complete Third Season. Four-disc set with all 24
episodes from the final season, $39.98. Extras: Commentary by
David Carradine, "David Carradine's Shaolin Diary: Back to
Beginning" new documentary shot in China follows David Carradine
as he returns to the Shaolin Temple Monastery. (Warner).
** La Petite Lili (2003 -- French) Dir.: Claude Miller; Nicole
Garcia, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ludivine
Sagnier, Robinson Stevenin, Julie Depardieu. (First Run
Features).
** Lackawanna Blues (2005 -- TV) S. Epatha Merkerson, Marcus Carl
Franklin, Mos Def, Carmen Ejogo, Louis Gossett Jr., Macy Gray,
Terrence Dashon Howard, Ernie Hudson, Delroy Lindo, Rosie Perez,
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Liev Schreiber, Jimmy Smits, Patricia
Wettig. Extras: Commentary by director George C. Wolfe and writer
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, deleted scene, behind-the-scenes
featurette. (HBO Video).
** Landscape in the Mist (1988 -- Greece) Dir.: Theo
Angelopoulos; Tania Palaiologou, Michalis Zeke. (New Yorker).
** Layer Cake (2005 -- U.K.) Daniel Craig, Tom Hardy, Jamie
Foreman, Sally Hawkins, Burn Gorman, George Harris. Extras: Cast
and filmmaker commentary, deleted scenes, alternate endings,
music videos, behind-the-scenes featurette. (Sony).
** Life as We Know It: The Complete Series. Three-disc set,
$39.99. Extras: Two exclusive, unaired episodes that reveal how
the series ended; outtakes, deleted scenes, commentaries, photo
gallery. (Buena Vista).
** New Jack City (1991) Dir.: Mario Van Peebles; Wesley Snipes,
Ice-T, Chris Rock, Mario Van Peebles, Judd Nelson, Allen Payne,
Russell Wong. Two-disc set. Extras: Commentary by Van Peebles;
three all-new documentaries: "NJC: A Hip-Hop Classic" in which
artists, radio personalities and other hip-hop icons (including
rappers Warren G, Nate Dogg, Fab 5 Freddy and radio personalities
Ed Lover and Big Boy) show their respect for the movie that
brought the streets to the big screen; "The Road to New Jack
City" in which Snipes, Ice-T and Payne give the low-down on how
"New Jack City" was made; "Harlem World: A Walk Inside" in which
Van Peebles checks out the sights and sounds of the Black Capital
of America; music videos "New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)" by
Ice-T, "I'm Dreamin'" by Christopher Williams and "I Wanna Sex
You Up" by Color Me Badd. (Warner).
** The O.C.: The Complete Second Season. Seven-disc set with 24
episodes, $69.98. Extras: Extended creator's cut of "The Rainy
Day Women"episode, commentary on "The Chrismukkah That Almost
Wasn't" and "The Rainy Day Women" episodes by cast and crew,
"Beach Couture": How O.C. fashion is made, "The O.C.: Obsessed
Completely" retrospective TV special, "Too Hot for TV: The Wet
and Wilde Kisses" with all eight takes of the kissing scene
between Olivia and Mischa that the network wouldn't let you see,
gags and goofs from Seasons 1 and 2. (Warner).
** Oldboy (2003 -- S. Korea) Dir.: Chan-wook Park; Min-sik Choi,
Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji. DTS surround. Extras:
Interview with Park, commentary by Park and the cinematographer,
five deleted scenes. (Tartan Asia Extreme).
** Once and Again: Season Two. Five-disc set with 22 episodes,
$59.99. Extras: Commentary by creators Edward Zwick and Marshall
Herskovitz on select episodes. (Buena Vista).
** The Petticoat Junction Ultimate Collection. Three-disc set
with 20 first-year restored episodes, $29.98. (MPI Home Video).
** Red Tent (1971) Sean Connery, Claudia Cardinale, Hardy Kruger,
Peter Finch. (Paramount).
** The Ring 2 (2005) Dir.: Hideo Nakata; Naomi Watts, Simon
Baker, David Dorfman, Elizabeth Perkins, Gary Cole, Sissy Spacek.
Rated and unrated versions. Extras: Rated: Theatrical version of
the film, deleted scenes, "Faces of Fear: The Cast" featurette;
