Posts by Gino Sassani

"Goooood morning, Vietnam! Hey, this is not a test! This is rock and roll! Time to rock it from the Delta to the D.M.Z.!"

Since his early days on Mork and Mindy, Robin Williams has been in a lot of movies. Some of them are pretty good films. Others are even downright awful. He does have a habit of going over the top. Ask anyone you might meet for their favorite Robin Williams movie and the answers will most certainly differ. Still, two things are pretty certain.

So, you thought Christmas was over, did you? Not quite, at least not here at Upcomingdiscs. A&E decided to offer one more big push with an enormous SUPER PRIZE PACKAGE. This thing includes the following titles:

The 2011 World Series Championship 2-disc DVD

It would still be two years before Kate Beckinsale would don her fangs, blue contacts, and black cat suit and become a blip on the radar for the guys among us. Yes, she had done Pearl Harbor, but how many guys thought that was just a romance story that happened to revolve around a particular historic event. Can anyone say Titanic? Serendipity came out the same year as Pearl Harbor, so 2001 was likely the year that Beckinsale really came out, at least to the women in the audience.

Where do I begin? There was this rather formulaic movement that started in the 1990's and continued to just a few years ago. It was certainly that generation's version of Animal House. Every generation has them. They typically star teen idols or up and coming young stars and where my generation often placed them in college, these films were all about high school. They tend to take advantage of the cool trends of the time from the present pop culture to the style of music.

And so, for the second time, Hawaii Five-O has reached the end of its run. The first time happened on April 5th, 1980 when the final episode aired.  Now the series ends its run of DVD releases as Paramount now issues the 12th and final season of the landmark series. There will be a third ending, let's hope not for a long time when the revival series closes its doors in the future. For now fans can be content that they can finally complete their collection of the original series.

James M Cain wrote Mildred Pierce in 1941 and based the character on a woman he was seeing at the time. It's said that she offered much of the insight into women's plights of the depression era from undisclosed women. Not that Cain needed help in writing a compelling story. He's had a few hit novels that include The Postman Always Rings Twice. Mildred Pierce was an almost instant hit and was soon optioned for a film in 1945 staring Joan Crawford, for which she won an Oscar

"December 7, 1972: Apollo 17, the final official lunar mission, lands on the moon. In 2011 eighty-four hours of classified footage is uploaded to www.lunartruth.com. This film was edited from that footage."

Yes, you get the picture. Apollo 18 is another "found footage" film that has populated the movie landscape since the time of The Blair Witch Project. Unlike that famed film, this movie did not go on to make any kind of box office history.

On the Twelfth Day Of Christmas Lifetime gives to  you another "You Pick 'Em".  We have four holiday movies to give away. Under The Mistletoe with Stargate's Michael Shanks, A Christmas Wedding with Sarah Paulson, A Very Merry Daughter Of The Bride with Joanna Garcia and Holiday Wishes with Amber Benson. Relive the holidays and enter to win one of these prizes today. To enter just follow these instructions.

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On the Eleventh Day Of Christmas Anchor Bay gives to you Catch 44 on Blu-ray. This wild drama features Bruce Willis and Forest Whitaker.

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On the tenth Day Of Christmas Barron's gives to you a dealer's choice. We have three books to give away to the movie lovers out there. These are great little reference books from the wonderful Barron's series of Movies You Must See Before You Die. We have 101 Sci-Fi Movies You Must See Before You Die, 101 Gangster Movies You Must See Before You Die and 101 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die.  To win a copy of one of these prizes, follow these instructions.

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