| New Video and DVD Releases | |
| Part 1: This Week's New Releases on Video/DVD |
by Ivana Redwine
The new video/DVD releases for August 10, 2004, include "Good Bye, Lenin!," Johnson Family Vacation," Kill Bill: Vol. 2," and "The Prince & Me." We'll also take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.
August 10, 2004 - Video and DVD Releases
"Good
Bye, Lenin!"
Tagline:
"The German Democratic Republic lives on -- in 79 square meters!"
Length:
121 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for brief language and sexuality
This offbeat German-language comedy is set in Berlin around 1989. A dedicated pro-Communist East Berlin woman is in a coma at the time the Wall comes down. Then when she regains consciousness, the doctors tell her adult son Alex that the slightest shock could kill her. To keep his beloved mother alive, Alex embarks on an elaborate ruse to try to prevent her from learning that Communism in Germany is in a state of collapse.
Selected Special DVD Features:• Widescreen
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Johnson
Family Vacation"
Tagline:
"Wrong turn in Arizona. No brakes in Colorado. Arrested in Kansas. It's the
ultimate family trip."
Length:
96 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual references, crude humor
and brief drug material
This family road-trip comedy stars Cedric the Entertainer, Bow Wow, and Vanessa Williams. Nate Johnson (Cedric) and his wife (Williams) live in the L.A. area with their three kids, one of whom is played by Bow Wow. The Johnsons go on vacation and drive out to Missouri. Along the way they have a series of misadventures, some of which result from picking up a weird hitchhiker (Shannon Elizabeth). Steve Harvey also appears in the movie.
Selected Special DVD Features:• Full-Screen and Widescreen Anamorphic Formats
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Kill
Bill: Vol. 2"
Tagline:
"Revenge is a dish best served cold."
Length:
136 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for violence, language and brief drug use
In Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill: Vol. 1," the Bride (Uma Thurman) tracked down and killed two members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. As the story continues in "Vol. 2," she pursues the two remaining Deadly Vipers (Daryl Hannah and Michael Madsen), as well as Bill (David Carradine). We watch the Bride proceeding with her roaring rampage of revenge, and we also see her train with martial-arts master Pai Mei (Gordon Liu).
Selected Special DVD Features:• Widescreen Anamorphic Formats
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"The
Prince & Me"
Tagline:
"This fairy tale is about to get real."
Length:
110 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG for some sex-related material and language
Julia Stiles and Luke Mably are paired in this romantic comedy. Paige (Stiles), who grew up on a Wisconsin farm, meets Edvard (Mably), the crown prince of Denmark, when he comes to the U.S. to attend college. After a somewhat rocky courtship, Paige faces a decision: should she become the future queen of Denmark or should she pursue her original dream of studying medicine and working for Doctors Without Borders?
Selected Special DVD Features:• Available in Widescreen and Full-Screen Editions
Formats
Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check
for availability on VHS.
