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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
For Tuesday, June 17-- Monday, June 23
Be Kind Rewind
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store, which is on the verge of going out of business. I In order to keep the store's one loyal customer, an elderly lady with a tenuous grasp on reality, the pair re-create a long line of films including "The Lion King," "Rush Hour," "Ghostbusters," "When We Were Kings," "Driving Miss Daisy" and "Robocop," putting themselves and their townspeople into it. Vitals: Director: Michel Gondry. Stars: Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz, Arjay Smith, Paul Dinello, Marcus Carl Franklin, P.J. Byrne, Chandler Parker. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13,101 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $11.208 million, Warner.
Fool's Gold
Action comedy reteams Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson ("How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days") as married treasure hunters whose eight-year search for booty leaves them broke and out of gas. Ben "Finn" Finnegan (McConaughey) is a good-natured, surf bum-turned-treasure hunter who is obsessed with finding the legendary 18th century Queen's Dowry -- 40 chests of exotic treasure that was lost at sea in 1715. In his quest, Finn has sunk everything he has, including his marriage to Tess Finnegan (Hudson) and his more-rusty-than-trusty salvage boat, "Booty Calls." Just as Tess has begun to rebuild her life, working aboard a mega-yacht owned by billionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland), Finn discovers a vital clue to the treasure's whereabouts. Certain that his luck will change with the newfound information, Finn maneuvers himself aboard Nigel's yacht and, using his good-natured charm, convinces the tycoon and his Blackberry-wielding, celebutante daughter, Gemma (Alexis Dziena), to join him in the pursuit of the Spanish treasure. Against Tess' better judgment, the search rekindles her love ... of discovery. But they are not the only ones after the treasure. Finn's mentor-turned-nemesis Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone) has also set out to claim the prize. Vitals: Director: Andy Tennant. Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Ewen Bremner, Alexis Dziena, Kevin Hart, Ray Winstone. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 112 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $67.073 million, Warner.
Under The Same Moon (La Misma Luna)
In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario (Kate del Castillo) works illegally in the U.S. while her mother cares for her nine year-old Carlitos (Adrian Alonso) back in Mexico. When the unexpected death of his grandmother leaves young Carlitos alone, he takes his fate into his own hands and heads north across the border to find his mother. Along the way, he meets a middle-aged migrant worker, Enrique (Eugenio Derbez), who becomes his reluctant protector. The unlikely pair embark upon an unforgettable journey to Los Angeles facing seemingly insurmountable odds. However, throughout their desperate attempt to reunite, mother and son never lose hope that they will one day be together again. Director Patricia Riggen's film is not only a heartwarming family story; she also offers subtle commentary on the much-debated issue of illegal immigration. Vitals: Director: Patricia Riggen. Stars: Adrian Alonso, Kate del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez, Jesse Garcia, Carmen Salinas, America Ferrara. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 106 min., Drama, Box office gross: $12.102 million, Fox.
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Martin Lawrence is talk-show sensation RJ Stevens, who left behind his modest Southern upbringing and family name to transform into a self-help guru dispensing his "Team of Me" philosophy to millions of adoring fans. With a reality-TV-star fiancee and money to burn, there's no piece of the Hollywood dream RJ hasn't achieved. After his parents request that he come home for their 50th wedding anniversary, the TV host packs up his 10-year-old son and diva bride-to-be and heads back to Georgia. It's a chance to prove to his family that he's no longer the awkward kid they relentlessly picked on. At least, that's the plan. But when his crazy, lovable family calls him on his big-city attitude and challenges him at every turn, RJ is forced to take a hard look at the man he's become. He may be a superstar in L.A., but he's just one of the guys in Dry Springs Vitals: Director: Malcolm D. Lee. Stars: Martin Lawrence, Margaret Avery, Joy Bryant, Louis C.K., Michael Clarke Duncan, Mike Epps, Mo'Nique, Nicole Ari Parke, Cedric the Entertainer, James Earl Jones. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 114 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $42.168 million, Universal.
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NEWS
Due this week from the folks at The Criterion Collection is French director Claude Sautet's 1960 noir thriller"Classe Tous Risques" starring Lino Ventura and Jean-Paul Belmondo, with music by Georges Delerue; in a new, restored high-definition digital transfer. Though sentenced to death in absentia in France, former gangland chief Abel Davos (Lino Ventura) sneaks back to Paris with his children after hiding out in Milan for nearly a decade. Accompanied by appointed guardian Eric Stark (Jean-Paul Belmondo, in his first release after "Breathless") and beset by backstabbing former friends, Abel begins a journey through the postwar Parisian underworld that's both throat grabbing and soul searching. A character study of a career criminal at the end of his rope, this rugged noir is a thrilling highlight of sixties French cinema. The copious extras include a documentary on the director, archival interview footage featuring actor Lino Ventura discussing his career, original French and U.S. release trailers, new essays by director Bertrand Tavernier and critic N. T. Binh, a reprinted interview with Sautet, and a tribute by Jean-Pierre Melville.
