Contest: 6 Titles In History’s Instant Expert Series for This Giveaway From A&E!
Posted in Contests by Gino Sassani on July 23rd, 2010
Our friends over at A&E Home Entertainment have given us 6 different DVD’s to give away to our readers. Check out the list and you should find something that interests you. They are all from the History Instant Expert Series. They are both informative and educational.
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Super High Me
Posted in Disc Reviews by William O'Donnell on July 23rd, 2010
Several years ago comedian Doug Benson made a joke about wanting to parody the film Super Size Me, after watching it while high, by smoking pot continuously for 30 days. A filmmaker heard that joke and decided to make it a reality. Upon making the film, there was an added catch to Benson’s plan of 30 days being “Super High,” as he would have to be stone sober for the 30 days leading up to it.
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The Bannen Way
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 23rd, 2010
Let’s see if you can follow any of this. Jesse Warren is a wannabe actor/director/gofer. He’s taking acting classes like a million other Hollywood hopefuls. During his classes he begins to write the “way cool” story about a character named Neil Bannen. As luck would have it, he runs into another aspiring star in Mark Gantt. Gantt appears to be exactly like the character in Warren’s fledgling script. So, he approaches his classmate and both agree that the story is “way cool”.
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American Pickers: Season One
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on July 22nd, 2010
American Pickers revolves around two “gifted” pickers: Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz. The thesis of the show is that these two men comb the back roads of the Midwest searching for hidden treasures and collectible items. The people they encounter along the way are far from garden variety with the majority of them having stacks upon stacks of junk cascading out of their property. These two men barter and haggle over pricing on many different things with each item earning them a considerable profit. The question arises through these exchanges, does morality come into play?
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The Stoning of Soraya M. (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 21st, 2010
“Don’t act like the hypocrite, who thinks he can conceal his wiles, while loudly quoting the Koran.” – Hafez (14th Century Iranian Poet)
The Stoning Of Soraya M is based upon a book written by Freidoune Sahebjam. The book is currently banned in Iran as well as other countries. It is based on a true story. The book and now the film have caused quite a bit of controversy over the years. Director Cyrus Nowrasteh is no stranger to controversial topics. He appears to have a flair for significant historical events, and his work has shown some insight into the actual significance of his subjects
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Rambo: The Complete Collector’s Set (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 21st, 2010
In Florida we have some very large bugs. There’s this one particular spider that is quite a problem in my house. It’s real name is a huntsman spider, and it grows to about 16 feet, not including the legs. It sports 27-inch fangs and tends to move the furniture around at night while it stalks its prey. Yes, it stalks its prey at night in my house while I’m trying to sleep. Years ago I coined my own name for these clever, ferocious killers. I call them Rambo Spiders. The name fits these long-legged freaks perfectly as they perform their recon missions throughout our home. When I find them, I terminate them with extreme prejudice.
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Superfriends!: Season One, Volume 2
Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on July 21st, 2010
The Super Friends as a cartoon show had a long and sketchy past. It started out in the 1970’s and ran in nearly a dozen different incantations and over a hundred episodes until 1986 when it was put down for the last time. The original episodes that ran from 1973 until 1974 were unique, they ran for an hour with commercials and focused on one core story. Eight of them are provided here.
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Dare to Play the Game
Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on July 21st, 2010
Alternatives to Split Screen Multiplayer, Plants vs Zombies, and Centipede making a comeback? – Welcome to the column that would like to know what happened to their parachute pants known as Dare to Play the Game.
As of Saturday morning, I am officially done with World of Warcraft until Cataclysm drops. I’m played my priest mostly, completing some last minute heroics which included exalted status with the Kirin Tor as well as enough marks to get an epic neck piece.
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The Maid
Posted in Disc Reviews by David Annandale on July 21st, 2010
Raquel (Catalina Saavedra) has been the maid for the family run by matriarch Pilar (Claudia Celedón) for 23 years. Those years have taken their toll, and Raquel looks worn far beyond her 41 years. She is clearly unable to look after the household on her own, and Pilar tries to hire another maid to help out. Raquel takes this the wrong way, imagines she’s being eased out, and treats each new maid as an invader who must be repulsed.
