Scroll over the hidden text for mild spoilers.
SUN DISCOVERS THE IDENTITY OF HER UNBORN CHILD'S FATHER AFTER
BEING EXAMINED BY JULIET, AND DESMOND ALLOWS AN UNLIKELY FOE TO HELP
SAVE THE LIFE OF A MYSTERIOUS NEW ISLAND INHABITANT, ON ABC'S "LOST"
"D.O.C. - After discovering that all of "The Others'" pregnant women died before giving birth on the island, an extremely reticent Sun allows Juliet to examine her -- and uncovers the identity of the unborn child's father. Meanwhile, Desmond allows an unlikely nemesis to help save the life of a new, mysterious island inhabitant, on "Lost," WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.
"Lost" stars Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Michael Emerson as Ben, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet, Dominic Monaghan as Charlie and Terry O'Quinn as Locke.
Guest starring are Byron Chung as Mr. Paik, Andrew Divoff as Mikhail, Marsha Thomason as Naomi, John Shin as Mr. Kwon, Alexis Rhee as older woman, Esmond Chung as Paik's associate and Jean Chung as Paik's secretary.
"D.O.C." was written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz and directed by Fred Toye.
See the Best "Lost" Sites on the Web.
DVD new releases April 10, 2007
Scooby Doo, Where Are You! - The Complete Third Season
Teen Titans - The Complete Third Season
The Untouchables - Season One, Vol. 1
The Batman - The Complete Third Season
The Streets of San Francisco - Season 1, Vol. 1
How William Shatner Changed the World
New CD releases April 10, 2007
CD new releases April 10, 2007
Cassadaga by Bright Eyes
Survivalism, Pt. 1 by Nine Inch Nails
Survivalism, Pt. 2 by Nine Inch Nails
Grinderman by Grinderman (featuring Nick Cave)
Yardbirds Story: 1963-66 by The Yardbirds
Good Life/the Wonderful World of by Julie London
Girls Girls Girls: A Recollection Of Dream Dates - 1955-1965 by Various Artists
Brianstorm by Arctic Monkeys
Back to the Story by Idle Race
Live at the BBC by Fairport Convention
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me by Martin Short
Get Ready to Fly! Pop-Psych from the Norman Petty by Get Ready to Fly! Pop-Psych from the Norman Petty
It Came from the Garage! Nuggets from Southern Cal by various artists
Stand (Exp) by Sly & Family Stone
Collection by Sly & Family Stone
Theres a Riot Goin on by Sly & Family Stone
Fresh (Exp) by Sly & Family Stone
Dance to the Music by Sly & The Family Stone
A Whole New Thing by Sly & The Family Stone
Small Talk (Exp) by Sly & Family Stone
Life by Sly & The Family Stone
Cassadaga by Bright Eyes
Survivalism, Pt. 1 by Nine Inch Nails
Survivalism, Pt. 2 by Nine Inch Nails
Grinderman by Grinderman (featuring Nick Cave)
Yardbirds Story: 1963-66 by The Yardbirds
Good Life/the Wonderful World of by Julie London
Girls Girls Girls: A Recollection Of Dream Dates - 1955-1965 by Various Artists
Brianstorm by Arctic Monkeys
Back to the Story by Idle Race
Live at the BBC by Fairport Convention
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me by Martin Short
Get Ready to Fly! Pop-Psych from the Norman Petty by Get Ready to Fly! Pop-Psych from the Norman Petty
It Came from the Garage! Nuggets from Southern Cal by various artists
Stand (Exp) by Sly & Family Stone
Collection by Sly & Family Stone
Theres a Riot Goin on by Sly & Family Stone
Fresh (Exp) by Sly & Family Stone
Dance to the Music by Sly & The Family Stone
A Whole New Thing by Sly & The Family Stone
Small Talk (Exp) by Sly & Family Stone
Life by Sly & The Family Stone
Pop Culture Roundup Feb. 9, 2007
Cartoonist Johnny Hart of "B.C." and "Wizard of Id" fame has passed away.
