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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
For Tuesday, June 30 -- Monday, July 6
Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience -- Deluxe Extended Movie
A 3-D concert film of the 2008 Jonas Brothers "Burning Up" concert tour, as well as documentary footage on the lives of the three brothers. Vitals: Director:. Stars:. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: G, 76 min., Music, Box office gross: $19.161 million, Disney.
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Based on the wildly popular Street Fighter video game series. In this classic story of good vs. evil, Chun-Li must stand strong against the Shadaloo syndicate who is determined to take over Bangkok slums already teeming with a dangerous criminal element. Previously adapted for the screen in the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme film of the same name. Vitals: Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak. Stars: Kristin Kreuk, Michael Clarke Duncan, Neal McDonough, Taboo, Chris Klein, Moon Bloodgood, Edmund Chen, Cheng Pei Pei, Josie Ho, Robin Shou. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 97 min., Action, Box office gross: $8.737 million, Fox.
12 Rounds
When New Orleans Police Detective Danny Fisher (WWE's John Cena) stops a brilliant thief from getting away with a multi-million dollar heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. After escaping from prison, the criminal mastermind enacts his revenge, taunting the cop with a series of near-impossible puzzles and tasks -- 12 Rounds of dangerous games -- that Fisher must complete to save the life of his own fiancee. Vitals: Director: Renny Harlin. Stars: John Cena, Steve Harris, Aidan Gillen, Brian White, Gonzalo Menendez. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 108 min., Action Thriller, Box office gross: $11.812 million, Fox.
Two Lovers
Set in the insular world of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. A charismatic but troubled young man (Joaquin Phoenix) moves back into his childhood home following a recent heartbreak. While recovering under the watchful eye of his parents (Isabella Rossellini and Moni Monoshov), Leonard meets two women in quick succession: Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow), a mysterious and beautiful neighbor who is exotic and out-of-place in Leonard's staid world, and Sandra (Vinessa Shaw), the lovely and caring daughter of a businessman who is buying out his family's dry-cleaning business. Leonard becomes deeply infatuated by Michelle, who seems poised to fall for him, but is having a self-destructive affair with a married man. At the same time, mounting pressure from his family pushes him towards committing to Sandra. Leonard is forced to make an impossible decision -- between the impetuousness of desire and the comfort of love -- or risk falling back into the darkness that nearly killed him. Vitals: Director: James Gray. Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Isabella Rossellini, Elias Koteas, Moni Moshonov. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: R, 110 min., Drama, Box office gross: $3.109 million, Magnolia Pictures.
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NEWS
Director Hal Ashby, who died an untimely death in 1988 after fighting
internal demons that led him to drug and booze abuse, left behind a
brilliant, maverick career that included winning an Oscar for editing
"In the Heat of the Night" (1967) and directing such unusual films as
"The Landlord" (1970), "Harold and Maude" (1971) "The Last Detail"
(1973), "Shampoo" (1975), "Bound for Glory" (1976), "Coming Home"
(1978) and Being There (1979). His "Lookin' to Get Out"
(1982), starring Jon Voight, Burt Young and Ann-Margret, will debut in
a never-before-seen cut that represents the director's original vision.
The new version was recently uncovered with the help of its star, Jon
Voight, Ashby-biographer Nick Dawson and Ashby's daughter, Leigh
MacManus, who found that, unbeknownst to anyone, the director had
re-edited the film after its release, then donated it to the UCLA
archives prior to his death. The comedy follows the trials and
tribulations of a pair of New York City losers who flee to Las Vegas to
escape a loan shark hot on their trail. The DVD was originally
scheduled for a May 26 release but was delayed. From Warner.Universal has put together a special edition of Spike Lee's ground-breaking "Do the Right Thing" (1989) on the film's 20th anniversary.
The controversial and joyous film centers around one scorching
inner-city day when racial tensions reach the boiling point in a tough
Brooklyn neighborhood. Stars Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee,
Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro,
Paul Benjamin and Frankie Faison. Extras include "Do the Right Thing:
20 Years Later"; deleted and extended scenes; commentary by Spike Lee;
commentary by Lee, director of photography Ernest Dickerson, production
designer Wynn Thomas and actor Joie Lee; behind-the-scenes featurette;
more ... ... In "Tokyo!"
