December
2002
December
3, 2002
December
10, 2002
December
17, 2002
December
24, 2002
December
27, 2002
December 31, 2002
December
3, 2002
THE ADVENTURES OF
PINOCCHIO (Warner)
Digitally remastered, animated version of the classic
story.
ALPHABET CITY (MGM)
Starring Vincent Spano, Jamie Gertz.
THE AMAZING HOWARD HUGHES
(Anchor Bay)
Starring Tommy Lee Jones, James Hampton, Ed
Flanders, Lee Purcell
ANTONIA'S LINE (First Look)
ART TITLES (Kino on Video)
The following titles are released on DVD:
HOMAGE TO CHAGALL: THE COLORS OF LOVE
STRAND: UNDER THE DARK CLOTH
THE LIFE AND ART OF ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER
AUSTIN POWERS IN
GOLDMEMBER (New Line)
Starring Mike Myers, Michael Caine , Beyonce Knowles, Fred Savage, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Mindy Sterling, Verne
Troyer
More silliness from the international man of mystery. If you like the first
two, you'll like this one as well.
BAD INFLUENCE (MGM)
Starring James Spader, Rob Lowe
BLACK CHRISTMAS (Eclectic)
Starring Margot Kidder
A sorority sister is trapped in a house stalked by a psychopath.
BLUE STEEL (MGM)
Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver
BODY OF EVIDENCE (MGM)
Starring Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna
Atrociously awful movie featuring an often nude Madonna. DVD features both the
R-rated and Unrated versions.
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (MGM)
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins
COMPANY BUSINESS (MGM)
Starring Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov
THE CRIMINAL (Anchor Bay)
Starring Stanley Baker, Sam Wanamaker
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL "MTV Unplugged" (Vagrant)
DEAD OF WINTER (MGM)
Starring Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubes
THE DUELLISTS (Paramount)
Collector's edition of Ridley Scott's film.
FARSCAPE: SEASON 2
(ADV/Hallmark)
The entire second season of the hit series is released
to DVD.
THE FRIGHTENED CITY
(Anchor Bay)
Starring Sean Connery, Herbert Lom, John Gregson
First time on DVD.
HANDGUN (Anchor Bay)
Starring Karen Young, Clayton Day
HELL IS A CITY (Anchor
Bay)
Starring Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Donald Pleasance
INFINITY (First Look)
Starring Matthew Broderick, Patricia Arquette
Directed by Broderick
KICKBOXING ACADEMY (MTI)
Starring Steven Bauer, Chyler Leigh, Donna Barnes
A KISS BEFORE DYING (MGM)
Starring Robert Wagner, Joanne Woodward, Birginia Leith
LEGEND OF THE LOST (MGM)
Starring John Wayne, Rossano Brazzi, Sophia Loren
LILO & STITCH (Disney)
Starring the voices of Daveigh Chase, Tia Carrere, Ving Rhames, David Ogden Stiers, Jason Scott Lee, Zoe Caldwell, Kevin McDonald, Kevin Michael
Richardson
Hugely entertaining animated film from Disney about a belligerent space alien
with a dose of amesia.
MARLENE DIETRICH: HER OWN SONG (MGM)
Documentary, narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis
MIAMI BLUES (MGM)
Starring Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Fred Ward
MY GIRL 2 (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky, Richard Masur
NIJINKSY: THE DIARIES OF
VASLAV NIJINKSY (Wellspring)
Documentary
PARTY GIRL (First Look)
Starring Parker Posey
PATLABOR: THE TV SERIES, VOLUME 3 (Central Park)
THE PRODUCERS: SPECIAL EDITION (MGM)
Starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars
Mel Brooks' classic film, now a huge Broadway musical smash, comes to DVD for
the first time, with tons of bonuses including an all-new hour-long
documentary, a deleted scene, sketch and photo galleries and more. A classic
comedy, often hailed as one of the funniest movies ever made. Mostel and
Wilder are stage play producers who concoct a scheme to produce a bomb rather
than a hit play, thinking they can skip off with the investor's money. But
that bomb proves rather more difficult to produce than they ever
conceived.
THE ROAD TO HONG KONG
(MGM)
Starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Joan Collins
RUSH (MGM)
Starring Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Greg Allman
A SEASON ON THE BRINK (Trimark)
Starring Brian Dennehy, Al Thomson, Benz Antoine
The story of controversial basketball coach Bob Knight is told in this film.
