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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
For Tuesday, May 6 -- Monday, May 12
First Sunday
Durell (Ice Cube) and LeeJohn (Tracy Morgan) are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When told they have one week to pay a $17,000 debt or Durell will lose his son, they come up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. Instead, they end up spending the night in the presence of the Lord and are forced to deal with much more than they bargained for. Vitals: Director: David E. Talbert. Stars: Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Loretta Devine, Michael Beach, Keith David, Regina Hall, Malinda Williams, Clifton Powell, Nick Turturro, Chi McBride. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 98 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $37.931 million, Sony.
I'm Not There
Unconventional portrait of the greatest singer-songwriter of the 20th century. Exploring the multidimensional nature and shifting personae of Bob Dylan -- from the public to the private to the fantastical - Todd Haynes' ("Far From heaven," "Velvet Goldmine") "I'm Not There" weaves together a daring and complex narrative of an ever-elusive American icon, dramatizing the complexities of this gifted artist's protean existence and work while giving imaginative shape to the various aspects of both his life and work. The film features an all-star cast with six actors each portraying a different aspect of Dylan, including Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, the late Heath Ledger as well as Ben Whishaw and Marcus Carl Franklin. " I'm Not There" skillfully combines a biographical tale with ponderous metaphors and legendary myths. Presenting a versatile and creative use of Dylan's music, only Franklin performs his song with his own voice; the rest of the soundtrack mixes original Dylan recordings with existing covers, including new versions by a variety of musicians including Ritchie Havens, Iggy Pop, John Doe and Sonic Youth, among others. This is the first biographical feature project to secure the approval of the music legend. Vitals: Director: Todd Haynes. Stars: Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Michelle Williams, Julianne Moore, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Ben Whishaw, Marcus Carl Franklin, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood. 2007, CC, MPAA rating: R, 135 min., BioDrama, Box office gross: $4.001 million, The Weinstein Co.
Over Her Dead Body
Devastated when his fiancee Kate (Eva Longoria Parker) is killed on their wedding day, Henry (Paul Rudd) reluctantly agrees to consult a psychic named Ashley (Lake Bell) at the urging of his sister Chloe (Lindsay Sloane). Despite his skepticism over her psychic abilities, Henry finds himself falling hard for Ashley, and vice versa. But there is a big snag. Ashley is being haunted by Kate's ghost, who considers it her heavenly duty to break up Henry and Ashley's fledgling romance, if it is the last thing she does on this earthly plane. Vitals: Director:. Stars: Eva Longoria Parker, Paul Rudd, Lake Bell, Jason Biggs, Lindsay Sloane. 2007, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 95 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $7.563 million, New Line.
P.S. I Love You
An adaptation of the best-selling Cecelia Ahern novel about a grieving young widow who discovers her late husband has left her a list of tasks revealed in 10 monthly messages that are intended to ease her out of grief and transition her to a new life. Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) is beautiful, smart, and married to the love of her life-a passionate, funny and impetuous Irishman named Gerry (Gerard Butler). So when Gerry's life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly. The only one who can help her is the person who is no longer there. Nobody knows Holly better than Gerry. So it's a good thing he planned ahead. Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of letters that will guide her, not only through her grief but in rediscovering herself. The first message arrives on Holly's 30th birthday in the form of a cake and, to her utter shock, a tape recording from Gerry, who proceeds to order her to get out and "celebrate herself." In the weeks and months that follow, more letters from Gerry are delivered in surprising ways, each sending her on a new adventure and each signing off in the same way: P.S. I Love You. Holly's mother (Kathy Bates) and best friends, Sharon (Gina Gershon) and Denise (Lisa Kudrow), begin to worry that Gerry's letters are keeping Holly tied to the past, but, in fact, each letter is pushing her further into a new future. With Gerry's words as her guide, Holly embarks on a touching, exciting and often hilarious journey of rediscovery. Vitals: Director: Richard LaGravenese. Stars: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, James Marsters, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon, Kathy Bates, Harry Connick Jr., Dean Winters. 2007, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 126 min., Romantic Drama, Box office gross: $53.535 million, Company.