HBO First Look: "The Making of The Ring Two," cast and crew
biographies and production notes. Unrated version: 10-minutes
longer than the theatrical version; "Rings," the short film that
reveals the secret and terrifying connection between "The Ring"
and "The Ring Two," 18 minutes of deleted scenes; "Faces of Fear:
The Cast" featurette; "Fear on Film: Special Effects" featurette;
"Samara: From Eye to Icon" featurette; "The Power of Symbols"
featurette; HBO First Look: "The Making of The Ring Two"; cast
and crew biographies, production notes. (DreamWorks).
** Ringu 2 (1999) Dir.: Hideo Nakata; Miki Nakatani, Hitomi Sato,
Kyoko Fukada, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kenjiro Ishimaru, Rikiya Otaka,
Yoichi Numata. (DreamWorks).
** Ringu Anthology of Terror. "Ringu," "Ringu 2," "Rasen" and
"Ringu 0," $34.99. (DreamWorks).
** The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984) Colleen Camp, Peter Scolari,
Christopher Lee, Fran Drescher. (Empire Pictures).
** The Serial Killers. Three-disc set with 13 half-hour episodes
delving inside the twisted minds of psychopaths; $39.98. (Dark
Sky Films/MPI Home Video).
** Six Feet Under: The Complete Fourth Season. Five-disc set with
12 episodes, $99.98. Extras: "Cut by Cut: Editing Six Feet
Under," deleted scenes, commentaries, Bob Costas interview with
cast members. (HBO Video).
** Swamp Thing (1982) Dir.: Wes Craven; Louis Jourdan, Adrienne
Barbeau, Ray Wise, Dick Durock. (MGM/Sony).
** That's My Mama: The Complete First Season. Three-disc set with
26 episodes, $29.95. (Sony).
** That's My Mama: The Complete Second Season. Two-disc set with
13 episodes, $29.95. (Sony).
** The Thing Below (AKA Sea Ghost) (2004) Billy Warlock, Kurt Max
Runte, Peter Graham-Gaudreau, Catherine Lough Haggquist. (First
Look Home Entertainment).
** The Transporter Special Delivery Edition (2003) Dir.: Corey
Yuen; Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Matt Schulze, Francois Berleand, Ric
Young. Extras: Commentary by Statham and producer Steven Chasman,
storyboard-to-film comparisons, extended fight sequences, three
making-of-featurettes. (Fox).
** The Truman Show -- Special Collector's Edition (1998) Dir.:
Peter Weir; Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Ed Harris.
Extras: Two-part documentary: "The Making of The Truman Show,"
four deleted/extended scenes, photo gallery. (Paramount).
** Vincent & Theo (1990) Dir.: Robert Altman; Tim Roth, Paul
Rhys. Extras: "Film as Fine Art" featurette with Robert Altman
and Stephen Altman. (MGM/Sony).
** Virus Buster Serge: The Collection. Three-disc set with 12
episodes of the anime series set in Neo Hong Kong 2097, in which
genetic engineering and advanced cybernetics have successfully
fused man and machine, creating an insidious new threat ...
digital viruses capable of controlling their hosts; $39.98.
(Manga Entertainment).
** What's Happening!!: The Complete Third Season. Three-disc set
with 22 episodes, $29.95. (Sony).
** Without Warning (1952) Adam Williams, Ed Binns. (Dark Sky
Films/MPI Home Video).
** Without You I'm Nothing (1990) Sandra Bernhard. (MGM/Sony).
** Witness -- Special Collector's Edition (1985) Dir.: Peter
Weir; Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Danny Glover,
Patti LuPone, Viggo Mortensen. Extras: Five-part documentary:
"Between Two Worlds: The Making of Witness," deleted scene.
(Paramount).

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THIS WEEK'S VHS SELL-THROUGH RELEASES:

** A Lot Like Love (2005) Amanda Peet, Ashton Kutcher, Taryn
Manning, Aimee Garcia (Buena Vista): $29.99
** The Ring 2 (2005) Dir.: Hideo Nakata; Naomi Watts, Simon
Baker, David Dorfman, Elizabeth Perkins, Gary Cole, Sissy Spacek
(DreamWorks): $19.95

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


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