May 2002
BLUE'S CLUES: READING WITH BLUE
(Paramount/Nickelodeon)
The latest title in the popular Nick Jr. series. Contains
2 episodes. $9.95.
DVD TITLES
The following are released to DVD:
TO GILLIAN ON HER 37TH BIRTHDAY (Columbia/Tri-Star) starring Michelle Pfeiffer
featuring:
Full screen
Trailers
$24.95
MACBETH (Columbia/Tri-Star) from director Roman Polanski featuring:
Widescreen
Trailers
Rated R
$29.95
SWEET HEARTS DANCE (Columbia/Tri-Star) starring Susan Sarandon featuring:
Full Screen
Trailers
$24.95
EARTH VS. THE SPIDER (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Dan Aykroyd, Theresa Russell, Devon
Gummersall, Amelia Heinle
The latest in the Stan Winston/Lou Arkoff series, "Creature Features"
is the tale of a different kind of Spiderman. This one, a scientist who injects
an experimental drug into his veins and becomes an inhuman monster. Outstanding
special effects and a fun, campy script and cast make this another hit for the
"Creatures Features" team. Rated R; $24.95. Also available on DVD
featuring:
Widescreen and fullscreen
Behind the Scenes Featurette
Photo Gallery
Website Link
Trailers
Filmographies
Easter Egg animated "sequel" short
FATHER'S DAY ACTION 2-PACKS (MGM)
The following films have been combined into DVD 2-packs,
at $19.99 each, to ease Father's Day shopping:
THE ALAMO / THE KENTUCKIAN
A BRIDGE TOO FAR / PATHS OF GLORY
THE GREAT ESCAPE / RUN SILENT RUN DEEP
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF / SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GUNFIGHTER
IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES (MGM)
Starring Salma Hayek, Edward James Olmos, Marc Anthony
An idealistic young woman falls for a rebel leader and takes on a murderous
dictator in this television drama/thriller. Rated PG-13; 92m. Also available on
DVD featuring full-screen presentation.
THE LAST WALTZ (MGM)
Starring The Band, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Ron Wood, Ringo Starr, Eric
Clapton, Robbie Robertson, Neil Diamond, Mavis Staples, Van Morrison, Joni
Mitchell, Ronnie Hawkins, Paul Butterfield, Emmylou Harris, Garth Hudson, Dr.
John, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Pops Staples, Levon Helm, Muddy Waters
The legendary concert, held on Thanksgiving Day, 1976, as captured by director
Martin Scorcese, is released to DVD featuring:
Audio commentary by Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorcese;
Audio commentary with musicians;
Rare, unseen footage and memorabilia
"Revisiting the Last Waltz" featurette with Robbie Robertson and
Martin Scorsese
Collectible 8-page booklet written by Robbie Robertson
New 5.1 Audio remix and brand-new transfer
Widescreen presentation
A special 4-CD boxed set is also available.
LITTLE BEAR: CAMPFIRE TALES
(Paramount/Nickelodeon)
The latest video release from the popular Nick Jr. program
featuring 4 outdoor adventures. 33m. $9.95
THE MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH
(Disney)
The 25th Anniversary Edition of the Disney classic containing four short
films and more. Rated G. $24.99.
MARYLAND'S MARCH: THE OFFICIAL 2002 NCAA
CHAMPIONSHIP VIDEO (Paramount)
Following the University of Maryland Terrapins' dominance at the 2002
NCAA Men's tournament, "Maryland's March" highlights the tournament
from the Cinderella stories to the upsets all the way to the final game in
Atlanta. $19.95.
OCEANS 11 (Warner Bros.)
Starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Brad
Pitt, Julia Roberts, Elliott Gould, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Bernie Mac, Carl
Reiner
The truly star-studded re-make of the famous 'Rat Pack' film comes to homevideo.
If you love movies, chances are you'll love this one, the story of an ex-con and
his team and their attempt to rob a big Las Vegas casino. Clever, funny,
intriguing and featuring a cast that makes it worth a look alone, "Oceans
11" is great cinematic fun. Of course, therein lies its problem, too - some
said it was too much fun and not enough depth. Forget that - just enjoy it for
what it is - a bunch of Hollywood's best and brightest having a blast and
allowing the audience to share it with them. Rated PG-13; 116m. Also available
on DVD featuring:
Feature-length commentary by Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Andy Garcia
Separate audio commentary by director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Ted
Griffin
Two Behind the Scenes Documentaries
Widescreen and full-frame versions
Original teaser and three theatrical trailers
DVD-ROM features including links to the website.