(2008), directors Michel Gondry ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind"), Leos Carax ("The Lovers on the Bridge") and Bong Joon-Ho ("The
Host") use their unique brand of storytelling to weave a thematic tale
(about Transformation, Anarchy, and Rebirth respectively) set in and
about the ultra-modern metropolis of Tokyo in this three-part anthology
film. From Liberation Entertainment.From TV to Video:
"Blue Murder, Set 4 " (2009) is a two-disc set with six episodes of the hit U.K. crime drama about DCI Janine Lewis of the Manchester police, a woman valiantly struggling to balance a dangerous, high-profile career with the demands of being a single mother of four; $39.99 from Acorn Media ... "Dog the Bounty Hunter: Best of Season 5" (2008) is a single disc, $19.95 from A&E Home Video ... "Eastbound & Down" (2009) is a two-disc set with six episodes of the new HBO comedy series about a washed-up former Major League Baseball star forced to return to his hometown, $29.98 from HBO Home Entertainment ... "Entourage: The Complete Fifth Season" (2008) is a three-disc set with 12 episodes, $39.98. from HBO Home Entertainment ... "Eureka: Season 3.0" (2008-09) is a two-disc set, $29.98 from Universal ... "The IT Crowd: The Complete Second Season" (2008) features six episodes of the IFC comedy series, $24.98 from MPI Media Group ... "Jockeys" (2009) is a two-disc set with 14 episodes of the series that follows the trials and tribulations of horse racing's diminutive heroes, $19.95 from Animal Planet/Genius Products ... "The Lucille Ball Specials" features two 1975 TV specials: "Lucy Gets Lucky" starring Dean Martin and "Three for Two" starring Jackie Gleason, $19.98 from MPI Media Group ... "Monsterquest: Season 3, Set 1" is a two-disc set of episodes from the series that explores strange and unknown creatures that have been spotted in various parts of the world, $24.95 from A&E Home Video ... "Parker Lewis Can't Lose: The Complete First Season" (1990-91) is a four-disc set with 26 episodes, $49.99 Shout! Factory ... "Reba: The Complete Sixth Season" (2006-07) is a single disc with 13 episodes, $24.98 from Fox ... "Stargate: Atlantis Season 5" (2008-09) is a five-disc set with 20 episodes, $49.98 from MGM.
Buzzin' the 'B's:
In "The Betrayed" (2008), starring
Melissa George, Oded Fehr and Christian Campbell, a young woman is
kidnapped and told that if she is to see her son again, she has to kill
her husband, whom the captors say is a brutal killer who has stole
millions from their mysterious crime syndicate; from MGM ... In "Hide"
(2008), starring Rachel Miner, Christian Kane, Polly Shannon and Beth
Grant, a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde terrorize the South; from MTI Home
Video ... When sea creatures surface in search of something more
substantial to devour than marine life, a captain and a sea biologist
must wage a battle against them in order to save mankind from total
extinction in "Sea Beast" (aka Troglodyte) (2008),
starring Corin Nemec, Miriam McDonald, Daniel Wisler and Brandon Jay
McLaren; from RHI Entertainment/Genius Products ... In "Tunnel Rats"
(2008), directed by Uwe Boll and starring Michael Pare, a special U.S.
combat unit is sent out to hunt and kill Viet Cong soldiers in
man-to-man combat in the endless tunnels underneath the jungle of
Vietnam in 1967; from Vivendi Entertainment ... "The Human Contract" (2008), starring Joanna
Cassidy, Caleeb Pinkett, Steven Brand, Anne Ramsay, Tava Smiley and
T.J. Thyne, is a sensual tale of an uptight businessman who becomes
entangled with a seductive stranger who encourages him to live life
with reckless passion; directed and written by Jada Pinkett Smith; from
Sony.
On the Indie Front:
"Change Your Life!" (2009) is a
mockumentary about Ponzi schemes, multi-level marketing scams, and the
get-rich-quick mindset that nearly bankrupted America; from
www.GetRichQuickFlick.com (just in time for Bernie Madoff's 150-year
sentence) ... "The Education of Charlie Banks"
(2007), starring Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter, Eva Amurri, Christopher
Marquette, Sebastian Stan and Gloria Votsis, is a coming of age story
about students at an elite upstate New York College in the 1980s; from
Anchor Bay Entertainment.
