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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR TUESDAY, August 22 -- MONDAY, August 28
JUST MY LUCK
Ashley Albright (Lindsay Lohan) is the luckiest woman in the
world, a person to whom all the good things in life have come far
too easily. She can pick a lottery ticket at random and hit the
jackpot. In New York, the world's busiest city, Ashley never has
to wait for a cab. And she has a terrific job as an account exec
at a prestigious public relations firm. Everything goes Ashley's
way. Now, she's been given a great opportunity to advance her
career: she is to plan a masquerade ball in downtown Manhattan
for record mogul Damon Phillips (Faizon Love) and his company.
Jake (Chris Pine), on the other hand, is a bad luck magnet. His
skies are always raining; his pants are always on the verge of
splitting at the seams. His job is cleaning toilets at a bowling
alley. But even a steady bombardment of catastrophes doesn't dim
Jake's dreams. He thinks he may have his chance at the brass ring
with his discovery of a rock band McFly. If Jake can keep his bad
luck at bay for just one night, he'll sneak into a masquerade
ball and get McFly's CD into the hands of music titan Damon
Phillips. On this night when dreams can be made or broken, fate
brings Ashley and Jake together on the dance floor. Instantly
taken with one another, they share an electrifyingly kiss -- and
with that one kiss, their luck switches places. Suddenly,
Ashley's dress rips. Her heel breaks. Her good luck seems to have
finally run out. Jake, in his rush to catch Phillips before he
leaves, ends up saving the record mogul's life and earning with
that one simple twist of fate, the chance to make all his dreams
come true. Now Ashley plots against Jake to reverse her newly
jinxed existence -- until she finds herself falling for him.
Vitals: Director: Donald Petrie. Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Chris
Pine, Faizon Love, Missi Pyle. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 103
min., Teen Comedy, Box office gross: $17.105 million, Fox.
PHAT GIRLZ
Comedy about frustrated plus-size women obsessed with their
weight while struggling to find love and acceptance in a world
full of "hot bodied" babes. Mo'Nique stars as Jazmin Biltmore, a
smart-mouthed plus-sized aspiring fashion designer who's tired of
taking 'no' for an answer. She has big plans for large ladies --
she's designed a sexy line of clothes for curvaceous women like
herself. But when she can't get funding for her designs or meet a
man who appreciates her unique physique, her patience starts
running thin. Until she wins an all-expense-paid trip to Palm
Springs, where she just might meet the man of her dreams. Vitals:
Director: Nnegest Likke. Stars: Mo'Nique, Jimmy Jean-Louis,
Kendra C. Johnson, Joyful Drake, Dayo Ade, Jack Noseworthy, Felix
Pire, Eric Roberts. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 98 min.,
Comedy, Box office gross: $6.963 million, Fox.
POSEIDON
Remake of 1972's "The Poseidon Adventure." When a rogue wave
capsizes a luxury cruise ship in the middle of the North Atlantic
Ocean on New Year's Eve, a small group of survivors find
themselves unlikely allies in a battle for their lives.
Preferring to test the odds alone, career gambler John Dylan
(Josh Lucas) ignores captain's orders (Andre Braugher) to wait
below for possible rescue and sets out to find his own way to
safety. What begins as a solo mission soon draws others as Dylan
is followed by a desperate father (Kurt Russell) searching for
his daughter (Emmy Rossum) and her fiance. Along the way they are
joined by a single mother (Jacinda Barrett) and her wise-beyond-
his-years son, an anxious stowaway and a despondent fellow
passenger (Richard Dreyfuss) who boarded the ship not sure he
wanted to live but now knows he doesn't want to die. Determined
to fight their way to the surface, the group sets off through the
disorienting maze of twisted steel in the upside-down wreckage.
As the unstable vessel rapidly fills with water each must draw on
skills and strengths they didn't even know they possessed,
fighting against time for their own survival and for each other.
Vitals: Director: Wolfgang Petersen. Stars: Kurt Russell, Josh
Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss, Jacinda Barrett, Emmy Rossum, Andre
Braugher. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 98 min., Adventure, Box
office gross: $59.784 million, Warner.
