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September 15th, 2000
It's the weekend! Plus an announcment for all
you Pokéfreaks!
Ah, it's finally Friday. The weekend is graced upon us.
Some time to kick back and relax. Luckily, the Olympics
start this weekend (with a major tape delay) which should
provide a solid few weeks of fun, and then off to the
delayed Fall TV season (thanks to the Olympics).
Not so many movies are opening today. "Duets", the
delayed Gwenyth Platrow comedy-drama, directed by her dad
Bruce, comes to theaters in select cities. The movie was
delayed from May, after Disney refused to release since two
scenes were incredibly violent. The scenes were cut, and now
it's out for your enjoyment.
"Bait", the Jamie Fox comedy is also opening. But what
I'll be checking out is a title I've been anticipating for a
really long time. They say it's the first big award
contender of this year, and has been getting rave reviews
all over. Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire follow up "Almost
Famous" opens in select theaters today, and expands next
Friday all over. There was a sneak preview last Saturday,
and it opened in two theaters (one in L.A. and one in New
York) this past Wednesday, where in a single day, it made
over $33,000 in a single day. Some movies don't even make
that in a weekend. That's really impressive for two
theaters. I'm quite excited to see the film myself, as I
said, I have been waiting for it. The movie is based on
Crowe's days as a teenager rock journalist, basically a
slice of life which is supposed to be in-depth and that a
lot of it is true (though the band is fictional, Crowe has
said it's a combo of bands from the 70's). I'll give you my
complete thoughts when I see it...
Anyhow, not much new DVD news today. However, for all you
Pokémon fans and kiddies, Warner has announced that
Pokémon: The Movie 2000 will bow on November
14th. The film made a disappointing gross, just around 40
million, considering the first movie made 85 million. Still
Warner gained a profit from it, considering how cheap it is
to dub a movie like that and bring it out. Maybe it's a sign
about the popularity of the Japanese phenom declining...?
Anyhow, the DVD has a 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack (which
sould be kickin'!) and I don't have the details about the
transfer. Some older Pokéfans were upset earlier this
year when the
first
movie only had a pan and scan transfer, and not
widescreen. Since this movie is really toward the younger
set, I think it is safe bet that it will be a pan and scan
transfer, but you never know... as far as supplements go,
there is "Soundtrack Live" which has musical performances
from the soundtrack, a trailer for Pokémon 3 (which
came out in Japan this past summer and is due here next
Spring), as well as the trailer for The Movie 2000, a
Pikachu game card and Lugia coin. As far as DVD-ROM features
go, there will be game guides, weblinks, a featurette,
sample trailers and web events. It sounds like a decent
disc, but it's missing a commentary! The
first
movie had a really fun one by the director and producer.
Anyhow, the retail is $24.98, so parents, mark your
calenders now...
A follow up on yesterday's X-Men announcment, the
disc will have an anamorphic transfer plus Dolby Digital AND
DTS sound mixes. With recent announcments brewing such as
"Titan A.E." and "Courage Under Fire", Fox is really beefing
up their titles with DTS support, which is always, a good
sign. I'm excited about the disc, and those tracks should be
really killer.
Anything new on the site? Not too much today. There will
be some reviews this weekend and more updates, so stay
tuned. But I have prepared a review of the quality family
film My
Dog Skip, so check the review out, and the disc is worth
checking out as well. I also added a review of the TV
version of
Jason
and the Argonauts (the first J title in the database!),
plus Ren has graced us with two nice reviews: the Sci-Fi
classic
Alien and
the Dolby Digital version of
Saving
Private Ryan.
Well, that's it for now. Enjoy the opening ceremonies of
the Olympics!
- Zach B.
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