Literary Illusions is proud to be giving away three copies of In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale on DVD. To enter all you need to do is leave us a comment. Please be sure to only leave one. Comments are moderated to avoid spam, so it will not show up right away. People who leave multiple comments will be deleted from the contest altogether. If you do not see your comment within a day then by all means leave another one. Otherwise, do not worry as we accept comments several times a day.

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Literary Illusions is proud to be giving away three copies of The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream on DVD. To enter all you need to do is leave us a comment. Please be sure to only leave one. Comments are moderated to avoid spam, so it will not show up right away. People who leave multiple comments will be deleted from the contest altogether. If you do not see your comment within a day then by all means leave another one. Otherwise, do not worry as we accept comments several times a day.

To enter you need to be 18 years of age and a resident of the US. If you have won a contest within the last 30 days you are not eligible. Winners will be announced here. If we do not hear from you within 3 weeks from the date the winners are announced you forfeit your prize and we will select another winner. Prizes will be shipped within 45 days from the day you win.

We will begin choosing winners for this the week of May 12, 2008, which means you have until May 11, 2008 at 11:59 to enter.

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The Adrenaline-Packed Adventure Teleports To DVD And Blu-Ray Disc Worldwide This June From Fox Home Entertainment

Bonus Material Includes Commentaries, Deleted Scenes, Featurettes, An Animated Graphic Novel And More

CENTURY CITY, Calif. – Anywhere. Anything. Instantly. The evolution of the action thriller takes its biggest jump yet when Jumper makes its global debut on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc (BD) on June 10th in North America and from June 16th Internationally from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

From Doug Liman, the director of The Bourne Identity and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and based on the best selling science-fiction novel by Steven Gould, Jumper is an experience “like nothing you’ve seen before” (Good Day NY) and has “something new and cool every five minutes” (The New York Sun).

A fantastical journey through space and time, Jumper stars Hayden Christensen (Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Awake) as David, a young man with the uncanny ability to transport himself anywhere in the world in the blink of an eye. Living a carefree life of excess where anything and anywhere is possible, David’s world comes to an abrupt halt when he realizes that his gift is not as unique as he initially thought. Pursued by a secret organization sworn to kill Jumpers, David is forced to form an uneasy alliance with another young Jumper named Griffin (Jamie Bell; King Kong, Flags of our Fathers), becoming a key player in a war that has been raging for thousands of years.

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Writer: Annmarie Morais
Director: Ian Igbal Rashid
Cast: Tre Armstrong, Boyd Banks, Cle Bennett, Ardon Bess, Conrad Coates, Keyshia Cole
Rating: PG-13
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: April 29, 2008

You know, I liked Save the Last Dance. It was one of the first movies to start the dance craze in movies. From there, the less likable Honey, Step Up, the crappy sequel Step Up 2: The Streets and other movies were released. They were released to the point where any mention of another dance themed movie was met with groans, not only by myself and fellow reviewers, but by the general public who were getting tired of the same sub-standard story being rehashed over and over again.

I fully admit that I went into this movie prepared to hate it. I’d seen my fill of semi-good dancing with less than stellar acting and a recycled plot. What I wasn’t prepared for was the freshness of How She Move. The dancing, the acting and the plot were all excellent. While How She Move might be a dance movie, it isn’t the same ol’ dance movie you expect to watch time and again as each one is produced. This movie has more than just rhythm. It has spirit!

Release Information:
How She Move made its film debut at the Sundance Film festival on January 23, 2007. Oddly enough, it wasn’t until January 25, 2008 when the film was able to make its big screen debut. The film, which was distributed by Paramount, has received mostly good reviews and is deemed one of the better dance movies out there.

Paramount has decided to release How She Move. It was made available on April 29, 2008. It can be purchased at your local retailer such as Wal-Mart or Best Buy or it can be purchased online at the store’s site. It can also be purchased online at Amazon where it is available for $19.99.

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Cast: Kirk Franklin, John Legend, Dr. Bobby Jones, J Moss, Patti LaBelle, Pastor Shirley Caesar
Rating: Not Rated
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: April 29, 2008

Every now and then we receive something for review that no one at Literary Illusions is really interested in seeing. When this happens the DVD or product is usually given to the writer with the least seniority to handle. The idea is that eventually, they won’t be the last in line and they will not have to do DVDs that no one else will review. As the last in line, Celebration in Gospel - Spirit in Song was mine. This just prompts me to recommend that Literary Illusions start taking applications for reviewers post haste. I am only one man and I’m not sure I can handle another repeat performance of a dry, over-edited piece of junk again.