Later in his career, some of Hart's cartoons had religious themes, a reflection of his own Christian faith. That sometimes led to controversy.
A strip published on Easter in 2001 drew protests from Jewish groups and led several newspapers to drop the strip. The cartoon depicted a menorah transforming into a cross, with accompanying text quoting some of Jesus Christ's dying words. Critics said it implied that Christianity supersedes Judaism.
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Pattie Boyd, former wife of George Harrison and, later, Eric Clapton, has an autobiography coming out.
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Two nice Batman-related posts on Silver Age Comics today: The history of Ace the Bathound and a look at the Caped Crusader's attitudes on guns.
Later in his career, some of Hart's cartoons had religious themes, a reflection of his own Christian faith. That sometimes led to controversy.
A strip published on Easter in 2001 drew protests from Jewish groups and led several newspapers to drop the strip. The cartoon depicted a menorah transforming into a cross, with accompanying text quoting some of Jesus Christ's dying words. Critics said it implied that Christianity supersedes Judaism.
-----------------
Pattie Boyd, former wife of George Harrison and, later, Eric Clapton, has an autobiography coming out.
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Two nice Batman-related posts on Silver Age Comics today: The history of Ace the Bathound and a look at the Caped Crusader's attitudes on guns.
New omnibus collects Marvel monster classics
Amazing Fantasy Omnibus Volume 1
''We Were Trapped in the Twilight World!'' ''I Led the Strange Search for Manoo!'' ''I Come from the Black Void!'' Wow, what a life, huh? All part of Marvel's most amazing fantasy adventures, collected here for the first time! Meet the Man Who Captured Death, the Man in the Mummy Case and the Man in the Sky, one of Marvel's earliest mutant heroes! Monsters both microscopic and megalithic - like Torr, Sserpo, Monsteroso and the inimitable Tim Boo Ba! Aliens, genies, angels, ghosts and more! Plus the origins of Spider-Man and Doctor Druid, if you're into that super-hero stuff. Collects Amazing Adventures #1-6, Amazing Adult Fantasy #7-14 and Amazing Fantasy #15.
Hardcover, 416 pages.
Click the links to pre-order now for $47.24 (regularly $74.99) from Amazon:
Regular editon or
Variant cover
See a complete list of Marvel Comics Omnibus books.
''We Were Trapped in the Twilight World!'' ''I Led the Strange Search for Manoo!'' ''I Come from the Black Void!'' Wow, what a life, huh? All part of Marvel's most amazing fantasy adventures, collected here for the first time! Meet the Man Who Captured Death, the Man in the Mummy Case and the Man in the Sky, one of Marvel's earliest mutant heroes! Monsters both microscopic and megalithic - like Torr, Sserpo, Monsteroso and the inimitable Tim Boo Ba! Aliens, genies, angels, ghosts and more! Plus the origins of Spider-Man and Doctor Druid, if you're into that super-hero stuff. Collects Amazing Adventures #1-6, Amazing Adult Fantasy #7-14 and Amazing Fantasy #15.
Hardcover, 416 pages.
Click the links to pre-order now for $47.24 (regularly $74.99) from Amazon:
Regular editon or
Variant cover
See a complete list of Marvel Comics Omnibus books.
DVD: Warner announces Cult Camp Classic Collection Vol. 1 - 4
These sets are available for pre-order now for $20.99 each from Amazon. Just click the title links below.
From the press release:
Due June 26 from Warner Home Video, Collectible New Giftsets Feature the Movie on which Airplane! is Based and Performances from Dana Andrews, Joan Collins, Jeanne Crain, Joan Crawford, Rory Calhoun, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Charlton Heston, Eleanor Parker and Lana Turner
Warner Home Video will bring "camp" home this summer with the June 26 introduction of Cult Camp Classics, Volumes 1 through 4. The studio which pioneered genre collections such as Forbidden Hollywood and Controversial Classics has gathered together 12 trashy treasures that will bring hours of kitschy fun in four volumes: Sci-Fi Thrillers (Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, Queen of Outer Space, The Giant Behemoth); Women in Peril (The Big Cube, Caged, Trog); Terrorized Travelers (Hot Rods to Hell, Skyjacked, Zero Hour!) and Historical Epics (The Colossus of Rhodes, Land of Pharaohs, The Prodigal).
