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In Search of Santa

• Starring: Hilary Duff & Haylie Duff
• Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Surround Sound
• Rated: NR
• Studio: Buena Vista Home Video


Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Widescreen Edition)

• Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, & Emma Thompson
• Director: Alfonso Cuaron
• Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
• Aspect Ratio(s): 2.40:1
• Audio Encoding: Dolby Digital 5.1
• Rated:
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: November 23, 2004
• Run Time: 142
• Summary: Starting during the summer before Harry's third year at Hogwarts, this is the adventure that happens when he has to go on the run after an incident where he was unable to control his anger... getting on a bus, he hears about Sirius Black, a renegade wizard who was a Prisoner at Azkaban. What Harry doesn't suspect is that Black escaped to look for... him.

• DVD Features:
- Available subtitles: Spanish, French
- Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Deleted Scenes
- "Creating the Vision" interview with J.K. Rowling and the filmmakers
- Interviews with the cast lead by Johnny Vaughan and the Shrunken Head
- Three challenge games
- "Conjuring a Scene" making-of featurette
- "Care of Magical Creatures" animal trainer featurette
- Self-guided iPIX tours into Honeydukes and Professor Lupin's classroom
- Choir Practice: sing-along with the Hogwarts choir
- Hogwarts Portrait Gallery
- Hogwarts Timeline
- Electronic Arts game preview
- DVD ROM Features: Wizard Trading Cards
- Theatrical Trailers
- "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (c) 2004 Warner Bros. Ent. Harry Potter Publishing Rights (c) J.K.R. HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are trademarks of and (c) Warner Bros Ent. All Rights Reserved
Review by Wilson Morales


Unstoppable

• Starring: Wesley Snipes, Stuart Wilson, Kim Coates, & Jacqueline Obradors
• Format: Color, Closed-captioned
• Rated: Not for sale to persons under age 18.
• Studio: Columbia Tristar Home Video
• DVD Release Date: November 23, 2004
• Run Time: 96

• Summary: In this thriller, Dean Cage ( Snipes) is a former Special Forces operative who finds himself at odds with the government he used to serve when he's kidnapped by intelligence agents who have mistaken him for another Special Forces veteran. To keep tabs on the suspected agent's activities, the intelligence men dose Cage with a special mind-controlling hallucinogen, which allows them to plant images into his brain of their choosing. Cage must now sort out what is real and what is a mirage in the world around him as he struggles to prove his true identity.  


Seinfeld Gift Set (Seasons 1-3 with Original Script, Salt & Pepper Shakers, and Playing Cards)

• Starring: Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander,  Julia Luois-Dreyfus, & Michael Richards
• Director: Joshua White (II)
• Format: Box set, Full Screen, Dolby
• Rated: NR
• Studio: Columbia Tri-Star
• DVD Release Date: November 23, 2004

• DVD Features:
- Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
- Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), French (Dolby Digital 2.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)
- Commentary by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld on The Stake Out, The Deal, The Pen, and The Pez Dispenser
- Commentary by Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Michael Richards on The Revenge, The Busboy, The Subway, and The Boyfriend parts 1 and 2
- Commentary by writer Larry Charles on The Heart Attack The Baby Shower, The Library, and The Limo
- Commentary by director-producer Tom Cherones and production designer Tom Azzari on The Parking Garage and The Parking Space
- 41 episodes from the first three seasons on eight discs: The Seinfeld Chronicles (pilot), The Robbery, The Stake Out, Male Unbonding, The Stock Tip, The Ex-Girlfriend, The Pony Remark, The Jacket, The Phone Message, The Apartment, The Statue, The Revenge, The Heart Attack, The Deal, The Baby Shower, The Chinese Restaurant, The Busboy, The Note, The Truth, The Pen, The Dog, The Library, The Parking Garage, The Cafe, The Tape, The Nose Job, The Stranded, The Alternate Side, The Red Dot, The Subway, The Pez Dispenser, The Suicide, The Fix-Up, The Boyfriend (1), The Boyfriend (2), The Limo, The Good Samaritan, The Letter, The Parking Space, The Keys
- Featuring the original (1-2 minutes longer) NBC network versions of each episode
- Two versions of the pilot episode
- Remastered in high definition
- Inside Looks: Interviews with the cast and creators about what was happening behind the scenes as the episodes were created and filmed
- In the Vault: Saved from the cutting room floor... deleted scenes - never seen!
- Not That There's Anything Wrong with That: Never-before-seen-outtakes and bloopers
- Master of His Domain: See Jerry in exclusive stand-up comedy footage, shot for the show but never used
- Sponsored by Vandelay Industries: Original NBC promotional ads and trailers
- Notes About Nothing: Trivia tracks with behind-the-scenes scoop and production notes
- How It Began: An hour-long look at how Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David first came up with the idea for the show, how it almost didn't get made and how they emerged with the show that changed the face of television forever
- Tonight Show footage
- Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo: meet the real Kramer... Kenny Kramer!
- Exclusive to the gift set:
- Limited-edition original script with handwritten notes from Larry David
- Exclusive "Monk's Diner" salt & pepper shakers
- Collectible playing cards
- Number of discs: 8


