April 2003
BRIGHT KIDS (Wanrer)
Two new "Sagwa: The
Chinese Siamese Cats" titles and two new "Cailou" on are
released.
CHEYENNE (MTI)
Starring Gary Hudson, Bobbie
Phillips, M.C. Hammer, Bo Svenson
A bounty hunter in the old west finds his hardest target - a beautiful woman.
COMEDY TITLES
(MGM)
The following are released on
DVD:
FATAL INSTINCT starring Armand Assante
THE COUCH TRIP starring Dan Aykroyd
MARRIED TO IT starring Cybill Shepherd
MEMORIES OF ME starring Alan King and Billy Crystal
THE MISSIONARY starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith
PALOOKAVILLE starring John Forsythe and Vincent Gallo
THE PEREZ FAMILY starring Marisa Tomei, Angelica Huston, Alfred Molina
POPI starring Alan Arkin
A PRIVATE FUNCTION starring Maggie Smith and Michael Palin
PRIVATES ON PARADE starring John Cleese
SIBLING RIVALRY starring Kirstie Alley, Scott Bakula
UNDERCOVER BLUES starring Dennis Quaid, Kathleen Turner
THE CRIME OF
PADRE AMARO (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Gael Garcia Bernal,
Ana Claudia Talancon
A recently ordained priest falls in love with a passionate young woman.
FRIENDS: THE BEST
OF FRIENDS SEASON 1 AND SEASON 2 (Warner)
The title says it all,
doesn't it?
FRIENDS: THE
COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (Warner)
The complete first season of
the ever-popular sitcom comes to DVD.
JUST CAN'T GET
ENOUGH (WolfeVideo)
Starring Jonathan Aube,
Shelley Malil
The true story of the Chippendale's murders.
LONE STAR: STATE
OF MIND (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Joshua Jackson,
Jamie King, Matthew Davis, Ryan Hurst, D.J. Qualls, John Mellencamp
A young coule who want nothing more than to leave their home town of Bennett,
Texas are held up by their friends.
MARRIED WITH
CHILDREN: THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS EPISODES VOL. 2 (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Ed O'Neill, Katey
Sagal, Christina Applegate, David Faustino
More from the Fox network's second best-loved family.
RED DRAGON
(Universal)
Starring Anthony Hopkins, Ed
Norton
The third film in the Hannibal Lecter series is released to DVD. Included in
this two-disc set are director's commentary, video diary, screen tests, film
tests, more.
THE SECRETARY
(Lions Gate)
Starring Maggie Gylenhaal,
James Spader, Jeremy Davies
Twisted film about a young woman with no self-esteem and her sadistic boss. The
cast is absolutely perfect. Included are director commentary, star commentary,
deleted scenes.
STAR TREK: DEEP
SPACE NINE: SECOND SEASON (Paramount)
The complete second season of
the popular television series comes to DVD on 7-discs and tons of extras.
THE TRUTH ABOUT
CHARLIE (Universal)
Starring Mark Wahlberg.
Directed by Jonathan Demme.
THE ULTIMATE RANGERS: THE BEST OF THE POWER RANGERS (Buena Vista)
UNCLE SADDAM
(Xenon Pictures)
A satirical yet sobering look
at the regime of Saddam Hussein.
VAN'S WARPED TOUR
LIVE (Image)
The hugely popular punk tour
comes to DVD. Featured are MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES, BAD RELIGION, NEW FOUND
GLORY, NOFX, REEL BIG FISH, MORGAN HERITAGE, ALKALINE TRIO, NO USE FOR A NAME
and GOB.
WEST SIDE STORY
(MGM)
The classic film comes to DVD
in this spectacular, 2-disc set which includes a scrapbook, original working
script, one-hour retrospective documentary, never-before-seen footage and
photos, more.
THE WILD
THORNBERRYS MOVIE (Paramount)
Includes a music video and PC
game demo.
BARNEY'S READ
WITH ME! DANCE WITH ME! (HIT)
Another volume featuring the
Big Purple Dinosaur.