For lighter fare there's Fox's "Carmen Miranda Collection," a five-disc set with five films starring the "Brazilian Bombshell"; $49.98 or $14.98 each: "The Gang's All Here," "Doll Face," "Greenwich Village," "If I'm Lucky" and "Something For the Boys" ... "Popeye the Sailor 1938-1940 Volume Two" is a two-disc set with 31 remastered, uncut "Popeye" shorts, $34.98 from Warner.
From TV to Video:Due this week: "Blood +: Volume Two," five episodes of the Adult Swim animated series, $24.96 from Sony ... "Burn Notice: Season One," a four-disc set with 11 episodes, released just in time for the start of Season Two, $69.98 from Fox ..."Californication," a two-disc set with 12 episodes, $42.99 from Paramount ... "Dynasty: Season Three, Volume One," a three-disc set, $36.99 from Paramount ... "ER: The Complete Ninth Season," a six-disc set with 22 episodes, $49.98 from Warner ... "Jericho: The Second Season," a two-disc set with the final seven episodes, $29.99 from Paramount ... "The Real McCoys: Complete Season 3," a five-disc set with 39 episodes, $39.98 from Infinity Entertainment Group ... "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: The Fourth Season," a three-disc set with 22 episodes, $42.99 from Paramount.
Buzzin' the 'B's:
"Chaos Theory" (2008), starring Ryan Reynolds, Emily Mortimer, Stuart Townsend, is the story of Frank Allen (Ryan Reynolds), celebrated author of the bestseller "The Five Minute Efficiency Trainer," who has perfected the art of living via a foolproof system of timetables and index cards. Frank's wife finds his obsession charming in small doses, but as a steady diet, frustrating and, one morning, she attempts to loosen his scheduling stranglehold by adding 10 minutes to his day, inadvertently unleashing a series of mishaps that turn his meticulously ordered life upside down; from Warner ... "The Sitter (aka While the Children Sleep)" (2007) stars Gail O'Grady, William R. Moses and Mariana Klaveno in a thriller about the perfect live-in nanny who begins to arouse suspicion among friends and neighbors when, one by one, they start dying; from Genius Products ... A young federal agent is assigned to a new case: spy on his mother and her new lover, both suspects in an art theft ring, in "My Mom's New Boyfriend" (2008), starring Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Colin Hanks and Selma Blair, from Sony ... Director Alison Eastwood's harrowing "Rails & Ties" (2005), starring Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden, begins on a beautiful stretch of California coastline, where a suicidal mother parks her car on a railroad crossing and awaits the arrival of a speeding train, the sleek and unstoppable Coastal Starlight; the film explores two families in physical, emotional and psychological collision -- of the victim's relatives and of the train engineer who couldn't possibly have stopped in time; from Warner ... Abruptly ejected from her ritzy lifestyle by her billionaire father, a spoiled heiress resorts to desperate measures to survive: she joins with her loser boyfriend to embark on a modern-day Bonnie & Clyde heist, only to botch the robbery attempt, in "Cut Off" (2005), starring Amanda Brooks, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Malcolm McDowell, Faye Dunaway and Anne Archer, from Union Station Media/Anchor Bay Entertainment ... "Quarter Life Crisis" (2006), stars Russell Peters, Maulik Pancholy and Lisa Ray in a romantic comedy that follows a group of twentysomethings as they take on the New York singles scene, from Echo Bridge Entertainment ... "Just Add Water" (2007), starring Dylan Walsh, Jonah Hill, Justin Long, Danny DeVito, Tracy Middendorf and Anika Noni Rose, is an offbeat comedy about a mild-mannered parking-lot attendant and his motley crew of friends who beat the odds, taking back control of their dead-end desert town from local thugs, from Sony ... "It's a Boy Girl Thing" (2006), starring Samaire Armstrong, Kevin Zegers, Sherry Miller, Sharon Osbourne and Maury Chaykin, is a romantic comedy about two high school enemies -- a boy and a girl -- who switch bodies so that she's on the football team and he's wearing mini skirts and make-up, from Anchor Bay ... "The Restless" (2006 -- South Korea) is an Asian fantasy actioner about good vs. evil in a medieval world were dead souls rest before being reincarnated. from Genius Products.
