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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
For Tuesday, April 24 -- Monday, April 30
CODE NAME: THE CLEANER
Cedric the Entertainer stars as Jake, a seemingly regular guy who wakes up in a hotel room with a bump on his head next to a dead body and a briefcase containing $250,000 in cash. As if that wasn't enough of a predicament, Jake can't remember how he got there or who he is. The beautiful and mysterious Diane (Nicollette Sheridan) shows up on the scene and claims to be Jake's wife, taking him to a magnificent mansion that she says belongs to him. When Jake discovers that Diane is trying to drug him for information, he escapes and seeks refuge in a local diner, only to run in to Gina (Lucy Liu), a waitress who claims to be his girlfriend. She tells him that in reality he's a maintenance worker for a video game manufacturer, but Jake becomes convinced he is really an undercover agent for the CIA -- his code name: "The Cleaner" -- and sets out to prove it. Vitals: Director: Les Mayfield. Stars: Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Elizabeth Hurley, DeRay Davis, Nicollette Sheridan. 2007, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 91 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $8.104 million, New Line.
DEJA VU
Everyone has experienced the unsettling mystery of deja vu -- that flash of memory when you meet someone new you feel you've known all your life or recognize a place even though you've never been there before. But what if these strange, spooky feelings were actually warnings sent from the past or clues to an unfolding future? In this sci-fi action-thriller, deja vu unexpectedly guides ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) through an investigation into a shattering crime. Called in to recover evidence after a bomb sets off a cataclysmic explosion on a New Orleans Ferry, Carlin is about to discover that what most people believe is only in their heads is actually something far more powerful -- and will lead him on a mind-bending race to save hundreds of innocent people. As Carlin's investigation deepens, it not only probes through the very fabric of space and time, but becomes an innovative love story that unfolds in reverse, when Carlin discovers his puzzling emotional connection to a woman whose past holds the key to stopping a catastrophe that could destroy their future. In the split second of a glance, without words yet with complete trust, Carlin takes one chance to change everything. Vitals: Director: Tony Scott. Stars: Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Val Kilmer, James Caviezel, Adam Goldberg, Elden Henson, Erika Alexander, Bruce Greenwood. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 128 min., Science Fiction, Box office gross: $63.824 million, Buena Vista.
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
A bumbling security guard at the Museum of Natural History accidentally lets loose an ancient curse that causes the animals and insects on display to come to life and wreak havoc. The fantastical adventure kicks off when Larry Daley (Ben Stiller), a down-and-out dreamer whose imaginative ideas have never paid off, finds himself in desperate need of a job. Larry has always believed he was destined for big things. But he has no idea just how literally gargantuan and hairy a challenge he will face when he grudgingly accepts the supposedly menial graveyard shift as a security guard at the Natural History Museum. On his very first night on the job, Larry is handed an over-sized flashlight and a dog-eared instruction manual, then left all alone in the eerily quiet, cavernous museum. At least, he thinks he's alone. To his utter astonishment and disbelief, Larry watches in shock and awe as, one by one, the primeval beasts and storied icons that surround him stir magically to life -- and total havoc ensues. Now, as Tyrannosaurus Rex and Attila the Hun carve a swath of destruction through the marble corridors, and lions and monkeys prowl the fragile exhibits, Larry is at a loss as to how to get the museum back under control. At his wit's end, Larry must recruit the help of historical heavyweight Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams) just to survive the night. Facing the possibility of losing his job, Larry must wage an incredible battle to save the museum. Vitals: Director: Shawn Levy. Stars: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Carla Gugino, Kim Raver, Mickey Rooney, Dick Van Dyke, Bill Cobbs, Ricky Gervais, Rami Malek, Paul Rudd, Steve Coogan, Owen Wilson. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 108 min., Comedy Fantasy, Box office gross: $250.00 million, Fox.
QUEEN, THE
Director Stephen Frears pulls back the curtain on the private chambers of the royal family in the aftermath of Princess Diana's death in 1997, where the contained, traditional world of the Queen of England (Helen Mirren) is brought into conflict with the public, modern Prime Minister (Michael Sheen) and a nation looking to its leaders for guidance in dark times. Dramatic and revealing, the story of was drawn from extensive interviews, research, discreet sources and informed imagination. Mirren won an Academy Award and a host of other accolades for her performance. Vitals: Director: Stephen Frears. Stars: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Sylvia Syms, Alex Jennings. 2006, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 103 min., Drama, Box office gross: $51.350 million, Miramax.
