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MCP: GAMING NEWS ROUNDUP – 08.01.07

I got distracted this morning trawling the news and sifting through press releases. A beckoning tangent led me to investigate as much as possible the new PSP title Harvest Moon: Boy and Girl. Another Harvest Moon for the handheld so soon after Innocent Life? Well, where Innocent Life was a quiet (and beautiful) revolution in … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: MONSTER SQUAD, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lions GateMSRP: $19.98RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 82 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Audio Commentary by writer/director Fred Dekker and “Squad Members” Andre Gower, Ryan Lambert, and Ashley Bank• Audio Commentary by Dekker and DP Bradford May• Monster Squad Forever: A Five-Part retrospective documentary covering every aspect of the film • A Conversation with … Continue reading

MCP: GAMING NEWS ROUNDUP – 07.31.07

Rock Band just keeps getting better and better. For this Generation Y fool, anyhow. Along with all the awesome gameplay footage and live demonstrations from E3, now we get word that Nirvana’s Nevermind will arrive in its entirety as downloadable content, just like The Who’s Who’s Next, which was previously confirmed. Having "Smells Like Teen … Continue reading

THE SPECIAL EDITION – 07.31.07

NEW RELEASES 300d. Zack Snyderc. Gerard Butler, Lena Headey This movie came out of nowhere and made about $400 million more than I thought it would when I first heard it announced. What I assumed would be a nice little genre nitch turned out to be the spectacle that kicked off the summer. Shot in … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: TYLER PERRY DOUBLE FEATURE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE AND HERE!STUDIO: Lions GateMSRP: $26.98/$27.98RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 116 Minutes/100 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:(Diary of a Mad Black Woman)• Audio Commentary by Tyler Perry• Audio Commentary by director Darren Grant and star Kimberly Elise• Making of Diary of a Mad Black Woman • The ATL documentary• The Real Mad Black Women documentary• … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: EUREKA – SEASON ONE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Universal Studios Home EntertainmentMSRP: $39.98RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: 558 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Audio commentary podcasts• Deleted scenes with commentary• Mock Eureka infomercials• Webisodes The Pitch Putting all the country’s stupidest people in one living space worked wonders for Big Brother. What would happen if we put all the smart people … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: DYNAMITE WARRIOR

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: MagnoliaMSRP: $26.98RATED: Not ratedRUNNING TIME: 99 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• "The Making of Dynamite Warrior"• "Behind the Scenes Stunts"• "On Set Footage"• "Special Effects Makeup" The Pitch The first tom yum goong Western? The Humans Dan Chupong (Born to Fight), Leo Putt, Panna Rittikrai (writer/stunt coordinator for Ong-bak), Samart Payakarun, … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: THE SPAGHETTI WEST

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: IFC/DocuramaMSRP: $26.95RATED: Not ratedRUNNING TIME: 56 min. The Pitch “Why don’t y’all go back where ya came from?” The Humans Interviewees include Sergio Donati, Christpher Frayling, Clint Eastwood, Ferdinando Baldi, Alex Cox, Franco Nero, Sergio Sollima, Ennio Morricone, Tomas Milian; archival footage of Sergio Corbucci and Sergio Leone. Narrated … Continue reading