Entertainment > Movies / TV DVD Releases: Week of February 14th Posted by R. Flagg on Feb 14, 2006, 20:14

Notable Releases

Proof

Best Price: $19.99 @ Best Buy

The Features:

� Commentary by Director John Madden

� Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Director John Madden

� From Stage To Screen: The Making of Proof

Grey's Anatomy: Season 1

Best Price: $16.99 @ Best Buy

The Features:

� 9 episodes on two discs

� Commentaries

� Under The Knife: Behind The Scenes Of Grey's Anatomy

� A Hard Day's Night: Exclusive collection of unaired scenes from the pilot

� Deleted Scenes

� Alternate Main Title Sequence

� French Spoof Trailer: A fake French trailer made by the production team

La Bete Humaine (Criterion Collection)

Synopsis:

Based on the classic �mile Zola novel, Jean Renoir�s La b�te humaine was one of the legendary director�s greatest popular successes, tapping into the fatalism of a nation in despair. Jean Gabin�s emblematic portrayal of doomed train engineer Jacques Lantier granted him a permanent place in the hearts of his countrymen. Part poetic realism, part film noir, the film is a hard-boiled and suspenseful journey into the tormented psyche of a workingman.

Best Price: $21.97 @ DVDPlanet.com

The Features:

� New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the original uncut version

� New and improved English subtitle translation

� Introduction to the film by Jean Renoir

� New interview with director Peter Bogdanovich

� Archival interviews with Renoir discussing his adaptation of Emile Zola's novels, his process with actors, and directing actress Simone Simon

� Gallery of on-set photographs and theatrical posters

� Theatrical trailer

� A booklet featuring writings by film critic Geoffrey O'Brien, historian Ginette Vincendeau, and production designer Eugene Lourie

Metropolitan (Criterion Collection)

Synopsis:

One of the most the most significant achievements of the American independent film movement of the 1990s, writer-director Whit Stillman�s debut, Metropolitan, is a sparkling comedic chronicle of a middle-class young man�s romantic misadventures among New York City�s debutante society. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Stillman�s deft, literate script and hilariously highbrow observations mask a tender tale of adolescent anxiety.

Best Price: $25.97 @ DVDPlanet.com

The Features:

� New, restored high-definition digital transfer

� Commentary by director Whit Stillman, editor Christopher Tellefsen, and actors Chris Eigeman and Taylor Nichols

� Rare Outtakes and Alternate Casting with Commentary by director Whit Stillman

� A new essay by author and film scholar Luc Sante

Young Mr. Lincoln (Criterion Collection)

Synopsis:

Few historical figures are as revered as Abraham Lincoln, and few director-star pairings embody classic American cinema as perfectly as do John Ford and Henry Fonda. In Young Mr. Lincoln, their first collaboration, Fonda gives one of the finest performances of his career as the young president-to-be struggling with an incendiary murder case as a novice lawyer. Compassionate and assured, this indelible piece of Americana marks the beginning of Ford and Fonda�s ascent to legendary status.

Best Price: $23.21 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com

The Features:

� New, Restored High-Definition Digital Transfer

� A profile of John Ford's early career and a talk show episode featuring Henry Fonda, both from the BBC

� Archival audio interviews with Ford and Fonda, conducted by the filmmaker's grandson Dan Ford

� Academy Award Theater radio dramatization of Young Mr. Lincoln, downloadable as an MP3 file

� Gallery of Production Documents

� 28 page booklet featuring critic Geoffrey O'Brien and an homage to Ford by Sergei Eisenstein

Cake

Synopsis:

A travel writer (Heather Graham) who begrudgingly assumes control of her father's wedding magazine finds the new experience might just change her take on love.

Best Price: $16.19 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com

The Features:

� Deleted Scenes

� Bloopers and Outtakes

� Behind the Scenes of Cake

� Trailers

Nine Lives

Synopsis:

Writer/Director Rodrigo Garc�a leads an incredible ensemble cast in this masterful film about nine uninterrupted moments in the lives of nine unique women. Sandra desperately wants to connect with her daughter from behind prison walls; Diana confronts an old lover; Holly challenges her stepfather; Sonia reels from her boyfriend's disclosure; Samantha is stuck as a peacemaker between her two parents; Lorna attempts to comfort her ex-husband; Ruth considers an affair; Camille faces the limitations of her body; and Maggie discusses life while in a cemetery.