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NEWS
DVD COLLECTIBLES:
Three literary classics make their way home this week: "Anna Karenina" (1948), starring Vivien Leigh and Ralph Richardson; "Jane Eyre" (1944), starring Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Agnes Moorehead and Hillary Brooke; and "Les Miserables," a two-disc set with the 1935 version starring Fredric March, Charles Laughton and Cedric Hardwicke; and the 1952 version directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Robert Newton, Edmund Gwenn, Sylvia Sidney, Cameron Mitchell, Elsa Lanchester; all have been delicately restored by Fox ... More classics: "James Cagney: The Signature Collection," is a five-disc set with "The Bride Came C.O.D.," "Captain of the Clouds," "The Fighting 69th," "Torrid Zone" and "The West Point Story"; $49.92 or $19.97 each, from Warner ... "Fixed Bayonets!" (1951) is one of director Sam Fuller's must-see war films, starring Richard Basehart, Gene Evans and Michael O'Shea, from Fox.
FROM TV TO VIDEO:
Due this week: "Columbo Mystery Movie Collection 1989," a three-disc set with all five feature-length "Columbo" telefilms from 1989, $26.98 from Universal ... "The Drew Carey Show: The Complete First Season," a four-disc set with 22 episodes, $39.98 from Warner ... "Flipper Season One" (1964),a four-disc set with 30 episodes, $39.98 from MGM ... "The Good Soldier" (1981) starring Robin Ellis, Vickery Turner, Jeremy Brett and Susan Fleetwood in a Masterpiece Theatre tangle of religion, sex, deception and Edwardian-era social mores, based on the novel by Ford Madox Ford, from Acorn Media ... "Kidnapped: The Complete Series" (2005) is a three-disc set with all 13 episodes, $49.95 from Sony ... "Morel Orel: Volume One" is a two-disc set with 15 uncensored episodes of the Adult Swim 15-minute stop-motion, animated series, $29.98 from Warner ... "NCIS: The Third Season" (2005), a six-disc set with 24 episodes, $64.99 from Paramount ... "The Odd Couple: Season One," a four-disc set with 24 episodes, $42.99 from Paramount ... "One Day at a Time: The Complete First Season" (1975-76), a two-disc set with 15 episodes, $29.95 from Sony ... "The Ruby in the Smoke" (2006), a Masterpiece Theatre adaptation of the first book in the series of Phillip Pullman's quartet of novels set in Victorian London about super sleuth Sally Lockhart, $19.85 from WGBH Boston Video ... "WKRP in Cincinnati Season One" (1978-79), a three-disc set with 22 episodes, $39.98 from Fox.
BUZZIN' THE 'B's:
In "Until Death" (2007) a dirty cop falls into a coma after a gunfight, awakens a "new" man, and tries to make amends by cleaning up the bad guys, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephen Rea, Rachel Grant and Mark Dymond, from Sony. ... A remote Thai village is overrun by terrorists armed with a nuclear missile and an elite undercover operative leads a unique martial arts fighting force in a heroic bid to save the nation in the two-disc "ultimate" edition of "Born to Fight" (2004), from Dragon Dynasty/The Weinstein Company/Genius Products ... In "The Last Supper" (2006 -- Japan), a renowned plastic surgeon develops a taste for human flesh, from MTI Home Video ... "Small Town Conspiracy (aka Florida City)" (2003) is a murder mystery set in Pearl Harbor that dove trails with the Japanese sneak attack, from Echo Bridge Home Entertainment ... ".45" (2006) stars Milla Jovovich, Angus Macfadyen, Stephen Dorff, Aisha Tyler, Sarah Strange and Vincent Laresca in a terribly boring and nasty tale about a gang moll who gets fed up with her abusive boyfriend and plots to get rid of him, from ThinkFilm ... "Tears of the Black Tiger" (2000 -- Thailand) is a cult film homage to Westerns and martial arts, billed as a cross between a Toshiro Mifune samurai, a Clint Eastwood gunslinger and Bruce Lee, from Magnolia Home Entertainment ... "Naked You Die (aka The Young, the Evil & the Savage" (1968 -- Italian) stars Mark Damon, Eleonora Brown, Michael Rennie and Luciano Pigozzi in a macabre tale of murder at an all-girls school, from the minds of Italian horror kings Mario Bava and Antonio Margheriti; complete and uncut for the first time in the States from Dark Sky Films/MPI Home Video ... Two cunning and manipulative drifters venture into suburban Connecticut to seduce wealthy housewives in "Slingshot" (2005), starring David Arquette, Thora Birch, Balthazar Getty, Julianna Margulies, Joely Fisher, Michael Janik and Svetlana Metkina, from The Weinstein Co./Genius Products.
