DVD Talk: May 5, 2002 - May 11, 2002 Archives

Elite's two-disc triumph Re-Animator: Millennium Edition oozes with engrossing new extras and a sharp A/V upgrade -- enter to win one of five copies in this exclusive giveaway! Also, more William Castle tinkering with Thir13en Ghosts. Stark Raven blasts zombie hiney in Shatter Dead. Stan Winston Studios gives Earth vs. the Spider a FX makeover. Plus, responses to reader emails and The Stepfather joins CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.

Paramount has picked DVD Talk as the place to get feedback on some of the titles they're looking at for release on DVD in 2003! Have an impact on what comes to DVD and let them know which titles (from 11 they are considering) list deserve SE treatment. Post your thoughts and comments to this thread in the DVD Talk forum and help impact some Paramount DVDs in 2003!

Buena Vista has announced two very eagerly anticipated Quentin Tarantino titles coming to DVD on August 20: Pulp Fiction Collector's Edition a 2 DVD set features a new anamorphic widescreen transfer, deleted scenes with Director's introduction, and original documentary about Tarantino, behind the scenes featurettes, a ton of interviews, The Charlie Rose Show and more! and Jackie Brown Collector's Edition also a 2 DVD set with anamorphic transfer, Tarantino Interview, making of documentary, deleted scenes with Director's introduction , Siskel and Ebert's review still gallery and much more!

Britney Spears fan will be pleased to hear that Paramount has announced a feature packed DVD for her big screen debut in Crossroads. Set for release on July 23, Crossroads features: a DVD Welcome by Britney Spears, Commentary with Producer Ann Carli, Writer Shonda Rhimes and Director Tamra Davis The Making-Of Crossroads: 40 Days with Britney, First In Line: Inside The Crossroads' Premiere, 7 Deleted Scenes with On-Camera Introductions by the Director, Break Through Britney - Fun Facts and Inside Comments from Britney Accessed During the Movie, 2 Music Videos: "Overprotected" and "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman", A Sing Along with Britney Karaoke Videos, and much more. DVD Empire has this Britney Love Fest on Preorder at 35% off

Columbia Tri-Star has announced the latest video game turned motion picture on DVD: Resident Evil. Set for release on July 30th Resident Evil: Special Edition will feature audio commentary with director Paul W.S. Anderson and the cast (exactly who hasn't been announced), five making-of featurettes, 'My Plague' music video by Slipknot and more. You can Pre-Order Resident Evil at Amazon.

This week in Independently Minded we have the next installment of Cinema Gotham with coverage of the premiere for HBO's documentary Telling Nicholas, the brutally honest look at one boy's experience after losing his mother on September 11th. With all the 9/11 tributes and specials airing these days this is the one to watch. Also we've got a complete review of a Real Job a virtual 'How To Make A Movie With No Money' DVD. Aside from being a great example of no budget movie making it's also a sweet and funny movie. Read all this and more Indie news at Independently Minded.

Dreamwork's has announced the DVD Release for HG Wells' The Time Machine. Set for release on July 23 The Time Machine will be presented in anamorphic widescreen with both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 audio, and feature: a behind-the-scenes featurette about the making of the Morlocks, with an interview with visual effects guru Stan Winston, Audio commentary with director Simon Wells and editor Wayne Wahram, Second commentary track with producer David Valdes, production designer Oliver Scholl, and visual effects supervisor James E. Price, animated sequence featuring a selection of Simon Wells’ original storyboards set to music, behind-the-scenes look creating the time machine, a deleted scene and a look at the film's effects.Pre-Order The Time Machine Now.

This week The DVD Savant takes a look at Fox's Releas of Marilyn Monroe The Diamond Collection 2. Also check out his reviews of Disney's Pollyanna, Image's Flight to Mars, The Light at the Edge of the World and Synapse's The Brain that Wouldn't Die. Read all this and more in The DVD Savant.

This week we've got a very special giveaway, courtesy of Warner Bros. Home Video. Enter for your chance to win one of 5 copies of the hip Steven Soderbergh remake of the Rat Pack flick Oceans 11 - and you can be sure we will be giving away the Widescreen Edition of this great DVD featuring: Commentary by director Steven Soderbergh and writer Ted Griffin, Commentary by stars Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Andy Garcia, a HBO First Look, behind-the-scenes documentary and more! Enter Now For Your Chance to Win Oceans 11 on DVD!

In a very surprising move, we got word today that The Royal Tenenbaums will be a CRITERION EDITION (distributed by Buena Vista). This is a huge win for Criterion! The Criterion Edition of The Royal Tenenbaums is set for release on July 9th and will be presented in anamorphic widescreen with both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 and will feature: A Director's Commentary by Wes Anderson, deleted scenes, out takes, making-of feature and behind the scenes footage and a number of featurettes on the art direction and production design. Pre-Order the Criterion Edition of The Royal Tenenbaums Now.

This week we've got a very special giveaway, courtesy of Buena Vista Home Video. Enter for your chance to win one of 5 copies of the spooky thriller The Others. Presented in a 2 DVD Special Edition The Others features the 30 min documentary 'A Look Inside The Others', a number featurettes including an intimate look at director Alejandro Amenabar, and more. Enter The Others DVD Giveaway Now!

DVD Talk had another day in the 'Sun', this time quite literally as Chicago Sun Times columnist and uber-reviewer Roger Ebert pointed his readers to DVD Talk's Thread on Mulholland Drive where DVD Talker 'berserker37' painstakingly detailed out where the chapter stops SHOULD BE on the Mulholland Drive DVD. David Lynch isn't a chapter stop fan and omitted them on both Mulholland Drive and The Straight story, now thanks to DVD Talk Members you can now have do-it-yourself chapter stops for both movies.