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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR Tuesday, December 26 -- MONDAY, January 1
BLACK DAHLIA, THE
Based on James Ellroy's explosive best-selling novel, the film is
inspired by the infamous 1947 killing of aspiring actress
Elizabeth Short, known in her death as "The Black Dahlia, and
weaves a tale of lust, corruption, greed and depravity around the
brutal murder. The film follows a pair of Los Angeles detectives,
Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) and Bucky Bleichert (Josh
Hartnett), as they investigate the shocking and gruesome murder
that fascinated the nation and remains unsolved today. With a
corpse so mutilated that photos are kept from the public, the
case becomes an obsession for the men, and their lives begin to
unravel. Blanchard's relationship with his girlfriend Kay
(Scarlett Johansson) is threatened, while Bleichert finds himself
drawn to the enigmatic Madeleine (Hilary Swank), a wealthy woman
with a dark and twisted connection to the victim. Vitals:
Director: Brian De Palma. Stars: Josh Hartnett, Scarlett
Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr,
Fiona Shaw. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: R, 122 min., Drama, Box office
gross: $22.518 million, Universal.
DESCENT, THE
In a remote mountain range, six girlfriends meet for their yearly
adventure, a caving trip into the arteries of the earth. The
group makes their way through the remote cave system, enjoying
the hazardous but beautiful surroundings. Then, deep inside the
cave, disaster strikes when their route back to the surface is
blocked by a rockfall. When they learn that they have been lured
to an unexplored cave, and that no one is coming to rescue them,
the group starts to splinter. Left with no other option, they
push on through the cave, praying for another exit. The women
battle through this harsh underground world, pitting their
strength and determination against each new challenge.
Unbeknownst to them, there is something else lurking under the
earth, a race of monstrous creatures hidden from the light,
evolved to live perfectly in the dark. As the friends realize
they have become prey, they are forced to unleash their most
primal instincts to face the creatures. As old wounds break open
and loyalties disintegrate, the women realize the horrible truth
-- they have the most to fear from one another. Vitals: Director:
Neil Marshall. Stars: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Jackson Mendoza,
Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring, Nora-Jane Noone, Oliver
Milburn, Molly Kayll. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: R, 98 min., Horror,
Box office gross: $26.005 million, Lionsgate.
FACTOTUM
Adapted from famed writer Charles Bukowski's 1975 novel of the
same name, director Brent Hamer brings to life the story of Henry
Chinaski (Matt Dillon), the fictional alter-ego of Bukowski, a
perpetually unemployed, alcohol-swilling womanizer who drifts
through life in search of a job that won't come between him and
his first love, writing. Henry's fondness for booze, gambling and
sex keeps him perpetually adrift. He occasionally attempts to
work on his writing career, but his haphazard efforts yield him
nothing but rejection letters from publishers. Somewhere along
the way he falls into a relationship with Jan (Lili Taylor), a
fellow lost soul who shares his taste for living on the edge.
When a brief stint as a bookie finds Henry abandoned by the only
woman with whom he is able to relate, a brief fling with gold-
digging Laura (Marisa Tomei) finds him once again falling into a
morose state of perpetual drunkenness and unemployment. An
arresting depiction of humanity at its lowest ebb. Vitals:
Director: Bent Hamer. Stars: Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa
Tomei, Fisher Stevens, Didier Flamand, Adrienne Shelly. 2006, CC,
MPAA rating: R, 94 min., Drama, Box office gross: $.800 million,
The Weinstein Co./Genius Products.
JACKASS NUMBER TWO
Johnny Knoxville and the entire crew from the popular MTV
franchise return with all-new -- and often nude -- stunts, pants-
wetting practical jokes, fun with bears, bees, snakes, bulls,
yaks, sharks and other really bad ideas. Available in rated and
unrated versions. Vitals: Director: Jeff Tremaine. Stars: Johnny
Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy.
2006, CC, MPAA rating: R, 95 min., Documentary, Box office gross:
$71.065 million, Paramount.
LAST KISS, THE
Follows four male friends as they struggle with love, infidelity,
forgiveness, marriage, friendship and the inevitability of
turning 30. A remake of the 2001 Italian film "L'Ultimo bacio."
