January 2003
BARBERSHOP
(MGM)
Starring Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Sean
Patrick Thomas, Eve, Cedric the Entertainer
A day in the life of a struggling barbershop in South Side Chicago. Includes
four featurettes, deleted scenes, interactive game, bloopers, outtakes and more.
3-2-1 PENGUINS! (Big Idea)
New installments are released: "The
Amazing Carnival of Compalining," "Runaway Pride at Lightstation
Kilowatt."
THE BADGE (Trimark)
Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Patricia
Arquette, Sela Ward
A small-town sheriff teams up with a New Orleans stripper to solve a murder no
one wants to talk about.
BARNEY: SONGS FROM THE PARK (HIT Entertainment)
The big purple dinosaur returns.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON (Fox)
Six disc set.
DAI-GUARD: CHECKS AND BALANCES OF TERROR (ADV
Films)
Episodes 10 - 13 of the popular anime series.
THE DEVIL LADY: THE AWAKENING (ADV)
Horror anime.
DOUBLE FEATURES PACKAGES (MGM)
The following double features are available at $19.99 each:
NICOLAS CAGE - HONEYMOON IN VEGAS / AMOS & ANDREW
VAL KILMER - AT FIRST SIGHT / KILL ME AGAIN
RICHARD GERE - BREATHLESS / RED CORNER
ANDY GARCIA - JUST THE TICKET / HOODLUM
ANDREW MCCARTHY - MANNEQUIN / KANSAS
ROB LOWE - CLASS / YOUNGBLOOD
THE GOOD GIRL (Fox)
Starring Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly,Tim Blake Nelson, Zooey Deschanel.
Deservedly acclaimed film about a young wife (Aniston) and her attempted escape
from the boredom of her everyday life. DVD features include deleted scenes, gag
reel, audio commentary.
MAKING MR. RIGHT (MGM)
Starring Ann Magnuson, John Malkovich.
MARTIN LAWRENCE LIVE: RUNTELDAT (Paramount)
Lawrence's popular live show is captured herein.
MELTY LANCER: THE ANIMATION
(Bandai)
CG Animation based on the Playstation2 game.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (MGM)
Starring Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branaugh, Keanu Reeves, Michael Keaton.
MUSIC FROM ANOTHER ROOM (MGM)
Starring Jude Law, Gretchen Moll.
MYSTERY DATE (MGM)
Starring Ethan Hawke, Teri Polo.
OUR SONG (MGM)
Starring Kerry Washington, Melissa Martinez, Anna Simpson
Three high school girls find out what life's all about during the last few days
of their high summer break.
OZ: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON
Three-disc DVD set with all eight episodes.
RE-PRICED TITLES (MGM)
LEGALLY BLONDE starring Reese Witherspoon -
$26.98
THE PRINCESS BRIDE starring Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin -
$19.98
BORN ROMANTIC starring Craig Ferguson - $14.95
THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR starring Steve McQueen - $14.95
CHINA MOON starring Ed Harris - $14.95
CARRINGTON starring Emma Thompson - $14.95
BOXING HELENA starring Julia Sands - $14.95
GREGORY'S GIRL - $14.95
MARIA'S LOVERS - $14.95
BREATHLESS starring Richard Gere - $14.95
FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL starring Hugh Grant - $14.95
JUST THE TICKET starring Andy Garcia - $14.95
MYSTIC PIZZA starring Julia Roberts - $14.95
THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR starring Pierce Brosnan - $19.98
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY starring Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal - $14.95
AT FIRST SIGHT starring Val Kilmer - $14.95
AUTUMN IN NEW YORK starring Richard Gere, Winona Ryder - $14.95
MOONSTRUCK starring Cher, Nicolas Cage - $14.95
THE CUTTING EDGE starring D.B. Sweeney - $14.95
RETURN TO ME starring David Duchovny, Minnie Driver - $14.95
UNTAMED HEART starring Christian Slater - $14.95
ROBOTECH: NEW GENERATION COMPLETE
COLLECTION (ADV)
All 26 episodes of the final third of the
Robotech series.
SECRET ADMIRER (MGM)
Starring C. Thomas Howell, Kelly Preston, Lori Loughlin.
SECRET BALLOT (Columbia/Tri-Star)
A story of the democratic process in Iran.
THE SHIELD (Fox)
Four-disc set of the first 13 episodes of this Emmy Award-winning series.
SIGNS (Buena Vista)
Starrring Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Cherry Jones, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin, Patricia
Kalember
One of the best films of 2002 is released in this special two-DVD set.