Timely, powerful and provocative, these interweaving tales confront the relationships, past and present, which hold us captive. Nine women. Nine histories. Nine mysteries. Nine Lives.

Best Price: $19.99 @ Best Buy

The Features:

� Q&A at the Lee Strasberg Theater & Film Institute with Cast and Crew

� The Women Of Nine Lives

� Working With One Continuous Take

� Sonia: Blocking A Scene

� Maggie: A Day At The Cemetery

Reel Paradise

Synopsis:

Award-winning director Steve James' (Hoop Dreams) Reel Paradise tells the extraordinary story of indie film guru John Pierson and his family's unique adventure running a cinema in one of the most isolated villages on the planet.

Best Price: $15.86 @ DVDPacific.com

The Features:

� Commentary

� Deleted Scenes

� Alternate Ending

� Split Screen: The Fiji Stooges

She's One Of Us

Synopsis:

One of French cinema's boldest debut films, She's One of Us is a stylish, sardonic glimpse at a woman perpetually hovering on the edge of life. So socially inept that she steals bits of conversation and hobbies from others, Christine Blanc is a temp who drifts from one dead-end job to another. Desperate for connection, she reaches out to her boss and forms a tenuous friendship, leading to an explosion of rage when Christine's phony persona is exposed. Yet, in an ironic twist, her life changes, and as she becomes more and more confident, Christine becomes "one of us"...with chilling results.

Best Price: $16.63 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com

The Features:

� Deleted Scenes

� Making-of

� Short Film: "Nos Enfants"

� Director's Book of Notes

� Theatrical Trailer

� Liner Notes by film critic Mark Peranson

The World

Synopsis:

World acclaimed Chinese director Jia Zhangke casts a compassionate eye on the daily loves, friendships and desperate dreams of the twenty-somethings from China�s remote Provinces who come to live and work at Beijing�s World Park. A bizarre cross-cultural pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center, World Park features lavish shows performed amid scaled-down replicas of the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, St. Mark�s Square, the Pyramids and even the Twin Towers.

From the sensational opening tracking shot of a young dancer�s backstage quest for a Band-Aid to poetic flourishes of animation and clever use of text messaging, Jia adroitly balances the personal with the geopolitical in this unique exploration of the all too human stories behind the rush of a swiftly changing society.

Best Price: $18.15 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com

The Features:

� Gorgeous new 16:9 transfer, created from hi-def elements

� Video interview with film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum

� Character sketches and an essay on the real World Park

� Production notes by director Jia Zhangke

� On-set photo gallery

� Original theatrical trailer

Other Releases

3 Guys, 1 Girl, 2 Weddings

Alonzo Bodden: Tall, Dark, and Funny

Always Say Goodbye

America: Live In Concert

American Experience: LBJ

Andy Griffith Show: Complete Fifth Season

Ant: America's Ready

The Art Of Orgasm For Men And Women: The Multi-Orgasmic Couple

Asylum Street Spankers: Re-Assembly - 10th Anniversary Reunion Concert

Ballykissangel: Complete Series Four

Beauty Shop: The Original Stage Play

Big Bad John

The Blitz: London's Longest Night

Booty Patrol, Vol. 3

Charles In Charge: The Complete First Season

Club Paradise

Collision Course

Cop Killers

Deal of the Century

Deep Purple: Made in Japan

Do I Love You?

Eve Graham: The Mountains Welcome Me Home

For Hire

For Richer, For Poorer

Framed

The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air: The Complete Third Season

The Frisco Kid

Fronterz

Gimme A Break: Season One

Golden Girls: Season Four

Goof Troop: Volume 1

Goyokin

Hardwood Dreams: Vol 1 And 2

The Ice Runner

Iris

The Journey

Ju Dou

King Of The Cage: Underground Extreme

The Last Victory

Lie With Me

Living Single: The Complete First Season

Lost Embrace

Martha Stewart: Martha's Complete Weddings

Miles Davis: Live in Germany 1988

Moody Blues: Lovely To See You

NBA Street Series: Volume 3

Odd Jobs

One Love 2: True Ballin'

Overhaulin: The Complete Second Season

The Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson

Penetration: Re-Animated

The Pretender: The Complete Third Season

Promises! Promises! (Amazon.com Exclusive)

