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June 21, 2002
The Aisle View: Minority Report
This week The Aisle View takes a look at Spielberg's latest film Minority Report. See how this film stacks up against A.I. and how much influence working with the late great Stanley Kubrick may have had on both Spielberg and cruise. Also, in case you missed them be sure to read The Aisle View's take on Windtalkers, Scooby-Doo, The Bourne Identity and The Sum of All Fears
June 20, 2002
DVD Savant Goes 20 Million Miles
This week The DVD Savant goes 20 Million Miles to Earth to bring you the latest review of Ray Harryhausen's monster show from Columbia Tri-Star. DVD Savant also takes a look at Lost Command, Will Penny, The Great Race and Bad Company (not the dreadful one in the theaters with Chris Rock) - a seldom-seen gem from with Jeff Bridges and Barry Brown about draft evaders from the Civil War, who find out that living by one's wits out West isn't as easy as they thought it would be. All this and More in This Week's DVD Savant
You've got to LOVE shipping & price wars! First DVDEmpire started the shipping wars by offering Free Shipping on 4 or more items, next Amazon.com lowered the minimum for their free shipping to $49, then Buy.com threw down the gauntlet and offered Free Shipping with No Minimum, and of course DeepDiscountDVD.com has always offers free shipping. The end result of all these shipping wars- better deals for you!
New Line Cinema has announced a super 2 disc Platinum Edition DVD for Blade II! Set for release on Aug 30 Blade II will be presented in 1.85:1 Widescreen enhanced for 16x9 TVs with both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 and feature: 2 commentary tracks - one with the Writer and Director and the other with one of the Producers and Wesley Snipes, an Isolated Music Score, Deleted Scenes, Interactive Director's Notebook, Original making of Documentaries, music videos and more. Pre-Order Blade II from DVDEmpire at 33% off for $19.99
Universal has finally announced the highly anticipated DVD release for Brotherhood of The Wolf. Set for release on October 1st Brotherhood of The Wolf will be presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen with both English and French 5.1 audio. The only real features which Brotherhood of The Wolf will sport are some production notes and deleted scenes, but Brotherhood of The Wolf is such an amazing movie, it's still worth picking up! Pre-OrderBrotherhood of The Wolf at 30% off!
June 19, 2002
Janet Jackson Live in Hawaii
If you had any doubt about the explosive growth in Music on DVD, Warner Bros, has announced that they're partnering with Eagle Rock Entertainment to release a number of live concert performance DVD. The first one out of the gate is Janet Jackson-Live In Hawaii. Due out on September 3rd Janet Jackson-Live In Hawaii will be presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 and feature never before seen bonus footage of Ms. Jackson providing viewers an exclusive backstage pass to her world tour.
Pre-Order Janet Jackson-Live In Hawaii and look for more Music DVDs to be announced from this partnership soon!
DVD-Audio is getting what it needs most - a series price drop. This week Amazon has lowered it's prices across the board on almost all of it's DVD-Audio DVDs from the $25 range down to around $14.99. Most DVD-Audio DVDs have 5.1 audio mixes which can play in standard DVD Players and with DVD-Audio DVDs being as inexpensive as CDs it's a great time to check them out. If you need help finding the best DVD-Audio DVDs check out DVD Talk's Review Section dedicated to DVD-Audio.
June 17, 2002
Lord of The Rings Extended Edition
Lord of the Rings fans rejoice! You can now pre-order The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Special Extended DVD Edition)! Featuring a 208 minute cut (over 30 mins more than the theatrical cut) The Lord of the Rings - Extended Edition will be released on November 12 as a 4 DVD Special Platinum Series Edition. In addition to the new cut of the film the The Lord of the Rings - Extended Edition will feature 4 audio commentary tracks with over 30 participants, featurettes on everything from adapting the book, special effects, and costumes. Footage from early production meetings, 'A Day in the Life of a Hobbit, Visual effects features with multi-angle progressions and much much more!
Pre-Order The Lord of the Rings - Extended Edition
Exciting news for Ken Burns fans: PBS Home Video has announced the DVD release for The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns . Considered by many to be one of his masterpieces The Civil War (all 9 episodes) will be released as a 5 DVD special edition on September 17th and feature: Five fill hours of audio commentary by Ken Burns, Behind the Scenes The Civil War Reconstruction, interviews with the Director, Writers and Musicians, 2 featurettes on Ken Burns and how he works, interactive battlefield maps and more! If The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns is anywhere near as good a DVD set as Ken Burns' Baseball then it's destine to become a DVD Talk Collector's Series DVD.
Warner Bros has announced the DVD Release for Queen of the Damned (Based on an amalgam of Anne Rice's book's The Vampire Lestat and Queen of The Damned). Queen of the Damned is set for release on August 27 and will feature: Audio Commentary with the filmakers, Deleted Scenes, 3 'Lestat' music Videos, Extended Concert Sequences, a gag reel, and several featurettes including - 'Aaliyah Remembered'. 'The Music of Lestat'. and 'Creating the Vampires'. Pre-Order Queen of the Damned now.
Paramount has announced the DVD release for the Samuel Jackson/Ben Affleck thriller Changing Lanes. Set for release on September 10th Changing Lanes will feature: A Director's Commentary, The Making Of Changing Lanes, A Writer's Perspective Featurette, Deleted Scenes, Extended Scenes, and some Alternate Endings. If you're looking for a good thriller and overlooked Changing Lanes in the theater you'll want to make sure you catch it on DVD!
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