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Sci-Fi-Fantasy
Tuesday, 28 August 2007 |
Written by
AV News
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title:
Return To Halloweentown: Ultimate Secret Edition
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studio:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
TV-G
starring:
Sara Paxton, Judith Hoag, Debbie Reynolds, Lucas Grabeel, Joey Zimmerman, Millicent Martin, Leslie Wing, Kristy Wu.
DVD release date:
August 28, 2007
Unlock the ultimate secret when Walt Disney Home Entertainment uncovers
Return to Halloweentown: Ultimate Secret Edition starring High School
Musical singing and dancing sensation Lucas Grabeel on DVD August 28th.
Tuesday, 16 May 2006 |
Written by
Bill Warren
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title:
The Sci-Fi Boys
studio:
Universal
MPAA rating:
Not rated
appearing:
Forrest
J Ackerman, Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, Paul Davids, Peter Jackson,
Rick Baker, John Landis, Leonard Maltin, Donald F. Glut, Roger Corman,
Dennis Murin, Stephen Sommers, Steve Johnson, William Malone, Bob
Burns; many others in clips.
theatrical release:
2006
director:
Paul Davids
film rating:
Three Stars
sound/picture rating:
Two stars (highly variable image quality)
reviewed by:
Bill Warren
This
odd documentary was released on DVD by Universal, and is scheduled for
theatrical release later in the year. The basic premise is to show how
some filmmakers of today—directors, makeup artists, effects
experts—were influenced in their youth by the magazine Famous Monsters
of Filmland and by stop-motion maestro Ray Harryhausen.
Tuesday, 25 April 2006 |
Written by
Mel Odom
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title:
ÆON FLUX WIDESCREEN SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION
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studio:
Paramount Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
PG-13
starring:
Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller, Sophie Okonedo, Pete Postlethwaite, Frances McDormand
film release year:
2005
DVD release year:
2006
film rating:
Three Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Mel Odom
“Æon Flux” began life in 1991 as an experimental animated series
launched by MTV’s Liquid Dreams. Created by Korean American animator
David Chung, the show kept coming back again and again, reaching cult
status after three seasons that were basically unconnected. In fact, in
the first season Aeon got killed in each episode. Fans rejoiced and
dreaded the movie version of their heroine.
Hewing to its science fiction roots, “Æon Flux” is set in Bregna, the
last city left alive on earth after a terrible disease killed
ninety-nine percent of the world’s population. Walls keep nature at
bay. Bregna is the world’s most perfect city, providing everything its
citizens want or need. Unfortunately, there is a ...
Tuesday, 04 April 2006 |
Written by
Darren Gross
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title:
The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (2-Disc)
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studio:
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
PG
starring:
Georgie
Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda
Swinton, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Kiran Shah, James Cosmo, Judy
McIntosh
theatrical release year:
2005
DVD release year:
2006
film rating:
Three Stars
sound/picture:
Four-and-a-half Stars
reviewed by:
Darren Gross
C.S.
Lewis’s wondrous and influential 1950 tale has been adapted at least
three times for television (a 1967 live-action limited series, a 1979
animated TV special, and a 1988 live-action BBC miniseries), but not as
a theatrical feature until this 2005 big-budget Disney production.
Tuesday, 07 March 2006 |
Written by
Mel Odom
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title:
Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire
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studio:
Warner Home Video
MPAA rating:
PG-13
starring:
Daniel
Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes,
Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Alan
Rickman, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall
Theatrical release year:
2005
DVD release year:
2006
film rating:
Five Stars
sound/picture rating:
Five Stars
reviewed by:
Mel Odom
Harry Potter, everyone’s favorite teen wizard, returns in “Harry Potter
and the Goblet of Fire,” the fourth feature film made from J. K.
Rowling’s bestselling series. As the film series has progressed, the
nature of the stories and the character interactions have turned darker
and more menacing, just as they have in the books.
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