Entertainment > Movies / TV DVD Releases: Week of August 30th Posted by R. Flagg on Aug 30, 2005, 13:02

Monster-In-Law
Best Price: $14.99 @ Circuit City
The Features:
� Commentary with director Robert Luketic, Wanda Sykes, producer Chris Bender, production designer Missy Stewart and director of photography Russell Carpenter
� Deleted scenes with director introduction
� Gag Reel
� Welcome Back, Jane Fonda!
� Keeping it Real with Jennifer
� Vartan, the Man!
� Robert Luketic: The Man Behind the Monster
� Trendsetters: two-part featurette on lifestyles and fasion
� "Ruby's Make-up Bag
� Teaser and theatrical trailers

The Blues Brothers (25th Anniversary Edition)
Best Price: $13.99 @ Circuit City
The Features:
� Stories behind the making of The Blues Brothers: Go behind the scenes with John Landis, Dan Aykroyd, and the Blues Brothers band; Exclusive in-depth interviews with the cast and crew and never-before seen footage
� Introduction to the film by Dan Aykroyd
� Going Rounds: A Day on the Blues Brothers tour
� Transposing the music
� Remembering John
� Musical Highlights
� Production Notes

Pretty Woman (15th Anniversary Special Edition)
Best Price: $13.80 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� All-New Commentary from director Garry Marshall
� Deleted Scenes
� Blooper Reel
� Live From The Wrap Party
� LA: The Pretty Woman Tour
� 1990 Featurette
� Cast Reunion Interview
� Natalie Cole Music Video

Tommy Boy (Holy Schnike Edition)
Best Price: $14.99 (Includes Bobblehead) @ Best Buy
The Features:
� Commentary by Director Peter Segal
� 6 Deleted Scenes
� 6 Alternate Takes
� 15 Extended Scenes
� Gag Reel
� Behind the Laughter
� Growing Up Farley
� Just the Two of Us
� Stories from the Side of the Road
� 7 Storyboard Comparisons
� Photo Gallery
� Theatrical Trailer
� 19 TV Spots

Clueless (Whatever! Edition)
Best Price: $12.99 @ Circuit City
The Features:
� The Class of '95: A look at the cast, then and now
� Creative Writing: Director Amy Heckerling talks about creating the world of Clueless
� Fashion 101: How the filmmakers invented the trend-setting fashions
� Language Arts: Director and cast give the 411 on the groundbreaking slang
� How To Play the "Suck 'n Blow" Game: A Tutorial
� Driver's Ed: Get behind the wheel with the cast and crew
� We're History: Stories from the cast and crew
� 2 Theatrical Trailers

Nip/Tuck: The Complete Second Season
Best Price: $39.99 @ Best Buy
The Features:
16 episodes on six discs
� Cutting Room Floor: Over 40 minutes of deleted scenes
� Recurring Pain: Three Women and Their Man

House, M.D.: Season One
Best Price: $39.99 @ Best Buy
The Features:
� Dr. House
� Medical Cases Set Tour
� The concept
� HOUSE-isms
� Casting session with Hugh Laurie

Roseanne: The Complete First Season
Best Price: $23.99 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
All 23 episodes from Season One
� Bloopers
� Roseanne on Roseanne: a new candid interview
� Season One highlights
� Wisdom from the domestic goddess
� Interview: John Goodman takes a look back

Ripping Yarns: The Complete Series
Synopsis:
Created by Monty Python�s Michael Palin and Terry Jones, this riotous BBC series spoofs the adventure stories that were a staple of Edwardian schoolboy life. Plucky heroes solve crimes, explore the Andes, and dabble in dark mysteries. Set includes all nine lavishly produced half-hour episodes, which aired in the late 1970s, and are still screamingly funny. John Cleese and Eric Idle have brief cameos.
Best Price: $26.00 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Nine episodes on two discs
� Commentary by Michael Palin and Terry Jones on all episodes
� Laugh-track-free audio option
� Deleted scene
� Photo gallery
� Comic Roots: Michael Palin, 1983
� Restoration clip
� Commemorative booklet
� DVD-ROM: Michael Palin's original script

As Time Goes By: Complete Original Series
Synopsis:

Once upon a time, a dashing young British Army officer and a lovely student nurse fell deeply, magically in love. Then he was shipped off to Korea and they never heard from one another. Forty years later, fate brings them together again... with hilarious results. From the first moment Jean and Lionel meet again to the wedding of Alistair and Judith, all the classic moments are here for fans to enjoy.
Best Price: $125.99 @ Amazon.com
The Features:
� All 57 episodes, plus the one-hour special You Must Remember This, on 11 discs
� Excerpts from Judi Dench's BAFTA tribute, featuring personal anecdotes from Geoffrey Palmer
� Interviews with Geoffrey Palmer, Moira Brooker, and Philip Bretherton
� Trailers

As Time Goes By: Complete Series 8 & 9
Synopsis:
In this collection of final classic episodes, Alistair and Judith prepare for their wedding. Harry gets an offer to start a new life in Canada, but will Sandy be a part of it? As the younger generation starts to move on, the house begins to feel empty for Jean and Lionel. But a mystery woman on their doorstep and a surprise reappearance ensure things won't be dull for long.
Best Price: $24.99 @ Circuit City
The Features:
� The complete series 8 and 9 (10 episodes), plus the one-hour special You Must Remember This
� Interviews with Geoffrey Palmer, Moira Brooker, and Philip Bretherton
� Trailers

Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge: The Complete Series
Synopsis:
Alan Partridge is the hilariously unprofessional host of the cheesiest talk show imaginable. Self-absorbed and further handicapped with an ABBA fixation, Alan confronts an endless parade of C-list celebrities week after week with mounting frustration and antagonism. For anyone whoever lost the remote control during an inane talk show, Knowing Me Knowing You delivers the "Scenes We'd Like to See."
Best Price: $23.39 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Shows 1-6 plus the Knowing Me Knowing Yule Christmas special
� Cast and writer commentaries
� Alan Aid (Comic Relief UK)
� Ruralan (Alan Partridge's Country Ramble)
� Originalan (untransmitted test footage - April 14, 1994)
� Original promos
� Still Alan (photo gallery)
� Biographicalan (cast and crew biographies)
� As Well as Alan (cast and crew credits)

The Mind Of The Married Man: The Complete First Season
Synopsis:
Can married men survive in modern times? Today, there are more responsibilities. Obligations. Temptations. At the dawn of the 21st Century, it's getting harder and harder for men to stay happy and stay married. So why do we even try? HBO presents an all-new comedy series that shows what really goes on inside, The Mind of the Married Man.
Best Price: $27.99 @ Amazon.com
The Features:
� 10 episodes on two discs
� Commentary by creator/executive producer Mike Binder and actress Sonya Wagner on the pilot and the last episode
� Over 20 minutes of deleted scenes

Heimat: Chronicle Of Germany
Synopsis:
Edgar Reitz's monumental epic for German television finally reaches America's shores as a 6-disc DVD event. The 15-hour saga tells the story of the fictional village of Schabbach from 1919 to 1982, unfolding through the eyes of Maria Simon as she marries, raises her sons, and grows old while Germany changes around her. The Simon family, like the rest of the German people, endures the hard times after World War I, struggles with the rise and fall of Nazism and World War II, and then prospers in the rebuilding of the country during the postwar era. Despite the film�s sweeping scope, the tone is intimate as Reitz pays attention to the smallest detail of daily-life - for it is the small moments in life that are the most memorable. Epic yet intimate, entertaining yet bittersweet, Heimat offers a riveting portrait of twentieth-century history as seen through the eyes of ordinary people.
Best Price: $59.98 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Onscreen Introduction by Prof. Marc Silberman, University of Wisconsin
� 32-Page Facets Cine-Notes Collectible Booklet

Mclibel
Synopsis:
The film McDonald's does not want you to see! McDonald's spends $1.8 billion a year on advertising. At the same time, it tries to suppress any other information about its operations reaching the public. In 1989, Helen Morris and Dave Steel, two environmental and social activists, handed out leaflets outside McDonald's restaurants in London entitled "What's Wrong with McDonald's." In response, and using Britain's infamous and Draconian libel laws, McDonald's sued them and demanded a public apology. The result was the longest (and one of the most visible) trials in British legal history. This documentary includes dramatic courtroom reenactments directed by Ken Loach.
Best Price: $14.99 @ Best Buy
The Features:
� Filmmaker and Defendant Commentaries
� Interviews
� Quiz Game
� Photo Gallery
� Making of Feature Article
� Trailers

Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Synopsis:
When the head of his village's sacred Buddha statue is stolen, simple country boy Ting (Tony Jaa) is sent to Bangkok to retrieve it. Raised by a monk who has trained him in Muay Thai, Ting has vowed to never use his lethal martial arts skills. But once he arrives in the big city, Ting is forced to fight. It's non-stop action as Ting infiltrates Bangkok's seedy underworld and takes on a series of lowlifes and criminals in his quest to obtain the sacred head.
Best Price: $19.99 @ Best Buy
The Features:
� Rap music video featuring Tony Jaa
� Making of the music video
� The 8 movements of Muay Thai
� Behind-the-scenes stunt footage
� Tony Jaa performance at French screening
� Tony Jaa performance at NBS game
� Promotional video featuring The RZA
� Trailer featuring The RZA

Staircase
Synopsis:
Directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jean-Xavier de Lestrade (Murder On A Sunday Morning), The Staircase is like the most suspenseful of page-turners. One of the most highly acclaimed documentaries in recent years, this shocking, real-life thriller follows the high-profile murder trial of North Carolina author Michael Peterson, who was arraigned in 2001 for the murder of his wife after her body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the stairway of the couple�s home. Did Kathleen Peterson fall down the stairs, or was it cold-blooded murder? As the mystery unravels, de Lestrade's camera is granted unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home, and immediate family, resulting in a gripping, inside look at a case so shocking, it is sure to leave you gasping for breath.
Best Price: $19.88 @ Wal-Mart
The Features:
� Step by Step: The Making of The Staircase
� Filmmaker insights
� Filmmaker biographies
� Limited edition illustrated booklet
� Michael Peterson follow-up interview
� Never-before-seen family interviews

Other Releases
Aftermath: Unanswered Questions From 9/11
Alaska's Inside Passage
Alien Sex Fiend: Liquid Head in Tokyo
Almost Heroes
Alternative TV: Splitting in Two Live
Austin City Limits Festival
Babies for Sale
Beach Bum Fights 3
Best of the Beatles
Beyond the Ashes
Big Score
Blue Ice
Body Language
Bombers & Bombing Raids 1939-1942
Chef: The Complete Collection
Chef: Complete First Season
Chef: Complete Second Season
Chef: Complete Third Season
Chrystal
Combat: Season 5: Invasion 1
Combat: Season 5: Invasion 2
Conquest of America
Corrupted Hands
Corvette Summer
Crossbones
Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Fourth Season
Dance With Death
Dead Silence
Death of a Dynasty
Devil In The Flesh
Dizzy Gillespie: Live in London
Dj Hell Present Acid Rocks
The Dolphin Defender
Doomsday Gun
Down Mexico Way (Gene Autry Collection)
Echo Of The Elephants
Eleanor & Franklin: Early Years
F Action
The Fairly Oddparents: Scary Godparents
Faith of My Fathers
Fathers and Sons
Funny Blokes of British Comedy (Limited Edition)
Garfield And Friends Vol 4
Gay Republicans
George Carlin: Doin It Again
German Fighter Aircraft Ww2 1939-1942
Girls of Drifting
Girls of Import
Going Down
Go Tell the Spartans
Great Women Singers Of The 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
Great Women Singers Of The 20th Century: Chaka Khan
Great Women Singers Of The 20th Century: Nancy Wilson
Great Women Singers Of The 20th Century: Sarah Vaughan
The Green Devils: German Paratrooper Elite 1933-1941
The Gumball Rally
The Heist
Hero at Large
Highway to Heaven: Season Two
History of Eminem
History of the Ryder Cup
History of U2
Holocaust: Liberation of Auschwitz
HR Pufnstuf: 4 Of Sid & Marty's Favorites
I Vitelloni
In Old Monterey (Gene Autry Collection)
In the Shadow of the Stars
James Dean Story
Journey Toward Creation
Justice
Land of the Lost: Stak Attack
The Librarian: Quest For The Spear
Lilo & Stitch 2
Loving Couples
Low Heights
Luciano Pavarotti: In Concert In China
Macy Gray: Live In Las Vegas (Unedited)
Made Up
Married With Children: The Complete 4th Season
Mistrial
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Eric Idle's Personal Best
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Michael Palin's Personal Best
The Morning After
Off Key
Off the Chain
Only Thrill
Optics & Sonics
Our Lady Peace: Live
Paradise Under the Stars
Pirates of Silicon Valley
Pocahontas: The Legend
Purifiers
Queen Mary 2 To Rio
Question of Justice
Riders of Death Valley
Rollover
The Saint: Early Episodes - Set 2
Schultze Gets the Blues
The Serial Killers
Sex Politics & Cocktails
Shaft/Shaft's Big Score
Shirley Temple Collection, Vol. 1 (Curly Top / Heidi / Little Miss Broadway)
Shot Through the Heart
Sleepover
So Wrong They're Right
Steve-O: The Box Set
Strapped
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Ways of the Warrior #3.4 - Shredder's Final Countdown
Tesla: 20th Century Masters DVD Collection
Things I Left in Havana
Three Stooges & Little Rascals & East Side Kids
Twelfth Night (1987)
Twelfth Night (1996)
Victory In The Pacific
Vincent: The Life And Death Of Vincent Van Gogh
Voices in Wartime
Walk on Water
Wanted: Live In San Francisco
Warm Springs
Wash Dry & Spin Out
Water Under the Bridge
Wheels of Power
Wild Life
Winter Guest
Wise Guys
Without Warning