For the Family:
Due this week: "The Jungle Book 2: Special Edition" (2003), with the voices of John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, John Rhys-Davies and Phil Collins; $29.99 from Disney ... "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody: Lip Synchin' in the Rain" features four episodes from the Disney Channel show; $19.99 from Disney ... "Transformers Animated: Transform & Roll Out" is a Cartoon Network adventure, $16.99 from Paramount ... "The Sword in the Stone: 45th Anniversary Edition" (1963) fetaures the voices of Norman Alden and Sebastian Cabot; $29.99 from Disney ... "Inspector Gadget: Big Little Problems" features two episodes from the popular 1980s animated television series: "Gadget In Minimadness" and "The Incredible Shrinking Gadget"; $14.98 from Fox.
Special Interest:
"Joy Division" is a retrospective documentary on the influential 1970s English rock band directed by music video veteran Grant Gee that chronicles the band's progression as well as social and external conditions that influenced them; the feature blends archival footage with interviews with band member interviews; from The Weinstein Co./Genius Products ... Animal Planet/Genius Products has two "wild" releases this week: "Meerkat Manor: Season Three," a two-disc set with 13 episodes, $24.95; and "Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins" (2008), a feature-length sequel to the "Meerkat Manor" series, narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, $19.97.
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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:
Blood +: Volume Two. Five episodes of the Adult Swim animated series, $24.96. (Sony).
Burn Notice: Season One. Four-disc set with 11 episodes, $69.98. Extras: Commentary, gag reels, audition footage, characters montage, "Girls Gone Burn Notice" montage, action scenes montage. (Fox).
Californication. Two-disc set with 12 episodes, $42.99. (Paramount).
Carmen Miranda Collection. Five-disc set with five films starring the "Brazilian Bombshell"; $49.98 or $14.98 each. (Fox).
- The Gang's All Here (1943) Dir.: Busby Berkeley; Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Benny Goodman. Fully remastered. Extras: Commentary by film professor Drew Casper, "Busby Berkeley: A Journey With a Star" featurette, deleted scene: The $64 Question, "Alice Faye's Last Film: We Are Still Here!" the Phil Harris - Alice Faye original radio broadcasts: "A Movie For Alice" (November 11, 1946) and "Phil Harris - Movie Star" (April 24, 1949), original theatrical trailer, photo galleries.
- Doll Face (1947) Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como, Carmen Miranda. Extras: Isolated score track, deleted scene, original theatrical trailer, photo galleries.
- Greenwich Village (1944) Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, William Bendix, Vivian Blaine. Extras: Photo Galleries including advertising collateral, behind-the-scenes, portraits, more
- If I'm Lucky (1946) Vivian Blaine, Perry Como, Harry James, Carmen Miranda, Phil Silvers, Edgar Buchanan. Extras: Isolated score track, xcerpts from "Singing With the Stars" featuring Carmen Miranda, original theatrical trailer, photo galleries including advertising collateral, behind-the-scenes, portraits, more.
- Something For the Boys (1944) Carmen Miranda, Michael O'Shea, Vivian Blaine, Phil Silvers, Perry Como. Extras: "Carmen Miranda: That Girl From Rio" documentary, photo galleries.
Classe Tous Risques (1960 -- French) Dir.: Claude Sautet; Lino Ventura, Jean-Paul Belmondo. Music by Georges Delerue. New, restored high-definition digital transfer. Extras: Excerpts from "Claude Sautet ou La magie invisible," a documentary on the director by writers N.T. Binh and Dominique Rabourdin; archival interview footage featuring actor Lino Ventura discussing his career; original French and U.S. release trailers; new essays by director Bertrand Tavernier and critic N. T. Binh, a reprinted interview with Sautet, and a tribute by Jean-Pierre Melville. (The Criterion Collection).
Cut Off (2005) Amanda Brooks, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Malcolm McDowell, Faye Dunaway, Anne Archer. Abruptly ejected from her ritzy lifestyle by her billionaire father, a spoiled heiress resorts to desperate measures to survive: she joins with her loser boyfriend to embark on a modern-day Bonnie & Clyde heist, only to botch the robbery attempt. (Union Station Media/Anchor Bay Entertainment).
Dynasty: Season Three, Volume One. Three-disc set with 12 episodes, $36.99. (Paramount).
ER: The Complete Ninth Season. Six-disc set with 22 episodes, $49.98. Extras: Gag reel, deleted scene. (Warner).
Fool's Gold (2008) Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Ewen Bremner, Alexis Dziena, Kevin Hart, Ray Winstone. Extras: Featurette, gag reel. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Warner).
Inspector Gadget: Big Little Problems. Two episodes from the popular 1980s animated television series: "Gadget In Minimadness" and "The Incredible Shrinking Gadget,"$14.98. (Fox).
It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006) Samaire Armstrong, Kevin Zegers, Sherry Miller, Sharon Osbourne, Maury Chaykin. Romantic comedy about two high school enemies -- a boy and a girl -- who switch bodies so that she's on the football team and he's wearing mini skirts and make-up. Extras: "Are You More Boy or Girl? Quiz," "A History of the Aztec Statue" featurette, behind-the scenes featurette, interviews. (Anchor Bay).
