Category: DVD Reviews
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Deadwood: The Complete Second Season
Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Jim Beaver, W. Earl Brown Studio: HBO Rating: 10/10 CORPORATE LINE: The town of Deadwood, South Dakota in the weeks following the Custer massacre is a lawless sinkhole of crime and corruption. Into this uncivilized outpost ride a disillusioned and bitter ex-lawman, Wild Bill Hickok, and Seth Bullock,…
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That ’70s Show: The Complete Fourth Season DVD
Cast: Topher Grace, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher Studio: Fox Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Fondly commemorating and gently poking fun at the trends, fashions, and attitudes that made the decade of the 1970s so distinct, THAT 70S SHOW chronicles the rites of passage of a group of teens growing up in the Wisconsin suburbs. Eric Forman…
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Nanny McPhee DVD
Cast: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly MacDonald Studio: Universal Rating: 6.5/10 THE LINE: In this dark and witty fable, Thompson portrays a person of unsettling appearance and magical powers who enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown (Firth) and attempts to tame his seven exceedingly ill-behaved children. The children, led by the oldest…
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Doogal
Cast: Ian McKellen, Tom Baker, Jim Broadbent Studio: Weinstein Rating: 2/10 CORPORATE LINE: The origins of the characters in DOOGAL stretch back to 1964 and a TV program called THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT (or “Le Manège Enchanté” as its French creator Serge Danot called it). The show became a popular staple on British television, and this…
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Apollo 13 HD-DVD
Cast: Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton Studio: Universal Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: The true story of the near-disastrous Apollo 13 mission. On April 11, 1970, gung-ho astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and last-minute, less experienced replacement Jack Swigert blast-off towards the moon. But while in space, an oxygen tank explodes, putting the trio in…
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Thundercats: Season Two Volume One DVD
Cast: Bob McFadden, Earl Hammond, Larry Kenney, Lynne Lipton Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: The inhabitants of the planet Thundera evacuate just before it is destroyed. They were pursued by a band of mutants. All but one of their escape ships was destroyed. Only a small group of Thunderans (Thundercats) remained. With only…
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Grandma’s Boy
Cast: Allen Covert, Shirley Knight, Shirley Jones Studio: Fox Rating: 2/10 CORPORATE LINE: Alex (ALLEN COVERT) has one sweet life. After walking away from his death by accounting job, he’s now a video game tester at Brainasium, the company responsible for the worldwide gaming phenom of “Eternal Death Slayer.” At 35, he may be the…
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King of the Hill: Season Six
Cast: Mike Judge, Greg Daniels Studio: Fox Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: “KING OF THE HILL” is a hilarious animated half-hour comedy series from Mike Judge, the creator of “Beavis & Butthead,” and Greg Daniels (“The Simpsons,” “Saturday Night Live”). “KING OF THE HILL” follows the day-to-day activities of Hank Hill, his family and their neighbors…
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Tristan and Isolde
Cast: James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell Studio: Fox Rating: 4.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: After the fall of Rome, the warlords of England are brutally kept in line by the forces of Irish King Donnchadh. One of these leaders, Lord Marke (Rufus Sewell) seeks to unite the English tribes to form one strong nation to rule…
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Violent Midnight
Cast: Lee Phillips Studio: Dark Sky Films Rating: 8/10 FILE UNDER: Shoestring slasher cuts through the clutter CORPORATE LINE: In this Psycho-esque thriller from director Del Tenney, Elliott Freeman (Lee Phillips) is a Korean War vet-turned-painter who becomes the prime suspect in the brutal stabbing death of his model, Dolores. Did Elliott kill her to…