New Releases: Wonderland, Mr Bill, Undefeated: Updated complete downloadable R1 DVD DB & info lists

The week ends with a few post-holiday announcements. From Trimark/Loin's
Gate is Wonderland, the 'true life' story of a brutal drug related murder
involving porn star John Holmes. Staring Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth and Lisa
Kudrow the writers claim that their screen play solved this twenty year old
case. The initial specifications include Dolby 5.1 audio and anamorphic
video. The announced extras are Deleted Scenes, Short Film By Director James
Cox, Commentary By Val Kilmer, Director and Writer James Cox, LAPD Crime
Scene Video, Autopsy Report and Photo Gallery. The suggested retail price is
$26.99 with a release date set for February 10th.

Oh no Mister Bill. If you are in to watching claymation figures torture each
other then you can look forward to Mr. Bill's Disasterpiece Theater: The
Definitive Collection. Trimark will release this disc on February 10th for
$29.99.

Rounding out Trimark's latest announcements are The Killing Kind also on
February 10th and the documentary Stoked: The Rise And Fall Of Gator due out
on February 17th.

The recent television bio-pic Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart
featuring Cybil Shepard will be released by Studio Home Entertainment on
February 3rd for a list price of $24.99. Also from Studio on February 17th
is I Accidentally Domed Your Son.

Columbia/TriStar will release Best Of The Muppet Show: George Burns on
February 3rd for $19.95.

John Leguizamo wrote, directed and stared in Undefeated (2003, a story
concerning a boxer. Warner Brothers will release this film on March 9 and it
is slated to feature 5.1 audio and anamorphic video. The listed extras are
Commentary by director/star John Leguizamo; Behind-the-scenes featurette;
HBO Latino piece: Charlando Con-John Leguizamo; HBO films spot. Retail price
was given as $26.98.

Ventura will release several Spanish language films over the next few
months. Included are Besos Para Todos (Kisses For Everyone) (December 9th),
Calzonzin Inspector (January 27th), Luces De La Noche (Night Trails)
(February 24th), Canasta De Cuentos Mexicanos (Basket Of Mexican Folk Tales)
and El Ametralladora (The Machine Gun) (both on March 2nd).

Tapeworm looks at dancing through the years with their How To Dance Through
Time series. There are six installments to the set each retailing for $9.99
with a release date of December 16th. On December 30th they have America
Dances (1897-1948).

On December 23rd Sony has something for fans of the old Lassie television
show. They will release Lassie: Best Of Jeff's Collie, Lassie: Best Of The
Lassie Show, Lassie: Birthday Surprise, Lassie: Christmas Stories and
Lassie: Gift Of Love. Each has a suggested price of $9.99.

Continuing with more family faire Sony has announced Casper The Friendly
Ghost: By The Old Mill and Casper The Friendly Ghost: Peek A Boo also for
December 23rd. On February 10th they have Movie Matinee: Jack & The
Beanstalk, Movie Matinee: The Little Shoemaker, Old Bear Stories:
Friends/Lost & Found and Old Bear Stories: Happy Birthday Old Bear/Fun &
Games.

Sony also has for February 10th some explorations of the myths and legends
of the world with Wondrous Myths & Legends: Discovery/Enchantment and
Wondrous Myths & Legends: Mystery/Deception. Also on that date a couple of
imports from BrittanBob & Rose: Complete Series and Second Coming (2003) (on
February 17th).

Universal will release Fear Of The Dark on February 24th featuring Dolby
Surround audio and anamorphic video. Retail cost is $26.95.

Stop by for a complete downloadable information list of all region one DVDs
in several formats as well as daily changes. The official list now features
36,067 titles with 368 additions or changes and  263 Pre-Release
announcements. The All Titles list has 36,330 titles. Recent releases
include: Last Week 389, This Week  292 and Next Week 203 titles.

Preview Seabiscuit of Reviews of X2: X-Men United, Two Towers Extended,
Hulk, Indy Collection, Taken, Sopranos Season 4, Matrix Reloaded, Avril
Lavigne: My World, Scarface(1983), Scarface (1932), Smallville, In Cold
Blood, Kiss Symphony, Chicago and All That Jazz. Past film reviews include
Steve O Out on Bail, May, Bedford Incident, 12 Angry Men (1957), Them, Usual
Suspects and Gormenghast . Coming titles listed before all the specs are in
can be found in a new list, http://www.hometheaterinfo.com/pre-releases.htm

Updated lists for discontinued, cancelled, postponed and rescheduled titles
as well as lists for DTS, ES/EX and Superbit titles. UPC numbers and
original release dates now being added to the database. There is also a
greatly expanded list of titles that were rescheduled or reissued. Search
function for the database, (now including UPC search) complements of site
partner and friend, Michael's Movie Mayhem
(http://kazart.com/mec/DVDList2.html) and DVDLister.

Updates to the DVD database, including release specs usually made twice
daily.

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