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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
For Tuesday, August 28 -- Monday, September 3
Blades of Glory
Perhaps nowhere in sports is the marriage of athleticism and grace more evident than in the arena of world champion pairs figure skating -- the lifts, the jumps, the routines. The perfect score results from the perfect blend of strength and sophistication, prowess and artistry, brawn and refinement. It's an elegant world, a rarefied universe, a noble place populated by the
Kickin' It Old Skool
It's 1986, when greed is good, legwarmers are great and break-dancing is the greatest! But, right in the middle of a break dancing contest, Justin Schumacher (Jamie Kennedy) hits his head so hard he winds up in a coma! When he wakes up 20 years later, his poodle haircut is out of style, the woman of his dreams (Maria Menounos) is engaged to his worst rival, and his parents are drowning in his medical bills. Now Justin must jump-start his break dancing career in order to regain a normal life -- and his girlfriend. Vitals: Director: Harvey Glazer. Stars: Jamie Kennedy, Maria Menounos, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Michael Rosenbaum, Christopher McDonald, Debra Jo Rupp. 2007, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 108 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $4.454 million, Fox.
Year of the Dog
Peggy and Pencil are inseparable companions. They sleep together, eat together, and even take in Friday night movies together. Life is uncomplicated and safe, and although Pencil is a Beagle, Peggy is happily entrenched in a satisfying relationship of co-dependency with her beloved pet. But with love comes loss, and Peggy's world comes crashing down when Pencil meets a mysterious demise in a neighbor's yard. Left to pick-up the pieces of her shattered life, Peggy embarks on a personal journey to fill the void. Friends, family and co-workers try to distract Peggy from her misery with their own obsessive quests for happiness, but in the end, she emerges from her loss with a new found sense of her place in the world and what it takes to make her happy. Vitals: Director: Mike White. Stars: Molly Shannon, Peter Sarsgaard, Laura Dern, John C. Reilly, Regina King, Tom McCarthy, Josh Pais. 2007, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 96 min., Comedy-Drama, Box office gross: $1.538 million, Paramount.
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NEWS
DVD Collectibles:
"Masters of Horror Season One Box Set" is a 13-disc set with all 13 episodes from the Showtime series, plus a 14th bonus disc; $79.97. Extras include commentaries from the filmmakers, behind-the-scenes featurettes, career retrospectives, festival interviews conducted by series creator Mick Garris, still and storyboard galleries, trailers, screenplays (DVD-ROM), more. From Anchor Bay ... Sony will release the classic Western "3:10 to Yuma" (1957), directed by Delmer Daves and starring Glenn Ford, Van Heflin and Felicia Farr; the release is timed for the September 7 big screen release of the remake starring Christian Bale and Russell Crowe.
From TV to Video:
Due this week: "A Dance to the Music of Time" (1997), a four-disc set of the British miniseries that chronicles a half-century of British upper-class life from the 1920s to the 1960s; based on Anthony Powell's 12-novel literary saga; $59.99. Stars John Gielgud, Miranda Richardson, Edward Fox, Zoe Wanamaker and Eileen Atkins; from Acorn Media ... "Dangermouse: The Complete Series" is a nine-disc set with all 89 episodes of the pop-culture savvy U.K. series; $89.95 from A&E Home Entertainment ... "Finney: The Complete Series" (1994) is a three-disc set of the British miniseries about a man who turns his back on his family crime business -- but gets sucked back in; $39.98 from BFS Entertainment ... "Friday Night Lights: The First Season" is a five-disc set with 22 episodes, $29.98 from Universal ... "Gideon's Trumpet" (1980) is a CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame drama starring Henry Fonda as Clarence Gideon, a destitute prisoner whose handwritten plea for justice changed the course of American legal history when his "right to counsel" case came before the Supreme Court in 1963, from Acorn Media ... "Heroes Season 1" is a seven-disc set with 23 episodes, $59.98 from Universal ... "The Odd Couple: The Second Season" is a four-disc set with 23 episodes, $38.99 from Paramount ... "Prison Break Season Two" is a six-disc set with 22 episodes, $59.98 from Fox ... "Rick & Steve: The Complete First Season" is a single disc with six episodes from the animated LOGO series subtitled "The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World," $19.99 from Paramount ... "Two's Company: The Complete Collection" is a four-disc set of all 29 episodes of the British sitcom that aired on PBS in the 1970s, $59.99 from Acorn Media.
