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Z-Riffic: Liza with a "Z"
 |  Mar 27, 2006  | 

When Showtime airs a lovingly restored and digitally remastered version of Liza with a "Z" on Sunday, April 1 at 10 p.m. ET (the DVD will go on sale three days later), it will be the first time the show has been seen in more than 30 years.

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Bada Boom!
Mike Mettler  |  Mar 12, 2006  | 

I have a ritual when it comes to watching The Sopranos. Before the debut of each season, I rewatch every prior season on DVD so that I'm immersed in all the nuances that remind me why it's one of the best TV shows ever.

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DVDs: Reference Disc
Al Griffin  |  Feb 03, 2006  | 

Do clones deserve the same rights as their human progenitors? That's the ethical dilemma that director Michael Bay grapples with in the sci-fi foray The Island (DreamWorks; Movie •••, Picture/Sound ••••½, Extras ••).

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DVD REVIEW: Beavis and Butt-Head Vol. 1
Brandon Grafius  |  Feb 03, 2006  | 
Paramount
Series ••½ Picture/Sound ••• Extras ••½
More than a decade after they first appeared on late-
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DVDs: Rehashed Horror
Brandon Grafius  |  Feb 03, 2006  | 

If something scared an audience the first time, it should work again, right? And the third, fourth, and fifth times, yes? Well, House of Wax (Warner; Movie •½, Picture/Sound ••••, Extras ••) steals its title from a Vincent Price vehicle, but it's little more than an amateurish excuse to slice and dice attractive teens.

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DVDs: Bird Land
Ken Korman  |  Feb 03, 2006  | 
March of the Penguins Warner/National Geographic
Movie •••• Picture/Sound ••• Extras<
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DVD REVIEW: The Dukes of Hazzard
Ken Korman  |  Feb 03, 2006  | 
Warner
Movie •• Picture/Sound •••½ Extras •••
Before the movie, this DVD has a trailer for boxed sets of the origi
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DVD REVIEW: Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Ken Korman  |  Feb 03, 2006  | 
20th Century Fox
Movie ••½ Picture/Sound •••• Extras •••
Throughout this DVD's extras, the various participant
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DVD REVIEW: Aeon Flux
Marc Horowitz  |  Feb 03, 2006  | 
Paramount/MTV
Series ••• Picture/Sound •••• Extras •••½
Originally appearing as a number of animated shorts on MTV
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DVD REVIEW: Murderball
Marc Horowitz  |  Feb 03, 2006  | 
TH!NKFilm
Movie •••½ Picture/Sound ••• Extras •••
In their vivid documentary on quadriplegic rugby, co-directors <
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DVD REVIEW: The Deer Hunter
Marc Horowitz  |  Feb 03, 2006  | 
Universal
Series •••• Picture/Sound •••• Extras ••••
Michael Cimino's seminal 1978 film about the Vietna
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DVD REVIEW: The Skeleton Key
Mel Neuhaus  |  Feb 03, 2006  | 
Universal
Movie •••½ Picture/Sound •••½ Extras •••
A young Louisiana-based hospice attendant (K
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DVD REVIEW: Kolchak: The night Stalker
Mel Neuhaus  |  Feb 03, 2006  | 
Universal
Series ••• Picture/Sound ••½ Extras None
Fantasy TV buffs will be pleased with this three-disc set of th
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DVD REVIEW: Cinderella Man
Rad Bennett  |  Feb 03, 2006  | 
Universal
Movie •••½ Picture/Sound •••• Extras ••••
Oscar-worthy performances by Russell
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DVD REVIEW: The Polar Express
Rad Bennett  |  Feb 03, 2006  | 
Warner
Movie •••½ Picture/Sound •••• Extras ••
In the children's book by Chris Van Allsburg (
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