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SCREEN IT DVD CAPSULE REVIEWS Site Directory: Home Page Free Newsletter! DVD Reviews This Week's New Movies Complete List of Movies (alphabetical) Movies Listed By MPAA Ratings Movies Listed By Genre This Week's New Videos Complete List of Videos (alphabetical) Videos Listed By MPAA Ratings Videos Listed By Genre Advertise On Screen It! Visitor Survey Send Us Your Comments/Questions First Time Visitors Official Movie Pages & Other Links Less filling than our full-length reviews but still informative, our DVD capsule reviews offer technical and supplemental information for each release, along with a quick look at whether the title is any good and/or entertaining or enjoyable. BLUE VELVET Length: 121 minutes Screen Formats: 2.35:1, 16x9 Languages: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Sides: 1 Extras: Scene selection/Jump to any scene. Mysteries of Love - 60 minute documentary about the film and its production, including clips from it, behind the scenes stills and various interviews. Deleted Scenes Montage - Publicity stills assembled to envision the long lost deleted scenes (9+ minutes). Siskel & Ebert review of "Blue Velvet" from 1986. Photo Gallery (Lumberton, USA, International Posters, Peter Braatz Photos). Theatrical trailer and 2 TV Spots. Beneath the surface of small-town serenity lies a dark domain where innocents dare not tread and unpredictability is the norm. It is the haunting real of Blue Velvet. Spawned from the mind of writer/director David Lynch ("Mulholland Drive," "Twin Peaks"), the 1986 film tells the tale of clean-cut Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) who realizes his Mayberry-like hometown is not so normal after discovering a human ear in a field. His investigation catapults him into an alluring, erotic murder mystery involving a disturbed nightclub singer (Isabella Rossellini) and a drug-addicted sadist (Dennis Hopper). Soon Jeffrey is led deep into their depraved existence - to the point of no return. Blue Velvet - Special Edition is now available for purchase by clicking here. LEGEND Length: 114 & 90 minutes (Director's & Standard Versions) Screen Formats: 2.35:1, 16x9 Languages: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS Sides: 2 Discs Extras: Scene selection/Jump to any scene. Disc One: Director's Cut of the Film (with composer Jerry Goldsmith's score). Running audio commentary by director Ridley Scott. Disc Two: "Creating a Myth: The Making of Legend" - 50+ minute look at the film and its production, including clips and stills from it, as well as various interviews. Isolated music score by Tangerine Dream. Lost scenes (Alternate Opening: Four Goblins, The Faerie Dance). Storyboards (Lily and the Unicorns, Jack's Challenge, Downfall of Darkness). U.S. and International theatrical trailers. 4 TV Spots. Photo Galleries (Publicity Photos, Images of Legend, Continuity Polaroids). Music Video: Bryan Ferry "Is Your Love Strong Enough." Text-based, onscreen Production Notes. Select Cast & Crew bios and filmographies. DVD-ROM: Script to Screen Comparison. Once, long ago, before there was such a thing as time, the world was shrouded in darkness. Then came the splendor of light, bringing life and love into the Universe, and the Lord of Darkness retreated deep into the shadows of the earth, plotting his return to power...by banishing light forever. In this classic fantasy/adventure, pure good and foulest evil will soon battle to the death. Set amid a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins and other magical folk is the story of Jack, a forest dweller who lives in solitude and harmony with the animals of the wood...including Unicorns, who are key to keeping light alive and evil at bay. Chosen by fate to undertake a heroic quest, Jack must brave a host of terrors to not only save his true love - a beautiful princess named Lili - from the clutches of the demonic Lord of Darkness, but also rescue a captive unicorn...or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age where the dawn never comes and evil reigns supreme. Box-office idol Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible I and II, Vanilla Sky, Eyes Wide Shut) stars as Jack, a mortal with a pure heart who lives in solitude and harmony with the magical folk and animals of the forest. Mia Sara (Timecop, Ferris Bueller's Day Off) is Lili, a beautiful princess who loves Jack with all her heart. Lending his unique brand of menace and magnetism is Tim Curry (The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Charlie's Angels) as the Lord of Darkness, who seeks to seduce the princess, kill the last unicorn and plunge the world into eternal night. Originally released in 1985, this disc offers both the original and shorter U.S. version (with the score by Tangerine Dream) as well as director Ridley Scott's new director's cut that's longer and reinstates composer Jerry Goldsmith's original score. Legend (Ultimate Edition) is now available for purchase by clicking here. ON THE EDGE Length: 86 minutes Screen Formats: 1.85:1, 16x9 Languages: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS Sides: 1 (Dual Layer) Extras: Scene selection/Jump to any scene. Theatrical trailer. Text-based, onscreen Production Notes. Select Cast & Crew bios and filmographies. Academy Award® nominee Stephen Rea stars in this edgy comedy about a young man who rediscovers