SIDDHARTHA (Milestone)
Based on the Herman Hesse novel.
SLAYGROUND (Anchor Bay)
Starring Peter Coyote
STATE OF GRACE (MGM)
Starring Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright
THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD (MGM)
Starring Conrad Veidt, John Justin
THREE STOOGES: OUTLAWS IS COMING (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring the Three Stooges, Adam West
TREADING WATER (Wolfe
Video)
A young woman's perfect life is thrown into turmoil when
her uptight family wants her to come home for Christmas.
TWILIGHT ZONE: THE
COMPLETE SET (AnotherUniverse.com / V3 Media)
For the first time ever, every episode of the classic
THE TWILIGHT ZONE television show come to DVD in one spectacular collector's
set. Included are 44 DVDs and five bonus DVDs containing 156 episodes, two
which have never-before-been- released to DVD ("The Eye of the
Beholder" and "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Packaged in
beautiful gold logo slipcases, this collection sells for $399.99 and is
limited to 2,500 sets.
TWO DEGREES (Artisan)
Starring Don "D.C." Curry
A street thug double-crosses his drug-dealing boss.
U.S. SEALS: DEAD OR ALIVE
(Artisan)
WALT DISNEY TREASURES
TITLES (Disney)
Titles include: MICKEY MOUSE IN BLACK AND WHITE, THE COMPLETE GOOFY
WHERE SLEEPING DOGS LIE
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Sharon Stone, Dylan McDermott, Tom Sizemore
WHERE'S POPPA (MGM)
Starring George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Liebman
THE WHISTLE BLOWER (MGM)
Starring Michael Caine, James Fox
December
10, 2002
21 NIGHTS (TLA)
Starring Aida Turturro, Mary Louise Wilson, Kevin Isola
AMY'S O (Showtime)
Starring Julie Davis, Jeff Cesario
BOY BRIEFS 2 (Wolfe)
CHERISH (New Line)
Starring Robin Tunney, Jason Priestley, Tim Blake Nelson, Liz Phair
CIRCUIT (TLA)
An exploration of the gay circuit party
scene from director Dick Schafer
THE DEVIL LADY (ADV
Films)
Anime horror from the creator of "Tranzor Z,"
"Cutey Honey" and "DevilMan."
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
(Paramount)
Starring Ian Helm, Iben Hjele, Tim McInnerny, Tom Watson
What if Napoleon didn't die in exile but actually escaped into France to try
another uprising? That's the basis of this film.
FAT CITY
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Jeff Bridges, Candy Clark, Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell
GANG TAPES (Trimark)
After a family is carjacked, their
camcorder captures the actions of an L.A. street gang.
GRIFFITH MASTERWORKS COLLECTION
(Kino on Video)
The following D. W. Griffith titles are available individually or in a special
boxed set:
BIRTH OF A NATION
INTOLERANCE
BROKEN BLOSSOMS
ORPHANS OF THE STORM
BIOGRAPH SHORTS
HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION (Dimension)
Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Busta Rhymes, Tyra Banks, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Sean Patrick
Thomas
The latest installment of the long-lasting horror series.
HUMAN NATURE (New Line)
Starring Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette,
Rhys Ifans, Rosie Perez
INNOCENCE (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Julia Blake, Charles Tingwell
THE INVISIBLE CIRCUS (New
Line)
Starring Jordana Brewster, Cameron Diaz, Christopher Eccleston, Blythe
Danner
K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER (Paramount)
Starring Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard
THE KILLING CLUB (MTI)
Starring Julie Bowen, Traci Lords, Dawn Maxey
Three women decide they can eliminate the irredeemable men in their lives ...
by murdering them. Hopefully, my wife won't see this one.
THE LAND BEFORE TIME: JOURNEY TO BIG WATER (Universal)
Yet another chapter in the seemingly endless animated series of
young dinosaurs.
LIKE MIKE (Fox)
Starring Lil Bow Wow, Jonathan Lipnicki
A youngster finds a pair of magic shoes that allow him to play basketball like
Michael Jordan.
ONE HELL OF A CHRISTMAS (Bedford/Fangoria)
Horror from Fangoria.
