Archive · 2005

August 2005

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DVD REVIEW: LIFE AS WE KNOW IT

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Buena Vista Home Video MSRP: $39.99RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 558 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Audio commentaries on select episodes• Outtake reel• Deleted scenes• Photo gallery The world is littered with the fallen bodies of… Continue reading

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 The 40 Year Old Virgin $16,500,000 $48,700,000 2 2 The Brothers Grimm $15,000,000 $15,000,000 1 3 Red Eye $10,000,000 $32,600,000 2 4 Four Brothers $7,800,000 $55,300,000 3 5 Wedding Crashers… Continue reading

TWO OLD MEN GO FOR A WALK

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… Continue reading

X3 MARKS THE CRAPPY CHARACTER

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… Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: SWING TIME

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:… Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: TOP HAT

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… Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: POM POKO

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,… Continue reading