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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
FOR Tuesday, February 6 -- MONDAY, February 12
BOYNTON BEACH CLUB, THE
A comic celebration of love in the sunset years, based on the
experiences of director Susan Seidelman's mother, Florence (who
co-wrote the script), at an "active adult community." Recently
widowed Marilyn (Brenda Vaccaro), still reeling over the sudden
death of her husband, finds an unexpected new circle of friends
when she accepts an invitation to join The Boynton Beach
Bereavement Club. While not ready to embark on a relationship
herself, she is amused to realize that many of her contemporaries
are actively looking for love. Lois (Dyan Cannon) is being
courted by a younger man (Michael Nouri), while Harry (Joseph
Bologna) tries Internet dating and encourages his friend Jack
(Len Cariou) to pursue a romance with the mysterious Sandy (Sally
Kellerman). The Boynton Beach Club proves that 60 IS the new 40
and you're never too old to fall in love! Vitals: Director: Susan
Seidelman. Stars: Joseph Bologna, Dyan Cannon , Len Cariou, Sally
Kellerman, Michael Nouri, Brenda Vaccaro, Renee Taylor. 2006, CC,
MPAA rating: R, 105 min., Romantic Comedy, Box office gross:
$3.053 million, Sony.
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
It is the most memorable photograph of World War II, among the
greatest pictures ever taken. The winner of the Pulitzer Prize
for photography and one of the most-reproduced images in the
history of photography, the picture has inspired postage stamps,
posters, the covers of countless magazines and newspapers, and
even the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.
"Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima," a picture taken by Associated
Press photographer Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945 depicts
five Marines and one Navy Corpsman raising the U.S. flag on Mount
Suribachi. The image served as a counterpoint for one of the most
vicious battles of the war: the fight to take Iwo Jima, a
desolate island of black sand barely eight square miles that
would prove a tipping point in the Pacific campaign. Lasting more
than a month, the fight was a bloody, drawn-out conflict that
might have turned the American public against the war entirely,
had it not been for the photo, which was taken and published five
days into the battle. The photograph made heroes of the men in
the picture as the three surviving flag-raisers were returned to
the U.S. and made into props in the government's Seventh War Bond
Tour. Uncomfortable with their new celebrity, the flag-raisers
considered the real heroes to be the men who died on Iwo Jima;
still, the American public held them up as the best America had
to offer, the supermen who conquered the Japanese ... and then,
just as quickly as it had arrived, the glory faded. For two of
the surviving flag-raisers, life became a series of compromises
and disappointments; for the third, happiness came only by
shutting off his war experiences and rarely speaking of them ever
again. "Flags of Our Fathers" is a human drama of friendship and
love, sacrifice and manipulation, set against the violent
conflict of the battle of Iwo Jima. Two-time Academy Award-
winning director Clint Eastwood focuses equally on the war and
home, crosscutting between the viciousness of the battle and the
manufactured propaganda campaign and careful manipulation of the
image that followed -- issues that remain prevalent today. As
"Flags of Our Fathers" shows how the photograph became the very
beginning of celebrity worship, the film questions our need to
create and celebrate heroes, sometimes at a cost. Vitals:
Director: Clint Eastwood. Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford,
Adam Beach, Paul Walker, Jamie Bell, Barry Pepper, John Benjamin
Hickey. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: R, 132 min., War Drama, Box office
gross: $33.574 million, Paramount/DreamWorks.
FLICKA
In this contemporary adaptation of Mary O'Hara's novel "My Friend
Flicka," 16-year-old Katy McLaughlin (Alison Lohman) dreams of
fulfilling her family legacy by working on her father's ranch in
modern-day Wyoming. But Katy's father wants more for her,
insisting that she go to college. Katy finds a wild mustang,
which she names Flicka, and sets out to make her a riding horse.
But Flicka and Katy are more alike than she could have imagined.
