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DVD REVIEW: MY LEFT FOOT

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Buena Vista Home VideoMSRP: $19.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 103 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • An Inspirational Journey: The Making of My Left Foot• My Left Foot reviews• Still gallery• The Real Christy Brown featurette Making a biopic of someone who triumphed over adversity is tricky business. If you make it too focused … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: VAMPIRE ASSASSINS

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lions Gate Home EntertainmentMSRP: $19.98RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 87 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Trailers The Pitch "Those Blade movies seem to make some money. Let’s put a black guy in a leather coat and have him twirl some cheap swords around. It can’t be worse than Blade:Trinity, right?" The Humans Ron Hall, … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: TOY STORY (10th ANNIVERSARY)

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Walt Disney Home VideoMSRP: $29.99RATED: GRUNNING TIME: 81 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Audio commentary by the filmmakers• Behind the scenes galleries and featurettes• Deleted scenes• “Filmmakers Reflect” featurette• “Legacy Of Toy Story” featurette• “Making Toy Story” featurette• Sneak peek of Cars• “The Claw!” game• “Toy Story Treats” segments Five years … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: LIFE AS WE KNOW IT

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Buena Vista Home Video MSRP: $39.99RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 558 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Audio commentaries on select episodes• Outtake reel• Deleted scenes• Photo gallery The world is littered with the fallen bodies of cancelled teen dramas. For every Dawson’s Creek or The OC, there’s a million Grosse Points and Time … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: GLASS SHIELD, THE (SE)

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Buena Vista Home Video MSRP: $19.99RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 110 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentary with director Charles Burnett and composer Stephen James Taylor• A Conversation with director Charles Burnett• Film scoring featurette with composer Stephen James Taylor• Theatrical trailer Whenever a film is made about cops, the focus of the film … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: JAMBOREE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home Video MSRP: $19.97RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 86 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Theatrical trailer Before music videos became popular, filmed performances of music were a pretty boring affair. There were no awesome effects or novel concepts to distract you from just how much the music often sucked. There were just a … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: DALLAS – SEASON 3

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $39.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 1176 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentary on “Sue Ellen’s Choice” and “A House Divided” by Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray• Who Shot J.R.?: The Dallas Phenomenon documentary In the 1970s and ‘80s, Dallas and Dynasty popularized the concept of a primetime soap opera. They borrowed … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: WHAT’S NEW SCOOBY-DOO – VOL. 6

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $19.97RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 88 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Blast the Monster Challenge• Haunted Hoax featurette The Pitch“You know the boring, stale Scooby-Doo formula that has been reheated and forced onto a new generation of kids since the beginning of time? Let’s keep doing that.”The HumansCasey Kasem, Paul Stanley, … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $19.97 RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 109 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Reuinited: Astaire and Rogers Together Again featurette• Annie Was A Wonder vintage short• Wags to Riches cartoon short• Theatrical trailerIn the midst of yet another summer full of vapid, joyless films with huge special effects and no brain, it’s … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: SPACE STATION (IMAX)

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $19.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 47 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Audio commentary by director Toni Myers and astronaut Marsha Ivens• “Adventures in Space” featurette• Audio-visual tours of the Expedition 7 and STS-180 space stations• Photo gallery• Theatrical trailer The first crew arrived on the International Space Station in the … Continue reading