European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 22 2007 stripes Page 11 new on did the last King of Scotland the soft spoken Forest Whitaker came out of his Shell in an explosive Way winning the bes Tactor Academy award for his magnetic and frightening performance As ugandan dictator Idi Amin who remains a perversely respected figure among the subjects he tormented the film presents a fictionalized personal relationship As Amin is seen through the eyes of an adventurous scottish doctor James Mca initially enticed by the rulers forceful Charm later a horrified witness and victim to his brutality the did has seven deleted scenes with commentary from director Kevin Macdonald who also offers commen tary for the full film a behind Hestenes segment features Whitaker discussing the extensive research and preparation it took to play Amin and the disc has a documentary of amins Rise to Power and How the filmmakers went about recreating his reign into Kanaces Ben Affleck Andy Garcia and Ray Liotta Lead a big bloody ensemble cast in this overt top comic crime thriller about a Slick Stool Pigeon and the lowlifes trying to bump him off Jeremy Piven plays the title role aces Israel a magi Cian placed in protective custody after he agrees to testify for the Fri against the mob with Affleck Alicia keys and a huge roster of other rogues trying to Cash in on the million mob contract placed on aces head the disc has deleted scenes outtakes and an alternate ending a Featurette on stunts and special effects and a segment on write director Joe Carnahan who also teams with his editor and some of the actors on two commentary tracks Freedom writers Hilary Swank stars in a feelgood classroom drama based on the True Story of idealistic teacher Erin Gru Well who inspired her students at a Vio Lent racially divided school to express themselves with pen and paper Swanks Gruwell Battles sceptical school bureaucrats her own doubting family and entrenched biases among the youths who gradually bring out their inner poets As they find kinship by sharing stories of their own harsh lives along with a handful of deleted scenes the did has segments on Gruwell real life Story and the Many students who benefited from her writing program Swank joins write director Richard Lagravenese for commentary notes on a scandal past Oscar winners Judi Dench and Gate Blanchett each scored fresh nominations for this dark drama about a flighty new teacher and the twisted Veteran educator who preys on her Young colleague Dench is a scary old spinster who discovers that her schools Art teacher Blanchett is having an affair with a student the older woman seizing on the transgression to extort Devotion and intimacy from her new Friend the did has a making of Featurette and a segment on the two compulsive characters including interviews with author Zoe Heller whose novel was the basis for the film the disc also has commentary from director Richard Eyre and a series of Short background segments produced for the web on casting the screenplay the characters and other behind the scenes matters spider Man 21 in preparation for the superheros new big screen Outing with next months spider Man 3 the filmmakers release an extended Cut of spider Man 2 that adds about eight minutes of footage the 2004 sequel pits spider Tobey Maguire against Doc Ock Alfred a Brilliant scientist who turned into a villainous maniac after an Experiment leaves him with huge Metal tentacles grafted onto his body the two disc set has a behind Hestenes Featurette a spider Man trivia track a look at the movies visual effects and commentary from producer Laura Ziskin and screen writer Alvin Sargent and theres the obligatory sneak peek at the next movie Over lord Fox Searchlight pictures Forest Whitaker stars As Idi Amin in the did movie the last King of Scotland film from director Stuart Cooper blends real footage from the world War ii Era with a 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