Friday, April 1, 2011

The Craft [Blu-ray]

The Craft [Blu-ray] Review





The Craft [Blu-ray] Feature


  • Condition: New
  • Format: Blu-ray
  • AC-3; Color; Dolby; Dubbed; Subtitled; Widescreen



The Craft [Blu-ray] Overview


Sarah has always been different. So as the new girl at St. Benedict's Academy, she immediately falls in with the high school outsiders. But these girls won't settle for being powerless misfits. They have discovered The Craft, and they are going to use it.


The Craft [Blu-ray] Specifications


If Buffy the Vampire Slayer represents the lighter side of high school as a macabre experience, here's a movie that asks the burning question, "What happens when angst-ridden teenagers develop supernatural powers?" More to the point, how do four outcast teenaged witches handle their ability to cast wicked spells on the taunting classmates who've nicknamed them "The Bitches of Eastwick"? The answer, of course, is "don't get mad, get even." That's about all there is to this terminally silly movie, which makes up for its ludicrous plot by letting its young female cast have a field day as they indulge their dark fantasies. Fairuza Balk is enjoyable as the most wicked of the witches, and is therefore the focus of the film's most dazzling special effects. But it's Neve Campbell from television's Party of Five who made this film a modest box-office hit, just before she became her generation's fright-movie favorite in Scream and its popular sequel. --Jeff Shannon

Available at Amazon Check Price Now!




*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Apr 01, 2011 04:25:04

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Lucy Show: Official Fourth Season

Lucy Show: Official Fourth Season Review






Lucy Show: Official Fourth Season Overview


Contains the following episodes: Lucy at MarinelandLucy and the Golden GreekLucy and the Music WorldLucy and JoanLucy the Stunt ManLucy and the Countess Have a Horse GuestLucy Helps Danny ThomasLucy Helps the CountessLucy and the Sleeping BeautyLucy the Undercover AgentLucy and the Return of the Iron ManLucy Saves Milton BerleLucy the ChoirmasterLucy Discovers Wayne NewtonLucy the Rain GoddessLucy and Art LinkletterLucy Bags a BargainLucy Meets Mickey RooneyLucy and the Soap OperaLucy Goes to a Hollywood PremiereLucy Dates Dean MartinLucy and Bob CraneLucy the RobotLucy and Clint WalkerLucy the Gun MollLucy the Superwoman


Available at Amazon Check Price Now!




*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Mar 31, 2011 11:20:05

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

A Marine Story

A Marine Story Review






A Marine Story Overview


Highly decorated film has won 17 Awards so far! The remarkably hard-bodied actress/aerialist Dreya Weber (The Gymnast) stars as Alex, a decorated Marine officer who is unexpectedly discharged from her wartime duty. Returning to her conservative home town she agrees to coach and counsel the precocious teen rebel Saffron (Paris Pickard). Alex is the no-nonsense role model and authority figure that Saffron needs, and in true Karate Kid style she inspires the young woman s transition from slacker to boot camp-ready Marine recruit. But as Saffron is finally finding the strength to grow up, Alex must find new courage to face her own demons.


Available at Amazon Check Price Now!




*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Mar 31, 2011 01:05:04

Monday, March 28, 2011

Bee Movie (Widescreen Edition)

Bee Movie (Widescreen Edition) Review






Bee Movie (Widescreen Edition) Overview


"Bee Movie" is a comedy that will change everything you think you know about bees. Having just graduated from college, a bee by the name of Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) finds himself disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice—honey. As he ventures outside of the hive for the first time, he breaks one of the cardinal rules of the bee world and talks to a human, a New York City florist named Vanessa (Renee Zellweger). He is shocked to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating the bee’s honey for centuries. He ultimately realizes that his true calling in life is to set the world right by suing the human race. That is until the ensuing chaos upsets the very balance of nature. It is up to Barry to prove that even a little bee can spell big changes in the world.


Bee Movie (Widescreen Edition) Specifications


There aren't a lot of choices in a bee's life: a bee attends a few days of school, graduates from college, and chooses a job in the hive that he'll labor at for the rest of his life. Barry (Jerry Seinfeld) is different from his best friend Adam (Matthew Broderick) and all the other bees: he wants to see the world outside the hive and can't begin to contemplate doing the same job for his entire life. Naturally, the life of the "pollen jock" bees appeals to Barry because it's the only job that takes a bee outside the hive and into the larger human world. Once outside the hive, Barry breaks the most sacred bee law and speaks to a human named Vanessa (RenĂ©e Zellweger) in order to thank her for saving his life. A relationship quickly blossoms and leads Barry to the discovery that humans are stealing honey from the bees and selling it for their own profit. Vowing to hurt the humans the one place they’ll feel it, Barry brings a legal suit against the honey industry and the courtroom drama begins. There are some hysterical moments in the film, as one would expect from a Seinfeld production, and an abundance of one-liners, double-meanings, slapstick humor, and innuendo-laden dialogue that will keep adults guffawing throughout the show. Still, the whole concept of seeing the life of a common pest through non-human eyes is getting repetitive thanks to films like Ratatouille, Flushed Away, Open Season, and Over the Hedge. It should be noted, though, that this first foray into animation by Jerry Seinfeld was four years in production due to its collaborative nature, so its theme may actually have well predated all of the aforementioned films. Children ages 5 and older will love the bees' silly antics, though many of the jokes will go right over their heads and parents should be cautioned about some mildly suggestive humor. More than just a comical film about the life of one very different honeybee, Bee Movie is a social commentary that pokes fun at human behavior while stressing the importance of doing even the most menial job well and championing the power of working together toward a common goal. There's even a lesson to be learned from the bees about controlling one's temper. --Tami Horiuchi

Available at Amazon Check Price Now!




