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2008 DVD News: |
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► Get
Smart: The Complete Collection, the EMMY winning comedy
series is available now on a 25 DVD megaset . The seven-time
EMMY® Award-winning comedy series, starring Don Adams
as title character Maxwell Smart, originally aired on NBC
from 1965 to 1970, and before its release in November of last
year, had never been available on home video. All five seasons
are included in the set featuring nearly 10 hours of stunning
bonus material such as a new, in-depth interview with co-star
Barbara Feldon (Agent 99), original featurettes, new episode
introductions, audio commentaries with cast and series co-creators
Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, never-before-seen bloopers, and
much, much more.
Time Life, working in conjunction with HBO Video, spent nearly
a year restoring and digitally re-mastering each individual
full-length episode of the celebrated series. Commenting on
the new look of the show, Get Smart executive producer Leonard
Stern remarked, "This incredible restoration means that
finally Get Smart can be seen the way it was meant to be seen."
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2nd |
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| January
8th |
► The
Naked Brothers Band Season One will debut on DVD
today. In addition to 13 episodes from Season 1, this 2-Disc
Set contains loads of Rockin’ Extras, including 5 Music
Videos, Behind-the-Scenes, Nat and Alex Rock Out and Speak
Out, and How to Rock.
► Smiley
Face starring Anna Faris and John Krasinski will
be released today.
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| January
15th |
► Suburban Girl
starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alec Baldwin will be released
on DVD today.
► Masters of comedy David Wain and Ken Marino team
up for outrageously funny movie,The
TEN--- a series of laugh-out-loud stories that reinterpret
--- and reinvent --- the Ten Commandments! The film features
an All-Star Ensemble Cast - including Adam Brody, Rob Corddry,
Famke Janssen, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Ken Marino, Gretchen Mol,
Oliver Platt, Paul Rudd, Winona Ryder, Liev Schreiber, Justin
Theroux and Jessica Alba!
Here is a link to 10 clips from The Ten on Youtube
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| January
22nd |
► Medabots: The Complete First
Season - Enter the world of Medabots, where kids have
the ultimate power -- and supercharged robots. Fueled
with artificial intelligence and a specialized arsenal
of high-powered weapons, the Medabots compete against
each other in exciting Robattles, with the winners acquiring
Medaparts from the defeated Medabot. But more than anything
else, these challenges are about courage and mind power,
where the soul of the Medafighter and Medabot combine
to emerge victorious. View the streaming
trailer here.
► Sleep tight naughty evildoers!
Don't let the Swamp
Thing bite! Enter into a mind-bending world where
a humanoid mass of plant life matter fights to protect
his swamp home, the environment and humanity from various
supernatural and evil threats as the comic book superhero
Swamp Thing comes to life!
►
Sex and Breakfast - A sexy, smart, insightful
dramedy, SEX AND BREAKFAST intertwines the lives of two
couples who experiment with group sex as a way to sort
out the rudiments of a successful relationship--sex, love,
and communication.
► America's sweetheart Amanda Bynes brings her trademark
style of comedy to the funny and charming underdog tale,
Sydney White.
When tomboy Sydney (Bynes) is banished from the most popular
sorority on campus, she is taken in by seven socially challenged
but endearing guys. With the help of her new friends, Sydney
stands up for outcasts everywhere and takes on the reigning
campus queen in a popularity showdown and battle for campus
dominance. But can she succeed and also win the heart of
gorgeous frat guy Tyler Prince? You'll love this hilarious
and sweet age-old story with a charming modern-day twist.
► In the DVD, The
Hunting Party, A young journalist (Eisenberg), a seasoned
cameraman (Howard) and a discredited journalist (Gere) embark
on an unauthorized mission to find the number one war criminal
in Bosnia; they find themselves in serious jeopardy when they
are mistaken as a CIA hit squad and their target decides to
come after them.
► In the DVD, Fatal
Contact, A naïve young athlete joins an underground
prizefighting circuit to earn a little extra money to support
his girlfriend. Surrounded by greed and ruthlessness, he is
hardened into a brutal fighting machine, defeating opponent
after opponent in a series of vicious battles, until he reaches
the ultimate showdown where both his life and his soul hang
in the balance.
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| January
29th |
► The Invasion
- The mysterious crash of the space shuttle leads to the terrifying
discovery that there is something alien within the wreckage.
Those who come in contact with it are changing in ominous and
inexplicable ways. Soon Washington, DC psychiatrist Carol Bennell
(Nicole Kidman) and her friend, Dr. Ben Driscoll (Daniel Craig),
learn the shocking truth about the growing extraterrestrial
epidemic: it attacks its victims while they sleep, leaving them
physically unchanged but strangely unfeeling and inhuman. As
the infection spreads, more and more people are altered and
it becomes impossible to know who can be trusted. Now Carol's
only hope is to stay awake long enough to find her young son,
who may hold the key to stopping the devastating invasion.
► Get
Infected just like your favorite victims from The Invasion
with this quick and nifty infection game. Just upload your favorite
picture and watch the infection come alive.
► King
of California - After spending several years in a
mental institute Charlie (Michael Douglas) is sent home, reuniting
with his teenage daughter Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood). Charlie
becomes obsessed with the notion that a long-lost Spanish
treasure is buried underneath their local suburban California
Costco. Disconnected from reality and his daughter's life,
Charlie's erratic behavior further strains their relationship
and completely disrupts her peaceful existence.
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| January
DVD Reviews: |
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REVIEW: Ten vignettes about the ten commandmadments? That
is exactly what the film The
Ten is attempting. I think I can definitely give this
film some major points for originality, and I feel the director
took a lot of chances with the subject material. It seemed
that throughout the film each vignette got a little more bizarre
as the narrator played by Paul Rudd guided us through the
big ten.