SILENT HILL
Based on the best-selling horror action game, "Silent Hill" stars
Radha Mitchell as Rose, a desperate mother who takes her adopted
daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to
cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon
disappears and Rose begins her desperate search to get her back.
She descends into a fog of smoldering ash and into the center of
the twisted reality of a town's terrible secret. Pursued by
grotesquely deformed creatures and a townspeople stuck in
permanent purgatory, Rose begins to uncover the truth behind the
apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years ago. Vitals:
Director: Christophe Gans. Stars: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean,
Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen, Alice
Krige. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: R, 127 min., Horror, Box office
gross: $46.309 million, Warner.
SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY
Frank Gehry has been responsible for the design of some of the
most stunning buildings in the world, including The Walt Disney
Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain and
the Experience Music Project in Seattle. As Gehry explains to
director Sydney Pollack in this documentary, he begins each
project by sketching the design. This love for the sketch
motivated Pollack to try to capture that quality in his film by
using a combination of film and Mini DV (digital video). Spending
countless hours in Gehry's studio, on building sites, and in his
home, this quiet and unobtrusive shooting style has captured, for
the first time, the essence of Gehry's unique architectural
process, and his shy and elusive personality. As a counterpoint,
Pollack captures on film the grandeur of some of Gehry's most
remarkable architectural accomplishments. In addition, Pollack
interviewed many of Gehry's greatest admirers including actor
Dennis Hopper, musician Bob Geldof and entertainment executives
Barry Diller, Michael Eisner and Michael Ovitz. Vitals: Director:
Sydney Pollack. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 84 min.,
Documentary, Box office gross: $.281 million, Sony.
WHEN DO WE EAT?
Story of the "world's fastest Passover seder" gone horribly awry.
It's about an old school dad (Michael Lerner) who's as tough on
his sons as his father (Jack Klugman) is on him. On this night,
however, one of the boys (Ben Feldman) slips Dad a dose of
special, hallucinogenic Ecstasy in order "to give him a new
perspective." Meanwhile, Mom (Lesley Ann Warren) brings a
handsome stranger to dinner and the kids take sides. By the end
of the night, however, Dad's visions turn him into a modern day
Moses intent on leading this hungry group to the promised land of
family forgiveness. Of course they're all so stubborn, it would
be easier to part the Red Sea. Vitals: Director: Salvador Litvak.
Stars: Michael Lerner, Lesley Ann Warren, Jack Klugman, Meredith
Scott Lynn, Shiri Appleby, Mili Avital, Ben Feldman. 2006, CC,
MPAA rating: R, 86 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $.428 million,
Hart Sharp Video.
For more release info, check out our calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar.htm>
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NEWS
DVD COLLECTIBLES:
Universal has three wonderful releases this week that span the
gamut of film genres: On the noir front there's the classic
"Double Indemnity" (1944), directed by Billy Wilder and starring
Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter
Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers and Byron Barr. The two-disc set
features the restored film as well as such extras as an
introduction by Robert Osborne, a "Shadows of Suspense"
featurette, commentary by film historian Richard Schickel, and
commentary by film historian/screenwriter Lem Dobbs and film
historian Nick Redman ... for metaphorical Cold War sci fi
there's the classic adventure "This Island Earth" (1955), about
Earth scientists who get involved in an interstellar war on the
planet Metaluna, starring Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex
Reason, Lance Fuller and Russell Johnson ... And for pure
sentimental Americana melodrama there's Frank Capra's "State of
the Union" (1948), staring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van
Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Adolphe Menjou and Lewis Stone, about
an idealistic businessman (Spencer Tracy) -- chosen to run for
the Presidency -- caught between the ruthless ambition of a
string-pulling newspaper owner and the integrity of his devoted
wife (Katharine Hepburn).
Anchor Bay will re-release this week "The Wicker Man" (1973), the
cult classic thriller about a Scottish policeman called to an
island to investigate the disappearance of a girl only to get
involved in the doings of a strange village cult, to coincide
with the big-screen remake starring Nicolas Cage. The original
stars Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt
Ekland, Ingrid Pitt and Lindsay Kemp, and is fully restored from
original vault materials. Extras include interviews with
Woodward, Lee and Pitt, director Robin Hardy, producer Peter
Snell, writer Anthony Shaffer, editor Eric-Boyd Perkins, art
director Seamus Flannery, assistant director Jake Wright, U.S.
distributor John Simon and legendary filmmaker Roger Corman ...