Notable Horror & Sci-Fi Releases
Fire and Ice (2-Disc Limited Edition)
Synopsis:
It began as a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between two of the greatest icons of the fantasy genre: Controversial animator Ralph Bakshi and legendary illustrator Frank Frazetta. It became, and remains, one of the most startling animation epics of all time. Now experience a world unlike any ever seen, where savage warriors, horrific monsters and luscious maidens battle for the soul of civilization in a time of good and evil, pleasure and pain, and Fire & Ice.
Best Price: $21.87 @ DVDPacific.com
The Features:
� Commentary with Producer/Director Ralph Bakshi
� Frazetta: Painting with Fire (93 minute documentary)
� Commentary with Director Lance Laspina and Producer Jeremy J. DiFiore
� The Making of Fire and Ice
� Bakshi on Frazetta
� Sean Hannon's Diary Notes
� Behind-the-Scenes Still Gallery
� Theatrical Trailer

Amazonia
Synopsis:
A beautiful sophisticated female, Catherine (Elvire Audray) returns to her parent's plantation in the Amazon for her 18th birthday. To celebrate they takeia boat trio through the untamed jungles where her parents are barbarically murdered and beheaded. Barely surviving the attack, Catherine is captured by a tribe of Amazonian headhunters, brutalized, devirginized, beaten, humiliated, raped and sold into slavery. One of the tribe�s warriors becomes her only salvation, and helps Catherine execute her lust for revenge.
Best Price: $11.99 @ Best Buy
The Features:
� Elvire Audray Photo Gallery
� Fangoria� International
� Shriek Show Trailers

Cup of My Blood
Synopsis:
A seemingly random accident leaves photographer Jack Fender in possession of one of Christianity's most Holy Relics. He must confront Evil's relentless assault of blood, murder and deceit for the preservation of the faith and the salvation of his soul.
Best Price: $14.98 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Commentary
� Deleted Scenes
� Behind-the-Scenes
� Trailers

Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay (Special Edition)
Synopsis:
Driving in their car through France one summer, two young girls, Anna and Fran�oise, find themselves prisoners of the mythic Morgane, Queen of Witches. Ever since Merlin taught her his secrets centuries before, Morgane has gone on living by capturing the souls of young women, lured to her castle by Gurth, her faithful but jealous slave.

