May 13, 2008

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Features: The DVD Shelf

THE DVD SHELF: Twenty-one Movies for April
20 Apr 2008
This month's column discusses two collections celebrating the 100th birthday of Bette Davis (with films including "All About Eve" and "Watch on the Rhine"); a collection of M-G-M musicals (including "Kismet"); and David Lean's "Passage to India."

THE DVD SHELF: "Sweeney Todd," "Life After Tomorrow," Disney's "Enchanted" & "101 Dalmatians"
24 Mar 2008
This month's column discusses Tim Burton's version of Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd"; the Annie-related "Life After Tomorrow"; the Coen Brothers' "No Country for Old Men"; and Disney's "Enchanted" and a restored animated "101 Dalmatians."



THE DVD SHELF: "5,000 Fingers of Dr. T," "Member of the Wedding," Lubitsch Musicals and Hitchcock
25 Feb 2008 -- This month's column discusses the Stanley Kramer Collection, including "5,000 Fingers of Dr. T" and Julie Harris and Ethel Waters in "The Member of the Wedding"; a collection of early musicals by Ernst Lubitsch; and Alfred Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes."

THE DVD SHELF: Lansbury's "Manchurian Candidate," the Complete "Slings & Arrows"
28 Jan 2008 -- This month's column discusses the nifty political thriller "The Manchurian Candidate" (included as part of the new collection); Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr in the tearjerker "An Affair to Remember"; the Python's big hit, "Life of Brian"; and a new box set of the complete Canadian series "Slings & Arrows."

THE DVD SHELF: "High School Musical 2," "The Simpsons Movie" and 14 Classics in Box Sets (24 Dec 2007)

THE DVD SHELF: Fannie Brice in "Be Yourself!," Plus Friml's Operetta "Lottery Bride" (03 Dec 2007)

THE DVD SHELF: Jolson's "Jazz Singer," "ShowBusiness" and a Fragrant "Ratatouille" (04 Nov 2007)

THE DVD SHELF: "The 3 Penny Opera," a Mickey & Judy Box, "Jungle Book" and "Funny Face" (08 Oct 2007)

THE DVD SHELF: Elaine Stritch in "Two's Company," Plus a New Widescreen "Graduate" DVD (10 Sep 2007)

THE DVD SHELF: "Slings & Arrows," Branagh's "Hamlet," Olivier's "Othello" and Muppets (13 Aug 2007)

THE DVD SHELF: "The Best of the Tony Awards," Cotten and Welles and "High School Musical" (16 Jul 2007)

THE DVD SHELF: Lerner & Loewe's "Camelot" With Harris; Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" With Liz (17 Jun 2007)

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