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DVD Movie Disc Reviews
Categories in section: DVD Movie Disc Reviews
Tuesday, 26 September 2006 |
Written by
Mel Odom
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I’ve been fascinated by Bettie Page for years. I can’t really remember where I first saw her images—hot poses that were somehow laced with self-deprecating humor as if she and her viewers were sharing a private joke. I’ve always viewed her as sexy, but not a sex object. Betty was always the kind of girl I felt certain I’d like to get to know. And weirdly enough, it’s always seemed that getting to know her would be easier than getting to know Marilyn Monroe, who was a contemporary and attracting the same kind of male attention.
There was always something of the girl-next-door about Bettie Page—a feeling that if you left your house at just the right moment you’d be able to spot her either arriving or departing—but only for a moment because she’d be gone while you were still trying ...
Tuesday, 12 September 2006 |
Written by
Dan Macintosh
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title:
Public Enemy - Manchester UK: MKLVFKWR
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studio:
Sony Pictures Video
MPAA rating:
Parental Advisory. Explicit Content
starring:
Public Enemy
DVD release year:
2006
film rating:
Three and a half Stars
sound/picture rating:
Three and a half Stars
reviewed by:
Dan MacIntosh
Sportscasters often speak about momentum. It is a mysterious
intangible, but it is undeniably real, nonetheless. When one team has
momentum over another, it can do no wrong while their opponents can
seemingly do nothing right. If it is a basketball game, the one squad
with momentum on its side cannot miss a shot, while the other team
cannot throw a pea in the ocean. Momentum applies to musical careers as
well, with Public Enemy being a prime example of an act that had it but
lost it. In the 90s, nobody in the rap world was hotter then Public
Enemy. So hot were they, in fact, some even referred to them as the
Black CNN. They were the act ...
Tuesday, 05 September 2006 |
Written by
Dan Macintosh
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title:
“Lost” Season 2: Extended Experience
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studio:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
TV 14
starring:
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Naveen Andrews, Emilie de Ravin, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia
creators:
J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber, Damon Lindelof
series release year:
2005
DVD release year:
2006
film rating:
Four Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Dan MacIntosh
If you are reading this DVD review expecting to learn exactly what the
whole “Lost” phenomenon is all about, you have come to the wrong place.
I am in no way an expert theorist on the popular TV program. In fact, I
did not even see one episode from season one, so you might say I went
into this review assignment lost.
Tuesday, 05 September 2006 |
Written by
Dan Macintosh
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title:
“Commander in Chief”:
2-Disc Inaugural Edition,
Part 2
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studio:
Touchstone Television/Buena Vista Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
TV PG DLS
starring:
Geena Davis, Donald Sutherland, Harry J. Lennox, Kyle Secor
director:
Daniel Attlas
series release year:
2005
DVD release year:
2006
film rating:
Four Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Dan MacIntosh
Right when “Commander In Chief” was cancelled, this fascinating
exploration of the first female presidency was just starting to heat
up. President MacKenzie Allen, played by Geena Davis, was fixing to
square off with Donald Sutherland’s Nathan Templeton character, her
conservative arch political nemesis. But before this unusual run for
The White House even heard the starting gun, it was all over. Poor
ratings cast the final and deciding “no” vote for this prematurely
cancelled program. What a shame.
Tuesday, 29 August 2006 |
Written by
Dan Macintosh
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title:
Mystery Science Theater: Volume 10
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studio:
Rhino/WEA
MPAA rating:
Unrated
starring:
(The Giant Spider Invasion):
Steve Brodie, Barbara Hale, Alan Hale Jr., Robert Easton, Leslie Parrish. (Godzilla vs. Megalon):
Katsuhiko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Kawase, Yutaka Hayashi, Robert Dunham, Kotaro Tomita.
(Swamp Women):
Beverly Garland, Carole Mathews, Mike Connors, Marie Windsor, Jil Jarmyn.
(Terror in the Night):
Bill Bloom, Rick Harris, Stacy Smith, Jim Asp, Mickey Banga
series release year:
1988
DVD release year:
2006
film rating:
Four Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Dan MacIntosh
There is no mystery in the Mystery Science Theater formula: bad movies
and good jokes meld to form gleefully sardonic entertainment, every
time. It is like the analogy of making lemonade out of lemons, and
similar to houses built out of pop bottles or Howard Finster’s folk
art—one man’s garbage is another man’s art supplies. B-movie directors
may have daydreamed about winning regal golden statuettes named Oscar,
but these four MST-d films are closer to another altogether different
Oscar. They are, whether ...
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