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A pair of sisters on the run from their respective foster homes, sixteen-year-old Lo (Aleksa Palladino) and eleven-year-old Manny (Scarlett Johansson, LOST IN TRANSLATION) travel from vacant model home to model home until they discover that Lo is seven months pregnant. Unsure how to handle this new development, the girls do what comes naturally--they kidnap a woman from the local maternity store and move in to a remote vacation cabin!DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen - 1.85Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 - English

Mona's (Balk - THE CRAFT) ex-boyfriend (Dempsey) won't leave her alone. Maybe it's because she accidentally killed him! He shows up everywhere she goes, which wouldn't be such a problem if he wasn't dead. But with nowhere to go and plenty of time on his hands, Mona's beau is determined to breathe new life into their fading romance, giving a fresh -- slightly surreal -- twist to the old adage undying love.DVD Features:Region 1 Encoding

Who better to bring Roald Dahl`s adored children`s story to life than the mastermind behind inventive films like EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and BEETLEJUICE? From Tim Burton`s opening shot--against Danny Elfman`s eerie score--this CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is recognizably darker than the Mel Stuart-directed 1971 version starring Gene Wilder. Though the mysterious chocolate factory has been closed for 15 years, it continues to produce and ship candy all over the world. When a contest promises a tour of the plant to the lucky finders of five golden tickets hidden inside wrappers, no one is more excited than Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), an impoverished boy whose family lives mere steps from the factory. Though he can barely afford even one candy bar, fate intervenes, and Charlie finds the last golden ticket.Joined at the gates by a group of despicable brats named Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, Augustus Gloop, and Mike Teavee, Charlie and his Grandfather (David Kelly) venture inside proprietor Willy Wonka`s (Johnny Depp) delightful factory for a wild adventure. Each room is a feast for the eyes, and more importantly the taste buds--a sugarcoated dreamland where everything is edible. One by one, however, the children meet unfortunate fates, until only Charlie remains in the company of Wonka and his curiously small workers, the Oompa Loompas (all played by Deep Roy whose image is multiplied with CG). Sporting a severe bob, and talking in a high-pitched voice, Depp makes his Wonka even weirder than Wilder`s. While Burton adds some amusing contemporary touches (like the musical Oompa Loompa routines), and an elaborate back story, he also preserves the charm of the original book. Overall, Burton`s visual innovation succeeds in capturing the vividness of a child`s imagination--but whether this version trumps the beloved `71 film is for viewers to decide.

Budding teenage journalist Terry Griffith (Joyce Hyser) can't seem to get a break--her good looks inspire drooling from her sexist male teachers, while her perfect college boyfriend just wants her as a trophy. So when she's rejected for an internship, she goes undercover at a rival school for a second chance--as a boy. While undercover, Terry must fend off a bully (William Zabka) and a potential girlfriend (Sherilyn Fenn). But true gender-bending chaos results when she falls for classmate Rick (Clayton Rohner). JUST ONE OF THE GUYS is a quintessential 1980s teen film.DVD Feature:Region 1Keep CasePan& Scan - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - English

Resigned to the dusty shelves of video stores, 1950s B-grade science-fiction films get a nod in this part-parody, part-tribute, all-laughs comedy. Lost aliens, a jailbird mutant, competitive scientists, an errant meteor, and a hibernating power-hungry skeleton are woven together in a silly, ludicrous plot. The film has only one location--a remote mountain area--nailing the 1950s aesthetic of the uninhabited wilderness, and also recognizing the cheap production costs for which these locations were picked. Shot in black-and-white video, the film recalls the look of many early sci-fi pictures, even going so far as to include the errant sunlight and stark shadows during night scenes, an obvious reference to the rudimentary lighting used back then. Campy, humorous dialogue between the characters demonstrates a time when men were scientists--strong, stolid, and logical--while women remained dainty and spent their time in the kitchen. The camera often lingers on the characters, giving them time to overdramatize and really punctuate their ridiculousness. Perhaps the most obvious reference to B-movies is in the costuming. The humans wear typical 1950s garb, the aliens are festooned in garish silver-glitter suits, and the mutant is hilariously fashioned from throw rugs and Halloween detritus. Even the strings which animate the skeleton are on display in this hilarious send-up of an obsolete era of film, the golden age of B-list sci-fi.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull FrameAudio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentaries - 1. Cast& Crew Trailer - 1. Theatrical Featurettes - 1. OBEY THE LOST SKELETON









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This film, which incorporates the plots of four Damon Runyon stories, takes place in and around a grand New Year's Eve party in 1928. The guests, many of whose lives intertwine during the evening, include Harriet (Julie Hagerty), the rich society doll throwing the bash; the aptly named Feet Samuels (Randy Quaid), who is about to sell those body parts to a doctor; and Hortense (Madonna), the ballsy, money-hungry showgirl Feet has a crush on. There's also The Brain (Rutger Hauer), a mob boss with many girlfriends -- who's walking around with a knife in his stomach; Regret (Matt Dillon), so named for his chronic inability to pick a winning racehorse; and many other colorful characters, all of whom will make this one night to remember.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen - 1.85Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo - English

Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn star in this adaptation of Terence Frisby's hit stage comedy. After being ditched by her sexually-liberated boyfriend, a doe-eyed flowerchild is forced to crash at the bachelor pad of Robert Danvers, star of a popular gourmet-cooking program and a notorious London swinger. A committed lady-killer, Danvers' life is turned upside down when, to his surprise, he finds himself falling in love with his winsome house guest.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CasePan& Scan - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo - English

A tornado writhes across the sprawling family estate of soda pop and miniature golf magnate, Eugene Cleveland, but the family inside is oblivious to the weather, caught up instead in their own private whirlwind of off-beat opulence.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseFull Frame - 1:33Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access