Like Katy, Flicka has a disdain for authority and is not about to
give up her freedom without a fight. Vitals: Director: Michael
Mayer. Stars: Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, Alison Lohman, Ryan
Kwanten, Daniel Pino. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 94 min., Family
Drama, Box office gross: $20.780 million, Fox.
GRUDGE 2, THE
Sequel explores the dark secrets of the grudge when a curse that
was once trapped in an abandoned, burned-down house escapes and
quickly spreads to anyone who encounters it. Aubrey Davis (Amber
Tamblyn) discovers from her bedridden mother that her sister
Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is in a hospital in Japan and under
investigation for the death of her boyfriend. Her mother is too
ill to make the trip to Tokyo and asks Aubrey to bring her sister
home. Shortly after Aubrey arrives in Tokyo, reporter and
photographer Eason (Edison Chen), seeks her out and warns her
that Karen is in the thrall of an unseen and dangerous curse.
Aubrey joins forces with Eason to discover the truth and
ultimately becomes exposed to the same curse that afflicted her
sister. In a parallel plotline, student Allison (Arielle Kebbel),
is attending an international school in Tokyo and is desperately
trying to fit in with the school's popular crowd. She's willing
to do anything they ask -- even if it means exploring a
mysterious burned-down house, which is the site of several
unexplained murders and strange disappearances, including that of
Karen's boyfriend. Upon entering the house, Allison is
unknowingly exposed to the curse. She carries it back to the
states and into her apartment building where her neighbors,
including Trish (Jennifer Beals), are one by one infected by the
malevolent curse known as "The Grudge." Vitals: Director: Takashi
Shimizu. Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Tamblyn, Arielle
Kebbel, Joanna Cassidy, Edison Chen, Jennifer Beals. 2006, CC,
MPAA rating: PG-13, 102 min., Horror, Box office gross: $39.143
million, Sony.
HOLLYWOODLAND
Critically acclaimed account of the strange demise of actor
George Reeves, known to a generation of Americans as television's
Superman. The price of celebrity is viewed in a stark light in
this compelling retelling of Tinsel Town's most infamous real-
life mystery -- set against the glamour and corruption of 1950s
Hollywood. Low-rent private detective Louis Simo (Adrien Brody)
is hired to investigate the death of Hollywood striver George
Reeves (Ben Affleck). Haunted by his own success and unable to
shed the superhero image created by his popular television show,
Reeves is found dead, apparently by his own hand. As Simo probes
the circumstances surrounding the actor's death, he finds
tantalizing suggestions of foul play involving Reeves' fiancee,
his wealthy lover and her movie mogul husband -- and puts himself
at risk. Vitals: Director: Allen Coulter. Stars: Adrien Brody,
Diane Lane, Ben Affleck, Bob Hoskins, Lois Smith, Robin Tunney.
2006, CC, MPAA rating: R, 126 min., Drama, Box office gross:
$14.417 million, Universal.
RIDING ALONE FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES
Takada, a Japanese fisherman, has been estranged from his son for
many years, but when the son is diagnosed with terminal cancer
his daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospital. When his
son refuses to see him, Rie gives him a video tape about the work
his son was doing on a documentary film in a remote region of
China's Yunnan province. Still troubled by the relationship,
Takada decided to complete his son's work in part to develop an
understanding of his son, and in part to do something for him.
Once in China, a series of obstacles and relationships bring him
unexpectedly closer to both an understanding of himself and of
his son. In Chinese and Japanese with English subtitles. Vitals:
Director: Zhang Yimou. Stars: Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima,
Kiichi Nakai. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 107 min., Drama, Box
office gross: $.216 million, Sony.
