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Buena Vista will release the Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon and Stanley Tucci film Shall We Dance? on February 1st. This box-office hit will be presented in a 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen tranfer, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track. Extras will include an audio commentary (with director Peter Chelsom), deleted scenes (with optional director commentary), three featurettes (“Beginner’s Ballroom”, “Behind the Scenes”, & “Music of Shall We Dance?”), along with the Pussycat Dolls “Sway”…
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Lion Gate Home Entertainment will release The Crying Game: Collector’s Edition on January 25th. This disc will be presented in a remastered anamorphic widescreen transfer, along with both DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio tracks. Extras will include an audio commentary (with director Neil Jordan), an alternate ending (with optional commentary), a making-of featurette, and a featurette examining the war in Northern Ireland as seen through the eyes of a Catholic cabbie from Belfast and a Protestant paramilitary cons…
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Touchstone Home Entertainment will release the Bernie Mac comedy Mr. 3000 on February 1st. This disc will be presented in a 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, along with both English Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 audio tracks. Extras will include an audio commentary (with director Charles Stone), deleted scenes )with director commentary_, extended scenes, four featurettes (“The Tonight Show”, “Spring Training: The Extras Journey”, “Everybody Loves Stan”, & “Making of Mr. 3000”), and outtakes.

Columbia-Tristar will release the Deluxe Edition of Luc Besson’s Leon: The Professional on January 11th. Along with the unrated international Superbit audio & video presentation, this set will include three featurettes (“Ten year reunion”, “Trial by Fire: Natalie Portman As Mathilda”, & “Birth of a Star: Jean Reno As Leon”), a full length Leon fact track, and more.

Warner Home Video will relesae the complete first season of the hit show One Tree Hill on January 25th. This 6-disc set will feature each season one episode presented in their televised 1.33:1 full frame aspect ratio, along with English Dolby Digital 2.0 audio tracks. Extras will include an cast & crew audio commentaries on three episodes, fourty-eight minutes of unaired scenes (with introductions), a “Building a Winning Team” making of documentary, a “Diaries From The Set” behind-the-scenes vignette, a gag reel …
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Fox Home Entertainment will release the ultimate Sci-Fi battle Alien Vs Predator on January 25th. This disc will be presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, along with English DTS 5.1 and English & French Dolby Digital 5.1 audio tracks. Extras will include two audio commentaries (the first by Paul W.S. Anderson, Lance Henriksen and Sanaa Lathan; the second by Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. and John Bruno), an alternate opening version of the film, an “AVP Making-of” Featurette, 3 deleted scenes, an Ins…
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Universal will release the Paul Bettany / Kirsten Dunst romantic comedy Wimbledon on December 28th. This disc will be presented in a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, along with English DTS, English Dolby Digital 5.1, and French Dolby Digital 5.1 audio tracks. Extras will include an audio commentary (with director Richard Loncraine & actor Paul Bettany), and four featurettes (“Wimbledon: A Look Inside”, “Welcome to the Club”, “Ball Control” & “Coach a Rising Star”).

Lions Gate Home Entertainment will release the “based on true events” thriller Open Water on December 28th. This disc will be presented in an anamorphic widescreen transfer, along with both English Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 6.1 audio tracks. Extras will include a two audio commentaries (the first with Director Chris Kentis and Producer Laura Lau; the second with stars Blanchard Ryan and Daniel Travis), an “Indie Essentials” filmmaker guide to marketing a movie, & a “On The High Seas: Making Open Water” featurett…
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Fox will finally release the complete fifth season of The Simpsons on December 21st. Each episode will be presented in 1.33:1 fullscreen transfers, along with English Dolby Digital 5.1 and both Spanish and French Dolby Digital 2.0 audio tracks. Extras will include a commentary tracks on 6 episodes (by Matt Groening and his associates), animatics and storyboards with illustrated commentary, commercials, Tree House of Horror Sketches and deleted scenes. If more extras are announced, we will let you know.

In the firm’s latest reversal, Sony has abandoned anti-copying technology on CD’s. The corporate claim is that the anti-piracy message has been communicated, and such measures are not really necessary. Now – consider also that Sony recently announced that it will allow the playback of native MP3 in its digital music players, and a somewhat different message is communicated: Sony figures they can make more money selling music and hardware that allows consumers the freedom to do with their media as they please. Too bad it…
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On January 4th, New Line will release separate Rated and Unrated editions of Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. Both releases will feature a 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track. Extras will include two audio commentaries (teh first with director Danny Leiner and actors John Cho and Kal Penn, the second with writers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg), deleted scenes, “Back Seat” Interviews, an “Art of the Fart” sound documentary, Cast & Crew: Drive-Thru Bites,…
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DreamWorks will release the Tom Cruise / Jamie Foxx thriller Collateral on December 14th. This 2-disc set will be presented in a 2.40:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, along with English DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, & Dolby Digital 2.0 audio tracks. The “extras” information is a little sketchy at this time, but we do know that this disc will include at least three featurettes (“City Of Night: The Making of Collateral”, “Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx Rehearse” & “Visual FX: MTA Train”), as well as deleted scenes and t…
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A new technology capable of storing the equivalent of 100 DVDs on a single DVD-size disc has been unveiled by researchers from London’s Imperial College.

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Columbia-Tristar will release Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, the sequel to the atrocious J-Lo film Anaconda, on December 7th. This disc will be presented in an anamorphic widescreen transfer, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track. Extras will include a “Creating Anacondas” featurette, as well as a collection of deleted scenes, and trailers.
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment will release the complete first season of the Tim Allen hit show Home Improvement on November 23rd. All 24 first season episodes will be spread over 3-discs, and will be presented in 1.33:1 fullscreen along with an English Dolby Digital 2.0 audio track. Extras will include audio commentaries from the show’s creators on all the episodes, as well as a “Loose Screws“ featurette.