New Releases: Sylvia, More Criterion, X-Files 7 Seasons: Updated complete downloadable R1 DVD DB & i

Real life mother and daughter, Blythe Danner, and Gwyneth Paltrow, appear in
the bio-pic of Sylvia Plath. Focus is set to release the film on February
10th with Dolby 5.1 audio and anamorphic 2.35:1 video. Retail price is given
as $26.98.

Universal has Intolerable Cruelty staring George Clooney, Catherine
Zeta-Jones and Billy Bob Thornton set for release on February 10th. They
have both a P&S version as well as an anamorphic video release set. Both
will feature both Dolby 5.1 and DTS soundtracks. Rertail price was given as
$26.98.

March 30th will bring from Warner Brothers; Going In Style, Late Show
(1977), Prisoner Of Second Avenue and Sunshine Boys (1975). All are listed
as Dolby mono audio and anamorphic video and will retail for $19.98 each.

Fox has a blitz of older titles set for a February 3rd release. Most look to
be widescreen but the official announcement of whether they are anamorphic
has not been received yet. Several titles where recently discontinued from
Columbia/TriStar. Most retail for either $14.98 or $9.98. Included are;
Agent Red, Black Widow, Crimes Of The Heart, Down Periscope, Dying Young,
Good Son, It's The Rage, Judgment In Berlin, Mach 2, Nell, Proximity, Raw
Deal, Road Rage, Vanishing Point and Zebra Lounge.

Fox has some family faire due out on March 16th including Belles On Their
Toes, Cheaper By The Dozen '50, Easter Storykeepers, Strawberry Shortcake:
Meet Strawberry Shortcake / Spring For Strawberry Shortcake (2-Pack) and
Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines (documentary).

On February 24th Alpha Video has some older flicks retailing for $14.98
including Aerial Gunner, I Accuse My Parents, Invisible Killer and Phantom
Of Soho.



More announcements from Criterion. Salvatore Giuliano will be released on
February 24th. The technical specifications are Dolby mono audio and
anamorphic 1.85:1 video with a retail price of $39.95. Extras are stated as
New audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; Francesco Rosi: a
55-minute documentary made for Italian television surveying the director's
career to date, offering an intimate visit with Rosi at home and on location
around Sicily, with special appearances by directors Giuseppe Tornatore
(Cinema Paradiso) and Martin Scorsese; New video interviews with Rosi and
film critic and author Tullio Kezich; Original theatrical trailer; New essay
by film historian and critic Michel Ciment; Written tributes to Rosi by
Martin Scorsese, Federico Fellini, and Francis Ford Coppola. It's in the
original Italian with English subtitles.

Le Corbeau (The Raven) will be released by Criterion on February 17th for
$29.95. Specifications are original French mono audio with full screen and
English subtitles. Extras are given as Video interview with Bertrand
Tavernier, director of Coup de Torchon; Excerpts from The Story of French
Cinema by Those Who Made It: Grand Illusions 1939 - 1942, a 1975 documentary
featuring Henri-Georges Clouzot; New essay by film scholar Alan Williams,
author of Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking.

Maitresse hits the stores care of Criterion on February 3rd. Retail price is
$29.95 and it will feature French mono audio, anamorphic 1.66:1 video and
English subtitles. The extras include Exclusive video interview with Barbet
Schroeder; New essay by film critic Elliott Stein..

Diary Of A Country Priest (Journal d'un curé de campagne) rounds things off
for Criterion with a release date set for February 3rd and list price of
$39.95. Once more the audio is French mono with English subtitles and full
frame video. Extras were given as Audio commentary by film historian Peter
Cowie; 11-minutes of deleted scenes; New and improved English subtitle
translation; New essay by film critic Frédéric Bonnaud.

The most expensive list price to date has been announced with the Fox
release of the first seven season box set of the X-Files. This combination
of the first seven season sets will list for a gigantic suggested price of
$1,049.98.

From Anchor Bay there is an eclectic mix of release announcements. February
3rd: Thomas & Friends: Best Of Gordon, February 10th: Breakthru: Pilates
Sculpt, March 2nd: Thomas & Friends: New Friends For Thomas, Thomas &
Friends: Thomas & His Friends Get Along, March 9th: Dawn Of The Dead,
Mirror, Mirror Collection and on March 23rd: Hercules: Legendary Journeys:
Season 3 and Osterman Weekend.

From Columbia/TriStar on February 10th; Fire Down Below (1957), Once Upon A
Time In The Midlands, Returner (2002), Tokyo Joe (1949) and Walk On The Wild
Side (1962). Each title goes for $24.95 retail.

Columbia also has the recent Meg Ryan flick In The Cut which is being
released as both a MPAA rated 'R' version and an Un-rated Director's cut
version. Both are due out on February 10th retailig for $26.95.

Stop by for a complete downloadable information list of all region one DVDs
in several formats as well as daily changes. The official list now features
36,264 titles with 273 additions or changes and 256 Pre-Release
announcements. The All Titles list has 36,520 titles. Recent releases
include: Last Week 311, This Week 212 and Next Week 158 titles.

Preview Seabiscuit. Reviews of X2: X-Men United, Two Towers Extended,
Hulk,Indy Collection, Taken, Sopranos Season 4, Matrix Reloaded, Avril
Lavigne: My World, Scarface(1983), Scarface (1932), Smallville, In Cold
Blood, Kiss Symphony, Chicago and All That Jazz. Past film reviews include
Steve O Out on Bail, May, Bedford Incident, 12 Angry Men (1957), Them, Usual
Suspects and Gormenghast . Coming titles listed before all the specs are in
can be found in a new list, http://www.hometheaterinfo.com/pre-releases.htm

Updated lists for discontinued, cancelled, postponed and rescheduled titles
as well as lists for DTS, ES/EX and Superbit titles. UPC numbers and
original release dates now being added to the database. There is also a
greatly expanded list of titles that were rescheduled or reissued. Search
function for the database, (now including UPC search) complements of site
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news.verizon.net wrote:

....snip...

Wow! What a bargain. Each individual set lists for 149.99. But the
combo lists (per set) at only 149.97.

dick
-- I should have waited to buy so that I could have saved some money