Issue #69 • ships from Jul 21 2005
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100 packed pages!

Autumn DVD Preview
• We provide you with a sneak preview of the biggest and best films and TV shows coming to DVD before Christmas, plus reveal what special features will be adorning each fabulous release.

24
• Executive producer and writer Evan Katz talks to us about the filming process of the show and the increasing importance of the DVD releases, plus actress Mary Lynn Rajskub

Alexander
• Director Oliver Stone explains how his Director’s Cut brings a new angle to the historical adventure. And actor Colin Farrell discusses how he was chosen for the title role

Christian Bale
• The actor talks about his role in The Machinist, along with director Brad Anderson and writer Scott Kosar, who emphasise Bale’s unerring commitment to his portrayal

Little Britain
• Matt Lucas and David Walliams ponder how their idiosyncratic and eccentric show will be received over in America, and reveal what we can expect from the upcoming DVD’s extra features

The OC
• The hit teen show has just had its Season Two finale, so we decided to speak with creator Josh Schwartz about ideals that lie behind the series, the upcoming DVD releases, and what will be happening to the troubled teens in Season Three

Star Trek: Enterprise
• Actor Connor Trinneer reminisces about his time on the show, and reveals his stance towards sex in the long-running series

Billy Bob Thornton
• The actor and director discusses how his aversion to Director’s Cuts altered when he was asked to provide his own version for a new Sling Blade DVD release

Famke Janssen
• The actress explains why she wanted to play Hide and Seek with Robert De Niro, plus discloses what we can expect in the third X-Men, due out next year

New discs available in both Regions 1 and 2 including:

• Million Dollar Baby
• Constantine
• The Machinist
• The Interpreter
• The Wedding Date
• Jaws – 30th Anniversary Edition
• Alexander – Theatrical Version & Director’s Cut
• Sling Blade – Director’s Cut
  
  

A wealth of new reviews including...

• The Assassination of Richard Nixon
• American Psycho – Uncut
• In My Country
• Frasier – Season 5
• A Lot Like Love
• Little Britain – Season 1
• The Upside of Anger
• Dead Ringers
  
  

All the latest discs including:

• AE Fond Kiss
• 24 – Day 4
• My Own Private Idaho – Special Edition
• Spanglish
• Friday Night Lights
• Melinda and Melinda
• The Woodsman
• The Book Group – Season 2
  

• Commentary
  The latest news on the DVD scene, including the latest selection of films to get the Special Edition treatment
  
  
• Hardware
  Details of all the must-have products hitting the market soon
  
  

Images taken from this issue are copyright or courtesy of: 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros

All other contents © Visual Imagination Ltd 2005. Not for reproduction

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