ON THE INDIE FRONT:
Mena Suvari, Marsha Thomason, Katherine Heigl and Breckin Meyer star in "Caffeine" (2006), a comedy about life, love and relationships among the staff and regulars of a hip, offbeat coffee house, from First Look Home Entertainment ... A down-on-his-luck actor prepping for an upcoming role meets a quirky grocery clerk in L.A. and the pair hit the road to show one another their respective worlds in "10 Items or Less" (2006), starring Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega, Jonah Hill and Bobby Cannavale, from First Look Home Entertainment ... In "The Trouble With Men and Women" (2006), a young man embarks on a journey of self-discovery and search for love with a variety of casual encounters after being dumped by his girlfriend, from IFC/Genius Products ... "Stand Up" (2007) is a comedy based on the off-beat world of stand up comedians, shot in and around Los Angeles and New York's most well-known comedy clubs, from SRO Entertainment.
FOREIGN:
The classic "How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman" (1971 -- Brazil), directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos and starring Arduino Colassanti and Ana Maria Magalhaes is the ironic tale of a Frenchman captured by Tupinambas indians in the late-16th century. In spite of efforts to convince them that he is French, they believe he is Portuguese, who support the rival Indian tribe, the Tupiniquins. Eventually he helps the Tupinambas defeat the Tupiniquins in a battle, and to celebrate their victory, they decide to eat him. From New Yorker Video.
FOR THE FAMILY:
"Ed, Edd, n Eddy: The Complete Second Season" is a two-disc set with 13 episodes, from the popular kids series, $19.98 from Warner ... "Binky Goes Nuts" features four stories from the Emmy Award-winning "Arthur" TV series, offering kids, parents, and teachers insights into important health issues for kids, including nut allergies and the benefits of exercise; $12.95 from WGBH Boston Video ... "James Marshall's Cinderella ... And More Beloved Fairy Tales" (2007) includes the title tale, based on the best-selling picture book by James Marshall, along with four other modern adaptations of classic fairy tales: "Hansel and Gretel," "The Three Billy Goats Gruff," "The Elves and the Shoemaker" and "The Fisherman and His Wife"; $14.95 from Scholastic Video Collection ... "Hanna-Barbera Storybook Favorites" is a neat three-disc set with three animated "Famous Classic Tales": "Black Beauty," "The Last of the Mohicans" and "Gulliver's Travels"; $19.98 from Koch Vision.
"Buddy Greco: The Man and the Music" (2007) is a disappointing three-part single-disc DVD about the "singer's singer"; the documentary, hosted by Greco, features the jazz musician speaking in detail about his multi-faceted life, showing off his amazing collection of photographs and memorabilia, interspersed with combo performances in a small studio and some big band sessions in Las Vegas, all recorded fairly recently; the feature lacks adequate footage of Greco's breathtaking performances from the 60s and 70s; $19.99 from SRO Entertainment ... "The Fabulous 60s" (2005) is a year-by-year scrapbook that takes a kaleidoscopic look back at the decade that began in hope with man's exploration of space and the youngest elected President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy ... and ended in a welter of Cold War intrigue,political assassination, civil unrest, student demonstrations and U.S. involvement in Vietnam; narrated by Peter Jennings; four-disc set, $39.98 from MPI Home Video ... "The Legendary Crooners: Frank, Dean, Bing, Nat and Perry" (2005) is a PBS pledge program with 20 full-length song clips from Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Dean Martin and Nat "King" Cole; $19.99 from SRO Entertainment ... "Tim Buckley: My Fleeting House" is the first-ever collection of performances by Buckley, featuring rare live performances from TV appearances and interview footage spanning his short but spectacular career; includes interviews with songwriter Larry Beckett, Lee Underwood (Buckley's guitarist) and David Browne (author of "Dream Brother: The Lives of Jeff and Tim Buckley"); $19.95 from MVD Visual.
