My Neighbor Totoro

I ordered this product and got a tracking number. When I checked with USPS, the package was marked delivered, but, sadly, it never arrived. This is one of my absolute favorite movies, and I'm sure it's no fault of the sender that the package never made it to my house. I suppose it either got lost in the mail, or somebody in the Postal personnel decided to swipe it. Wish I'd had a better experi read more..

Salem's Lot

In the many ways horror television was hampered in the 70's regarding horror, it's surprising this 2 parter was so successful at the creep out. Since the grue had to be downplayed, Tobe Hooper and crew relied on mood and implication. And considering the standards and practices albatross around his neck, did a really good job.

I thought that David Soul was perfectly cast, and even thou read more..

My Fair Lady (digitally THX mastered)

I like this as a classic musical. The songs fit well with the dialogue and story. The costumes are incredible. This has always been a favorite remake of Pygmalion set to music. read more..

My Fair Lady (Widescreen Edition)

I like this as a classic musical. The songs fit well with the dialogue and story. The costumes are incredible. This has always been a favorite remake of Pygmalion set to music. read more..

My Fair Lady

I like this as a classic musical. The songs fit well with the dialogue and story. The costumes are incredible. This has always been a favorite remake of Pygmalion set to music. read more..

Brideshead Revisited, Books 1-6

MARVELOUS STORY AND BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHY BUT LACKING SUBTITLES. HAD DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING SOME OF FLAT ENGLISH ACCENT DIALOGUE, ESPECIALLY JEREMY IRONS WHO SPEAKS IN A VERY LOW REGISTER. TURNING UP THE VOLUME DID NOT HELP AS DIALOGUE WAS COMPETING WITH BACKGROUND MUSIC. DO NOT HAVE HEARING PROBLEMS BUT THIS STORY WAS A CHALLENGE TO FOLLOW AT TIMES. read more..

Clash By Night

After a decade on her own in the big city, Mae Doyle (Barbara Stanwyck) returns to her hometown which is a sleepy fishing village in Coastal California. Listless, bored, and broke, she eventually drifts into a marriage to Jerry D'Amato (Paul Douglas), hoping he will provide her with some security and safety. But Mae soon realizes she wants more excitement and passion, which her fisherman husband i read more..

The Punisher

Okay this was a good movie, not mind blowing, but definitely gritty. In my book, this deserved a sequel and not the train wreck that is "War Zone".

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This release falls short.
LionsGate should have polished the film for the HD release. I imagine they ported the exact DVD release. There are no trailers or extras, just a "Blu-Ray Ex read more..

Bubblegum Crisis 1

I'll admit, I just started sampling anime from the Mecha genre, and I don't really have a lot of experience with it. However, I've been watching anime for a long time, so I have a lot to compare this to. I was born in 1982, and I have a pretty good understanding of 80's culture, so I had the capacity to appreciate this series while overlooking some of its outmoded gimmicks. I'll list the flaws of read more..

High School Confidential

Mary Jane, weed, tea, ganja, herb, stick and so on. Every generation (which should tell us something) has its own code words for its recreational drugs. But wait a minute. Drugs, especially marijuana, are bad for you right. Why? Marijuana is the first step on the slippery slope down the road to serious drug addiction- heroin, opium, crack and so on. And then on to a life of crime and jail. Is this read more..

Fantasia 2000 (Walt Disney Pictures Presents)

The original Fantasia is two hours long. Fantasia 2000 is only 75 minutes long. Sure, it's more attention-grabbing, but this is even less compelling than the original.

Beethoven's 5th is underused (only four minutes worth of music compared to the twenty minutes of the 6th). The second movement of "Pines of Rome" by Ottonio Respighi is entirely cut out. WHY? The Finale to "Carnival of read more..

The Last of the Mohicans (THX Widescreen Edition)

Nathaniel (Daniel Day-Lewis) falls in love with Cora (Madeleine Stowe), while serving as a guide for the British army during the French and Indian War. On the plus side, the cinematography is gorgeous and the story maintains a reasonable degree of historical accuracy, at least by Hollywood standards. But this is also "epic filmaking" at it's most melodramatic and overwrought. For example, there is read more..

To Kill a Mockingbird

A movie that is just plain well-acted. The ensemble supports Mr. Gregory Peck as if his life depended on it. Mr. Brock Peters becomes more than the average mongrel can stand: an innocent man of a shade other than pink, and justice won't be served because of the mongrels. But criticizing this film would be like shooting a mockingbird, wouldn't it? This is another dumbed-down attempt at looking at t read more..

Cutey Honey 1 (Dub)

Cutey Honey - Essential Anime Collection (Vols. 1 & 2) Cutey Honey is a cute, fun and sexy series. I have always enjoyed this series and had to include it in my anime collection. If you love good anime give Cutey Honey a Holla. Definitely not time wasted. read more..

