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THE SPECIAL EDITION – 2.28.06

This week has the first Award contender being ushered semi-mutely through your home video doors (I’d almost expect a third edition should it clean up come March 5th – but don’t expect it to win everything. It won’t). And as we do here at your second favorite website not beginning with club—.com, it’s Oscar Contest … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: BEST OF YOUTH, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: Miramax Films MSRP: $19.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 368 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: English Subtitles The Pitch “If Warhol can do it with his 485 minute Empire, then we can do it with our 368 minute Italian film.”The Humans Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Adriana Asti, Sonia Bergamasco, Fabrizio Gifuni, Maya Sansa, … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: MOONLIGHTING – SEASON 3

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lions GateMSRP: $39.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 774 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • Memories of Moonlighting• 4 Episode Commentaries Almost a year ago, I reviewed the Season 1 & 2 set of Moonlighting (here) and I made the claim that it was the best show of the ‘80s. Well now the Season … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: UFC CLASSICS – VOL. 1

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lions Gate Home EntertainmentMSRP: $19.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 89 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Hall of Fame Interviews The Pitch“Tired of watching Van Damme and Eric Roberts fight in fictional no holds barred tournaments? Get ready to watch real people beat the crap out of each other in a monumental clash of styles!”The … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS – WRATH OF THE DRAGON GOD

BUY IT FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: WarnerMSRP: $24.99RATING: NRRUNNING TIME: 105 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:-Commentary-Featurettes The Pitch “It’s all the D&D geekery, without the graph paper and dice!” The Humans Mark Dymond (Die Another Day, The House of Mirth), Clemency Burton-Hill (Until Death), Bruce Payne (Hellborn, Sweepers), numerous British actors of varying talent The Nutshell Set some … Continue reading

DVD SCATTERSHOT: LUST FOR LIFE/JOHNNY BELINDA

In the last year or so, Warner Home has taken the lead in DVD special editions. Happily, this commitment to quality has spread to their standard releases. They’ve recently put out a selection of award-winners from the ‘50s and ‘60s, just in time for the Oscars: BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $19.98RATED: … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: WILDFIRE – SEASON 1

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lion’s Gate Home VideoMSRP: $39.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 576 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • "The Horses of Wildfire" featurette• "Creating Raintree Ranch" featurette• Selected episode commentaries• Deleted scenes The Pitch "We’re betting on a long shot." The Humans Genevieve Cortese, Greg Serano, Nana Visitor (Star Trek: DS9) The Nutshell A show … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: PULSE (KAIRO)

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Magnolia Home EntertainmentMSRP: $26.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 119 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• "Making-of" featurette• Theatrical trailer Horror tends to follow technology. Any new frontier of human capability is filled with equal measures of hope and fear. While the scientists and researches concentrate on the hope, it seems much more practical for storytellers … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: DEMON HUNTER

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Anchor BayMSRP: $14.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 78 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Making of… Documentary• Feature Commentary• Fight Scene Rehearsal The Pitch “It’s kind of like Constantine, but to make up for the lack of budget, special effects, a decent story and good acting, we’ll throw in lots and lots of boobies!” The … Continue reading