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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
For Tuesday, June 10-- Monday, June 16
Jumper
Hopin' sci fi story about a young man with the uncanny ability to transport himself anywhere in the world in the blink of an eye. David Rice (Hayden Christensen) has grown up with a mysterious power of which many have dreamed. He is completely and utterly mobile, able to zap through wormholes in the space-time fabric to any city, any building, any place at all that his mind desires. In the blink of an eye, he can "jump" from one side of the earth to the other and back again -- he can tour 20 different sunsets in one night, he can have breakfast on the Egyptian Sphinx, spend the day surfing in Australia, then pop over to Paris for dinner and enjoy dessert in Japan. He can pass through walls and locked bank safes and enter the most forbidden chambers. So far, he has used his powers to run away from his past, to take advantage of unlimited wealth, to remain fiercely independent. He's never known limits or boundaries or consequences. But when David discovers another young man like himself, a fiery, globetrotting rebel named Griffin (Jamie Bell), the truth of his existence begins to dawn. He is not just a lone freak of nature, but part of a long line of genetic anomalies known as Jumpers, none of whom are safe. Now, David has been identified by the secret organization sworn to kill all Jumpers. And he is about to be relentlessly pursued in a chase that will literally bound around the planet -- as he becomes a key player in an unseen battle that has been raging, invisible to most of humanity, through the ages. Vitals: Director: Doug Liman. Stars: Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson, Jamie Bell, Max Thieriot, Shawn Roberts, AnnaSophia Robb. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 88 min., Science Fiction, Box office gross: $77.553 million, Fox.
Bucket List, The
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) and working class mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do before they "kick the bucket" and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest. Each adventure adds another check to their list, all done with insight and humor. Vitals: Director: Rob Reiner. Stars: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Rob Morrow. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 97 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $90.914 million, Warner.
Other Boleyn Girl, The
A sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in 16th century English history. The two beautiful sisters, Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johansson) Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII (Eric Bana). While both women eventually share the king's bed, only one will ascend to the throne for a brief and turbulent reign that ends tragically with a swing of the executioner's sword. Vitals: Director: Justin Chadwick. Stars: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Kristin Scott Thomas, Mark Rylance, David Morrissey. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 115 min., Drama, Box office gross: $26.604 million, Sony.
4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days
An extremely intense and terrifying journey into the seedy underworld of black market abortions, set in 1987 Communist Romania. Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements to meet a doctor for an illegal abortion. What follows is their harrowing descent into a world in where danger, darkness and tragedy lurk around every corner. In Romanian with English subtitles. Vitals: Director: Cristian Mungiu. Stars: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean. 2007, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 113 min., Drama, Box office gross: $1.172 million, IFC.
Funny Games
Michael Haneke remakes his own 1997 German horror-thriller about two psychopaths who kidnap a mother, father and son in their vacation cabin and make them play sadistic games. Vitals: Director: Michael Haneke. Stars: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet, Devon Gearhart. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: R, 111 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $1.290 million, Warner.
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NEWS
Due this week: "Icons of Adventure," a two-disc set with four classic action-adventure films from the legendary Hammer Studios: "The Stranglers of Bombay" (1960) and three films featuring legendary horror icon Christopher Lee, "The Devil-Ship Pirates" (1964), "The Terror of the Tongs" (1961) and "The Pirates of Blood River" (1962). Extras include commentary on each film, the 1935 short subject "Hot Paprika," the 1936 color cartoon "The Merry Mutineers" and the first chapter of the action-packed serial "The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd"; from Sony.
