Practicalmadness

Proving once and for all that Warner Bros. really, truly does think that its Harry Potter movies are just a slightly downmarket, kid-friendly version of its sister studio New Line's Lord of the Rings trilogy, Warner Home Video has announced that the April 11th DVD release of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets will include "19 additional/extended scenes, including more Dobby mischief, more flying car adventure, a frightening encounter with the Malfoys in Borgin and Burkes and much more!"

I actually hadn't been sure, until I saw this, whether Warner would release Chamber of Secrets this summer (to capitalize on the concurrent release of the fifth Harry Potter book), this fall (for all those Christmas video sales) or in the spring (before people get a chance to read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the magic is blown as we all realize, simultaneously, that J.K. Rowling no longer has any clue what she's doing).

This does make me wonder now...with this disc releasing in April, the presumed two editions of The Two Towers coming most likely in August and November, respectively, The Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions and The Return of the King in theaters...will there be any good movies released that aren't AOL Time Warner products?