Welcome to MovieWeb’s daily DVD announcement column, The Daily Spin.
Everyday at 9:00AM PST we compile a list of titles which have been recently announced by the studios and have been given or rumored with a release date. Click a title below to see the full press release info attached to the release.
Enjoy and stay tuned to MovieWeb for the latest home video announcements, 9:00AM PST, on the dot, Monday through Friday.
February 28thThe Ice Harvest
It’s Christmas Eve in rainy, icebound Wichita, Kansas, and this year Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) just might have something to celebrate. Charlie, an attorney for the sleazy businesses of Wichita, and his unsavory associate, the steely Vic Cavenaugh (Billy Bob Thornton), have just successfully embezzled $2,147,000 from Kansas City boss Bill Guerrard (Randy Quaid).
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DVD Features
-Audio commentary with director Harold Ramis
-Beneath “The Harvest” featurette
-Anatomy of a Scene featurette
-Two alternate endings
-An outtake
-“Cracking the Story” featurette
March 7thDreamer: Inspired by a True Story
A trainer (Russell) and his daughter (Fanning) nurse an injured horse back to health, with an eye on racing her in the Breeders’ Cup.
Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio: English and French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround tracks
March 14thVIP - The Complete First Season
Vallery Irons (Pamela Anderson) stars in this show about a woman working at a hot dog stand who accidently saves a celebrity, is mistaken for a bodyguard and along with a bunch other beautiful women forms a bodyguard agency.
-Featurettes
-Factoid Track
Grosse Pointe - The Complete Series
A satirical, off-camera look at five actors who star in a fictional high school TV show called, “Grosse Pointe”.
-Interview with show creator Darren Star
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Knots Landing - The Complete First Season
A popular night time soap opera, it followed the adventures of five families living in a small California community: Gary and Valene Ewing, relatives to the popular Ewing clan of Dallas; Sid and Karen Fairgate, their all-American neighbors; Richard and Laura Avery; Kenny and Ginger Ward, a newlywed couple; and divorcee Abby Cunningham, Sid’s scheming sister.
-Cast interviews
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Bugsy Malone
A gangster movie where all the gangsters are children. Instead of real bullets they use “splurge guns” that cover the victim in cream. The story tells of the rise of “Bugsy Malone” and the battle for power between “Fat Sam” and “Dandy Dan”.
Run Time: 93 Minutes
Languages: English and Italian
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Academy Award winner Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey star in this adrenaline-charged thriller about the sexy, high-stakes world of sports betting, where fortunes can be made and lost with a flip of a coin.
-“Making Of”
An arms dealer (Cage) confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent (Hawke).
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
Audio: 2.0 Dolby Surround
Language: English
No. of Discs: 1
Rating: R
Run Time: 122 minutes
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