A Sneak Peek at What's Coming Next Week on Video/DVD
"American Pie 2" Collector's Edition
Tagline: "This summer it's all about sticking together."
Length: 104 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content, crude humor, language and drinking. Unrated version also available on DVD.
This comedy is a sequel to "American Pie," and all of the major cast members from the earlier film are back. This time around, Jim (Jason Biggs) and his buddies have just finished their first year of college, and for the summer the sex-obsessed guys rent a lakeside house, where they are joined by the lecherous Stifler (Seann William Scott). Jim still suffers from performance anxiety, but he gets some help from band geek Michelle (Alyson Hannigan). Also, when Jim applies to his body what he believes to be a lubricant that turns out to be glue, he has to be taken to the hospital by his father (Eugene Levy). And there are other funny sequences as well, including one where three of the guys watch two scantily clad babes kiss and caress each other, but the gals make the guys pay a price for their voyeurism.
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Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"The Anniversary Party"
Tagline: "It's not a party until something gets broken."
Length: 115 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for language, drug use and nudity
Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Kline, Phoebe Cates, Parker Posey, John C. Reilly, and Jennifer Beals are among those making up the fine ensemble cast of "The Anniversary Party," a drama centering around the wedding anniversary of a writer and his actress wife. Even though Joe and Sally Therrian (Cumming and Leigh) have spent most of the previous year apart, they invite several friends, mostly Hollywood types, over to celebrate their sixth anniversary. Joe is involved in making a film whose female lead is based on Sally, but he thinks Sally is too old for the role and has cast Skye Davidson (Paltrow), who is a guest at the party. As the long night wears on, the party-goers indulge in the drug ecstasy, and some painful truths are revealed.
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Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"Bubble Boy"
Tagline: "A journey of 2,755.8 miles begins with a single bounce."
Length: 84 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language and crude sexual humor
"Bubble Boy" is a satire about a young man named Jimmy Livingston (Jake Gyllenhaal) who has lived his entire life inside a protective bubble because he was born with a faulty immune system. Jimmy is attracted to Chloe, his next door neighbor, but she goes off to Niagara Falls to marry another. Jimmy then makes himself a portable bubble suit and sets out on a long journey across the United States to try to prevent the wedding. On his journey, Jimmy encounters much that is ugly in American life, and at one point falls in with a traveling freak show. Meanwhile, Jimmy’s bigoted mother (Swoosie Kurtz) tries to locate and retrieve her son. In its theatrical release, this strangest of all Disney movies found little favor with either critics or audiences.
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Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"Glitter"
Tagline: "A strength to survive. A desire to dream."
Length: 104 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sensuality, language and brief violence
Mariah Carey stars in this musical drama about a singer who rises from obscurity to achieve stardom in 1980s New York City. Carey portrays Billie Frank, who as a child was taken away from her troubled, blues-singing mother and put in an orphanage. As a young adult, Billie gets a job singing backup for a beautiful but talentless performer. Then she teams up with a DJ called Dice, and he helps her get a record contract with a major label. Billie and Dice begin a romantic relationship, but as Billie’s star shines brighter and brighter, some nasty legal problems surface, leading to heartbreak. On the Rotten Tomatoes Web site, 96 percent of the critics found "Glitter" to be rotten, but Mariah Carey fans may not care.
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Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"Tortilla Soup"
Tagline: "A comedy to arouse your appetite."
Length: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content
In 1994 Ang Lee directed a much-loved little film titled "Eat Drink Man Woman" about a Chinese chef and his three daughters. "Tortilla Soup" is a remake of that earlier movie where the Chinese family has been transformed into a Mexican-American family. Martin Naranjo (Hector Elizondo) is a widower whose three unmarried adult daughters still live at home with him. The eldest daughter (Elizabeth Pena) is a spinster schoolteacher, the middle daughter (Jacqueline Obradors) a successful career woman, and the youngest (Tamara Mello) is of college age. But as Martin whips up some great-looking Mexican food for them all to share, each of the three daughters and Martin himself find someone to pair off with. On the Rotten Tomatoes Web site, "Tortilla Soup" got three positive reviews for every negative one.
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Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
Additional Releases of Interest:
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" The Complete First Season
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"Dirty Dancing" (1987)
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Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"The English Patient" (1996)
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Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"L.A. Story" (1991)
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Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"Life Is Beautiful" (1998)
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Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"Roots" (1977)
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Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"Sabrina" (1995)
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Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"Tron" Collector's Edition (1982)
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Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
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