TODAY FEELS LIKE A SPECIAL EDITION KIND OF DAY
Ah yes, the DVD Special Edition. More times than not a studio takes the time to put an awesome version of a movie out on disc THAT THEY HAD ALREADY RELEASED. Said new disc has goodies, extra features and other items to coerce people like you and I to buy them again.
In many cases, The Exorcist/Pretty Woman, there is no need to pick up the film again. In some cases, The Princess Bride, there is.
Today sees the release of the Jerry Maguire: Special Edition DVD. Is this one worthy of picking up?
I'd say no, but I already bought mine.
Here's a list of the other new DVD's hitting shelves, and players, Tuesday, April 30th, 2002:
Ali
Big Bad Mama
Big Bad Mama II
Biker Zombies From Detroit
Blind Heat
Brigham City
The Brooklyn Boys
Cruel And Unusual
Dillinger And Capone
Enter The Dragon
Escape From Alaska
The Exorcist (Version You've Never Seen)
Fist Of Fury (Special Edition)
Friends: The Complete First Season
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
The Innocents
Jerry Maguire (Special Edition)
The Lady In Red
Life Beyond Earth
Mischief
Not Another Teen Movie (Special Edition)
Race The Sun
Re-Animator (Millennium Edition)
Spider Man: Ultimate Villain Showdown
Stage Ghost
IF YOU'RE BORED
If you have nothing at all to do today and are looking for something totally morbid, then there is always Find- A- Death.
This site is not for the faint of heart.
NEW ELVIS COSTELLO CD LEADS THE PACK
Not much of a selection, but there is a lot of variety with the list of new CD's coming out today. But once again there's the incredible Elvis Costello leading the way.
So with further adieu, here are the new CD releases for Tuesday, April 30th, 2002.
* DOGTOWN & ZBOY OST Dogtown & Zboy (Universal)
* ELVIS COSTELLO When I was Cruel (Island)
* KEPLER Missionless Days
* KEVIN DENNEY Kevin Denney (Lyric Street)
* STEVE AZAR Waitin' On Joe (Mercury Nashville)
* STEVENS SISTERS Little By Little (Rounder)
* THE MARTINETS Your Avid Output
* THE REGISTRATORS Rare Tracks
* VARIOUS ARTISTS Think of the Good Times
* VELVET EMPIRE Velvet Empire (Universal)
KILBY IS STAYING AT CBS
Craig Kilborn will continue to work late. Kilborn, host of "The Late, Late Show" on CBS, has signed a contract extension that will keep him on the air for at least two more years, the network said Monday.
He has been host since March 1999, and the network is up 25 percent in viewers at his 12:35 a.m. time slot since then.
The former ESPN sports anchor is best known for his "5 Questions" feature, posing quiz questions to his celebrity guests.
"Craig has done everything we expected since taking over `The Late Late Show,'" said CBS President Leslie Moonves. "He has attracted more young viewers to the time period and his show has proved to be a terrific companion to David Letterman's `Late Show.'"
FAMOUS PLAYERS LEAVING REGINA
Famous Players will walk away from their 21-year-old home in the Cornwall shopping centre -- and from the Regina market -- at the end of August.
"Our lease expires at the end of the summer. We are not renewing it," vice-president of corporate affairs Joanne Fraser told the Regina Leader-Post on Monday. "It's a business decision. We've been closing more traditional theatres on a national basis."
It's the Cornwall cinema's age, rather than its downtown location, that has led to the decision, Fraser said. When the silver screen turns gray, audiences stay away.
"People have shown a marked preference for the newer multiplexes."
Audiences like the leg room, the sound system and the food choices found in the newer cinemas, she said.
"I don't think any (cinema) company in North America anticipated the impact the new theatres would have on the old theatres," Fraser said. "With our older buildings, as the licences come up, we let them expire."
"They've come to the conclusion the can't be competitive, given how the theatre looks and feels and where it is," Cornwall Centre general manager Josh Lommer said. "The two years I've been here, the theatre has been subpar compared to how some of the theatres in our (Cadillac-Fairview's) other malls in Western Canada have done."
The decision means Famous Players will no longer have a presence in Regina. The national chain has leased 20,000 square feet and operated four screens inside Regina's downtown mall since 1981.
In 2000, Famous Players explored the possibility of building a $20-million multiplex outside city limits to get around the zoning bylaw that confined new theatre development to the downtown. Last week, city council amended the bylaw to remove that condition.
However, Fraser is not aware of any current plans to build a newer, suburban theatre here to replace the Cornwall operation.
"The reality is we've been through an expansion plan, but that's ended. We built 44 new theatres from 1995 to 2001."
Cadillac-Fairview is searching for a new tenant. Lommer did not believe the loss of the shrinking theatre crowd will affect spin-off traffic for the mall's other retailers.
However, the city councillor for the ward that includes the downtown said the departure hampers efforts to turn the area into an entertainment hub.
Coun. Fred Clipsham said the industry standard is one screen per 10,000 people, but the pending construction of two new multiplexes in northwest Regina would have brought the total number of local screens to nearly 40. "I kind of expected that something was going to give."
One of the two new multiplexes is part of the Galaxy chain, which Famous Players owned five per cent of until the federal competition bureau recently directed them to divest. Fraser did not know Famous Players' long-term plans for Saskatoon, where it currently operates one older theatre.
There is a new trailer available online for the upcoming Summer blockbuster Men In Black II.
Enjoy!
D, out.
The incomparable Kirsten Dunst divulges some "Spider- Man 2" details.
LOSING ITS FUEL
Because he wasn't getting the kind of money he wanted, actor Vin Diesel has opted out of Universal's sequel to the street-racing hit "The Fast and the Furious." The film will now revolve around actor Paul Walker's cop character. Because Diesel's out, original director Rob Cohen is also leaving the project.
10 years after retiring Johnny Carson is planning to stay out of the spotlight.
Noooo!!!! Come back, Johnny! Come back!
After years of delays "Spider- Man" is set to make his big screen debut on Friday.
HBO has renewed its latest "it" Sunday series, "Six Feet Under," for a third season.
Anna Kournikova is suing over some topless pictures of her appearing in next month's Penthouse magazine.
For the record, she is not suing me.