Issue #55 • ships from Jun 10 2004
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132 pages!

Starsky and Hutch
• Those iconic ‘70s cops are back – this time with their own movie on DVD. We talk to stars Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller, and get the essential facts on the classic TV show.

FREE DVD
• To celebrate the release of the Alias – Season 2 DVD on June 7, we proudly present a special free DVD of the final episode of Season 1, Almost Thirty Years, courtesy of Buena Vista.

And we’ve got a brilliant extra too, courtesy of Bravo, as we follow Ricky Gervais, star of The Office, behind the scenes during his guest appearance on Alias’s third season. Not to be missed!
(Available while stocks last, UK copies only)

Stargate SG-1
• Michael Shanks and Christopher Judge reveal secrets of the show’s eighth season and why they don’t mind going to work on a Sunday as long as it’s to record a Commentary track…

Jennifer Garner
• The star of Alias chats to us about stunts, Sydney Bristow, her new movie 13 Going On 30… and her upcoming lead role in Elektra, the spin-off from Daredevil.

Pieces of April
• Director Peter Hedges on the DVD of his acclaimed independent hit.

Tommy
• Director Ken Russell discusses bringing the definitive rock opera back for the digital age,

Six Feet Under
• Producer Alan Poul celebrates the series' DVD release of Season 2, and spills some secrets on Seasons 3 and 4…

Dead Like Me
• MGM’s wonderful Grim Reaper comedy/drama has been released in a box set, and we meet its gifted star Ellen Muth.

Plus…
• Jack Nicholson on Something’s Gotta Give…
• Nicole Kidman on Cold Mountain …
• Kurt Russell on Miracle …

And…
• As they reach their 25th year in music, UB40 conquer DVD
• Hollywood up-’n’-comer Brittany Murphy on her nine-year-old co-star and how another very different version of Uptown Girls lies in the Deleted Scenes on DVD…

New discs available in both Regions 1 and 2 including:

• Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
• Blazing Saddles – Special Edition
• Mystic River
• Panic Room – Special Edition
• Pennies From Heaven
• Six Feet Under – Season 2
• Shrek 3-D
• Spider-Man – Deluxe Edition
• Star Trek: Voyager – Season 2

A wealth of new reviews including...

• 50 First Dates
• Absolutely Fabulous – Season 5
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer – Season 6
• The Charlie Chan Chanthology
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black
• Just Shoot Me – Seasons 1 and 2
• Miracle
• The Playmakers – Season 1
• The Tarzan Collection
• Law and Order – Season 2
• Welcome to Mooseport

All the latest discs including:

• Alias> – Season 2
• Brimstone and Treacle (BBC Dennis Potter)
• Casanova (BBC Dennis Potter)
• Cheers – Season 2
• Frasier – Season 2
• Gods and Generals
• Lost in Space – Season 2
• Lost in Translation
• Marion and Geoff – Series 2
• Open Range
• Pieces of April
• Runaway Jury
• Sherlock Holmes (BBC Peter Cushing)
• Something’s Gotta Give
  
  

• Spotlight on Hollywood
  Jim Carrey opens up his spotless mind.
• 10 of the Best
  We explore the finest DVDs of Bill Murray.
• Freeze Frame
  The Special Edition of Panic Room in pictures.
• News
  All the latest on the DVD scenes, including George Lucas’s plans for THX 1138.
• Hardware
  Previews of the most exciting upcoming gadgets, and reviews of two new products, the Mustek DVDR100B and the Thomson DTH7500
  
  
• And…
  Your letters, a chance to win Alias – Season 2 and much more!
  
  

Images taken from this issue are copyright or courtesy of: Sci-Fi Channel, ABC Inc

All other contents © Visual Imagination Ltd 2004. Not for reproduction

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