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NEWS
"Hiya, Kids!! A '50s Saturday Morning." is a four-disc
set with the best kids' TV programs from the infancy of the genre, with
21 episodes culled from some of America's iconic television classics,
including "Kukla, Fran and Ollie," "Howdy Doody," "Lassie," "Annie
Oakley," "Flash Gordon," "Time for Beany," "The Paul Winchell Show,"
"The Roy Rogers Show," "Captain Z-RO," "The Rootie Kazootie Club,"
"Winky Dink and You," "Super Circus," "Andy's Gang," "The Cisco Kid,"
"Sky King," "The Magic Clown," Kids and Company," "Juvenile Jury," "The
Pinky Lee Show" and "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle." Each DVD in the set
is designed like a Saturday morning programming block from the era,
with shows for the very young first on the menu. As the older siblings
"wake up," the programs become more and more "sophisticated; $34.99
from Shout! Factory ... "The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films"
(2008) highlights the short works honored at the 80th Annual Academy
Awards ceremony as well as the nominees. Includes Oscar winners "Mozart
Des Pickpockets" (live-action) and "Peter & the Wolf" (animated) as
well as Live Action Short Film nominees "At Night," "Il Supplente ( The
Substitute)," "Tanghi Argentini" and "The Tonto Woman"; and Animated
Short Film nominees "Madame Tutli-Putli" and "Meme Les Pigeons Vont Au
Paradis (Even Pigeons Go Heaven)." From Magnolia Home Entertainment.From TV to Video:
Due this week: "Bewitched: The Complete Sixth Season," a four-disc set with 30 episodes, $39.95 from Sony ... "The 4400: The Final Season," a four-disc set with 13 episodes, $42.99 from Paramount ... "Square Pegs: The Complete Series," a three-disc set with 19 episodes of the 1982 series that starred Sarah Jessica Parker, Jamie Gertz, Amy Linker, Tracy Nelson, from Sony.
Buzzin' the 'B's:
Highlight of the week is "Teeth!" (2007), a fascinating black comedy/horror tale about an innocent teenager who discovers quite by accident that she's developed choppers in the most unexpected place; stars Jess Weixler and John Hensley, from Weinstein Co./Genius products ... "Moola" (2007) stars William Mapother, Daniel Baldwin, Efren Ramirez, Charlotte Ross, Curtis Armstrong and Annabelle Gurwitch in a comedy about two best friends/business partners whose business and marriages are on the rocks -- until a huge deal unexpectedly materializes and promises to change their lives forever, from Allumination FilmWorks ... "Azumi 2" (2008) stars Aya Ueto, Shun Oguri and Chiaki Kuriyama in a sequel to the popular Japanese actioner featuring a female samurai assassin who tries to prevent a civil war in feudal Japan, from Urban Vision Entertainment ... In "Senior Skip Day" (2008), high school seniors plan the party of the year with gorgeous models, stripteases, a gigantic gravity bong, a funeral and some crepes; stars Larry Miller, Gary Lundy, Tara Reid, Lea Thompson, Norm MacDonald and Clint Howard, from First Look Studios ... In "Grizzly Rage" (2007),a group of high school grads accidentally hit a bear cub with their car and must fend off a massive mother grizzly hell-bent on revenge, from Magnolia Home Entertainment.
On the Indie Front:
"Delirious" (2007), directed by Tom DiCillo and starring Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Gina Gershon and Alison Lohman, is an offbeat drama about a homeless youth, a pop music siren and a member of the paparazzi, from Genius Products ... "I Really Hate My Job" (2007), starring Neve Campbell and Shirley Henderson, focuses on one steamy night in the lives of five feisty women stuck in a second-rate London restaurant: three waitresses, one cook and a dishwasher who see themselves as an artist, an actor, a lover, an author and a revolutionary, from Magnolia Home Entertainment ... "Steel City" (2006), starring John Heard, Thomas Guiry, America Ferrera, Clayne Crawford and Laurie Metcalf, is the emotional story of two working-class brothers who must cope with their recently incarcerated father, from Peace Arch Home Entertainment ... "Tre" is a steamy outing that explores marriage, love, work and family by following the amorous adventures of two couples thrown together by fate, from Cinema Libre Studio ... "Neo Ned" (2005), starring Jeremy Renner, Gabrielle Union, Cary Elwes, Eddie Kay Thomas, Sally Kirkland and Ethan Suplee, is a unique take on the concept of race, love and fate as a young misguided racist (Jeremy Renner) meets and then falls in love with a young black woman (Gabrielle Union) while both are in a mental institution, from Code Black Entertainment ... "Military Intelligence and You" (2008) stars Patrick Muldoon, Elizabeth Bennett and John Rixey Moore in a spoof of a "long-lost" World War II training film, from Echo Bridge Home Entertainment ... "Love's Unfolding Dream" (2007) is the latest addition to the "Love Comes Softly" franchise, about a woman who struggles to choose between her career aspirations as a doctor and her feelings for a New York lawyer who wants a traditional wife, starring Erin Cottrell, Scout Taylor Compton and Drew Simpson, from Fox Faith.