The Criterion Collection will release the director approved
special edition of Noah Baumbach's "Kicking and Screaming"
(1995), starring Parker Posey, Eric Stoltz, Josh Hamilton, Samuel
Gould, Catherine Kellner, Jonathan Baumbach, John Lehr, Olivia
d'Abo and Peter Czernin. Paralyzed with post-graduation ennui, a
group of college friends remain on campus, patching together a
community for themselves in order to deny the real-world futures
awaiting them. Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Baumbach's
hilarious and touching directorial debut was one of the
highlights of the American independent film scene of the 90s,
stingingly funny and incisive, and with endlessly quotable
dialogue delivered by a stellar ensemble cast. The release
features a restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised
and approved by Baumbach, with a new video interview with
Baumbach; new video conversations featuring Baumbach and cast
members; deleted scenes; more.
FROM TV TO VIDEO:
"The Bill Cosby Show: Season One" (1969-70), a four-disc set with
26 episodes, $39.98 from Shout! Factory ... "Blue Thunder: The
Complete Series," a three-disc set with 11 episodes, $39.95 from
Sony ... "Conviction: The Complete Series," a three-disc set with
all 13 episodes of the cancelled spin-off from "Law & Order,"
$39.98 from Universal ... "Elizabeth 1" (2005) is a two-disc set
of the HBO miniseries starring Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons,
Patrick Malahide, Toby Jones and Hugh Dancy, from HBO Video ...
"House: Season Two" is a six-disc set with 24 episodes, $59.98
from Universal ... "Invasion: The Complete Series," a six-disc
set with all 22 episodes, $59.98 Warner ... "Threshold: The
Complete Series," a four-disc set, $54.99 from Paramount ...
"Veronica Mars: The Complete Second Season," a six-disc set with
22 episodes, $59.98 from Warner.
BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
"Satan's Playground" (2005) is a horror thriller homage to the
horror pictures of the 1970s and 80s: a family gets stranded en
route to a wilderness retreat and find themselves terrorized by a
supernatural presence; stars Felissa Rose, Ellen Sandweiss, Edwin
Neal and Irma St. Paule, from Anchor Bay ... "Kisses and Caroms"
(2006) is a twentysomething sex comedy that takes place in a
billiards shop, starring Nikki Stanzione, Drew Wicks and Nicole
Rayburn, from PolyChrome Pictures ... "Neil's Party" (2003) stars
Andrew Casey, Lauren Bigby and James Murtagh in a British teen
comedy about a group of friends planning a gigantic summer bash
while their parents are on vacation, from Lightyear
Entertainment.
ON THE INDIE FRONT:
In "Love for Rent" (2005), in order to avoid deportation, a young
woman from Columbia sells her body as a surrogate for a wealthy
couple unable to have a baby, starring Angie Cepeda, Ken Marino,
Martita Roca, Nora Dunn and Jim Piddock, from HBO Video ... "Film
Geek" (2006) is an indie film about a socially inept video store
clerk with an encyclopedic knowledge of film who takes up with a
pretty downtown hipster, starring Melik Malkasian, Tyler Gannon,
Matt Morris and John Breen, from First Run Features.
FOREIGN:
"Angel of Vengeance" (1993) is a Hong Kong mobster martial arts
action thriller staring Fat Chung, Yukari Oshima and Alex Fong,
from Image Entertainment ... "Hunger" (1966 -- Swedish) stars Per
Oscarsson and Gunnel Lindblom in the harrowing tale of a
literally starving artist who would rather waste away than
jeopardize his talent, integrity or his soul, from New Yorker
Video ... "The Uninvited Guest (Habitante incierto, El)" (2004 --
Spain) is a thriller about an architect in Barcelona who lets a
stranger into his home one night to use the phone and discovers
that the man has disappeared into -- and now mysteriously
inhabits -- the large house, starring Andoni Gracia, Monica Lopez
and Francesc Garrido, from HBO Video.