From TV to Video:
"American Gangster: The Complete Second Season," a three-disc set with 10 episodes, $36.99 from Paramount ... "Army Wives: The Complete First Season," a three-disc set with 13 episodes, $39.99 from Disney ... "The Boondocks: The Complete Second Season -- Uncut and Uncensored," a three-disc set with 13 episodes, $49.95 from Sony ... "City of Vice" (2008), a two-disc set of the British true crime series that pits magistrate Henry Fielding (Ian McDiarmid) and his brother John (Iain Glen) against the teeming criminal underworld of 18th century London; $29.98 from Koch Vision ... "Da Vinci's Inquest, Season 3," a four-disc set with 13 episodes of the Canadian series following the crusading and charismatic coroner of the city of Vancouver; $59.99 from Acorn Media ... "The Dukes of Hazzard: TV Double Feature," a two-disc set with "Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!" and "Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood," $24.98 from Warner ... "Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes -- The Complete First Season" is a four-disc set with 26 episodes, $39.98 from Fox ... "The Fugitive: Season Two, Volume One" (1964), a four-disc set with 15 episodes, $42.99 from Paramount ... "Hawaii Five-O: Season Four" (1971-72), a six-disc set with 24 epiodes, $54.99 from Paramount ... "Home Improvement: The Complete Eighth Season," a three-disc set with 27 episodes, from Disney ... "Intervention Season One: Then and Now," featuring four episodes from A&E's unscripted series about interventions, with "Where Are They Now?" follow-ups, $29.95 from A&E Home Video ... "John Adams" (2008), a three-disc set of the seven-part miniseries that aired on HBO this March, starring Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Stephen Dillane, Tom Wilkinson and David Morse; from HBO Video ... "The Odd Couple: The Fourth Season" (1973-74),a four-disc set with 22 episodes, $42.99 from Paramount ... "7th heaven: The Sixth Season" (2001-02), a six-disc set with 22 episodes, $49.99 from Paramount ... "Soap: The Complete Series," a 12-disc set with 90 episodes, $59.95 from Sony ... "What's Happening!!: The Complete Series," a nine-disc set with 65 episodes, $59.95 from Sony.
Buzzin' the 'B's:
"Otis" (2008) stars Daniel Stern, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Pollack, Jere Burns, Tarah Paige, Lawrence Hilton-Jacob, Jamie McBride, K.T. Thangavelu, Gary Kraus and Angelo Custino in a black comedy that chronicles an all-American family's collision with the dark world of a serial killer, vigilantism and revenge. Scored throughout with classic rock tunes from Blue Oyster Cult, Talking Heads, B-52's, Quiet Riot, Flock of Seaguls, Devo, Paul Revere and the Raiders and The Shocking Blue. The fourth feature under Warners' "Raw Feed" production banner for edgy horror, sci fi and psychological thrillers ... When a young guy is publicly humiliated on national television by popular talk show host "Dr. Dwayne," he falls into a serious funk until his friends force him to join them on a cross-country road trip in a home-made wiener-mobile to smack down the Dr. in "Wieners" (2008), starring Kenan Thompson, Zachary Levi, Fran Kranz and Darrell Hammond, from Sony ... A young man finds that his family inheritance has been bequeathed to a secret society, a treacherous blood covenant that guards a vast fortune and a dark prophecy in "The List" (2007), starring Malcolm McDowell, Chuck Carrington, Hilarie Burton and Will Patton, from Fox ... In "The Planet" (2006), a group of mercenaries are forced to evacuate their dying spacecraft and find themselves stranded on a desolate, barren world, where they begin to fall prey to a malevolent force -- a force that turns the souls of their fallen comrades against them, from MTI Home Video ... "Finish Line: Unrated" (2008)is a telefilm about an ambitious man with race car dreams who's drawn into the shady underworld of illegal arms trading, starring Scott Baio, Samuel Page, Taylor Cole and Dan Lauria, from Genius Products ... "Shark Swarm" (2008) stars Daryl Hannah, Armand Assante, John Schneider, Heather McComb and F. Murray Abraham in a telefilm about 40 mutant sharks attacking the people of Full Moon Bay, from Genius Products ... Three cops team up to bring down a criminal gang in the Hong Kong actioner "Invisible Target" (2008), starring Jacky Wu Jing, Shawn Yue, Nicholas Tse, Jaycee Chan, Andy On and Lin Feng-Jiao, from the Dragon Dynasty label of The Weinstein Co./Genius Products ... "Razor Eaters" (2003) is a revenge flick following a week-long anarchistic rampage of violence, death, and destruction by a group called the Razor Eater who take suburbia prisoner, gaining a cult following by taping their attacks on all who deserve punishment: corrupt politicians, arrogant sports stars, filthy drug dealers and more; from Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.