Buzzin' the 'B's:
In "Confess" (2005), starring Ali
Larter, Eugene Byrd, William Sadler, Paul Butler and David Harbour, a
disillusioned ex-hacker who uses strategically placed spy-cams to
capture compromising footage of those who slighted him in the past --
CEOs, politicians, and members of the power elite -- starts a movement
that spins out of control, from MTI Home Video ... In "Antibodies"
(2005 -- Germany), a tormented small town cop obsessed with trying to
solve the mystery of the murder of his son's girlfriend travels to
Berlin in search of answers after a notorious serial killer named
Gabriel Engel is captured. What he finds surprises him; from Dark Sky
Films/MPI Home Video.
"Guarding Eddie" (2004) is an inspirational true story about a developmentally handicapped young man who comes to L.A. to pursue his dream of playing professional basketball for the Clippers, from Monarch Home Video ... In "The Dog Problem" (2006), starring Giovanni Ribisi, Scott Caan, Mena Suvari, Lynn Collins, Kevin Corrigan and Don Cheadle, a down-on-his-luck writer buys a dog to cheer himself up but the four-legged friend is a bigger handful than he ever imagined and the pair embark on a series of misadventures, from ThinkFilm ... "A New Wave" (2007) is a slapstick heist comedy about a bank teller and his friends who plan a flashy, movie-inspired bank robbery that involves underground gun deals, ski masks, bowling bags, and expensive suits; starring Andrew Keegan, Lacey Chabert, John Krasinski, Dean Edwards and William Sadler, from ThinkFilm.
For the Family:
"Growing Up Creepie" features six
11-minute episodes of the Discovery Kids animated series, about a
little girl raised by bugs, $14.95 from Genius Products ... "Tutenstein"
includes four 22-minute episodes of the Discovery Channel animated
series about a 10-year-old boy mummy who comes back to life in the 21st
century; $14.95 from Genius Products ... "The Ugly Duckling and Me: School Days"
features three episodes of the animated series about a weird looking
little duckling named Ugly who is adopted by a city rat named Ratso;
$14.98 from Allumination FilmWorks ... "Legion of Super Heroes: Volume 1" includes four episodes from the Kids' WB series, $14.97 from Warner ... Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Treat"
is an all-new Halloween DVD with three episodes from Playhouse Disney;
includes a party planning guide and special Halloween recipes; $19.99
from Disney ... "Jakers! Spooky Storytellers"
contains four "spooky" episodes of the 3-D CGI animated series
featuring 8-year-old pig Piggley Winks and his farm friends; $14.99
from Paramount ... For older kids there's "Return to Halloweentown: Ultimate Secret Edition" (2006), a Disney Channel sequel; "The Last Day of Summer"
(2007), a fantasy adventure starring Jansen Panettiere, Brendan Miller,
Denyse Tontz, Jon Kent Ethridge and Eli Vargas: On the last day of
summer before the start of middle school, a boy wishes that the day
will never end ... and it doesn't; he lives it over and over again;
from Sony; in "Shredderman Rules!" (2007) a shy
high-school student creates an alter ego, Shredderman, and uses his
computer and hidden camera footage to expose the school bully and a
greedy tycoon who is planning to trick the town and destroy the local
pond; from Sony; "Flight 29 Down: Volume Two" (2006)
recuts episodes from the Discovery Kids Channel series into a feature
length "movie" that follows the adventures of seven students who find
themselves stranded on a tropical island while en route to attend the
Micronesia EcoAdventure Tour during spring break; from Genius Products.
