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Friday, October 26, 2007

Singing in the Rain

DVD review of the classic musical, ‘Singing in the Rain’ starring Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds

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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

DVD review of ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’ - starring John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Lee Marvin—possibly the finest western of all time

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Citizen Kane, by Orson Welles

DVD review of ‘Citizen Kane’, one of the great movies of the 20th Century, starring, produced and written by Orson Welles

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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Ice Princess (Full Screen Edition) (2005)

Though a top university, it seems as if she’ll never get the chance to be like the elite skating prodigies she sees at the rink. But when Casey uses her head and follows her heart, she’lshe longs to become a graceful champion figure skater, gawky Casey Carlyle (Trachtenberg) has always been just a brainy high school misfit. And with a strong-willed mother (Joan Cusack—RAISING HELEN) pushing her towardl find herself transformed beyond her wildest dreams! Also starring Kim Cattrall, it’s an uplifting and laugh-packed story your whole family will flip for!

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Gone with the Wind

DVD review of the Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh classic, ‘Gone with the Wind’

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Meet the Robinsons

Have the "time" of your life with Disney’s fun-filled comedy MEET THE ROBINSONS, a thrilling adventure that takes you to a whole new world full of imagination and surprises. It’s “a masterpiece,” raves John Anderson of “Newsday.” Join a brilliant young inventor named Lewis as he sets off on a time-traveling journey to find the family he never knew. In the fantastical world of 2037, hip-hoppin’ frogs and dogs that wear glasses are as common as talking dinosaurs. In an amazing twist, Lewis discovers that the fate of the future rests in his hands, but he can’t save it alone—he’ll need every bit of help he can get from the wonderfully wacky Robinson family, who help him learn to keep moving forward and never stop believing in himself. Blast off with MEET THE ROBINSONS—complete with never-before-seen bonus features, including an all-new game, deleted scenes and much more. It’s an exciting trip your whole family will enjoy!

Saturday, January 05, 2008

X-Men : the Last Stand | DVD Review

Movie review of the third (and final) X-Men movie ‘The Last Stand’—a movie that pales in comparison to the first two films, that suffers from a variety of shortcomings.

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Monday, November 19, 2007

Night at the Museum

This solid family movie from director Shawn Levy (the new PINK PANTHER, CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 2) comes from a solid book like Jumanji, and Zathura, the 1993 kid’s mystery-comedy of the same name.Like the original story, Larry (or was it Hector originally) becomes a night guard at New York’s Museum of Natural History,in order to “grow up” in the eyes of his ex-wife and his son. He expects to have an easy time. But on his first night, he dozes off, then wakes up to a missing dinosaur skeleton.Soon his learns that history really comes alive at this museum and he’s got his hands full keeping it in line.

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Sunday, November 18, 2007

The Incredibles

From the Academy Award winning creators of Finding Nemo (2003 Best Animated Feature Film) comes the action-packed animated adventure about the mundane and incredible lives of a house full of superheroes. Bob Parr and his wife Helen used to be among the world’s greatest crime fighters,saving lives and battling evil on a daily basis. Fifteen years later, they have been forced to adopt civilian identities and retreat to the suburbs where they live "normal" lives with their three kids, Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack. Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top secret assignment. But he soon discovers that it will take a super family effort to rescue the world from total destruction. Exploding with fun and featuring an all-new animated short film, this spectacular 2-disc collector’s edition DVD is high-flying entertainment for everyone.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Nacho Libre (Special Collector’s Edition) (2006)

Jack Black is at his comic best as Ignacio, a disrespected cook at a Mexican monastery that can barely afford to feed the orphans who live there. Inspired by a local wrestling hero, he decides to moonlight as the not-so-famous Luchador “Nacho Libre” to earn money for the monastery—not to mention the admiration of beautiful nun Sister Encarnacion.

Monday, November 19, 2007

Flushed Away

Set on and beneath the streets of London, Flushed Away is the story of Roddy, an upper-crust “society mouse,” who is rather rudely evicted from his Kensington flat when he is flushed down into Ratropolis, the bustling sewer world found under London’s streets. There, he meets Rita, an enterprising scavenger who works the sewers in her faithful boat, the Jammy Dodger. Together they must navigate their way through a busy city filled with dangers for any mouse, including terrifying rapids, treacherous whirlpools and, most of all, the villainous Toad and his hench-rats Spike and Whitey. Though completely out of his element at first, the privileged Roddy finds himself an unlikely hero when he learns that Ratropolis is in danger from the world above.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Snow Dogs

Make no bones about it—Disney’s SNOW DOGS is a hilarious action-packed comedy your whole family will love. Eight adorable but mischievous dogs get the best of dog hater Ted Brooks (Cuba Gooding Jr.) when he leaves his successful Miami Beach dental practice for the wilds of Alaska to claim his inheritance—seven Siberian huskies and a border collie—and discover his roots. As Ted’s life goes to the dogs, he rises to the occasion and vows to learn to mush with his inheritance. Totally out of his element, he faces challenges he’s never dreamed of. There’s a blizzard, thin ice, an intimidating crusty old mountain man named Thunder Jack (James Coburn), the Arctic Challenge Sled Dog Race that’s only two weeks away, and a life-and-death rescue. This fish-out-of water, tail-wagging comedy is nothing but doggone good fun and a celebration of family—both human and canine!

Saturday, January 05, 2008

Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book - DVD review

Walt Disney’s classic animated movie, ‘The Jungle Book’, based on the stories by Rudyard Kipling, featuring the adventures of Mowgli, an orphan boy raised by wolves, who has to be taken to the human village to protect the wolf pack from the wrath of Shere Khan, the tiger - a wonderful classic, featuring the voice talents of Phil Harris and Sebastian Cabot, among others.

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Disney The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch andthe Wardrobe Widescreen - C.S. Lewis’s classic novel The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe makes an ambitious and long-awaited leap to the screen in this modern adaptation. It’s a CGI-created world laden with all the special effects and visual wizardry modern film making technology can conjure, which is fine so long as the film stays true to the story that Lewis wrote. And while this film is not a literal translation--it really wants to be so much more than just a kids’ movie--for the most part it is faithful enough to the story, and whatever faults it has are happily faults of overreaching, and not of holding back.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Here’s the absolutely hysterical, wonderfully wild, cosmic adventure comedy THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. Based on Douglas Adams’ worldwide best-selling novel, and starring an outrageous intergalactic cast, this is one ride you don’t want to miss. Seconds before Earth is destroyed to make way for a new hyperspace express route, mild-mannered Arthur Dent is whisked into space by his best friend (an alien posing as an out-of-work actor). And so the misadventures begin as he and fellow travelers, including the cool but dim-witted President of the Galaxy, the Earth girl Trillian, and Marvin the paranoid android, search for answers to the mystery of Life, the Universe, and Everything.