Chief Counsel Michael Stailey runs down highlights of new DVD releases, previews the start of the Sundance Film Festival, and takes a look at what you can expect at the multiplex and on television this week. He also previews several new DVD reviews posting this week including MOUCHETTE: CRITERION COLLECTION, CRANK, THE DESCENT, and THE CELESTINE PROPHECY, and takes a look at notable upcoming releases including THE DEPARTED, John Cameron Mitchell's SHORT BUS, Walt Disney's 1920s ALICE COMEDIES, and THE DUKES OF HAZZARD: THE BEGINNING, among others.

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