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DVD REVIEW: JAZZ SINGER, THE – 3-DISC DELUXE EDITION

BUY FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $39.92RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 89 minSPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary by Ron Hutchison and Vince Giordano Vintage Al Jolson Shorts Radio Show Adaptation Movie Trailer Gallery Classic Homage Cartoon I Love to Singa The Dawn of Sound: How  Movies Learned to Talk documentary Sound Excerpts from 1929’s Gold Diggers of … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: THREE STOOGES COLLECTION, THE – VOLUME ONE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Sony PicturesMSRP: $24.96RATED: Not ratedRUNNING TIME: 340 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Absolutely nothing. Why I oughtta… The Pitch “Hey, let’s release another ‘Best of the Three Stooges’ DVD. We made a lot of money the first few dozen times we did it.” “But sir, all of the best Stooges shorts have … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: BEEF IV

BUY FROM AMAZON: Click Here!STUDIO: Image Entertainment MSRP: $16.99RATED:NRRUNNING TIME: 111 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Beef V Teaser Beanie Sigel’s Prison Letter from Jay-Z Paul Wall Breaks Down his Signature Grills The Game: Making of the "Beef" Tattoo DeRay Davis (Best of "Beef on the Streets" Comedy) Obie Trice’s Story of Proof Getting Into a Fight in … Continue reading

MCP REVIEW: ROCK BAND

BUY IT HERE AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PLATFORM: Xbox360, PS3 ESRB RATING: TPUBLISHER:: EADEVELOPER: Harmonix This is actually a provisional review. Any Rock Band review written over the next month is going to be incomplete. In part, because this is four games in one. More to the point, for some it will live or die on … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: ADVENTURES OF YOUNG INDIANA JONES – VOLUME ONE

BUY FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Paramount Home VideoMSRP: $129.99RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 649 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Archaeology – Unearthing Our Past• Howard Carter and the Tomb of Tutankhamun• Colonel Lawrence’s War – T.E. Lawrence and Arabia• From Slavery to Freedom• Theodore Roosevelt and The American Century• Ecology – Pulse of the Planet• American Dreams – Norman Rockwell … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: CHUCK JONES COLLECTION

BUY IT FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: LionsgateMSRP: $14.98RATING: NRRUNNING TIME: minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Heart and Soul: The Timeless Art of Chuck Jones Trailers The Pitch “Instead of selling three sets of Chuck Jones’ shorts, how about we fit them all onto one disc?” The Humans Mel Blanc, June Foray, Roddy McDowell, and Orson Welles. The Nutshell … Continue reading

MCP REVIEW: BLACKSITE- AREA 51

BUY IT HERE AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PLATFORM: Xbox360, PC, PS3 on 12/10ESRB RATING: TPUBLISHER:: MidwayDEVELOPER: Midway Studios Austin Blacksite: Area 51 is the video game equivalent of watching a younger sibling grow up to be a criminal. You feel bad at what’s going on, fight and argue with it to stop its downward spiral, but … Continue reading

THE SPECIAL EDITION – 11.19.07

Welcome to a new Special Edition. The banner you see above the column was designed by message board poster Litmus Configuration. I think it looks pretty cool. Also, be on the lookout on Thanksgiving Day for a Black Friday Bargain Bin special edition. New Releases The biggest mainstream release for the week is Live Free … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: GAG

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: ThinkFilmMSRP: $27.98 (!)RATED: Not ratedRUNNING TIME: 78 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Filmmaker commentary with Director Scott W. McKinlay and Producer Vince Marinelli Deleted scenes Alternate ending Behind the scenes of Gag Exclusive "Gag" Music Video Photo gallery The Pitch “We came, we saw Saw, we copied Saw.” The Humans Brian Kolodziej, … Continue reading