ONE WAY OUT (Lion's Gate)
Starring Jim Belushi, Jason Bateman, Angela Featherstone
In order to cancel his gambling debts, a detective has to train another man to
kill.
QUICKSILVER (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Kevin Bacon, Jami Gertz
SALLY (Creative Light)
Starring Rachael Leigh Cook
A trio of misfits looking for excitement find themselves immersed, perhaps
irreversibly, in a world of violence and crime.
SPPLAT ATTACK (Goldhill)
Starring William Shatner
A paintball battle of over 1500 diehard players, including Shatner, captured
on video.
THE STEVE-O VIDEO VOLUME
II: THE TOUR
Fans of MTV's
"Jackass" will love this DVD starring the near legendary Steve-O.
Outrageous stunts contained herein include the igniting of various body parts,
the ingestion of one's own bodily fluids and various skull-cracking bicycle
and skateboard crashes. You can't help but find yourself laughing out loud at
the moronic antics. However, one sequence in which an apparently innocent
bystander is beaten with a skateboard by a whacked-out wanna-be
"Jackass" isn't funny at all, and brings the entire program down a
notch or two - if that's even possible.
THE STORY OF O (Ventura)
The legendary erotic film is released for the first time
on DVD with a fully restored, widescreen print. Available in R-rated and
unrated versions.
STUART LITTLE 2 (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring the voice of Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Nathan Lane, Melanie Griffith, James Woods, Steve
Zahn
More antics from the popular little mouse.
December
17, 2002
ADVENTURES OF FELIX
(Wellspring)
An HIV-positive man takes an unconventional
journey in search of his birth father.
AN EVENING WITH KEVIN SMITH
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Kevin Smith
The acclaimed writer/director/actor shares his experiences at college
appearances.
ANGELINA BALLERINA (HIT)
Starring the voices of Judi Dench and her daughter Finty
Williams
Four new stories from the animated series. Also featured are two live action
sequences featuring young dancers from the Royal Academy of Dance in London.
BACK TO THE FUTURE
TRILOGY (Universal)
Starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd.
Available on DVD for the first time.
THE BEACH BOYS: AN
AMERICAN BAND / BRIAN WILSON: I JUST WASN'T MADE FOR THESE TIMES (Artisan)
Double feature DVD containing both of the above titles.
BEHIND THE SCENES (First
Run)
An exploration of the magic and mystery of artistic
creation. Three titles including PAINTING AND DRAWING; THEATER, SCULPTURE AND
PHOTOGRAPHY; MUSIC AND DANCE. Also available is a boxed set.
BIG SHOT: CONFESSIONS OF
A CAMPUS BOOKIE (Fox)
The true story about the 1994 point-shaving scandal at
Arizona State University.
BOB THE BUILDER TITLES (HIT)
The latest title from the popular preschool video series, entitled
"Bob Saves the Day," comes to DVD.
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (Artisan)
Wim Wender's acclaimed film.
THE BUSHIDO BLADE
(Granada/Lance)
Starring Richard Boone, Sony Chiba, Frank Converse, Laura Gemser, James
Earl Jones, Mako
BUYING THE COW (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Jerry O'Connell, Bridgette Wilson, Alyssa Milano, Ryan Reynolds, Annabeth Gish, Bill
Bellamy
CHANCE POP SESSION (ADV)
Anime about three young girls who want to become famous pop stars.
THE COUNTRY BEARS (Disney)
Starring Haley Joel Osment, Christopher Walken, John Hiatt, Queen
Latifah, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Brian
Setzer.
THE CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE (MGM)
Starring Steve and Terri Irvin
The popular television host gets his own feature film. Here, a crocodile to be
relocated swallows a secret government project. Steve has no idea what's going
on as the government chases down their property.
CRUEL GAME (MTI)
Starring Jennifer Rubink, Mako, Victoria Silvstedt
An L.A. playboy tries to pull one over on the Japanese mafia.
CURSE OF THE QUEERWOLF (MTI)
Starring Michael Palazzolo, Taylor Whitney, Cynthia
Brownwell, Kent Butler
A parody of the werewolf films.
THE DOORS SPECIAL EDITION
(Artisan)
Starring Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan
DOUBLE FEATURES PACKAGES
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
The following double-feature DVD packages are available:
GRATEFUL DAWG / DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS
SNATCH / MEMENTO
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
(Artisan)
A film celebrating the music from "O Brother where
Art Thou?"