BIG WARS (Central Park Media)
THE BLACK MARBLE
(Anchor Bay)
Starring Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, Harry Dean Stanton
CARTOUCHE (Anchor
Bay)
Starring Jean-Paul Delmondo,
Claudia Cardinale
DVD BOXSETS
(Anchor Bay)
The following box sets are
released:
3 FROM THE MIND OF STEPHEN KING including CHILDREN OF THE CORN; CREEPSHOW 2 and
MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE
LIVING IN THE 80S including HEATHERS; GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN and SOUL MAN.
PAUL VERHOEVEN COLLECTION including THE 4TH MAN; SOLDIER OF ORANGE; BUSINESS IS
BUSINESS, KATIE TIPPEL and TURKISH DELIGHT
BLOODY GOOD BRITISH COMEDIES starring THE BEST OF BENNY HILL, ARE YOU BEING
SERVED and CLOCKWISE
THE AGATHA CHRISTIE MYSTERIES including DEATH ON THE NILE, EVIL UNDER THE SUN;
THE MIRROR CRACK'D
GREAT PERFORMANCES including FRANCES, PLENTY and TENDER MERCIES
FOR DA LOVE OF
MONEY (Urbanworld)
Starring Pierre, Sacha Kemp
When a rumor starts that a man has tons of cash from an armored truck robbery in
his home, all of the neighbors want a piece of the action.
FIVE WIVES, THREE SECRETARIES AND ME (Anchor Bay)
A GIRL CALLED
ROSEMARIE (Anchor Bay)
Starring Til Schweiger
A MAN, A WOMAN
AND A BANK (Anchor Bay)
Starring Donald Sutherland,
Paul Mazurskey, Brook Adams.
PLAYBOY: HIP HOP
& ROCK (Playboy)
Big name music stars become
photographers. Hosted by Nicole Narrain.
PREHISTORIC
PLANET: THE COMPLETE DINO DYNASTY (BBC)
Documentary
SANITARIUM (Bedford)
STREET BALL: THE
AND 1 MIX TAPE (MVD)
The first TV show ever
dedicated to streetball.
THINGS BEHIND THE
SUN (Showtime)
Starring Kim Dickens, Gabriel
Mann, Eric Stoltz, Roanna Arquette, Don Cheadle
Based on director Alison Anders real-life experience.
TOKYO BABYLON (Central Park Media)
WALKING WITH
CAVEMEN (BBC)
Documentary
HARRY POTTER AND
THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (Warner Bros.)
The blockbuster based on the
novel by J.K. Rowling comes to DVD including 19 additional/extended scenes,
self-guided tour of the Chamber of Secrets, Dumbledor's Office and Diagon Alley,
interviews with the cast, interview with Rowling and screenwriter Steve Kloves,
more.
101 REYKJAVIK
(Wellspring)
Starring Victoria Abril
A young man has an affair with a woman he discovers is his mother's lesbian
lover.
ANTIBODY (First
Look)
Starring Lance Henriksen,
Robin Givens
A team of experts use a tiny experimental craft to try and save a terrorist,
without whom, Europe is doomed.
BIG SHOT'S
FUNERAL (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Donald Sutherland,
Paul Mazursky, Ge You, Rosamund Kwan, Ying Da
A famous film director slips into a coma and it's up to his cameraman to plan a
blow-out funeral. With no money, however, he's got to come up with some crazy
schemes.
CUBE 3: Hybercube (Lions Gate)
DARKWOLF (Fox)
Starring Jaime Bergman, Kane
Hodder, Tippi Hedren
A werewolf stalks the streets of Los Angeles.
DESPISER (Eagle Films)
DRUMLINE (Fox)
Starring Nick Cannon, Zoe
Saldana
The story of a street drummer who finds a place in a university marching band.
Includes director's commentary and deleted scenes.
EVELYN (MGM)
Starring Pierce Brosnan,
Aidan Quinn, Julianna Marguiles, Alan Bates
Brosnan produces and stars in this true story about a father who faces
impossible odds to keep his family together. Includes two featurettes, audio
commentary with director Bruce Beresford, Brosnan, interviews, more.
FAMILY GUY,
Volume I (Fox)
A four disc set from the
popular animated television show. Includes audio commentary, behind-the-scenes
featurettes, deleted scenes.
FATE DID NOT LET
ME GO (Terra Entertainment)
Narrated by Martin Sheen and
Liv Ullman
The true story of a mother's farewell letter, written to her son just days
before she died in the Thereseinstadt concentration camp during the Holocaust in
1942, delivered to her son 50 years later, when he was 79.
