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DVDs: Reference Disc
Al Griffin  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 

Badly dubbed dialogue and exaggerated acting make martial-arts movies unintentionally funny (to Westerners, at least). But in Kung Fu Hustle (Sony; Movie ••••, Picture/Sound ••••½, Extras •••• ), director Stephen Chow sets out to grab laughs by mining the genre's clichés.

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DVD REVIEWS: Desperate Housewives
Brandon Grafius  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 
Season 1 Touchstone
Series •••½ Picture/Sound •••½ Extras ••½
Wisteria Lane
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DVD REVIEWS: Family Business
Brandon Grafius  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 

Family Guy was canceled after its third season, but phenomenal DVD sales and a successful afterlife in reruns have brought the series back to prime time again. To celebrate, creator Seth MacFarlane picks his Top 5 episodes for Family Guy: The Freakin' Sweet Collection (20th Century Fox; Series •••, Picture/Sound ••½, Extras ••).

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DVD REVIEWS: Avant-Garde
Josef Krebs  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 
Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and '30s Kino
Movie •••• Picture/Sound ••½ Extras None
This
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DVD REVIEWS: Melinda and Melinda
Josef Krebs  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 
20th Century Fox
Movie ••• Picture/Sound •••½ Extras None
Woody Allen's Melinda and Melin
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DVD REVIEWS: The Longest Yard
Ken Korman  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 
Paramount
Movie ••½ Picture/Sound •••• Extras ••
Hollywood remakes don't always fall short of the mark, but the new take on The Longest Yard
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DVD REVIEWS: Layer Cake
Ken Korman  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 
Universal
Movie •••½ Picture/Sound •••½ Extras •••½
In this sleek and stylish crime thriller
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DVD REVIEWS: Preston Sturges
Ken Korman  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 
PALM BEACH STORY Universal
Movie •••• Picture/Sound ••½ Extras
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DVD REVIEWS: Kingdom of Heaven
Rad Bennett  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 
20th Century Fox
Movie •••½ Picture/Sound ••••½ Extras ••••
Ridley Scott's epic me
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DVD REVIEWS: Disney Movies
Rad Bennett  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 
CINDERELLA Disney
Movie •••• Picture/Sound •••• Extras ••••½
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DVD REVIEWS: The Saint
Rad Bennett  |  Nov 06, 2005  | 
The Early Episodes: Sets 1 & 2 A&E
Series •••½ Picture/Sound •••• Extras •
These 28 episo
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DVD REVIEWS: Horror Movie Compilations
 |  Nov 06, 2005  | 
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The Hammer Horror Series Universal, 2 double-sided discs Movie •••
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Titanic Special Collector's Edition DVD
Thomas J. Norton  |  Oct 26, 2005  | 

<I>Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, Gloria Stewart, David Warner, Victor Garber, and Bill Paxton. Directed by James Cameron. Aspect ratio: 2.35:1. 174 minutes (film). 1997. Dolby Digital 5.1EX, DTS 6.1ES, and 2.0 Dolby Surround (English), French, Spanish. Paramount 03135. PG-13. $29.99.</I>

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DVD REVIEWS: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Marc Horowitz  |  Oct 03, 2005  | 
Touchstone
Movie •••½ Picture/Sound •••• Extras •••
Director Garth Jennings has plenty of fun wit
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DVDs: Reference Disc
Al Griffin  |  Oct 02, 2005  | 

The original xXx achieved almost lyrical heights of excess through its digitally enhanced, over-the-top action sequences.

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