RE-PRICED TITLES (Columbia/Tri-Star)
The following titles are re-priced as follows:
DR. STRANGELOVE ($19.95, DVD)
SECOND JUNGLE BOOK ($19.95, DVD)
DRUIDS ($14.95, VHS)
VERTICAL RAY OF THE SUN ($21.96, VHS)
JACKPOT ($14.95, VHS)
THE SCORE (Paramount) - $14.95, VHS
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON
2 (Paramount)
The entire second season of the hugely popular
science-fiction program comes to DVD. Included are 22 episodes, on six discs,
plus additional materials including:
Mission Overview: Cast and crew discussions on the major changes in Season 2.
Included are interviews with Gene Roddenberry
Selected Crew Analysis: An-in-depth look at the growth of continuing characters
Behind the scenes look at production
Discussions with the Production crew, including Rick Berman
A tour of the sets, props and more.
Priced to sell at less than $100.
VINTAGE CLASSICS COLLECTION (MGM)
The following are released to DVD at $14.95 each:
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES starring Christopher Lee
THE VIKINGS starring Tony Curtis and Kirk Douglas
THE DEVIL'S BRIGADE starring William Holden
KHARTOUM starring Charlton Heston
THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION starring Cary Grant
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
I WANT TO LIVE starring Susan Hayward
WESTERN TITLES (Paramount)
The following Westerns are released at $9.95 VHS:
APACHE UPRISING; 1965
BIG JAKE starring John Wayne; 1971
BRANDED; 1951
BUCKSKIN; 1968
COPPER CANYON; 1950
THE COVERED WAGON; 1923
DENVER & RIO GRANDE; 1961
HOSTILE GUNS; 1967
LITTLE BIG MAN starring Dustin Hoffman; 1970
A MAN CALLED HORSE starring Richard Harris; 1970
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST starring Henry Fonda; 1969
POSSE starring Kirk Douglas; 1975
RIO LOBO starring John Wayne; 1970
URBAN COWBOY starring John Travolta; 1980 ($14.95)
CLASSIC WESTERNS (includes THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALLANCE; SHANE; GUNFIGHT AT
THE O.K. CORRAL) $29.85
THE BEST OF JOHN WAYNE (includes TRUE GRIT, THE SHOOTIST, EL DORADO, THE SONS OF
KATIE ELDER) $39.80
And, on DVD at $19.99:
EL DORADO
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALLANCE
SHANE
THE SHOOTIST
THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER
TRUE GRIT
BOX SETS (Paramount)
The following DVD Box Sets are released:
JOHN WAYNE DVD GIFT SET including EL DORADO; THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALLANCE;
THE SHOOTIST; THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER; TRUE GRIT
THE NAKED GUN GIFT SET featuring THE NAKED GUN; THE NAKED GUN 1 1/2: THE SMELL
OF FEAR; THE NAKED GUN 33 1/3: THE FINAL INSULT
CORKY ROMANO (Buena Vista)
Starring Chris Kattan, Chris Penn, Peter Berg, Peter Falk, Richard
Roundtree
The mob's black sheep - normally a veterinarian - goes undercover with the FBI
to see if he can manipulate his father's case.
Rated PG-13; 86m. Also available on DVD.
COWBOY (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Jack Lemmon, Glenn Ford
The 1958 Western comes to DVD for the first time.
FROM HELL (Fox)
Starring Johnny Depp, Heather Graham
A new take on the Jack the Ripper story that saturates the film with style with
the hope you'll overlook the unoriginal storyline. Read the comic book that it
was based on instead.
LITTLE RED (First Look)
An urban tale of survival.
THE OTHERS (Dimension)
Starring Nicole Kidman, Alakina Mann, James Bentley, Fionnula Flanagan,
Christopher Eccleston, Eric Sykes, Elaine Cassidy
It's hard to review this admittedly chilling film without giving away the ending
but suffice to say that it mimics another recent big box-office success that
dilutes this film's effectiveness. Still, pretty scary stuff with Kidman shining
yet again. Is there anything this woman can't do?? Rated PG-13; 104m. Also
available on DVD.
REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris
The classic drama about a boxer faced with corruption and greed is released to
DVD for the first time ever.
THE X-FILES SEASON FIVE DVD COLLECTION
(Fox)
Starring David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson
All 20 episodes of the fifth season of the popular TV show are released in this
DVD set.
ANGELINA
BALLERINA (HIT Entertainment)
Starring the voices of Judi
Dench and Finty Williams
An animated tale about a mouseling with the hopes of becoming a star.
ANN BANCROFT
TITLES (Columbia/Tri-Star)
The following titles starring
the ever-classy Ann Bancroft (okay, there was that part in "Dracula:
Dead and Loving It") are released on DVD:
AGNES OF GOD also starring Meg Tilly
84 CHARING CROSS ROAD also starring Anthony Hopkins
BORN ROMANTIC
(MGM)
Starring Craig Ferguson, Ian
Hart, Jane Horrocks, Adrian Lester, Catherine McCormack, Jimi Mistry, David
Morrissey, Olivia Williams
A comedy about six hopeless romantics and their various couplings.
BRITISH SUSPENSE
CLASSICS AND EUROPEAN FILMS (Anchor Bay)
The following films are
released to DVD:
THE MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF starring Roger Moore
EYEWITNESS from director John Hough
FRIGHT starring Honor Blackman, Susan George and Ian Bannen
AND SOON THE DARKNESS from director Robert Fuest
CLIFF RICHARD
COLLECTION (Anchor Bay)
Three of the popular
entertainer's films are released on DVD including THE YOUNG ONES, SUMMER HOLIDAY
and WONDERFUL LIFE.
JAMES JOYCE'S
NORA (First Look)
Starring Ewan McGregor, Susan
Lynch, Peter McDonald
LEGEND
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Tom Cruise, Mia
Sara, Tim Curry
Tom Cruise must stop the devil from destroying the last unicorn or the world
will be thrown into an era of everlasting darkness. Cruise and Sara are fine but
it's Tim Curry as Lucifer - as well as the visual stylings of director Ridley
Scott and crew - that makes this movie worth taking a look.
THE LEGEND OF
PAUL AND PAULA (First Run)
Starring Angelica Domrose,
Winfried Glatzeder)
A controversial love story that has been called the "Love Story" of
East Germany.
THE MURDERERS ARE
AMONG US (First Run Features)
Starring Hildegard Knef
A film about the personal accountability and the healing process in post war
Nazi Germany.
OLIVER AND
COMPANY (Disney)
Released for the first time
on DVD.
SCI-FI TITLES
(Paramount)
The following are released to
VHS and DVD:
OPERATION SANDMAN: WARRIORS IN HELL starring Ron Perlman
ALIEN FURY starring Chyna, Dale Midkiff, Dondre Whitfield
SIDEWALKS OF NEW
YORK (Paramount)
Starring Edward Burns,
Rosario Dawson, Heather Graham, David Krumholtz, Stanley Tucci, Brittany Murphy,
Dennis Farina
Burns also writes and directs this story of three men and three women who
unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships in New York City.
SNOW DOGS
(Disney)
Starring Cuba Gooding Jr.
TOUGH GUY MOVIES
(Paramount)
The following are released on
DVD:
ATLANTIC CITY starring Richard Burton, Susan Sarandon
THE BROTHERHOOD starring Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord
THE GAMBLER starring James Caan
VANILLA SKY
(Paramount)
Starring Tom Cruise, Penelope
Cruz, Kurt Russell, Jason Lee, Cameron Diaz
This film is strange, bizarre but somehow engrossing. Director Cameron Crowe
("Almost Famous") is behind this tale of a man whose life seems to be
fading in and out of reality.
THE VILLAIN
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Kirk Douglas, Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Ann-Margret, Paul Lynde, Foster Brooks, Ruth Buzzi, Jack Elam.
"Smokey and the Bandit" director Hal Needham tried his hand at comedy
with this 1979 film.
