January 2002
AN AMERICAN RHAPSODY (Paramount)
Starring Nastassja Kinski, Scarlett
Johansson, Tony Goldwyn
Based on a true story, this film is about a young woman who discovers her true
family history after returning to her birth parents in America after living with
foster parents in Hungary. PG-13, 106 min. Also available on DVD.
THE BLONDE (Vanguard Cinema)
Starring : Nastassja Kinski, Sergio Rubini
A man brings home a beautiful blonde woman whom he has accidentally knocked
unconscious with his car. When she awakes with amensia, the two fall in love.
But when her memory returns - bringing to light a sordid past - all bets are
off. Italian with English subtitles 100 min., Also available on DVD.
BRIAN'S SONG (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Sean Maher, Mekhi Phifer
Remake of the popular 1971 telefilm about the friendship between Chicago Bears'
rookies Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo and Piccolo's battle with cancer. 89 min.
Also available on DVD.
BULLY (Trimark)
Starring Brad Renfro, Bijou Phillips, Nick
Stahl, Rachel Miner
A team of friends gathers together to stop a local bully from violently abusing
them and others - no matter what the cost. Rated R, 113 min., Also available on
DVD.
DOGTOWN (Vanguard)
Starring Jon Favreau, Mary Stuart Masterson,
Karen Black, Trevor St. John
An unsuccessful wannabe actor returns to his hometown where the locals think
he's a big star. He allows this untruth to bloom, taking full advantage of it,
until it's almost too late to stop without losing his soul. 99 min., also
available on DVD.
DRAGSTRIP GIRL (Dimension)
Starring Mark Dacascos, Raymond Cruz, Natasha
Gregson Wagner, Traci Lords
Remake of the 1957 b-movie. From director Mary Lambert ("Pet Sematary")
Rated R, 82 min., Also available on DVD.
HORSEY
Stars: Holly Ferguson, Todd Kerns
A painter with a voracious appetite for sex tries to balance her desires of the
flesh with her art and find a real relationship. 93 min., Also available on DVD.
JAMES DEAN (TNT)
Starring James Franco, Michael Moriarty
Golden Globe winner James Franco stars as James Dean in this telling story of
the superstar's troubled life. From famed director Mark Rydell. 96 min., Also
available on DVD.
KISS OF THE DRAGON (Fox)
Starring Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tcheky Karyo,
Laurence Ashley, Burt Kwouk
Jet Li stars as a Hong Kong cop who goes to Paris to help stop heroin smugglers.
Surprise of surprises - the cops are involved with the smugglers and want to
take Li out! Lots of action, as usual, from the explosive Li. DVD features
include:
Commentary by Li, Fonda and director Chris Nathon
A martial arts demo
Fight choreography demo
Storyboard to scene comparisons
Production stills
Two featurettes highlighting the martial arts mastery of Li and legendary fight
choreographer Corey Yuen
Rated R, 98 min., Also available on DVD.
LIFE WITH JUDY GARLAND (Buena Vista)
Starring Life With Judy Garland: Me and My
Shadows Biodrama of the turbulent life and career of Judy Garland, with a
spellbinding portrayal of singer by Judy Davis (a role for which she won the
2001 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress). Rated PG, 170 min. Also available on
DVD featuring Audio commentary by Lorna Luft, behind-the scenes featurette.
ROBINSON CRUSOE (Miramax)
Starring Pierce Brosnan, Polly Walker,
William Takaku
Brosnan stars as Daniel Dafoe's apparently immortal character. Rated PG-13, 105
min. Also available on DVD.
ROCK STAR (Warner Bros)
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston,
Dominic West, Timothy Spall, Timothy Olyphant, Dagmara Dominczyk, Jason Flemyng
Loosely based on the true story of heavy metal singer Ripper Owens and his
joining the legendary band Judas Priest. When the vocalists of a world-famous
heavy metal band exits the band, the remaining members search for a replacement.
They find him in a tribute band and make him a star. But can the new vocalist
survive the G-forces of the rocket ride to success? Or will it cost him his
friends and his family? You know where this is going. Entertaining enough but
shallow as hell. Rated R, 106 min., Also available on DVD featuring audio
commentary by director Stephen Herek, making-of featurette, Everclear music
video, HBO First Look Special: Backstage Pass.
VENOMOUS (Fox)
Starring Treat Williams
Gentically altered snakes wreak havoc in a small town. Rated PG-13, 97 min..
