New Video and DVD Releases

There are some interesting video/DVD releases slated for July 02, 2002, including "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" and "Shallow Hal." Let's take a look at these films, along with a few additional releases of interest, and take a sneak peek at what's coming next week to video and DVD.

"Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" (2001)

 

Tagline: "I can fix that."

Length: 82 minutes
MPAA Rating: G

This is an animated action-adventure film aimed at grade school kids, but many adults won't mind watching it. The central character is a nerdy boy named Jimmy Neutron, who lives with his parents and his robot dog Goddard in a town called Retroville. Jimmy, who spends all his free time inventing gadgets, modifies a toaster to become a satellite intended to communicate with extraterrestrials. Unlike many of Jimmy's inventions, this one works, and egg-shaped space aliens abduct all of Retroville's adults and prepare to sacrifice them to a chicken-like deity. Accompanied by other kids, Jimmy sets out to rescue the grownups and has a series of remarkable adventures along the way. Seventy-five percent of the critics on Rotten Tomatoes liked "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius."

Selected Special DVD Features:

• DVD-ROM Games
• Music Videos
• Full-Screen and Widescreen Anamorphic Formats

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

"Shallow Hal" (2001)

 

Tagline: "The biggest love story ever told."

Length: 113 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language and sexual content

Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black, and Jason Alexander star in this Farrelly brothers comedy. Hal (Black) and his buddy Mauricio (Alexander) are rather unattractive guys who are always on the prowl for hot babes, but they meet with little success. Then one day Hal encounters self-help guru Tony Robbins (who plays himself), and Hal is transformed into a man who sees the inner beauty in women rather than their external appearance. Thus, when Hal meets the obese Rosemary (Paltrow), she looks slender and beautiful to him, and he falls hard for her. Mauricio and others are irked by the change in Hal, particularly since Hal works for Rosemary's father, and Hal's career gets a big boost from his romantic interest in the overweight woman. Hal thinks everything is going great, but what if his transformation wears off?

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Commentary by the Farrelly Brothers
• Deleted Scenes
• Widescreen Anamorphic Format

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

Additional Releases of Interest:

"1776" (1972)

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Director's Cut
• Widescreen Anamorphic Format

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

"Kolya" (1997)

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Widescreen Anamorphic Format

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

"Pearl Harbor" (2001) - Vista Series Director's Cut

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Four-Disc Set
• Director's Cut
• Widescreen Anamorphic Format
  

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

"Star Trek The Next Generation" (1990) - The Complete Third Season Gift Set

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Entire Third Season
• Seven-Disc Set
  
• Widescreen Anamorphic Format

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

"True Life Video Stories" (1975)

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Digitally Remastered
• Commentary by Filmmaker Scott Jacobs

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

"The Women" (1939)

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Full-Screen Format

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

"Z" (1969)

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Widescreen Anamorphic Format

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

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