"Bugs!" features three NOVA documentaries: "Ants: Little Creatures who Run the World," "Bees: Tales from the Hive" and "The Unknown World"; $29.95 from WGBH Boston Video ... "Geronimo and the Apache Resistance" (1988), "The Hurricane of '38," "Surviving the Dust Bowl" and "Lost in the Grand Canyon" (1999), about the famous John Wesley Powell expedition into the Grand Canyon in 1869, are American Experience documentaries; $19.95 each from WGBH Boston Video ... "Tsunami, the Aftermath" (2006) is an HBO miniseries focusing on a group of fictional characters caught up in the harrowing aftermath of the tsunami that devastated the coast of Thailand two years ago, from HBO Video.
"Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away" (2007) Showcases the work of the Oscar-winning comedian; features Wright's May 2006 namesake performance at Toronto's historic Elgin Theater, his first stand-up special since 1990's "Wicker Chairs and Gravity"; $14.99 from Image Entertainment ... In Kultur's new documentary "The Hollywood Sound: Music for the Movies," viewers can listen to the sounds of their favorite scores against a backdrop of momentous clips from original classic films. Host and narrator John Mauceri conducts the BBC national Orchestra of Wales, revisiting the works of composers: Max Steiner ("Gone With the Wind"), Franz Waxman ("Bride of Frankenstein") and Erich Korngold ("The Adventures of Robin Hood") while also taking a look at the accomplished works of composers David Raksin ("Laura") and Alfred Newman ("The Hunchback of Notre Dame"); $24.99 ... "Tropic of Gallagher Comedy Special" is a rare performance by the zany comedian, including a show-stopping "Sledge-O-Matic" ending, $14.99 from SRO Entertainment.
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**Anna Karenina (1948) Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kieron Moore. Extras: "Anna Karenina -- The 1915 Version Silent Movie," "Anna and Leo" featurette, restoration comparison. (Fox).
** Binky Goes Nuts. Four stories from the Emmy Award-winning "Arthur" TV series, offering kids, parents, and teachers insights into important health issues for kids, including nut allergies and the benefits of exercise; $12.95. (WGBH Boston Video).
**Born to Fight (20054) Two-disc ultimate edition. A remote Thai village is overrun by terrorists armed with a nuclear missile and an elite undercover operative leads a unique martial arts fighting force in a heroic bid to save the nation. Extras: "The Making of Born to Fight" featurette, commentary by Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan, "Born to Be Wild" EPK. (Dragon Dynasty/The Weinstein Company/Genius Products).
** Buddy Greco: The Man and the Music. Three-part DVD about the "singer's singer": In Part One, Greco speaks in detail about his multi-faceted life with his amazing collection of photographs and memorabilia; the second part highlights Greco's performances in the 50's and 60's when he was one of the biggest headliners in Las Vegas, performing with Frank Sinatra and The Rat Pack; the final part of the DVD includes a special documentary called "Las Vegas Like It Used to Be," which features the history of Vegas. $19.99. (SRO Entertainment).
** Bugs! Three NOVA documentaries: "Ants: Little Creatures Who Run the World," "Bees: Tales from the Hive" and "The Unknown World"; $29.95. (WGBH Boston Video).
** Caffeine (2006) Mena Suvari, Marsha Thomason, Katherine Heigl, Breckin Meyer. Comedy about life, love and relationships among the staff and regulars of a hip, offbeat coffee house. Extras: Bloopers. (First Look Home Entertainment).
** Code Name: The Cleaner (2007) Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Elizabeth Hurley, DeRay Davis, Nicollette Sheridan. Extras: Moppin' Up With the Cleaning Crew" featurette. (New Line).
** Columbo Mystery Movie Collection 1989. Three-disc set with all five feature-length "Columbo" telefilms from 1989, $26.98. Extras:
** Deja Vu (2006) Dir.: Tony Scott; Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Val Kilmer, James Caviezel, Adam Goldberg, Elden Henson, Erika Alexander, Bruce Greenwood. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette, deleted scenes. (Buena Vista).