Vitals: Director: Tony Goldwyn. Stars: Zach Braff, Jacinda
Barrett, Casey Affleck, Rachel Bilson, Harold Ramis, Blythe
Danner, Tom Wilkinson, Michael Weston, Eric Christian Olsen.
2006, CC, MPAA rating: R, 103 min., Drama, Box office gross:
$11.596 million, Paramount.
For more release info, check out our calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar.htm>
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NEWS
COMING SOON:
Clint Estwood's remarkable "Flags of Our Fathers," starring Ryan
Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Paul Walker, Jamie Bell,
Barry Pepper and John Benjamin Hickey, will arrive February 6
from Paramount ... Also on that day Universal will release
mystery "Hollywoodland," starring Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben
Affleck, Bob Hoskins, Lois Smith and Robin Tunney; and Fox will
release "Flicka," starring Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, Alison
Lohman, Ryan Kwanten and Daniel Pino ... On February 20
DreamWorks will release animated "Flushed Away," with the voices
of Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Bill
Nighy, Andy Serkis, Shane Richie, Kathy Burke and David Suchet
... Ridley Scott's drama "A Good Year," starring Albert Finney,
Russell Crowe, Freddie Highmore, Rafe Spall and Archie Panjabi,
will arrive February 27 from Fox.
FROM TV TO VIDEO:
Due this week: "Airwolf: Season Two," a five-disc set with 22
episodes, $39.98 from Universal ... "The Simple Life: Til Death
Do Us Part" is a single-disc with 10 episodes, $19.98 from Fox
... "Two-a-Days: Hoover High -- The Complete First Season"
(2006), a three-disc set, $42,99 from Paramount.
BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
"Haven" (2006) stars Bill Paxton, Orlando Bloom, Stephen Dillane
and Zoe Saldana in a steamy thriller of love, greed and revenge
set in the tropical paradise of the Cayman Islands, from Fox ...
"Magma: Volcanic Disaster" (2006) is a USA network sci-fi
disaster telefilm that focuses on population-threatening volcanic
activity occurring across the globe, starring Xander Berkeley and
Amy Jo Johnson, from Sony ... "Danika" (2006) stars Marisa Tomei,
Regina Hall, Nicki Prian and Craig Bierko in a psychological
thriller about a devoted wife and mother who begins having
horrible visions, from First Look Home Entertainment ... "Mr. Fix
It" (2006) stars David Boreanaz, Alana De La Garza and Paul
Sorvino in a romantic comedy about a lovelorn Casanova who tricks
women into returning to their ex-boyfriends, from First Look Home
Entertainment ... "Angst" (2003) is a horror thriller about a
young woman who literally devours every man she has sex with,
starring Paul Conway, Fiona Horsey and Phil Hayden, from Redrum
Entertainment/MTI Home Video ... Two desperados in the Old West
must settle their debts after a 30-year separation in "Mi Amigo"
(2002), starring Josh Holloway and Channon Roe, from Velocity
Home Entertainment/ThinkFilm ... "Dark Remains" (2005) stars
Cheri Christian and Greg Thompson in a horror thriller about a
grieving young couple who escape the city to find solace in the
mountains only to find that their new home is haunted by violent
entities with tragic histories of their own, from Monarch Home
Video.
SPECIAL INTEREST:
Due this week is "Sir! No Sir!" a 2005 documentary about the
soldiers on the front lines-of antiwar resistance, telling the
story of the military men and women who helped force the U.S.
government to end the Vietnam War, from Docurama ... "Dane Cook's
Tourgasm" is a three-disc set of the nine-part docu-reality
series that follows comedian Cook and three other comics on the
sold-out 2005 Tourgasm bus tour, from HBO Video.
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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
** Airwolf: Season Two. Five-disc set with 22 episodes, $39.98.
(Universal).
** Angst (2003) Paul Conway, Fiona Horsey, Phil Hayden. Horror
thriller about a young woman who literally devours every man she
has sex with. (Redrum Entertinament/MTI Home Video).