The Terminal (Widescreen 2-Disc Collector's Set)

• Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Diego Luna, & Zoe Saldana
• Director: Steven Spielberg
• Format: Color, Widescreen, Dolby
• Rated:
• Studio: Umvd/Dreamworks
• DVD Release Date: November 23, 2004
• Run Time: 128 min
• Summary:
"The Terminal" tells the story of Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), a visitor to New York from Eastern Europe, whose homeland erupts in a fiery coup while he is in the air en route to America. Stranded at Kennedy Airport with a passport from nowhere, he is unauthorized to actually enter the United States and must improvise his days and nights in the terminal’s international transit lounge until the war at home is over.
As the weeks and months stretch on, Viktor finds the compressed universe of the terminal to be a richly complex world of absurdity, generosity, ambition, amusement, status, serendipity and even romance with a beautiful flight attendant named Amelia (Catherine Zeta-Jones). But Viktor has long worn out his welcome with airport official Frank Dixon, who considers him a bureaucratic glitch, a problem he cannot control but wants desperately to erase.

• DVD Features:
- Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- A bonus disc of extras
- CD soundtrack
Review by Julian Roman: http://www.blackfilm.com/20040618/reviews/theterminal.shtml



Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (Special Edition)

• Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Jack Davenport, Keira Knightley
• Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Surround Sound, Widescreen, Collector's Edition
• Rated:
• Studio: Buena Vista Home Vid
• DVD Release Date: November 2, 2004
• Run Time: 143
• Summary: Set in the Caribbean Sea in the 17th century, this is the story of a gentleman rogue of a pirate, Jack Sparrow (Depp), who teams up with the daughter (Knightley) of a governor (Pryce) to stop the evil plan of a ship of dangerous pirates (led by Rush) who are trying to reverse an ancient curse that leaves them stuck between life and death, with the light of the moon revealing their skeletons, like some kind of undead monsters.
• DVD Features:
- Available subtitles: French
- Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
- Commentary by French Commentary by director Gore Verbinski and Star Johnny Depp
- Commentary by producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Stars Keira Knightley And Jack Davenport
- Commentary by writers Stuart Beattie, Ted Elliot & Terry Rossio and Jay Wolpert
- Contains the original two-disc set plus a new bonus disc with eight features:
- "Becoming Captain Jack" - Johnny Depp featurette
- "Becoming Barbossa" - Geoffrey Rush featurette
- "Thar She Blows!" - The film's ship Interceptor, from building it to blowing it up
- "The Monkey’s Name Is Jack" - Meet Levi and Tara, the film's monkeys "Pirates Around The World"
- International release comparison More "Fly On The Set" on-set featurette
- "Spirit of the Ride" - Johnny Depp, director Gore Verbinski and others reflect on their earliest memories of the attraction "Sneak Attack Animatic"
- Previously released material:
- "An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl"
- 19 Deleted and Alternate Scenes
- "Moonlight" Scene Progression
- "Below Deck" - An Interactive History Of Pirates
- "Fly on the Set" on-set featurette
- "Diary of a Pirate" - Behind-the-Scenes look with cast member Lee Arenberg
- "Diary of a Ship" Video Journal
- "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" - Archival TV Program
- Producer's Diary Featurette With Jerry Bruckheimer
- Image Gallery
- Blooper Reel
- DVD-ROM Features:
- "Moonlight Becomes Ye" Effects Studio, History of the Ride Featurette, Virtual Reality Viewer, Scriptscanner & Storyboard Viewing Modes
- Number of discs: 3
Review by Wilson Morales