For comedic effect this week there's "Bob Saget: That Ain't Right," (2007) an HBO solo stand-up comedy special, $19.97 from HBO Video and "Rowan Atkinson Live!" a stand-up act filmed before a live audience in Boston in 1991, $19.95 from A&E Home Entertainment ... for music lovers there's "Incredible String Band: Live at the Lowry" (2005), filmed and recorded at The Lowry in Salford Quay (U.K.) on September 27, 2003, with material that spans the group's first five albums, including a fiddle and pipe medley, and an exclusive interview with the band, $19.95 from MVD Visual; "Tangerine Dream 35th Anniversary at Shepherds Bush," filmed June 11, 2005, celebrating the anniversary of the band's landmark album "Phaedra," $19.95 from MVD Visual; and "Air Guitar Nation" (2007), a documentary on air guitar playing and the birth of the U.S. Air Guitar Championships; timed for the 2007 U.S. Air Guitar Championships; the soundtrack includes cuts by David Bowie, Smashing Pumpkins, Cheap Trick, Queen, The Who, Kiss, Motorhead, Judas Priest and more, $26.95 from Docurama/New Video ... documentaries this week include "Nazi Secrets Revealed," a three-disc set with five documentaries: "Hitler's Lost Sub," "Hitler's Sunken Secret," "The Great Escape," "Nazi Prison Escape" and "Decoding Nazi Secrets," $39.95 from WGBH Boston Video; "World War II: The Epic Battles," a three-disc set with "Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain," "Iwo Jima: Red Blood, Black Sand" and "Battle of the Bulge," $39.95 from WGBH Boston Video; "Jesse James: American Outlaw," a History Channel documentary that uses archival photographs and noted historians to detail the life and crimes of one of America's favorite rebels; $24.95 from A&E Home Entertainment; and "Satan: Prince of Darkness," a Biography Channel portrait of the face of evil; $9.95 from A&E Home Entertainment ... and, lastly, for fight fans there's "UFC Shootout 69," the first UFC event held in Texas, featuring a World Welterweight Championship fight between Georges St-Pierre and Matt Serra, as well as eight other bouts, $19.98 from First Look Home Entertainment.
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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:
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Air Guitar Nation (2007) Documentary on air guitar playing and the birth of the U.S. Air Guitar Championships. Timed for the 2007 U.S. Air Guitar Championships. Soundtrack with cuts by David Bowie, Smashing Pumpkins, Cheap Trick, Queen, The Who, Kiss, Motorhead, Judas Priest and more. $26.95. Extras: Behind-the-scenes footage, additional performances, "Where Are They Now?" updates, deleted scenes. (Docurama/New Video).
Antibodies (2005 -- Germany) Wotan Wilke Mohring, Andre Hennicke. A tormented small town cop obsessed with trying to solve the mystery of the murder of his son's girlfriend travels to Berlin in search of answers after a notorious serial killer named Gabriel Engel is captured. What he finds surprises him. Two-disc set. Extras: "Evil Is a Virus" interview with director Christian Alvart, "The Making of Antibodies," deleted scenes, bloopers, outtakes. (Dark Sky Films/MPI ).
Blades of Glory (2007) Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Jenna Fischer, William Fichtner, Craig T. Nelson. (Paramount).
Bob Saget: That Ain't Right (2007) HBO solo stand-up comedy special. Extras: "Strollin' With Saget" featurette, "Rollin' With Saget" music video; $19.97. (HBO Video).
Confess (2005) Ali Larter, Eugene Byrd, William Sadler, Paul Butler, David Harbour. A disillusioned ex-hacker who uses strategically placed spy-cams to capture compromising footage of those who slighted him in the past -- CEOs, politicians, and members of the power elite -- starts a movement that spins out of control. (MTI Home Video).
A Dance to the Music of Time (1997) Four-disc set of the British miniseries that chronicles a half-century of British upper-class life from the 1920s to the 1960s; based on Anthony Powell's 12-novel literary saga; $59.99. Stars John Gielgud, Miranda Richardson, Edward Fox, Zoe Wanamaker and Eileen Atkins. (Acorn Media).
Dangermouse: The Complete Series Nine-disc set with all 89 episodes of the pop-culture savvy U.K. series; $89.95. Extras: Never-aired pilot episode, character descriptions, theme song karaoke, more. (A&E Home Entertainment).
Dr. T & the Women Special Edition (2000) Dir.: Robert Altman; Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern, Shelley Long, Tara Reid, Kate Hudson, Liv Tyler. Extras: Commentary by Altman, writer and cast; "Altman's Apprenticeship: The Kansas City Years" featurette; "Floating Freely: Collaborating With Altman" featurette; "The Making of Dr. T & the Women" featurette; interview with Altman. (Lionsgate).