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
At once a blistering comedy and a deeply moving human drama,
"Running With Scissors" is the mesmerizing tale of how a young
man survived a nightmare childhood -- while keeping his sense of
humor and his sense of forgiveness intact. The film is writer-
director Ryan Murphy's interpretation of Augusten Burrough's
personal memoir of a warped, out-of-control, 70s-era coming of
age. It's a wild story about the strange power of families, the
wonderment of childhood, the madness of adulthood and the
revelation of finding your way in spite of it all. The movie
begins in 1971 as the neatness-obsessed but sharply observant 6
year-old Augusten (Joseph Cross) finds himself trapped between
his troubled parents: his mother Deirdre (Annette Bening), an
unpublished, not to mention unstable, confessional poet with
delusions of being hugely famous, and his father Norman (Alec
Baldwin), an alcoholic math professor who long ago gave up trying
to solve the riddle of his wife's problems or his son's
precocious behavior. When the Burroughs' marriage goes to pieces,
Deirdre signs up for therapy with the eccentric Dr. Finch (Brian
Cox), a highly unconventional shrink who takes the family under
his wing. From the beginning, Augusten is suspicious of Dr.
Finch's peculiarities -- his office includes, among other
oddities, a Masturbatorium where the good doctor goes to relax in
the middle of tedious sessions. But when Dr. Finch fails to save
the Burroughs' marriage, Augusten's life takes an even more
wrenching turn. While Deirdre is packed off to a motel to
continue her Valium-aided therapy, Augusten is sent to live in
the Finch family home -- a kind of Brady-Bunch-gone-bad world
where dog kibble is a snack, rules are unheard of, the Christmas
tree stays up all year round, Valium is consumed like candy, and
if things get dull, an electroshock-therapy machine provides
entertainment. As Augusten unwittingly becomes part of the family
-- which also includes the shellshocked Mrs. Finch (Jill
Clayburgh), "Bible-dipping" daughter Hope (Gwyneth Paltrow),
disco-rebel daughter Natalie (Evan Rachel Wood) and Neil Bookman
(Joseph Fiennes), Finch's disturbed, 35 year-old "adopted" son
who lives in a shed at the back of the house -- he will descend
into a kind of surreal childhood hell. Yet, he also finds
optimism among the horror, hilarity in the insanity and even love
amid the dilapidated ruins as he never loses his spirit or his
resilience. Vitals: Director: Ryan Murphy. Stars: Annete Bening,
Joseph Cross, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jill Clayburgh, Brian Cox, Joseph
Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Gabrielle Union, Vanessa
Redgrave, Kristin Chenoweth, Patrick Wilson. 2006, CC, MPAA
rating: R, 121 min., Black Comedy-Drama, Box office gross: $6.754
million, Sony.
TRUST THE MAN
A romantic comedy that explores modern relationships -- in all
their humor, tragedies, imperfections and triumphs. Follows the
romantic escapades of two New York couples: successful actress
Rebecca (Julianne Moore) and her Mr. Mom husband, Tom (David
Duchovny); and her slacker younger brother Tobey (Billy Crudup)
and his aspiring novelist girlfriend, Elaine (Maggie Gyllenhaal).
Tom and Rebecca have two kids, a virtually nonexistent sex life,
and a marriage counselor (Garry Shandling) who is too baffled by
the pair to offer any real help. Tobey has been dating the
exasperated Elaine for eight years but can't seem to commit to
getting married and having a family. The status quo is given a
serious jolt; however, when Tom is drawn into an affair with a
mother at his son's school and Elaine finally gives Tobey an
ultimatum, sending him into a fling with a sexy (and married)
former college flame (Eva Mendes). When the fates of both couples
culminate in an uproarious and very public finale on the stage at
Lincoln Center, both Rebecca and Elaine will have to decide -- do
they trust the man? Vitals: Director: Bart Freundlich. Stars:
Julianne Moore, David Duchovny, Billy Crudup, Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Eva Mendes, Ellen Barkin, James LeGros, Garry Shandling. 2006,
CC, MPAA rating: R, 99 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $1.530
million, Fox.
