BLUE
VELVET (MGM)Starring Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern
Director David Lynch's classic film is released in this special edition DVD that features new interviews, a deletes scenes featurette and more.
June 2002
BLUE
VELVET (MGM)
Starring Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis
Hopper, Laura Dern
Director David Lynch's classic film is released in this special edition DVD that
features new interviews, a deletes scenes featurette and more.
RE-PRICED TITLES (MGM)
The following are released at $14.95 DVD;
$14.95 VHS:
WHAT'S THE WORSE THAT COULD HAPPEN starring Martin Lawrence and Danny DeVito
DVD ONLY:
BEST SELLER starring Brian Dennehy
CAVEMAN starring Ringo Starr
CHEECH & CHONG'S THE CORSICAN BROTHERS
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE starring Dennis Quaid
HERO AND THE TERROR starring Chuck Norris
HIGH SPIRITS starring Peter O'Toole
THE MANHATTAN PROJECT starring John Lithgow
MEN AT WORK starring Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez
MR. SATURDAY NIGHT starring Billy Crystal
UHF starring Weird Al Yankovic
UNFORGETTABLE starring Ray Liotta
The following are released at
$9.94 VHS; $9.98 DVD:
ALL REVVED UP starring John Turturro
ATTENTION SHOPPERS starring Nestor Carbonnell
DIRTY PICTURES starring James Woods
THE DRESS CODE starring Shirley MacLaine
FOREVER MINE starring Ray Liotta
HENDRIX
HOLIDAY HEART starring Alfre Woodard
MR. ACCIDENT starring Yahoo Serious
THE SERPENT'S KISS starring Ewan MacGregor
THE SMOKERS
MISSION KASHMIR
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Preity
Zinta
Named Best Action Film at the 2001 Filmfare Awards (India's answer to the
Academy Awards).
SCOOBY-DOO DVDs (Warner
Bros.)
The following Scooby-Doo titles are released in anticipation of the
big-budget summer movie:
SCOOBY-DOO'S ORIGINAL MYSTERIES
SCOOBY-DOO GOES HOLLYWOOD
SCOOBY-DOO AND THE GHOUL SCHOOL
SCOOBY-DOO's CREEPIEST CAPERS
WESTERN TITLES (Paramount)
On VHS at $9.95 and DVD at $24.99:
BAD COMPANY starring Jeff Bridges
FIVE CARD STUD starring Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum
GOIN' SOUTH starring Jack Nicholson and John Belushi
WILL PENNY starring Charlton Heston
ARE YOU BEING SERVED - THE MOVIE (Anchor
Bay)
Starring John Inman, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thourton, Trevor Bannister and Wendy
Richard
The feature-length version of one of the most popular British comedies in PBS
history comes to DVD. The story revolves around the employees of the Grace
Brothers department store. 96m. $19.98
BLACKHAWK
DOWN (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore, Ewan McGregor
Ridley Scott's acclaimed war film comes to VHS and DVD. Winner of two Academy
Awards.
BUTTERFLY KISS (First Run Features)
Starring Amanda Plummer, Saskla Reeves
A pair of new young lovers find out interesting things about one another -
especially that one has a thing for killing truckers and salesman.
DVD TITLES (Anchor Bay)
The following films are released to DVD:
DIAMONDS starring Robert Shaw
GUNS AND LIPSTICK starring Sally Kirkland and Robert Forster
BEAST WITH A GUN starring Helmut Berger, Marisa Mell
TOY SOLDIERS starring Jason Miller and Cleavon Little
SHATTER starring Stuart Whitman, Lung Ti
HISTORY LESSONS (First Run Features)
Filmmaker Barbara Hammer "reclaims and rewrites Lesbian
history" with this film.
HOW
TO MAKE A MONSTER (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Steven Culp, Clea Duvall, Julie Strain, Jason Marsden
The latest in the updated horror film series from special effects guru Stan
Winston. This time, a team of greedy video game creators out-do themselves and
create a video game whose artificial intelligence leads it to believe they are
the enemy! Great fun!
KATE & LEOPOLD (Miramax)
Starring Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, Natasha
Lyonne, Bradley Whitford, Paxton Whitehead
Exactly what you expect it to be. A silly little romance with Ryan starring as a
woman stung by love and Jackman as a man from the past who falls desperately in
love with her. A time travel romance that is certainly entertaining enough,
mostly thanks to Jackman's stand-out performance. Rated PG-13; 123m. Also
available on DVD.
QUEER AS F**K: BIZARRE SHORT FILMS
(First Run Features)
A collection of strange, gay-themed films.