The Dog Problem (2006) Giovanni Ribisi, Scott Caan, Mena Suvari, Lynn Collins, Kevin Corrigan, Don Cheadle. A down-on-his-luck writer buys a dog to cheer himself up but the four-legged friend is a bigger handful than he ever imagined and the pair embark on a series of misadventures. Extras: Commentary by Caan and Ribisi, Scott Caan's storyboards, deleted scenes. (ThinkFilm).
Finney: The Complete Series (1994 -- TV) Three-disc set of the British miniseries about a man who turns his back on his family crime business - but gets sucked back in; $39.98. (BFS Entertainment).
Flight 29 Down: Volume Two (2006) Discovery Kids Channel series; episodes re-cut into a feature length "movie" that follows the adventures of seven students who find themselves stranded on a tropical island while en route to attend the Micronesia EcoAdventure Tour during spring break; $14.95. Strong>Extras: "Flight 29 Down" theme song, "Welcome to 'Sunny' Oahu" on location featurette, "How Flight 29 Down Was Born" featurette. (Genius Products).
Friday Night Lights: The First Season. Five-disc set with 22 episodes, $29.98. (Universal).
Gideon's Trumpet (1980) CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame drama starring Henry Fonda as Clarence Gideon, a destitute prisoner whose handwritten plea for justice changed the course of American legal history when his "right to counsel" case came before the Supreme Court in 1963. (Acorn Media).
Growing Up Creepie. Six 11-minute episodes of the Discovery Kids animated series, about a little girl raised by bugs, $14.95. Extras: Trivia game. (Genius Products).
Guarding Eddie (2004) Brian Presley, Kiko Ellsworth, Anna Maria Horsford, Lee Garlington. Inspirational true story about a developmentally handicapped young man who comes to L.A. to pursue his dream of playing professional basketball for the Clippers. (Monarch Home Video).
Heroes Season 1. Seven-disc set with 23 episodes, $59.98. Extras: Unaired 73-minute version of the pilot episode;, "making of" featurette; special effects, score, and stunts featurettes; a profile of Tim Sale and his comic-book style art; a minigame; 50 deleted and extended scenes. (Universal).
Incredible String Band: Live at the Lowry (2005) Filmed and recorded at The Lowry in Salford Quay (U.K.) on September 27, 2003, with material that spans the group's first five albums, including a fiddle and pipe medley, and an exclusive interview with the band; $19.95. (MVD Visual).
Jesse James: American Outlaw. History Channel documentary uses archival photographs and noted historians to detail the life and crimes of one of America's favorite rebels; $24.95. Extras: "The James Gang: Outlaw Brothers" from "Real West" series. (A&E Home Entertainment).
Kickin' It Old Skool (2007) Jamie Kennedy, Maria Menounos, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Michael Rosenbaum, Christopher McDonald, Debra Jo Rupp. Extras: Deleted scenes. (Fox).
The Last Day of Summer (2007-- TV) Jansen Panettiere, Brendan Miller, Denyse Tontz, Jon Kent Ethridge, Eli Vargas. On the last day of summer before the start of middle school, a boy wishes that the day will never end ... and it doesn't; he lives it over and over again. Extras: Blooper reel, "The End of Summer" music video, behind-the-scenes featurette. (Sony).
Legion of Super Heroes: Volume 1. Four episodes from the Kids' WB series, $14.97. (Warner).
Masters of Horror Season One Box Set. Thirteen-disc set with all 13 episodes from the Showtime series, plus a 14th bonus disc; $79.97. Extras: Commentaries from the filmmakers, behind-the-scenes featurettes, career retrospectives, festival interviews conducted by series creator Mick Garris, still and storyboard galleries, trailers, screenplays (DVD-ROM), more. Bonus disc includes "Masters of Horror Dinner" in which series creator Mick Garris assembles the Season One directors for a special MOH dinner at Hollywood's legendary Magic Castle; Masters of Horror DGA Panel discussion; "Fantasy Film Festival: Mick Garris Interviews Steven Spielberg"; "Fantasy Film Festival: Mick Garris Interviews John Boorman." (Anchor Bay).
Meatballs 4 (1992) Corey Feldman, Jack Nance, Sarah Douglas. (MGM)
Nazi Secrets Revealed. Three-disc set with five documentaries: "Hitler's Lost Sub," "Hitler's Sunken Secret," "The Great Escape," "Nazi Prison Escape" and "Decoding Nazi Secrets"; $39.95. (WGBH Boston Video).
