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The Grudge 3 Movie Review–A Colossal Waste On All Fronts

2009-05-15T00:30:00.000-07:00

When someone dies in the grip of a powerful rage, a curse is born. The curse gathers in that place of death. Those who encounter it will be consumed by its fury. Those who survive will carry the curse with them…until it is reborn.
If that sounds familiar, especially to horror buffs, there’s a good reason—it’s pretty much the plotline of the last two Grudge titles, and now, thanks to Sam Raimi and the crew at Ghost House, there’s a third. I bucked convention with this series, with the belief that the second was, in a limited way, just as good as the first one. I felt it was a lot more authentic, and not having Sarah Michelle Gellar around for long to Buffy her way through really perked things up, making them a whole lot less “action hero”.
This time around, we’ll be back in the apartment complex we left in the second installment. The young survivor of the last installment managed to get locked up in an insane asylum, where he was promptly and messily killed by unknown forces. Of course, we know EXACTLY what those forces were—homicidal wackjob ghost extraordinaire Kayako and her squatting harbinger, son Toshio.
Meanwhile, the young survivor’s doctor (played halfassedly by Shawnee Smith) has gone to Chicago in search of answers, and that’s when the killing starts up again.
Frankly, watching this thing was a disaster. They took all the worst parts of the first two—shoddy explanations, some for-no-clear-reason style killing, plot elements they clearly just pulled out of their asses—and introduced them all into one. The Grudge 3 isn’t as atmospherically scary as the first one, nor is it as implicitly scary as the second. All The Grudge 3 can do is do a whole lot of killing of characters we really don’t care about because we barely know who they are.

Bride Wars Movie Review–Guys, It’s Not That Bad. Really. You’ve Seen Worse.

2009-05-13T20:20:00.000-07:00

I take my chances today, folks, as there’s a pretty solid likelihood my membership in the International Fraternity of Guys is going to get at least censured and possibly revoked, because I’m willingly going to cover a movie called Bride Wars, just recently released to DVD.
And in this one, nigh-permanent BFFs Liv (played by Kate Hudson) and Emma (played by Anne Hathaway) have been—like most women, apparently—planning their dream wedding since they were little girls, and as they grow up, it soon becomes time to make those dreams a reality. And both has longed for just one thing—a wedding at New York’s magnificent Plaza Hotel.

With a little judicious planning, both manage to save a date there. But a clerical error soon causes trouble as both weddings are slated for the same date. Who will walk away with all the marbles? Who will have her dream wedding while the other is forced to attempt a likely disastrous date switching procedure? Will the duo even emerge friends afterward?
Now, when I slapped this sucker in, I confess my expectations were wide and varied. Was this going to emphasize the “bride”…or the “wars”? The trailers certainly suggested both would be possible, but which would come out ahead? As it turns out, it’s both.

Lakeview Terrace Movie Review–Like A House Afire

2009-05-13T00:03:00.000-07:00

I’ll kick this one off with a little warning: I’m extremely biased in favor of Samuel L. Jackson. Sam Jack is good in pretty much anything, one of only a handful of actors who can say the same, at least as far as I’m concerned. So when I laid hands on a copy of Lakeview Terrace, I was expecting him to bring a solid performance. How was the rest of the movie around him? More on that directly—but first, plot recap time.
When a young interracial couple moves into the neighborhood on Lakeview Terrace in sunny California, they think they’re really moving up in the world. At least until they run afoul of their next-door neighbor, a racist cop who doesn’t approve of their relationship. He’s also a stern disciplinarian of a single father, and the police precinct at which he works has a whole host of question marks on his record. So when this unstable cop goes up against this young couple, in the midst of wildfire season, no less, it’s only a question of who will survive the encounter.
After all…when your psycho neighbor’s a cop…it’s hard to call the cops on him.

End of the Line Movie Review–A Long Awaited Hit

2009-05-11T23:44:00.000-07:00

This one’s actually very interesting for me, folks—it represents something that’s been a long time in the making, and only recently managed to show up. Today I’m talking Maurice Devereaux’s newest, End of the Line, and what’s special about this is how long it took between his efforts.
Particular horror buffs among you may already know what I’m about to discuss, so for you, please bear with me so I can fill everyone else in. See, way, way back in the depths of 2001, Maurice Devereaux came out with a movie called $la$her$. And no, that’s not a typo—the S’s have all been replaced with dollar signs to reflect its nature as being about a killer game show. And it was a terrific movie, despite its clearly ultra-low-budget nature, there was a lot of action in the horror and was a move well worth repeating that had not been done often. So finally, he’s released another one after a long string of delays, and it’s called End of the Line.
End of the Line features a young nurse working in a psychiatric ward who’s starting to have some deeply unpleasant visions. But just when she thinks she’s about to head home for the night and sleep off said visions, she boards the last subway car home…and it stops in the middle of a tunnel.