AIR BUD: SEVENTH INNING FETCH (Disney)
Starring Kevin Zegers, Richard Karns, Caitlin Wachs, Cynthia Stevenson.
The sports-playing dog returns, this time joining a Junior High baseball team.
More of the same, but, hey, that's apparently what the fans want. Rated G; Also
available on DVD.
THE ATTIC EXPEDITIONS (First Look)
Starring Seth Green, Jeffrey Combs, Alice Cooper
A coma patient awakens to discover that he's been accused of murdering his fiancée.
Creepy and stylistic but more chaotic than genuinely frightening. Still, it's
great to see the likes of Green "Buffy The Vampire Slayer," Combs
("Re-Animator") and Alice Cooper working together.
MAX KEEBLE'S BIG MOVE (Buena Vista)
Starring Alex D. Linz, Zena Grey, Josh Peck, Larry Miller, Jamie Kennedy,
Orlando Brown, Amber Valletta, Robert Carradine, Nora Dunn, Noel Fisher
A young nerd goes after all those who have wronged him when his parents tell
them they're moving. Of course, he's just about completed his mission of
vengeance when his parents tell him they've changed their minds. Rated PG; 86m.
Also available on DVD.
ORANGE
COUNTY (Paramount)
Starring Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk, Lily Tomlin, Catherine
O'Hara, Harold Ramis
An outstanding high school student has his shot at Stanford blown by a moronic
teacher and must use his slob of a brother to help correct the problem. A
little like a modern day "Animal House" with Black stepping nicely
into the shoes of the late, great John Belushi. Great fun if you're willing to
go with the flow.
ROLLERBALL
(MGM)
Starring Chris Klein, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romjin-Stamos
The much-maligned remake of the 1975 James Caan film about the world's most
extreme sport. Sadly, it's as bad as you've heard. A meandering script,
confusing direction, a story that makes absolutely no sense. This one is almost
truly unwatchable. Rent the original instead. The first ten minutes of that
film alone are better than anything this re-make has to offer.
THE SHIPPING NEWS (Buena Vista)
Starring Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Scott Glenn, Cate
Blanchett
The film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel comes to VHS and DVD.
Directed by Lasse Hallstrom.
A
BEAUTIFUL MIND (Universal)
Starring Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer
Winner for Best Picture, this film about a mathematician and his struggle with
mental illness - and his eventual triumph by winning a Nobel Prize - is a
mesmerizing film that takes one deep into the illness. With fantastic
performances, especially by Oscar-winner Jennifer Connelly and Russell Crowe -
who, for my money, deserved an Oscar for this film far more than the one he
garnered for "Gladiator." In addition, you've got Ed Harris, always
fantastic, and direction by Ron Howard, who proves his lost none of his magic
touch. Strangely, the film's one weak point - the Oscar-winning(?!) screenplay
by Akiva Goldsman, is actually enhanced by the talent surrounding it both behind
and in front of the cameras. And ignore the controversy on whether this film
tells the truth or not - it doesn't really matter. It's the film story that the
audience is interested in, and "A Beautiful Mind" delivers. Rated
PG-13; 135m. also available in a two-DVD set in two editions - widescreen and
full screen (go widescreen, go widescreen!).
GOSFORD
PARK (USA/Universal)
Starring Michael Gambon, Kristen Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Charles
Dance, Jeremy Northam, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Helen Mirren, Stephen Fry, Derek
Jacobi, Emily Watson, Richard E. Grant, Ryan Phillippe
Acclaimed director Robert Altman directed this critically acclaimed and
Oscar-nominated film about power struggles at all levels of society - struggles
that eventually lead to murder. Rated R; 137m; Also available on DVD.
GABRIELA (First Look)
Starring Jaime P. Gomez, Seidy Lopez
A man finds the woman of his dreams and perhaps his one soulmate - only to
discover that she's engaged to another man.
THE HONEYMOONERS LOST EPISODES (MPI)
Two more volumes and a box set of the classic Jackie Gleason television
show are released to DVD. Includes are: Volume 19 - "Hero," "Two
Tickets to the Fight," "People's Choice"; Volume 20 - "One
Big Happy Family," "Finders Keepers," "Kramden vs.
Norton." Also available is the Collector's Boxed Set #5 which contains
Volumes 17 - 20 and nearly 6 1/2 hours of "Honeymooners"
entertainment.
THE LEGENDARY LIBERACE (MPI)
The PBS special that explored the life of the flamboyant pianist comes to DVD
($19.98) and VHS ($14.98). For more information, please visit http://www.mpihomevideo.com.
A RUMOR OF ANGELS (MGM)
Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Ray Liotta, Catherine McCormack
A touching tale of a 12-year old boy coming to terms with the death of his
mother.