"Signs" is the story of an alien invasion and the power of faith.
SOUL CINEMA (MGM)
The following are now available on DVD at $14.95 each:
FOXY BROWN
I'M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA
COFFY
COOLEY HIGH
TRUCK TURNER
SUMMER LOVERS (MGM)
Starring Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah, Valerie Quennessen.
TIO'S GAME (York Entertainment)
TRUE LOVE (MGM)
Starring Annabella Sciorra, Ron Eldard.
TUNE IN TOMORROW (MGM)
Starring Keanu Reeves, Barbara Hershey, Peter Falk.
WHO IS CLETIS TOUT? (Paramount)
Starring Christian Slater, Tim Allen
Slater plays a convict trying to convince hitman Allen that he's the wrong guy.
THE WOMAN IN RED (MGM)
Starring Gene Wilder, Kelly LeBrock, Gilda Radner, Charles Grodin.
ABOUT A BOY (Universal)
Starring Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Sharon Small
A rich, self-absorbed bachelor is re-introduced to reality when his nephew must
move in with him.
ABOVE THE RIM (New Line)
Starring Tupac Shakur
BEAUTIFUL PREY (Asia Pulp Cinema)
A policewoman is caught up in a deadly game
of S&M.
BLUE CRUSH (Universal)
Starring Kate Bosworth, Matthew Davis, Michelle Rodriquez, Sanoe Lake, Mika Boorem, Chris
Taloa, Kala Alexander
A group of female friends set off on a spiritual surfing trip where they hope to
discover more than just the ultimate wave.
BLUE CRUSH: THE ORIGINAL (Video Action Sports)
BULLET (New Line)
Starring Tupac Shakur
DESCENDANTS
OF DARKNESS: VAMPIRE'S LURE (U.S. Manga)
First three episodes of the manga series.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. - A
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE (Ventura)
Documentary
FEAR DOT COM (Warner)
Starring Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone,
Stephen Rea
Truly bad horror flick about a website that, when viewed, ultimately kills the
viewer.
FOX STUDIO CLASSICS (Fox)
The following titles are released to DVD at
$19.98:
ALL ABOUT EVE
GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
GRIP STREET RACING VOL. 1 (Video Action Sports)
GTO VOLUME 6: HOLY FOREST (TokyoPop)
More anime adventures of the
ex-biker-turned-high-school-teacher.
THE HARDER THEY COME (Xenon)
Starring Jimmy Cliff
JANE GOODALL'S WILD CHIMPANZEES
(Slingshot)
A documentary about legendary scientist Jane
Goodall and her 40 years of work with the chimps at Gombe Park on Lake Tanganyka
in Africa. Also included are director's commentary, a behind-the-scenes
featurette and a "Making of the Music" segment featuring Johnny
Clegg.
JAY JAY THE JET PLANE: LIKING
YOURSELF INSIDE AND OUT (Columbia/Tri-Star)
The popular children's show returns with this
DVD containing three programs, "Picture Day," "Switcharound
Day" and "Evan Gets His Wings"
JOE AND MAX (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Til Schweiger, Leonard Roberts, Peta
Wilson
The story of Joe Louis and German champion Max Schmeiling and the matches
between them that were about far more than boxing.
KRUSH GROOVE (Warner)
Starring LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys
MAHALIA JACKSON: THE POWER AND
THE GLORY (Ventura)
Documentary
NIGHTFIGHTERS: THE TRUE STORY
ABOUT THE TUSKAGEE AIRMEN (Ventura)
Documentary
NOT OF THIS WORLD (Facets)
Starring Margherita Buy, Silvio Orlando,
Carolina Freschi
A nun tries to find the family of an
abandoned baby. In Italian with English sub-titles.
PING PONG CLUB DVD COLLECTION
(Central Park Media)
The complete series on 5 DVDs.
PIRATES ON THE PLAIN (Active)
Starring Tim Curry
A boy's imagination creates a pirate who is all too real to him.
POWER YOGA FOR RUNNERS (Video Action Sports)
PRISON SONG (New Line)
Starring Q-Tip, Mary J. Blige
SEX SECRETS AND LIES (MTI)
SHADOW BOXERS (Image)
A documentary about women's boxing.
SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG (Xenon)
TALKIN' DIRTY AFTER DARK (New Line)
TIME OUT (Buena Vista)
Starring Aurelien Recoing, Karin Viard, Serge
Livrozet
TRAPPED (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Charlize Theron, Kevin Bacon,
Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend, Dakota Fanning
A young doctor and his wife are held hostage while an extortion plan goes into
action.
