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BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: Universal StudiosMSRP: $20.24RATED: NR RUNNING TIME: 130 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES:• Feature Commentary with Director Robert Mulligan and Producer Alan Pakula• Making of Documentary: Fearful Symmetry• Documentary: A… Continue reading
The second week of October brings many goodies into your home, and it's the unofficial start of a barrage of titles, leading through the end of the month. Zombies, men dressed up like Bats, green Wizards behind flowing Technicolor curtains and a certain… Continue reading
The house was on the hill. I was invited there under the guise of a certain anthropologist and his crew, which consisted of an ESP expert and an heir to the Estate. The first night was rather uneventful, but as they wore on, something was off. Noise came from… Continue reading
One of the toughest parts of this column each week is the opening paragraph. Start off on a wrong note and it's over even before it began, just like those health problems I have! Start off too quickly and you'll loose steam by the middle of … damn,… Continue reading
I believe someone entirely more talented said it better when he wrote – "we were somewhere outside of Barstow when the drugs began to take hold." Not that you'd want to be outside of Barstow, primarily because it's a gigantic wasteland of nothingness while… Continue reading
There's still a lot to be done, and I mentioned last week that you should think about donating your DVD funds for the week (or month/year/millennia) to one of the humanitarian causes on the ground (like The Red Cross) helping out those victims displaced by… Continue reading
I really don't think it's proper to be purchasing DVDs for a while with the recent embarrassingly tragic and heart-breaking events, but that's just one man's opinion. Instead, I'll echo the sentiments mentioned in the September Prognosticator and ask that you… Continue reading
When the levee breaks, the flood of DVD titles comes rushing towards you. Every week is different, and this week brings a lot of older titles for all of you nostalgia whores out there. If you can't find anything worth your time in this stupendous summary,… 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:… 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… Continue reading
This week we'll start off just like in Kindergarten. Cease the name-calling and grumbling for a goddamned minute. Get that glue out of your nose. I see your habits stick around for a while, Ms. Love. Take a seat, cool off for a while and let the soothing… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. MSRP: $14.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 109 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Audio Commentary by Songwriter Hugh Martin and Pianist Kevin Cole• New Featurette: The Music of Shall We Dance• Music Short: Sheik… Continue reading