Also available on DVD featuring:
Audio commentary by director Ed Raymond,
Behind-the-scenes footage
Still gallery
Inside look at rattlesnakes featurette
Other new DVD releases:
BELLE DE JOUR (Buena Vista)
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Genevieve Page.
CARMEN JONES
Starring Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Olga James, Joe Adams, Pearl
Bailey, Diahann Carroll.
CHILDREN OF PARADISE
Features on this double DVD set include:
Disc one:
"Part 1: The Boulevard of Crime,"
New digital transfer
Commentary by film scholar Brian Stonehill
Introduction by Terry Gilliam
Restoration demonstration
New English subtitle translation
Disc two: "Part 2: The Man in White,"
New digital transfer
Commentary by film scholar Charles Affron
Screenwriter Jacques Prevert's film treatment
Production designs by Alexandre Trauner
Production stills gallery
Carne and Prevert filmographies
U.S. theatrical trailer
New English subtitle translation
Includes a 24-page booklet that features excerpts from Brian Stonehill's 1990
interview with Carne, cast biographies, and an essay by film historian Peter
Cowie; $39.95.
THE FIVE HEARTBEATS (1991)
Starring Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry J. Lennix, Diahann
Carroll.
LIVE FROM THE MET HIGHLIGHTS VOLUME 1 (Pioneer)
Filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera. Showcases highlights from six operas
featuring performances by Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Eva
Marton and Joan Sutherland.
PURPLE NOON (Buena Vista) Starring Alain Delon, Marie Laforet, Maurice Ronet.
THE 6TH DAY SPECIAL EDITION
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Duvall, Michael Rapaport, Tony Goldwyn,
Michael Rooker, Sarah Wynter.
Disc. 1: Digitally mastered with audio commentary by composer Trevor Rabin with
5.1 isolated music score
Disc 2: Nine behind-the-scenes featurettes
Showtime making-of featurette
Three storyboard comparisons
Two animatics
RePet infomercial and TV spot.
YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE
Starring Didi Conn, Joe Silver, Melanie Mayron.
THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Francoise Dorleac, Gene Kelly.
ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE
(Disney)
Starring the voices of Michael J. Fox, James Garner, Cree Summer, Don
Novello, Phil Morris, Claudia Christian, Jacqueline Obradors, Florence Stanley,
Corey Burton, Jim Varney. John Mahoney
Disney's summer animated film - that didn't exactly ignite the boxoffice - comes
to homevideo. Besides its less-than-stellar theatrical performance, film is
entertaining enough and definitely worth a look on DVD or VHS. Rated G; 95m.
Also available on two different DVDs:
Standard DVD with:
Choice of widescreen and fullframe viewing options,
Filmmakers' commentary,
Deleted scene,
"How to Speak Atlantean,"
visual tours of the CG models, $29.99;
or
Two-Disc Collector's Edition that adds:
DTS sound,
Visual Commentary (producer Don Hahn and directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
take viewers behind the scene during key scenes, showing how the film was
created),
Two-hour documentary extras covering story & editorial, art direction,
character designs, music and sound,
Publicity,
$39.99.
BLACK RIVER (MTI)
Starring Jay Mohr, Lisa Edelstein, Stephen Tobolowsky, Dabid Ogden Steirs
Based on Dean Koontz's best-selling novel. Also available on DVD.
CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION
(Dreamworks)
Starring Woody Allen, Helen Hunt, Dan Aykroyd, Elizabeth Berkley, Wallace
Shawn, David Ogden Stiers, Charlize Theron
Woody Allen's homage to film noir comes to homevideo. Rated PG-13, 103 min. Also
available on DVD.
DELTA FORCE ONE: THE LOST PATROL (Warber)
Starring Gary Daniels, Bentley Mitchum, Mike Norris
Delta Force attempts to rescue hostages. Rated R; 93 min.
HEART (Spartan Home Entertainment)
Starring Christopher Eccleston, Rhys Ifans
The recipient of a donor heart becomes obsessed with the family of the donor and
his life spirals into chaos. 81 min. Also available on DVD.
MATTER OF TRUST (USA)
Starring C. Thomas Howell, Joan Severance, Nick Mancuso
A washed-out cop joins up with his former lover, a lawyer, in the search for a
serial killer. Rated R; 90m.
MUHAMMAD ALI (Universal)
A documentary about "The Greatest." Features commentary from
Billy Crystal, Nelson Mandela and many more. $14.98. Also available on DVD.
