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.
October 25th{@IMG:6VFtTduCJI6sf5NODRBgcSRA0PhopL|Movie Picture@}
When the murder of a penniless shopgirl is linked to the body of debutante Lady Alice Burnham, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes (Rupert Everett) immediately begins to piece together the clues. The murky world of the menacing London docks collides with the glamour and glitter of Edwardian high society as Holmes and Dr. Watson (Ian Hart) are reunited to solve a case that threatens to overwhelm the privilege and tranquility of aristocratic society.
DVD Features
-Commentary by Simon Cellan Jones (Director) and Elinor Day (Producer)
-Cast bios
November 8th{@IMG:wq1je9vsYSdkDbFXSPLdMz0e7LoG17|Movie Picture@}
The Kumars - a typical (albeit exaggerated) Indian family living in Wembley, north of London - have hit upon a unique method of 'Keeping up with the Joneses': they have bulldozed their garden and erected a state-of-the-art TV studio, wherein they host their very own chat show. The son, Sanjeev, pops the questions while his mother (Madhuri), father (Ashwin) and mischievous granny (Sushila) sit and interrupt from a nearby sofa.
DVD Features
-Writer's Commentary
-Featurette: Tour of No. 42
August 9th{@IMG:ACudmcjPspDh2uSjGKahL0zaplUV2k|Movie Picture@}
Lt. Columbo, a disheveled, cigar-chomping sleuth uses his appearance as an incompetent bumbler to lull murder suspects into a false sense of security. Despite this facade, Columbo is actually the shrewdest, most resourceful homicide detective in the LAPD. In every episode, he carefully and methodically pieces together the minutest clues leading to the true identity of the killer.
Technical Specs
Run Time: 11 Hours 24 Minutes
No. of Discs: 2
Layers: Dual/Dual (Double-Sided)
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame 1.33:1
Rating: Not rated
Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono/Captions; Spanish subtitles
Sam McCloud is a Deputy U.S. Marshal from Taos, New Mexico who goes to New York to find an escaped criminal. When he falls for reporter Chris Coughlin (Diana Muldaur), she convinces her cousin, the deputy police commissioner, to put Sam on temporary duty with the NYPD. He’s assigned to the detective bureau headed by Chief Peter B. Clifford (J.D. Cannon), who is less than thrilled with having McCloud under his command. Nonetheless, McCloud manages to track down killers, drug dealers and other big city criminals using a winning combination of modern police work and good ol’ country know-how.
Technical Specs
Run Time: 15 Hours 45 Minutes
No. of Discs: 3
Layers: 2 Dual/Dual (Double-Sided)
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame 1.33:1
Rating: Not rated
Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono/Captions; Spanish subtitles
Attorney Stewart McMillan is the recently named commissioner of the San Francisco police department. With his pretty, but somewhat cooky wife Sally, his hard drinking housekeeper Mildred and his assistant, the slow witted Sgt. Charlie Enright, Mac manages to solve some of The City’s most baffling crimes.
Technical Specs
Run Time: 10 Hours 25 Minutes
No. of Discs: 2
Layers: Dual/Dual (Double-Sided)
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame 1.33:1
Rating: Not rated
Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono/Captions; Spanish subtitles
August 23rd{@IMG:HKxcgxRWK8yx5CorGawypcYyIOuFNZ|Movie Picture@}
A man is inexplicably kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years and his wife is brutally murdered. On his release, he is given a wallet full of money and a mobile phone. A stranger calls and asks him to try and figure out why he was imprisoned. A girl appears and promises to help him solve the enigma and seek vengeance for his cruel fate.
DVD Features
-Deleted Footage
-Interview with the Director; Director's and Cinematographer's Commentary
October 18thChained Heat 2
Deep inside the concrete jungle of an infamous communist block prison, one innocent woman struggles to stay alive amid sadistic, heroin smuggling guards and a psychotic, stiletto-heeled warden. Voluptuous Brigitte Nielsen stars as the masterful mistress of a women’s prison where the most contemptible crimes are committed after they put you away for life. A nefarious plot to “recruit” beautiful young women into a prostitution and drug-smuggling ring has separated one sister from another. Now, it’s red-hot action as one determined young woman begins to unravel a depraved conspiracy, as far reaching as it is corrupt.
Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio: 16 x 9 widescreen
Audio: DTS and 5.1 Sound
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Run Time: 98
October 25th{@IMG:0vzXgHvNN7beOmLmLXkkG9OlXNMsyL|Movie Picture@}
Commander Dalgliesh undertakes a highly sensitive murder investigation at the Dupayne Museum. The circumstances of the case bear an unsettling similarity to the historical cases commemorated in the museum?s notorious Murder Room.
DVD Features
-Biographies of the cast and writer
-P.D. James interview from BBC archive
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