Jonathan Wacks directs Ethan Hawke in the romantic comedy-thriller Mystery Date, which comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and is preferable to the standard full-frame image. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Surround, while a Spanish soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Mono. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include the original theatrical trailer. This is a fine release from MGM/UA.

Starring Gérard Depardieu and Katherine Heigl, the 1994 comedy My Father the Hero comes to DVD from Buena Vista. Presented with a widescreen anamorphic transfer enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions. Soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround in English as well as Dolby Digital Stereo in French. Spanish subtitles and English closed captions are also accessible. There are no special features of any kind on this disc.

Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a Philadelphia boxer, is but one step removed from total bum-hood. A once promising pugilist, Rocky is now taking nickel-and-dime bouts and running strongarm errands for local loan sharks to survive. Even his supportive trainer Mickey (Burgess Meredith) has given up on Rocky. All this changes thanks to Muhammad Ali-like super-boxer Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). With the bicentennial celebration coming up, Creed must find a "Cinderella" opponent for the big July 4th bout -- some unknown whom Creed can "glorify" for a few minutes before knocking him cold. Rocky Balboa was not the only "Cinderella" involved here: Writer/director Sylvester Stallone, himself a virtual unknown, managed to sell his Rocky script (one of many that he'd written over the years) on the proviso that he be given the starring role. Since the film was to be made on a shoestring and marketed on a low-level basis, the risk factor to United Artists was small. For Stallone, this was a make-or-break opportunity -- just like Rocky's million-to-one shot with Apollo Creed. Costing under a million dollars, Rocky managed to register with audiences everywhere, earning back 60 times its cost. The film won several Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Audiences just couldn't get enough of the adorable talking baby (voiced by Bruce Willis) in Look Whose Talking, and this time around the little guy gets a sister (voiced by Roseanne) in Columbia/Tri -Star Home Video's release of Look Who's Talking Too. Presented in both standard 1.33:1 pan-and-scan and 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, this release also offers closed-captioned English Dolby Digital Surround audio in addition to optional Spanish, French and Portuguese Dolby Digital Stereo audio selections. Also featuring optional English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Thai subtitles, extra features include bonus trailers and talent files.