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I had to dab the drool from the corner of my mouth when I was handed this beauty. The Smashing Pumpkins are considered to be one of the most musically and visually creative bands of the Twentieth century. This DVD features every music video released by the Pumpkins from Gish to Machina, and includes some live footage that was not released previously.

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The audio sounds exactly like CD quality. The music is clear, rich and full, with no auditable distortion. Unfortunately thi…

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The season 4 collection of the X-Files comes in a seven disc package chock full of special features. Season four had some of the most talked about episodes in the X-Files brief history. Featured in this collection is “Home”, an episode that only aired once due to the undertones of incest in the plot, and has been banned from the re-run rotation. Other episodes include “Musings of the Cigarette Smoking Man”, a subplot that follows the life of young Cancer Man, who took part in some of the worlds most histo…

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Can you believe that this film is the pre-cursor to the highly popular television show? It is really entertaining to compare the film to the t.v. show, but unfortunately this film did not receive a great treatment on DVD. I am sure you can figure out the premise, but here is the film’s synopsis courtesy of Fox…

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“Blonde, bouncy Buffy (Kristy Swanson) is your typical high school cheerleader - her goal is to “marry Christian Slater and die” and nothing gets in her way …

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Everyone’s favorite dysfunctional family is releasing a box set of the season that started it all. The Simpsons: The Complete First Seasons includes 13 episodes on three discs and is filled with lots of goodies, including some never before seen footage of an episode creator Matt Groening wishes he could forget.

Audio

To me the audio was no great shakes. There were moments when sound effects were really clear and realistic, i.e. Homer banging his head against a metal pole, while…

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This straight to DVD release by Columbia-Tristar was an average film, but a lack-luster DVD. Here is a little bit about the premise by Columbia-Tristar…

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“When William Conroy (Rob Lowe), a former college professor, is sentenced to life in prison for vehicular manslaughter it seems his life is over. But, when a fellow inmate tells Conroy that in the past two years fourteen inmates have died at the prison, and then turns up dead the next day, Conroy realizes he is in more…

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