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Madeline’s Great Adventures
Posted in Disc Reviews by William O'Donnell on July 20th, 2010
This compilation of cartoons takes from different Madeline series’, produced from about 1993 to 2001. Each episode is in the half-hour long format, with different title cards, theme songs and narrators, but all following the same format of rhyming narration, and imaginative story lines, songs peppered throughout, and a couple even dipping into the supernatural.
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The Real McCoys – Complete Season 4
Posted in Disc Reviews by William O'Donnell on July 20th, 2010
The Real McCoys was a major TV hit during its run of 1957-1963. Starring three-time Oscar winner Walter Brennen and a pre-Rambo Richard Crenna. Led by Grandpa, the family move from Virginia to California (sound a touch familiar?) and is comprised of brothers and sisters that range in age from their twenties right down to eleven. This series paved the way fir rural comedies, especially the Beverly Hillbillies, proceeding it, and Brennen’s voice set the bar for wiley Southern farmer characters for a generation.
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Emerson, Lake, & Palmer: Live at Montreaux 1997 (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 20th, 2010
“Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. We’re so glad you could attend. Come inside. Come inside.”
The rock gods must have been smiling when Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, and Carl Palmer journeyed from their perspective corners of the music world and combined to form the band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, or merely ELP to the fans.
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The Lucy Show: The Official Second Season
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 20th, 2010
This was Lucille Ball’s follow-up to I Love Lucy. Here Ball is a widowed mother of two, sharing her home with best friend Vivian Vance, who is a divorced mother of one. All the other members of household are, of course, faced with the disasters triggered by Lucy. I screened this set immediately after viewing its close contemporary, Petticoat Junction, and the difference between the two was instructive. There are plenty of hokey gags and situations on The Lucy Show, but there is an enormous difference between the shows,
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Matlock: Season Five
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 20th, 2010
The fifth season of Matlock brought more of the same. If you’re a fan, that’s very good news indeed. What is that, you ask? Imagine Sheriff Andy Taylor older and now an attorney, and you pretty much have the setup for Matlock. Forget for a second that both characters were played by Andy Griffith. That’s not all they have in common. Matlock is every bit the “southern gentleman” that Taylor was. He might be a little smarter, but he walks and talks like Andy Taylor.
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G.I. Joe the Movie (Special Edition) (Blu-Ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Michael Durr on July 19th, 2010
G.I. Joe the Movie was originally supposed to be a real box office movie. It was to be the first of three animated motion pictures put out by Hasbro Toys. The other two were based on Transformers and My Little Pony. However, production delays caused the other two to go first. When Transformers and My Little Pony did poorly (gee, never would have guessed that a talking magical pony failed to grab box office sales), it was decided that G.I. Joe would go the direct video route. Years later, it still proved to be arguably the best of the three.
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Contest: Brooklyn’s Finest from Anchor Bay on Blu-ray
Posted in Contests by Gino Sassani on July 19th, 2010
Anchor Bay has graciously given us a copy of Brooklyn’s Finest on high definition Blu-ray to give away.
To enter to win a copy of this Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, and Wesley Snipes thriller, just follow these two steps…
- Fill out your name and email address in the comment form below – your email address will remain private and visible only to us.
- Do not post your address as an actual comment! Instead – Tell us what your favorite cop film is, and maybe why.
- Only those comments that answer our question will be considered.
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Contest is now closed Winner is:Bob Beck
Winners are notified by E-mail. If you did not get a confirmation E-mail from us, check your Spam filter and contact us. Any prize not claimed in 2 weeks will be forfeit and be placed in the end of year contests next Holiday Season.
Contest: IP Man (Collector’s Edition) on High Definition Blu-ray
Posted in Contests by Gino Sassani on July 19th, 2010
The good folks over at WELL GO USA, INC. and MANDARIN FILMS LIMITED have given us a copy of IP Man on high definition Blu-ray to give away. This is the story of IP Man, grandmaster of Wing Chun and mentor to Bruce Lee. To win a copy of this exciting Donnie Yen film, follow these instructions.
- Fill out your name and email address in the comment form below – your email address will remain private and visible only to us.
- Do not post your address as an actual comment! What is your favorite martial arts film? Maybe tell us why.
