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Kicking off this week's news is the latest from Columbia TriStar
Home Entertainment, who have just announced their February 3rd
lineup of new, catalog and TV on DVD releases. Those looking for
a little naughty-naughty should check out the erotic action dramas
Sin and Lucky Seven, each presented
in anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1 Retail will cost
you $24.95 a pop. And making its long-awaited DVD debut is a two-pack
of the hit foreign comedies The Gods Must Be Crazy and
The Gods Must Be Crazy Part II. Each is presented in
newly-remastered anamorphic widescreen and Dolby 2.0 surround,
and extras include two new featurettes, the last known interview
with star Nixau, a still gallery and bonus trailers. Retail will
be $29.95.
And in their continuing quest to raid their TV vaults for every
last title that might sell at least than ten copies, Columbia
will also release another batch of small screen favorites. The
Best of the Muppet Show: George Burns compiles another
three classic episodes on one disc, presented in 4:3 full screen
and with no extras. Retail is $19.95. Then Rerun and the gang
finally make their DVD debut with What's Happening: The
Complete First Season, along with NewsRadio:
The Complete First and Second Seasons and Good
Times: The Complete Second Season. All include 4:3 full
screen transfers and mono tracks, except for NewsRadio, which
is presented in Dolby 2.0 surround. Retail is $29.95 a pop, except
for NewsRadio, which will set you back $39.95. Rounding out Columbia's
TV on DVD lineup are three Cyborg 009 anime collections:
The Battle Begins, Good Vs. Evil and
a two-disc Uncut and Unedited. All are presented
in 4:3 full screen, and the Uncut and Unedited special edition
also also includes a making-of featurette, a still gallery with
production artwork and limited edition character trading cards.
Retail is $39.95 for the two-disc set, and $24.95 for the single-disc
releases, which will also be available in a two-pack also priced
at $39.95.
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While it didn't make Boogie Nights-level waves at the box office,
on February 10th, Lion's Gate Home Entertainment will give the
John Holmes biopic Wonderland another shot on
DVD. Starring Val Kilmer as the legendary porn star with a legendary
member, this feature-packed special edition includes an anamorphic
widescreen transfer, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround track, an audio
commentary track with writer and director James Cox (really, no
joke) and Kilmer, deleted scenes, a short film, actual crime scene
walk-through video, autopsy reports (icky!), a still gallery and
theatrical trailers. Retail is $26.95.
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Rounding out today's news is some scare fare for those of you
out there already nostalgic for Halloween. That nutty Herbert
West is back in the direct-to-cable sequel Beyond Re-Animator,
which will hit stores on December 30th from Lion's Gate Home Entertainment.
PResented in a special R-rated cut in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
and Dolby digital 5.1, extras include an audio commentary by director
Brian Yuzna, a making-of featurette, music video and trailers.
Retail is $26.95.
Next up are the full specs for Artisan's House of the
Dead, which came and went last fall but may do better
on DVD. Artisan is sure loading up the disc with good stuff: an
anamorphic widescreen transfer, Dolby Digital EX soundtrack, "Anatomy
of a Zombie," "Cooking Up Blood" and "The
House of the Dead Girls Prepping for the Role" featurettes
and trailers. Retail is $26.95 and street date January 27th.
Finally, MGM Home Entertainment has bumped up the street date
for Jeepers Creepers 2 a couple of weeks, to
December 23rd. Features and retail remain the same.
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