Quack Pack: Volume 1

Quick Change

Rain

Running Mates

The Russian Specialist

See This Movie

Sharpe's Complete Collection

Shaq TV: Reality Series

Shut Up And Kiss Me

National Geographic: Sky Monsters

Southern Cross

South From Granada

The Thing About My Folks

Three Nuts In Search Of A Bolt (Amazon.com Exclusive)

Tori Amos: Video Collection: Fade To Red

TR: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt

Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern

Truman

Ultimate Gretzky (Special Edition)

Up the Academy

Who's That Girl

William Eggleston in the Real World

Notable Horror & Sci-Fi Releases

Saw II

Best Price: $14.99 @ Circuit City

The Features:

� Commentary with Director Darren Lynn Bousmann and Actors Donnie Wahlberg and Beverley Mitchell

� Jigsaw's Game

� Bits and Pieces: The Props of Saw II

� The Traps of Saw II

� Storyboards and Conceptual Art Gallery

� Trailers

Zathura (Special Edition)

Best Price: $14.99 @ Circuit City

The Features:

� Commentary with Director Jon Favreau and Producer Peter Billingsley

� The Right Moves: The Making of Zathura

� Race To The Black Planet: A Visual Effects Documentary

� The Cast of Zathura

� Making the Game

� Miniatures and the World of Zathura

� The World of Chris van Allsburg

� Zorgons, Robots and "Frozen Lisa"

He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe: Season 1, Vol. 2

Best Price: $24.99 @ Best Buy

The Features:

� Two 4x6 art cards by Earl Norem and Gilbert Hernandez

� The Stories of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Interviews with producers, writers, directors, and experts, specifically commenting on the Season One episodes #34-65

� He-Man Invades the San Diego Comic-Con: Edited version of the panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2005, plus footage from the signings at the convention booth

� Full length animated storyboard with interactive episode comparison for episode #40, "House of Shokoti, Pt. 1"

� 50 detailed profiles of various characters, creatures and artifacts

� Trivia and "fun facts

� Commercial spots

� DVD-ROM feature: 5 complete episode scripts (.PDF format)

Farscape: Season 3, Collection 2 (Starburst Edition)

Best Price: $16.61 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com

The Features:

� The middle eight episodes of Farscape's third season on four discs

� Commentary for Green Eyed Monster Episode with Ben Browder and director Tony Tilse

� Commentary for Relativity Episode with Lani Tupu & director Peter Andrikidis

� Deleted Scenes

� Four cast interviews: Ben Browder (Crichton), Wayne Pygram (Scorpius), Gigi Edgley (Chiana), Paul Goddard (Stark)

� Farscape TV Promos

� Updated Character Histories: Chiana, Captain Bialar Crais, Jool, Stark, Scorpius, Scorpius Neural Clone

� Cool Farscape Facts by Paul Simpson (Farscape: The Illustrated Companion)

� Alien Encounters

� Production Design Gallery

MirrorMask

Synopsis:

MirrorMask centers on Helena, a 15-year-old girl in a family of circus entertainers, who often wishes she could run off and join real life. After a fight with her parents about her future plans, her mother falls quite ill and Helena is convinced that it is all her fault. On the eve of her mother's major surgery, she dreams that she is in a strange world with two opposing queens, bizarre creatures, and masked inhabitants. All is not well in this new world, the white queen has fallen ill and can only be restored by the MirrorMask, and it's up to Helena to find it. But as her adventures continue, she begins to wonder whether she's in a dream, or something far more sinister.

Best Price: $19.99 @ Best Buy

The Features:

� Commentary by Director Dave McKean and Writer Neil Gaiman

� Neil Talks: Interview with Writer Neil Gaiman

� Dave Talks About The Film: Interview with Director Dave McKean

� Beginnings: The Genesis of Mirrormask

� Cast & Crew Interviews

� ComicCon 2003: A Q&A session

� Day 16: Time Lapse Video of One Entire Day of Production

� Flight Of The Monkeybirds: Making the Monkeybird Sequence

� Giants Development: Design and Creation of the Giant Sequence

� Poster and Cover Art Gallery

October Moon

Synopsis:

Elliot, a shy young man, is shunned by his family, friends and fianc�e when he falls for another man, Corin. Unfortunately, Corin already has a significant other, and as Elliot finds himself rejected at every turn, he slips into paranoia and rage, determined to get what he desires most...