FOR THE KIDS:
Three new releases for pre-schoolers this week: In "Elmo's Potty
Time," Sesame Street characters help kids bolster self-confidence
around potty time, $12.98 from Sony Wonder ... "Little Einsteins:
Mission Celebration" features three episodes from the Playhouse
Disney series that takes kids on thrilling adventures in the real
world where they help solve an important mission; here they solve
birthday problems by traveling to Italy and the wild West; $19.99
from Buena Vista ... The "Tot-a-Doodle-Do!" series helps foster
imagination, creativity, social skills and healthy eating habits
and exercise by engaging kids in various craft activities
revolving around "School," "Animals" and "Transportation," the
company's three latest releases; $14.95 each or $19.95 each with
a craft kit; for more info contact www.totadoodledo.com.
For slightly older kids there's a host of releases this week from
old standbys: "Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers" (2006) is a new
feature-length animated film, $19.98 from Warner ... "Berenstain
Bears: Discover School!" features six animated episodes, $14.94
from Sony ... "Dragon Tales: Experience New Things!" includes
five animated episodes, $14.9 from Sony ... "The Wubbulous World
of Dr. Seuss: The Cat's Colorful World" features three animated
episodes, $9.95 from Sony ... "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Trick or
Treason" is a 2006 animated feature from Paramount ... "It's The
Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown 40th Anniversary" is the great 1966
Peanuts adventure re-released to DVD, from Paramount ... "Little
Bear: Halloween Stories" includes three animated episodes,
$16.99, from Paramount ... "Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Fairy
Tales" (2006) features two episodes for girls: "When the Berry
Fairy Came to Stay" and "The Legend of Sherry Bobbleberry,"
$14.98 from Fox ... For older kids there's "Saving Shiloh"
(2006), the third film based on the successful dog book trilogy
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, starring Jason Dolley, Gerald
McRaney, Ann Dowd and Scott Wilson, from Warner.
SPECIAL INTEREST:
"A Model for Matisse" (2006) is a documentary look at the
friendship between the great artist Henri Matisse and a 21-year-
old nursing student in 1941 who, after World War II when she
became Sister Jacques-Mariew of the Dominican nuns, inspired
Matisse to create his masterpiece, The Chapel of the Rosary in
the French Mediterranean village of Vence; $24.95 from First Run
Features ... Fighting words: Who is Vincent Kennedy McMahon? Is
he the outrageous owner and chairman of World Wrestling
Entertainment who appears on WWE and Smackdown? Is he the
philanthropist and family man who focuses on what would be best
for his company? WWE's two-disc set "McMahon" is a comprehensive
look at the man and the myth, $29.95 ... And after the
documentary, feast your eyes on WWE's "The Great American Bash,"
featuring Smackdown superstars (including Undertaker, Kurt Angle
and Rey Mysterio) pummeling each other, recorded at Indianapolis
on Sunday, July 23, $24.95 from WWE.
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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
** Alvin and the Chipmunks: Trick or Treason (2006 -- TV)
Animated; $14.99. (Paramount).
** Angel of Vengeance (1993 - Hong Kong) Fat Chung, Yukari
Oshima, Alex Fong. Mobster action-thriller. (Image
Entertainment).
** Berenstain Bears: Discover School! Six animated episodes,
$14.94. (Sony).
** Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) Dir.: Irwin Allen;
Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Peter Boyle, Jack
Warden, Shirley Knight, Shirley Jones, Karl Malden, Slim Pickens,
Veronica Hamel, Angela Cartwright, Mark Harmon. Sequel to 1972's
"The Poseidon Adventure." Extras: Vintage featurette "Behind The
Scenes: Beyond The Poseidon Adventure," disaster movies trailer
gallery. (Warner).
** The Bill Cosby Show: Season One (1969-70) Four-disc set with
26 episodes, $39.98. (Shout! Factory).
** Blue Thunder: The Complete Series. Three-disc set with 11
episodes, $39.95. (Sony).
** Conviction: The Complete Series. Three-disc set with all 13
episodes of the cancelled spin-off from "Law & Order," $39.98.
(Universal).
** Double Indemnity Legacy Edition (1944) Dir.: Billy Wilder;
Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter
Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Byron Barr. Two-disc set. Extras:
Introduction by Robert Osborne, "Shadows of Suspense" featurette,
commentary by film historian Richard Schickel, commentary by film
historian/screenwriter Lem Dobbs and film historian Nick Redman.