The premise of this BET series is simple enough and from what I can tell, people seem to really enjoy the television production of Celebration in Gospel . However, this heavily edited piece of television history is likely not worth the cost of the DVDs that it was placed on. I don’t recall seeing anything on the cover that explains that this DVD is edited from the performances that were shown on television though I heard this common complaint from the people that seem to like this show. For me, it didn’t really matter though the addition of Steve Harvey might have added some comedy to the boredom that I was forced to endure while watching this crap.

Release Information:
Celebration in Gospel - Spirit in Song was made available by Paramount Home Video and BET on April 29, 2008. This DVD, which likely has limited release availability, is able to be found at most DVD venues online, including Amazon, where it is available for $20. Why anyone would want to pay $20 for a DVD that lasts an hour and has been edited more than an episode of Sesame Street where the Muppets smoke crack is beyond me, but if you want the DVD you know where to find it.

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Barbara Eden & Larry Hagman Return for One Last Time on DVD July 8

I DREAM OF JEANNIE: THE COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON Four-Disc Box Set Features 26 Fanciful Episodes

Culver City, Calif. (April 28, 2008) – The final season of one of the most beloved sitcoms in television history comes to DVD July 8 when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases I Dream of Jeannie: The Complete Fifth Season. The four-disc box set features the romantic magic of all 26 episodes from the fifth season and will be available for $39.95 SRP.

Barbara Eden (TV’s “Harper Valley PTA”) in her career-defining role as Jeannie and Larry Hagman (TV’s “Dallas”) as the hapless Major Tony Nelson star as the adorable mismatched couple, back for one last season of adventures. Their viable chemistry and deft comic timing was made even more successful by the series’ talented regulars Bill Daily (TV’s “The Bob Newhart Show”) as Tony’s best friend and secret-keeper Major Roger Healey, Hayden Rorke (The Unsinkable Molly Brown) as nosey Dr. Bellows, and Emmaline Henry (Rosemary’s Baby) as his wife, Amanda Bellows.

Fifth season high jinks include Jeannie having to make a choice between being Tony’s wife or being the queen of a country, with many of the episodes revolving around wedding arrangements and the big event itself. Viewers have a front row seat to Tony’s (Hagman) reluctant participation in a bachelor party, the confusion and avoidance of wedding pictures, since genies don’t show up in pictures, and the last-ditch attempt of Jeannie’s sister to break up the happy couple by posing as Jeannie and pretending to have an affair. Guest stars appearing during this season include Farrah Fawcett (TV’s “Charlies Angels”) and Jackie Coogan (The Kid).

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DISCOVER THE POWER IN FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT’S THE LIST

Golden Globe® Nominee Malcolm McDowell Stars In Famed Author Robert Whitlow’s Sinister Suspense Drama Debuting On DVD June 10th

“The List is an accomplished piece of filmmaking with a serious goal.”
- The Charlotte Observer

CENTURY CITY, Calif. – In a world of secrets, where evil has reigned for over a hundred years, there lives a treacherous blood covenant and vast fortune guarded by a dark prophecy that will change the life of one man forever in the gripping suspense drama The List, debuting on DVD June 10th from Fox Home Entertainment. Featuring captivating performances from veteran screen legend and Golden Globe® nominee Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange, Halloween), Chuck Carrington (“Jag”), Hilarie Burton (“One Tree Hill”) and Will Patton (Remember the Titans, Armageddon), The List is based on the first novel by best-selling author Robert Whitlow and timed to coincide with his latest book release, Deeper Water.

After being shaken by the news of his father’s mysterious death, Renny Jacobson (Carrington) is mystified to discover that his father has left him nothing but a reference to an obscure entity called “The Covenant List of South Carolina, Ltd.” Setting out on a quest to learn the truth, he uncovers a treacherous blood covenant and vast fortune guarded by a dark prophecy that will change his life forever. Joined in the spiritual battle by some unlikely and courageous heroes, he soon finds he must fulfill the prophecy spoken in 1863 and destroy the power of “The List,” or risk losing the true treasure that has changed his life. Highlighted by DVD features including audio commentary by writer/director Gary Wheeler (Final Solution) and actress Hilarie Burton, The Power of Prayer featurette, deleted scenes and more, The List DVD is available for the suggested retail price of $26.98 U.S./ $37.98 Canada.

