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Stealth This week, The Final Cut takes a closer look at a romantic comedy about finding a date online, and an action film with “high flying” graphics.  Also out this weekend is Sky High, a Disney movie starring Michael Angarano, Kurt Russell, and Kelly Preston; and The Aristocrats, a limited release movie that has one hundred comedians telling the same joke in their own way.  As always, if you’ve seen any of this weeks releases, feel free to post your feelings of love or hate in the comments section.

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XXX - State of the UnionThis week’s DVD list is topped by XXX – and we aren’t talking about pr0n. The action packed movie staring Ice Cube is sure to entertain you for about two hours while you watch various explosions and exotic cars fill your screen and boom your surround sound. There’s more to XXX in this week’s release list, this week you can find your favorite shows ranging from sitcoms such as 3rd Rock from the Sun to anime favorites such as Ghost in the Shell. You might find yourself in a predicament when trying to decide which ones to add to your collection this week and put the rest aside for next visit – and next check. Pick your favorite and enjoy the many hours viewing the DVD over and over again.

XXX - State of the Union  ~ Ice Cube
Steamboy - Director’s Cut ~ Anna Paquin
The Boston Red Sox 2004 World Series Collector’s Edition
The Mary Tyler Moore Show - The Complete Second Season ~ Mary Tyler Moore
Remington Steele - Season 1 ~ Pierce Brosnan
Star Trek Enterprise - The Complete Second Season ~ Michael Grossman
Gilligan’s Island - The Complete Third Season ~ Bob Denver
The Upside of Anger ~ Joan Allen
The Brady Bunch - The Complete Second Season ~ Robert Reed
3rd Rock from the Sun - Season 1 ~ John Lithgow
The Jerk (26th Anniversary Edition) ~ Steve Martin
The Blue and the Gray - Recut ~ Andrew V. McLaglen
The Errol Morris DVD Collection (Gates of Heaven/The Thin Blue Line/Vernon, Florida) ~ Errol Morris
The Mary Tyler Moore Show - The Complete First Season ~ Mary Tyler Moore
Eating Out ~ Ryan Carnes
Samurai Champloo - Volume 4
Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex, Vol. 7 (2-Disc Limited Edition) ~ Kenji Kamiyama
Fullmetal Alchemist - The Fall of Ishbal (Vol. 4)
Dark Shadows Collection 19 ~ Jonathan Frid
Benny Hill Complete and Unadulterated - The Naughty Early Years, Set Three (1975-1977) ~ Benny Hill

Gallery: DVD Release List: 7/26/05


This week The Final Cut takes a look at 2 of Friday’s most anticipated releases, The Island, with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson, and Bad News Bears starring Billy Bob Thornton and Greg Kinnear.  Also hitting theaters this Friday are The Devil’s Rejects, a sequel of sorts to House of 1,000 Corpses directed by Rob Zombie; and Hustle & Flow, a film that was the talk of Sundance, even winning an Audience Award.  Check out The Final Cut’s recommendations after the jump, and feel free to leave your take on any of this weekends releases in the comments section.

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ConstantineIt’s the never ending battle between good and evil in this week’s release of Constantine on DVD. Staring Keanu Reeves as Constantine, this movie places you in middle of an ongoing battle between heaven and hell. If you’re looking for a movie full of action and don’t mind the religious links in the movie, then this is the movie you want for this weekend and in your current growing library. If Constantine is not your cup of tea then Man of the House is for you. Staring Tommy Lee Jones, this comedy will surely keep you entertain and keep a smile on your face – either because of the beauties in this movie or because of the comical nature of the movie. As always, there’s a bunch of TV on DVD to fill up your library with your favorite hits of yesterday. Don’t forget the popcorn!

Constantine ~ Keanu Reeves
Man of the House ~ Tommy Lee Jones
Dead Like Me - The Complete Second Season ~ Ellen Muth
Baby Einstein - Baby Wordsworth - First Words - Around the House ~ Marlee Matlin
Laguna Beach - The Complete First Season ~ Lauren Conrad
Lost in Space - Season 3, Vol. 2 ~ Guy Williams
Earth 2 - The Complete Series ~ Debrah Farentino
Sliders - Third Season ~ Jerry O’Connell
Ice Princess (Widescreen Edition) ~ Kim Cattrall
Space Station (IMAX) ~ Tom Cruise
All Creatures Great & Small - The Complete Series 5 Collection ~ Christopher Timothy
BBC History of World War II
Andromeda - Season 4 Collection ~ Gene Roddenberry
Saved By the Bell - Season Five ~ Mark Paul Gosselaar
Cleopatra 2525 - Complete Series ~ Jennifer Sky
Dora the Explorer - Super Babies
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Vol. 1 ~ Bob Goe
Michael Palin - Himalaya ~ Michael Palin

Gallery: DVD Release List: 7/19/05


Million Dollar BabyThis week’s release list is topped by Clint Eastwood’s latest masterpiece of film-making – Million Dollar Baby. This great film is full of drama, emotion and great acting. If this type of movie is right up your alley then go ahead and add this one to your collection, if not, then there’s plenty of TV on DVD available for your viewing and purchasing pleasure. From TV classics to today’s hit animated series there’s something for everyone’s taste on this week’s line up.

