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Tuesday, 09 May 2006 |
Written by
Bill Warren
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title:
Munich
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studio:
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
Rated R for strong graphic violence, some sexual content, nudity and language
starring:
Eric
Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler,
Ayelet Zurer, Geoffrey Rush, Mathieu Amalric, Michael Lonsdale, Lynn
Cohen
film release year:
2005
DVD release year:
2006
director:
Steven Spielberg
film rating:
Four stars
sound/picture rating:
Four stars
reviewed by:
Bill Warren
As
he did 1993 with “Jurassic Park” and “Schindler’s List,” in 2005 Steven
Spielberg released two strongly contrasting movies, one a special
effects extravaganza (“War of the Worlds”) and the other an examination
of historical issues centering on Judaism.
Tuesday, 09 May 2006 |
Written by
Mel Odom
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title: “Scrubs” The Complete Third Season studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment MPAA rating: TV-14 starring: Zach Braff, Donald Faison, John C. McGinley, Sarah Chalke, Ken Jenkins, Neil Flynn, Judy Reyes DVD release year: 2006 director: Lasse Hallström running time: 108 minutes (DVD label says 111 minutes) film rating: Three-and-a-half Stars sound/picture rating: Four stars reviewed by: Mel Odom “Scrubs” won’t change a viewer’s life, but the DVD collection of the third year—especially for a fan—will guarantee that the viewer won’t think about anything else for at least twenty-two minutes at a shot. After five seasons on television, “Scrubs” ...
Monday, 08 May 2006 |
Written by
Mel Odom
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title:
World War II In Color: The British Story
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studio:
Carlton Television, Ltd. & Champion Television, Ltd.
MPAA rating:
NR
starring:
Simon Jones, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson, Mark Wing Davey
release year:
2002
film rating:
Four Stars
sound/picture:
Five Stars
reviewed by:
Mel Odom
“World War II In Color: The British Story” documents the Second World
War in bright colors and vivid sound. Most viewers who do remember news
footage of World War II from public school classes or snippets in other
movies, recall those bits and pieces in black and white. In a way,
showing the Second World War in black and white is fitting in the minds
of a lot of people. After all, the issues the war was based on were
black and white, good vs. evil. Of course, the student of political
history will know that the answers for why the war came about only a
generation after World War I are not that easy.
Tuesday, 02 May 2006 |
Written by
Darren Gross
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title:
Tales From the Crypt Presents: Ritual
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studio:
Dimension Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
R
starring:
Jennifer Grey, Craig Sheffer, Daniel Lapaine, Kristen Wilson, Gabriel Casseus, Tim Curry
TV release year:
2002 (non-US)
DVD release year:
2006
director:
Avi Nesher
film rating:
2 Stars
sound/picture rating:
3 Stars
reviewed by:
Darren Gross
Driven but careless Doctor Dodgson (Grey) disobeys medical protocol and
uses an experimental drug on a dying young boy. When the child dies
anyway, she is suspended from practicing medicine for two years.
Desperate for a job, she snags a position at a Jamaican plantation,
taking care of Wesley Claybourne (Lapaine) who is suffering from an
unknown virus and is plagued by hallucinations. After Dodgson befriends
sculptor Caro (Wilson), the duo attempt to solve the mystery of
Wesley’s illness, while surrounded by an island of menacing possible
suspects, especially Wesley’s older brother Paul (Sheffer).
Tuesday, 02 May 2006 |
Written by
Mel Odom
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title:
“Hoodwinked” Widescreen edition
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studio:
The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
PG
starring (voices):
Anne Hathaway, Patrick Warburton, Glenn Close, Jim Belushi, Anthony Anderson, Xzibit, David Ogden Stiers
DVD release year:
2006
director:
Lasse Hallström
running time:
108 minutes (DVD label says 111 minutes)
film rating:
Three-and-a-half Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four stars
reviewed by:
Mel Odom
Crime
Scene: Grandma’s House. Suspects: Little Girl In A Red Hood. A Wolf. A
Woodsman. And Grandma. All of them look suspicious and it’s not certain
exactly what is going on. But goodies have been disappearing all over
the forest and someone has to ferret out the greedy mastermind behind
it all. “Hoodwinked” is a fractured fairy tale of the best kind, taking
something old and turning it incredibly new again.
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