For the Family:
"Madeline: Next Stop America" (2005) includes three animated adventures of Ludwig Bemelmans' little French girl: "Madeline in Hollywood," "Madeline in New York" and "Madeline and the Wild West," $14.98 from Fox ... "Barney: Hi! I'm Riff!" is the latest "Barney" to hit video: Barney's new friend Riff is the first new dino to join "Barney & Friends" in 13 years, $14.98 from Fox.
Special Interest:
In "The Passion of Greg the Bunny: The Best of the Film Parodies Volume 2,"
Greg the Bunny and his (tor)mentor, Warren "The Ape" Demontague, are
back as they parody some favorite films: "Wacky Wednesday," "Blue
Velveteen" and "Plush: Behind The Seems," $19.99 from Shout! Factory
... "David Beckham: Life of an Icon" (2008) is an
unauthorized, uncompromised look at the soccer legend, including the
scuffles, scandals and scurrilous headlines, $19.97 from Liberation
Entertainment/Anchor Bay ... "The Business of Being Born"
(2008) is a documentary on home birthing inspired by producer Ricki
Lake and director Abby Epstein's unique child birth stories, from New
Line ... "African American Lives 2" is a sequel to
the popular PBS series, here exploring the family histories of Chris
Rock, Morgan Freeman, Maya Angelou, Tina Turner, Tom Joyner, others,
$24.99 from Paramount ... "Red Sox Memories: The Greatest Moments in Boston Red Sox History" is a documentary that covers the greatest moments in the 107-year history of the Boston franchise, $19.99 from Shout! Factory.
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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:
African American Lives 2. Sequel to the popular PBS series explores the family histories of Chris Rock, Morgan Freeman, Maya Angelou, Tina Turner, Tom Joyner, others; $24.99. (Paramount).
Azumi 2 (2008) Aya Ueto, Shun Oguri, Chiaki Kuriyama. Sequel to the popular Japanese actioner featuring a female samurai assassin who tries to prevent a civil war in feudal Japan. Extras: "Through the Eyes of Azumi" featurette, image gallery. (Urban Vision Entertainment).
Barney: Hi! I'm Riff! Latest "Barney" to hit video: Barney's new friend Riff is the first new dino to join "Barney & Friends" in 13 years: He's a six-year-old Hadrosaur and a one-of-a-kind kid; $14.98. (Fox).
Bewitched: The Complete Sixth Season. Four-disc set with 30 episodes, $39.95. (Sony).
The Bridges of Madison County Deluxe Edition (1995) Dir.: Clint Eastwood; Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak, Jim Haynie. Extras: New documentary: "An Old-Fashioned Love Story: The Making of the bridges of Madison County," Doe Eyes music video. (Warner).
The Business of Being Born (2008) Documentary on home birthing inspired by producer Ricki Lake and director Abby Epstein's unique child birth stories. Interlaces surprising scientific and historical statistics with personal home birth stories. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette, follow-up interviews. (New Line).
Dan Paris (2006 -- French) Heart-felt family drama about a young man, depressed from his recent break-up with his girlfriend, who returns home to Paris and moves back in with his divorced father and amorous younger brother. Romain Duris, Louis Garrel Guy Marchand, Marie-France Pisier, Alice Butaud. (Genius Products).
David Beckham: Life of an Icon (2008) Unauthorized, uncompromised look at the soccer legend, including the scuffles, scandals and scurrilous headlines; $19.97. (Liberation Entertainment/Anchor Bay).
Delirious (2007) Dir.: Tom DiCillo; Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Gina Gershon, Alison Lohman. An offbeat drama focused on a homeless youth, a pop music siren and a member of the paparazzi. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette, music video, podcasts, commentary by DiCillo. (Genius Products).