Jericho: The Second Season. Two-disc set with the final seven episodes, $29.99. Extras: Series finale with alternative ending, deleted scenes, audio commentaries, two exclusive behind-the-scenes featurettes: "Nut Job" and "Rebuilding Jericho." (Paramount).
Joy Division (2008) Retrospective documentary on the influential 1970s English rock band directed by music video veteran Grant Gee. Chronicles the band's progression as well as social and external conditions that influenced them. Blends archival footage with interviews with band member interviews. Extras: "Transmission" music video, deleted/extended interviews. (Weinstein Co./Genius Products).
The Jungle Book 2: Special Edition (2003) Voices of John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, John Rhys-Davies, Phil Collins. $29.99. Extras: New adventure game, deleted scenes, music videos, behind-the-scenes featurettes. (Disney).
Just Add Water (2007) Dylan Walsh, Jonah Hill, Justin Long, Danny DeVito, Tracy Middendorf, Anika Noni Rose. Offbeat comedy about a mild-mannered parking-lot attendant and his motley crew of friends who beat the odds, taking back control of their dead-end desert town from local thugs. (Sony).
Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins (2008) Feature-length sequel to the "Meerkat Manor" series, narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, $19.97. (Animal Planet/Genius Products).
Meerkat Manor: Season Three. Two-disc set with 13 episodes, $24.95. (Animal Planet/Genius Products).
My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008) Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Colin Hanks, Selma Blair. A young federal agent is assigned to a new case: spy on his mother and her new lover, both suspects in an art theft ring.Extras: Deleted scenes, "The Third Degree: The Making of My Mom's New Boyfriend" featurette. (Sony).
Popeye the Sailor 1938-1940 Volume Two. Two-disc set with 31 remastered, uncut "Popeye" shorts, $34.98. Extras: Commentaries, "Popeye Popumentaries" featurettes, "Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story" documentary, vintage audio recordings, more. (Warner).
Popeye & Friends, Volume 1. Eight cartoons, $14.97. (Warner).
Quarter Life Crisis (2006) Russell Peters, Maulik Pancholy, Lisa Ray. Romantic comedy follows a group of twentysomethings as they take on the New York singles scene. (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment).
Rails & Ties (2005) Dir.: Alison Eastwood; Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden. On a beautiful stretch of California coastline, a suicidal mother parks her car on a railroad crossing and awaits the arrival of a speeding train, the sleek and unstoppable Coastal Starlight. Thus begins the story of two families in physical, emotional and psychological collision -- of the victim's relatives and of the train engineer who couldn't possibly have stopped in time. (Warner).
The Real McCoys: Complete Season 3. Five-disc set with 39 episodes, $39.98. (Infinity Entertainment Group).
The Restless (2006 -- South Korea) Jun-ho Heo, Woo-sung Jung. Asian fantasy actioner about good vs. evil in a medieval world were dead souls rest before being reincarnated. (Genius Products).
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: The Fourth Season. Three-disc set with 22 episodes, $42.99. (Paramount).
The Sitter (aka While the Children Sleep) (2007 -- TV) Gail O'Grady, William R. Moses, Mariana Klaveno. A prosperous couple's search for the perfect live-in nanny ends when they hire sweet Abby Reed. But no sooner does she arrive than she begins to arouse suspicion among friends and neighbors who, one by one, start dying. (Genius Products).
So I Married an Axe Murderer Special Edition (1993) Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, Amanda Plummer, Brenda Fricker. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony).
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody: Lip Synchin' in the Rain. Four episodes from the Disney Channel show, $19.99. Extras: Backstage featurette, gag reel. (Disney).
The Sword in the Stone: 45th Anniversary Edition (1963) Voices of Norman Alden, Sebastian Cabot. $29.99. (Disney).
Transformers Animated: Transform & Roll Out (2008) Cartoon Network adventure, $16.99. (Paramount).
Under The Same Moon (La Misma Luna) (2008) Adrian Alonso, Kate del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez, Jesse Garcia, Carmen Salinas, America Ferrara. Extras: "The Murals of "Under the Same Moon" featurette, "The Making of La Misma Luna." (Fox).
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) Martin Lawrence, Margaret Avery, Joy Bryant, Louis C.K., Michael Clarke Duncan, Mike Epps, Mo'Nique, Nicole Ari Parke, Cedric the Entertainer, James Earl Jones. Extras: Commentary by director Malcolm D. Lee; outtakes and deleted/extended scenes, including an alternate opening; "Bringing the Family Together" featurette; "On Location -- Getting Down and Dirty"; "Going Home -- Real Stories of the Cast"; Joe "We're Family" music video. (Universal).
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