THE HEART OF THE SOUL (Wellspring)
MIDNITE MOVIES
(MGM)
The following double features
are released to DVD:
PSYCH-OUT starring Jack Nicolson, Susan Strasberg, Dean Stockwell, Bruce Dern
with THE TRIP starring Peter Fonda
ANGEL UNCHAINED starring Don Stroud, Tyne Daly with CYCLE SAVAGES starring Bruce
Dern, Melody Patterson
INVISIBLE INVADERS with JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET
MUSCLE BEACH PARTY starring Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello with SKI PARTY
starring Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman
CRY OF THE BANSHEE starring Vincent Price with MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
starring Jason Robards and Herbert Lom
MIRACLE OF LIFE
(Wellspring)
Starring Gloria Quinlan
A workout for pregnant women that allows them to stay fit while pregnant.
MUSICAL TITLES
(MGM)
The following titles are
released on DVD:
A CHORUS LINE starring Michael Douglas
ROADIE starring Meat Loaf and Alice Cooper
ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS
BEAT STREET
BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO
LAMBADA
SALSA
RAPPIN'
MUSLIMS
(Wellspring)
An in-depth look at what it
means to be a Muslim in the 21st Century.
OBSTACLES
(Ventura)
Starring E-40, Brian Hooks,
D-Shot, Suga T
A pair of long-time enemies find themselves at odds once again when one,
formerly bound for college, steps in on the others trade: drugs. Rated R.
P.D. JAMES TITLES
(Lance)
Two titles from the mind of
P.D. James:
THE BLACK TOWER
A TASTE FOR DEATH
PENTHOUSE PET OF THE YEAR PLAY-OFF 2003 (Image)
PHOBIC (MTI)
Starring Billy Parish,
Anthony Azizi
RAN (StudioCanal)
Akira Kurosawa's classic film
comes to DVD in this "Masterworks Edition". Included are commentary
track with Peter Grilli, Stephen Prince, restoration demo, production notes,
weblinks.
SIGNATURE SERIES
(Lion's Gate)
The following titles are
released to DVD in features-packed special editions:
CUBE
LOLITA
MONSTER'S BALL
O
AMORES PERROS
EVE'S BAYOU
THE SINGING
DETECTIVE (BBC)
Three DVD set containing the
mystery miniseries.
SPIRITED AWAY
(Buena Vista)
The Academy Award-winning
animated film is released to DVD.
THE TRANSPORTER
(Fox)
Starring Jason Statham, Matt
Schulze
Fast and furious action flick about a underworld delivery man who is set up and
then is forced to
exact his revenge. Okay, it may be ridiculous, but it's a total blast. Includes 15 minutes of unrated, extended action
footage.
WALKING ON WATER
(Wellspring)
Starring Vince Colosimo,
Maria Theodorakis, Judi Farr
ANDROID KIKAIDER
(Pioneer)
Anime as seen on the Cartoon
Network.
ANIMATED TITLES
(Warner Bros.)
The following titles are
released on DVD:
JUSTICE LEAGUE: JUSTICE ON TRIAL
BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES: TALES OF THE DARK KNIGHT
CHALLENGE OF THE SUPERFRIENDS: ATTACK OF THE LEGION OF DOOM
X-MEN: EVOLUTION: MUTANTS RISING
THE BELIEVER
(Lions Gate)
Starring Ryan Gosling, Billy
Zane, Summer Phoneix
Intense and controversial film about a young Jewish man living as a neo-Nazi.
Includes commentary track with director Harry Bean, featurettes, video interview
with Bean, more.
BLOODY SUNDAY
(Paramount)
The story of the brutal 1942
clash between Irish civil rights activists and the British Army.
CLASSIC MUSICALS
(Warner)
The following classic
musicals are released to DVD:
HIGH SOCIETY starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra
LES GIRLS starring Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall
SILK STOCKING starring Fred Astarie, Cyd Charisse
BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940 starring Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell
KISS ME KATE starring Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller
THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK celebrating 100 years of musical history
DEADLY SPECIES
(Artisan)
A group of adventurers are
hunted by a monster in the Everglades.
DRUG WARS: THE
CAMARENA STORY (Artisan)
Starring Benecio Del Toro
The true story of a DEA agent murdered in Mexico.