*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Mar 28, 2011 08:15:05

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Buck Rogers In the 25th Century: The Complete Epic Series

Buck Rogers In the 25th Century: The Complete Epic Series Review






Buck Rogers In the 25th Century: The Complete Epic Series Overview


BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY - DVD Movie


Buck Rogers In the 25th Century: The Complete Epic Series Specifications


With its campy combination of lightweight adventure and Spandex disco chic, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is a nostalgic throwback to post-Star Wars opportunism. Series co-creator Glen A. Larson was incapable of originality, and former soap star Gil Gerard (in the title role) was a bland incarnation of the comic-strip hero, so the much-anticipated series premiered on September 20, 1979, with serious disadvantages. Although the two-hour pilot "Awakening" had tested successfully as a theatrical release, Gerard and the show's producers could never agree on a stable tone for the series, which presents Capt. William "Buck" Rogers as a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck's piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter recruit for the Earth Defense Directorate, where his closest colleagues are Dr. Huer (Tim O'Connor), squadron leader Col. Wilma Deering (former model Erin Gray, looking oh-so-foxy), the wisecracking robot Twiki (voiced by cartoon legend Mel Blanc), and a portable computer-brain named Dr. Theopolis, who's carried by Twiki like oversized bling-bling.

The series struggled through an awkward first season, with routine plots elevated by decent special effects and noteworthy guest stars including Jamie Lee Curtis, ill-fated Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten (appearing, with her voice dubbed over, less than a year before her tragic murder), Batman alumnus Julie Newmar, Buster Crabbe (veteran of vintage Buck Rogers movie serials), and several others in a show that favored vamps and vixens over credible science fiction. A full-scale overhaul resulted in a disastrous second season, but devoted fans still gravitate to Hawk (Thom Christopher), the charismatic alien "birdman" who was introduced with new characters and a new, space-faring search for lost tribes from Earth (with echoes of Larson's own Battlestar Galactica). Behind-the-scenes squabbles continued, and by mid-season of 1981, NBC pulled the plug on a breezy, still-engaging series that suffered from uneasy chemistry and never realized its full potential. Existing somewhere between Galactica and Lost in Space in the TV sci-fi food chain, this Buck--with a dearth of DVD extras--now functions as a cheesy stroll down memory lane. --Jeff Shannon

Available at Amazon Check Price Now!




*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Mar 23, 2011 17:40:07

Monday, March 21, 2011

Man Who Would Be King

Man Who Would Be King Review





Man Who Would Be King Feature


  • MAN WHO WOULD BE KING, THE (DVD MOVIE)



Man Who Would Be King Overview


Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/09/2010


Man Who Would Be King Specifications


A grandly entertaining, old-fashioned adventure based on the Rudyard Kipling short story, The Man Who Would Be King is the kind of rousing epic about which people said, even in 1975, "Wow! They don't make 'em like that anymore!" When director John Huston (The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The African Queen) first started trying to make the film, with Gable and Bogart, the project was derailed by the latter's death. It was a few decades before Huston was able to finally realize his dream movie--and with an unimprovable cast. Sean Connery and Michael Caine are, respectively, Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnahan, a pair of lovably roguish British soldiers who set out to make their fortunes by conning the priests of remote Kafiristan into making them kings. It's a rollicking tale, an epic satire of imperialism, and the good-natured repartee shared by Caine and Connery is pure gold. In today's screen adventures, humor is usually imposed on the material by a writer or director trying to make some kind of cleverly self-aware comment ("Hey, we know it's a movie!"), but that sort of jokiness can create so much ironic distance that it pushes the audience right out of the picture. Huston lets the humor emerge naturally from the characters, for whom we wind up caring more deeply than we ever expected. --Jim Emerson

Available at Amazon Check Price Now!




*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Mar 21, 2011 22:55:06

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Friday Night Lights: The Fifth Season

Friday Night Lights: The Fifth Season Review






Friday Night Lights: The Fifth Season Overview


Race to the rescue with the Emergency! team as these explosive final adventures blaze onto DVD for the first time. Join courageous paramedics Roy DeSoto (Kevin Tighe) and John Gage (Randolph Mantooth) for six epic specials that take the pulse-pounding action from Los Angeles to San Francisco and Seattle. Also starring Golden Globe® nominee Julie London as the heroic nurse Dixie McCall, Emergency! The Final Rescues is the can’t-miss conclusion to one of television’s most groundbreaking series.


Available at Amazon Check Price Now!




*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Mar 19, 2011 06:05:04