Die Hard 2: Die Harder (Widescreen Edition)

This is the second best in the Die Hard series. The Blu Ray edition makes it even more fun at the movies. Check it out for yourself. read more..

Die Hard 2: Die Harder

This is the second best in the Die Hard series. The Blu Ray edition makes it even more fun at the movies. Check it out for yourself. read more..

Die Hard 2

This is the second best in the Die Hard series. The Blu Ray edition makes it even more fun at the movies. Check it out for yourself. read more..

What's Love Got To Do With It?

There is a growing problem with biopics of this nature. They either feel overly stuffed (since these performers lives were really so rich with color) or they feel a little too airy since everything tends to get glossed over too quickly. With `What's Love Got to Do with It', the former is most definitely the case. Instead of feeling as if we really get to know Tina Turner we are left wondering w read more..

The Terminator

Terminator is one of the most important sci-fi/action classics in American film history. I am a big fan. I want to warn every potential purchaser of the Blu-ray version, however, of the fact that it does not provide anything close to HD imagery as a result of the deterioration of the original film stock over the past 25 years. In fact, the picture is so fuzzy that it is not even DVD quality. Save read more..

Kissing Jessica Stein

KJS was directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, but written by Heather Juergensen & Jennifer Westfeldt, who star in the film as New Yorkers Jessica Stein & Helen Cooper. Despite the lesbianism there is little T&A- the leads are rather frumpy, but not unattractive, women. The story is every lesbian's fantasy- seducing a clueless straight girl fed up with the male sex. This banal premise goes nowhere. read more..

Mouchette

There is nothing in this movie that will entertain you. Students of cinema rejoice. You can observe fine acting, fine directing and fine cinamatography but you will not be distracted by the story. 5 stars for performances, etc; 1 star for the telling of a foreboding story of despair and 0 stars for entertainment. I typcally appreciate Bresson and seem to understand the movies...not Mouchette. read more..

The Searchers

Films, like artists or authors, tend to have their critical reputations wax and wane through a few cycles until a consensus is finally reached. Of course, consensus has little to do with real world excellence or failure, but as good an example of this trend as can be shown certainly is John Ford's famed 1956 John Wayne Western, The Searchers. Upon its initial release, the film made a solid profi read more..

Sometimes a Great Notion

It took me weeks to read all 628 pages of this book, all the time looking forward to seeing the film. On one hand, the cast was wonderful - especially Henry Fonda and Paul Newman, as father and son. It would be practically impossible for any group of filmmakers and actors to translate the magic found within the pages of the book onto the silver screen. While I salute and commend the people behind read more..

The Sword in the Stone (Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection)

WARNING! Spoiler Alert - Am I the only one who feels sorry for that cute little female squirrel that becomes infatuated with the transformed young Arthur only to have her heart broken when he's turned human again? As silly as this may seem, this is the one reason why I do NOT like this film. Yes, there is a tough life lesson to be learned in this sequence and yes it is a testament to the effective read more..

Three Kings (Collector's Edition)

Post Gulf War tale of three US soldiers who plan a heist of Kuwait gold stolen by Saddam. Quick cutting makes for quick action. The morality at the center is the meat of the movie. Clooney is pretty good, and Ice Cube is the new Jim Brown. Less overall than it could have been. Filmed in Arizona, but pretty convincing scenery. read more..

Waterworld

this film and others that resemble it fill a much needed void in filmaking and culture . i can see it's got folks pretty divided . that's entertainment . good , clean , dumb fun laced with a bit of womanly nudity . that last part merits the third star . read more..

Casino Royale (The Collector's Edition)

Many think that Sean Connery was the first actor to impersonate the role of the sophisticated British agent; when in fact he wasn't. Sean was the first actor to play bond in a "theatrical" movie. But in 1954, 8 years before Dr. No hit the screens, 007 was introduced for the first time on Television broadcast.

The movie was called Casino Royale, based on the first novel by Ian Fleming read more..

Rocky Marciano

Rocky Marciano was a real life hero when I was a boy and this movie does justice to that memory. Starting from humble beginning, Rocky escapes the fate of his father (played by a believable George C Scott in his final role). This drive to escape the shoe factory and make something of himself becomes his driving force in life. Ultimately it becomes his undoing as develops an obcession with wealt read more..

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

The Lion King is one of the greatest animated films ever to grace the silver screen. In my opinion, it battles it out for the top spot with Beauty and the Beast and maybe Toy Story. Everything about it was beautifully created-- the animation (who could ever forget the famous stampede), the music (Circle of Life, Be Prepared, Can you feel the love tonight are among Disney's best), the story (taking read more..

Cinderella (The Wonderful World of Disney)

Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella" was originally written in 1957 as a television showcase for Julie Andrews. That original live broadcast was seen by an estimated 107 million viewers. The charming musical's reputation was nearly destroyed by an embarrasingly amateurish 1965 TV remake featuring Lesley Ann Warren. It is this version, unfortunately, that was videotaped and shown on TV for severa read more..