WORLD WAR II
MOVIES (Fox)
The following are released at
$19.98 DVD, $9.98 VHS:
A YANK IN THE R.A.F. starring Tyrone Power, Betty Grable
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL starring Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford
D-DAY THE SIXTH OF JUNE starring Robert Taylor
THE DESERT RATS starring Richard Burton
TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI starring John Payne, Randolph Scott
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK
HOLMES (MPI)
Starring Jeremy Brett
Volume 5 and a 5-DVD boxed set of the popular and acclaimed detective series is
released to DVD.
BRIDE OF THE WIND
(Paramount)
Starring Nastassja Kinski, Scarlett Johannson, Tony
Goldwyn
When a daughter comes to live with her mother - who left her behind to escape
communist Hungary - heads butt as the girl is faced with two mothers and two
homelands.
DARK BLUE WORLD
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Ondrej Vetchy, Tara Fitzgerald, Krystof Hadek,
Charles Dance
A World War drama with the sentiment of classic Hollywood movies.
DARK SHADOWS (MPI)
40 episodes from the classic television soap opera are released for the
first time ever on DVD. For more information, please visit http://www.mpimedia.com.
DORA'S BACKPACK ADVENTURE
(Paramount)
The popular television series comes to video in this 2-episode adventure.
DVD TITLES (Fox)
The following are released to DVD at $14.95 each:
BOONDOCK SAINTS
FIVE ACES
FULL MONTY
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
MICHAEL JORDAN TO THE MAX
MONKEYBONE
NEWTON BOYS
PORKY'S
RECKLESS + WILD
RISING SUN
SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW
STRANGE DAYS
TWO GUYS AND A GIRL
WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP
FAMILY TITLES (Fox)
The following are released on DVD at $19.98 each:
THE PAGEMASTER starring Macauley Culkin
THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER starring Tom Burlinson
DUNSTON CHECKS IN starring Jason Alexander and Faye Dunaway
FIRE WARS (WGBH Boston)
A documentary about the 65 elite crews who take on the nation's most
dangerous wildfire assignments.
FULL SCREEN TITLES (Fox)
According to the press release, Fox is "responding to consumer
demand" and releasing a bunch of titles on DVD in the fullscreen format. We
recommend you skip the following and go for a widescreen release instead:
THE ABYSS
BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
INDEPENDENCE DAY
MEN OF HONOR
ANNA AND THE KING
CAST AWAY
ENTRAPMENT
LAKE PLACID
PREDATOR
THE HONEYMOONERS Lost
Episodes Volumes 17 and 18 (MPI)
Two more volumes from the vaults of one of Television's greatest sitcoms
ever are released to DVD.
RAPID FIRE (Fox)
Starring Brandon Lee, Powers Booth, Nick
Mancuso, Kate Hodge
Martial arts action with the late Brandon Lee, the late son of the also late
Bruce Lee. New to DVD.
REAL WORLD: DECADE OF BLOOPERS /
THE REAL WORLD YOU NEVER SAW: CHICAGO (Paramount)
You know that - after years of reality
television - there's a bunch of stuff they couldn't show on TV. Here it is in
video format. $14.95 VHS; $19.95 DVD.
THE RIFLEMAN (MPI)
Starring Chuck Connors
Two new volumes of the popular western TV series are released to DVD. Each
contains five episodes of the half-hour show.
SLACKERS
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Devon Sawa, Jason Schwartzman, Jason Segel, Michael C. Maronna,
James King, Laura Prepon
When a nerd catches a pair of popular friends in the act of stealing exam
answers, he offers not to turn them in if they will set him up with a hot girl.
SUSPENSE DVDs (Paramount)
The following DVDs are released:
SORRY, WRONG NUMBER starring Barbara Stanwyck
SILVER BULLET starring Gary Busey
GRAVEYARD SHIFT starring Stephen Macht)
TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL
(Paramount/CBS)
Starring Roma Downey, Della Reese, John Dye
The popular television series comes to video for the first time with these two
volumes featuring two episodes each. $14.95.
TRAGEDY IN THE HOLY LAND: THE
SECOND UPRISING (MPI)
A documentary depicting the Middle Eastern
conflict from the Palestinian perspective.
VHS SELL-THROUGH (Fox)
The following are released on VHS at $9.98 each:
THE ABYSS
ANNA AND THE KING
EXTREME LIMITS
FIGHT CLUB
FIVE ACES
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
MICHAEL JORDAN: TO THE MAX
RECKLESS AND WILD
VENOMOUS
WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP
WOMAN ON TOP