June 21, 2002
The Aisle View: Minority Report
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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
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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
Online Stores Start Free Shipping War
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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!
Blade II - Up for Pre-Order
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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
Brotherhood of The Wolf!
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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
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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!
Big DVD-Audio Price Drop
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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
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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
Ken Burns' Opus 'The Civil War' Comes To DVD
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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.
Queen of The Damned
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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.
Changing Lanes
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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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