DRIFT (Wellspring)
A screenwriter dreams of the possibilities if he left
his current boyfriend and went on a different path.
FINAL ENCOUNTER (Buena
Vista)
Starring Dean Cain, Thomas Ian Griffith
Sci-fi action/adventure.
FRIENDS FOREVER (HIT)
The latest Angelina Ballerina video.
THE GIRL (Wellspring)
The story of a love affair between a
painter and a Cabaret singer.
GREENMAIL (Artisan)
Starring Stephen Baldwin, Tom Skerritt,
Kelly Rowan, D.B. Sweeney
HALLMARK TITLES (Hallmark/Artisan)
The following titles are released at
$19.98:
THE PIANO LESSON starring Charles S. Dutton, Alfre Woodard
DECORATION DAY starring James Garner
THE RUNAWAY
LITTLE JOHN starring Ving Rhames, Gloria Rueben
HAPPY ACCIDENTS (MGM)
Starring Marisa Tomei, Vincent D'Onofrio
A love story about a woman whose love life is saved by a man from the future.
THE KING OF COMEDY (Fox)
Starring Robert DeNiro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard
Director Martin Scorsese's acclaimed film about a struggling comic and the
kidnapping of a late night talkshow host. DVD features include a
"Making Of" featurette, new interviews with Scorcese and Bernhard,
deleted scenes and more.
THE LONG WALK HOME
(Artisan)
Starring Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg
LOVE AFTER DEATH
(Carlton/Lance)
Starring Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett,
John Stamos, Teri Polo
A lonely widower wants to remarry - but can't convince his son that it's the
right thing to do.
LYNYRD SKYNYRD: FREEBIRD THE
MOVIE / TRIBUTE TOUR (Artisan)
Double feature DVD containing both of the
above titles.
MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE
(Artisan)
Documentary of Madonna's "Truth Or Dare" tour.
MINORITY REPORT (Fox)
Starring Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Max von Sydow, Samantha Morton, Lois Smith, Peter Stormare, Tim Blake Nelson, Kathryn
Morris
Steven Spielberg's sci-fi film isn't quite the classic it's been hailed to be,
but it's still a hell of a picture, with outstanding performances, awesome
special effects and the touch of a master behind it.
OFF THE HOOK (Wellspring)
Starring Walter Velasquez, Jamal Mackey
Two rappers struggle to make it big.
A POLISH VAMPIRE IN
BURBANK (MTI)
Starring Mark Pirro, Hugh O. Fields, Lori Sutton, Eddie
Deezen
A parody of vampire films.
QUEEN LATIFAH PRESENTS
MAMA AFRICA (Wellspring)
Three short dramas about the lives of African women.
RED FLAG (Carlton/Lance)
Starring Barry Bostwick, William Devane, Joan Van Ark
A pair of rivals turn a war game into a deadly battle.
ROBIN COOK'S TERMINAL
(Artisan)
Medical thriller.
SECRET SOCIETY (First
Run)
Starring Charlotte Brittain, Lee Rose, Annette Badland
A heavyset woman joins a secret society of female Sumo wrestlers and finds a
place she belongs - until her husband discovers her secret.
SPEED OF LIFE (Lions
Gate)
Starring Scott Caan, Mia Kirshner, Leo Burmeister,
Anthony Ruivivar
TAI CHI TITLES
(Wellspring)
The following titles are released:
TAI CHI: 6 FORMS
TAI CHI FOR ARTHRITIS
TAI CHI FOR DIABETES
TAI CHI FOR BEGINNERS
THE TEMPTATIONS (Artisan)
Dramatization of the history of the famous vocal group.
TERMINAL (Artisan)
Starring Doug Savant, Nia Peeples, Michael Ironside,
James Eckhouse
From author Robin Cook.
UNFAITHFUL (Fox)
Starring Richard Gere, Diane Lane
Acclaimed film from "Fatal Attraction" director Adrian Lyne.
December
24, 2002
THE ADVENTURES OF PLUTO NASH
(Warner)
Starring Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario
Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr
Murphy's much-maligned sci-fi comedy.
