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New on DVD, April 6: “Pink Panther” “Matrix 3” and More

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New DVD’s This Week: April 6
 SPOTLIGHT ON…The Pink Panther Collectors Set
In honor of the Pink Panther’s 40th birthday, MGM debuts this patent-leather collector’s edition 6-disc DVD set of Blake Edward’s classic comedies, with Peter Sellers as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau. Included are the classics The Pink Panther (1964), A Shot in the Dark (1964), The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) , The Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) and Trail of the Pink Panther (1982).
What’s Cool:
  • Five movie clips and two animated shorts Watch them here!
  • Movie stills See them here!
  • Behind-the-scenes interviews with Blake Edwards, Walter Mirisch and more, plus vintage photos
  • Audio commentary
  • Facts and trivia
 
 
 The Matrix Revolutions
In the third Matrix installment, the epic war between man and machine reaches a thundering crescendo. As Zion is being invaded by the Machine army, Neo (Keanu Reeves) and company try to stop them in the Matrix and eventually choose to travel farther than any human has ever dared to go–a treacherous journey above ground, across the scorched surface of the earth and into the heart of the menacing Machine City, with Neo’s destiny and the fate of two civilizations inexorably tied to the outcome of his cataclysmic confrontation with Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving).
What’s Cool:
  • Featurettes: “Before the Revolution: A 3-D Matrix Timeline”; “CG Revolution: The Incredible Special Effects Arsenal”–including the segment “Super Big Mini-Models”; “Super Burly Brawl: Behind the Final Neo/Smith Showdown”; “Double Agent Smith” and “Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of The Matrix”;
  • “Future Gamer: The Matrix Online”–an introduction to the massively multiplayer game; and “Revolutions Recalibrated: The Making of the Final Chapter of The Matrix Trilogy”–including a segment on “Neo Realism: The Evolution of Bullet Time”
  • Links to The Matrix Online promo site and the official Matrix website
  • Multi-dimensional stills gallery
From Our Review:
Revolutions is more action flick than either of its predecessors. While that may spell big box office, it doesn’t spell long-term staying power, and of the three films in The Matrix trilogy, the final installment may well go down as the biggest disappointment of them all.
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 Cheaper by the Dozen
Tom Baker (Steve Martin), a local college football coach, and wife Kate (Bonnie Hunt) decide to uproot their large brood–12 kids in all–so Tom can take a dream job as a coach to a large university. At the same time, Kate learns that her memoirs are about to be published and has to promote the book in New York, leaving Tom home alone to handle the increasingly unhappy and hectic household as well as his demanding new job. With all hell breaking loose at home, Kate on the road, and Tom’s job on the line, the Baker family ultimately chooses not to have it all, but to love what they do have. Also stars Tom Welling, Hilary Duff and Ashton Kutcher.
What’s Cool:
  • Commentary by director Shawn Levy and “The Baker Kids”
  • Featurettes: “Director’s Viewfinder: Creating a Fictional Family” and “Inside Look”
  • Six deleted scenes, with director’s commentary
From Our Review:
With its clichéd jokes and hackneyed one-liners, Cheaper by the Dozen isn’t exactly knee-slapping comedy, and its outdated premise makes it hard to relate to. Let’s just pray that this comedy doesn’t spawn a sequel entitled The Baker’s Dozen.
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 Something’s Gotta Give
Harry Sanborn (Jack Nicholson) is a 60-something perennial bachelor who only dates women under the age of thirty. On a romantic weekend with his latest infatuation, Marin (Amanda Peete), at her mother’s Hamptons beach house, Harry develops chest pains. Marin’s mother, Erica Barry (Oscar-nominated Diane Keaton), a successful, divorced playwright, reluctantly agrees to help nurse him back to health. Once they are alone together, Harry is surprised to find himself drawn to Erica for all the right reasons–and despite her initial protestations about Harry, Erica finds herself attracted as well. Romantic complications arise, however, when Erica is also pursued by Harry’s charming, younger doctor, Julian Mercer (Keanu Reeves). Yet, Harry’s feelings for Erica prove to be life altering and he must undergo a true change of heart–if he is to win her back.
What’s Cool:
  • Commentary by writer/director Nancy Meyers and star Jack Nicholson
  • Commentary by writer/director Nancy Meyers, star Diane Keaton and producer Bruce A. Block
  • “Hamptons House Set Tour” with Amanda Peet
  • Deleted scene: Harry sings karaoke to Erica
From Our Review:
Something’s Gotta Give may not be as good as it gets, but it’s an intelligent, funny look at relationships with mostly sparkling dialogue and a great performance by Diane Keaton.
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 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
A tale of five twentysomethings whose free-spirited road trip becomes a terrifying descent into madness when they find themselves isolated in a rural Texas community and in the clutches of a monstrous clan of cannibals, lead by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface. This two-disc collector’s DVD edition stars Jessica Biel, Eric Balfour and Mike Vogel.
What’s Cool:
  • Three separate commentaries covering story, production and more by director Marcus Nispel, producer Michael Bay and more
  • “The True Story Behind the Film” and in-depth “Making of the Film” documentaries
  • Alternate ending and opening
  • Deleted scenes
  • ”Evidence film” with “crime scene” photos
  • Screen tests
From Our Review:
Get ready to be brutalized! For those looking for a heart-stopping horror flick, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Marcus Nispel’s directorial debut, is well worth the price of admission.
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Compiled by Anne Reiman

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