(Universal).
** Dragon Tales: Experience New Things! Five animated episodes,
$14.94. (Sony).
** Elizabeth 1 (2005 -- TV) Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, Patrick
Malahide, Toby Jones, Hugh Dancy. Two-disc set of the Emmy-
nominated HBO miniseries. Extras: "Making Elizabeth 1" and
"Uncovering the Real Elizabeth 1" featurette. (HBO Video).
** Elmo's Potty Time. Sesame Street characters help kids bolster
self-confidence around potty time. (Sony Wonder).
** Film Geek (2006) Melik Malkasian, Tyler Gannon, Matt Morris,
John Breen. Indie film about a socially inept video store clerk
with an encyclopedic knowledge of film. Extras: Outtakes, short
film: "The Auteur," behind-the-scenes featurette, photo gallery.
(First Run Features).
** House: Season Two. Six-disc set with 24 episodes, $59.98.
Extras: "An Evening With House" panel discussion at the Academy
of Television Arts & Sciences; commentary on select episodes; "It
Could Be Lupus ..." montage of clips highlighting the show's oft-
repeated diagnosis; alternate takes; blooper reel. (Universal).
** Hunger (1966 -- Swedish) Per Oscarsson, Gunnel Lindblom. Drama
about a struggling writer in 1890s Sweden. Extras: Interview with
director Henning Carlsen; conversation between New York author
Paul Auster and Regine Hamsun, granddaughter of Knut Hamsum,
whose story the film was based upon; stills gallery. (New Yorker
Video).
** Invasion: The Complete Series. Six-disc set with all 22
episodes, $59.98. Extras: Featurette, deleted scenes, gag reel.
(Warner).
** It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown 40th Anniversary (1966)
Animated; $16.99. (Paramount).
** Just My Luck (2006) Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Faizon Love,
Missi Pyle. Teen comedy about girl who loses her good luck.
Extras: "Look of Luck" featurette, deleted and extended scenes,
behind-the-scenes look at the band McFly. (Fox).
** Kicking and Screaming (1995) Dir.: Noah Baumbach; Parker
Posey, Eric Stoltz, Josh Hamilton, Samuel Gould, Catherine
Kellner, Jonathan Baumbach, John Lehr, Olivia d'Abo, Peter
Czernin. New, restored high-definition digital transfer,
supervised and approved by Baumbach. Extras: New video interview
with writer-director Baumbach; new video conversations featuring
Baumbach and cast members; deleted scenes; Conrad and Butler in
"Conrad and Butler Take a Vacation," a short film from 2000,
directed by Baumbach; brief 1995 interviews with Baumbach and the
cast, originally broadcast on IFC; new essay by Jonathan
Rosenbaum. (The Criterion Collection).
** Kisses and Caroms (2006) Nikki Stanzione, Drew Wicks, Nicole
Rayburn. Love and sex in a billard store. (PolyChrome Pictures).
** Little Bear: Halloween Stories. Three animated episodes,
$16.99. (Paramount).
** Love for Rent (2005) Angie Cepeda, Ken Marino, Martita Roca,
Nora Dunn, Jim Piddock. In order to avoid deportation, a young
woman from Columbia sells her body as a surrogate for a wealthy
couple unable to have a baby. (HBO Video).
** McMahon (2006) Documentary on World Wrestling Entertainment's
owner and chairman; two-disc set, $29.95. (WWE).
** Neil's Party (2003) Andrew Casey, Lauren Bigby, James Murtagh.
British teen comedy. (Lightyear Entertainment).
** Phat Girlz (2006) Mo'Nique, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Kendra C.
Johnson, Joyful Drake, Dayo Ade, Jack Noseworthy, Felix Pire,
Eric Roberts. Extras: Commentary by director Nnegest Likke and
cast, deleted and alternate scenes, "Supersize Dreams: Director's
Video Diary," "The Reel Deal: The Making of Phat Girlz," "The
Phattest Guy: A Tribute to Producer Bobby Newmyer," outtakes, gag
reel. (Fox).
