BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Walt Disney Home EntertainmentMSRP: $29.99RATED: PGRUNNING TIME: 104 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• "Behind the Microphone" featurette• Japanese theatrical trailer• Original storyboards Isao Takahata’s films tend to contain studies in contrasts. On the surface, they’re unabashedly cute and sentimental, but beneath that is a current of maturity not often found in children’s … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Miramax FamilyMSRP: $19.99RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 70 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Barbie’s Personality Profile• Chelsea’s Celebrity Fashion Finder• Madison’s Superstar Challenge• Nolee’s Movie Memory Game• Delancey’s Fave Embarrassing Moments The Pitch “What haven’t we slapped a Barbie label on yet? How ‘bout a movie?“ The Humans Voices of: no one you ever … Continue reading
In Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Robert Redford and Paul Newman proved themselves to be one of the all time great screen duos. They reteamed only once, for The Sting (which is getting a new DVD, by the way). "All these years went by and nobody came up with any ideas that were anything … Continue reading
The blessed respite from Star Trek may be ending. The franchise, which really appeals to lonely 40 year olds, has been on hiatus since the miserable prequel TV series Enterprise was cancelled, but now the work on the next film has slowly begun. Band of Brothers writer Erik Jendreson has handed in his first draft … Continue reading
Original reports had Oscar-nominated actress Shohreh Aghdashloo playing Dr. Rao in the upcoming X3 film. Dr. Rao was a character who played a role in Joss Whedon’s first story arc on Astonishing X-Men, someone who had found a “cure” to mutants and who was working with an alien with the incredibly awful name of Ord … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $13.98RATED: NR RUNNING TIME: 104 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Audio Commentary by John Mueller, author of Astaire Dancing • New Featurette: The Swing of Things: Swing Time Step by Step• Musical short: Hotel a la Swing • Classic Cartoon: Bingo Crosbyana • Original Theatrical Trailer Serendipity might … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $13.98RATED: NR RUNNING TIME: 100 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Audio Commentary by Fred Astaire’s daughter Ava Astaire McKenzie and Film Historian Larry Billman • New Featurette: On Top: Inside the success of Top Hat • Comedy Short: Watch the Birdie with Bob Hope • Classic Cartoon: Page … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Walk Disney Home Entertainment MSRP: $29.99RATED: PGRUNNING TIME: 119 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Trailers• TV spots• Animated storyboards Studio Ghibli has a history of putting pro-environmental messages into their films, covertly and overtly. Such a message was the entire plot of the fanciful Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, and … Continue reading
I’ve started fresh with the Graboid, going for a more polished and tougher perspective. If you get them from now on it’ll be because you’re an astute fan of movies. I’m not going to make it easy and it’s going to be from something I either like or find it fun to put on the … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: DisneyMSRP: $19.99RATED: TV-GRUNNING TIME: 89 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Master of Disguise• Selected Scenes Visual Commentary The Pitch “We’re swamped with overgrown Mickey Mouse Club kids. Give ’em some work or it’s gonna be Bobby Driscoll all over again.“ The Humans Raven (That’s So Raven), Anneleise van der Pol (That’s So … Continue reading