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DVD REVIEW: DREW CAREY SHOW, THE – THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros MSRP: $39.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 489 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • “Life Inside a Cubicle” featurette• 1-900-MIMI spoofThe Pitch“It’s Dilbert, expect with a fatter lead, the schmuck from Whose Line Is It Anyways as Dogbert, and that guy who does the great Columbo impression as Dilbert’s boss!”The HumansDrew Carey, Kathy … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: MARSH, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Sony MSRP: $24.96RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 92 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Behind the Scenes FeaturetteThe Pitch“It’s J-Horror, see! Except it’s in English! So then it’s…E-Horror!”The HumansGabrielle Anwar, Justin Louis, Forest Whitaker, William Cuddy, Joe DinicolThe NutshellClaire Holloway, the author of a series of successful children’s books, is tortured, by visions of … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: KING OF QUEENS, THE – THE COMPLETE EIGHTH SEASON

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Sony MSRP: $39.95RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 491 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • NadaThe Pitch“It’s just like The Honeymooners, except with 50% less spousal abuse!”The HumansKevin James, Leah Remini, Jerry Stiller, Patton Oswalt, Nicole SullivanThe NutshellMeet Doug Heffernan! He’s a working-class schlub from Rego Park, Queens with a hot wife, an overbearing father, … Continue reading

ANCHOR BAY UPFRONT – MAY ’07

We’re doing something a little different with the Upfront this month, highlighting the recent discs from Anchor Bay. For this first week of May, we’d like particularly to draw your attention to the approaching release of Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron.I gave the first Hellboy Animated feature, Sword of Storms, a positive review right about… … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: ART OF PASSION

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Liberation EntertainmentMSRP: $19.95RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 89 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Feature Commentary w/ director• Interviews• Essay by composer• Trailers• Photo gallery• Deleted scenes• Biographies• Location maps• DVD-ROM content The Pitch “It’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Naked!” The Humans Pablo Bryant, Aleksandra Kaniak, Joe Estevez (J-j-joe!) The Nutshell … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: CROSSING DELANCEY

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: WarnerMSRP: $19.98RATED: PGRUNNING TIME: 97 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Theatrical trailer The Pitch A friend of mine has an Amy Irving story. It’s really short. He bumped into Amy Irving, got a good look at those crystal-clear blue eyes, and promptly lost all power of speech. P.S. Spielberg was a fool.The … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: CLOCK, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: WarnerMSRP: $19.98RATED: Not RatedRUNNING TIME: 90 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Vintage short: Hollywood Scout• Classic Cartoon: The Screwy Truant• Lux Radio Theatre adaptation• Theatrical trailer The Pitch This is the final countdown. The Humans Judy Garland (Presenting Lily Mars), Robert Walker (Strangers on a Train), James Gleason (Here Comes Mr. Jordan), … Continue reading

THE SPECIAL EDITION – 04.30.07

Straight to the column this week: LITTLE CHILDRENd. Todd Fieldc. Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle HaleyRead the review by Devin Faraci: “Little Children is a movie that aims high and more often than not achieves that altitude. Field and company have crafted a film that entertains as well as speaks to us … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: FULL FRAME DOCUMENTARY SHORTS – VOLUME 5

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: NewvideoMSRP: $26.95RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 126 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Filmmaker biographies The Pitch “Economic and educational! Learn something new in thirty minutes or less!” The Humans Many and various. The directors are: Erin Hudson, Astrid Bussink, Cindy Stillwell, Darren Hercher, Peter Jordan, Eva Weber. The Nutshell The annual Full Frame documentary … Continue reading