For the Family:
"Princess Protection Program" (2009) is a Disney
Channel Original Movie about two very different girls -- a princess
from a small kingdom who's whisked to the States in the Princess
Protection Program when her small country is invaded; and the small
town Wisconsin girl who helps the princess pass as a normal teen; from
Disney.
Special Interest:
"Apollo 11: A Night to Remember"
(2009) features rare, recently recovered archival footage from the BBC
that follows the Apollo 11 astronauts from their preflight breakfast on
July 16, 1969, through Neil Armstrong's "one giant leap for mankind,"
to the splashdown in the Pacific eight days later; $24.99 from Acorn
Media ... "Muhammad Ali: In His Own Words" (2009) is a documentary on "The Greatest"; $9.98 from MPI Media Group ... "The Queens of Country"
is a three-disc set with "Dolly & Friends," "Loretta Lynn: Songs of
Inspiration" and "Patsy Cline: Sweet Dreams Still," $24.98 from MPI
Media Group ... "RiP! A Remix Manifesto" (2009) is an
innovative, surprisingly raucous and energetic documentary exploring
the complexities of intellectual property in the era of peer-to-peer
file sharing as Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor invites
audiences to remix his raw footage (at opensourcecinema.org), allowing
them to become part of the film itself; $24.95 from Disinformation
Company ... "Nostradamus: 2012" (2009) is a History
Channel documentary that takes a look at the predictions of the prophet
(credited with foreseeing some of the world's most shocking events
hundreds of years before they ever took place), connecting his End of
Days prophecy with those of the Hopi and Mayan shamans; $19.95 from
A&E Home Entertainment ... World Wrestling Entertainment has two
all-out wrestling DVDs this week: "WWE: Backlash 2009"
(2009), featuring Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, Triple H, a six-man tag team match and more; and "WWE: Judgment Day 2009" (2009); each $24.95 from World Wrestling Entertainment.
Uni Plays It "Fast & Furious"
Universal has just announced a July 28 release date for "Fast &
Furious," the fiery, turbo-charged actioner reuniting the stars from
the first vehicle in the franchise, "The Fast and the Furious." Vin
Diesel and Paul Walker head back to the streets where it all began,
rejoining Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster, blasting through Los
Angeles and into the Mexican desert to track down a heroin drug lord.
The film screeches home on a two-disc Blu-ray set, a two-disc Special
Edition DVD, a single-disc DVD and as download-to-own. Both the Blu-ray
and Special Edition DVD sets are packed with bonus features and contain
a digital copy of the film that can be played on an array of electronic
devices.
THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:
Apollo 11: A Night to Remember (2009) Rare, recently recovered archival footage from the BBC follows the Apollo 11 astronauts from their preflight breakfast on July 16, 1969, to their splashdown in the Pacific eight days later. Includes the suspense of countdown, the thunder of blastoff, the epic 218,096-mile flight and, of course, Neil Armstrong's "one giant leap for mankind." $24.99. (Acorn Media).
The Betrayed (2008) Melissa George, Oded Fehr, Christian Campbell. A young woman is kidnapped and told that if she is to see her son again, she has to kill her husband, whom the captors say is a brutal killer who has stole millions from their mysterious crime syndicate. (MGM).
Blue Murder, Set 4 (2009) Two-disc set with six episodes of the hit U.K. crime drama about DCI Janine Lewis of the Manchester police, a woman valiantly struggling to balance a dangerous, high-profile career with the demands of being a single mother of four; $39.99. (Acorn Media).
Change Your Life! (2009) Tony Plana, Ada Maris, Taylor Negron. Mockumentary about Ponzi schemes, multi-level marketing scams, and the get-rich-quick mindset that nearly bankrupted America. Release (June 29) coincides with the sentencing of financial evildoer Bernie Madoff. (www.GetRichQuickFlick.com).
Do the Right Thing 20th Anniversary Edition (1989) Dir.: Spike Lee; Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Paul Benjamin, Frankie Faison. Extras: "Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later"; deleted and extended scenes; commentary by Spike Lee; commentary by Lee, drector of photography Ernest Dickerson, production designer Wynn Thomas and actor Joie Lee; behind-the-scenes featurette; "Making Do The Right Thing"; "The Riot Sequence"; "Cannes, 1989." Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Universal).