All women who agree to give their soul to Morgane are offered eternal youth and beauty; those who refuse her grow old and ugly in the dungeons of her castle. Anna succumbs to the witches' offer. Fran�oise, with the help of Gurth, tries to fight back. But, as the eve of the Great Love Feast approaches, she begins to wonder if there is any way to beat the supreme power of the magical Morgane.
Best Price: $10.57 @ DeepDiscountDVD.com
The Features:
� Brand New UNCUT version
� Deleted Scenes
� Short Film from director 13 mins
� Filmed interview with Director
� Theatrical Trailer

Other Horror & Sci-Fi Releases
Brain That Wouldn't Die
Campfire Tales
College Girl Murders
Corpse Grinders & Corpse Grinders 2
The Curse Of Frankenstein / Taste The Blood Of Dracula
Evil Come Evil Go/Terror At Orgy Cast
Frankenstein Reborn
Frankenstein's Daughter
Girls Nite Out
Hidden/Hidden II
I Was A Zombie For The F.B.I.
Killer Cult Classics (The Brain That Wouldn't Die/The Wasp Woman/Teenagers From Outer Space/The Killer Shrews)
The Killer Shrews
Kontroll
Mpd Psycho 2
Nature of the Beast
School of the Holy Beast
Scissor Man
Secrets of a Call Girl
Sensuous Nurse
Street Trash
Suicide Girls: The First Tour
Tales Of Terror From Tokyo - Vol. 1
Teenagers From Outer Space
Thriller: Call Her One Eye
The Wasp Woman
Witches of Breastwick

Anime Releases
Angel Wars: Guardian Force - Vol. 2
New Fist Of The North Star: Complete Collection
Grenadier: Holy Handgrenades - Vol. 2
Human Crossing: Instructor's Rain - Vol. 4
Jubei Chan 2:Vendetta - Vol 2
Lupin the 3rd: Crisis in Tokyo
Maid Service
Mirage Of Blaze: Rebels Of The River Edge
Orphen 2: Revenge Collection
Yu-Gi-Oh: Battle for the Bronze - Season 3, Volume 4

Best Buy Weekly Deals
2 for $15:
28 Days Later (Special Edition)
Dazed and Confused (Special Edition)
Eurotrip (Unrated)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Special Edition)
Half Baked (Fully Baked Edition)
Not Another Teen Movie (Unrated Director's Cut)
Not Another Teen Movie (Special Edition)
Pitch Black (Unrated Director's Cut)
Kelly's Heroes
The Life of Brian
Poolhall Junkies
Runaway Jury
Super Troopers
Twister
The Wedding Planner

Circuit City Weekly Deals
3 for $20:
The Abyss (Special Edition)
City of Angels (Special Edition)
Entrapment (Special Edition)
The Hurricane (Collector's Edition)
The Longest Yard (Lockdown Edition)
The Mummy (Collector's Edition)
Patriot Games (Collector's Edition)
Tomb Raider (Collector's Edition)
Armageddon
The Beach
Beetlejuice
Black Hawk Down
The Brothers
Club Dread (Unrated)
Disappearing Acts
From Hell
I Got the Hook Up
Jerry MaGuire
Life
Love & Basketball
Love Jones
Patton
The Professional
Scent of a Woman
Shallow Hal
Signs
Swordfish
Tin Cup
True Lies
You've Got Mail
$9.99:
28 Days Later (Special Edition)
The Chronicles of Riddick (Unrated Director's Cut)
Cold Mountain (Collector's Edition)
The Fast and the Furious (Tricked Out Edition)
Half Baked (Fully Baked Edition)
Ice Age (Special Edition)
Independence Day (Limited Edition)
The Last Samurai (Special Edition)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Collector's Edition)
Saving Private Ryan (60th Anniversary Edition)
Soul Plane (Mile-High Edition)
Stripes (Extended Edition)
Taxi Driver (Collector's Edition)
Top Gun (Collector's Edition)
Without a Paddle (Special Edition)
The Color Purple
Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly
The Day After Tomorrow
Enemy of the State
Family Guy: The Freakin Sweet Collection
Garden State
The Ladykillers
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Paid in Full
Porky's/Porky's 2
Redemption
Shaun of the Dead
Snatch
Tombstone