Best Price: $19.99 @ Best Buy

The Features:

� Commentary with director Jason Paul Collum & star Jerod Howard

� Making-of

� Production Still Gallery

R-Point

Synopsis:

During the Vietnam War, a South Korean army base begins receiving mysterious radio transmissions from a patrol that went missing six months earlier. A shell-shocked commanding officer (Gam Woo-Sung) and a ragtag military unit are sent into the desolate stretch of land known as R-Point to gather clues as to the whereabouts of the missing soldiers. What appeared to be a clear search and rescue mission turns into something far more terrifying than any battle.

Best Price: $15.13 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com

The Features:

� Commentary by Director Su-Chang Kong

� Mission R-Point

� Creating 1972 Vietnam

� Special Effects Featurette

� Original Theatrical Trailer

Zombie Honeymoon

Synopsis:

How far would you go for true love? After pledging their undying love for one another, happy newlyweds Danny and Denise head to the Jersey Shore for their honeymoon. The romantic start to their new life is cut short when Danny is attacked on the beach and Denise discovers that her new husband has become a flesh-eating zombie! As he tries to contain his cannibalistic behavior for the sake of their marriage, Denise decides to stand by her man "for better or worse." But will Danny's decay eventually cause Denise to forsaker her true love?

Best Price: $17.96 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com

The Features:

� Commentary with Actors Tracy Coogan and Graham Sibley

� Commentary with Director/Writer Dave Gebroe

� Deleted Scenes

� Gag Reel

� Behind-the-Scenes

� Audition Tapes

� Photo Gallery

Other Horror & Sci-Fi Releases

Aliens Gone Wild

Beast in the Cellar

Bleeders

The Dawn

Hollywood Vampyr/Knight Chills

House of 9

Inexchange

Anime Releases

Ghost Stories: Junior Jitters - Volume 3

Hare + Guu: Volume 1

Hare + Guu: Volume 1 (with Collector's Box)

Loveless: Lost and Found - Volume 1

Maburaho: Divine Intervention - Volume 6

Mars Daybreak: Volume 4

Mezzo Forte (With T-Shirt)

Panda-Z: The Robonimation - Volume 4

Rurouni Kenshin TV Series: Season Three Box

Saint Seiya: Collection 1

Samurai Gun: The Bitter End - Volume 4

Tenjho Tenge: Round Five

Tetsujin: The Phantom Thief - Volume 3

Best Buy Weekly Deals

2 for $15:

The Bourne Identity (Extended Edition)

The Chronicles of Riddick (Unrated Director's Cut)

Dawn of the Dead (2004 Unrated Director's Cut)

Old School (Unrated)

Romeo + Juliet (Special Edition)

Seed of Chucky (Unrated)

The Thing (Collector's Edition)

The Cat in the Hat

Collateral

Grease

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Love & Basketball

Moulin Rouge

Must Love Dogs

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Pleasantville

Proof of Life

The Ring

The Sandlot 2

Shaun of the Dead

The Terminal

Two Weeks Notice

Van Helsing

A Walk To Remember

The Wedding Singer

White Noise

Wimbledon

You've Got Mail

Circuit City Weekly Deals

2 for $15:

American Pie (Unrated Collector's Edition)

National Lampoon's Animal House (Double Secret Probation Edition)

Born on the 4th of July (Special Edition)

The Bourne Identity (Extended Edition)

The Chronicles of Riddick (Unrated Director's Cut)

Dawn of the Dead (2004 Unrated Director's Cut)

Eurotrip (Unrated)

The Fast & the Furious (Tricked Out Edition)

Liar Liar (Collector's Edition)

Old School (Unrated)

Reality Bites (10^th Anniversary Edition)

Seed of Chucky (Unrated)

The Thing (Collector's Edition)

8 Mile

Along Came Polly

American Me

Battlestar Galactica (1978 Pilot)

Biker Boyz

The Cat in the Hat

Catch Me If You Can

Collateral

The Game

The Great Outdoors

The Ring

The Rundown

Shaun of the Dead

The Terminal

Traffic

Van Helsing

White Noise

Wimbledon

$14.99:

Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume 4

Da Ali G Show: The Complete Second Season

Fresh Prince: The Complete Second Season

$17.99:

Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Fourth Season

Dukes of Hazzard: The Complete Fifth Season

Entourage: The Complete First Season

Everybody Loves Raymond: The Complete Fifth Season