Dog the Bounty Hunter: Best of Season 5 (2008) Single disc, $19.95. (A&E Home Video).
Eastbound & Down (2009) Two-disc set with six episodes of the new HBO comedy series about a washed-up former Major League Baseball star forced to return to his hometown to teach P.E. at his old middle school; $29.98. (HBO Home Entertainment).
The Education of Charlie Banks (2007) Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter, Eva Amurri, Christopher Marquette, Sebastian Stan, Gloria Votsis. Limp Bizkit front man Fred Durst's directorial debut. Coming of age story about students at an elite upstate New York College in the 1980s. (Anchor Bay Entertainment).
Entourage: The Complete Fifth Season (2008) Three-disc set with 12 episodes, $39.98. (HBO Home Entertainment).
Eureka: Season 3.0 (2008-09) Two-disc set, $29.98. Extras: Deleted scenes, commentary. (Universal).
Hide (2008) Rachel Miner, Christian Kane, Polly Shannon, Beth Grant. A modern-day Bonnie and Clyde terrorize the South. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette. (MTI Home Video).
The Human Contract (2008) Joanna Cassidy, Caleeb Pinkett, Steven Brand, Anne Ramsay, Tava Smiley, T.J. Thyne. Sensual tale of an uptight businessman who becomes entangled with a seductive stranger who encourages him to live life with reckless passion; directed and written by Jada Pinkett Smith. Extras: Commentary by Jada Pinkett Smith and cinematographer Darren Genet, "The Human Experience" making of featurette, "The Roll of Film" featurette. (Sony).
The IT Crowd: The Complete Second Season (2008) Six episodes of the IFC comedy series, $24.98. Extras: Outtakes, commentary. (MPI Media Group).
Jockeys (2009) Two-disc set with 14 episodes of the series that follows the trials and tribulations of horse racing's diminutive heroes, $19.95. (Animal Planet/Genius Products).
Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience -- Deluxe Extended Movie (2009) A 3-D concert film of the 2008 Jonas Brothers "Burning Up" concert tour, as well as documentary footage on the lives of the three brothers. Also available on Blu-ray Disc.
Lookin' to Get Out
(1982) Dir.: Hal Ashby; Jon Voight, Burt Young, Ann-Margret. Hal
Ashby's ("Being There," "Coming Home," "In the Heat of the Night")
comedy will debut in a never-before-seen cut that represents the
director's original vision. The new version was recently uncovered with
the help of its star, Jon Voight, Ashby-biographer Nick Dawson and
Ashby's daughter, Leigh MacManus, who found that, unbeknownst to
anyone, the director had re-edited the film after its release, then
donated it to the UCLA archives prior to his death. Part of Warner's
Director's Showcase: Take Four. Extras:
"Lookin' to Get Out: The Cast Looks Back" with all new interview with
Jon Voight, Burt Young and Ann-Margret. Originally scheduled for May 26
but delayed. (Warner).
The Lucille Ball Specials. Two 1975 TV specials: "Lucy Gets Lucky" starring Dean Martin, "Three for Two" starring Jackie Gleason, $19.98. Extras: "Let's Talk to Lucy," long-lost radio interviews with Dean Martin, bloopers, featurette with guest actor Gino Conforti, rare Lucy footage. (MPI Media Group).
Monsterquest: Season 3, Set 1. Two-disc set of episodes from the series that explores strange and unknown creatures that have been spotted in various parts of the world, $24.95. (A&E Home Video).
Muhammad Ali: In His Own Words (2009) "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee..." Documentary on "The Greatest." $9.98. (MPI Media Group).
Nostradamus: 2012 (2009) History Channel documentary takes a look at the predictions of the prophet (credited with foreseeing some of the world's most shocking events hundreds of years before they ever took place), connecting his End of Days prophecy with those of the Hopi and Mayan shamans. $19.95. (A&E Home Entertainment).
Parker Lewis Can't Lose: The Complete First Season (1990-91) Four-disc set with 26 episodes, $49.99. Extras: Commentaries, "A Look Back at Parker Lewis Can't Lose With the Cast and Creators" featurette, booklet with an introduction by creator Clyde Phillips, (Shout! Factory).
