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by
Ivana Redwine
The best new movie releases on video and DVD slated for for November,
2003, include "Finding
Nemo,"
"Terminator
3: Rise of the Machines,"
"Winged
Migration,"
"The
Man on the Train,"
and “X2:
X-Men United.”
Let's take a look at these recommended new releases on video and DVD.
November
4,
2003
"Finding
Nemo"
This Pixar animated comedy is aimed at kids, but its beauty and storytelling
skills make it appealing to most adults. Nemo (voice of Alexander Gould)
is a young clown fish who gets captured and ends up in a dentist's aquarium.
Nemo's father (voice of Albert Brooks) teams up with a blue tang (voice
of Ellen DeGeneres) and sets out to rescue his son. The movie's charm
lies largely in its creation of engaging characters and an undersea wonderland.
November
11,
2003
"Terminator
3: Rise of the Machines"
Arnold Schwarzenegger played the title character in "The Terminator"
(1984) and "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991), and he reprises
the role in "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines." In "T3,"
the future leader (Nick Stahl) of the human resistance movement is threatened
when the machines send the ruthless T-X (Kristanna Loken) after him and
his lieutenant (Claire Danes). It's up to the Terminator to protect the
humans and save humanity.
November
18,
2003
"The
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers" (2003)
Platinum Series Special Extended Edition
This is the second installment in a single long story that spans three
films based on the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien. Many find it worthwhile
to review “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”
(2001) before tackling “The Two Towers.” This time around,
Frodo (Elijah Wood), accompanied by Sam, continues his quest to destroy
a magic Ring. Meanwhile, Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) leads the way in
an epic battle against evil forces.
"Winged
Migration"
This Oscar-nominated documentary features unusual footage
of migrating birds. Accompanied by minimal narration,
the film shows shots of birds across all seven continents,
often in picturesque locations. Airplanes, helicopters,
balloons, and ultralight aircraft were employed, and special
equipment was sometimes used for gatherings of birds on
the ground. Many kinds of birds are shown, including terns,
cranes, ducks, and geese.
November
25,
2003
"The
Man on the Train"
Patrice Leconte directed this character-driven French-language drama.
Manesquier (Jean Rochefort) is an aging retired teacher who lives quietly
in a French provincial town. Then one day a craggy stranger named Milan
(singer Johnny Hallyday) gets off a train, having come to rob a bank.
Milan ends up staying at Manesquier's house, where the two men develop
a peculiar friendship, each striking a strange chord in the other.
"X2:
X-Men United"
This is the sequel to the Marvel Comics-derived "X-Men" (2000),
and most of the actors from the original are back, including Patrick
Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos.
The idea is still that there are superhero mutants among us, and this
time around a new villain, Gen. William Stryker (Brian Cox), is out
to kill them all off. The mutants are forced to work together in an
effort to stop Stryker.
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