DVD Reviews
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Extraordinarily engaging, often frantic, often slow, often disorientating, but overall a lavish looking low, low low budget gem that is for all reasons a keepsake.For what it is- it is pure luck that Marc Price got his feature debut screened at Cannes, and alas released by Kaleidoscope. Because many could say, its shoddily shot, the quality isn’t enou...more
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Mr. Toad's Down The Road!This short animated film has always entertained me in the past and the present. One funny bit is where Toad and his horse, Cyril, were rampaging through farms, not knowing that they're vandalizing peo...more
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AOL Makes Its Movie Debut!Interesting rom-com from the late 1990s, when the internet was new and chat rooms were the in thing, when AOL ruled the cyberspace community. Ah, the whine of a 56K modem and the AOL voice...more
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Landau as Lugosi is Worth the Price!I saw the mid-90s biopic, Ed Wood and have always wanted to watch it! Wood's films are at once amateurish if not just downright bad. Yet if you were going to watch one, prepare for some charm and some...more
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Not As Psychedelic As The 60s Original -- Fun Story OverallI don't mind stories where one of the main characters is smarter than the cops, but Renee Russo's character is arrogant beyond belief. Her snarky smile and the "I told you so" grins are a bit much.
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Not Hitchc*ck's Best, Great Early Robert Young AppearanceAn early Hitchc*ck yarn where people pretend in what's labeled as a spy thriller, during or soon before World War I. The film is confusing at times, and I think that's mainly due to the poor quality o...more
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Great for an awful watch and an easy laugh, Great for the ordinary horror fan whom has no taste and just blunders in the idea he's a horror fan hence he watches crappy straight to DVD sequels and mcguffin like this or horror fans will watch to hate.Having only seen the first three Hellraisers and only willing to. I think this pretty much sums up the stupor that Hollywood Franchise films suffer from especially the horror genre. Clive Bark...more
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Terminator 2 Judgement Day is a big part of my childhood. It easily an remarkable movie and my #1 movie in my list.Where The Terminator was spare,Terminator 2: Judgment Day pulls out the stops, setting the gold standard for expensive, explosive summer blockbusters. Cameron occasionally oversteps (I'm thinking here...more
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TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SH*TE* (September post)- how wrong was i!The Original review - (posted in septemember)This film has been on the books for years- after the 70's Sir Alec Guinness starring role in the same name- John le Carres story and well esteemed ...more
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Chunky MonkeyThis World Film Magic movie is one of the best cult dark comedies coming from England. Sales for Chunky Monkey were higher than Spiderman's opening. Monty Phyton's fans really love this movie that Jul...more
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Chunky Monkey Releases by World Film MagicChunky Monkey (2003) Contains moments of inoffensive material Starring: Alison Steadman Colin McFarlane Danny Nussbaum David Sch...more
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4 grand adventures, 1 smashing collection!Sold in an eco-case. No featurette exclusively for "A Grand Day Out" In "A Grand Day Out" the backdrop for the moon is unbelievably grainy as is much of the short film. No...more
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Bruce Almighty & Evan Almighty together for the first time!According to Amazon, this set does not come out until March 13, 2012. I find that very strange since I picked this up at Walmart a few weeks back. Check your local Walmart and look for this on the DVD...more
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A retro 80's-esque pop art fairy tale.Feature: Drive is a retro pop arty fairy tale that is funky, frantic, fractured and fabulously fierce. What a Drive! Many comparisons may connect to Walter Hills superb The Driver this has a c...more
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50/50 Blu-ray ReviewThis movie is almost the definition of "feel-good" and a perfect rainy day watch. If you're a fan of commentaries, that alone should be a reason to buy this set. Excluding the ...more
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MY GUILTY PLEASURE* I love it!The style, the slow-motion, though I missed out on an extravagant 3D spectacle, its still a lushly photographed beauty, that is ferocious, daunting, and is Milla’s franchise, her Ripley, and P...more
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One of the Worst Films of Its Time, Now a Cult Classic of Slightly Larger ApprovalThis is going to be a real quick one. This set has absolutely no special features and since that's the whole reason I review sets the only thing that really holds any value for this DVD is a glitch I ...more
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My favorite my movie by the wonderful director Christopher NolanMemory - it is one of the key elements that separates human beings from animals. It is one of the basic building blocks of personality. Who we are is shaped as much by our experiences as by our enviro...more
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An artistically artistic mess.The want for myth, but the loss of it is great, the first hour is something. The world is dated but still beautifully crafted*...more
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A Better Type of VampireVampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is one of the best anime movies I have seen. The 2000 movie is based off of the series of short novels by the acclaimed Japanese fantasy-horror writer, Hideyuki Kikuchi. He...more