** The Drew Carey Show: The Complete First Season. Four-disc set with 22 episodes, $39.98. Extras: Retrospective documentary, gag reel. (Warner).
** Ed, Edd, n Eddy: The Complete Second Season. Two-disc set with 13 episodes, $19.98. (Warner).
** The Fabulous 60s (2005) Year-by-year scrapbook takes a kaleidoscopic look back at the most turbulent of decades, 10 tumultuos years that began in hope with man's exploration of space and the youngest elected President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy ... and ended in a welter of Cold War intrigue, political assassination, civil unrest, student demonstrations and U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Narrated by Peter Jennings. Four-disc set, $39.98. (MPI Home Video).
** Fixed Bayonets! (1951) Dir.: Sam Fuller; Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O'Shea. (Fox).
**Flipper Season One (1964) Four-disc set with 30 episodes, $39.98. (MGM).
** .45 (2006) Milla Jovovich, Angus Macfadyen, Stephen Dorff, Aisha Tyler, Sarah Strange, Vincent Laresca. A gang moll gets fed up with her abusive boyfriend and plots to get rid of him. Extras: Filmmaker commentary. (ThinkFilm).
** Geronimo and the Apache Resistance (1988) American Experience documentary. $19.95. (WGBH Boston Video).
** The Good Soldier (1981 -- TV) Robin Ellis, Vickery Turner, Jeremy Brett, Susan Fleetwood. Masterpiece Theatre tangle of religion, sex, deception and Edwardian-era social mores, based on the novel by Ford Madox Ford. (Acorn Media).
** How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971 -- Brazil) Dir.: Nelson Pereira dos Santos; Arduino Colassanti, Ana Maria Magalhaes. Extras: Interview with Richard Pena, program director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center; interview with Ailton (member of the Krenak Tribe). (New Yorker Video).
** The Hurricane of '38 American Experience documentary; $19.95. (WGBH Boston Video).
** I Deal in Danger (1966) Robert Goulet, Christine Carere. (Fox).
** James Marshall's Cinderella ... And More Beloved Fairy Tales (2007) The title tale, based on the best-selling picture book by James Marshall, along with four other modern adaptations of classic fairy tales: "Hansel and Gretel," "The Three Billy Goats Gruff," "The Elves and the Shoemaker" and "The Fisherman and His Wife"; $14.95. (Scholastic Video Collection).
** Jane Eyre (1944) Dir.: Robert Stevenson; Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Agnes Moorehead, Hillary Brooke. Extras: "Orson Welles' Jane Eyre" featurette, storyboards, production gallery, restoration comparison. (Fox).
** James Cagney: The Signature Collection Five-disc set with "The Bride Came C.O.D.," "Captain of the Clouds," "The Fighting 69th," "Torrid Zone" and "The West Point Story"; $49.92 or $19.97 each. (Warner).
-- The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) James Cagney, Bette Davis, Stuart Erwin. Extras:Warner Night at the Movies 1941 short subjects gallery: Vintage newsreel, musical shorts "Carnival of Rhythm" and "Forty Boys and a Song," classic cartoons "Porky's Pooch" and "Rhapsody in Rivets."
-- Captain of the Clouds (1942) Dir.: Michael Curtiz; James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale, George Tobias, Reginald Gardiner. Extras: Warner Night at the Movies 1942 short subjects gallery: Vintage newsreel, sports short "Rocky Mountain Big Game," classic cartoon "Fresh Hare'"; classic cartoon "What's Cookin; Doc?
-- The Fighting 69th (1940) James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Alan Hale. Extras: Warner Night at the Movies 1940 short subjects gallery: Vintage newsreel, two patriotic shorts: "Young America Flies" and "London Can Take It!" classic cartoon "Pilgrim Porky."
-- Torrid Zone (1940) James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Ann Sheridan, Andy Devine. Extras: Warner Night at the Movies 1940 short subjects gallery: Vintage newsreel, musical short "Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra," Technicolor historical short "Pony Express Days," cartoon "A Wild Hare."
