Heath Ledger in "I'm Not There"
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Find out as we examine the extras on this week's best movie DVDs...
“I'M NOT THERE”
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger
Director: Todd Haynes (“Velvet Goldmine”)
Format: DVD
What we said: "The superb music and acting is enough to make this experiment a success, but just because Haynes didn't blow up the lab doesn't mean he made a scientific breakthrough."
Extras: Commentary by Haynes; deleted scenes with optional commentary; “making of,” “soundtrack making-of” and movie premiere featurettes; additional interview with Haynes; “Subterranean Homesick Blues” music video; audition tapes for co-stars Ben Whishaw and Marcus Carl Franklin; gag reel; Dylanography (filmography, discography, bibliography, chronology); The New York Times article on the film; on-screen lyrics.
Worth watching: The interesting deleted, alternate, and extended scenes, which give you more Bob for your buck.
Worth skipping: The on-screen lyrics, because Bob Dylan is such a master enunciator that we all know what he's saying.
Worth adding: More in the Dylanography: his geography, his calligraphy, his choreography, his cartography, his demography, his oceanography...
Buy, rent, or ignore: Buy.
“P.S. I LOVE YOU”
Stars: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow
Director: Richard LaGravenese (“Freedom Writers”)
Formats: Single-Disc, Blu-Ray
What we said: "It's tough to believe that any leading lady could've done much with writer-director Richard LaGravenese's lackluster material."
Extras: James Blunt music video; “A Conversation With Cecelia Ahern,” an interview with the author of the original novel; deleted scenes; “The Name of the Game is Snaps.”
Worth watching: “The Name of the Game is Snaps,” an instructional video on how to play the movie's finger-snapping word game that's actually shot to look like an instructional video from the '50s.
Worth skipping: That James Blunt music video, which is even mushier than the movie.
Worth adding: The original trailers...what have we said about trailers?
Buy, rent, or ignore: Rent.
“OVER HER DEAD BODY”
Stars: Eva Longoria Parker, Paul Rudd, Lake Bell, Jason Biggs
Director: Jeff Lowell
Format: DVD
What We Said: "Proves that Longoria Parker can be as annoying as she is beautiful."
Extras: None (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, Stereo Surround Sound 2.0, and subtitles in English and Spanish don't count).
Worth watching: Oh, geez, with so much to chose from...I dunno, maybe the Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound mix, since this movie really demands to be heard in surround sound.
Worth skipping: The Stereo Surround Sound 2.0 mix. You didn't just spend $35,000 on a home theater to watch this movie in stereo.
Worth adding: Original trailers; a making-of featurette; deleted and extended scenes; bloopers; commentary by the cast and crew; “We're Sorry,” an interview with the powers-that-be in which they apologize for the fact that this DVD has no extras.
Buy, rent, or ignore: Ignore...out of principle.
Other DVDs out this week:
- Grassroots marketing made a minor sensation out of "Bella"
- French brothers bicker and sleep around in "Dans Paris"
- Steve Buscemi plays a sleazy paparazzi in the indie satire "Delirious"
- Ice Cube finds religion in “First Sunday” (also on Blu-ray)
- A documentary about a font (no kidding): “Helvetica” (also on Blu-ray)
- Paris Hilton produced and stars in future Razzie award contender "The Hottie & The Nottie"
- Discover very man's worst nightmare in the Sundance horror/comedy "Teeth"
- Things really blow in “Twister, Two-Disc Special Edition” (also on Blu-ray)
- Kathleen Turner gives a killer performance in “Serial Mom, Collector's Edition”
Other titles:
"100 Girls"
"The Bridges Of Madison County" (Deluxe Edition)
"The Car"
"The Devil's Own" (Blu-ray)
"Hollywood Dreams"
"Shall We Dance?" (Blu-ray)
"Spaghetti Westerns 20 Movie Pack"