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NEWS
COMING SOON:
Due March 20: Romantic comedy The Holiday, starring Kate Winslet,
Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black, Rufus Sewell, Eli Wallach and
Edward Burns, from Sony ... Due March 27: "The Pursuit of
Happyness," starring Will Smith, on DVD and Blu-ray, from Sony;
animated "Happy Feet<" on DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD, from Warner;
grisly thriller "Turistas" from Fox; and "Van Wilder 2: The Rise
of Taj," starring Kal Penn, from Fox ... Due April 24: Suburban
drama "Little Children," directed by Todd Field and starring Kate
Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson, Noah Emmerich and
Jackie Earle Haley, from New Line
DVD COLLECTIBLES:
It's a great week for classics. From Universal Cinema Classics
comes "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930), directed by Lewis
Milestone and starring Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres and John Wray;
"Arabian Nights" (1942), starring Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Sabu
and Leif Erickson; "Going My Way" (1944), directed by Leo McCarey
and starring Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh and Gene
Lockhart; and one of the greatest dramas of all time, William
Wyler's "The Heiress" (1949), with tour-de-force performances by
Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson and
Miriam Hopkins ... Warner has five romantic-themed releases this
week, just in time for Valentine's Day: "Blume in Love" (1973),
directed by Paul Mazursky and starring George Segal, Susan
Anspach, Kris Kristofferson, Marsha Mason and Shelley Winters;
"The Clock" (1945), directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring
Judy Garland and Robert Walker; "Crossing Delancey" (1988),
directed by Joan Micklin Silver and starring Amy Irving, Peter
Riegert, Jeroen Krabbe and Sylvia Miles; "Miracle in the Rain"
(1956), starring Jane Wyman and Van Johnson; and "A Summer Place"
(1959). directed by Delmer Daves and starring Richard Egan,
Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Arthur Kennedy, Troy Donahue and
Constanace Ford ... And last but not least Sony will release
"Here Comes Mr. Jordan" (1941), starring Robert Montgomery,
Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains, Rita Johnson, Edward Everett Horton
and James Gleason ... Fox is in a romantic mood with the release
of "Romeo+Juliet Music Edition," a new edition of Baz Luhrmann's
1996 interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedy, starring Leonardo
DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau, Pete
Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino, Brian Dennehy, Paul Rudd, Vondie
Curtis-Hall, Miriam Margolyes, Jesse Bradford and M. Emmet Walsh.
The movie is accompanied by an EMI CD with bonus tracks that
include the film version of Princes' "When Doves Cry" and a new
2007 version of Luhrmann's break out hit "Everybody's Free
(Sunscreen Mix)." The DVD features a host of music-themed extras.
FROM TV TO VIDEO:
Due this week: "Anything But Love Volume One," a three-disc set
with 28 episodes from the first two seasons, $39.98 from Fox ...
"Baywatch Season 3," a five-disc set with 22 episodes, $29.98
from First Look Home Entertainment ... "Ben 10," a two-disc set
with all 13 first season episodes of the Cartoon Net series, as
well as a collector's edition poster of Ben and the alien heroes;
$19.98 from Warner ... "Hellboy: Sword of Storms" (2006) is an
animated feature with the voices of Ron Perlman, Selma Blair and
Doug Jones; $19.98 from Starz Home Entertainment ... "Mad About
You: The Complete Third Season" (1994-95), a three-disc set with
24 episodes, $39.95 from Sony ... "Rosemary & Thyme, Series 3," a
three-disc set with eight episodes of the British mystery series
that combines glorious gardens with classic whodunits; $49.99
from Acorn Media.
BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
In "Bloody Mary" (2006), a group of psychiatric hospital nurses
invoke the spirit of Bloody Mary -- a supposed urban myth -- and
the slaughter begins; stars Amber Borycki, Jaason Simmons and
Matt Borlenghi; from Echo Bridge Home Entertainment ... Two men
seek revenge for their friend's death in a deadly underground
fight in Best of the Best 2 (1993), starring Eric Roberts, Philip
Rhee, Wayne Newton, Chris Penn and Meg Foster; from Fox ... In
"The Warrior Class" (2004), starring Anson Mount, Erica Leerhsen,
Robert Vaughn, Jake Weber and Jamey Sheridan, a rookie lawyer
exposes a ruthless mafia boss in a billion-dollar scam but falls
for the gangster's wife -- who's also his key witness; from Echo
Bridge Home Entertainment ... In "Coastlines" (2002), an ex-con
returns to his Florida hometown after three years and becomes
involved with the wife of his best friend, the local sheriff,
starring Timothy Olyphant, Sarah Wynter, Josh Brolin, Scott
Wilson, Josh Lucas and William Forsythe, from Genius Products.