PREMIERE SERIES VIDEO LINE
(Fox)
The following films are released to VHS at $14.98 each:
SOMEONE LIKE YOU
SAY IT ISN'T SO
BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE: SPECIAL EDITION
KINGDOM COME
PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Franka Potente, Benno Furmann
A nurse, wounded in a car accident and saved by a mysterious man, sets out to
find her savior and discovers that his world is a world of violence and crime.
Rated R; 133 min.; Also available on DVD featuring
Commentary by the director, Potente and Furmann;
"making-of" featurette;
Deleted scenes;
Music video. (Columbia TriStar).
RAT RACE (Paramount)
Starring Whoopie Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Rowan Atkinson, Jon Lovitz,
Kathy Najimy, Seth Green, Vince Vieluf, Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, John Cleese,
Lanai Chapman, Wayne Knight, Paul Rodriguez, Dean Cain
This re-make of "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World may not gain the legendary
status that the first film achieved, but it's funny enough anyway with a
terrific cast working with an intentionally silly script. Rated PG-13; 112 min.
Also available on DVD featuring . Interviews with the director and writer Andy
Breckman,
"Making of Rat Race" featurette,
Gag reel,
Six deleted scenes,
One outtake.
New on DVD:
Baby's Day Out (1994) Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn Boyle, Joe Pantoliano.
Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Dir.: Martin Brest; Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John
Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox. Commentary by Brest, "Casting Beverly
Hills Cop" featurette, location map, "Music of Beverly Hills Cop"
featurette, new cast and crew interviews, photo gallery. (Paramount).
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) Dir.: Tony Scott; Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold,
Jurgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John Ashton, Brigitte Nielsen, Allen Garfield.
Deleted scene with introduction by Scott, making-of featurette, new cast and
crew interviews, "Shakedown" music featurette. (Paramount).
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) Dir.: John Landis; Eddie Murphy, Jon Tenney, Joey
Travolta, Eugene Collier. New cast and crew interviews. (Paramount).
Beverly Hills Cop: The Complete Lineup All three "Beverly Hills Cop"
films in a box set, $74.97. Paramount.
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars (1976) Dir.: John Badham; Billy Dee Williams,
James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor.
Breaking Away (1979) Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Barbara
Barrie, Paul Dooley.
Bright Eyes (1934) Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Jane Darwell, Jane Withers. Black
& white or color viewing options.
Dimples (1936) Shirley Temple, Frank Morgan, John Carradine. Black & white
or color viewing options.
Groundhog Day Special Edition (1993) Dir.: Harold Ramis; Bill Murray, Andie
MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian Doyle-Murray. Commentary by
Ramis, "The Weight of Time" featurette, Dolby Digital and DTS.
(Columbia TriStar).
Harlem Nights (1989) Dir.: Eddie Murphy; Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx,
Danny Aiello, Michael Lerner, Della Reese, Jasmine Guy, Arsenio Hall.
(Paramount).
Heart (2001) Christopher Eccleston, Rhys Ifans. (Spartan).
Lexx Last four episodes of Season Two: S2*V5 (Series 2, Video set 5) (The Net,
Brigadoom, Brizon, End of the Universe); $29.95. Additional footage, interview
with director of photography Les Krizan, a "Rated Lexx" segment not
seen on American TV, storyboards. (Acorn Media).
The Man Who Loved Women (1983) Dir.: Blake Edwards; Burt Reynolds, Julie
Andrews, Kim Basinger, Sela Ward. (Columbia TriStar).
My Bodyguard (1980) Dir.: Tony Bill; Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon,
Paul Quandt, Joan Cusack, Hank Salas.
Richard Pryor Here and Now (1983) Stand-up concert at the Saenger Theatre in New
Orleans. (Columbia TriStar).
Rookie of the Year (1993) Dir.: Daniel Stern; Thomas Ian Nicholas, Gary Busey,
Albert Hall, Amy Morton, Dan Hedaya, Bruce Altman, Eddie Bracken, Daniel Stern.
The Sandlot (1993) Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna, Chauncey Leopardi,
Marty York, Karen Allen, Denis Leary, James Earl Jones.
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) Dir.: Wes Craven; Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen
Payne, Kadeem Hardison, John Witherspoon, Joanna Cassidy. (Paramount).
STUDIO SELECTIONS LINE
(Fox)
The following films are released to VHS at $9.98:
THE BEACH
BEYOND SUSPICION
BOONDOCK SAINTS
DEEP WATER
FREDDY GOT FINGERED
LAKE PLACID
MONKEYBONE
MRS. DOUBTFIRE
RANGERS