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Web posted
July 26, 2007
New on Video & DVD
'Zodiac' signs and numbers align on DVD
By DAVID GERMAIN
the associated press
David Fincher's dramatization of an infamous unsolved serial murder case certainly doesn't drag on as long as the investigation itself, but the overlong movie sometimes feels like it. The thriller based on the Zodiac killer, whose slayings terrorized Californians in the 1970s and obsessed professional and amateur sleuths for decades, stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo as three men pulled into the case. DVD, $29.99.
'The Number 23'
Jim Carrey obsesses on a numeral in this dark thriller directed by Joel Schumacher. Carrey plays family guy Walter, whose tranquil life comes unhinged after his wife (Virginia Madsen) buys him a copy of a self-published novel whose main character fixates on the number 23 and lives a life that strangely parallels Walter's. The plot twists are fairly predictable, but the movie's a chance for Carrey to stretch beyond broad comedy and go for some chills. DVD, $28.98.
'Ivan's Childhood,' 'Les Enfants Terribles'
Two foreign-language classics come to DVD in stellar editions. Russian filmmaker Andre Tarkovsky's 1962 debut film, "Ivan's Childhood," tells the harrowing story of a boy who becomes a spy against the Nazis after his parents are killed during World War II. The DVD features interviews with Tarkovsky experts and collaborators along with essays about his work. Novelist Jean Cocteau worked with director Jean-Pierre Melville for the 1950 adaptation of his book "Les Enfants Terribles," which centers on the unhealthily close and cloistered relationship between a sister and brother. "Ivan's Childhood" DVD, $29.95; "Les Enfants Terribles" DVD, $39.95.
MGM Movie Legends Collection: Elvis, Sinatra boxed sets
Two of Hollywood's greatest crossover artists get boxed-set treatment. A four-disc set has four of Elvis Presley's 1960s music romps: the boxing tale "Kid Galahad," the prince-and-the-pauper story "Clambake," the Florida comedy "Follow That Dream" and the riverboat romance "Frankie and Johnny." Five of Sinatra's films are gathered from the 1950s and '60s, anchored by John Frankenheimer's disturbing assassination thriller "The Manchurian Candidate." Also in the set: "Guys and Dolls," the musical pairing Sinatra and Marlon Brando as fast-living gamblers; "A Hole in the Head," with Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson in a family comedy directed by Frank Capra; "Kings Go Forth," starring Sinatra, Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood in a World War II love-triangle drama; and "The Pride and the Passion," teaming Cary Grant and Sophia Loren with Sinatra in a Napoleonic-era epic. DVD sets, $39.98 each.
TV on DVD:
"Land of the Giants: The Complete Series" - DVD set, $199.98.
"Benson: The Complete First Season" - DVD set, $29.95.
"Stargate SG-1: Season 10"- DVD set, $49.98.
"Weeds: Season Two" - DVD set, $39.98; Blu-ray disc, $39.99.
"Star Trek Fan Collective: Captain's Log" - DVD set, $42.99.
"Tales From the Crypt: The Complete Sixth Season" - DVD set, $39.98.
"Todd McFarlane's Spawn: The Animated Collection" - DVD set, $39.98.
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