Dark Secrets Movie Review–Threadbare And Ragged

2009-05-11T02:00:00.000-07:00

I love MTI, I really do—they try harder than pretty much anyone in the business. It’s really only too bad that when they try, they just can’t get a lot of results.
Every time I pick up a new MTI title (and I stick with them because I always hope they’ll manage to pull off improvement) , like today’s little pick, Dark Secrets, (which will be available for you folks to pick up April 7th) I’m always a little impressed and I get me a nice shot of hope injected like adrenaline directly into my heart. Yeah, just like in Pulp Fiction. But anyway…like I said—I take a look at that creepy box art and that well put together back of the box description and I usually end up thinking, wow, this could REALLY be awesome.
Sadly, the actual movie never seems to live up to the incredible promise that MTI puts out. And I’ll sum up why.
In Dark Secrets, there’s trouble afoot for celebrity A-listers Darryl and Lori Van Dyke, whose daughter has just recently disappeared under what can really only be called mysterious circumstances. Two detectives are put on the very high-profile case, but neither can shake the feeling that they’ve seen this somewhere before. In fact, the kidnapping of the Van Dykes’ daughter looks oddly like the work of a serial kidnapper who has struck twice before, but with noticeable differences. With no clues, no ransom note and no motive, the detectives race against time to find the kidnapper and his victims before it’s too late.

The Mist Movie Review–Creepy Fun On Several Levels

2009-05-08T17:56:00.000-07:00

I’ll admit right off the top of the bat this time around that I’m very fond of the work of Stephen King. Generally King knows how to craft a good, horrific story and his movies, under normal circumstances, reflect this. In fact, when they first announced that his novella The Mist would be hitting theaters I was really excited to see it hit.
And after seeing it, my excitement was no less dimmed for the experience.
Basically, The Mist deals with a thunderstorm in New England. This by itself wouldn’t mean so much, except for the fact that the storm has done a real number on the power lines, and also brought a hefty quantity of thick white mist into the area. And even this wouldn’t be so much of a problem except for what’s in the mist; namely, gigantic bugs. That’s what’s in the mist–gigantic bugs. Gigantic person eating bugs that easily out mass a human being by a factor of at least fifty to one. So you can imagine the kind of panic disorder this creates to a bunch of townsfolk left stranded in the local supermarket surrounded by this midst containing the giant person eating bugs. No one knows exactly where they came from. No one knows exactly when they’ll leave. No one knows exactly how to stop them… but what everyone does know is…not much. And when human beings don’t know much about a disaster that’s facing them they’ll tend to lean defend their own explanations which may or may not resemble the truth. This is exactly the case with The Mist.
The key thing to note about The Mist, is that strange tendency people have to fill in the blanks when they don’t know much about a situation that might kill them. When a situation contains as many blanks as a giant wall of opaque mist, then the explanations become suitably outlandish. And yet in this case those explanations may well wind up getting as many people killed as a giant person eating bugs do.

Midnight Meat Train Movie Review–I Can’t Believe I’m Saying This.

2009-05-08T17:53:00.000-07:00

I have to admit…I’ve never liked Clive Barker movies much. Historically, I’ve found them incomprehensible, gore-soaked pieces of garbage that didn’t deserve to exist. From my earliest horror days, I counted the Hellraiser series as a test of endurance—how much bloodstained misery could I take before jamming my finger on the eject button in frustration and getting out of it entirely? Turns out, I could take a lot.
But then…then I got my hands on a copy of Midnight Meat Train—you know, that lesser-known, even lesser-seen movie that most horror fans are still venting their collective spleen over? And I began to wonder, was this it? Was this the exception that proved the rule? Was this, heaven help me, a GOOD Clive Barker movie?
More on that directly, but first, the plot: It’s basically about a photographer chasing what he believes to be a butcher who happens to be, in his off hours, an immortal serial killer who’s been hard at work for the last hundred years or more. No one’s ever found that out, of course, because this immortal serial killer butcher is functioning as a delivery service for a race of humanoid creatures that just love the taste of people. The immortal serial killer butcher, who goes by the name of Mahogany, renders his victims into usable cuts which are offloaded on a regular basis, and all on a subway car.

Twilight: The Broodening Online Review–A Much Better Version

2009-05-07T19:58:00.000-07:00

There are days when I really love Newgrounds. Especially on those days when I, just after releasing a review about Twilight, come out with an uproarious parody video called Twilight: The Broodening that explains clearly the numerous ways in which the book and movie were both wrong and / or just plain idiotic.
And as it turns out, there are many–of course, we all know that Twilight just DESTROYED every known convention about vampires in favor of doing things that would attract twelve year old girls (Sparkly vampires? Are you out of your mind??), and there’s plenty of problems IN the movie itself that really haven’t been considered because we were all too busy recovering from the psychic shock presented to pick it cleanly apart.
No one really wants to analyze a nuclear reactor when the coolant rods are out and the plutonium’s on fire, you know.
Call it troll bait for the Rob Pattinson forum, call it sheer fun for everyone who had to sit through this dreck, call it whatever you like–it’s The Broodening.