A New Wave (2007) Andrew Keegan, Lacey Chabert, John Krasinski, Dean Edwards, William Sadler. Slapstick heist comedy about a bank teller and his friends who plan a flashy, movie-inspired bank robbery that involves underground gun deals, ski masks, bowling bags, and expensive suits. Extras: "Behind the Scenes of A New Wave," music video. (ThinkFilm).
A Night at the Roxbury Special Collector's Edition (1998) Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Jennifer Coolidge, Michael Clarke Duncan, Richard Grieco, Loni Anderson, Dan Hedaya. Extras:"Score! Reliving a Night at the Roxbury," "Roxbury Rags: Costume and Fashion Guide," "Do That Dance!" and "Making the List" featurettes. (Paramount).
Nobody's Perfect (1989) Chad Lowe, Gail O'Grady. (MGM).
The Odd Couple: The Second Season. Four-disc set with 23 episodes, $42.99. (Paramount).
Offside (2006 -- Iran) Dir.: Jafar Panahi. Comedy illustrating the fight for women's rights in Iran. (Sony).
Prison Break Season Two. Six-disc set with 22 episodes, $59.98. (Fox).
Return to Halloweentown: Ultimate Secret Edition (2006 -- TV) Disney Channel sequel. Extras: "Behind the Scenes Spooktacular,"
Rick & Steve: The Complete First Season. Single disc with six episodes from the animated LOGO series subtitled "The Happiest Gay Couple in all the World," $19.99. Extras: "Meet the Puppet Masters" featurette, "Toys Will Be Toys: Animating Rick & Steve" behind-the-scenes featurette, cast interviews, digisodes, more. (Paramount).
Rowan Atkinson Live! Stand-up act filmed before a live audience in Boston in 1991; $19.95. (A&E Home Entertainment).
Satan: Prince of Darkness. Biography Channel portrait of the face of evil; $9.95. Extras: "Hell: The Devil's Domain." (A&E Home Entertainment).
Shredderman Rules! (2007 -- TV) Devon Werkheiser, Tim Meadows, Dave Coulier. A shy high-school student, Nolan Byrd, creates an alter ego, Shredderman, and uses his computer and hidden camera footage to expose Bubba Bixby, the school bully, for the goofball he is. He also faces off against Bubba's dad, a greedy tycoon who is planning to trick the town and destroy the local pond. Extras: Blooper reel, "Super Hero" music Video, "Behind the Scenes of Shredderman Rules!" (Sony).
Ski School (1991) Dean Cameron, Tom Bresnahan, Patrick Labyorteaux. (MGM).
Teachers (1984) Dir.: Arthur Hiller; Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Judd Hirsch, Ralph Macchio, Allen Garfield, Lee Grant, Richard Mulligan, William Schallert, Laura Dern, Crispin Glover, Morgan Freeman, Steven Hill. (MGM).
3:10 to Yuma (1957) Dir.: Delmer Daves; Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr. Timed for the September 7 big screen release of the remake starring Christian Bale and Russell Crowe. (Sony).
Tutenstein. Four 22-minute episodes of the Discovery Channel animated series about a 10-year-old boy mummy who comes back to life in the 21st century; $14.95. Extras: "Levels of the Underworld" game, bonus episode, trading cards. (Genius Products).
Two's Company: The Complete Collection. Four-disc set of all 29 episodes of the British sitcom that aired on PBS in the 1970s, $59.99. (Acorn Media).
The Ugly Duckling and Me: School Days. Three episodes of the animated series about a weird looking little duckling named Ugly who is adopted by a city rat named Ratso; $14.98. (Allumination FilmWorks).
World War II: The Epic Battles. Three-disc set with "Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain," "Iwo Jima: Red Blood, Black Sand" and "Battle of the Bulge"; $39.95. (WGBH Boston Video).
Year of the Dog (2007) Molly Shannon, Peter Sarsgaard, Laura Dern, John C. Reilly, Regina King, Tom McCarthy, Josh Pais. Extras: Commentary by director Mike White and Molly Shannon, "A Special Breed of Comedy: The Making of Year of the Dog," "Being Molly Shannon" featurette, "Mike White Unleashed" featurette, "Special Animal Unit" Featurette, deleted scenes, insert reel, gag reel, "Moviefone Unscripted" with Molly Shannon and Mike White. (Paramount).
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