Rudd's performance was hilarious and his commentary between
vignettes was spot-on. There are few vignettes that stand
out more than others such as Prison, Puppet, and Naked Sunday.
Watching Winona Ryder make-out with a ventriloquist dummy
was a laugh riot. I also need to include an honorable mention
about the animated sequence Lying Rhino, which was also riotously
funny. Bonus features on the disc could have been a bit more
organized especially the additional scenes and outtakes. I
was itching to see the gag reel from this film, but it was
all mixed together with the deleted and additional scenes.
I give this film a B+ for tackling this subject matter and
succeeding, however the bonus features get a C- for lack of
organization! - Kristyn
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| REVIEW:
I'm sure that fans of any action-packed martial arts movie will
be satisfied with Dennis Law Sau-Yiu's, Fatal
Contact. Audiences who have enjoyed movies with Jackie
Chan and Jet Li will find this thriller entertaining and full
of amazing stunts. I wouldn't categorize myself as a movie-goer
that enjoys these types of kung-fu films what-so-ever, but I
could sit through Fatal Contact and remain engaged. Fans of
violence and a bit of blood will be pleased with the punching,
flipping, kicking and flinging of bodies right and left! It's
a guy's movie that may cause adrenaline to rise and the urge
to beat someone up a little more likely! - Julie
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| REVIEW: Another
Anna Faris movie? Her new movie "Smiley
Face" brings anything but smiles. Attempting to
become another hippy-trip pot smoking cult classic, it instead
is a total and utter comedic failing. Unlike her previous roles
in the "Scary Movie", her character lacks personality
and comedic timing is drastically off kilter with the rest of
the movie. The other minor characters Danny Masterson and John
Krasinski do provide some laughs. All in all, this movies potential
is left to wither and it provides almost no entertainment value.
- Tyler
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DVD
Releases in January 2008:
| January
1st DVD/Blu-ray Releases: |
| Avia II |
| Jimi Hendrix Live at Monterey |
| Resident Evil: Extinction |
| Seaquest DSV: Season Two |
| September Dawn |
| Shoot 'Em Up |
| The Tudors: Complete First Season |
| War |
| Weird Science seasons 1 & 2 |
| January
8th DVD/Blu-ray Releases: |
| 3:10 to Yuma |
| Ah! My Goddess season two: Flights
of Fancy volume 5 |
| All New Superfriends Hour Season
1, vol. 1 |
| All Star Family Fued |
| Con Air |
| Death Sentence |
| Dragon Wars D-War |
| Eagle vs Shark |
| Eurak Seven Volume 11 |
| Evil Roy Slade |
| Frankenhooker |
| Golden Door |
| Gunsmoke Season One |
| Lovejoy Season Two |
| Man On Fire |
| MI-5 volume 5 |
| Mobile Suit Gundam 12: Seed Destiny |
| Naked Brothers Band season 1 |
| Personal Best |
| Rob & Big Seasons 1 & 2
Uncensored |
| Sunshine |
| Sweatin' To The Oldies |
| The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter |
| The Pianist |
| The Raod To Rio /Road to Bali double
feature |
| The Riches season one |
| Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, Vol.
6 - A Wish Upon Waking |
| Two and A Half Men Complete Second
Season |
| Waltons: The Complete Sixth Season |
| Zodiak |
| January
15th DVD/Blu-ray Releases: |
| Alex Haley's Queen |
| 'Allo 'Allo Complete Series Seven |
| An Affair To Remember |
| Bleach Volume 8 |
| Chris Angel Mindfreak
Season Three |
| Dragonlance: Dragons of the Autumn Twilight |
| Earth versus the Flying Saucers |
| Family Guy: Blue Harvest |
| Full Metal Alchemist
Season 2, part 1 |
| Good Luck Chuck |
| Mr. Woodcock |
| Olivia Newton-John with the Sydney Symphony:
Live at the Sydney Opera House |
| Persuasion |
| Post-War Kurosawa Box
- Eclipse from Criterion (No Regrets for Our Youth, One
Wonderful Sunday, Scandal, The Idiot, I Live in Fear)
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| Rockford Files Season Five |
| Sabrina The Teenage Witch
Season Three |
| Saving Sarah Kane |
| She's Gotta Have It |
| Suburban Girl |
| The Incredible Human Machine |
| The Naked Prey |
| The New Adventures of Old
Christine |
| The Rock |
| The Ten |
| January
22nd DVD/Blu-ray Releases: |
| 4 by Agnès Varda (La Pointe
Courte, Cléo from 5 to 7, Le bonheur, Vagabond)
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| Avatar: The Last Airbender Book
3 FIRE, Vol. 2 |
| Banacek: The Second Season |
| Barney Miller Season Two |
| ER Complete Eight Season |
| Hawaii 5-O Season 3 |
| Hustle Complete Season Four |
| Make Room for Daddy season 6 |
| Miss Julie |
| Noein: To Your Other Self - The
Complete Series, Vol. 1-5 |
| Odd Couple: Third Season |
| Swamp Thing: Complete First Season |
| The Girls Next Door Season Three |
| The Simple Life 5th Season (Goes
to Camp) |
| This Sporting Life |
| Torchwood: Complete First Series |
| January
29th DVD/Blu-ray Releases: |
| Aqua Teen Hunger Force volume 5 |
| Blue Murder Set 2 |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm Sixth Season |
| Damages Complete First Season |
| Emergency! Season 4 |
| Family Guy - Blue Harvest Special
Edition |
| Hannah Montana One in a Million |
| Jag (Judge Advocate General) 5th
Season |
| Monty Python's Life of Brian |
| The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters |
| Twitches Too |
| Witchblade volume four |
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