Million Dollar Baby ~ Clint Eastwood
Cry Baby Director’s Cut ~ Johnny Depp
A Very Long Engagement ~ Audrey Tautou
The Nanny - The Complete First Season ~ Fran Drescher
Tales from the Crypt - The First Season ~ John Herzfeld
Unfaithfully Yours (Criterion Collection) ~ Rex Harrison
The Best of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe ~ Marsh Lamore
Night Moves ~ Gene Hackman
Sealab 2021 - Season 3 ~ Harry Goz
Titus Season 1 & 2 ~ Christopher Titus
Hercules The Legendary Journeys - Season 6 ~ Kevin Sorbo
Love at First Bite ~ George Hamilton
Teen Witch ~ Dorian Walker
The Best of the Original Mickey Mouse Club ~ R.G. Springsteen
Max Dugan Returns ~ Jason Robards
Bill & Ted’s Most Excellent Collection ~ Keanu Reeves
The Chronicles of Narnia ~ C.S. Lewis
Le Notti Bianche - Criterion Collection ~ Maria Schell

Gallery: DVD Release List: 7/11/05


Fantastic 4

This week, The Final Cut takes a closer look at a remake of a Japanese horror film and a long awaited film starring 4 of our favorite comic book characters.  Out in limited release this Friday are: Chronicles starring John Leguizamo; Julie Johnson starring Courtney Love and Mischa Barton; The Beautiful Country with Tim Roth, Damien Nguyen and Ling Bai; and Murderball, a Sundance pick directed by Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro.  As always, please feel free to post your comments on any of this weekends’ new releases.

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Cheap DVD Ever see that bin at the supermarket or dollar store filled with DVD’s and kept on walking thinking, “They must be crap if they’re only a dollar!”?  If you have, you may want to stop and check them out next time.  Many of the films starring greats from John Wayne to Shirley Temple and TV series from Dragnet to The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes are being mass marketed at the dollar pricepoint simply due to problems with, or lack of copyrights. “The Killer Shrews,” the masterwork of Ray Kellogg, is one of hundreds of cheap old films now available as ridiculously cheap new DVD’s. Because of lapsed or improperly registered copyrights, even some very watchable movies - among them, Howard Hawks’s “His Girl Friday,” Marlon Brando’s “One-Eyed Jacks” and Francis Ford Coppola’s “Dementia 13” - are now in the public domain and can be sold by anyone.”

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Google Video The Google Video Viewer program that launched less than a week ago is already running into problems.  It seems that users are using the service to upload copyrighted full-length movies and television shows that violate Google’s TOS which states “anyone uploading content to the search tool must have the rights to distribute the video and that copyrighted material is barred without the express consent of the copyright holder.”  A Google spokesman says the company is working to remove all videos in violation of copyright laws.  Google’s TOS goes on to say, “anyone who has a copyright concern or complaint to send us a DMCA content removal notice.”

Read More | CNet

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War of the Worlds

I’ve never read H.G. Wells 1898 novel “War Of The Worlds”, or have even seen anything having to do with the it in any other medium.  When I was younger, my dad told me that during a radio presentation of the story many listeners(who I would presume tuned in after the start of the show) thought that they were listening to an actual live newscast, which in turn caused mass hysteria and widespread panic throughout the listening area.  This amused me.  The thought of a bunch of people getting scared while hearing a work of fiction on the radio was quite funny. Not scary at all.  But I had no idea what they were hearing…

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SlingboxBlake Krikorian, CEO of Sling Media, has announced that the Slingbox Personal Broadcaster will be available at from at least two national retailers come June 30th.  CompUSA and another unannounced name have already agreed to carry Slingbox for around $250.  The official announcement from Sling Media will be made on June 30th as well.  Just in case its function slips your mind, or your unfamiliar with the product, the Slingbox will allow you to stream TV content from your satellite, cable, or DVR to a computer with a high-speed Internet connection.

Read More | engadget

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