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DVD REVIEW: CHICAGO (RAZZLE DAZZLE EDITION)

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: MiramaxMSRP: $29.99RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 113 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Feature commentary with director and writer• Deleted musical number "Class"• "From Stage to Screen" featurette • Extended musical performances• "Chita Rivera’s Encore" featurette• Profiles of director Rob Marshall, designers John Myhre and Colleen Atwood• "When Liza Minnelli Became Roxie Hart" featurette• VH1’s … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: POWER RANGERS – SPD – VOLS. 4 & 5

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE AND HERE!STUDIO: Disney (Both)MSRP: $19.99 (Both)RATED: TV-Y7 (Both)RUNNING TIME: 105 Minutes (Both)SPECIAL FEATURES: • Delta Squad Runner virtual simulators: Train like the Rangers Do! (Both)• "The Power Rangers Want You" featurette (Both)• Never-before seen episode, Wormhole (Both) The Pitch Exec A: “Okay guys, we need a new theme for … Continue reading

THE SPECIAL EDITION – 12.26.05

No rest for the wicked, as they say. And while I’ve been busy ducking and weaving Santa’s immortal lump of coal, here’s your last weekly barrage of titles for Anno Domini 2005. Next week I’ll return with an anniversary of sorts (not that you cared) and, hopefully, a rejuvenated spirit of hate mail! Thanks for … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: POLAR EXPRESS, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $29.98RATED: GRUNNING TIME: 100 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Never-before-seen Smokey and Steamer song• You Look Familiar: The Many "Polar Faces" of Tom Hanks• True Inspirations: An Author’s Adventure: Profiling Chris Van Allsburg• Josh Groban Oscar performance• Behind the scenes of "Believe"• Polar Express challenge• Meet the Snow Angels: the … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: HI HI PUFFY AMI YUMI – VOLS. 1 & 2

BUY AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE AND HERE!STUDIO: Turner Home EntertainmentMSRP: $14.97 eachRATED: N/ARUNNING TIME: Approx. 90 Minutes eachSPECIAL FEATURES:• Backstage with Puffy Ami Yumi• Trivia track on "Dance a Go Go"• Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi music video• Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi music video karaoke• Speak Japanese with Ami and Yumi The Pitch "It’s … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: MUST LOVE DOGS

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $28.98RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 98 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Additional Scenes with Optional Commentary• “Pass the Beef” Gag Reel• Theatrical Trailer I guess the secret’s out: I am CHUD.com’s resident Diane Lane fetishist. Hell, there are worse jobs. I could be Jack’s raging bile duct. The Pitch “Let’s tell a … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Buena Vista Home EntertainmentMSRP: $19.99RATED: TV-PGRUNNING TIME: 90 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• "Making Of" featurette• Side-by-side rehearsal/show comparison• Outtake reel The Pitch "I had a weird sexual dream about Carol Burnett last night." "That sounds a lot like the musical Once Upon A Mattress, to which I coincidentally own the film … Continue reading