New DVDs for May 4, 2004
Published May 04, 2004
Is it Tuesday already? It seems like it was just last week that I was... Oh yeah, it was just last week. Well, if this is Tuesday, it must be time for more new DVDs!
How shall I begin today? I know! Action/Adventure/Mystery/Suspense/Thrillers!
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned/First Time Felon (2-Pack) [HBO]
American Streetfighter [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Art Of Revenge [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Back To Bataan [Warner]
Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever/Femme Fatale (2-Pack) [Warner Brothers]
Bay Cove [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Blind Witness [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Bloodsport/Romeo Must Die (2-Pack) [Warner Brothers]
Boiler Room/Long Kiss Goodnight (2-pack) [New Line]
Bridge Of Dragons/No Escape (2-Pack) [HBO]
Capital Punishment [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Code Name: Dancer [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Collateral Damage/Eraser (2-Pack) [Warner Brothers]
Cradle 2 The Grave/Training Day (2-Pack) [Warner Brothers]
Death Ride To Osaka [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Disciple Of Shaolin [Crash Entertainment]
Dreamcatcher/Ghost Ship (2-Pack) [Warner Brothers]
Exit Wounds/Under Siege (2-Pack) [Warner Brothers]
Extramarital [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Father's Revenge [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Firepower [Trinity Home Entertainment]
First Samurai [Crash Entertainment]
Flash Gordon #1 [Falcon Picture Group]
Full Impact [Trinity Home Entertainment]
House Next Door [Trinity Home Entertainment]
In The Eyes Of A Stranger [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Judge & Jury [Ardustry]
Kiss So Deadly [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Knockaround Guys/Ocean's Eleven (2-Pack) [Warner Brothers]
Last Man Standing [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Ma Barker's Killer Brood / Gangbusters: Special Edition [Image]
Menace II Society/John Q (2-Pack) [New Line]
The Missing Gun [Columbia/Tri-Star]
Mortal Kombat/Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (2-Pack) [New Line] *
Natural Enemy [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Night Of The Wilding [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Nightmare At Bitter Creek [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Primal Instinct [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Rage [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Secret Of The Shaolin Poles [Crash Entertainment]
Shaolin Vs Manchu [Crash Entertainment]
Storm & Sorrow [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Stranger Than Fiction [Ardustry]
The Sweeper [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines/Pumping Iron: 25th Year Anniversary (2-Pack) [Warner Brothers]
Web Of Deception [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Aw, how cute; Westerns!
Chisum/Cahill: U.S. Marshall (2-Pack) [Warner Brothers]
Cowboys/Rio Bravo (2-Pack) [Warner Brothers]
Outlaw Josey Wales/Pale Rider (2-Pack) [Warner Brothers]
Searchers/Stagecoach (2-Pack) [Warner Brothers]
Since we're doing genre films already, here is some Science Fiction/Fantasy:
Cyber Tracker [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Future War [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Prototype [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Goddess Of Love [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone/Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2-Pack) [Warner Brothers]
Peter Pan (2003/Fullscreen) [Universal]
Peter Pan (2003/Widescreen) [Universal] *
Oh! The Horror!
Hobbs End [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Killer Tongue [Ardustry]
Queen Of The Damned/Thirteen Ghosts (2-Pack) [Warner Brothers]
It is so time for the Drama:
15 Minutes/Frequency (2-Pack) [New Line]
61* / Do You Believe In Miracles (2-Pack) [HBO]
About Schmidt/I Am Sam (2-Pack) [New Line]
Angela Lansbury Double Feature [Falcon Picture Group]
Battleground [Warner Brothers]
Bonds Of Love [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Cruel Game [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Elephant [HBO]
Evicted [York Entertainment]
Flying Leathernecks [Turner Home Entertainment]
Girl With A Pearl Earring [Artisan] *
Guardian Angel [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Jane Doe [Ardustry]
Last Samurai (Fullscreen) [Warner Brothers]
Last Samurai (Widescreen) [Warner Brothers]
Lies & Whispers [Ardustry]
Merchant Of Venice [Image]
Miss All-American Beauty [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Navigating The Heart [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Paris France [Ardustry]
Plain Dirty [Universal]
Prisoner Of Honor [Anchor Bay]
The Proposition [Ardustry]
Riot [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Tomorrow [Home Vision]
Zero Tolerance [Trinity Home Entertainment]
Easing ever-so-gently into the next category, here are the schizophrenic Dramedies:
Bloodhounds of Broadway [Universal]
Critters/Willard (2-pack) [New Line]
The Incredibly True Adventure of 2 Girls in Love [New Line]
Love! Valour! Compassion! [New Line]
Torch Song Trilogy [New Line]
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ELEPHANT is the cream of the crop of these DVD's coming out. It's a CAN'T MISS.
Make sure you see it.
I don't know anything about it, though I was curious when I saw that it is an HBO release. What is it about, Pappy?
Elephant is the latest Gus Van Sant film. It shows us the day in the life of an ordinary high school. Only thing is that it's not an ordinary day as two students are about to do a Columbine style shooting.
It follows several students throughout the day, not sticking to chronological order until the final "act."
Elephant is great is because it's an accurate depiction of a school shooting. The violence is very realistic. It's not glorified. People are shot and the killers move on. So does the camera.
It's very realistic too as it's shot at a real high school, and no actors are used, just students of the high school. The cinematography is WONDERFUL and the movie is simply awesome. If you were in high school, or had kids in school, you would be mortified. It's THAT powerful (but not long at all, although it does seem to take forever as you sit there knowing the fate of the characters you are following).
Check it out. You won't be disappointed.
The new "Peter Pan" is a true masterpiece, one of those films where the filmmakers got everything right.
Unfortunately, it didn't strike a nerve with the public or the critics -- which, of course, in the Shark household -- means it's probably a must-see because it's sure to have originality and intelligence.
Ditto for "The Triplets of Belleville" which also has a wonderful soundtrack.
Both are great for kids, too!
Just curious: anyone know what's the deal with separate fullscreen vs widescreen dvds?
They usually put 'em together on one DVD. Is this a new trend or was I just not paying attention?
Shark: Different studios handle different films in different ways, and they've done it for a while, unfortunately. Many films are now widescreen-only, but especially for family films, even normally widescreen-only studios make exceptions.
Two of my kids prefer widescreen, because I was able to demonstrate (thanks to Disney), that they would miss things otherwise. One hats the black bars. She's outta luck on an either/or choice, but with the glorious and blessed studios that put both on the same disc, I give her one out of every five or so.
Me, I'd vote for a two-disc set if they really need more than 4.7GB for the video. I mean, hey -- you only need one audio track, since it's the same movie.
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At least check out the website!
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You left out Jizzum / J-Blo -- US Marsh-balls, Baybee
Wait, didn't there used to be a web page which had a weekly list of the porn title versions of all the new releases.