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shivvy
28 Jan 2005, 09:42 PM
In stores Tuesday, February 1st:

*The Brak Show: Season 1 [from Cartoon Network's Adult Swim]
*The Broadway Melody of 1929 [this musical was the 2nd film EVER to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards]
*Chariots of Fire: SE [Winner of the 1981 Academy Award for Best Picture finally gets a widescreen remaster and the 2-disc special edition treatment it deserves]
*Degrassi Junior High: Season 1 [for fans of girls who say 'aboot' -- this is the original 1987 first season of the much-loved Canadian drama]
*The Grudge [lame American remake of Korean horror flick 'Ju-on', with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Bill Pullman. To be fair, the director of the original also helmed the remake]
*Henry Rollins: Shock and Awe [spoken word performance, filmed on tour]
*Penn & Teller -- Bullshit!:Season 2 [from their very funny and often fascinating Showtime series]
*Ray [Catch Jamie Foxx in his Academy Award nominated performance! Available in separate widescreen and full screen editions]
*Sealab 2021: Season 2 [another collection from the Adult Swim series]
*Secrets & Lies
*[B]She Hate Me [the latest Spike Lee joint was savaged by critics and didn't even break $500,000 at the box office. You can remember Spike's glory days with a new special edition of "School Daze" which also streets this week]
*Vanity Fair [Mira Nair adapts the classic novel by William Makepeace Thackery. Starring Reese Witherspoon. Available in separate widescreen and full screen editions

mobyoctopad
29 Jan 2005, 06:14 PM
Spike Lee and Mike Leigh (haha) both rule in my eyes. Thanks for the word up.