- Only those comments that answer our question will be considered.
Contest is now closed Winner is:William Lee
Winners are notified by E-mail. If you did not get a confirmation E-mail from us, check your Spam filter and contact us. Any prize not claimed in 2 weeks will be forfeit and be placed in the end of year contests next Holiday Season.
The Bounty Hunter (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 19th, 2010
In an attempt to win over more of the male viewers into their audiences, filmmakers of the romantic comedy genre have tried many tactics. To date, very few of them have worked to any great extent. The problem appears to be getting the mixture just right. Too much of the guy stuff and you’ll turn away your core “chick” audience. Too little and you’re really not reeling in too many guys. Of course, we go anyway to please the ladies in our lives.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000, Vol. XVIII
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 19th, 2010
This series from Comedy Central began as a low-budget film hosting show in a small television station in Minnesota. It was the brainchild of Joel Hodgson. It ended up running for 11 years and a feature film version.
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Brewster McCloud
Posted in Disc Reviews, No Huddle Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 19th, 2010
Robert Altman has always had a reputation for being just slightly off the wall. He has an odd sense of humor that doesn’t always strike with a general audience. His films have often satisfied a niche in Hollywood, and he appeared to have been comfortable with that reputation. His films are also usually noted for their social commentary of the times. Both of these traits are certainly present in his most famous film, M*A*S*H. The movie was not an immediate success. It took a little time to grow on audiences, but grow it did.
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Parasomnia
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 15th, 2010
Parasomnia is a broad term that covers a lot of sleep disorders. I even ran into the term in association with restless leg syndrome. But there is a severe disorder called Kleine-Levin Syndrome, also known as Sleeping Beauty Syndrome, where the sufferer spends a very large part of their lives asleep. In reality, it usually amounts to days at a time. In William Malone’s new thriller Parasomnia, we meet Laura, who sleeps about 90% of the time, making her a true Sleeping Beauty.
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Hot Tub Time Machine (Unrated) (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 15th, 2010
The name says it all. With just those four words, you can pretty much figure out everything you need to know about Hot Tub Time Machine. This is very much a party film in the tradition of the Saturday Night Live alumni movies of the 70’s and 80’s. With the release of this movie, you no longer need to travel back in time to 1986 to watch a film that relies almost entirely on sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll for most of its situational comedy. The rest gets filled in with your standard toilet humor. I’m not sure exactly when it happened, or who exactly I should blame
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Ladybugs (Blu-ray)
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on July 15th, 2010
Lionsgate has as good a collection of catalog titles as any studio out there. Many of these films have not yet been given the high definition Blu-ray treatment for one reason or another. So I’m sitting here trying to figure out how a trivial film like Ladybugs jumped the line and finds itself in a barebones release on Blu-ray this month. I’m sure that the movie has its fans. Of course, I’ve never met any of them, but I gotta believe that they’re out there … somewhere.
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Contest: Hiromi Kanda’s Hiromi In Love on High Definition Blu-ray
Posted in Contests by Gino Sassani on July 15th, 2010
The good folks over at Music Gate have given us a copy of Hiromi Kanda’s Hiromi In Love on high definition Blu-ray to giveaway. This wonderful concert Blu-ray features the musicians of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. To enter to win this musical experience just follow these instructions.
- Fill out your name and email address in the comment form below – your email address will remain private and visible only to us.
- Do not post your address as an actual comment! Who is your favorite musician?
- Only those comments that answer our question will be considered.
Contest is now closed Winner is:Carrie Conley
Winners are notified by E-mail. If you did not get a confirmation E-mail from us, check your Spam filter and contact us. Any prize not claimed in 2 weeks will be forfeit and be placed in the end of year contests next Holiday Season.
Check out Hiromi Kanda at: www.hiromikanda.com
Dare to Play the Game
Posted in Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on July 14th, 2010
Ubisoft and 3d, Big Ben in Madden, and 3ds can stop Piracy? – Welcome to the column that thinks you will find them a slasher…of prices known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welp, we are entering the last week of my WoW account until Cataclysm. After that, I’ll either be forced to play on my wife’s account or just cool it down for a while.
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