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Pee-wee's Playhouse:
Volume 1 and 2 **** Image, $49.99 each
Surreal, silly, clever, and flat-out
funny. Winner of 22 Emmys,
"Pee-wee's Playhouse" is one of
the best children's shows of all
time and it''S a crime the 45
episodes from its five year run
(1986-1990) haven't been seen
on TV in the last 14 years. No
extras, but every frame of the
show is bursting with invention.
The secret word? "Finally!"
J., The Chronicles
of Riddick * Universal, $29.98 -----
When is a movie star not a
movie star? When he's Vin
Diesel. His latest actioner
wasted Judi Dench and a lot of
special effects to gross a
modest $57 million (a big
disappointment for the second
in an intended trilogy). That
follows the dud "A Man Apart"
and "XXX." Lots of typical
extras and 15 minutes of new
footage.
The Iron Giant
Special Edition *** Warner Bros., $19.96
If you flipped for "The
Incredibles" (and who The LWord *** Showtime, $69.99
Desperate, but not
housewives -that's
the premise of this
soapy look at L.A.
lesbians. Jennifer
Beals, Pam Grier,
Mia Kirshner and
others keep Jt fun.
The extras are so-so,
except for a puppet
show reenacting the
meeting of two main
characters that is
goofily funny. Also
just out: "Too Close
For Comfort: Season
One" (Rhino,
$39.95), "Smallville:
Third Season"
(Warner Bros.,
$59.98) and "Buffy:
Season Seven" (Fox,
$59.98).
hasn't?), check out director
Brad Bird's critically
acclaimed film debut 'The
Iron Giant," which has that
new movie's subtle smarts
wrapped around a more low
key, Cold War era story. Lots
of new extras, including an
especially interesting
commentary track by Bird and
a host of others.
Miles Electric *** Eagle Eye, $19.98
When Miles Davis embraced
fusion and a rock beat in 1969
for his best-selling "Bitches
Brew," it created more
controversy than any music
since Bob Dylan went electric.
This new documentary
explores the stir Davis created,
along with the legendary 38
minute one-song set his band
played at the Isle of Wight
Festival
for
600,000
people.
Also
just out:
"Norah
Jones
Live
2004"
(Blue
Note,
$19.98),
from an
artist who never upset anyone,
and "Crosby, Stills & Nash:
DVD Collection" (Rhino,
$44.99).
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Pee-wee's Playhouse:
Volume 1 and 2 **** Image, $49.99 each
Surreal, silly, clever, and flat-out
funny. Winner of 22 Emmys,
"Pee-wee's Playhouse" is one of
the best children's shows of all
time and it''S a crime the 45
episodes from its five year run
(1986-1990) haven't been seen
on TV in the last 14 years. No
extras, but every frame of the
show is bursting with invention.
The secret word? "Finally!"
J., The Chronicles
of Riddick * Universal, $29.98 -----
When is a movie star not a
movie star? When he's Vin
Diesel. His latest actioner
wasted Judi Dench and a lot of
special effects to gross a
modest $57 million (a big
disappointment for the second
in an intended trilogy). That
follows the dud "A Man Apart"
and "XXX." Lots of typical
extras and 15 minutes of new
footage.
The Iron Giant
Special Edition *** Warner Bros., $19.96
If you flipped for "The
Incredibles" (and who The LWord *** Showtime, $69.99
Desperate, but not
housewives -that's
the premise of this
soapy look at L.A.
lesbians. Jennifer
Beals, Pam Grier,
Mia Kirshner and
others keep Jt fun.
The extras are so-so,
except for a puppet
show reenacting the
meeting of two main
characters that is
goofily funny. Also
just out: "Too Close
For Comfort: Season
One" (Rhino,
$39.95), "Smallville:
Third Season"
(Warner Bros.,
$59.98) and "Buffy:
Season Seven" (Fox,
$59.98).
hasn't?), check out director
Brad Bird's critically
acclaimed film debut 'The
Iron Giant," which has that
new movie's subtle smarts
wrapped around a more low
key, Cold War era story. Lots
of new extras, including an
especially interesting
commentary track by Bird and
a host of others.
Miles Electric *** Eagle Eye, $19.98
When Miles Davis embraced
fusion and a rock beat in 1969
for his best-selling "Bitches
Brew," it created more
controversy than any music
since Bob Dylan went electric.
This new documentary
explores the stir Davis created,
along with the legendary 38
minute one-song set his band
played at the Isle of Wight
Festival
for
600,000
people.
Also
just out:
"Norah
Jones
Live
2004"
(Blue
Note,
$19.98),
from an
artist who never upset anyone,
and "Crosby, Stills & Nash:
DVD Collection" (Rhino,
$44.99).