UNDERCOVER BROTHER (Universal)
Starring Eddie Griffin, Denise Richards, Chris Kattan
A spoof of everything from action films to urban films. Features an alternate
ending.
X-MEN 1.5 (Fox)
Two-disc set of the popular film.
24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE
(MGM)
Starring Steve Coogan
The story of Tony Wilson, a TV reporter who was inspired by new wave music and
went on to form the Factory Records label and discovered bands like Joy
Division, New Order and Happy Mondays.
101 DALMATIANS II: PATCH'S LONDON ADVENTURE (Disney)
Starring the voices of Jason Alexander, Barry Bostwick, Martin Short, Bobby Lockwood,
Susanne Blakeslee.
BANNER OF THE STARS (Bandai)
Based on the book by Hiroyuki Morioka
BLOODY STREETZ (Artisan)
Starring Geno Grills
THE BOURNE IDENTITY (Universal)
Starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox,
Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje, Julia Stiles
The popular Robert Ludlum books gets another motion picture treatment, this time
starring Matt Damon as Jason Bourne. An extremely well-made and exciting action
film.
CLIFFORD: THE BIG RED DOG (Scholastic)
The Big Red Dog re-appears in "King Clifford"
THE COCKETTES (Strand)
The story of a group of gender-bending performers.
COUPLING (BBC Video)
Six episodes from the popular BBC series.
DECORATION DAY (Artisan)
Starring James Garner
DINNER RUSH (New Line)
Starring Danny Aiello
One crazy night at an Italian restaurant.
THE EYE OF VICHY (First Run)
A collection of long forgotten film footage
and newsreels produced by the Nazis and French collaborators during World War
II.
GHOST FILES: YU-YU HAKUSHO (Funimation)
The following "Dark Tournament"
titles are available on DVD: DEATHMATCH and THE EVIL DR. ICHIGAKI. Both are
uncut.
GIRLS FIGHT TONIGHT (MTI)
Starring C.C. Heidik, Tiffany Mayes, Maisi
Mayo
Street-fighting girl style.
GO FOR BROKE (Artisan)
Starring Pras, Lisa Raye, Michael Goorjian,
Bobby Brown, Glenn Plummer
A comedy about breaking out of prison.
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
(BBC)
Starring Richard Roxbrough
MAD LOVE (Columbia/Tri-Star)
ONE WEEK (First Look)
Starring Kenny Long, Eric Lane
ORDINARY DECENT CRIMINAL (Buena
Vista)
Starring Kevin Spacey, Linda Fiorentino,
Colin Farrell
THE PIANO LESSON (Artisan)
PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Lance Henriksen, Tricia O'Neil
Flying, man-eating fish attack again.
PYTHON II (Fox)
Starring Billy Zabka, Dana Ashbrook, Simmone
Jade MacKinnon
The giant, genetically engineered monster snake returns to sink its fangs into
fans one more time. Click here for python facts.
RAISING TENNIS ACES (Ventura)
A documentary about Serena and Venus Williams
SIMONE (New Line)
Starring Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Evan
Rachel Wood, Jay Mohr
Pacino stars as a filmmaker who has created the ultimate star - a CGI character.
THE SLEEPY TIME GIRL (Sundance)
Starring Jacqueline Bisset, Martha Plimpton,
Nick Stahl
SNOW QUEEN (Artisan)
Starring Bridget Fonda
TADPOLE (Buena Vista)
Starring John Ritter, Sigourney Weaver, Bebe
Neuwirth, Aaron Stanford
TOKYO DECADENCE (First Run)
Starring Miho Nikaido
The story of a high-paid prostitute driven to the edge by the increasingly
bizarre desires of her ultra-rich clients.
TWO OF US (Paramount)
Starring Aidan Quinn
A story of a post-Beatles meeting of John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
WORLD TRAVELER
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Billy Crudup, Julianne Moore, Karen
Allen, David Keith
BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Image /
Criterion)
The Criterion Collection edition of the film
by Jean-Luc Goddard.
THE BANGER SISTERS (Fox)
Starring Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon,
Geoffrey Rush
Hawn and Sarandon star as former groupies, one still deep in the rock'n'roll
world, the other a suburban mom, who re-unite after two decades and discover how
much they've grown apart and yet how much they're still the same. While
not a great film by any measure, "The Banger Sisters" is
entertaining enough, boasting high-charisma performances from Hawn and Rush and
a subdued yet brilliantly subtle performance by Sarandon. DVD features include
director's commentary, a blooper reel, an HBO special and more.