Repo! The Genetic Opera Movie Review–Sold Short and Repossessed Early

2009-05-07T19:56:00.000-07:00

In retrospect, it should have been painfully obvious that Repo! The Genetic Opera was going to be a failure of catastrophic and epic dimensions. It had a poor, almost self-destructive release (it opened in SIX CITIES, four of which were in the United States), a gruesome premise, and appeal so limited that even calling it niche would’ve been a bit of a stretch. It had virtually no star power–outside of some fair horror names like Bill Moseley (who packs ‘em in on every direct to video release he’s involved with) and Anthony Stewart Head (still big with the Buffy crowd), the closest thing to star power was Paris Hilton, and that turned into more of a backlash than a draw. And indeed, Repo! turned out to be a gold-plated flop of spectacular magnitude, making back around a fifth of its shooting budget in theatres and going on to at least help out the score with the video sales.
The sad part about this is that, for the most part, Repo! did not actually DESERVE its fate.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Movie Review–A Big Box of Stories

2009-05-07T19:50:00.000-07:00

I have to admit, when I finally managed to lay hands on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, I really wasn’t all that sure what to expect from it. Of course, the plot was obvious enough…everyone had been talking about it since its Oscar bid. But what I found when I watched it was unusual enough to make it worth talking about.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is about life in its most primal form, reversed—for most, life can only be lived forwards and understood backwards. But for Benjamin Button, it’s lived backwards, and strangely, understood forwards. Born in his eighties due to a bizarre condition that ages him in reverse, we follow Benjamin Button throughout his life, his loves, and his own inevitable end.
It’s a strange movie, this one—similar to titles like Forrest Gump, focusing on the unusual life of an unusual person, it’s a deep and rich epic with lots of stories to tell, both heartwarming and horrifying in their ways. It’s told from the perspective of a woman dying in a hospital, her granddaughter reading the diary of the man that meant so much to her over the years—specifically, Benjamin Button. There’s so much to see here that it’s a lot like being with an elderly person. It has all the stories of a lifetime. Not all of them are interesting, and some of them are downright sad, but some of them are beautiful.
And that’s exactly what this movie is, almost three straight hours of stories. Benjamin Button will find love, find loss, find war, find peace, find hope and charity and everything in between. You’ve got to really want a movie like this, because a movie like this is an undertaking. It’s a project. You’ve got to block out nearly three hours if you want to see this one, and three hours is not easy to come by these days.
But if you put the three hours into it, what you’ll get is a story of shocking depth for Hollywood. You’ll get great performances—those who said that this is some of Brad Pitt’s greatest work were not kidding—and you’ll get some beautiful images. Even when Benjamin went to war, they managed to make it look beautiful in a way.
And as I grew to realize, fumbling along through this…this enormous brick edifice of a movie…I began to wonder, maybe this was too much. Maybe there’s too much going on here. Maybe it’s made itself downright inaccessible to just about everybody by requiring so much of its audience. And in a way, I’m happy that they thought enough of me to subject me to this monster, knowing that I could take it or leave it, but if I wanted to take it, I would have to EARN it.

The Tale of Despereaux Movie Review–This Is Good For Pretty Much Everybody

2009-05-06T19:47:00.000-07:00

I admit that I didn’t have a whole lot of hope going in to The Tale of Despereaux, a strange little fairy tale involving mice that were entirely too brave for their own good, and royalty whose headgear featured spoons in mass quantities, and needles used as swords.
And yet, when I settled in to watch it, and watched this impressive little animated story that was almost nominated for an Oscar unfold, I was just amazed by it, especially by how it managed to keep so many disparate plot threads straight at once.
What do I mean, you wonder? Simple—there’s a LOT going on in this plot, and it truly is a wonder how they managed to keep it all together. For instance, a rat manages to inadvertently kill the queen of the land of Dor, a land whose specialty is soup. Dorians love soup. It’s their primary industry, conversation topic, commercial product AND art form. Their royalty has soup spoons featured prominently in their crowns. Anyway, as a result of this accidental death, the king of Dor declares both soup AND rats to be illegal, as he blames both for killing his wife. The land goes gray and bleak, and enters a multiple-year drought. Meanwhile, the mice, whose primary export, import, ideology and entire way of life appears to revolve around fear, are hiding out in the walls, as is normal for mice. One mouse, Despereaux, isn’t satisfied with this life, and is thus thrown out of the mouse world to live with the rats. And thus, a quest is born for both Despereaux and the rat that accidentally killed a queen.
There’s actually more to the plot than this—doing a complete synopsis would actually take a lot more room, because like I said, there’s a LOT going on in here. And at first, it will actually seem like they’re jumping around from plot point to plot point with little or no regard for coherence. It’ll seem like that because that’s exactly what they’re doing, but it won’t take long for the whole thing to coalesce into a greater whole. It’s almost like watching a loom or something, where all these threads come together while you watch, and out the other side pops this greater whole. How does this happen? I’m not sure. But I’m sure that I like it, and that’s strange enough.

Role Models Movie Review–It’s Funny. That’s What Counts.

2009-05-06T19:46:00.000-07:00

It’s not hard to see why people might have a monster hate-on over something like Role Models—on its surface, it looks to be yet another crass comedy featuring a pair of losers whose lives suck almost as hard as the careers of the actors portraying them. And yet, despite the fact that both Paul Rudd AND Seann William Scott are involved, Role Models will manage to do the impossible and be a good movie.
Buddies straitlaced, bitter Danny and freewheeling ladies’ man Wheeler (whom we later find out is actually named Anson) work together pitching an energy drink to kids called Minotaur. Wheeler wears a minotaur costume, Danny wears a suit, and together they drive around from school to school in a pickup truck shaped a lot like a minotaur for the twofold purpose of keeping kids off drugs and hawking energy drink, sufficient quantities of which have been shown to turn urine a bright green. While Wheeler loves his job, Danny is beginning to hate life, wanting more from it. Eventually, Danny loses it under the strain and attempts to steal his truck back from a tow truck that was seizing it due to parking it in the wrong spot after his girlfriend dumped him. Danny soon after finds himself facing a bitter choice along with friend Wheeler—thirty days in jail, or a hundred and eighty hours of community service with a group called Sturdy Wings, a Big Brothers-esque sort of program run by a former crackhead.