Shrek 2 (Widescreen Edition)
• Starring: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, John Lithgow, John Cleese, Julie Andrews, Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett
• Director: Andrew Adamson & Kelly Asbury
• Format: Animated, Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
• Aspect Ratio(s): 1.85:1
• Audio Encoding: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Rated:
• Studio: Dreamworks
• DVD Release Date: November 5, 2004
• Run Time: 92
• Summary:
The natural order of fairy tales is interrupted in the sequel to the Academy Award®-winning blockbuster "Shrek." "Shrek 2" sends Shrek, Donkey and Princess Fiona on a whirlwind of new adventures with more fairy-tale favorites to lampoon along the way.
After battling a fire-breathing dragon and the evil Lord Farquaad to win the hand of Princess Fiona, Shrek now faces his greatest challenge: the in-laws. Shrek and Princess Fiona return from their honeymoon to find an invitation to visit Fiona’s parents, the King and Queen of the Kingdom of Far, Far Away. With Donkey along for the ride, the newlyweds set off. All of the citizens of Far, Far Away turn out to greet their returning Princess, and her parents happily anticipate the homecoming of their daughter and her new Prince. But no one could have prepared them for the sight of their new son-in-law, not to mention how much their little girl had…well…changed.
Little did Shrek and Fiona know that their marriage had foiled all of her father’s plans for her future…and his own. Now the King must enlist the help of a powerful Fairy Godmother, the handsome Prince Charming and that famed ogre killer Puss In Boots to put right his version of "happily ever after."

• DVD Features:
- Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
- Commentary by the filmmakers
- Technical Goofs
- Meet Puss in Boots
- Meet the Cast of "Shrek 2"
- The Tech of "Shrek 2"
- Over 20 Games and Activities
- Shrek's Music Room, & More
- Shrek (R) Shrek 2 TM & (c) 2004 DreamWorks LLC.



The Simple Life 2

Cast: Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie
• Format: Color, Closed-captioned
• Rated: NR
• Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: November 2, 2004
• DVD Features:
- Available subtitles: English, Spanish
- Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
- All 10 episodes
- 30-minute outtakes and deleted scenes reel
- Lost episode from season 1



Spongebob Squarepants:Sponge for Hire

• Format: Animated, Color
• Rated: NR
• Studio: Paramount Home Video
• DVD Release Date: November 2, 2004
• Run Time: 104Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete Second Season
• Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley
• Format: Box set, Color, Box set, Dolby
• Rated: NR
• Studio: Paramount Home Video
• DVD Release Date: November 2, 2004
• Summary: The adventures of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spok and Dr. McCoy and the rest of the Enterprise crew
• DVD Features:
- Available subtitles: English
- Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
- 26 episodes on seven discs: Amok Time, Who Mourns for Adonais-, The Changeling, Mirror Mirror, The Apple, The Doomsday Machine, Catspaw, I Mudd, Metamorphosis, Journey to Babel, Friday's Child, The Deadly Years, Obsession, Wolf in the Fold, The Trouble with Tribbles, The Gamesters of Triskelion, A Piece of the Action, The Immunity Syndrome, A Private Little War, Return to Tomorrow, Patterns of Force, By Any Other Name, The Omega Glory, The Ultimate Computer, Bread and Circuses, Assignment: Earth
- To Boldly Go... Season Two
- Life Beyond Trek: Leonard Nimoy
- Kirk, Spock & Bones: Star Trek's Great Trio
- Designing the Final Frontier
- Star Trek's Divine Diva: Nichelle Nichols
- Writer's Notebook: D.C. Fontana
- Production art
- Photo gallery
- Preview trailers
- Number of discs: 8



Barbershop DVD Collector's Set

• Starring: Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Michael Ealy
• Director: Tim Story
• Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen
• Rated:
• Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• DVD Release Date: November 9, 2004
• DVD Features:
- Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
- Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
- Includes:
- Barbershop
- Commentary by director Tim Story, producers Robert Teitel and George Tillman Jr., and writer Don D. Scott
- Deleted scenes with director commentary
- "The Hair Club": 4 behind-the-scenes featurettes
- 7 deleted scenes with optional director commentary
- Outtakes
- Barber School interactive game
- "Trade It All" music video with Fabolous featuring P. Diddy & Jagged Edge
- Behind-the-scenes photo gallery
- Barbershop II
- Commentary by Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Troy Garity, and Jazsmin Lewis
- Commentary by director Kevin Rodney Sullivan and producers Robert Teitel and George Tillman Jr.
- Deleted scenes
- Outtakes
- Extended music video: Mary J. Blige featuring Eve, "Not Today"
- Music video: Sleepy Brown featuring Outkast, "I Can't Wait"
- Behind-the-scenes photo gallery
- Limited-edition headband
- Four collectible hairstyle postcards
- Sneak peek at the upcoming Beauty Shop



