New Videos Coming Out This Week

Here's what you need to know to plan your next trip to the video store. There are some interesting releases slated for October 2, 2001, including The Mummy Returns - Collector's Edition, Heartbreakers, and Boogeymen. Let's take a look at these films, along with a few additional releases of interest, and take a sneak peek at next week.

Boogeymen - FlixMix

Tagline: "The Ultimate Horror Experience with the most terrifying scenes in the history of horror, trivia, games and more."

Length: 58 minutes (plus over two hours of added content on the DVD)
MPAA Rating: Not Rated (This product contains adult material. It should not be rented or purchased by anyone under the age of 17 without the approval of a parent or guardian.)

Released in plenty of time to make the rounds of Halloween parties that will be coming up soon, Boogeymen has a compilation of scenes from a variety of popular scary movies, starring some of the horror genre's favorite Boogeymen. The DVD has some interesting features, including an optional commentary track by none other than Robert Englund (best known for his role as Freddy Krueger).

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

Heartbreakers

Tagline: "Caution: Dangerous Curves Ahead."

Length: 123 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sex-related content including dialogue

Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Gene Hackman star in this cheerfully amoral comedy. Max (Weaver) and Page (Hewitt) are a mother and daughter who specialize in repeatedly running the same scam. Max entices a wealthy man to marry her, and the sexy Page lures her mother’s new husband into a compromising situation. Max then receives a big divorce settlement, and mother and daughter move on to look for another sucker. But problems arise when Max chooses as her next dupe a tobacco billionaire (Hackman) and Page starts to fall in love with a bar owner (Jason Lee). And things get even more complicated for mother and daughter when one of their previous marks (Ray Liotta) unexpectedly resurfaces.

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

The Mummy Returns - Collector's Edition

Tagline: "Adventure Is Reborn."

Length: 129 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for adventure action and violence

This action/adventure movie is a sequel to the 1999 film The Mummy. Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz reprise their roles from the earlier movie, but ten years have passed and in the interim Rick (Fraser) and Evelyn (Weisz) have married and have an eight-year-old son Alex. In the sequel, Rick, Evelyn, and Alex are exploring ancient Egyptian ruins when they discover a gold bracelet that once belonged to the Scorpion King (The Rock), which triggers a series of adventures fraught with peril. To complicate matters further, the mummy Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) is again resurrected. Brendan Fraser’s comedic talents provide a few laughs, and the film features some entertaining special effects and exciting action sequences.

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

Additional Releases of Interest

Fiddler On The Roof - Special Edition (1971)

Selected Special DVD Features:

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

The Terminator - Special Edition (1984)

Selected Special DVD Features:

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

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