Quentin Tarintino's DEATH PROOF
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PROOF
By: Robert T. TrateDate: Tuesday, September 18, 2007
So, this week’s new releases have my head spinning. Besides being excited for a new Criterion Collection DVD, an awesome Roger Corman box set, I have to admit I was dumbfounded when I saw that only one of the “Grindhouse” movies was being released today. When “The Grindhouse” came out in the theaters the big appeal and draw, for me any way, was two movies with some faux trailers. A double feature that would thrill, shock, and above all, entertain. I was big fan of “The Grindhouse”, and got as many people to see it as I could. Unfortunately this wasn’t enough people to make the film a whopping success. Oddly enough a lot of people, recently have been asking when “The Grindhouse” is coming out on DVD? I broke the news to them as I will to you that “The Grindhouse” has been split in two and both films do not even come out on the same day. This shocks people, me included, because wasn’t the film supposed to be about recreating the late night B movie theater experience? Aren’t people supposed to watch two films and some faux trailers? I am not naïve and I am sure the Weinstein’s and their fledgling company need to recoup their losses, hence the two separate releases of the two “Grindhouse” films. Which is why I will start this week’s column with a…
Buyer Beware
Quentin Tarintino’s “Death Proof” should be interesting to watch with the extended and unrated cut. Though does anyone really want to sit through longer scenes with Jungle Julia and her crew rambling on and on? I’ll sit through it if there are more gruesome final moments of each one of those girls, but does “Death Proof” have to be longer? I thought it was perfect the way it was. However, the Buyer Beware is because Tarintino has always released special editions of all of his films. So I would keep an eye out for the complete “Grindhouse” experience collection. What, you don’t believe me? This week alone Tarintino is (finally) releasing “Kill Bill: Volume 1” the NC-17 version. Do I need any more PROOF than that?
Premiering on DVD Today
Superman: Doomsday
Starring Adam Baldwin as Clark Kent/Superman, Anne Heche as Lois Lane, and James Marsters as Lex Luthor. Directed by Brandon Vietti. Special Features includeAudio Commentary from the makers of the film. Challenges – Superman’s Last Stand (menu challenge). Featurette - Requiem and Rebirth: Superman Lives! Featurette on the making of Superman: Doomsday. Interviews - Behind the Voice (Featuring the voice talent of the feature film going through the motions and inspiration which helped bring Superman Doomsday to the screen) and a teaser for Justice League: New Frontier Teaser. Check out two different violent clips: Army Clip and the Showdown Clip.
Horror Titles
Alligator
Newly Recorded Interview with Writer John Sayles
Audio Commentary with Director Lewis Teague and Actor Robert Forster
Bloodrayne 2: Deliverance
Bloodrayne 2: Deliverance (Unrated)
Carrie (TV Movie)
Dead One, The
Dorm of the Dead
HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES - WS BLURAY
Special Features include: Director Commentary, Making-of Featurette, Casting Footage, Rehearsal Footage, Cast and Crew Interviews, Theatrical Trailer, and Interactive Game: Escape from Zombie Mountain.
Insatiable, The
Jekyll
Roger Corman Collection
(Bloody Mama / A Bucket of Blood / The Trip / Premature Burial / The Young Racers / The Wild Angels / Gas-s-s / X) (1967)
Includes Peter Fonda (Ghost Rider, Easy Rider) and Bruce Dern (The Astronaut Farmer, Diggstown) in the motorcycle thriller The Wild Angels, the artsy horror story A Bucket Of Blood, the apocalyptic Gas-s-s-s, the Edgar Allan Poe tale Premature Burial, the science-fiction classic X: The Man With X-Ray Eyes and the acid-fueled tale written by Jack Nicholson (The Departed, As Good As It Gets); The Trip. Additionally, the collection offers two Corman classics never before available on DVD - Shelly Winters (The Poseidon Adventure, The Diary of Anne Frank) and Robert DeNiro (Raging Bull) in the psychological gangster film Bloody Mama and the grand prix action spectacular The Young Racers.
Squirm
Out today in TV Land
Blade: House of Chthon or Blade: the Series Uncut: Unrated
Buyer Beware: Not the complete series!
Family Guy: Season 5
With a NO CENSORED audio feature. 38 Deleted Scenes from season 5. 3 Animatic Episodes with Optional Commentary. "Drawing Peter" featurette. "Toys, Toys Galore" featurette. A “Sweet Promo”, plus a Tickle Video – that reveals an EASTER EGG on "Steve Loves Lois".
Ghost Whisperer: Season 2
Masters of Horror: Sounds Like
Masters of Horror: The Washingtonians
Special Features include: Audio Commentary Featuring Director Peter Medak and Writer/Star Jonathon Schaech, Feast On This: The Making of The Washingtonians. Photo Gallery, The Washingtonians Script, and Wigs, Teeth and Powder!: The Make-up Effects Of The Washingtonians. Check out Mania’s review.
Smallville: Season 6 also released on HD and Blu-Ray
Stargate Atlantis: Season 3
Commentary on multiple episodes. A look inside the Stargate Atlantis Visual FX Department. Multiple Photo galleries and production galleries.
Action Adventure Titles
Commando: Directors Cut
Commentary by Director Mark Lester, Pure Action featurette, Let Off Some Steam featurette, 3 Deleted Scenes, and Still Galleries.
Grindhouse Presents: Tarintino’s Death Proof, Extended and Uncut
2 Discs that feature an Extended and Unrated cut of the film. Special features include:
Stunts on Wheels: The Legendary Drivers of Death Proof, Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike, Finding Quentin's Gals, The Guys of Death Proof, Introducing Zoe Bell, and Quentin's Greatest Collaborator: Editor Sally Menke. Plus trailers, a poster gallery, and
Double Dare Trailer.
Stunts on Wheels: The Legendary Drivers of Death Proof, Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike, Finding Quentin's Gals, The Guys of Death Proof, Introducing Zoe Bell, and Quentin's Greatest Collaborator: Editor Sally Menke. Plus trailers, a poster gallery, and
Double Dare Trailer.
Deliverance: Deluxe Edition
Kill Bill: Volume 1 NC-17
Troy: Directors Cut
Troy: Director's Cut - Ultimate Collector's Edition
Science Fiction Spot light for the week of September 18th:
New to the Criterion Collection is Byron Haskins classic:
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
“Special-effects wunderkind and genre master Byron Haskin (The War of the Worlds, The Outer Limits) won a place in the hearts of fantasy-film lovers everywhere with this gorgeously designed journey into the unknown. When his spaceship crash-lands on the barren wastelands of Mars, U.S. astronaut Commander "Kit" Draper (Paul Mantee) must fight for survival, with a pet monkey seemingly his only companion. But is he alone? Shot in vast Techniscope and blazing Technicolor, Robinson Crusoe on Mars is an imaginative and beloved techni-marvel of classic science fiction” (Criterion Collection).
Special Features include: New, restored high-definition digital transfer. Audio commentary. Excerpts from a 1979 audio interview with director Byron Haskin.
Destination: Mars, video featurette, detailing the science behind Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Excerpts from Melchior's original screenplay. New music video for Victor Lundin's song "Robinson Crusoe on Mars". Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos, production designs, and promotional material. The original theatrical trailer
Anime
Black Lagoon: Volume 3
Black Lagoon: Volume 3 - Limited Edition
Dragon Ball Z: Season 3
Karin: Volume 3 - Thicker Than Blood
Law Of Ueki: Volume 9 - The Cold Survival Game
Noein: Volume Five
Ramen Fighter Miki: Miso Mayhem - Volume 1
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