DVD REVIEWS GET DOWN WITH 'DIRTY DANCING'.Byline: Rob Lowman Entertainment Editor For DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. shoppers looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. something new this week, here are a few items that might tempt you. ``Dirty Dancing (Ultimate Edition)'': (Artisan; $19.98). Even if you didn't cotton much to this coming-of-age story of a teenage girl (Jennifer Grey) nicknamed ``Baby'' set in 1963 at a Catskill Mountain resort, you probably succumbed to the great pop music - such as ``Love Is Strange'' by Mickey & Sylvia, ``Be My Baby'' by the Ronettes, and some 20 more tunes - and the lively dancing of the cast led by Patrick Swayze. (By the way, there is a new companion CD.) This ``ultimate'' newly remastered two-disc edition contains commentaries by writer/co-producer Eleanor Bergstein and another of the crew; an introduction by Grey, an interview with her and her screen test; ``Dirty Dancing Live in Concert''; music videos of ``Hungry Eyes,'' ``She's Like the Wind'' and ``(I've Had) The Time of My Life''; and a look at the upcoming sequel, ``Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights.'' ``Bad Boys II'': (Columbia; $28.96). There are rumors that when Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence[1] (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, director and producer. He came to fame during the 1990s, establishing a Hollywood career as a leading actor. sat down to discuss ``Bad Boys II,'' the sequel to their 1995 hit, they told the filmmakers that they only needed to worry about the plot, the action and stuff like that, while the pair would handle the comedy. Whether the story is apocryphal a·poc·ry·phal adj. 1. Of questionable authorship or authenticity. 2. Erroneous; fictitious: "Wildly apocryphal rumors about starvation in Petrograd . . . or not, it pretty much is indicative of the piecemeal way this summer action flick seems put together. There are jokes (even funny ones) and action scenes (even some good ones - well, at least explosive ones), and while mildly entertaining, ``BB II'' is mostly unmemorable Adj. 1. unmemorable - not worth remembering forgettable - easily forgotten . (To wit, I had forgotten I saw ``BB II'' last summer until I put it into the DVD player A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display. .) The disc includes seven deleted scenes; stunts and visual effects featurettes; six sequence breakdowns, including on-set footage, storyboards and scripts; 19 production diary featurettes; and Jay-Z's ``La-La-La'' music video. ``Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Fifth Season'': (Fox; $59.98). This is the last decent season of the WB hit starring Sarah Michelle Gellar Sarah Michelle Gellar (born April 14, 1977) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as the fictional character Buffy Summers in the acclaimed television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination. . Its creator, Josh Whedon, and his team - believing it would probably be the final year - went all out to craft some interesting story lines and characters. The six-disc DVD includes a number of commentaries and featurettes plus outtakes. ``Horatio Hornblower Noun 1. Horatio Hornblower - a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester Captain Horatio Hornblower - The New Adventures (2003)'': (A&E, $39). These two installments of the Emmy-winning miniseries - ``Loyalty'' and ``Duty'' - recently aired on A&E. Ioan Gruffud stars as the dashing British captain (although he starts as a lieutenant in ``Loyalty'') during the Napoleonic wars Napoleonic Wars, 1803–15, the wars waged by or against France under Napoleon I. For a discussion of them see under Napoleon I. Napoleonic Wars (1799–1815) Series of wars that ranged France against shifting alliances of European powers. . While the action in ``Hornblower'' won't match ``Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,'' it's still serviceable, and Gruffud makes an engaging hero. The two-disc set includes filmmakers' commentary and cast and crew biographies. Rob Lowman, (818) 713-3687 robert.lowman(at)dailynews.com |
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