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The Village
** Buena Vista, $29.99
Deride his "Twilight Zone"
surprises if you must, but
director M. Night Shyamalan has
a gift for creating images
pregnant with portent. "The
Village" would have been far
more interesting by telling its
secrets upfront. But a fine cast
Oed by Joaquin Phoenix and
Bryce Dallas Howard) does its
best and no one since Hitchcock
can make an empty field seem
more menacing. Modest extras,
including deleted scenes and a
diary by Howard.
Silver City *** Columbia TriStar, $24.96
It's clear director John Sayles
has the respect of his fellow
artists: year after year, actors line
up to be in his films. His pointed
political satire "Silver City"
features Chris Cooper, Kris
KI:istofferson, Richard ~reyfuss,
Mlguel Ferrer, Thora Blrch,
Daryl Hannah, Maria Bello, Tim
Roth and Mary Kay Place -
enough talent to make even
Robert Altman get a little jealous.
Fighting Elegy **1/2
Criterion, $29.95
This 1966 Japanese B-movie
about a teen boy lusting after
a prim girl proves one thing at Monk:
Season
Two *** Universal, $59.98
Heres a mystery ne
one has solved yet: the
disappearancE' 01
actress Bitty Schram
after three years on the
series "Monk" Fans of
her character, Sharona,
can take solace with
the appearance of the
complete second
season from this
Emmy-winning comic
series about a
detective with
obsessive compulsive
disorder. Also out:
"MI-5: Volume Two"
(BBC Video, $79.98).
the UK.'s answer to'
"24.H
least: casting actors in their
20s to play teenagers wasn't
just an American fad from the
'50s through "Grease" -it
apparently happened all over
the world. Far more typical of
director Seijun Suzuki is the
violent, over-the-top 1963
yakuza picture "Youth of the
Beast" (Criterion, $29.95),
Gilligan's Island:
Second
Season/Hercules:
Season Five **1/2 each
Warner Bros., $39.98/
Anchor Bay, $69.98
The reality spin on
"Gilligan's Island" was a
surprising hit. But if you want
to put your brain on hold for a I
few hours, stick with the
slapstick original or better
yet, Kevin Sorbo battling
mythic creatures in
"Hercules."
E o u
~ o
Co
~:..~
-ti o a.
..x: o >-
$:
Q) z
The Village
** Buena Vista, $29.99
Deride his "Twilight Zone"
surprises if you must, but
director M. Night Shyamalan has
a gift for creating images
pregnant with portent. "The
Village" would have been far
more interesting by telling its
secrets upfront. But a fine cast
Oed by Joaquin Phoenix and
Bryce Dallas Howard) does its
best and no one since Hitchcock
can make an empty field seem
more menacing. Modest extras,
including deleted scenes and a
diary by Howard.
Silver City *** Columbia TriStar, $24.96
It's clear director John Sayles
has the respect of his fellow
artists: year after year, actors line
up to be in his films. His pointed
political satire "Silver City"
features Chris Cooper, Kris
KI:istofferson, Richard ~reyfuss,
Mlguel Ferrer, Thora Blrch,
Daryl Hannah, Maria Bello, Tim
Roth and Mary Kay Place -
enough talent to make even
Robert Altman get a little jealous.
Fighting Elegy **1/2
Criterion, $29.95
This 1966 Japanese B-movie
about a teen boy lusting after
a prim girl proves one thing at Monk:
Season
Two *** Universal, $59.98
Heres a mystery ne
one has solved yet: the
disappearancE' 01
actress Bitty Schram
after three years on the
series "Monk" Fans of
her character, Sharona,
can take solace with
the appearance of the
complete second
season from this
Emmy-winning comic
series about a
detective with
obsessive compulsive
disorder. Also out:
"MI-5: Volume Two"
(BBC Video, $79.98).
the UK.'s answer to'
"24.H
least: casting actors in their
20s to play teenagers wasn't
just an American fad from the
'50s through "Grease" -it
apparently happened all over
the world. Far more typical of
director Seijun Suzuki is the
violent, over-the-top 1963
yakuza picture "Youth of the
Beast" (Criterion, $29.95),
Gilligan's Island:
Second
Season/Hercules:
Season Five **1/2 each
Warner Bros., $39.98/
Anchor Bay, $69.98
The reality spin on
"Gilligan's Island" was a
surprising hit. But if you want
to put your brain on hold for a I
few hours, stick with the
slapstick original or better
yet, Kevin Sorbo battling
mythic creatures in
"Hercules."