-- The West Point Story (1950) James Cagney, Gordon MacRae, Doris Day, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson. Extras: Warner Night at the Movies 1950 short subjects gallery: Vintage newsreel, Sports Parade short "Grandad of Races," classic cartoon "His Bitter Half."
** John Cleese Comedy Collection. Three-disc set with "How to Irritate People" (1968), "The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It" (1977) and "Romance With a Double Bass" (1974); $29.99. (SRO Entertainment).
** Kidnapped: The Complete Series (2005) Three-disc set with all 13 episodes, $49.95. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette. (Sony).
** The Last Supper (2006 - Japan) Avi K. Garg, Fumina Hara, Masaya Kato, Katsuya Kobayashi. A renowned plastic surgeon develops a taste for human flesh. (MTI Home Video).
** The Legendary Crooners: Frank, Dean, Bing, Nat and Perry (2005) PBS pledge program with 20 full-length song clips from Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Dean Martin and Nat "King" Cole; $19.99. (SRO Entertainment ).
** Les Miserables. Two-disc set with the 1935 version starring Fredric March, Charles Laughton and Cedric Hardwicke; and the 1952 version directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Robert Newton, Edmund Gwenn, Sylvia Sidney, Cameron Mitchell, Elsa Lanchester. Extras: "The Fugitive/Pursuer: Vidocq" featurette, restoration comparison. (Fox).
** Lost in the Grand Canyon (1999) American Experience documentary about the famous John Wesley Powell expedition into the Grand Canyon in 1869; $19.95. (WGBH Boston Video).
** Man in the Middle (1964) Dir.: Guy Hamilton; Robert Mitchum, France Nuyen, Barry Sullivan, Trevor Howard, Keenan Wynn, Sam Wanamaker. (Fox).
** Morel Orel: Volume One. Two-disc set with 15 uncensored episodes of the Adult Swim 15-minute stop-motion, animated series, $29.98. Extras: Uncensored commentaries, "The Awkward Comic Con Panel," behind-the-scenes, end animations, deleted scenes. (Warner).
** NCIS: The Third Season (2005) Six-disc set with 24 episodes, $64.99. Extras: Cast and crew commentaries on select episodes, "The Real N.C.I.S. Declassified" featurette, "Hit the Head" montage, "The Women of N.C.I.S.," "N.C.I.S. Season of Change," "The Round Table." (Paramount).
** Naked You Die (aka The Young, the Evil & the Savage (1968 -- Italian) Mark Damon, Eleonora Brown, Michael Rennie, Luciano Pigozzi. From the minds of Italian horror kings Mario Bava and Antonio Margheriti comes this macabre tale of murder at an all-girls school. Complete and uncut for the first time in the States. (Dark Sky Films/MPI Home Video).
** Night at the Museum (2006) Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Carla Gugino, Kim Raver, Mickey Rooney, Dick Van Dyke, Bill Cobbs, Ricky Gervais, Rami Malek, Paul Rudd, Steve Coogan, Owen Wilson. Single-disc and two-disc special edition. Extras: Commentary by director Shawn Levy and writers Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, deleted and extended scenes, alternate opening, blooper reel, "Directing 101," "Bringing the Museum to Life" featurette, "Acting With Nothing" featurette, "Monkey Business" featurette, "Building the Museum," "Historical Threads: The Costumes of Night at the Museum," storyboard comparison, "Making of Night at the Museum" featurette, DVD-ROM game, more. (Fox).
** The Odd Couple: Season One Four-disc set with 24 episodes, $42.99. Extras: Commentary on select episodes, audio intros by Garry Marshall for each episode, Tony Randall on "The Mike Douglas Show" (9/9/70), Tony Randall and Jack Klugman on "The Mike Douglas Show" (11/19/70), "It's All Over Now, Baby Bird" series promo, Jack Klugman's book tour home videos, gag reel, Tony Randall and Jack Klugman on stage in "The Odd Couple" (1993), Jack Klugman's 1971 Emmy speech, Dick Cavett comedy preview. (Paramount).
** One Day at a Time: The Complete First Season (1975-76) Two-disc set with 15 episodes, $29.95. Extras: "The One Day at a Time Reunion Special." (Sony).