The Cult Camp Classics Collections boast the very latest remastered versions along with bonus content such as commentaries from actors, filmmakers and historians as well as original theatrical trailers. Colorfully packaged in super slim, eye-popping packaging, each volume contains three DVDs and will sell for $29.98 SRP and the single titles will be available for $14.97 SRP. Order due date for all is May 22.
Key gems in the collections include the original film on which the mega-hit comedy Airplane is based (Zero Hour!), Sergio Leone's directorial debut (The Colossus of Rhodes), a performance by 1956 Playboy Playmate Yvette Vickers (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), Joan Collins' first film (The Land of the Pharaohs) and Joan Crawford's last (Trog).
Volume 1: Sci-Fi Thrillers
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
It's impossible not to have fun with this all-time kitsch classic which, as fans know, is actually about a very big woman with a very bad attitude. The woman is wealthy Nancy Archer (Allison Hayes), fresh from the looney bin and ticked off. Her rat of a husband (William Hudson) has been at play while she's been gone, putting the moves on Honey Parker (Yvette Vickers, Playboy's Miss July 1959) and scheming about the day when Nancy's fortune will be theirs. That day will never come - not after Nancy has an alien encounter that zaps her metabolism into overdrive. Soon, Nancy's size matches her rage. She'll prove that big girls don't cry; they get even.
DVD Special Features:
* Commentary by Yvette Vickers and film historian Tom Weaver
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
Queen of Outer Space (1958)
This milestone of movie camp tells the out-of-this-world story of a captain and his men who have landed on a planet where males are outlawed. The good new for them is some women there are eager to break the law! And if that wasn't enough, the man-hating Venusian queen (Laurie Mitchell) aims to destroy Earth once a Beta Disintegrator is operational. But a gossamer-gowned scientist (Zsa Zsa Gabor) and her curvy cohorts eye the men and they like what they see. This film has sets, costumes and effects from Flight to Mars, Forbidden Planet and World Without End.
DVD Special Features:
* Commentary by Laurie Mitchell and film historian Tom Weaver
* Theatrical Trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
The Giant Behemoth (1958)
As in his classic The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, director Eugene Lourie plunges viewers into a thrilling stomping ground, unleashing another Thunder Lizard to stomp on everything in sight. Alarming levels of radiation have infused the water, plants and skies, and a radiated paleosaurus rises from the ocean depths. In its path: London. The giant has the strength to topple buildings (King Kong's Willis O'Brien contributes rampaging stop-motion effects), a stride that flattens cars, a flesh-searing radioactive ray and a ticked-off attitude. Left in ruins on land, humankind takes the fight to the beast's undersea realm, where a two-man submarine crew must ensure the torpedo they fire is dead-on.
DVD Special Features
* Commentary by veteran special effects creators Dennis Muren and Phil Tippett (The Academy Award ® winning visual effects and dinosaur supervisors of "Jurassic Park" provide insight into this ground-breaking stop-motion monster.)
* Theatrical trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (Feature Film Only)
Volume 2: Women in Peril
The Big Cube (1968)
The only person standing between a multi-million dollar inheritance for Lisa (Karin Mossberg and her druggie boyfriend Johnny (George Chakiris) is step-mom Adriana (Lana Turner), who refuses to approve the pair's marriage. So the young couple decides to "Cube" momma -- lace her prescription meds with psychedelics -- and drive Adriana out of her mind. It almost works until family friend Frederick Lansdale (Richard Egan) comes to her rescue. The Big Cube is a cinematic freak-out "for camp followers only" (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide).