On the Indie Front:
Set in the world of professional poker, "The Grand" (2007), starring Woody Harrelson, David Cross, Dennis Farina, Cheryl Hines, Richard Kind, Chris Parnell, Jason Alexander, Ray Romano, Michael McKean, Shannon Elizabeth, Hank Azaria, Werner Herzog and Gabe Kaplan, follows a group of players as they struggle to get to the final table at the Grand Championship of Poker held at The Rabbit's Foot Casino; from Anchor Bay.
Special Interest:
"King" (2008) is a feature-length History Channel special with Tom Brokaw that chronicles the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, featuring interviews with King's son, Bill Clinton, Harry Belafonte, Forest Whitaker, others; $24.95 from A&E Home Video ... "The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment" (2008) is a three-disc set packed with hours of The Rock's greatest matches, $34.95 from World Wrestling Entertainment/Genius Products ... "When the Moors Ruled in Europe" is a fascinating two-part documentary covering the 700-year history of Islamic rule on the Iberian Peninsula, $24.99 from Acorn Media.
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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:
Army Wives: The Complete First Season. Three-disc set with 13 episodes, $39.99. Extras: Unaired story line, deleted scenes, outtakes, cast interviews, more. (Disney).
The Boondocks: The Complete Second Season -- Uncut and Uncensored. Three-disc set with 13 episodes, $49.95. Extras: Two bonus episodes, four featurettes, commentaries. (Sony).
The Bucket List (2008) Dir.: Rob Reiner; Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Rob Morrow. Extras: "Writing a Bucket List" featurette, John Mayer music video. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Warner).
City of Vice (2008) Two-disc set of the British true crime series that pits magistrate Henry Fielding (Ian McDiarmid) and his brother John (Iain Glen) against the teeming criminal underworld of 18th century London. The five-part series follows the duo's attempts to create a modern police force to rid the city of prostitutes, violent gangs, and bands of thieves. $29.98. (Koch Vision).
Comedy Central's Home Grown: Uncensored. Single disc featuring a collection of episodes and clips from a cornucopia of Comedy Central shows including: "Chappelle's Show," "Crank Yankers," "Drawn Together," "Lewis Black's Root of All Evil," "RENO 911!" "The Sarah Silverman Program," "Strangers with Candy," "Comedy Central's TV Funhouse" and "Viva Variety." It also includes acquired, alternative, programming such as "Spider on Drugs," "The Animation Show," and "The Joy of Painting With Bob Ross." (Paramount).
Da Vinci's Inquest, Season 3. Four-disc set with 13 episodes of the Canadian series following the crusading and charismatic coroner of the city of Vancouver, $59.99. (Acorn Media).
The Dukes of Hazzard: TV Double Feature. Two-disc set with "Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!" and "Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood," s$24.98. (Warner).
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes -- The Complete First Season. Four-disc set with 26 episodes, $39.98. Extras: Commentary, nine never-before-seen in the U.S. episodes, "From Origin to Animation" featurette, "Rise of the Rogues" featurette, "Traveling to New Dimensions" featurette, "The Art of Fantastic Four" still galleries. (Fox).
Finish Line: Unrated (2008) Scott Baio, Samuel Page, Taylor Cole, Dan Lauria. Telefilm about an ambitious man with race car dreams who's drawn into the shady underworld of illegal arms trading. (Genius Products).
4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008 -- Romania) Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean. (IFC/Genius Products).
The Fugitive: Season Two, Volume One (1964) Four-disc set with 15 episodes, $42.99. (Paramount).
Funny Games (2008) Dir.: Michael Haneke; Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet, Devon Gearhart. (Warner).
The Grand (2007) Woody Harrelson, David Cross, Dennis Farina, Cheryl Hines, Richard Kind, Chris Parnell, Jason Alexander and Ray Romano, Michael McKean, Shannon Elizabeth, Hank Azaria, Werner Herzog, Gabe Kaplan. Set in the world of professional poker, this comedy follows a group of players as they struggle to get to the final table at the Grand Championship of Poker held at The Rabbit's Foot Casino. Extras: Commentary by director-writer Zak Penn, writer Matt Bierman and actor Michael Karnow; alternate endings; deleted scenes; select scene commentary by Woody Harrelson, Cheryl Hines, Ray Romano and Zak Penn; "Wild Cards: Player Profiles" featurette. (Anchor Bay).
