Aug 21, 2007 9:41 am US/Pacific
Mark On Movies: New On DVD - August 21
(AP)
Here's a look at what's new on home video this week.
"Perfect Stranger" stars Halle Berry as an investigative reporter who goes undercover on a personal mission: Trying to prove a businessman having an affair with her friend is responsible for the woman's murder. Bruce Willis plays the business man. The movie comes to DVD and Blu-ray high-definition disc, with a making-of featurette the only extra on the disc.
(DVD, $28.95; Blu-ray, $38.96.)
"The Lives of Others" is a profound portrait of oppressors and victims living amid the last years of communism in East Berlin. The thriller follows the complex relations surrounding a playwright and his actress-girlfriend, who come under surveillance by the German secret police for purely personal, not political, reasons. The DVD and Blu-ray releases have deleted scenes, an interview and commentary with the director and a making-of segment.
(DVD, $26.96; Blu-ray, $38.96)
"Serenity: Collector's Edition" is the big-screen continuation of the short-lived sci-fi TV series "Firefly." The film wraps up the story line begun on the show. The two-disc set includes deleted scenes and other extras from a previous DVD release, the set has new materials including half a dozen featurettes and commentary with director Joss Whedon.
(DVD set, $26.98)
"RoboCop" returns to DVD in a two-disc package loaded with extras for its 20th anniversary. Packaged in a metal case, the new set comes with deleted scenes, commentary by director Paul Verhoeven and collaborators and a huge range of background segments, including a look at the state of special effects back in 1987.
(DVD set, $22.98)
`House of Games," was the film debut of playwright David Mamet. The 1987 film focuses on a psychiatrist drawn into the sleight-of-hand world of a card shark and con man, played by Joe Mantegna. The new DVD version features interviews with the actors, a behind-the-scenes segment and commentary with Mamet and card consultant Ricky Jay.
("House of Games" DVD, $39.95)
Luis Bunuel's 1969 "The Milky Way," is a surreal tale of two beggars on a road trip that was the opening chapter of a wickedly blasphemous trilogy. "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeosie" and "The Phantom of Liberty" followed. The disc has a video introduction by screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere and a segment on Bunuel's atheism.
("Milky Way" DVD, $29.95)
TV on DVD:
This week's T-V on D-V-D releases include "Ugly Betty: The First Season," "'Til Death: The Complete First Season," "Dexter: The First Season," "House: Season Three," "South Park: The Complete Tenth Season," "JAG: The Fourth Season" and "Dog Whisperer: The Complete Second Season."
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