** Poseidon (2006) Dir.: Wolfgang Petersen; Kurt Russell, Josh
Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss, Jacinda Barrett, Emmy Rossum, Andre
Braugher. In single disc and two-disc Special Edition. Extras:
Special Edition: "Poseidon: A Ship on a Soundstage" behind-the-
scenes featurette, "A Shipmate's Diary" film school intern diary,
"Poseidon: Upside Down" set design featurette, History Channel
documentary"Rogue Waves." (Warner).
** Radioland Murders (1994) Brian Benben, Mary Stuart Masterson,
Ned Beatty, George Burns, Scott Michael Campbell, Michael Lerner,
Michael McKean, Jeffrey Tambor, Stephen Tobolowsky, Christopher
Lloyd, Larry Miller, Corbin Bernsen, Rosemary Clooney. Comedy
murder-mystery that brings back the heyday of live radio.
(Universal).
** Satan's Playground (2005) Felissa Rose, Ellen Sandweiss, Edwin
Neal, Irma St. Paule. Extras: Commentary by writer-director Dante
Tomaselli, "Satan's Playground: Behind the Scenes" featurette,
poster, still gallery. (Anchor Bay).
** Saving Shiloh (2006) Jason Dolley, Gerald McRaney, Ann Dowd,
Scott Wilson. Third film based on the successful book trilogy by
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Extras: "An Interview With Shiloh"
behind-the-scenes featurette, "Open Your Heart" music video,
interviews with cast and filmmakers. (Warner).
** Silent Hill (2006) Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden,
Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen, Alice Krige. Twisted
town of horror, based on the video game. Extras: "Path of
Darkness": Six production diaries: "Part One: Origins of Silent
Hill," "Part Two: Casting the Film," "Part Three: Building Silent
Hill (the town)," "Part Four: Stars and Stunts," "Part Five:
Creature Choreography," "Part Six: Constructing the Creepy
Creatures." (Warner).
** Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006) Dir.: Sydney Pollack.
Documentary. Extras: Q & A with director Sydney Pollack. (Sony).
** State of the Union (1948) Dir.: Frank Capra; Spencer Tracy,
Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Adolphe Menjou,
Lewis Stone. (Universal).
** Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Fairy Tales (2006) Two episodes:
"When the Berry Fairy Came to Stay" and "The Legend of Sherry
Bobbleberry"; $14.98. (Fox).
** This Island Earth (1955) Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex
Reason, Lance Fuller, Russell Johnson. (Universal).
** Threshold: The Complete Series. Four-disc set with 12
episodes, $56.99. Extras: "The Threshold Brain Trust" featurette,
"Threshold" visual effects, "Behind the Fractal" with writer-
producer Andre Bormanis, deleted scenes from the original pilot.
(Paramount).
** Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers (2006) New feature-length
animated film, $19.98. (Warner).
** The Uninvited Guest (Habitante incierto, El) (2004 -- Spain)
Andoni Gracia, Monica Lopez, Francesc Garrido. Thriller about an
architect in Barcelona who lets a stranger into his home one
night to use the phone and discovers that the man has disappeared
into -- and now mysteriously inhabits -- the large house. (HBO
Video).
** Veronica Mars: The Complete Second Season. Six-disc set with
22 episodes, $59.98. Extras: "A Day in the Life of Kristen Bell"
behind-the-scenes featurette, deleted scenes. (Warner).
** When Do We Eat? (2006) Michael Lerner, Lesley Ann Warren, Jack
Klugman, Meredith Scott Lynn, Shiri Appleby, Mili Avital, Ben
Feldman. Comedy about a Passover gone wild. (Hart Sharp Video)
** The Wicker Man (1973) Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane
Cilento, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt, Lindsay Kemp. Fully restored
from original vault materials. Extras: Interviews with Woodward,
Lee and Pitt, director Robin Hardy, producer Peter Snell, writer
Anthony Shaffer, editor Eric-Boyd Perkins, art director Seamus
Flannery, assistant director Jake Wright, U.S. distributor John
Simon and legendary filmmaker Roger Corman. (Anchor Bay).
** The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: The Cat's Colorful World.
Three animated episodes, $9.95. (Sony).
For more DVD info, check out our DVD calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar/cal_dvd.htm>
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