Hawaii Five-O: Season Four (1971-72) Six-disc set with 24 epiodes, $54.99. (Paramount). Extras:
Home Improvement: The Complete Eighth Season. Three-disc set with 27 episodes, $23.99. Extras: "Tim Allen's User's Guide to Home Improvement," blooper reel. (Disney).
Icons of Adventure. Two-disc set with four classic action-adventure films from the legendary Hammer Studios: "The Stranglers of Bombay" (1960) and three films featuring legendary horror icon Christopher Lee, "The Devil-Ship Pirates" (1964), "The Terror of the Tongs" (1961) and "The Pirates of Blood River" (1962). Extras: Commentary on each film, 1935 short subject "Hot Paprika," the 1936 color cartoon "The Merry Mutineers" and the first chapter of the action-packed serial "The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd." (Sony).
Intervention Season One: Then and Now. Four episodes from A&E's unscripted series about interventions, with "Where Are They Now?" follow-ups, $29.95. (A&E Home Video).
Invisible Target (2007 -- Hong Kong) Jacky Wu Jing, Shawn Yue, Nicholas Tse), Jaycee Chan, Andy On, Lin Feng-Jiao. Three cops team up to bring down a criminal gang. Extras: Commentary, interviews, featurettes. (Dragon Dynasty/The Weinstein Co./Genius Products).
John Adams (2008) Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Stephen Dillane, Tom Wilkinson, David Morse. Three-disc set of the seven-part miniseries that aired on HBO this march. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by American historian and "master of the art of narrative history," David McCullough. $59.99. Extras: "David McCullough: Painting with Words" documentary, "Making of John Adams" behind-the-scenes featurette, "Facts Are Stubborn Things" on-screen historical guide presented as a pop-up feature available throughout each of the seven episodes. (HBO Video).
Jumper (2008) Dir.: Doug Liman; Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson, Jamie Bell, Max Thieriot, Shawn Roberts, AnnaSophia Robb. Available as a single disc and a two-disc special edition. Single-disc extras: Commentary by director Doug Liman, writer-producer Simon Kinberg and producer Lucas Foster; "Jumping From Novel to Film: The Past, Present & Future of Jumper" featurette; "Making an Actor Jump" featurette; "Previz: Future Concepts." Speciasl edition extras: All of the above plus "Doug Liman's Jumper: Uncensored" featurette, "Jumping Around the World" featurette, "Jumpstart: David's Story" animated graphic novel, deleted scenes. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Fox).
King (2008) History special with Tom Brokaw is a feature-length chronicle of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, featuring interviews with King's son, Bill Clinton, Harry Belafonte, Bono, Forest Whitaker, others. $24.95. (A&E Home Video).
The List (2007) Malcolm McDowell, Chuck Carrington, Hilarie Burton, Will Patton. A young man finds that his family inheritance has been bequeathed to a secret society, a treacherous blood covenant that guards a vast fortune and a dark prophecy. Extras: Commentary by writer-director-producer Gary Wheeler and actress Hilarie Burton, "The Power of Prayer featurette," deleted scenes. (Fox).
Making of (2007 -- Tunisa) Lotfi Abdelli, Afef Ben Mahmoud, Fatima Ben Saidane. A Tunisian breakdancer falls in with fundamentalists with designs to turn the young man into a suicide bomber. (Koch Lorber Films).
The Odd Couple: The Fourth Season (1973-74) Four-disc set with 22 episodes, $42.99. (Paramount).
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Kristin Scott Thomas, Mark Rylance, David Morrissey. Extras: Deleted and extended scenes, "To Be a Lady" featurette on the life of a lady and court etiquette in the 16th Century England, "Translating History to the Screen" featurette, "Members of the Court Biographies," camera tests. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony).
