Issue #31 • ships from Jun 13 2002
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Russell Crowe
• The star of Ron Howard’s Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind talks to Ultimate DVD about playing the schizophrenic John Nash.
Plus: The Region 1 disc reviewed in full!

Music for the Masses
• DVD isn’t just about movies and television. Ultimate DVD explores the world of music on disc – with Madonna, Kylie, Robbie Williams, REM and more, with A-Ha (see below)

Free coverdisc!
• Our third free coverdisc features an entire episode of 1970's TV classic The Professionals (Where the Jungle Ends). Available on R2 copies only, with our Russell Crowe cover.

DVD Essentials: Rollerball
• The poorly received remake came out this year, but we look back to the original film from 1975 starring James Caan, and explore the extras-packed R2 Special Edition.

The Simpsons Season 2
• The second Simpsons Box Set is here, and the show’s executive producer David Silverman talks exclusively about his contribution to the discs and plans for future releases

Second Chances: The Score
• It didn’t set the box office alight, but we reckon The Score – starring Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando, Edward Norton and Angela Bassett – is a DVD to own…

Ryan Phillippe Discography
• Now starring in a surprising role in Gosford Park, we check out his entire career on disc

New discs available in both Regions 1 and 2 including:

• Speed: Special Edition
• Star Trek: The Next Generation Season Two
• The Simpsons Season Two
• Spider-Man: Ultimate Villain Showdown

A wealth of new reviews including...

• Monster’s Ball
• The Royal Tenenbaums
• The Shipping News
• Kate & Leopold
• Memento: Special Edition
• Gosford Park
• Blue Velvet: Special Edition
• Vanilla Sky
• Silent Running
• Sex and the City Season 3
• Rollerball (2002)

All the latest discs including:

• Spy Game
• Rock Star
• Monsoon Wedding
• The Beverly Hills Cop Trilogy
• The Long Good Friday
• Scary Movie 2
• The Score
• Rollerball
• The Time Machine (1960?)
• Get Carter (2001)
• Bloody Sunday
• The Forsyte Saga
• The Professionals
• Friends Season 8

• Spotlight on Hollywood 1
  A certain George Lucas on his latest film – which will hit DVD this year!
• Spotlight on Hollywood 2
  Thelma & Louise writer Callie Khouri reminisces…
• Cleopatra 2525
  Jennifer Sky, star of this sexy sci-fi romp, on being a stripper who awakes in the future.
• Scary Movie 2
  Anna Faris on the DVD release – and why those Deleted Scenes must be seen.
• A-Ha
  The Norwegian band discuss their new DVD and the comeback year
• Commentary - news from the DVD scene:
  New scenes for X-Men and Star Wars? The low down on The Time Machine remake and Harry Potter breaks records
• Hardware (Region 2 editions only)
  The latest players reviewed in depth, plus an essential look at what's to come, including how DVD-R is revolutionizing the camcorder, and the latest in projection technology
• Your Letters
  Why not tear yourself away from the tube, and drop us a disc-related line?

Images taken from this issue are copyright or courtesy of: Universal Studios, Warner Bros., Cotender Entertainment Group, 20th Century Fox/Matt Groening, Warner Music Vision

All other contents © Visual Imagination Ltd 2002. Not for reproduction

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