ALL ABOUT A BOY
(Universal)
Starring Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Sharon Small, Madison Cook, Jordan
Cook
BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER
(Warner)
Starring Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Ray
Park, Talisa Soto
BLACK MASK 2: CITY OF
MASKS (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Jon Polito, Traci Elizabeth Lords, Tyler Mane, Rob Van Dam,
Tobin Bell, Sean Marquette
DANGEROUS CHILD
(Starlight)
Starring Delta Burke
DEEP PURPLE - CLASSIC
ALBUMS: MACHINE HEAD (Music Distributors)
The classic album, considered by many to be the greatest
hard rock album of all time, is explored in detail by the members of the band
via interviews, remembrances and more.
DESPERATION BLVD.
(Waxworks)
Starring Judy Tenuta, Michael Lerner, Weird Al Yankovic,
Erin Moran, Downtown Julie Brown
A former child star, now 40, will do anything to make a comeback.
THE FIRST $20 MILLION
(Fox)
Starring Adam Garcia, Rosario Dawson, Jake Busey
A marketing exec tries to create the world's first $99 laptop computer.
HENRY HILL (Vanguard)
Starring Jamie Harrold, Moira Kelley
JUST ASK MY CHILDREN
(Starlight)
Starring Virginia Madsen
MARRIED PEOPLE, SIMPLE
SEX: THE RETURN (Victory)
Three couples try to spice up their sex lives.
TRAPPED
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Kevin Bacon, Charlize Theron
TROIS 2: PANDORA'S BOX
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Michael Jae White, Monica Calhoun, Kristoff St. John, Tyson
Beckford
UNDER HEAVY FIRE (Screen
Media)
Starring Casper Van Dien, Carrie Otis, Jaimz Woolvett
Vietnam war flick from director Sidney Furie
YOUNG HEARTS (Monarch)
Starring Corbin Bernsen
Three kids start a matchmaking service to find mates for their single parents.
December
27, 2002
BLOOD WORK (Warner Bros.)
Starring Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels,
Angelica Huston, Wanda DeJesus, Paul Rodriguez
Underrated mystery thriller in which Eastwood plays a former cop, retired with
a heart condition, who finds himself on the hunt of a serial killer who got
away when the cop was still on duty. Eastwood directs with an old-fashioned
flair that gives "Blood Work" an even more mysterious atmosphere and
the cast is terrific throughout. Don't miss out on "Blood Work." DVD
features include: Behind-the-Scenes documentary, trailers, and a conversation
in Spanish with Clint Eastwood, Wanda DeJesus and Paul Rodriguez (with
English subtitles).
December
31, 2002
THE BARBER (Velocity)
Starring Malcolm McDowell, Jeremy Ratchford,
Garwin Sanford
A murderous barber tries to keep his evil deeds from the eyes of the law.
CINDERELLA II: DREAM COME TRUE
(Disney)
DOUBLE WHAMMY (Lion's Gate)
Starring Denis Leary, Elizabeth Hurley,
Steve Buscemi, Chris Noth
A sexy chiropractor puts a "flat-on-his-back" detective back on his
feet.
EYE SEE YOU (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Sylvester Stallone, Tom Berenger,
Charles Dutton, Sean Patrick Flanery, Dina Meyer, Robert Patrick, Robert
Prosky, Courtney B. Vance, Jeffrey Wright, Kris Kristofferson
A detective goes to a detox center after nearly being murdered by a serial
killer. When the serial killer shows up at the center to finish the job, all
hells breaks loose.
HEY, ARNOLD: THE MOVIE
(Paramount)
Starring the voices of Paul Sorvino,
Jennifer Jason Lee, Spencer Klein
That kid with the "football-shaped" head is back, this time in a
fight to save his neighborhood.
PETE'S METEOR (First Look)
Starring Mike Myers, Brenda Fricker, Alfred
Molina
An ex-junkie tries to take care of his recently deceased best friend's kids.
PSYCLOPS (MTI)
WISE GIRLS (Studio)
Starring Mira Sorvino, Mariah Carey, Melora Walters
Three waitresses find themselves awash in organized crime and murder.
XXX (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Roof, Richy Muller, Werner Daehn, Joe Bucaro
III
Blatant, unapologizing rip-off of the Bond films with the tuxedoed Bond
replaced by extreme sports enthusiast Diesel as XXX. Although this was
passably entertaining, I'll take Bond, any day.