ON THE INDIE FRONT:
"Soup of the Day" (2006) is a full-length feature film version of
the hugely popular episodic Internet series about a regular guy
who loves split pea soup and happens to be in "monogamous
relationships" with three women, starring Brandon Craig,
Catherine Reitman, Patty Wortham and Tina Molina, in a two-disc
set from Echo Bridge Home Entertainment ... "Heading South"
(2005) stars Charlotte Rampling, Karen Young and Louise Portal in
a well-crafted film set in 1978, about three middle-aged women on
holiday who converge at a Haitian resort to soak up the sun and
sample the handsome young islanders' sexual talents; from Genius
Products.
FOR THE KIDS:
Due this week: "Cinderella III: A Twist In Time," a direct-to-
video sequel to the classic fairy tale in which the Fairy
Godmother's magic wand falls into the wrong hands, the stepmother
turns back time, and evil stepsister Anastasia is slated to marry
Prince Charming; $29.99 from Disney ... "Elmo's World: What Makes
You Happy?" (2007) explores the different things that make people
happy; $12.98 from Sony Wonder ... "Strawberry Shortcake: The
Sweet Dreams Movie" (2006) is a new CGI-animated feature that has
Strawberry and her pals trying to stop the Peculiar Pie Man's
evil plan to steal all the Sandman's dreams; $19.98 from Fox ...
"My Little Pony: A Very Pony Place" (2005) contains three new
musical adventures featuring the Hasbro toy horse, $16.99 from
Paramount ... In "Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo" (2007), the Teen
Titans battle a mysterious and menacing Japanese criminal known
as Brushogun who has sent a high-tech ninja to attack the young
heroes; $19.98. from Warner ... "Voy Baby" is a new series of
learning videos geared to the ever-growing demographic of Latino
families in the U.S. Created by Latinos for Latinos, the series
concentrates on teaching both English and Spanish fundamentals
for babies up to age three, using eye- popping toys, Latino
iconography, puppets and Latin music. The first in the series is
"Voy Baby Discovering Colors," available for $12.99. A companion
Web site is available at www.voybaby.com.
SPECIAL INTEREST:
"After Innocence" (2005) is a powerful documentary that examines
the lives of men attempting to return to their normal lives after
DNA testing has freed them from wrongful imprisonment; focuses on
the stories of seven men sent to prison for crimes they didn't
commit; from New Yorker Video ... "She Likes Girls, Vol. 1"
(2006) is the first volume in Wolfe Video's new line of
collections of lesbian short films; includes six romantic and
award-winning short films; $24.95 from Wolfe Video ... "Eddie
Murphy Delirious" highlights the comedian at his peak, taped live
at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., in August 1983, from
Entertainment Studios Home Entertainment/Starz Home Entertainment
... Two Joseph Campbell DVDs are due this week from Acacia:
Joseph Campbell: The Hero's Journey," the life story of the man
behind the PBS blockbuster "The Power of Myth," and Joseph
Campbell: Sukhavati," a unique distillation of Campbell's work
about the power of myth, created through the interweaving of
archival excerpts from his lectures with images and otherworldly
music; each $19.99 ... UFC Ultimate 2 Pack" features two amazing
bouts: "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz vs. Brazilian
star Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort at the Mandalay Bay Resort on
February 5, 2005 and Randy Couture vs. Chuck Liddell in a mixed
martial arts event on April 16, 2005; $19.98 from First Look Home
Entertainment.