Otis (2008) Daniel Stern, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Pollack, Jere Burns, Tarah Paige, Lawrence Hilton-Jacob, Jamie McBride, K.T. Thangavelu, Gary Kraus, Angelo Custino. Black comedy chronicles an all-American family's collision with the dark world of a serial killer, vigilantism and revenge. Scored throughout with classic rock tunes from Blue Oyster Cult, Talking Heads, B-52's, Quiet Riot, Flock of Seaguls, Devo, Paul Revere and the Raiders and The Shocking Blue. The fourth feature under Warners' "Raw Feed" production banner for edgy horror, sci fi and psychological thrillers. Extras: Commentary by director Tony Krantz and writer Erik Jendresen, "The Twisted World of Otis" featurette, "Suite 16" home movie of Otis' fantasies made by Otis himself, alternate ending which gives a starkly different tone and finality to the film. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Warner).
Out of the Blue (2006) Matthew Sutherland, Karl urban, Lois Lawn, Simon Ferry. Based on the Aramoana (New Zealand) Massacre that occurred in November 1990. Resident David Gray, an unemployed gun collector, went on a rampage in which 13 people were shot dead, before Gray himself was shot by police. Extras: Commentary by director Robert Sarkies and Bill O'Brien, author of "Aramoana: Twenty Two Hours of Terror"; three featurettes: "The Making of Out of the Blue," "Out of the Blue: The Tragedy" and "Honoring Aramoana"; photo gallery; actors' auditions & recollections. (Genius Products).
The Planet (2006) Mike Mitchell, Patrick Wight, Scott Ironside, Shawn Paul Hastings. A group of mercenaries are forced to evacuate their dying spacecraft and find themselves stranded on a desolate, barren world, where they begin to fall prey to a malevolent force -- a force that turns the souls of their fallen comrades against them. (MTI Home Video).
Razor Eaters (2003) Paul Moder, Richard Cawthorne, Teague Rook. In a week-long anarchistic rampage of violence, death, and destruction, the Razor Eaters take suburbia prisoner, gaining a cult following by taping their attacks on all who deserve punishment: corrupt politicians, arrogant sports stars, filthy drug dealers and more. Extras: Deleted and extended scenes, a video diary, music video "Razor Blade" by Murderdrive, "Look FX" behind-the-scenes look at pyrotechnics and ballistics techniques. (Echo Bridge Entertainment).
The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment (2008) Three-disc set packed with hours of The Rock's greatest matches. Extras: Humorous interviews and vignettes, $34.95. (World Wrestling Entertainment/Genius Products).
7th heaven: The Sixth Season (2001-02) Six-disc set with 22 episodes, $49.99. (Paramount).
Shark Swarm (2008) Daryl Hannah, Armand Assante, John Schneider, Heather McComb, F. Murray Abraham. Telefilm about 40 mutant sharks attacking the people of Full Moon Bay. (Genius Products).
Sidekick (2005) David Ingram, Perry Mucci, Mackenzie Lush, Daniel Baldwin. A mild-mannered computer nerd discovers that a co-worker has telekinetic powers and decides to train him to be a superhero so he can be his faithful sidekick. Extras: Commentary, deleted scenes, outtakes, interviews. (Warner).
Soap: The Complete Series. Twelve-disc set with 90 episodes, $59.95. (Sony).
Sommer '04 (2006 -- Germany) Peter Davor, Martina Gedeck, Lucas Kotaranin, Svea Lohde. A sensuous teenage girl upsets the existence of a middle-class perfect family on a summer vacation. (Koch Lorber Films).
What's Happening!!: The Complete Series. Nine-disc set with 65 episodes, $59.95. (Sony).
When the Moors Ruled in Europe. Fascinating two-part documentary covering the 700-year history of Islamic rule on the Iberian Peninsula, $24.99. (Acorn Media).
Wieners (2008) Kenan Thompson, Zachary Levi, Fran Kranz, Darrell Hammond. When a young guy is publicly humiliated on national television by popular talk show host "Dr. Dwayne," he falls into a serious funk until his friends force him to join them on a cross-country road trip in a home-made wiener-mobile to smack down the Dr. (Sony).
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