'Protege’ Something of Value

2009-05-06T19:39:00.000-07:00

American filmmakers most certainly can learn something of value from Asia filmmakers - let the story be told. Asian films are rich in story and character. Naysayers will argue that Asian films are over the top or too melodramatic, but I say nay.
For example, I popped the movie Protégéin my DVD player the other night. Directed by Tung-Shing Yee with a cast of Asian cinema superstars including Andy Lau (House of Flying Daggers), Daniel Wu (Legend of the Black Scorpion), Louis Koo (Flash Point) and Jingchu Zhang (Seven Swords), Protégé is the saga of a young cop infiltrating the deepest levels of a secret drug ring. He survives seven years of violent, nail-biting close calls, as he works his way from dealer to heir of the drug empire. Every step consolidates his power and reveals another piece of his boss’s operations, bringing him closer to destroying a brutal heroin empire…or inheriting it.
The story is complete bar any quick cuts to the next scene. Each scene is complete with the heart wrenching reality of heroin’s insidious end. Koo plays an abusive drug-addict husband whose pain and angst is only allowed by a director like Tung-Shing Yee, who is bold enough to “tell it like it is.”
One scene that comes to mind is where Wu’s character, and undercover cop, must confront his boss (Lau) whom he would have inherited his heroine empire if he wasn’t an undercover cop, and tell him the truth of his role in destroying the empire. The scene plays out completely with a slow suicidal death of Wu. The audience is able to experience the full emotion of the scene, brilliantly executed, no close ups but a three-quarter shot of both men in eternal pain.

Winner — ‘In Electric Mist’ Stars Tommy Lee Jones

2009-05-05T19:42:00.000-07:00

I just finished watching In The Electric Mist, which is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray, based on the bestselling novel by James Lee Burke. In the Electric Mist features Tommy Lee Jones leading a talented cast through the Louisiana bayou and the New Orleans criminal underground investigating a series of horrific murders while uncovering long forgotten secrets of the prejudice south.
Jones plays veteran detective Dave Robicheaux, Dirty Harry hunts down a serial killer in the Deep South. Although the story line has obvious plot turns, I was engaged throughout the film. John Goodman is fun to watch as he plays a greasy, no-good-son-of-a…remarkably well. One of my favorite actresses, Mary Steenburgen, which we hardly ever see in films, effortlessly and smoothly plays Robicheaux’s wife, who draws out the kinder side of Jone’s character and you forget about Dirty Harry similarities.

The Night Before Movie Review–Keanu Reeves Will Really Surprise You

2009-05-05T19:40:00.001-07:00

For those of you who happen to be limited Keanu Reeves fans, you’re going to be pretty surprised by the knowledge that he was in a whole lot more than Bill And Ted back in the eighties. One of the “whole lot more” is a movie featured in Lions Gate’s recent The Lost Collection called The Night Before, a movie that’ll show you what can happen when you start at the end and work your way backward.
Basically, Winston, vice-president of the Astronomy club and all-around doofus extraordinaire, wakes up late one night—or possibly very, very early one morning—in an alley with a semi truck about to run him over, and a series of unpleasant events both behind him already and about to happen. His father’s red convertible Mustang has been stolen, he’s sold his prom date (a cheerleader / teen model who’s lost a bet) for fifteen hundred dollars…and after a hilarious turn at a microphone in a sleazy night club / bar, a guy named Tito wants him dead at sunrise. Worse yet, the girl’s father is a police detective with a whole cabinet full of guns back at the house. Thus, it’s left to Winston to get the girl and get out alive before sunrise comes and either Tito or his prom date’s father comes to get him.
The thing that really makes The Night Before work, aside from an excellently written script, is the work of Keanu Reeves. I hadn’t expected Keanu to do much of anything after watching him “dude” his way through Bill And Ted, and snarl his way through The Matrix. But in The Night Before, Keanu manages to bring multiple levels to his character Winston, driving him alternately between a callow, scared little boy and a drug-addled wild man. Even better, Winston even manages to grow as a character during his tenure, becoming steadily more self-reliant from his prom night spent on the streets of what I’m guessing is Los Angeles from the sheer amount of time they spend talking about “Marina Del Rey” and the Pacific Coast Highway.
And, as if actual character development in a movie—a downright rarity any more—weren’t good enough for you, maybe you’ll be enthused by the bit of action and crime drama they slipped into the proceedings besides. That’s reason enough to get even the most skeptical parties interested. Sure got ME interested.