First Sunday (2008) Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Loretta Devine, Michael Beach, Keith David, Regina Hall, Malinda Williams, Clifton Powell, Nick Turturro, Chi McBride. Extras: Commentary by writer-director David E. Talbert, deleted Scenes, gag Reel, Outtakes, Talbert's Camera Wrap Speech, "Hood Robbin' With the First Sunday Cast & Crew" featurette, "The Almighty Version Fact Track." Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony).
The 4400: The Final Season. Four-disc set with 13 episodes, $42.99. Extras: Deleted scenes, blooper reels, commentaries, director's cut of the finale, featurettes. (Paramount).
Grizzly Rage (2007 -- TV) Tyler Hoechlin, Graham Kosakoski, Brody Harms. A group of high school grads accidentally hit a bear cub with their car and must fend off a massive mother grizzly hell-bent on revenge. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
Hiya, Kids!! A '50s Saturday Morning. Four-disc set with the best kids' TV programs from the infancy of the genre: 21 episodes culled from some of America's iconic television classics, including "Kukla, Fran and Ollie," "Howdy Doody," "Lassie," "Annie Oakley," "Flash Gordon," "Time for Beany," "The Paul Winchell Show," "The Roy Rogers Show," "Captain Z-RO," "The Rootie Kazootie Club," "Winky Dink and You," "Super Circus," "Andy's Gang," "The Cisco Kid," "Sky King," "The Magic Clown," Kids and Company," "Juvenile Jury," "The Pinky Lee Show" and "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle." Each DVD is designed like a Saturday morning programming block from the era, with shows for the very young first on the menu. As the older siblings "wake up," the programs become more and more "sophisticated. $34.99 (Shout! Factory).
I Really Hate My Job (2007) Neve Campbell, Shirley Henderson. One steamy night in the lives of five feisty women stuck in a second-rate London restaurant: three waitresses, one cook and a dishwasher who see themselves as an artist, an actor, a lover, an author and a revolutionary. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
I'm Not There (2007) Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Michelle Williams, Julianne Moore, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Ben Whishaw, Marcus Carl Franklin, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood. Two-disc set. Extras: Commentary by Todd Haynes, nine deleted scenes, premiere featurette, "Making of I'm Not There," "Subterranean Homesick Blues" music video, Ben Whishaw and Marcus Carl Franklin audition tapes, gag reel, conversation with Todd Haynes, "Making of the Soundtrack" featurette, Dylan filmography, Dylan discography, New York Times article on the film written by Robert Sullivan, on screen lyric stream. (The Weinstein Co./Genius Products).
Love's Unfolding Dream (2007 -- TV) Erin Cottrell, Scout Taylor Compton, Drew Simpson. A woman struggles to choose between her career aspirations as a doctor and her feelings for a New York lawyer who wants a traditional wife. Part of the "Love Comes Softly" franchise. (Fox Faith).
Macon County Line (2005) Max Baer Jr. (Warner).
Madeline: Next Stop America (2005) Three animated adventures of Ludwig Bemelmans' little French girl: "Madeline in Hollywood," "Madeline in New York" and "Madeline and the Wild West"; $14.98. (Fox).
Military Intelligence and You (2008) Patrick Muldoon, Elizabeth Bennett, John Rixey Moore. Spoof of a "long-lost" World War II training film. (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment).
Moola (2007) William Mapother, Daniel Baldwin, Efren Ramirez, Charlotte Ross, Curtis Armstrong, Annabelle Gurwitch. Sometimes, "manure happens," and unfortunately for best friends and business partners Steve and Harry are in it up to their eyeballs. With their chemical light-stick business and their marriages both on the rocks, their American Dream is about to go Chapter 11 -- until a huge deal unexpectedly materializes and promises to change their lives forever. Extras: Commentary by director Don Most, "The Making of Moola" documentary. (Allumination FilmWorks).
Neo Ned (2005) Jeremy Renner, Gabrielle Union, Cary Elwes, Eddie Kay Thomas, Sally Kirkland, Ethan Suplee. Unique take on the concept of race, love and fate about a young misguided racist (Jeremy Renner) who meets and then falls in love with a young black woman (Gabrielle Union) while both are in a mental institution. (Code Black Entertainment).
