Rien ne va plus
DVD Video Review: Anthony Nield takes a
look at Second Sight's handling of Rien ne va plus, Claude Chabrol's fiftieth
feature but also, disappointingly, one of his more minor works.

Guys and Dolls SE (R2) in June
News: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have
announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of Guys and Dolls (Special Edition) for
5th June 2006 priced at �12.99. Hollywood legends Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra,
Jean Simmons and Vivian Blaine star in this 1955 class...

Another Public Enemy in June
News: Tartan Video have announced the UK
DVD release of Another Public Enemy for 26th June 2006 priced at �19.99.
Following the success of the original Public Enemy, with its potent blend of
comedy, police thrills and psychological drama, directors Kang
Wo...

Kim Ki-Duk's Address Unknown in June
News: Tartan Video have announced the UK
DVD release of Kim Ki-Duk's Address Unknown for 26th June 2006 priced at �19.99.
Having become colonised by Japan, Korea became a country that has battled with
civil war and occupation. In that atmosphere, people h...

Man Thing in May
News: Optimum Home Entertainment have
announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of Man Thing for 22nd May 2006 priced at
�15.99. Based on the Marvel comic book and directed by Brett Leonard, Man Thing
brings a new monster to the screen… Kyle Williams (Matt ...

Ren & Stimpy: The Lost Episodes in July
News: Paramount Home Entertainment have
announced the Region 1 DVD release of Ren & Stimpy: The Lost Episodes for
18th July 2006. After a ten year hiatus, John K. resurrected his classic cartoon
for Spike TV – no holds barred. Witness the cartoons he a...

Rawhide Season 1 in July
News: Paramount Home Entertainment have
announced the Region 1 DVD release of Rawhide: The Complete First Season for
25th July 2006. Starring Clint Eastwood The “Head ‘em up, move ‘em out”
action-drama chronicles a band of drovers, led by trail boss Gil
Fa...

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (R1) in June
News: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have
announced the Region 1 DVD release of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
for 6th June 2006 priced at $26.96 SRP. Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars in
this Western tale about a local Texas ranch foreman that ...

North Country (R2) in June
News: Warner Home Video have announced the
UK Region 2 DVD release of North Country for 5th June 2006 priced at �17.99.
Charlize Theron stars in this drama which saw her nominated for an Academy
Award. Presented in 2.40:1 Anamorphic Widescreen with Engl...

Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 8 - The Altar of Stone

Based on the fantastic manga by Hiromu Arakawa, Fullmetal Alchemist
the anime is doing wonderfully on DVD. The show tells the tale of two brothers
in search of the Philosopher's Stone to undo a mistake from the past. When
Edward and Alphonse Elric were younger the disobeyed basic fundamental rules of
alchemy and attempted to bring their mother back from the dead. The process
literally claimed the brother's lives but thanks to the magic of alchemy and
some nifty machine work by their friend Winry the two pulled through.

Unfortunately they weren't able to escape the tragedy completely unscathed
and as a constant reminder of the blunder their bodies were altered. Edward lost
his right arm and left leg forcing him to have them replaced with mechanical
limbs called automail. Alphonse lost his body all together but his soul was
saved (thanks to Ed) and fused to a...
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Violent Midnight (Psychomania)

A better-than-you'd-suspect noirish psychological thriller shot in
Connecticut in 1962 for just $40,000, Violent Midnight (1964), better
remembered under its general release title, Psychomania, is the third of
a trio Del Tenney movies released by Dark Sky Films. Well-acted, adult, and
imaginatively directed, it's by far the best of the three but unfortunately has
the most problematic transfer. Despite their low budgets and terrible
reputations, all three (the other two are The Horror of Party Beach and
Curse of the Living Corpse, released as a double-feature disc) have at
least something to recommend them.

Millionaire artist and troubled Korean War veteran Elliott Freeman (Lee
Phillips) - he "flipped his lid when one of his buddies bought it" - is being
investigated by Detective Palmer (Dick Van Patten)* after the grisly stabbing of
Elliott's nude model and former lover D...
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Rumor Has It...

"Rumor Has It..." is a high-concept comedy whose high concept is the most
interesting thing about it. Once that's out of the way, it's just your basic
relationship melodrama.

But it is a great concept. A Pasadena woman named Sarah Huttinger (Jennifer
Aniston) comes to realize that her grandmother and mother both slept with the
same man, and that their story was subsequently fictionalized into the book and
film "The Graduate." What's more, she thinks she might be the offspring of the
affair between her mother and the man in question.

The film is set in January 1997 (which makes one character's reference to
"Titanic," released 11 months later, a bad idea), with Sarah newly engaged to
her adoring boyfriend Jeff (Mark Ruffalo). They have flown home to Pasadena for
the wedding of Sarah's younger sister, Annie (Mena Suvari), and thus Sarah finds
herself once again immersed in...
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Dears - 4th Contact

Based on a manga by Peach-Pit, DearS was available in Japan in the
Dengeki Comic Gao magazine on a monthly basis and here in the states we can read
the manga thanks to Tokyopop. As with a lot of popular manga, DearS got
the conversion into an anime series last year and has finally found its way
overseas to the U.S. thanks to Geneon. The thirteen episode anime (much like the
manga) features several commonplace standards from large-eyed big-breasted
aliens to a guy sexually victimized by an obsessive and attractive girl. DearS
has been an interesting show to this point but a "me too" atmosphere clouds the
overall premise.

Takeya is your typical teenage boy. He walks around minding his own business,
then one day a beautiful and buxom alien girl known as Ren gets dropped in his
lap. The only problem is that he doesn't trust her kind, but once she starts
...
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