BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: MPI Home VideoMSRP: $19.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 138 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Storyboards• Television spotsAll directors have to start somewhere, and Norio Tsuruta (Ringu 0) started with a series of programs on Japanese television entitled Scary True Stories in 1991. The premise of the program is to present recreations of “true” … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Buena Vista Home Video MSRP: $39.99RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 611 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: "Tim’s Tool Corral": Hosted by Tool Time Girl Debbe Dunning The Pitch "Year three of Tim Allen fixing stuff, grunting like a monkey and teaching valuable yet saccharin life lessons to his TV family that’ll surely make … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $26.99RATED: GRUNNING TIME: 171 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • "Young Hollywood: Take On The Looney Tunes" featurette• "Two Brothers Draw A Looney Tune" featurette• Animation cel When I was a little girl, my Saturday mornings were one great buildup to the Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show on ABC. I … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: 467 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Friends Final Thoughts• Selected Episode Commentaries• Multiple Season Gag Reels• Music Video• Friends of Friends Video Guestbook Friends is one of those shows that had "hit" written all over it from Episode 1. Over the course of the series, the writers were … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: DisneyMSRP: $34.99RATED: TV-YRUNNING TIME: 614 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Sneak Previews After successfully reinventing the Scrooge McDuck character for younger audiences in DuckTales (read my review of that set here), Disney’s television animation department set their sights on the duo of Chip and Dale. The two high pitched chipmunks had … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Dark Sky FilmsMSRP: $14.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 79 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: None The Pitch "It’s Plan 9 underwater." The Humans Sonny Chiba, Peggy Neal, Mike Daneen, Franz Gruber, Erik Neilson and a shitload of walking mackerel. "…and so help us, Aquaman, we get another one of those fucking 3 AM aquatic … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Big IdeaMSRP: $14.98RATED: GRUNNING TIME: 52 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• “Making of” Featurette• Wynonna Music Video• Wynonna Interview• Behind the Scenes• Veggie Commentary• Trivia Game• Sing Along• DVD Game• Family Activity• Cookie Recipe• How-to-Draw• DVD-ROM Fun The Pitch “An animated Lord of the Rings with all the characters played by religious … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: DisneyMSRP: $34.99RATED: TV-YRUNNING TIME: 618 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Sneak PreviewsHot on the heels of The Gummi Bears and The Wuzzles, DuckTales debuted in 1987 and quickly became Disney’s most successful animated television program at the time. The series proved to be so popular that it inspired a feature film, video … Continue reading
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BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Wea Corp.MSRP: $19.95RATED: N/ARUNNING TIME: 97 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Trailer• Deleted scenes• Extended scenes• Behind the scenes• Commentary The Pitch “It’s Reservoir Dogs meets Apocalypse Now meets that scene in the Sopranos where Tony and Christopher chop up the dead body.” The Humans Gry Bay, Morten Vogelius, Jette Philipsen, Peter … Continue reading