FIRE ON THE
MOUNTAIN (First Run Features)
The story of the U.S. Army's
10th Mountain Division.
THE JOURNEYMAN
(Velocity)
Starring Brad Hunt, Daniel
Lapaine, Dash Mihok, Arie Verveen, Willie Nelson
LIVIN' THE LIFE (Artisan)
MERCI POUR LE
CHOCOLAT (First Run Features)
Starring Isabelle Huppert,
Jacques Dutronc
MOBILE FIGHTER G
GUNDAM - BOX SET III
Anime as seen on the Cartoon
Network.
NIGHT AT THE
GOLDEN EAGLE (Screen Media)
Starring Ann Magnuson,
Natasha Lyonne, Vinnie Jones, James Caan
Includes audio commentary, interviews.
ONCE A THIEF
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie
Cheung, Kenneth Tsang, Cherie Chung
Three retiring thieves become obsessed with a
mysterious cursed painting. From director John Woo.
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (HBO)
SPEED RACER
(Artisan)
The first 11 episodes, never
before released on DVD. Includes cool rubber tire pacakaging.
STANDING IN THE
SHADOWS OF MOTOWN (Artisan)
Documentary
WINDS OF TERROR
(Fox)
Starring Timothy Hutton,
Vanessa Williams, Terry O'Quinn
An FBI agent is called in to find the cause of a mysterious illness that might
be bio-terrorism.
YOUNG GUNS
(Artisan)
Starring Emilio Estevez,
Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Philips, Charlie Sheen
The popular western comes to DVD in this special edition featuring audio
commentary with the stars, a documentary on the real "Billy the Kid,"
trivia.
100 WOMEN (Trimark)
Starring Chad Donella, Erin
Bartlett, Jennifer Morrison, Clint Howard
AMERICAN FAMILY:
THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (Fox)
Starring Edward James Olmos,
Constance Marie, Rachel Ticotin, A.J. Lama, Raquel Welch
Six discs collection including all 22 episodes of the PBS series' first season.
AMOR DE
HOMBRE (TLA Releasing)
A comedy about a school teacher in Madrid
who's surrounded by gay men and can't find someone to love her.
CHRONICALLY
UNFEASIBLE (TLA Releasing)
A political comedy about Brazilian society
in chaos.
CUBE 2: HYPERCUBE (Trimark)
DARKNESS
FALLS (Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Chaney Kley, Emma Caufield
DARK
SHADOWS, VOLUME 5 (MPI)
Starring Jonathan Frid, Kathryn Leigh
Scott, Jerry Lacy
Four more discs and 40 complete episodes from the popular horror soap opera.
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT'S THE ADVENTURES OF ANTOINE DOINEL (Image)
GEORGE
CARLIN: GEORGE'S BEST STUFF (MPI)
A compilation of George Carlin's legendary
routines. 87m. $19.98
LOCKDOWN
(Columbia/Tri-Star)
Starring Richard T. Jones, Master P
A man is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit in a case of mistaken
identity.
LIVING AND
DYING ON EVEREST (MPI)
A chronicle of the Big Climb - Mount
Everest from a completely different perspective, including a report on the
"Everest 2000 Environmental Expedition" whose goal was to climb the
mountain ... and to clean off all the old trash.
MR. BEAN:
THE WHOLE BEAN (A&E)
Starring Rowan Atkinson
All 14 episodes in one complete set. $49.95
MURDER ON A
SUNDAY MORNING (Docudrama)
2001 Oscar winner for best documentary.
SON OF THE
BEACH (Fox)
The 21 episodes fo the first season of Howard Stern's
campy cable
show is released to DVD with featurettes, more. Includes "too hot for
TV" bonus footage plus the "lost" episode, "Chip's A
Gay."
TREASURE PLANET
(Disney)
The animated film comes to
DVD.
TWO WEEKS NOTICE
(Warner)
Starring Hugh Grant, Sandra
Bullock
Includes additional scenes, gag reel, commentary by Bullock, Grant and
writer/director Marc Lawrence; HBO Behind the Scenes, more.
XENA: WARRIOR
PRINCESS (Anchor Bay)
Starring Lucy Lawless
The popular televison series comes to DVD in this 24-episode, seven-disc set.