DVD Special Features
* Theatrical trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (Feature Film Only)
Caged (1950)
"Will she come out woman or wildcat?" trumpeted ads for this women's prison classic. There's no question about how the film itself came out. Using familiar but sharply played characters to bring home its reform-minded message, Caged remains a pivotal genre classic. Best Actress Academy AwardÒ nominee* Eleanor Parker portrays the inmate whose transformation from sunny innocent to tight-lipped 'con' provides its focus. As the tyrannical floor matron, Best Supporting Actress nominee Hope Emerson is 6'2" of Grade A malevolence. And an earnest prison superintendent, a sour lifer, a street-lamp tramp, a patsy, a society dame and other types add atmosphere to an OscarÒ-nominated script co-writer Virginia Kellogg researched while posing on the inside as a convict.
DVD Special Features:
* Theatrical trailer
* Subtitles: English, Français & Español (Feature Film Only)
Trog (1969)
People call him Trog, short for a prehistoric cave dweller called a Troglodyte. To an anthropologist (Joan Crawford in her final film), he's the scientific discovery of the age - a wild half man/half ape. To others, he's walking death. A grocer is impaled on a meat hook, a car is tossed aside like a twig, a child is kidnapped - all after local resident Sam Murdock (Michael Gough) prods the brute into a blind rampage. In true horror tradition, Murdock's behavior leaves no doubt who the real savages are.
DVD Special Features:
* Theatrical trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
Volume 3: Terrorized Travelers
Hot Rods to Hell (1966)
Sam Katzman produces this fast-driving drive-in special, whose 200+ credits include Earth vs. the Flying Saucers and Rock Around the Clock. Dana Andrews and Jeanne Crain play a straight-arrow couple whose family road trip to a new life in the West becomes a running game of "chicken" with pedal-to-the-metal teens. "These kids have nowhere to go, and they want to get there at a 150 miles an hour," says a cop about the kids looking for kicks in their souped-up Hot Rods to Hell. This is where the cult-movie rubber meets the road.
DVD Special Features:
* Theatrical Trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
Skyjacked (1972)
Charlton Heston plays Hank O'Hara, a top pilot who knows how to handle an airliner with ease. But now he faces the unexpected: He's been Skyjacked. Heston leads a top cast in this thriller from the era of big, edge-of-your-seat disaster films like The Poseidon Adventure and Earthquake. John Guillermin (The Towering Inferno) directs, escalating the tension in a story about a deranged war vet (James Brolin) who demands that a Minneapolis-bound flight make a slight detour - to Moscow. All that stands between the terrified passengers and doom is the steely resolve of Captain O'Hara.
DVD Special Features:
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
Zero Hour! (1957)
Fish or lamb chops? A wrong dinner selection gives food poisoning to the pilot and first officer of Flight 714 - and that could mean doom for everyone aboard in Zero Hour!, the high-flying film based on a story by Arthur Hailey (Airport, Hotel) and later spoofed in the comedy Airplane!. Dana Andrews portrays the passenger who must overcome the trauma of his wartime experiences to guide the plane. Sterling Hayden plays the flight-control jockey talking Andrews in through bumpy skies. And gridiron great Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch is the stricken pilot.
DVD Special Features:
* Theatrical Trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
Volume 4: Historical Epics
The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
Filmmakers often begin their directing careers with works of limited scale. Sergio Leone (Fistful of Dollars) began with a Colossus. Spectacle is king in The Colossus of Rhodes, Leone's first credited film as a director. Sun-bronzed heroes (including toga-wearing Rory Calhoun) battle tyranny. Prisoners scramble for their lives in coliseum pageants of doom. Usurpers connive. Revolution erupts. And towering over all the excitement is the mighty bronze Colossus that straddles the harbor, fighting foes by dropping burning oil from the huge cauldron it holds and firing streams of molten lead from the catapults in its headpiece.
