December 11, 2000

My, how time flies when you have DVDs to watch and to keep you busy... do you realize there's only two weeks left before Christmas?  We've been pretty busy writing a number of DVD movie reviews.  Then, we added a number of new upcoming DVD titles.  Are you ready?

First up are a couple of DreamWorks DVD titles.  DreamWorks seems to be putting out some really good titles for this holiday season.  Adding to their list and coming out tomorrow is their latest animated movie, The Road To El Dorado.  We think this DVD is easily worth its weight in gold.  Another gold nugget is the recent DTS re-release of The Prince of Egypt, based on the biblical story of Moses and deliverance of the Hebrew people from slavery (from the book of Exodus).  These are two awesome feature animations from DreamWorks that are not to be missed.

Next, we have a preview of New Line's upcoming Se7en re-release as a 2-disc Platinum Series (scheduled for December 19).  New Line has been releasing some great Platinum Series titles, and Se7en is no exception.  It's a new video transfer and a new audio re-mix that includes both THX Surround EX and DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 soundtracks.  Fans of this movie and of mystery/thrillers will not want to miss this version.

Speaking of thrillers, we also recently reviewed Malice, a smart thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.  For Russell Crowe (of Gladiator fame) fans, you may be interested in our review of his DVD movie No Way Back.  It's not quite a gladiator of a movie.  For the savvy investors out there, we recently reviewed the 1987 blockbuster hit Wall Street.  Check out these and other DVD movie titles on our DVD movie reviews page.

As far as Upcoming Releases go, we added the following titles: Dr. T. and the Women (2/6/01), Urban Legends: Final Cut (2/6/01), Urban Legend / Urban Legends: Final Cut 2-pack (2/6/01), Manhunter (2/13/01), In the Line of Fire: Special Edition (2/27/01), Dr. Strangelove (2/27/01), and Ben Hur (3/13/01).

December 7, 2000
How is everyone doing?  It's tough out there in the holiday shopping crowd isn't it?  Remember the true reason for the holiday season and you'll be all right.  

We've got some DVD movie news for you today.  First up is a chick flick entitled Beautiful coming February 20.  It's about a beauty pageant queen having to re-prioritize her life in order to realize her real dreams and find what is truly beautiful in her life.  It stars Minnie Driver (Return To Me) and Kathleen Turner (Baby Geniuses), and is directed by Sally Field.  The DVD features an anamorphic widescreen transfer for 16x9 widescreen TVs, 4:3 full screen, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby surround, English and Spanish subtitles, and five theatrical trailers.  This movie made its theatrical release in 2000 and its DVD will list for $24.95.

Next, the new Cirque du Soleil: Dralion DVD will be available January 23.  Dralion is Cirque du Soleil's 12^th 
live stage show.  Filmed live on stage in San Francisco, Dralion features a combination of ancient Chinese circus tradition and the avant-garde approach of Cirque du 
Soleil (for which they are famous).  The DVD will 
feature anamorphic widescreen, "the making-of" 
featurette, multi-angle performances, and production 
notes.  The multi-angle feature should be cool.  If past performance on the Cirque du Soleil: Quidam DVD (available now) is any indication, we would bet that 
Dralion will be another all-time favorite.  If fact, Dralion and Quidam will be available together in a two-pack, also released on January 23.  The list price for Dralion will be $24.95, while the two-pack will be $39.95, mere bargains considering the ticket price for the live stage show.

In addition to those titles mentioned above, we added The Second Jungle Book (2/6/01) to our Upcoming Releases page.  Finally, we heard that Buena Vista Home Video has cancelled the DVD release of Reindeer Games: Exclusive Director's Cut for December 12.  They are still planning to release the VHS versions (full screen and widescreen) though.  For whatever reasons they decided to do that, we don't know.  Go figure.  I guess Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer won't be participating in any reindeer games this holiday season.  Sorry, I just had to get that one in there.  

December 2, 2000

We have quite a few new upcoming release title announcements for you today: Battlefield Earth (1/16/01), Heaven and Earth (1/16/01), River's Edge (1/23/01), Woman on Top (2/13/01, in time for Valentine's Day), Michael Jordan to the Max (IMAX, 2/13/01), The Greatest Story Ever Told (3/6/01), Revenge of the Nerds and Revenge of the Nerds II (double feature, 2/13/01), Porky's and Porky's II: The Next Day (double feature, 2/13/01), 12 Angry Men (3/6/01), Smilla's Sense of Snow (3/13/01), The Ice Storm (3/13/01), Paradise Road (3/13/01), Grand Canyon (3/13/01).

The Greatest Story Ever Told is a 1965 movie about the life of Jesus, from birth to resurrection, and features an all-star cast with no less than Charlton Heston, Martin Landau, Angela Lansbury, Sidney Poitier, and John Wayne.  MGM spent nearly a half million dollars for the complete restoration of this epic film which was produced with a budget of $20 million (an even larger sum in those days).  The two-disc set will feature an anamorphic widescreen transfer, 2.75:1 aspect ratio, Dolby Digital 5.1, a brand new documentary with interviews with the director and cast, an original "making-of" featurette, deleted scene, photo gallery, an original theatrical trailer, and a collectible booklet.  As we noted above, this title is coming out March 6, in time for Easter.

We also have a number of other family-oriented and children's titles.  All are due out March 6, 2001: All Dogs Go To Heaven, All Dogs Go To Heaven 2, The Secret of NIMH 2, Fluke, Getting Even with Dad, and Napoleon.