All Things Video
New Release Week Of 1/11/2000
Note: All releases available on DVD unless otherwise noted. All releases are priced for rental [usually $100 retail ] unless noted. The number of days in the last column refers to the length of time from the video release date that a title will be shown on Pay Per View. Most titles premiere on home video at least 45 days before PPV.
| Lake Placid | Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Betty White | A big croc, a scary lake, and Betty White cursing. It may not be a great scary film, but it can be a good, silly rental. | 82 / cc | R / rental / 34.98 DVD/ 30 days |
| Mystery Men | Ben Stiller, William H. Macy, Janeane Garofalo, Geoffrey Rush, Greg Kinnear, Hank Azaria | Champion City's super hero is kidnapped by the evil Cassanova Frankenstein, and it is up to a band of wanna be sort of super heroes to save the day. A little too long, but great to look at, and fun to watch. | 122 / cc | PG13 / rental 24.99 DVD / 60 days |
| Detroit Rock City | Edward Furlong, KISS | The KISS concert is the place to be in the late 70's. One problem for four would be concert goers--How to get there. | 94 / cc | R / rental / 24.99 DVD / ?? days |
| Big Brass Ring | William Hurt, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Hawthorne | A politician's past inteferes with his future. Based on an unproduced screenplay by Orson Welles, but don't let that sway you. It's not that good. | 104 / cc | R / rental / 27.95 DVD / Showtime |
| Blood Oranges | Charles Dance, Sheryl Lee | Sex and fun in Latin America attracts a couple with an open [swinging ] marriage. | 105 / cc | R / rental / 24.99 DVD / 60 days |
| Extreme Adventures Of Super Dave | Super Dave Osbourne | Comic Daredevil adventures of a clueless hero. Trivia note: Super Dave is the real life brother of Albert Brooks, whose real name is Albert Einstein | 91 / cc | PG / rental / 24.99 DVD / 60 days |
| Oxygen | Maura Tierney, Adrien Brody | A psychological battle between a cop and a psychopath over a woman buried alive in a coffin. | 92 / cc | R / rental / 24.99 DVD Cinemax |
| Relax...It's Just Sex | Jennifer Tilly, Mitchell Anderson | Every sexual persuasion is represented in this story of lifestyle acceptance. | 110 / cc | UR / rental / 24.99 DVD / ?? days |
| Sparkler | Park Overall, Veronica Cartwright, Freddie Prinze Jr. | A psychic tells a woman that the "three kings" would show up, and she mistakes three college grads on the road to Vegas as them. | 96 / cc | R / rental / no DVD / 75 days |