Some nice announcements this week, with Fox finally setting a date for THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. I've been asked by nervous fans to investigate JOURNEY, which is listed as mono when the earlier VHS's and laserdiscs have been in very good stereophonic sound. Hopefully this is just a marketing oversight, but if it's not, maybe someone who reads this can tip off a Fox insider. We want our Bernard Herrmann contra-bassoons (and that weird archaeic instrument he also used) in 5.1 from the original theatrical stereo mix!

One more review to slip in this week. MGM's The Decameron is basically a dirty movie from the 14th century, presented with such purity of style that it plays as honest, and sometimes beautiful. 3-score bawdy tales from Boccacio unspool in Pier Paolo Pasolini's tapestry of lust and good humor.

Coming up shortly: GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, and more interesting rarities. Thanks! Glenn Erickson