Repossessed Movie Review–Sinfully Fun

2009-05-05T19:32:00.000-07:00

I’m going to say just four words that’ll strike a weird sort of comedic terror into your very soul. Those four words?
Father-Exorcist Leslie Nielsen.
You feel that? Yeah, I know—I’m scared too. But that’s what we’re looking at thanks to Lions Gate’s Lost Collection title Repossessed.
Basically, Repossessed takes a poor little girl named Nancy (an analogue of Regan from The Exorcist) and subjects her to demon possession. Leslie Nielsen serves as the exorcist this time as Father Mayii (Father, may I. get it?), courtesy of the unlikely-named church of Our Lady of the Blinding Vision, who ejects the demon from Nancy’s soul in a fierce battle. The demon swears revenge as it leaves.
Several years later, Nancy’s all grown up, with children, and a love of split pea soup. But it may not be the demon that’s the bad guy in this one—there’s a pair of televangelists (Ernest and Fanny Rae Weller, an almost too-clear analogue of Jim and Tammy Fae Bakker) who are looking to cash in on exorcisms, and find themselves taking on Nancy’s demon. Who will come out ahead in this battle for eternity: the demon, the money-grubbing televangelists or the valiant non-child-molesting Catholic father?

Yes Man Movie Review–You’ll Want To Say Yes To This One

2009-05-04T19:00:00.000-07:00

They say that no is the first word you ever learn. And there are people out there who think that it’s the first word we should forget. And then, there are some people who stick to it like a three foot thick sheet of battleship armor. The word no can be a shield, a bludgeon, a razor wire fence that keeps the worst of the world at bay. And nowhere will that be so readily apparent as it is in recent release Yes Man.
Featuring Jim Carrey as Carl, a recent divorce who’s not taking it very well, he’s discovered the value of “no” to keep the slings and arrows of the world at bay. Risk? Not a good thing to Carl, who makes his living as a loan officer, and for whom saying no is an entire way of life. But when Carl finds himself at a seminar, convinced into making a “covenant” with himself where his answer to every offer he receives must be “yes”, his world quite literally turns upside down, and we discover that while “no” may protect you from the good in life just as much as the bad, “yes” can let in the exact same thing.
As the kind of person who sees the value in “no” himself, I really got kind of an eye opener on this one. It’s a great question—how many things do we say “no” to that may well be good for us? How often have we refused to go out into the world and do something that leaves a worthwhile memory in its place because we were afraid, or because we were tired or discomfited or otherwise uneager to leave the safety and peace and comfort of our houses, couches, and DVD players? And the same goes to the “yes” crowd—how many times have you walked into serious trouble because you said yes to something you shouldn’t have?

Bangkok Dangerous Movie Review–I’ve Been Shooting At Peeee-PUHHHLLL!

2009-05-04T18:58:00.000-07:00

Ah, remakes. I love you so.
And when I first saw the trailers for the remake of Bangkok Dangerous, featuring no less than Nicholas Cage as hitman Joe, I confess that I had some serious reservations.
Why? Because that trailer looked about as dull as a burlap sack full of wet hair, that’s why. And when I watched the movie, I was pleasantly surprised…but not by very much.
Hitman Joe is the best there is—a fact that a whole lot of other fictional hitmen would LOVE to dispute via all manner of lethal hardware—and he’s on his way to his final job, four kills in Bangkok. He hires a local pickpocket to serve as his go-between between himself and his bosses, but eventually takes a liking to the pickpocket, training him in the art of killing as his student. Joe’s first three kills go off with varying levels of resistance, but his fourth kill, the Prime Minister of Thailand, isn’t so easy. The pickpocket Joe trained has made it abundantly clear to Joe that the Prime Minister really IS one of Thailand’s finest, and Joe’s trust in his pickpocket friend / student is getting in the way. Now, Joe’s on the run, and his pickpocket friend is now in danger from the syndicate that hired Joe in the first place.
When you compare this one to the original, there is almost no comparison at all—every line that comes out of Nicholas Cage’s mouth is a violation of the original canon. The original hitman Joe, you see, was deaf and mute. The comparisons only get worse from there.

Seven Pounds Movie Review–The Sheer Weight of Crap

2009-05-04T18:56:00.000-07:00

So I have to admit, I was baffled by the recent release of Will Smith’s movie Seven Pounds. Why? Because I had no idea at all what relevance the title had to the rest of the movie. Normally the title tells you something about what’s going on, or maybe about a main character, but Seven Pounds? What did that have to do with anything?
Thankfully, over the course of the movie, we’ll get at least an idea of just what that whole “seven pounds” thing is. But that really doesn’t answer the main question here—is Seven Pounds worth perfectly good time and money to watch?
Describing the plot is impossible to do without spoilers, since so much of the plot isn’t actually revealed until the ending, so I’m going to have to REALLY pussyfoot around here—basically, an aeronautical engineer is looking for a way to make seven people’s lives better, by any means necessary and at any cost necessary.
There are a lot of choice words and phrases to apply to Seven Pounds. Most of them involve obscenities and a lot of screaming. Some of them involve the little vein on my forehead popping out so far it looks fit to burst. But some of them that are fit for family dinner table consumption are words like:

The Day The Earth Stood Still Movie Review–Surprisingly Watchable

2009-05-04T18:54:00.000-07:00

You know, going in to see The Day the Earth Stood Still, now out on DVD, I confess that I was a bit concerned. Fifties-era science fiction getting a remake sounds like little more than a true sign of Hollywood’s deep desperation. And putting Keanu Reeves in at the lead, who isn’t exactly one of Hollywood’s best, left me even colder. So with all that working against it—a tired premise, a relatively obscure canon piece as foundation, a soap carving for a lead actor—you can just about imagine my shock when I discovered that the whole would actually be somewhat watchable, if just a smidge on the preachy side.
Basically, in the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, Keanu Reeves appears as Klaatu, part of a group of races who’ve decided that humanity has become untenable on the planet Earth, and is thus risking the destruction of several million species. Thus, Klaatu has been dispatched to gather up representatives OF these several million species and tell humanity metaphorically where to stick it as the races Klaatu represents launches a full-on destructive sweep in the form of a massive cloud of nanotech.
Granted, the ending is less than satisfactory—anyone else remember Escape From L.A.? Yeah, it’s a lot like that, except nowhere NEAR as much fun. And yes, the whole couldn’t be much more preachy if Al Gore were playing Klaatu instead of Keanu Reeves; though it would be awesome to see this, there’s just no way the average human being could take exposure to that level of condescension and not set the theatre on fire, possibly taking him or her with it..

Fighting Movie Review–Not Quite A Knockout

2009-05-04T18:50:00.000-07:00

You may have never heard of Channing Tatum, but you’ll be fairly surprised by his big excursion into the big screen with the release of Fighting.
Channing will be playing Shawn MacArthur, as a young street hustler from the wilds of…Birmingham, Alabama. Um, okay…anyway, he’s moved to New York, where he’s hawking ersatz Harry Potter books and occasionally discount umbrellas. Anyway, while selling his ersatz Harry Potter books, he gets in rolling three-way fistfight that draws the notice of former brawler turned agent / hustler Harvey Boarden. Harvey sees an opportunity in Shawn, and sets him up with a series of illegal underground bare-knuckle brawls, and Shawn steadily advances up through the ranks. Eventually, he gets set up with the fight of his life as a face from his past surfaces—can he stand up and face his own past or will he get knocked out by the strife?
For those of you making comparisons to Fight Club, you’re not alone. I got about fifteen minutes into this thing when I wound up saying that this was all just a huge Fight Club knockoff that had been heavily dumbed-down and stripped of all its pedagogery. Yeah, there aren’t any rants here about sleepless nights and IKEA and materialism—just guys beating the crap out of each other and the occasional appearance of hot chicks.

Into The Blue 2 Movie Review–I Can’t Believe This Exists

2009-05-04T18:48:00.000-07:00

When I first saw a copy of Into the Blue 2 on video store shelves, I thought someone at my friendly neighborhood video store was having a good laugh at my expense. Someone with some sweet Photoshop skills and a wild imagination whomped up a cheesy premise and told us a really unpleasant story.
But no…it really exists. And it may well represent the most desperate excursion MGM has ever put on to date. So desperate, in fact, that it will actually put on a wet t-shirt contest with only a half-hour into the movie, and you know that’s pretty desperate.
Anyway, this time we’re off to Hawaii, to hunt up a missing piece of Saddam Hussein’s lost fortune, while pretending to look for the wreck of the San Cristobal, a massive Spanish treasure ship that was on its way to the Philippines when it went down. Featuring a pair of pretty much unknown actors as young divemasters up to their necks in hock, they’ll take on the quest to find Saddam’s lost fortune in the guise of the San Cristobal.

Giveaway — Best of ‘Will & Grace,’ 2 DVDs

2009-05-04T18:46:00.000-07:00

On behalf of Lionsgate, Screenhead is pleased to announce the release of two “Best of” DVDs from the critically acclaimed comedy series, WILL & GRACE! Will & Grace: Best of Love & Marriage and Will & Grace: Best of Friends & Foes will be available on DVD May 5th!
Winner of 16 Emmy awards including Outstanding Comedy, “Will & Grace” has earned its place as one of the most adored sitcoms of all time, and now loving fans will be able to rekindle the magic with two new collectors’ additions - Will & Grace: Best of Love & Marriage and Will & Grace: Best of Friends & Foes. Each 2-disc DVD set features 16 favorite episodes packed with non-stop laughs!
Remember Rosario’s green card incident? And when Grace and Leo first met? The Will & Grace: Best of Love & Marriage collection captures those priceless moments and highlights other incredibly memorable relationship mishaps and make-ups from the series. Will & Grace: Best of Friends & Foes features favorite celebrity cameos by Jennifer Lopez, Kevin Bacon, Glenn Close, Britney Spears, Matt Damon, Madonna and more. The fabulous sets also include hysterical themed featurettes and special audio commentaries with the cast and crew.

The Uninvited Movie Review–Twisted Creepiness Par Excellence

2009-05-04T18:45:00.001-07:00

I’m going to take this opening paragraph to just spit some kudos out at the folks who did The Uninvited, because they really whomped up a doozy of a suspense plot here.
Okay–that having been said, basically, the plot of The Uninvited is actually going to sound really, REALLY familiar. Like unsettlingly familiar. Like the kind of thing you’ve seen dozens of times before on Lifetime familiar. But basically, following the mysterious death of their mother, sisters Alex and Anna find themselves suspicious of their father’s new love, Rachel, the nurse who cared for their mother in the days leading up to her death in a fire.
Rachel’s past is full of questions, and Alex and Anna believe there’s more to this story than meets the eye. And Rachel’s showing a whole lot of interest in Alex and Anna’s writer father, a development that’s got the girls freaked out mightily. But when they find out the truth behind Rachel…will they act? Or will they find that even the truth they find isn’t so true after all?
That last sentence was so spectacularly convoluted for one very good reason—it matches the movie. See, this might surprise you, but The Uninvited is a remake of a 2003 Korean horror film. Now, Korean horror LOVES ghost stories—they comprise much of the entirety of Korean horror that I’ve encountered so far. So it won’t come as a surprise to any of you that this one is going to HEAVILY feature ghosts…or at least what LOOK like ghosts. That’s going to be the other really big thing about this movie—most of what you’ll see isn’t exactly what’s going on. All of this builds up to this really awesome ending that has to be seen to be believed. I’m not the only one who’s noticed this, either—it’s well worth watching.

