Sept 28, 2004
The Alamo
American Pimp
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fly Jefferson Airplane
The Hunting of a President
Maxim Presents:
The Real Swimsuit
Super Size Me

Sept 21, 2004
Coffee & Cigarettes
How To Draw A Bunny
La Dolce Vita
MADtv First Season
Mean Girls
Rounders

Sept 14, 2004
Angels In America
Home On The Range
Man On Fire
THX-1138
50 Years Of Playmates
Young Adam

Sept 7 , 2004
American Dreams
Bullwinkle & Rocky Show
Clerks
Darby O'Gill & The Little People
Dogville
Jesus Christ Superstar
The Ladykillers
Magnum P.I.
The Passion of the Christ
The Punisher
Shaolin Soccer
Wattstax

August 23, 2004
Dallas
Duel
Ella Enchanted
Goodfellas
Grafitti Bridge
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Laws of Attraction
Martin Scorsese Collection
The Munsters
New York Minute
Show Boy
Sugarland Express

August 10, 2004
Freaks
Kill Bill Volume 2
The Lost Boys
The Real Olympics
Sada

August 3 , 2004
Hidalgo
13 Going on 30
Darby O'Gill
Sliders
Knight Rider
The Elvis Collection Gidget
Beaches

July 27, 2004
Hellboy
The Whole Ten Yards
Showgirls
Ned Kelly
Pennies From Heaven
V - The Complete Series
Sledge Hammer
Hells Angels 69
Greendale
You Bet Your Life
Hells Angels 69
Salaam Bombay Dreams
Greendale

July 21, 2004
Bus 174
The Big Bounce
Broken Wings
Confidence
Crimson Gold
The Human Stain
Outfoxed
Starsky & Hutch
Thunderbirds Are Go

Aladdin | Fahrenheit 911 | Jesus of Montreal | Untouchables | Get Ready of Halloween

News & Headlines Trailer	Fahrenheit 911 Worldwide Gross: $167 million The Hot Button: Fahrenheit 9/11 is the vast right wing conspiracy and Clinton shaking his finger at America when he did not have sexual relations with that woman and the ad with the little girl and the flower before the a-bomb explodes and America's Funniest Home Videos and Robert Smigel's Saturday TV Funhouse and the terrorist montage & speech that accompanied Daniel Pearl's beheading all on one overlong package. Pride, Unprejudiced: As it turns out, Fahrenheit 9/11 is not a campaign commercial, but an indignant, mocking voice of outrage. What was the tag line for The Minus Man? "Conversation usually follows?" Moore's mockery of the Administration is hardly a fraction of the daily diet of bile produced by the likes of Rush Limbaugh and other entertainers like him. What an impressive crowd: the haves, and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite, I call you my base. - George W. Bush
	Aladdin Worldwide Gross: $502 million As delightful as Aladdin remains, a dozen years after its theatrical release, it’s impossible not to return to its lushly animated world a decade later, without flashing on contemporary images of war and fanaticism. If it weren’t for the first Gulf War, after all, Aladdin would have been set in the Baghdad of the “Arabian Nights,” not fictional Agrabah, and its archetypal villains might not seem so ill-conceived. It’s still possible to admire Aladdin for its great visual and musical artistry -- as well as the Genie’s rapid-fire shtick -- but this otherwise generous DVD gift edition arrives with heavy baggage (“Mommy, why isn‘t Jasmine wearing a chador?”). Perhaps, Disney should have held on to it for another year or so … let some of the smoke clear, anyway. Or, do they know something we don’t? -- Gary Dretzka It's all part and parcel of the whole genie gig: phenomenal cosmic powers, itty bitty living space.
	The Untouchables: Special Collector's Edtion Worldwide Gross: $186 million By 1989, as director Brian de Palma suggests in his commentary for The Untouchables: Special Collector's Edition, traditional rat-a-tat-tat gangster films had pretty much worn out their welcome. The first two installments of The Godfather, along with Once Upon a Time in America and Mean Streets, had raised the ante to a level where only the biggest players could stay in the game. The Untouchables attempted to revitalize the genre, by embellishing what was a gritty gang-busting TV series -- beloved for its tawdry blend of gratuitous violence and pulp moralizing -- with contemporary production values and really big stars. Too bad no one’s had the guts to release the original series, which starred Robert Stack, either in VHS or DVD. -- Gary Dretzka The Movie That Almost Was .. Mel Gibson and Harrison Ford both turned down the role of Eliot Ness before Costner was signed. Bob Hoskins was hired to play Capone when De Palma believed Robert De Niro might not be available. Then De Niro was in, Hoskins was out - out with $200,000.
	Jesus of Montreal A lot of Americans treat films made in Canada -- especially those outsourced there for budgetary reasons -- with the same disdain as products that carried the label “Made in Japan,” in the ’50s and ’60s. The Honda Accord and Sony Betamax forever buried that stigma. Likewise, much of Canada’s home-grown cinema -- especially that created by Denys Arcand -- is very good, indeed. In the just-released scholarly survey, Canada’s Ten Best, the Quebec native is responsible for nearly a third of the titles: No. 2, Jesus of Montreal (1988); No. 9, Le Déclin de l'empire américain (1986); and, No. 10, Les Invasions barbares (2003). Earlier this year, The Barbarian Invasions won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and was nominated in the original screenplay category. Already out on DVD, it revisited the characters introduced 18 years ago in the Oscar-nominated The Decline of the American Empire, which arrives in stores this week. The talky chamber piece spent the better part of a day with four academics, as they tried to make sense of their sexuality and romantic entanglements. In last year’s reunion film, they were still exchanging witty, self-aware banter, this time, however, in the company of a friend who’s bravely facing the inevitability of own death, by cancer. Both films are so much smarter and abashedly intellectual than the types of adult-oriented films made in Hollywood -- or, in Canada, by Hollywood interests -- that you’d suppose Arcand’s Canada existed on another continent altogether. (Jesus of Montreal. a contemporary Passion Play, will arrive on DVD next month.) . -- Gary Dretzka
	Get Ready for Halloween Anyone responsible for arranging entertainment at this year’s Halloween party might simply consider renting a large-screen TV and picking up “Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan,” a comprehensive repackaging of the first eight chapters in the wacky slasher saga. Watching sexually active teenagers get butchered for their sins isn’t everyone‘s idea of a good time, but Jason has become such pop-cultural icon that it almost seems as if he’s become part of the family. Besides the many commentaries, this set includes deleted scenes, amusing anecdotes from Jason’s many victims, trailers and the featurette "Secrets Galore Behind The Gore." Even more entertaining, though, might be a marathon screening of schlock-o-rama features from “The Ed Wood Box” ($39.99), which includes such cult classics as “Glen or Glenda,” “Jail Bait,” “Bride of the Monster,” “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” “Night of the Ghouls” and “The Haunted World of Ed Wood.” -- Gary Dretzka