** The Purple Heart (1944) Dir.: Lewis Milestone; Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger. (Fox).
** The Queen (2006) Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Sylvia Syms, Alex Jennings. Extras: Commentary by director Stephen Frears, writer Peter Morgan, and British historian/Royal Expert and author of "Majesty," Robert Lacey; "Making of The Queen" featurette. Also available on Blu-ray. (Miramax).
** The Ruby in the Smoke (2006) With a mind for numbers, super sleuth Sally Lockhart finds herself engulfed in melodrama and mystery in this Masterpiece Theatre adaptation of the first book in the series of Phillip Pullman's quartet of novels set in Victorian London; $19.85. (WGBH Boston Video).
** Sailor of the King (1953) Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Peter van Eyck, Wendy Hiller, Bernard Lee. (Fox).
** Slingshot (2005) David Arquette, Thora Birch, Balthazar Getty, Julianna Margulies, Joely Fisher, Michael Janik, Svetlana Metkina. Two cunning and manipulative drifters venture into suburban Connecticut to seduce wealthy housewives. (The Weinstein Co.,/Genius Products).
** Small Town Conspiracy (aka Florida City) (2003) Zen Gesner, William Morgan Sheppard, Jeanetta Arnette. Murder mystery set in Pearl Harbor dove trails with the Japanese sneak attack. (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment).
** Stand Up (2007) Modi Rosenfeld, Kathryn Fiore, Derek Hughes. Godfrey Danchimah, Max Alexander. Comedy based on the off-beat world of stand up comedians, shot in and around Los Angeles and New York's most well-known comedy clubs. (SRO Entertainment).
** Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away (2007) Showcases the work of the Oscar-winning comedian; features Wright's May 2006 namesake performance at Toronto's historic Elgin Theater, his first stand-up special since 1990's "Wicker Chairs and Gravity"; $14.99. (Image Entertainment).
** Surviving the Dust Bowl. American Experience documentary; $19.95. (WGBH Boston Video).
** Tears of the Black Tiger (2000 -- Thailand) Chartchai Ngamsan, Suwinit Panjamawat, Stella Malucchi, Supakorn Kitsuwon. Cult film homage to Westerns and martial arts, billed as a cross between a Toshiro Mifune samurai, a Clint Eastwood gunslinger and Bruce Lee. Extras: Making-of featurette. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
** 10 Items or Less (2006) Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega, Jonah Hill, Bobby Cannavale. A down-on-his-luck actor prepping for an upcoming role meets a quirky grocery clerk in L.A. and the pair hit the road to show one another their respective worlds. Extras: Commentary by director Brad Silberling, making-of featurette, photo gallery. (First Look Home Entertainment).
** Thr3e (2007) Marc Blucas, Justine Waddell, Laura Jordan, Max Ryan, Bill Moseley. Seminary student is targeted by a madman who plays deadly games with him. (Fox).
** Tonight We Raid Calais (1943) Annabella, John Sutton, Lee J. Cobb, Beulah Bondi, Blanche Yurka, Howard Da Silva. (Fox).
** Tropic of Gallagher Comedy Special. Rare performance of the zany comedian, including a show-stopping "Sledge-O-Matic" ending, $14.99. (SRO Entertainment).
** The Trouble With Men and Women (2006) Joseph McFadden, Kate Ashfield, Matthew Delamere, Christine Tremarco. A young man embarks on a journey of self-discovery and search for love with a variety of casual encounters after being dumped by his girlfriend. (IFC/Genius Products).
** Tsunami, the Aftermath (2006 -- TV) Tim Roth, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Okonedo, Hugh Bonneville. Inspired by true accounts, this HBO miniseries focuses on a group of fictional characters caught up in the harrowing aftermath of the tsunami that devastated the coast of Thailand two years ago. Extras: "The Story Behind the Film" featurette, "Recreating Nature's Fury" featurette. (HBO Video).
** Until Death (2007) Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephen Rea, Rachel Grant, Mark Dymond. Dirty cop falls into a coma after a gunfight, awakens a "new" man, and tries to make amends by cleaning up the bad guys. (Sony).
** WKRP in Cincinnati Season One (1978-79) Three-disc set with 22 episodes, $39.98. Extras: Commentary on select episodes, "Do My Eyes Say Yes?" featurette, "A 'Fish Story' Story" featurette. (Fox).
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