DVD Special Features:
* Commentary by film historian Christopher Frayling
* Theatrical trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
Director Howard Hawks, who worked brilliantly in practically every movie genre, shows his mastery of the large-scale epic with this gigantic production filmed on location in Egypt. Thousands of extras (9,787 in one scene alone!), magnificently detailed sets (including the pyramid's inner labyrinth, booby-trapped so no one can learn its secrets and live) and vast desert vistas fill the screen and astonish the eye.
There are also human-scale stories -- the Pharaoh (Jack Hawkins) who orders the pyramid as his tomb, dooming untold numbers to unending toil; the architect (James Robertson Justice) designing it to earn his people's freedom; the slaves constructing it of blood, sweat and tears. And lastly, the beautiful queen (Joan Collins) whose greed leads to murder - and a stunning revenge.
DVD Special Features:
* Commentary by filmmaker/historian Peter Bogdanovich, with interview excerpts of director Howard Hawks
* Theatrical trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
The Prodigal (1955)
Pagan sect high priestess Lana Turner beguiles a humble Hebrew farmer (Edmund Purdom) away from his faith in this drama based on the Biblical parable of The Prodigal Son. Four sprawling soundstages were filled with opulent sets representing the Holy Land circa 70 BC, and director Richard Thorpe (Ivanhoe, Jailhouse Rock) employed thousands of extras to create an environment rife with all the famine, poverty and unrest the panoramic CinemaScope screen could hold. But the star of the visually spectacular show remains Turner, shimmering in bejeweled gowns that reveal just why she can drive a true believer to the brink of forsaking all he holds dear.
DVD Special Features:
* Commentary by film historian Dr. Drew Casper
* Theatrical trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
From the press release:
Due June 26 from Warner Home Video, Collectible New Giftsets Feature the Movie on which Airplane! is Based and Performances from Dana Andrews, Joan Collins, Jeanne Crain, Joan Crawford, Rory Calhoun, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Charlton Heston, Eleanor Parker and Lana Turner
Warner Home Video will bring "camp" home this summer with the June 26 introduction of Cult Camp Classics, Volumes 1 through 4. The studio which pioneered genre collections such as Forbidden Hollywood and Controversial Classics has gathered together 12 trashy treasures that will bring hours of kitschy fun in four volumes: Sci-Fi Thrillers (Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, Queen of Outer Space, The Giant Behemoth); Women in Peril (The Big Cube, Caged, Trog); Terrorized Travelers (Hot Rods to Hell, Skyjacked, Zero Hour!) and Historical Epics (The Colossus of Rhodes, Land of Pharaohs, The Prodigal).
The Cult Camp Classics Collections boast the very latest remastered versions along with bonus content such as commentaries from actors, filmmakers and historians as well as original theatrical trailers. Colorfully packaged in super slim, eye-popping packaging, each volume contains three DVDs and will sell for $29.98 SRP and the single titles will be available for $14.97 SRP. Order due date for all is May 22.
Key gems in the collections include the original film on which the mega-hit comedy Airplane is based (Zero Hour!), Sergio Leone's directorial debut (The Colossus of Rhodes), a performance by 1956 Playboy Playmate Yvette Vickers (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), Joan Collins' first film (The Land of the Pharaohs) and Joan Crawford's last (Trog).
Volume 1: Sci-Fi Thrillers
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
It's impossible not to have fun with this all-time kitsch classic which, as fans know, is actually about a very big woman with a very bad attitude. The woman is wealthy Nancy Archer (Allison Hayes), fresh from the looney bin and ticked off. Her rat of a husband (William Hudson) has been at play while she's been gone, putting the moves on Honey Parker (Yvette Vickers, Playboy's Miss July 1959) and scheming about the day when Nancy's fortune will be theirs. That day will never come - not after Nancy has an alien encounter that zaps her metabolism into overdrive. Soon, Nancy's size matches her rage. She'll prove that big girls don't cry; they get even.