BLOOD CRIME (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring James Caan, Johnathon Schaech,
Elizabeth Lackey
A detective and a small town sheriff team up to find the man who attacked the
detective's wife and killed the sheriff's son.
BLOOD OF THE ZOMBIE: THE DEAD ONE
(Media Blaster)
1961 horror film.
COCAINE COWBOYS (Eclectic)
Starring Jack Palance, Tom Sullivan, Andy Warhol.
DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Image)
Starring Dustin Hoffman
THE DUO
(Vanguard)
Starring Ryan Wickerman, Bill
Wise, Marie Black, Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.
Self-styled superhores do their best to fight crime.
FEAR AND LOATHING
IN LAS VEGAS (Image/Criterion)
Starring Johnny Depp
The Criterion Edition of the bizarre Terry Gilliam film based on the book by
Hunter S. Thompson.
THE FOREIGNER
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Steven Seagal, Max
Ryan, Sherman Augustus, Katie Fischer
A freelance agent is hired to deliver a special package from France to Germany.
GAMERA DOUBLE
FEATURE (Retromedia)
Two giant turtle monster
films on on DVD.
GEORGE CARLIN:
PLAYING WITH YOUR HEAD (MPI)
Carlin's one-man show, filmed
at the Beverly Theater in Los Angeles and originally broadcast on HBO. Also
featured is a short film entitled "The Envelope" starring the late Vic
Tayback.
THE HEATER
(Vanguard)
Two homeless men attempt to
return a space heater.
IRON VIRGIN JUN
(Media Blaster)
Anime.
KAMA SUTRA (Media
Blaster)
Adult anime.
KIPPER: PLAYTIME
(HIT Entertainment)
The seventh title from the
hit preschool series is released.
THE LAST VAMPIRE
(MPI)
Starring Jeremy Brett, Edward
Hardwicke
Brett stars as the legendary Sherlock Holmes who takes on a case based on Sir
Arhtur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire." Says
Holmes, "The world is big enough for me. No ghosts need apply." We'll
see.
LOUDER THAN BOMBS (Vanguard)
MANGA ANIME
TITLES (Central Park Meida)
Titles include: THE VENUS
WARS; WILD CARDZ; STRANGE LOVE; SILENT SERVICE; NIGHTWALKER: ETERNAL DARKNESS;
NIGHTWALKER: MIDNIGHT DETECTIVE; KNIGHTS OF RAMUNE; BATTLE SKIPPER: THEMOVE; THE
COMPLETE SHAMANIC PRINCESS; DARKSIDE BLUES; DEMON CITY SHINJUKU; GARZEY'S WING.
MASTER OF
DISGUISE (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Dana Carvey,
Jennifer Esposito, James Brolin
Carvey stars as a waiter who discovers that he's part of a long line of masters
of disguise.
MOSTLY MARTHA (Paramount)
ONE HOUR PHOTO (Fox)
Starring Robin Williams, Connie Nielson,
Michael Vartan
Williams stars as a creepy film developer who delves too deeply into the lives
of his customers.
PINATA: SURVIVAL ISLAND (First
Look)
Starring Jaime Pressly, Nicholas Brendon,
Nate Richert, Garrett Wang
A group of college co-eds, vacationing on a deserted island, find themselves
chased by evil when a spirit escapes from a broken clay pinata.
PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Lance Henriksen, Tricia O'Niel
The classic horror film from director James Cameron comes to DVD.
RUGRATS MYSTERIES (Paramount/Nickelodeon)
SEIZE THE DAY (Montery)
Starring Robin Williams, Jerry Stiller
SERVING SARA (Paramount)
Starring Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley
SPAGHETTI WESTERN COLLECTION
(Image)
Four classic westerns on four DVDs.
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS: TALES FROM THE DEEP (Paramount/Nickelodeon)
THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC (MVD)
Jazz from superstars like Cab Calloway, Billy
Eckstine, Marion Anderson, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Duke Ellington, Ella
Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Della Reese
THUG HOLIDAY: TRICK DADDY UNCUT (UrbanWorks)
Starring Tirck Daddy, Ludacris, Outkast's Big Boi
TWO (UrbanWorks)
Two arch-enemy assassins are re-incarnated
for another go at it.