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January 24, 2003
CineSchlock-O-Rama: James Cameron's Piranha II
Probe the schlocky depths of Jimbo's REAL Titanic --
Piranha II: The Spawning. Documentarian Isaac Julien ponders BaadAsssss Cinema with Pam Grier and genre jabberjaw Quentin Tarantino. Seduction siren Misty
Mundae attends
Satan's School for Lust. Childhood dreams of professional wrestling go horribly
awry in Sweets. Violence OUTSIDE the ring in Fighting Mad. More critter mayhem as a thirty-foot CGI
snake ravages Russia in Python II. Pornstars go almost legit in Sex, Secrets and Lies.
Plus, responses to reader
emails and, with a certain other 'roo topping the box office, Matilda
joins
CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.
This week The Aisle View takes a look at
This week The Aisle View takes a look at Darkness Falls, the horror film about a menacing tooth fairy, a film that shows all that's wrong and right about today's entries in the genre. Also check out The Aisle View's take on Confessions of A Dangerous Mind, Narc and Rabbit Proof Fence. Also check out DVD Talk's latest Theatrical Reviews including: Adaptation Just Married and Catch Me If You Can.
January 23, 2003
Mildred Pierce Redux, The Ice Runner,The American Friend and More
This week The DVD Savant takes a look at
Mildred Pierce which making a comeback, or at least the review here at DVD Savant, Image's
The Ice Runner a film that Savant followed during filming, Pépé le Moko the source film for all those steamy romantic adventures that play out in exotic locales, Wim Wenders' popular EuroNoir The American Friend, and Home Vision's flawless, uncut verson of Victim .
Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant and be sure not to miss Savant's Favorite DVDs of 2002.
January 20, 2003
Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees Giveaway
This week we've got a very special giveaway for Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees DVD. This 'large format' film is just one of many great films making their way on to DVD from theatrical release in IMAX theaters (thanks to the folks at Slingshot Entertainment). Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees is one of the most popular IMAX releases and it chronicles Jane Goodall's research which changed the way we look at Chimpanzees. Enter Now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees we're giving away this week!
This week marks DVD Talk's 4th year on the web! In the past four years DVD Talk has grown to be the largest DVD site on the net, now with over 5,000 DVD and Movie reviews, 5 regular columns (DVD Savant, CineSchlock-O-Rama, The Aisle View, The Blue Room and Cinema Gotham) 850,000 unique readers (over 16 million hits) and an active forum with well over a million posts. It's been a blast bringing you DVD News, Reviews and Info over the past four years and we look forward to the next year as we continue to build and grow what we offer our readers.
An interesting mix this week of notable DVDs including Universal's Spy thriller The Bourne Identity [Review], New Line Home Video's excellent Dinner Rush [Review] and not so excellent Simone [Review], MGM's non stop 24 Hour Party People [Review], Buena Vista Home Video's 'love it or hate it' Tadpole [Review] a sequel to a classic Disney film 101 Dalmations 2, Zetigeist Home Videos' ultra bizarre Little Otek [Review], The Sundance Channel's emotional Sleepy Time Gal, and the Hal Ashby/Warren Beatty
sudsy classic Shampoo.
Universal has announced 3 separate DVD releases for Red Dragon on April 1st: Widescreen Collector's Edition, Full Frame Collector's and a 2 Disc Director's Edition. Both Collector's Editions will feature: Audio Commentary by Director Brett Radner and Writer Ted Tally, Hannibal Lecter profile by profiler John Douglas, The life history of Hannibal Lecter, Deleted Scenes, and more. The Director's Edition includes all the features from the Collector's Edition plus: Director Brett Ratner's Video Diary, A rare look at the film production, Brett Ratner's untitled student film
a film from NYU Film School, Screen and Film Tests, The Dragon Tattoo, Storyboard to Final Feature Comparisons.
January 19, 2003
The Aisle View: Confessions of A Dangerous Mind
This week The Aisle View takes a look at Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, George Clooney's surprisingly polished and lively adaptation of TV
game show meister Chuck Barris. Also check out The Aisle View's take on Narc and Rabbit Proof Fence. Be sure not to miss DVD Talk's latest Theatrical Reviews including: Adaptation, Just Married, and Catch Me If You Can .
Universal has announced the DVD release for Jonathan Demme's train wreck of a remake The Truth About Charlie. Set for release on April 1st, The Truth About Charlie will presented in anamorphic widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: audio commentary with Jonathan Demme, deleted scenes, making-of featurette. The one saving grace of the The Truth About Charlie DVD is that on the second disc of this 2 DVD release is the classic film Charade with Carey Grant and Audrey Hepburn - one of our favorite movies!
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