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Welcome to another Special Edition. We’ve got quite a few titles to look at this week, so let’s get right to it. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS Director Clint Eastwood was nominated for Best Director and Best Picture at this year’s Oscars. He won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Picture as well. All these … Continue reading →
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $27.98RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 102 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French • Available Audio Tracks: Mandarin (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1) • "The Making of The Promise" • Additional scenes • Theatrical trailer THE PITCH “It’s like Hero with a fairy tale bent and … Continue reading →
It’s weird, but I think I’m starting to come around to the idea of Time/Warner/Turner/AOL owning everything. I feel like Meg Ryan in You’ve Got Mail, and it freaks me out. Over the last year or so, they’ve released a ton of fairly obscure movies on DVD, regardless of whether they were originally Warner Bros … Continue reading →
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERESTUDIO: New Line Home VideoMSRP: $28.98RUNNING TIME: 89 minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • Commentary with director Jonathan Liebesman and producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller• Bad to the Bone: documentary on making of the film• Deleted and extended scenes. The Pitch Grab your favorite hardware and take a trip down memory … Continue reading →
VS. Order Dallas – Season 6 on DVDOrder The Waltons – Season 4 on DVDIn recent years I’ve learned something rather disturbing about myself that has become even more apparent since I signed onto this lovely gig: I hate wholesomeness. Loathe it, despise it, can’t sit through it, even if I had a gun and … Continue reading →
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Walt Disney VideoMSRP: $29.99RATED: GRUNNING TIME: 83 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Alternate ending• "Archery Trivia Challenge"• "Rescue Maid Marian"• Art gallery• "Ye Olden Days"The Pitch Just the merry ol’ men, never meanin’ no harm…The HumansBrian Bedford (Grand Prix), Phil Harris (The Jungle Book – Baloo), Peter Ustinov (Spartacus), Terry Thomas (The … Continue reading →
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $19.97RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 124 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• "The Romance of Radium" vintage short• Greer Garson trailer gallery The Pitch "Imagine your favorite silver screen legends doing cold readings from your physics and chemistry textbooks." The Humans Greer Garson (The Singing Nun), Walter Pidgeon (Funny Girl) The Nutshell Young … Continue reading →
Directed by: Pål SletauneStarring: Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie A. Mosli, Julia SchachtBuy it from Amazon!"Hit me." Quick, how many Norweigian horror films have you seen? None? Thought so. Maybe it’s time to start. The Film- John isn’t having such a good time with relationships. We join him as he’s breaking up with his girlfriend, who appears … Continue reading →
Directed by: Claudio FaehStarring: Peter Facinelli (The Scorpion King), Laura Regan (They), Christian Slater (Alone in the Dark)Buy it from Amazon! THE FLICK It’s Hollow Man! With a 2! And Christian Slater! What’s that? You need MORE information? *sigh* Fine. Christian Slater plays Michael Griffin, a former government assassin turned invisible rogue agent, thanks to … Continue reading →
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: WarnerMSRP: $19.97RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 93 minSPECIAL FEATURES:• Introduction by Michael Crichton• Feature Commentary by Michael Crichton• Theatrical trailer• Dukes of Hazzard preview The Pitch “I am an immaterial girl.” The Humans Albert Finney (Wolfen), James Coburn (The President’s Analyst), Leigh Taylor-Young, Susan Dey (L.A. Law), Dorian Harewood (Justice League), … Continue reading →