Princess Protection Program (2009) Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato. Disney Channel Original Movie about two very different girls -- a princess from a small kingdom who's whisked to the States in the Princess Protection Program when her small country is invaded and the small town Wisconsin girl who helps the princess pass as a normal teen. (Disney).
The Queens of Country. Three-disc set with "Dolly & Friends," "Loretta Lynn: Songs of Inspiration" and "Patsy Cline: Sweet Dreams Still," $24.98. (MPI Media Group).
Reba: The Complete Sixth Season (2006-07) Single disc with 13 episodes, $24.98, (Fox).
RiP! A Remix Manifesto (2009) Innovative, surprisingly raucous and energetic documentary exploring the complexities of intellectual property in the era of peer-to-peer file sharing. An audience favorite at film festivals worldwide, this movie-as-mash-up shatters the wall between users and producers, as Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor invites audiences to remix his raw footage (at opensourcecinema.org), allowing them to become part of the film itself. Extras: Deleted scenes, mash-up favorites from OpenSourceCinema.org. $24.95. (Disinformation Company).
Sea Beast (aka Troglodyte) (2008) Corin Nemec, Miriam McDonald, Daniel Wisler, Brandon Jay McLaren. Fourteenth installment in the Maneater series. When sea creatures surface in search of something more substantial to devour than marine life, a captain and a sea biologist must wage a battle against them in order to save mankind from total extinction. (RHI Entertainment/Genius Products).
Stargate: Atlantis Season 5 (2008-09) Five-disc set with 20 episodes, $49.98. Extras: Extended episodes "Vegas" and "Enemy at the Gate," behind-the-scenes cast and crew interviews, commentaries. (MGM).
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) Kristin Kreuk, Michael Clarke Duncan, Neal McDonough, Taboo, Chris Klein, Moon Bloodgood, Edmund Chen, Cheng Pei Pei, Josie Ho, Robin Shou. Available as an "Unleashed & Unrated" three-disc Blu-ray and two-disc DVD. Extras: Theatrical and unrated feature; commentary by Patrick Aiello, Ashok Amritraj, Neal McDonough and Chris Klein; Deleted Scenes; "Marvel vs. Capcom 2: Sneak Peek"; "Becoming a Street Fighter"; "Chun Li: Bringing the Legend to Life"; "Fox Movie Channel Presents Making a Scene"; "Recreating the Game": arcade to film comparisons; "The Fight in Black and White": storyboard gallery; "Behind the Fight" production gallery; " Street Fighter Round One: FIGHT!" animated comic movie. (Fox).
Tokyo! (2008) Directors
Michel Gondry ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"), Leos Carax
("The Lovers on the Bridge") and Bong Joon-Ho ("The Host") use their
unique brand of storytelling to weave a thematic tale (Transformation,
Anarchy, and Rebirth respectively) set in the ultra-modern metropolis
of Tokyo in this three-part anthology film. Extras: Three making-of featurettes. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Liberation Entertainment).
Tunnel Rats (2008) Dir.: Uwe Boll; Michael Pare. The year is 1967. American troops are making their way through the jungle of the Cu Chi District of Vietnam. A special U.S. combat unit is sent out to hunt and kill the Viet Cong soldiers in a man-to-man combat in the endless tunnels underneath the jungle of Vietnam. Extras: Deleted scenes, behind the scenes, interview with director Uwe Boll. (Vivendi Entertainment).
12 Rounds (2008) Dir.: Renny Harlin; John Cena, Steve Harris, Aidan Gillen, Brian White, Gonzalo Menendez. Available as a standard DVD and unrated Blu-ray Disc. Blu-ray extras: Commentary by director Renny Harlin, alternate endings, featurettes, digital copy. (Fox).
Two Lovers (2009) Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Isabella Rossellini, Elias Koteas, Moni Moshonov. (Magnolia Pictures).
WWE: Backlash 2009 (2009) WWE rivalries intensify after the 25th anniversary of WrestleMania, featuring Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, Triple H, a six-man tag team match and more. $24.95. (World Wrestling Entertainment).
WWE: Judgment Day 2009 (2009) Wrestling battles pick up where WrestleMania left off. $24.95. (World Wrestling Entertainment).
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