Over Her Dead Body (2008) Eva Longoria Parker, Paul Rudd, Lake Bell, Jason Biggs. A woman accidentally killed on her wedding day comes back to haunt her fiance through a psychic he falls for. (New Line).
The Passion of Greg the Bunny: The Best of the Film Parodies Volume 2. Greg the Bunny and his (tor)mentor, Warren "The Ape" Demontague, are back as they parody some of our favorite films: "Wacky Wednesday," "Blue Velveteen" and "Plush: Behind The Seems" ; $19.99. Extras: "Fur on the Asphalt" -- The Greg the Bunny Reunion Special featuring Sarah Silverman, Seth Green, Adam Goldberg, Jon Favreau and more; deleted scenes and outtakes; GTB Music Video: "Plush"; interviews; never-before-seen clips from Greg the Bunny's early days on public access TV; Greg the Bunny Webisodes; commentary by series creators; gag reel; behind-the-scenes photo gallery. (Shout! Factory).
P.S. I Love You (2007) Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, James Marsters, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon, Kathy Bates, Harry Connick Jr., Dean Winters. Extras: Conversation with book author Cecelia Ahern, additional scenes, James Blunt music video, "The Name of the Game Is Snaps." Also available on Blu-ray Disc.
Saawariya (2007 -- India) Ranbir Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee, Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor. Based on Dostoevsky's short story "White Nights." This Bollywood love story centers on two lonely souls awaiting true love: a free-spirited artist, idealistic young man and a somber, shy and enigmatic girl who meet in a quaint, picturesque town. Extras: Making-of featurette. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony).
Senior Skip Day (2008) Larry Miller, Gary Lundy, Tara Reid, Lea Thompson, Norm MacDonald, Clint Howard. High school seniors plan the party of the year with gorgeous models, stripteases, a gigantic gravity bong, a funeral and some crepes. (First Look Studios).
Square Pegs: The Complete Series. Three-disc set with 19 episodes of the 1982 series that starred Sarah Jessica Parker, Jamie Gertz, Amy Linker, Tracy Nelson. Extras: Featurettes: "Weemawee Yearbook Memories": Interviews with Sarah Jessica Parker, Jamie Gertz, Tracy Nelson and Claudette Wells, John Femia, Steven Peterman, Amy Linker, Merritt Butrick, and Anne Beatts. (Sony).
Steel City (2006) John Heard, Thomas Guiry, America Ferrera, Clayne Crawford, Laurie Metcalf, Raymond J. Barry. Emotional story of two working-class brothers who must cope with their recently incarcerated father. Extras: Commentary, deleted scenes, photo gallery, more. (Peace Arch Home Entertainment).
Teeth! (2007) Jess Weixler, John Hensley. Fascinating black comedy/horror tale about an innocent teenager, Dawn, who discovers quite by accident that she's developed choppers in the most unexpected place. Extras: Deleted scenes, commentary by writer-director Mitchell Lichtenstein, "Behind-the-Scenes of Teeth!" outtakes. (Weinstein Co./Genius products).
Tre (2006) Daniel Cariaga, Alix Koromzay, Kimberly-Rose Wolter, Erik McDowell. Steamy outing that explores marriage, love, work and family in an era when bonds of love and friendship are weighed against sexual temptation and deceit. Follows the amorous adventures of two couples thrown together by fate. Extras: Behind-the-scenes documentary, deleted scenes, director and cast commentary. (Cinema Libre Studio).
Twister (1996) Dir.: Jan de Bont; Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Digitally remastered. Extras: "Storm Chasers: The Formation of Twister featurette gallery, History Channel documentary "Nature Tech: Tornadoes," "Anatomy of a Twister," HBO First Look: "The Making of Twister," commentary, more. Also available on Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. (Warner).
The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films (2008) Highlights the short works honored at the 80th Annual Academy Awards ceremony as well as the nominees. Includes Oscar winners "Mozart Des Pickpockets" (live-action) and "Peter & the Wolf" (animated) as well as Live Action Short Film nominees "At Night," "Il Supplente ( The Substitute)," "Tanghi Argentini" and "The Tonto Woman"; and Animated Short Film nominees "Madame Tutli-Putli" and "Meme Les Pigeons Vont Au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go Heaven)." (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
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