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WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2004
'Agent Cody Banks 2'; 'Stepford' reissue; new Warner August horrors

Live and Let Die - 12:48pm

Everybody's favorite pint-sized James Bond is back in Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London. MGM Home Entertainment will release the sequel on July 13th as a special edition that includes both 2.40 anamorphic widescreen and 4:3 full screen transfers, a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack, "Spy on the Set" visual cast commentary, "Back in Action" featurette, deleted scenes, an interactive trivia game and theatrical trailers. Retail will be $26.95.

Invasion of the Housewife Snatchers - 12:48pm

Just in time for the big-budget theatrical remake on June 12th, Paramount Home Entertainment will re-issue the original creepy classic The Stepford Wives on June 15th. (Yes, that is a Monday - perhaps the Stepford Executives have taken over Paramount?) Previously released not once but twice on DVD by Anchor Bay, those versions are now discontinued, and Paramount's new release will include an anamorphic widescreen transfer, Dolby Digital mono soundtrack, "The Stepford Life" featurette, radio spots and the theatrical trailer. List price will be $14.95.

Party All Night - 12:48pm

Want more scary fun this summer? How about the return of The Lost Boys, the barometer of all that was hip in 80's vampire chic? (Yes, there once was a time when kids thought the two Coreys were cool.) At last getting the two-disc special edition treatment, Warner Home Video will release the Joel Schumacher cult fave on August 10th. Newly remastered in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1, there will be plenty of extras to sink your teeth into: audio commentary by Schumacher, multi-angle video commentary with Corey Haim, Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander, "The Lost Boys: A Retrospective" documentary, seven additional featurettes ("Inside the Vampire's Cave," "A Director's Vision," "Comedy vs. Horror," "Fresh Blood: A New Look at Vampires," "Vamping Out: The Undead Creations of Greg Cannom," "Haimster & Feldog: The Story of the Two Coreys" and "The Lost Boys Sequel?"), deleted scenes, the INXS "Good Times" music video and theatrical trailers. Retail for all this bloodletting? Only $26.95.

Also due to scare the wits out of you on the 10th are four more great Warner special editions. Each includes remastered transfers in the films' respective theatrical aspect ratios, theatrical trailers and a list price of $19.95 a pop, plus additional extras: Dead Ringer (commentary by actor and playwright Charles Busch and "Bette Davis Speaks" author Boze Hadleigh, and "Double Take: Bette vs. Bette" and vintage "Behind-the-Scenes at the Doheny Mansion" featurettes); the camp classic The Bad Seed (commentary by Patty McCormack and Busch, plus the "Enfant Terrible: A Conversation with Patty McCormack" featurette); a double-feature of the original Village of the Damned and Children of the Damned (featuring commentaries by "Chronicles of Terror: Silent Screams" author Steve Haberman on the former, and screenwriter John Briley on the latter); and the long-awaited DVD premiere of Tod Browning's notorious Freaks (with an optional theatrical reissue prologue, three alternate endings, "Freaks: Sideshow Cinema" documentary, and commentary by David J. Skal, author of "Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning, Hollywood's Master of the Macabre"). August can't come soon enough...

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