DVD Special Features:
* Commentary by Yvette Vickers and film historian Tom Weaver
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
Queen of Outer Space (1958)
This milestone of movie camp tells the out-of-this-world story of a captain and his men who have landed on a planet where males are outlawed. The good new for them is some women there are eager to break the law! And if that wasn't enough, the man-hating Venusian queen (Laurie Mitchell) aims to destroy Earth once a Beta Disintegrator is operational. But a gossamer-gowned scientist (Zsa Zsa Gabor) and her curvy cohorts eye the men and they like what they see. This film has sets, costumes and effects from Flight to Mars, Forbidden Planet and World Without End.
DVD Special Features:
* Commentary by Laurie Mitchell and film historian Tom Weaver
* Theatrical Trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
The Giant Behemoth (1958)
As in his classic The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, director Eugene Lourie plunges viewers into a thrilling stomping ground, unleashing another Thunder Lizard to stomp on everything in sight. Alarming levels of radiation have infused the water, plants and skies, and a radiated paleosaurus rises from the ocean depths. In its path: London. The giant has the strength to topple buildings (King Kong's Willis O'Brien contributes rampaging stop-motion effects), a stride that flattens cars, a flesh-searing radioactive ray and a ticked-off attitude. Left in ruins on land, humankind takes the fight to the beast's undersea realm, where a two-man submarine crew must ensure the torpedo they fire is dead-on.
DVD Special Features
* Commentary by veteran special effects creators Dennis Muren and Phil Tippett (The Academy Award ® winning visual effects and dinosaur supervisors of "Jurassic Park" provide insight into this ground-breaking stop-motion monster.)
* Theatrical trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (Feature Film Only)
Volume 2: Women in Peril
The Big Cube (1968)
The only person standing between a multi-million dollar inheritance for Lisa (Karin Mossberg and her druggie boyfriend Johnny (George Chakiris) is step-mom Adriana (Lana Turner), who refuses to approve the pair's marriage. So the young couple decides to "Cube" momma -- lace her prescription meds with psychedelics -- and drive Adriana out of her mind. It almost works until family friend Frederick Lansdale (Richard Egan) comes to her rescue. The Big Cube is a cinematic freak-out "for camp followers only" (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide).
DVD Special Features
* Theatrical trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (Feature Film Only)
Caged (1950)
"Will she come out woman or wildcat?" trumpeted ads for this women's prison classic. There's no question about how the film itself came out. Using familiar but sharply played characters to bring home its reform-minded message, Caged remains a pivotal genre classic. Best Actress Academy AwardÒ nominee* Eleanor Parker portrays the inmate whose transformation from sunny innocent to tight-lipped 'con' provides its focus. As the tyrannical floor matron, Best Supporting Actress nominee Hope Emerson is 6'2" of Grade A malevolence. And an earnest prison superintendent, a sour lifer, a street-lamp tramp, a patsy, a society dame and other types add atmosphere to an OscarÒ-nominated script co-writer Virginia Kellogg researched while posing on the inside as a convict.
DVD Special Features:
* Theatrical trailer
* Subtitles: English, Français & Español (Feature Film Only)
Trog (1969)
People call him Trog, short for a prehistoric cave dweller called a Troglodyte. To an anthropologist (Joan Crawford in her final film), he's the scientific discovery of the age - a wild half man/half ape. To others, he's walking death. A grocer is impaled on a meat hook, a car is tossed aside like a twig, a child is kidnapped - all after local resident Sam Murdock (Michael Gough) prods the brute into a blind rampage. In true horror tradition, Murdock's behavior leaves no doubt who the real savages are.
DVD Special Features:
* Theatrical trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
Volume 3: Terrorized Travelers
Hot Rods to Hell (1966)
Sam Katzman produces this fast-driving drive-in special, whose 200+ credits include Earth vs. the Flying Saucers and Rock Around the Clock. Dana Andrews and Jeanne Crain play a straight-arrow couple whose family road trip to a new life in the West becomes a running game of "chicken" with pedal-to-the-metal teens. "These kids have nowhere to go, and they want to get there at a 150 miles an hour," says a cop about the kids looking for kicks in their souped-up Hot Rods to Hell. This is where the cult-movie rubber meets the road.
