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500 channels of TV—In Your Car?
Barry Willis  |  Dec 29, 2003  |  0 comments

Upscale parents have already discovered the benefits of "mobile theater"—DVD players and LCD screens in sport-utility vehicles that keep cranky kids content on long drives. Soon they will be able to take the "plug-in drug"—broadcast television—with them as well.

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Anna and the King Won't Play in Thailand, Censors Say
Barry Willis  |  Jan 02, 2000  |  0 comments

Film fans in Thailand won't get a chance to see <I>Anna and the King</I> in theaters. Censors in that country have banned the Jodie Foster film because of what they call its "disrespect" toward Thai nobility. The film was released worldwide a few weeks ago.

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As Good As It Gets Cooks on DVD
Barry Willis  |  Nov 01, 1998  |  0 comments

H<I>elen Hunt, Jack Nicholson, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding, Jr. Directed by James L. Brooks. Aspect ratio: 1.85:1. Dolby Digital 5.1. Additional language: French. 139 minutes. 1997. Columbia TriStar DVD 21709. Rated PG-13. $29.95.</I>

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Ben Hur DVD Due in March
Barry Willis  |  Dec 24, 2000  |  0 comments

One of the most honored films in the history of the movie business, <I>Ben Hur</I>, will make its DVD debut this coming March, 42 years after its theatrical release. On December 18, <A HREF="http://www.warnerhomevideo.com/">Warner Home Video</A> announced a March 13 street date for the disc. The film has been digitally restored and has a new Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack. The suggested retail price will be $24.98.

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Conspiracy Theory Almost Succeeds
Barry Willis  |  Feb 01, 1998  |  0 comments

L<I>aserdisc. Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart. Directed by Richard Donner. Aspect ratio: 2.35:1. Dolby Digital. 3 sides. 135 minutes. 1997. CLV/CAV. Warner Bros./Image Entertainment Widescreen Edition WB 115091. $39.95.</I>

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Gladiator Leads Early-May Box Office
Barry Willis  |  May 14, 2000  |  0 comments

It's been decades since Hollywood produced a topnotch Roman epic. A staple of the film industry through the mid-1960s, sword'n'sandal extravaganzas fell out of favor with both film studios and audiences with the cultural and political upheavals of the late 1960s.

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Mummy, Notting Hill Reviving Moribund Universal Pictures
Barry Willis  |  Jun 06, 1999  |  0 comments

A bout of box-office flops might have run its course at <A HREF="http://www.universalpictures.com/">Universal Pictures</A>. <I>The Mummy</I> has surprised skeptics by pulling in more than $118 million in ticket sales through the week of June 4. The remake of the classic horror flick is helping to pull the struggling studio out of its prolonged slump. The film division of <A HREF="http://www.seagram.com/">Seagram Ltd.</A> was the conglomerate's worst-performing division last year.

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No Man's Land on DVD
Barry Willis  |  Jul 21, 2002  |  0 comments

<I>Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Sovagovic, Georges Siatidis, Simon Callow, Katrin Cartlidge. Directed by Danis Tanovic. Aspect ratios: 2.35:1 (anamorphic) and 1.33:1. Dolby Digital 5.1 (Bosnian, Serbo-Croatian, French, English). 127 minutes. 2001. United Artists 1003329. R. $26.98.</I>

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Pure DIVA Turns PCs into Digital VCRs
Barry Willis  |  May 23, 1999  |  0 comments

Move over, TiVo. Step aside, ReplayTV. Canada's <A HREF="http://www.mgisoft.com/">MGI Software</A> has introduced new software that will turn Pentium III computers into digital VCRs. The development was announced in mid-May at the Electronic Entertainment Expo '99 in Los Angeles.

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Tarzan Viewers Protest Endless Ads on DVDs
Barry Willis  |  Mar 05, 2000  |  0 comments

Back in the good old days of video rentals, you just popped the tape in the player and started watching the movie. Then film studios figured out that they could add "trailers"&mdash;short ads for other movies&mdash;to the beginning of tapes in the hope of getting a little more exposure for their products&mdash;just like in the theater.

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