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New on DVD

August 6, 2004

Movies that are new on DVD and VHS, with Newsday's reviews:

KILL BILL: VOL. 2 (R) - Honeymoon killer: Having dispatched most of her would-be assassins, the bride now gets to throw the razor- studded bouquet. Electrifying, in its rhythms and tension, and its sense of cinema. With Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Gordon Liu. Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. 2:20 (gore, violence, vulgarity, adult content, live burial).

THE PRINCE & ME (PG) - Tirelessly uplifting romance about a driven pre-med student and the inconsequential playboy who is secretly the prince of Denmark. To buy or not to buy . . . that is the question. With Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Ben Miller, Miranda Richardson, James Fox, Alberta Watson. Screenplay by Jack Amiel, Michael Begler, Katherine Fugate. Directed by Martha Coolidge. 1:51 (adult content, language).

JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION (PG-13) - You, too, will be saying, "Are we there yet?" after the first few minutes of this light-headed, ramshackle road comedy, in which Cedric the Entertainer plays a bumbling patriarch trying to steer his cranky brood from their L.A. home to a family reunion in Missouri. With Vanessa Williams, Steve Harvey, Bow Wow, Shannon Elizabeth and Solange Knowles. Directed by Christopher Erskin. 1:36 (risque jokes, mild vulgarities).