“The Unborn” Available on Blu-Ray and DVD

2009-05-04T18:43:00.000-07:00

For people who loved the horror movies like “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, brace yourself for something along that niche in “The Unborn” that is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD.
From the co-writer of The Dark Knight and the producers who brought you The Texas Chainsaw Massacre comes a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in this chilling thriller that will haunt your soul. Writer and director David Goyer (The Dark Knight, Blade: Trinity) gives a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in The Unborn, a supernatural thriller that follows a young woman pulled into a world of nightmares when a demonic spirit haunts her and threatens everyone she loves.

100 Feet Movie Review–Better At Arm’s Length

2009-05-04T18:42:00.000-07:00

I’ve been waiting for 100 Feet to appear on my video store shelves for a good long while now, folks—ever since I read about this one I knew, KNEW!, that it was going to be an intensely wild ride. And with a major name like Famke Janssen involved, well, it wasn’t like things could get much better!
I wondered how, at all, it could even be possible to not be enthused about this beyond all belief, and so, when I finally caught a glimpse of it on the shelves, I had to lay claim. I had to get my hands on a copy because I’d been waiting for it for MONTHS.
Sadly, it would not live up to my expectations.
First, the plot: it’s a simple enough sort of plot, with a woman recently convicted of murdering her own husband, who a surprisingly large body of evidence suggests beat her on a regular basis. Clearly, a jury went along with the self-defense idea because she’s sentenced to an entire year of home detention and placed on an ankle monitoring bracelet, the kind you saw in Disturbia. Now, when you can’t even go into the basement of your own home without setting off an alarm, you know you’ve got some serious problems. But things get worse when we discover that there’s plenty wrong with the house she’s required by law to remain inside. Power failures…a really poorly located mail slot…easily opened basement windows…these are just part of the list. Oh, yeah…and the flying crockery. It seems that our valiant widow is living in a haunted house—haunted by the ghost of her murdered husband.
And hubby ain’t happy.

Winner — ‘House’

2009-05-04T18:38:00.000-07:00

Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Screenhead are excited to announce the DVD release of the highly anticipated terror tale, House, available on April 7, 2009.
Based on the best-selling novel by Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti, House tells the horrifying story of a young couple forced to stay at a bleak B&B when they become stranded in the middle of a deserted road. After meeting another couple upon their arrival, these four individuals become pawns in a psychopath’s torturous game that takes over the entire house. Although desperate to find a way out, the couples soon discover that it’s not so easy to follow house rules…
Starring Michael Madsen (Kill Bill), Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Reject) and Leslie Easterbrook (The Devil’s Reject, Halloween) and produced by Ralph Winter (producer of X-Men, Fantastic Four), House is a chilling thriller that cannot be missed.

Giveaway — ‘Never Surrender’ DVD

2009-05-04T18:36:00.000-07:00

On behalf of Lionsgate Home Entertainment, we are excited to announce the DVD arrival of the action-packed film, Never Surrender, on April 28th!
Bringing together the absolute best talent on the Mixed Martial Arts circuit, Never Surrender follows the intensely dangerous journey of an MMA world champion through the illegal world of underground cage fighting.
George “Rush” St-Pierre (current UFC Welterweight Champion), BJ “The Prodigy” Penn (undisputed UFC Lightweight Champion), Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion), Anderson “The Spider” Silva (current UFC Middleweight Champion) and heavyweight favorite Heath “The Texas Crazy Horse” Herring star in this controversial action-thriller. The DVD contains smashing special features including a “Making Of” featurette, Anatomy of a Fight, a music video and trailer gallery.

Hotels for Dogs on DVD

2009-05-04T18:35:00.001-07:00

What can I say? I love dogs of all sizes, shapes, and breeds. Okay, I prefer them pocket-sized and cutesy, but beggars can’t be choosers … and I’ll happily pet, coddle, and smooch poodles and pugs alike. (No stinky bulldogs though … Sorry Duke!)
I’m a firm believer that most canines are way smarter than humans so I always love a good “if dogs could talk” movie. Plus, think about it … there’s something really adorable/funny about the idea of a hotel for dogs. (Oh, all the antics and sniffing and sneaking!)