Before Sunset

• Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
• Director: Richard Linklater
• Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen
• Rated: Not for sale to persons under age 18.
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: November 9, 2004
• Run Time: 80
• Summary: Nine years ago, two strangers met by chance, spent a night together in Vienna, and parted before sunrise. Now, they're about to cross paths again  in Paris -- where they will get the chance we all wish we had - to find out what might have been. The only problem is they have just a few hours to figure out if they belong together. Directed by Richard Linklater (Before Sunrise,School of Rock), the film reunites Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy.
• DVD Features:
- Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Trailer



The Clearing

• Starring: Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe, Melissa Sagemiller, Alessandro Nivola
• Director: Pieter Jan Brugge
• Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
• Rated: Not for sale to persons under age 18.
• Studio: Fox Home Entertainme
• DVD Release Date: November 9, 2004
• Run Time: 91
• Summary: Wayne and Eileen Hayes (Robert Redford, Helen Mirren) appear to be living the American dream, until that dream becomes a living nightmare. A self-made tycoon, Wayne is seemingly invincible. But all illusions are shattered when he is kidnapped in broad daylight from their peaceful Pittsburgh estate. Under the microscope of a probing FBI investigation and her own painstaking introspection, Eileen too is a victim. Meanwhile, Wayne, with his fate resting in the hands of a kidnapper (Willem Dafoe) who has nothing to lose and everything to gain, finds himself in the most important negotiation ever - for his life....
• DVD Features:
- Available subtitles: English, Spanish
- Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
- Commentary by director Peter Jan Brugge, writer Justin Haythe, and editor Kevin Tent
- Six deleted scenes with optional commentary
- Full-length screenplay
- Theatrical trailer
Review by Wilson Morales



The L Word - The Complete First Season
• Starring: Jennifer Beals, See more
• Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
• Format: Color
• Rated: NR
• Studio: SHOWTIME ENTERTAINMENT
• DVD Release Date: November 9, 2004
• DVD Features:
- Number of discs: 5



Legally Blonde Platinum Collection

• Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Davis, Selma Blair, Luke Wilson, Victor Garber, Sally Field & Regina King
• Director: Robert Luketic
• Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Box set
• Rated:
• Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• DVD Release Date: November 9, 2004
• Summary: Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has it all. She's the president of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural blonde. She dates the cutest fraternity boy on campus and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But, there's just one thing stopping Warner (Matthew Davis) from popping the question: Elle is TOO blonde. Growing up across the street from Aaron Spelling might mean something in LA, but nothing to Warner's East-Coast blue blood family. So, when Warner packs up for Harvard Law and reunites with an old sweetheart from prep school, Elle rallies all her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. But law school is a far cry from the comforts of her poolside and the mall. Elle must wage the battle of her life - for her guy, for herself and for all the blondes who suffer endless indignities everyday.
• DVD Features:
- Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
- Includes:
- Legally Blonde
- 2 audio commentary tracks with the director, Reese Witherspoon & film crew
- Trivia track
- Legally Blonde 2
- Commentary by Jennifer Coolidge, Jessica Cauffiel, and Alanna Ubach
- Deleted scenes
- Gag reel
- "We Can" music video with LeAnn Rimes
- "Welcome to Delta Nu" interactive quiz
- "Blonde Ambition" featurette
- Behind-the-scenes photo gallery
- Elle's Essentials: magnets, a notepad and pen, and a collectible "clutch purse" outer box
- Number of discs: 2



The Stepford Wives (Widescreen Edition)

• Starring: Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Faith Hill, Bette Midler, Jon Lovitz
• Director: Frank Oz
• Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
• Rated:
• Studio: Paramount Home Video
• DVD Release Date: November 9, 2004
• Run Time: 92
• Summary: A remake of the 1975 film, the original film told of a group of husbands who transform their feisty wives into robots that cater to their every whim.
• DVD Features:
- Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Commentary by director Frank Oz
- Five featurettes
- Six deleted scenes
- Gag reel
- Trailers


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