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BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PUBLISHER: Da Capo PressMSRP: $22.00PAGES: 162 [Note from George: Yes, CHUD’s delving into books. If this goes over well with you guys, expect to see more as time goes by. I’m slogging through one at the moment as well! But for now, I’ll just shut up and let Mr. Arbuckle … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $19.97RATED: NR RUNNING TIME: 110 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• New Featurette: Follow the Fleet: The Origins of Those Dancing Feet• Musical short: Melody Master: Jimmy Lunceford and His Dance Orchestra • Classic Cartoon: Let It Be Me• Original Theatrical Trailer The first thing that I noticed about the … Continue reading
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BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lion’s Gate Home EntertainmentMSRP: $44.98RATED: TV-14RUNNING TIME: N/ASPECIAL FEATURES:• Blooper reel• 11 themed featurettes Situation comedies are repetitive by nature. Like melodramas, they draw their entertainment from plot rather than character, and so the characters of a sitcom begin to feel awfully familiar after only brief exposure to them. … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Walt Disney Home EntertainmentMSRP: $29.99RATED: PGRUNNING TIME: 104 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• "Behind the Microphone" featurette• Japanese theatrical trailer• Original storyboards Isao Takahata’s films tend to contain studies in contrasts. On the surface, they’re unabashedly cute and sentimental, but beneath that is a current of maturity not often found in children’s … Continue reading
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BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Walt Disney Home EntertainmentMSRP: $24.99RATED: TV-PGRUNNING TIME: 100 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Blooper reel• Pepe’s Exclusive Making-Of• Extended Interview w/ Quentin Tarantino Muppets, man. Even in today’s entertainment climate, the original shows and movies still strike a great balance of humor, between the mean-spirited and the charming and compassionate, while never … Continue reading
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