After a jailbreak finds hustler Franklin Hatchet (Chris Tucker) facing a murder rap, the only chance he has to clear his name is teaming with a slick reporter (Charlie Sheen) as he evades both the cops and the criminals in this hilarious comedy from New Line Home Video. Viewable in either the original 2.35:1 widescreen theatrical version or standard 1.33:1 full-screen pan-and-scan and offering audio in both English and French Dolby Digital 5.1, this release also features optional English, Spanish, and French subtitles. Standard-issue extra features include a theatrical trailer, cast biographies, and filmographies.

The Santa Clause comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio of the film. A closed-captioned Enlgish soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while Spanish and French soundtracks have been recorded in Dolby Digital Stereo. Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a featurette titled "So You Want To Be An Elf?", a cooking segment, and a trivia game. Those with a DVD-ROM drive can access a featurette on how to write Santa a letter, and a screensaver. This is a fine disc for what it is, but the same extras are available with a disc that contains a widescreen transfer. That disc is preferable to this one.

Richard Linklater directs Jack Black in the winning comedy School of Rock, which comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of the film. English soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, and Dolby Surround. A French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital 5.1. Both the audio and visual quality of the disc is solid. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Linklater and Black that is almost as entertaining as the film itself. The two are very comfortable together and actually reveal a great deal about the process of making the movie while making each other and the viewer laugh. A second commentary track has been recorded by a half-dozen of the kids who acted in the movie. They speak glowingly of Black, and it is obvious they had a great time making the film. While their comments may be short on any real information, their happiness and joy is fun to listen to. Other extras include a funny four-minute clip of Jack Black begging Led Zeppelin to allow the filmmakers to use "The Immigrant Song" in the movie (a ploy that was successful), a making-of featurette, and a video diary of the kids in the band attending the film's screening at the Toronto Film Festival. Those with a DVD-ROM drive can access Dewey Finn's history of rock. This is a strong disc from Paramount that rocks as hard as any fan of the film could possibly hope.