Issue #62 • ships from Dec 23 2004
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132 pages!

The Bourne Supremacy
• Matt Damon’s amnesiac super-spy makes his second outing to DVD this month in this explosive globe-trotting thriller. We go deep undercover with the star for a revealing chat…

2005 Preview – Part 2
• The second installment of our look ahead to next year, and the bevy of blockbuster beauties that’ll be hitting our (small) screens, including…

…The Incredibles, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Shark Tale and Ladder 49.

FREE DVD
• The Chronicles of Riddick – Our Riddick-ulous free DVD this month features unmissable interview vignettes from the likes of Vin Diesel, Thandie Newton and Karl Urban.

Plus… A full-length episode of the obsessive-compulsive detective show Monk.

(UK copies only, while stocks last)

Catwoman
• We take a long and lingering look at the many faces of the feline femme fatale, from Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt, to Lee Meriwether and Michelle Pfeiffer…

Ghost in the Shell 2
• Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell was one of the most successful animé movies of all time. We track down the gifted director to find out why it’s taken nearly 10 years for the sequel to arrive…

Halle Berry
• We wax lyrical with the talented clothing-dodger on her role as the slinky vigilante in Catwoman…

Michael Mann
• We talk to one of Hollywood’s most consistently brilliant directors about the DVD release of his latest smash Collateral…

Memento
• Putting together the three-disc Special Edition was a six-month labour of love for Gareth Bourne at Stream. He talks us through the process…

Claire Danes
• The gifted young actress on her challenging role in Richard Eyre’s gender-bending period drama Stage Beauty…

Cellular
• We talk to Final Destination 2 director David R Ellis about reinventing the action genre with this movie…

Without a Trace
• Star Marianne Jean-Baptiste shares her thoughts as the hit TV series comes to DVD…

Buck Rogers
• Star Erin Gray on the cult classic’s long-awaited DVD release…

George Takei
• The legendary Captain Sulu talks to us about Star Trek’s longevity…

New discs available in both Regions 1 and 2 including:

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Extended Edition
• The Bourne Supremacy
• Open Water
• Cellular
• Catwoman
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse
• Collateral
• Oliver Stone – The Ultimate Collection
• Meet the Parents – Special Edition
• Star Trek: The Original Series – Season 3
• Star Trek Voyager – Season 5

A wealth of new reviews including...

• Garden State
• Alien vs Predator
• Raging Bull – Special Edition
• Napoleon Dynamite
• Paparazzi
• Wild at Heart – Special Edition
• Harold and Kumar Get the Munchies
• Rambo – Ultimate Edition
• Carnivale – Season 1
• Golden Girls – Season 1
• Coupling – Season 4
• Frasier – Final Season
• Friends – Season 8

All the latest discs including:

• Hellboy
• Memento Special Edition
• Raising Helen
• Walking Tall
• Stage Beauty
• I’m Not Scared
• Freezeframe
• 13 Going On 30
• Super Size Me
• Star Trek: Generations
• Infernal Affairs 2
• Bad Education
• Heathers
• The Alamo (2005)
• Doctor Who: Horror of Fang Rock

Including:

• Pan American
• Kylie Minogue
• Jamelia
• Jet
• Curtis Mayfield
• A Perfect Circle
• The Dead Texan
• Lemon Jelly
• The White Stripes
• Radiohead
• Roger Waters
• Sub Pop
• The Libertines

• Matt Damon
  We take a look at the versatile young actor’s finest DVD moments…
  
  
• Hardware
  We check out Lite-On’s fantastic LVW-5045 DVD player, as well as the Asda-exclusive DVD 859 player from Dual. Plus! We take our usual look at all the must-have hardware making its way to the market.
  
  

Images taken from this issue are copyright or courtesy of: Warner Bros

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

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