European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday March 252007 scene stars and stripes Page 11 Rocky Balboa who knew the italian stallion had any punch left in him Sylvester Stallone knew despite a previous string of declining sequels that reached a Lowpoint with the cartoonish Rocky v a Flop that seemed certain to spell the end of the boxing fran Chise yet 16 years later Stallone re turned in modest Triumph with this new on did solid commercial Success that presents an older sadder and maybe a Little Wiser Rocky who decides that one More return to the ring is just what he needs to assuage the grief and anger that have taken Over his life the did has seven deleted scenes and an alternate ending Stallone wisely shelved As its boxing finale strains credibility even beyond the films notion of a 60yearold holding his own against the world heavyweight Champ the disc has a couple of featurettes while Stallone who also wrote and directed provides commentary Tho nativity Story Christmas comes in March with this retelling of the original nativity tale the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem director Catherine Hardwicke pre sents an adaptation faithful to the scant new testament descriptions of what went Down that night and during the months leading up to it the movie fleshing out the tale with some real visual flair but not enough drama to hold audience inter est in such an Overly familiar Story Keisha Castle Hughes stars As Mary and Oscar Isaac plays Joseph with shohreh aged Ashlook co starring As marys Cousin Elizabeth the did has widescreen and full screen versions but is Barren of other extras perhaps a sign of a More definitive release around the Holiday season blood Diamond Leonard Dicaprio and Daimon Houn Sou earned Academy award nominations for this action drama of savagery greed corruption and redemption set against the illicit Gem Trade and 1990s civil War in Sierra Leone Dicaprio plays a mercenary adventurer who teams with a Fisherman and family Man Bounsou and a journalist Jennifer Connelly on a quest to find a rare Pink Diamond whose recovery takes them on a bloody journey through the african Countryside Eon product wrap featured did weekly critic Owen Gleiberman ranked Rozov in he 2006 top 10 films list i thought i had Govi too far out on that critical limb the exe Ephon of est picture Winner the depart i Hod no better Lime at the movies is year than with this Smalt savvy reboot of the James Bond franchise Craig reminded us of what really was not a technophiles or Bon vivant with a Tuxedo pocket full of n Mots but a trained Assassin for his in try secret service with All the 4he Job carries Ino is now released As is special Edi Honin or widescreen 4 stars a in Blurry i and happily artful coupled crime Jiller 5layer novel and this is fairly True to the original tale though it is has been updated from 1952 to the present it sends Bond having just completed his first kill under the new 007 License issued hint by m to Uganda where he makes a Bolch of his first secret Mission Render ing it decidedly uns Ecret from there its off to the Bahamas and an unofficial Hunt for a terrorist cell and then to Montenegro where he will take on under the watchful Eye of o beauteous bean counter Eva Green assigned to keep him and the budget in line the terror rings Money launderer la Chiffie their Battleground a Casino table playing hold pm poker its a Welcome backs Earth for the franchise for my chips theres never been an actor More suited to the role of Bond than Craig even with Sean Connery irresistible charmer legend looming Large Hessli Gurfy haunted morally compromised realistically romantic and especially in Jipse Retro he Vic me problem iegain1ngthe female of Dom that t to i i 1 the film comes in a single disc did or a two disc set with extras that include a Featurette profiling Dicaprio and another entered on women at the front lines of journalism another segment examines the journey diamonds take from the mines to jewelry stores director Edward Zwick also offers commen tary Eragon following in the footsteps of fellow Oscar Winner Sean Connery who was the voice of the beast in dragon heart Rachel Weisz is the mouthpiece for the dragon in this Wordan sorcery adventure based on the first instalment of author Christopher Paolini fantasy trilogy the Story follows Eragon newcomer de a farm boy who becomes a Fuoti the first of a new Breed of dragon rid ers a near extinct band of Freedom fighters cruising around on the flying lizards battling for truth Justice and the Alaga Esian Way they live in the Mythi Cal realm of Alag Aesia you the movie costars Jeremy Irons John Malk Ovich Daimon Bounsou and Robert Carlyle Eragon is available in a single disc release or a two disc set that includes segments on casting visual effects and other behind Hestenes matters deleted and extended scenes and commentary from director Stefen Fangmeier to on did Maude the Complete first season a spinoff of All in the family the 1970s sitcom stars Beatrice Arthur As the Brassy Liberal Maude a firebrand at the Center of an Issue Sori show whose cast includes Bill Macy Adrienne Barbeau and Esther Rolle the first 22 episodes come in a three disc set Christy the Complete series Kellie Martin stars in the Short lived 1990s series about a Cit Dweller teach ing school in the Backwoods All 20 episodes come in a four disc set Miami vice a pair of five disc sets have seasons three and four of the 1980s cop show featuring Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas season three has 24 episodes season four has 22 new radio the Complete fifth season Dave Foley Maura Tierney and the gang at Onyx Are Back with Jon Lovitz joining the cast to replace the late Phil Hartman the final 22 episodes come in a three disc set a a Al a