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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:
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** After Innocence (2005) Powerful documentary examines the lives
of men attempting to return to their normal lives after DNA
testing has freed them from wrongful imprisonment. Focuses of the
stories of seven men sent to prison for crimes they didn't
commit. Extras: Interviews with the filmmakers, deleted scenes
and bonus footage, updates on the lives of the film's exonerees,
more. (New Yorker Video).
** All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Dir.: Lewis Milestone;
Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray. (Universal Cinema Classics).
** Anything But Love Volume One. Three-disc set with 28 episodes
from the first two seasons, $39.98. Extras: Commentary on select
episodes by Jamie Lee Curtis and Richard Lewis, unaired pilot,
"Stories From the Set" featurette with Curtis and Lewis, "All
About Anything But Love" featurette. (Fox).
** Arabian Nights (1942) Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Sabu, Leif
Erickson. (Universal Cinema Classics).
** Baywatch Season 3. Five-disc set with 22 episodes, $29.98.
Extras: Lost episodes, photo gallery, commentary, "Behind the
Scenes" with Pam Anderson. (First Look Home Entertainment).
** Ben 10. Two-disc set with all 13 first season episodes of the
Cartoon Net series, as well as a collector's edition poster of
Ben and the alien heroes; $19.98. Extras: Commentaries by the
show's creators, drawing lessons, on-screen interviews with the
creators. (Warner).
** Best of the Best 2 (1993) Eric Roberts, Philip Rhee, Wayne
Newton, Chris Penn, Meg Foster. Two men seek revenge for their
friend's death in a deadly underground fight. Extras: Commentary
by director Robert Radler and producer-actor Phillip Rhee,
promotional featurette, "Inside the Coliseum: The Making of Best
of the Best 2" featurette. (Fox).
** Bloody Mary (2006) Amber Borycki, Jaason Simmons, Matt
Borlenghi. A group of psychiatric hospital nurses invoke the
spirit of Bloody Mary -- a supposed urban myth -- and the
slaughter begins.Extras: "Behind the Cinematography" featurette,
"The Making of the Witch" featurette, filmmaker's commentary,
"The Curse" music video, outtakes. (Echo Bridge Home
Entertainment).
** Blume in Love (1973) Dir.: Paul Mazursky; George Segal, Susan
Anspach, Kris Kristofferson, Marsha Mason, Shelley Winters.
(Warner).
** The Boynton Beach Club (2006) Dir.: Susan Seidelman; Joseph
Bologna, Dyan Cannon , Len Cariou, Sally Kellerman, Michael
Nouri, Brenda Vaccaro, Renee Taylor. (Sony).
** Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2006) Direct-to-video sequel.
When the Fairy Godmother's magic wand falls into the wrong hands,
the stepmother turns back time, and evil stepsister Anastasia is
slated to marry Prince Charming. But with her loyal mice friends,
Gus and Jaq by her side, Cinderella is determined to make things
right again. $29.99. Extras: "Bibbidi Bobbidi Choose" game, DVD-
ROM extras. (Disney).
** The Clock (1945) Dir.: Vincente Minnelli; Judy Garland, Robert
Walker. Extras: Vintage short, classic cartoon, radio show
adaptation with Judy Garland and John Hodiak. (Warner).
** Coastlines (2002) Timothy Olyphant, Sarah Wynter, Josh Brolin,
Scott Wilson, Josh Lucas, William Forsythe. Ex-con returns to his
Florida hometown after three years and becomes involved with the
wife of his best friend, the local sheriff. (Genius Products).
** Crossing Delancey (1988) Dir.: Joan Micklin Silver; Amy
Irving, Peter Riegert, Jeroen Krabbe, Sylvia Miles. (Warner).
** Eddie Murphy Delirious. Taped live at Constitution Hall in
Washington, D.C., in August 1983. Extras: Eddie Murphy interview
hosted by Byron Allen, extra footage. (Entertainment Studios Home
Entertainment/Starz Home Entertainment).
** Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? (2007) Elmo explores the
different things that make people happy; $12.98. (Sony Wonder).