** The Black Dahlia (2006) Dir.: Brian De Palma; Josh Hartnett,
Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner,
Mike Starr, Fiona Shaw. Extras: "Reality and Fiction: The Story
of The Black Dahlia" featurette with James Ellroy, "The Case
File" behind-the-scenes featurette, "The De Palma Touch"
featurette on De Palma's unique and shocking visual style.
(Universal).
** Danika (2006) Marisa Tomei, Regina Hall, Nicki Prian, Craig
Bierko. Psychological thriller about a devoted wife and mother
who begins having horrible visions. Extras: Commentary by
director Ariel Vromen and Tomei, cast and crew interviews. (First
Look Home Entertainment).
** Dark Remains (2005) Cheri Christian, Greg Thompson. Horror
thriller about a grieving young couple who escape the city to
find solace in the mountains only to find that their new home is
haunted by violent entities with tragic histories of their own.
Extras: Commentary by director Brian Avenet-Bradley, "Big Red:
The Ghost of Floyd County Prison" (where the film was shot)
featurette, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurette.
(Monarch Home Video).
** The Descent (2006) Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Jackson Mendoza,
Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring, Nora-Jane Noone, Oliver
Milburn, Molly Kayll. Rated and unrated versions. Extras:
Director and cast commentary on both versions; deleted and
extended scenes, outtakes and "making-of" featurette on unrated
version. Also available on Blu-ray, (Lionsgate).
** Factotum (2006) Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Fisher
Stevens, Didier Flamand, Adrienne Shelly. (The Weinstein
Co./Genius Products).
** Haven (2006) Bill Paxton, Orlando Bloom, Stephen Dillane, Zoe
Saldana. Steamy thriller of love, greed and revenge set in the
tropical paradise of the Cayman Islands. Extras: "Making-of"
featurette. (Fox).
** Jackass Number Two (2006) Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera,
Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy. Available in rated and
unrated versions. Extras: Outtakes, behind-the-scenes featurette,
Karazy music video. (Paramount).
** The Last Kiss (2006) Dir.: Tony Goldwyn; Zach Braff, Jacinda
Barrett, Casey Affleck, Rachel Bilson, Harold Ramis, Blythe
Danner, Tom Wilkinson. Extras: Commentary by Braff and Goldwyn;
commentary by Braff, Goldwyn, Barrett, Bilson, Weston and Olsen;
four behind-the-scenes featurettes; Cary Brothers' "Ride" music
video; deleted scenes; gag reel. (Paramount).
** Magma: Volcanic Disaster (2006 -- TV) Xander Berkeley, Amy Jo
Johnson. USA network sci-fi disaster telefilm that focuses on
population-threatening volcanic activity occurring around the
globe. (Sony).
** Mi Amigo (2002) Josh Holloway, Channon Roe. Two desperados in
the Old West must settle their debts after a 30-year separation.
(Velocity Home Entertainment/ThinkFilm)
** Mr. Fix It (2006) David Boreanaz, Alana De La Garza, Paul
Sorvino. Romantic comedy about a lovelorn Casanova who tricks
women into returning to their ex-boyfriends. Extras: Commentary
by director Darin Ferriola. (First Look Home Entertainment).
** The Simple Life: Til Death Do Us Part. Single-disc with 10
episodes, $19.98. (Fox).
** Sir! No Sir! (2005) Documentary about the soldiers on the
front lines-of antiwar resistance, tells the story of the
military men and women who helped force the U.S. government to
end the Vietnam War. Extras: Director David Zeiger and Sgt
Giamozzi at the Oleo Strut; Randy Rowland: Life in the Presidio
Stockade; The 9 for Peace, Jeff Sharlet and Vietnam GI interview;
Summer of '68: The Oleo Strut outtake; Cindy Sheehan & Jane Fonda
interview, The American Serviceman's Union and Ft. Dix Stockade
rebellion; pioneer pirate radio DJ Dave Rabbit speaks; filmmaker
biography. (Docurama).
** Two-a-Days: Hoover High -- The Complete First Season (2006)
Three-disc set, $42,99. (Paramount).
For more DVD info, check out our DVD calendar pages at
<http://www.onvideo.org/calendar/cal_dvd.htm>
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