friendship, love and zest for life. Jonathan (Cilllian Murphy), like many teenagers, is used to concealing the pain of growing up behind a witty sense of humor. One day fate brings Jonathan into contact with people who will change his life forever- a group of teenagers who are attempting to cope with their own teen angst and a doctor (Rea) who can see right through Jonathan's façade. But it isn't until he falls in love with Rachel (Tricia Vessey) that Jonathan begins to discover that life doesn't have to be so crazy after all…although it still helps to have a sense of humor about the wild things that happen in life! On the Edge is now available for purchase by clicking here. RAMBO TRILOGY Length: 96, 95 &102 minutes (for parts 1, 2 & 3) Screen Formats: 2.35:1, 16x9, Full Screen (Pan & Scan) Languages: English Subtitles: English, Spanish Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS Sides: 4 Double-Sides Discs Extras: First Blood Scene selection/Jump to any scene (with moving images). Running audio commentary by writer David Morrell. Drawing First Blood - 21+ minute look back at the film and its production, including various interviews, clips and production stills. Text-based, onscreen Production Notes. Select Cast & Crew biographies and filmographies. Theatrical Trailer & teaser. Rambo: First Blood Part II Scene selection/Jump to any scene (with moving images). Running audio commentary by director George Cosmatos. We Get To Win This Time - 19+ minute featurette about the film and its production, including clips from it, behind the scenes stills and footage, and various interviews. Text-based, onscreen Production Notes. Select Cast & Crew biographies and filmographies. 2+ minutes of Theatrical Trailers for this film. Rambo III Scene selection/Jump to any scene (with moving images). Running audio commentary by director Peter MacDonald. Afghanistan: Land in Crisis - 26+ minute featurette about the country and its relation to the film and its production, including clips from the film and various news sources, and various interviews. Text-based, onscreen Production Notes. Select Cast & Crew biographies and filmographies. 2+ minutes of Theatrical Trailers for this film. Bonus Disc: Rambo "Supplemental Materials" The Real Nam: Voices From Within - 26+ minute featurette about the War, including clips and stills from it, as well as various interviews. Guts & Glory - 26+ minute featurette about the Rambo character (including clips and interviews). The Forging of Heroes: America's Green Berets - 9+ minute look at the specialized soldiers (including footage and interviews). Rambo-nomics - 3+ minute look at the films' budgets and other monetary issues. Suiting Up - 8+ minute segment about the weaponry in the films. Selling a Hero - 4+ minute segment about the films' merchandising. First Blood: A Look Back - 3+ minute capsulated look at the first film. Rambo III: Full Circle - 5+ minute capsulated look at the film. An American Hero's Journey: The Rambo Trilogy - 25+ minute look back at the trilogy (including clips and interviews). Trivia Game (onscreen text-based questions). DVD trailers for "Reservoir Dogs" and "Dune," and a theatrical trailer for "National Lampoon's Van Wilder." First Blood: He never fought a battle he couldn't win - except the conflict raging in his own soul. Sylvester Stallone stars as war hero John Rambo. An ex-Green Beret haunted by memories of Vietnam, he was once the perfect killing machine. Now he's searching for peace, but finds instead an over-zealous, small-town sheriff (Brian Dennehy) who's spoiling for a fight. All hell breaks lose when an unjustly imprisoned Rambo escapes and becomes the target of a massive manhunt. Now he must use all his cunning, combat skills and weapons to stay alive and outwit his pursuers. Rambo: First Blood Part II: Although Vietnam is officially over, Rambo remains the perfect fighting machine. His survival skills are tested with a vengeance on a top-secret mission that takes him back to the jungles of Vietnam in search of American POWs. When Rambo is double-crossed, this "expendable" hero, armed with just his bow, arrows and knife, must defeat savage enemies equipped with deadly firepower. Rambo III: Combat has taken its toll on John Rambo, but he has finally begun to find inner peace inside a monastery - until his friend and mentor Col. Sam Trautman (Richard Crenna) shows up to ask for his help on a top-secret mission in Afghanistan. A war-weary Rambo declines, but when Trautman is captured, Rambo erupts into a one-man firestorm to rescue his former commanding officer and decimate the enemy. Much like the "Rocky" films in which Stallone was also involved (both in front of and behind the camera in one way or another), the entries here progressively worsen after their solid debut. Released in 1982, the first film is a decent action drama - although often implausible and a bit too preachy at times in its message - that works in large part due to Stallone's performance. Its success obviously spawned the 1985 sequel - penned, no less, by James "I'm King of the World" Cameron - as well as the 1988 follow-up. Both feature plenty of action and explosions for those looking for such material, but little else, and certainly seem to have traded in the original's attempts at dramatic depth for higher production values and costs. Rambo Trilogy (Special Edition) is now available for purchase by clicking here.