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Literary Illusions is proud to be giving away five copies of The 4400: The Fourth Season on DVD. To enter all you need to do is leave us a comment. Please be sure to only leave one. Comments are moderated to avoid spam, so it will not show up right away. People who leave multiple comments will be deleted from the contest altogether. If you do not see your comment within a day then by all means leave another one. Otherwise, do not worry as we accept comments several times a day.

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We will begin choosing winners for this the week of May 20, 2008, which means you have until May 19, 2008 at 11:59 to enter.

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Literary Illusions is proud to be giving away three copies of Wristcutters: A Love Story on DVD. To enter all you need to do is leave us a comment. Please be sure to only leave one. Comments are moderated to avoid spam, so it will not show up right away. People who leave multiple comments will be deleted from the contest altogether. If you do not see your comment within a day then by all means leave another one. Otherwise, do not worry as we accept comments several times a day.

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We will begin choosing winners for this the week of May 17, 2008, which means you have until May 16, 2008 at 11:59 to enter.

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Writers: Various
Directors: Various
Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery, Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, Bob Peck, Ronny Coutteure, Margaret Tyzack, Lloyd Owen, Corey Carrier, Ruth de Sosa
Rating: Not Rated
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: April 29, 2008

The final installment of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones comes out at a time when the torch of adventure is being passed to a new generation, in the newly released Indiana Jones feature film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. With Harrison Ford aging, it was time for a new generation to get to be a part of the phenomenon those of us who grew up in the 1980s loved so dearly.

It’s an exciting time for Indiana Jones fans because not only is the new movie coming out at the end of May and The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Volume Three - The Years of Change DVD is being release, the original three Indiana Jones DVDs are being re-released by Paramount in mid-May. As a longtime fan of the series, I can say that all of these Indiana Jones releases make me feel a bit like a kid in a candy store.

For those who don’t know already, The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones follows both a television series and four made for television movies that were all a part of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. The series and movies were later made into 22 feature length episodes. This became The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones. Volume Three is the last of the features and it has Chapter 16-Chapter 22 of the feature length episodes spread out across nine discs, with the final disc a set of bonus features. While this isn’t the best of the series, of which I’ve been lucky enough to own all three volumes, The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Volume Three - The Years of Change certainly has many endearing qualities.

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Kenan Thompson (TV’s “S.N.L.”) and Zachary Levi (TV’s “Chuck”) Star in the Hilarious New Road Trip Comedy WIENERS! The Juicy Laughs Arrive June 10th on DVD!

A hilarious cast of comedic actors invites you to hop aboard the wiener-mobile for the riotous new comedy Wieners, pulling up on DVD June 10th, 2008 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. In the tradition of such new comedy classics as Harold and Kumar and Road Trip, Wieners tells the laugh-filled story of friends embarking on a zany cross-country road trip filled with oddball characters, strange bodily fluids and, of course, hot dogs for everyone!

Wieners stars Kenan Thompson (TV’s “Saturday Night Live,” Fat Albert), Zachary Levi (TV’s “Chuck”), Fran Kranz (Donnie Darko, Matchstick Men) and Darrell Hammond (TV’s “Saturday Night Live,” Scary Movie 3, Epic Movie) and features delicious cameos from Jenny McCarthy (John Tucker Must Die, Scary Movie 3), Andy Milonakis (TV’s “The Andy Milonakis Show”) and Mindy Sterling (Reno 911!: Miami, Austin Powers series)! Sure to please fans of flavorful comedy, Wieners will be available for the SRP of $24.94 (DVD). Get the laughs while they’re hot!

Synopsis
When Joel (Kranz) is publicly humiliated on national television by popular talk show host “Dr. Dwayne” (Hammond), he falls into a serious funk until his friends Wyatt (Thompson) and Ben (Levi) force him to join them on a cross-country road trip to smack down Dr. Dwayne. The three guys set out in Wyatt’s home-made wiener-mobile, handing out free hot dogs across America and encountering an endless array of oddballs, weirdos and losers, including loogie-hocking hippies, a flipper-fingered Walrus Boy and Ms. Isaac (McCarthy), the hottest sixth grade teacher ever!

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Writers: Multiple
Director: Multiple
Cast: Ted Danson, Rhea Pearlman, Woody Harrelson, John Ratzenberger, Kelsey Grammer, Kirstie Alley, Bebe Neuwirth
Rating: Not Rated
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: April 29, 2008

I was just a baby when Cheers first premiered on television. I grew up with the show because practically everyone on the planet watched it. Who didn’t want to go to the bar where everyone knew your name? Whether the episodes were first shown or