Extras:
** Flags of Our Fathers (2006) Dir.: Clint Eastwood; Ryan
Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Paul Walker, Jamie Bell,
Barry Pepper, John Benjamin Hickey. (Paramount/DreamWorks).
** Flicka (2006) Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, Alison Lohman, Ryan
Kwanten, Daniel Pino. Extras: Tim McGraw "My Little Girl" music
video, deleted scenes, bloopers, gag reel, making-of featurette.
(Fox).
** Going My Way (1944) Dir.: Leo McCarey; Bing Crosby, Barry
Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh, Gene Lockhart. (Universal Cinema
Classics).
** The Grudge 2 (2006) Dir.: Takashi Shimizu; Sarah Michelle
Gellar, Amber Tamblyn, Arielle Kebbel, Joanna Cassidy, Edison
Chen, Jennifer Beals. In rated and unrated editions. Extras:
Theatrical version: "East Meets West" featurette, "Grudge 2:
Storyline Development" featurette, "Ready When You Are, Mr.
Shimizu" featurette, "Reel Change" montage, deleted scenes.
Unrated edition adds extra footage "too scary to be shown in
theaters," "Tales From the Grudge With Sam Raimi" introduction,
"Holding a Grudge: Kayako & Toshio" featurette, more deleted
scenes. (Sony).
** Heading South (2005) Charlotte Rampling, Karen Young, Louise
Portal. Three middle-aged women on holiday converge at a Haitian
resort to soak up the sun and sample the handsome young
islanders' sexual talents in this well-crafted film set in 1978.
(Genius Products).
** The Heiress (1949) Dir.: William Wyler; Olivia de Havilland,
Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, Ray Collins.
(Universal Cinema Classics).
** Hellboy: Sword of Storms (2006 -- TV) Animated. Voices of Ron
Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones; $19.98. Extras: "To Hell and
Back: How Mike Mignola Created Hellboy"; "A New Breed: Creating
the New Hellboy"; "Conquering Hellboy: The Actor's Role"; "A View
From the Top: The 'Heads' Sequence"; "Keepers of Hellboy: A Comic
Con 2006 Panel Discussion"; 32 page comic book created by Mike
Mignola; commentary by Mike Mignola, supervising producer-
director Tad Stones and director Phil Weinstein; "Hellboy Goes
East," a look at many of the inspirations, back stories and
secrets of "Hellboy: Sword of Storms"; DVD-ROM extras. (Starz
Home Entertainment).
** Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes,
Claude Rains, Rita Johnson, Edward Everett Horton, James Gleason.
(Sony).
** Hollywoodland (2006) Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck,
Bob Hoskins, Lois Smith, Robin Tunney. Extras: Commentary by
director Allen Coulter, deleted scenes, "Recreating Old
Hollywood" featurette, "Behind the Headlines" featurette,
"Hollywood Then and Now" featurette. Available on HD DVD.
(Universal).
** Incubus (2005) Tara Reid, Monica Dean. College students
stranded in an abandoned factory after a car accident encounter a
deranged serial killer and a coma patient bizarrely encapsulated
in glass who holds the key to their escape. (Sony).
** The Last Unicorn: 25th Anniversary Edition (1982) Animated.
Voices of Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Tammy Grimes,
Robert Klein, Angela Lansbury, Christopher Lee, Keenan Wynn, Paul
Frees, Rene Auberjonois, Brother Theodore. Extras: "The Tail of
The Last Unicorn" featurette, interview with author Peter S.
Beagle, set-top game photo gallery. (Lionsgate).
** Mad About You: The Complete Third Season (1994-95) Three-disc
set with 24 episodes, $39.95. (Sony).
** Miracle in the Rain (1956) Jane Wyman, Van Johnson. Two
vintage "Behind the Cameras" segments from the Warner Bros.
Presents TV series. (Wanrer).
** My Little Pony: A Very Pony Place (2005) Three new musical
adventures featuring the Hasbro toy horse, $16.99. (Paramount).
** Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2006 -- Hong Kong) Dir.:
Zhang Yimou; Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima, Kiichi Nakai.Extras:
"The Making of Riding Alone for Thousands of Mile" featurette.
(Sony).
** Romeo+Juliet Music Edition (1996) Dir.: Baz Luhrmann; Leonardo
DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau, Pete
Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino, Brian Dennehy, Paul Rudd, Vondie
Curtis-Hall, Miriam Margolyes, Jesse Bradford, M. Emmet Walsh.
Accompanied by an EMI CD release with bonus tracks that include
the film version of Princes' "When Doves Cry" and a new 2007
version of Luhrmann's break out hit "Everybody's Free (Sunscreen
Mix)." Extras: "R+J: The Music documentary: An Insider's Look"
with never-before-seen footage; commentary by director Baz
Luhrmann; commentary by film score orchestrator and co-composer
Craig Armstrong; commentary by film score music programmer and
co-composer Marius DeVries; "The London Music Mix" featurette;
"Journey of the Song: Young Hearts Run Free" featurette; "Journey
of the Song: Everybody's Free" featurette; "The Journey of the
Song: Temp Music" featurette; "Music Machine" juke box function
that jumps to your favorite songs. (Fox).
** Rosemary & Thyme, Series 3. Three-disc set with eight episodes
of the British mystery series that combines glorious gardens with
classic whodunits; $49.99. (Acorn Media).
** Running With Scissors (2006) Annete Bening, Joseph Cross,
Gwyneth Paltrow, Jill Clayburgh, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan
Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Gabrielle Union, Vanessa Redgrave,
Kristin Chenoweth, Patrick Wilson. Extras: "Inside Outsiders"
featurette on how the cast created their extreme characters, "A
Story by Augusten Burroughs" featurette on book author Augusten
Burroughs, "Creating the Cuckoo's Nest" featurette and guided
tour of the crazy Finch home. (Sony).
** She Likes Girls, Vol. 1 (2006) First volume in Wolfe Video's
new line of collections of lesbian short films; includes six
romantic and award-winning short films; $24.95. (Wolfe Video).
** Soup of the Day (2006) Brandon Craig, Catherine Reitman, Patty
Wortham, Tina Molina. Full-length feature film version of the
hugely popular episodic Internet series about a regular guy who
loves split pea soup and happens to be in "monogamous
relationships" with three women. Two-disc set. Extras: Bloopers,
deleted scenes, filmmaker commentary, cast interviews, 19
original webisodes, alternate ending. (Echo Bridge Home
Entertainment).
** Strawberry Shortcake: The Sweet Dreams Movie (2006) New CGI-
animated feature has Strawberry and her pals trying to stop the
Peculiar Pie Man's evil plan to steal all the Sandman's dreams;
$19.98. (Fox).
** A Summer Place (1959) Dir.: Delmer Daves; Richard Egan,
Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Arthur Kennedy, Troy Donahue,
Constanace Ford. (Warner).
** Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (2007) In their first feature-
length outing, the Teen Titans battle a mysterious and menacing
Japanese criminal known as Brushogun who has sent a high-tech
ninja to attack the young heroes; $19.98. Extras: Robin's
Underworld Race Challenge, "The Lost Episode" never-before aired
episode. (Warner).
** Trust the Man (2006) Julianne Moore, David Duchovny, Billy
Crudup, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Eva Mendes, Ellen Barkin, James
LeGros, Garry Shandling. Extras:Commentary by writer-director
Bart Freundlich and Duchovny, "Reel Love: The Making of Trust the
Man" featurette, deleted scenes. (Fox).
** The Warrior Class (2004) Anson Mount, Erica Leerhsen, Robert
Vaughn, Jake Weber, Jamey Sheridan. A rookie lawyer exposes a
ruthless mafia boss in a billion-dollar scam but falls for the
gangster's wife -- who's also his key witness. (Echo Bridge Home
Entertainment).
For more DVD info, check out our DVD calendar pages at
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