DVD Talk: February 9, 2003 - February 15, 2003 Archives

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Warner Bros has announced the DVD release for Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets! Set for release on April 11th Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets will be presented in separate 2 disc widescreen and full screen versions with Dolby Digital 5.1 EX audio and feature: 19 Additional Extended Scenes Not Seen In Theaters (hopefully easier to find than on the first Harry Potter DVD!), Self-Guided Tours of the Chamber of Secrets, Dumbledore's Office and Diagon Alley, Conversation with J.K. Rowling and Steve Kloves, Interviews with Students, Professors, Gallery of Production Sketches, Voice Activated DVD-ROM Features, the Official Hogwarts Animated Timeline and Over 15 Animated Puzzles, Sliders, Screensavers etc. You can now Pre-Order Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets at DVDEmpire, Amazon, DeepDiscountDVD and DVDPlanet

TimeLife.com has just put up for sale the next volume in the Beavis and Butt-Head series The Best of Beavis and Butt-Head Part II. This 3 volume set (Get Law-Abiding Citizens/There Goes the Neighborhood - Work Sucks/The Final Judgment and Hard Cash) contains 39 more Beavis and Butt-Head episodes with 4 music videos. TimeLife.com is selling The Best of Beavis and Butt-Head Part II for $29.99 or you can get The Best of Beavis and Butt-Head Part I & II (6 volumes/80 Episodes) for $59.96 and use Code: F2S7HL for free shipping on your order! These DVD sets are sold exclusively at TimeLife.com.

This week The Aisle View takes a look at Daredevil, the latest adaptation from the Marvel Comics empire, and addresses the shocking question: Is Daredevil, better than Spider-man? The Aisle View's take on The Hours, Adaptation and The Recruit Also check out DVD Talk's latest Theatrical Reviews including: Old School and Jungle Book 2.

We at DVD Talk are HUGE fans of the HBO series Six Feet Under. DVD Talk Reviewer Ron Epstein gave Six Feet Under the DVD Talk Collector's Series Rating (our highest rating). We were bowled over when we learned that Six Feet Under - The Complete First Season for almost $40 off MSRP!!!! Not only can you pick up Six Feet Under for the low price of $61.70 Deep Discount DVD offers FREE SHIPPING on the DVD, so that's ALL you'll pay. Be sure not to miss this fantastic deal WHICH EXPIRES on TUESDAY 2/18/03!!!

Amazon.com has a special Preview Sale Exclusively for DVD Talkers! That's right you get first crack on their "Red Hot Warner Bros DVD Sale" with 350 titles priced between $8.99 - $14.99. This Special Sale goes 'wide' to the public on Tuesday but you get a chance to pounce on it now! Some standout deals include Night Shift and Altered States for $8.99 each, The Bridges of Madison County for $11.99, Two New Line's Direct to DVD: The Prime Gig [Review] and Happy Campers [Review] both at $8.99 and a whopping 64% off MSRP! As well as some great WB 2 Disc SE's Singin' in the Rain (Special Edition) [Review], Amadeus (Director's Cut) [Review] and True Romance (Unrated Director's Cut - Special Edition) [Review] at $17.99 each! Don't miss your chance to get the first crack at this Exclusive Preview Sale.

This week The DVD Savant takes a look at Criterion's Beauty and The Beast a reissue that improves greatly on both the presentation of the feature and the extras that accompany it, Image's The Mind Snatchers is not a classic, but a retitling of 1972's The Happiness Cage, Anchor Bay's The Complete Musketeers which does for Dumas what every classic deserves, a faithful adaptation that captures the fun of the original. Columbia brings out a pristine copy of a vintage musical Pennies From Heaven and Something Weird'skooky caveman double bill of When Women Had Tails and 50,000 B.C. (before clothing). Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Warner Bros. has announced the DVD Release for The Matrix: Special Edition. Set for release on April 29th (a few weeks before Matrix Reloaded is in theaters) The Matrix: Special Edition (a 2 DVD SE) contains all the special features from The Original Matrix DVD and The Matrix Revisited DVD as well as number of sneak peeks at The Matrix Reloaded, The Animatrix, The Matrix Video Game and new web site trailers and TV Spots and the Marilyn Manson music video - "Rock is Dead". You can Pre-Order The Matrix: Special Edition for only $19.57 which is only a few dollars more than getting The Matrix Revisited and a LOT less than buying both The Original Matrix DVD and The Matrix Revisited

This week we have a very special giveaway for MGM's Special Edition release for Thelma & Louise. The Thelma & Louise: Special Edition. DVD features: Commentary by director Ridley Scott, Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis and writer Callie Khouri, a three-part documentary featuring new interviews with cast and crew, 30 minutes of newly found deleted/extended scenes, Alternate ending with director's commentary, and much more! Enter Now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of the Thelma & Louise: Special Edition DVD.

Some great notable DVDs out this week including last years big indie hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding [Review] which features a very good commentary track. Fox this week can be considered a 'fan pleaser' with the debut of Angel Season One on DVD and the release of the supped up X-Men 1.5 [Review]. From Buena Vista comes Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal [Review] a stark contrast to the slick Ocean's Eleven. Lions Gate submits Diamond Men [Review] for the list of 'best films you've never seen'. Finally Columbia Tri-Star sneaks in the film-makers cult classic Living in Oblivion while at the same time casting out the uber material girl bomb Swept Away [Review].

Victory over VHS oblivion! Following an exhausting 62 WEEK critterhunt, the vigilance of CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted has been rewarded with the capture of Predator 2! Ancient Egypt gets kinky with Mummy's Kiss. The shazbot hits the fan when Mork from Ork goes postal in One Hour Photo. Grindhouse auteur Nick Phillips explores The Pleasures of a Woman. Killer insects swarm everyone's favorite Power Ranger in Infested. An L.A. playboy juggles scheming babes in Cruel Game. Plus, responses to reader emails and Roger Moore's ffolkes joins the Most Wanted list.

Blair Underwood came to fame on the television show L.A Law and most recently starred alongside Julia Roberts in Steven Soderbergh’s latest DVD release Full Frontal. He play’s an actor named Calvin and exudes a charisma and charm that is every bit as present in real life as it is on the screen. DVDTalk writer Phillip Duncan had a chance to chat with Underwood before the DVD release of Full Frontal and had a chance to ask him about Soderbergh’s decidedly different methods for directing this film. Read The Complete Interview with Blair Underwood

Artisan continues their path of re-releases with Young Guns: Special Edition set for release on DVD April 22. Young Guns: Special Edition will feature a completely new digitally remastered widescreen version of the film (16x9 enhanced) with 5.1 DTS audio and feature: audio commentary with Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Lou Diamond Phillips and Casey Siemaszko, a documentary on the real Billy The Kid, a Trivia Facts Track and more. Pre-Order Young Guns: Special Edition Now.

Fox Home Video has announced the DVD release for Drumline. Set for release on April 15th Drumline will be released in separate Widescreen and Full Screen releases with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and featuring: audio commentary by Director Charles Stone III, Deleted scenes with optional Director audio Commentary, A Making-Of Featurette, and more. Pre-Order the sleeper hit Drumline today.