DVD Special Features:
* Theatrical Trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
Skyjacked (1972)
Charlton Heston plays Hank O'Hara, a top pilot who knows how to handle an airliner with ease. But now he faces the unexpected: He's been Skyjacked. Heston leads a top cast in this thriller from the era of big, edge-of-your-seat disaster films like The Poseidon Adventure and Earthquake. John Guillermin (The Towering Inferno) directs, escalating the tension in a story about a deranged war vet (James Brolin) who demands that a Minneapolis-bound flight make a slight detour - to Moscow. All that stands between the terrified passengers and doom is the steely resolve of Captain O'Hara.
DVD Special Features:
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
Zero Hour! (1957)
Fish or lamb chops? A wrong dinner selection gives food poisoning to the pilot and first officer of Flight 714 - and that could mean doom for everyone aboard in Zero Hour!, the high-flying film based on a story by Arthur Hailey (Airport, Hotel) and later spoofed in the comedy Airplane!. Dana Andrews portrays the passenger who must overcome the trauma of his wartime experiences to guide the plane. Sterling Hayden plays the flight-control jockey talking Andrews in through bumpy skies. And gridiron great Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch is the stricken pilot.
DVD Special Features:
* Theatrical Trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
Volume 4: Historical Epics
The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
Filmmakers often begin their directing careers with works of limited scale. Sergio Leone (Fistful of Dollars) began with a Colossus. Spectacle is king in The Colossus of Rhodes, Leone's first credited film as a director. Sun-bronzed heroes (including toga-wearing Rory Calhoun) battle tyranny. Prisoners scramble for their lives in coliseum pageants of doom. Usurpers connive. Revolution erupts. And towering over all the excitement is the mighty bronze Colossus that straddles the harbor, fighting foes by dropping burning oil from the huge cauldron it holds and firing streams of molten lead from the catapults in its headpiece.
DVD Special Features:
* Commentary by film historian Christopher Frayling
* Theatrical trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
Director Howard Hawks, who worked brilliantly in practically every movie genre, shows his mastery of the large-scale epic with this gigantic production filmed on location in Egypt. Thousands of extras (9,787 in one scene alone!), magnificently detailed sets (including the pyramid's inner labyrinth, booby-trapped so no one can learn its secrets and live) and vast desert vistas fill the screen and astonish the eye.
There are also human-scale stories -- the Pharaoh (Jack Hawkins) who orders the pyramid as his tomb, dooming untold numbers to unending toil; the architect (James Robertson Justice) designing it to earn his people's freedom; the slaves constructing it of blood, sweat and tears. And lastly, the beautiful queen (Joan Collins) whose greed leads to murder - and a stunning revenge.
DVD Special Features:
* Commentary by filmmaker/historian Peter Bogdanovich, with interview excerpts of director Howard Hawks
* Theatrical trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
The Prodigal (1955)
Pagan sect high priestess Lana Turner beguiles a humble Hebrew farmer (Edmund Purdom) away from his faith in this drama based on the Biblical parable of The Prodigal Son. Four sprawling soundstages were filled with opulent sets representing the Holy Land circa 70 BC, and director Richard Thorpe (Ivanhoe, Jailhouse Rock) employed thousands of extras to create an environment rife with all the famine, poverty and unrest the panoramic CinemaScope screen could hold. But the star of the visually spectacular show remains Turner, shimmering in bejeweled gowns that reveal just why she can drive a true believer to the brink of forsaking all he holds dear.
DVD Special Features:
* Commentary by film historian Dr. Drew Casper
* Theatrical trailer
* Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only)
DVD: Mission Impossible season 2
Here's cover art for this 7-DVD set due out June 5. It's available for pre-order now for $34.99 from Amazon.
DVD: The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries: Season Two
Out as a five-DVD set Due out June 21, this 5-DVD set includes 22 episodes from the teen sleuth series starring Shaun Cassidy. It's available for pre-order now for $27.99 from Amazon.
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