Hitting Shelves This Week…

May 08, 2007

The 4400 Season 3

The 4400 people who disappeared throughout time and then all reappeared on the same day continue their mysterious paths through life. More and more of the changes in them emerge as the government pushes forward trying to figure out exactly what happened to all of them.

DVD Features: All 12 episodes from the fourth season, gag reel, six audio commentaries, 4 exclusive featurettes, video introduction

Because I Said So

An annoying, yet concerned mother named Daphne tries to set up her young daughter with the right kind of man so she won’t make the same mistakes that she did with love. But while battling with her stubborn daughter, love may end up being just around the corner for Daphne.

DVD Features: None

Big: Extended Edition

Tom Hanks stars as young Josh Baskins who wants nothing more then to be big since being small just doesn’t cut it. But when he gets his wish, his entire life is turned upside-down in this special edition packed with behind the scenes special features.

DVD Features: Theatrical branches, audio commentary, trailers, deleted scenes, TV spots, Zoltar easter egg, the backstory of Big, carnival party newswrap

Cagney & Lacey Season 1

Two female detectives live the ultimate cliché of “good cop/bad cop” as they are partnered up to solve crime. One tough-nosed and the other extremely sensitive, Cagney and Lacey are not only partners watching each others backs, but also close friends who help each other with personal matters.

DVD Features: All 6 episodes from the first season

Catch And Release

A young woman’s fiancée has passed away and she is struggling not only to deal with his death, but also the secrets he kept from her that she has now learned. Hoping to make it through this somehow, she continues to press forward in rebuilding her life without him.

DVD Features: Audio commentary, behind the scenes — making of Catch And Release, John Lindley – Cinematographer

The Dead Girl

A young woman’s death remains a mystery to anyone associated with her. But as the lives of total strangers begin crossing paths, more clues about her tragic demise begin coming together.

DVD Features: Trailers

Deliver Us From Evil

Father Oliver O’Grady moved from parish to parish and church to church winning over each congregation he spoke before with his good manners and excellent relationship with God. Little did the congregation know that Father O’Grady was a dangerous pedophile that had his secret kept by the church for over thirty years. Filmmaker Amy Berg exposes him and many other dark secrets as she takes a deep look in the Catholic Church.

DVD Features: Audio commentary, deleted scenes, alternate ending, interviews, multiple featurettes

Dirty Dancing: The Twentieth Anniversary

Yes, yet another version to fill your shelves with nothing but Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Believe it or not, it has been twenty years since Baby was first put in the corner and instead of taking her out, you can simply pick up this edition with new special features.

DVD Features: Audio commentary, trivia track, gag reels, original screen tests, deleted/alternate/extended scenes, photo gallery, interviews, and much more

Donnie Brasco: Extended Cut

Johnny Depp and Al Pacino get the special treatment and twenty minutes of unaired footage in this mob drama about trust and betrayal. Donnie Brasco (Depp) is a cop who goes undercover with the mafia and is befriended by a crook named Lefty (Pacino). As Brasco tries to uncover the mafia’s secrets and expose them, he finds his fake life more fulfilling then his life on the straight and narrow.

DVD Features: 20 minutes of never-before-seen footage, “Donnie Brasco: Out From The Shadows” featurette, theatrical trailers, photo gallery

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait Of Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus turns her back at her wealthy family after falling in lover with Lionel Sweeney who becomes her mentor. He ends up introducing her to people that would end up changing her life forever and turning her into one of best photographers of the twentieth century.

DVD Features: None

Mrs. Doubtfire: Special Edition

A dead-beat father realizes his mistake and wants to be back in his children’s lives. The only way he can figure out to do that is to become an elderly female housekeeper that hopes to stay in their lives and keep a new father out of them.

DVD Features: Cast interviews, theatrical trailers, TV spots, audio commentary, make-up tests, and more

Music And Lyrics

Hugh Grant plays a singer that is well past his prime but given another chance when he has only a few days to write a hit song for a future teen superstar. Having never written lyrics before, he is stuck between a rock and a hard place until a beautiful young woman with a talent for putting words together comes into his life.

DVD Features: “Pop! Goes My Heart” music video, gag reel, making of, additional scenes

The Painted Veil

A man gets so involved in his work and research that it leads his wife to have an affair thinking he has made a choice of his career over her. Through this affair, she finds a remarkable self-discovery that leads her to the Far East.

DVD Features: None

Revenge: Director’s Cut

After twelve years in the Navy, Jay Cochran would like a vacation and to enjoy his life. Hoping to live the good life without much work, he looks a dirty businessman named Tiburon Mendez who he once knew. Upon arriving at Mendez’s home, Cochran falls deeply in love with his wife Miryea and must try to avoid the wrath of Mendez if he found out about the betrayal.

DVD Features: Audio commentary, “Obsession: The Sex and Violence of Revenge” featurette

That Thing You Do: Tom Hanks’ Extended Cut

Follow along with the Wonders as their sound and a fantastic manager takes them all the way to the top. But can they stay on top or will they quickly fall back down to earth? This two-disc special edition shows you the answers and also delivers loads of special features behind the music and everything else in the film.

DVD Features: Audio commentary, theatrical trailers, TV spots, making of, Josh Clayton “Feel Alright” music video, HBO first look, and many featurettes

To Catch A Thief: Special Collector’s Edition

This classic starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly gets the special treatment over fifty years after its original release. John Robie (Grant) is a fantastic thief, but he’s now retired and living the good life. But after a copycat burglar comes on the scene, the new crimes are being pinned on him and he must clear his name before it’s too late.

DVD Features: Audio commentary, four featurettes, theatrical trailer

The Waltons Season 5

Ben, Elizabeth, Mary Ellen, John Boy and the entire Walton clan are just reaching the midway point of their storied television lives as a mountain family dealing with all the trials and tribulations of life as a big family during the Great Depression in the thirties.

DVD Features: All 24 episodes from the fifth season

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