Caprica DVD Review

2009-05-04T17:59:00.000-07:00

Bruce here, your resident Battlestar Galactica reporter. After reporting on Battlestar Galactica (BSG) for the last few years, it seemed only natural that I continue my coverage of the mythos, with the prequel Caprica.
What Is Caprica About?
Caprica is about the rapidly evolving spheres of human and mechanical engineering that collide in the BSG universe. It focuses on two families are brought together by the tragedy of an explosive act of terrorism. These two families are led by powerful patriarchs, Joseph Adama played by Esai Morales (Jericho) and Daniel Greystone played by Eric Stoltz (The Butterfly Effect) who find themselves in a conflict of questionable ethics, corporate machinations and intense personal ambition as we watch the beginning of what we know will be the end for humanity. It’s brought to us by executive producers of Battlestar Galactica (Ronald D. Moore and David Eick), set in a time 58 years before the fall. Caprica is entirely its own world.
When I was asked to write something up, but with “No Spoilers,” I thought how the frak am I going to do this? I came into this hoping that they’d captured the essence of what I came to enjoy about BSG. This show brought me right along and actually took me way from what BSG was. I had forgotten that this was a prequel as I found myself wanting more of these characters as the show moved along.

Stormlord - The Battle of Quebec City: Live in Canada(2007 DVD)

2009-05-04T02:32:00.000-07:00

"The Battle of Quebec City: Live in Canada 2006" has been recorded during the band's 15th anniversary Canadian tour and will include the complete show of Quebec City, plus 2 bootleg songs from Toronto and Montreal gigs, official videoclips, footage on the road and many more.
01. The Torchbearer 02. Dance Of Hecate03. Wurdulak04. I Am Legend05. The Oath Of The Legion06. Under The Boards (195, M.A.)07. The Gorgon Cult 08. Dimension: Hate09. Xanadu (A Vision In A Dream) 10. Where My Spirit Forever Shall Be11. The Curse Of Medusa12. Raining Blood (Slayer Cover)

Example DVD Movie: Conan The Destroyer

2009-05-04T02:25:00.000-07:00

Synopsis: The Most Powerful Legend Of All Is Back In A New Adventure. In this second Conan epic, he is asked by the evil Queen Taramis to accompany a beautiful young princess to find a magic treasure. If he returns with the treasure and the virgin, the Queen promises to bring his beloved Valeria back from the dead. But little does he know that she plans to kill them both, or that the return of the treasure will mean the extinction of mankind.

Ghost Whisperer Seasons 1-3

2009-04-23T11:09:00.001-07:00

Airs Next:BS at Friday 8:00 PM (60 min.)Status:Returning SeriesPremiered:September 23, 2005Show Categories:Drama, Science-FictionMelinda Gordon is a young newlywed with the unique ability to communicate with the earthbound spirits of people who have died, and who seek her help. Melinda uses her gift to relay significant messages and important information to the living, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. As a result, she is often met with questions and skepticism by the survivors....

24 Seasons 1 - 6

2009-04-23T11:07:00.000-07:00

Airs Next:FOX at Monday 9:00 PM (60 min.)Status:Returning SeriesPremiered:November 6, 2001Show Categories:Action/Adventure, DramaCelebrating its 150th episode this season, 24 is one of the most innovative, addictive and acclaimed dramas on television. In its first six seasons, the suspenseful series was nominated for a total of 57 Emmy awards, winning for Outstanding Drama Series (2006) and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for star Kiefer Sutherland (2006). Season Six garnered a sixth consecutive Emmy nomination for Sutherland and second consecutive nomination for supporting actor Jean Smart."Day 7" of 24 promises to combine the show's unique and trend-setting format with compelling new elements. Each episode again will cover one hour of real time, as viewers follow JACK BAUER (Kiefer Sutherland) through another astonishing day.

Las Vegas Seasons 1-5

2009-04-23T11:00:00.000-07:00

Originally on:NBCStatus:EndedPremiered:September 22, 2003Last Aired:February 15, 2008Show Categories:Drama, Action/AdventureThis fast-paced, sexy drama follows the elite Las Vegas surveillance team charged with maintaining the security of one of "Sin City's" largest resorts and casinos. Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominee James Caan ("The Godfather", "Misery") stars as Big Ed Deline, the head of the surveillance team for the Montecito Resort & Casino.

Grey's Anatomy

2009-04-19T09:22:00.000-07:00

Airs Next:ABC at Thursday 9:00 PM (60 min.)

Status:Returning Series

Premiered:March 27, 2005

Show Categories:Drama, Comedy

Grey's Anatomy is a hospital drama that focuses on Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), one of several first-year surgical interns, (now first year resident) at a Seattle, Wash., hospital. Along with her colleagues, Meredith struggles to maintain relationships while staying sharp at her new job.Airs Next:ABC at Thursday 9:00 PM (60 min.)Status:Returning SeriesPremiered:March 27, 2005Show Categories:Drama, Comedy

Charmed

2009-04-19T09:20:00.000-07:00

Airs Next:WB at Sunday 8:00 PM (60 min.)

Status:Ended

Premiered:October 7, 1998

Last Aired:May 21, 2006

Show Categories:Science-Fiction, Drama

Three sisters - Prue, Piper and Phoebe Halliwell - reunite in their ancestral home, Halliwell Manor. When the youngest sister, Phoebe, ventures into the previously-locked attic, she recites a passage from an ancient book which unlocks their dormant powers to transform them into The Charmed Ones - the most powerful witches ever to exist. Now they must vanquish evil and save innocent...

Black Adder

2009-04-19T09:17:00.000-07:00

Airs Next:BBC-1 at Wednesday 8:00 PM (30 min.)

Status:Ended

Premiered:June 15, 1983

Last Aired:November 2, 1989

Show Categories:Comedy

Through four series and a few specials, Edmund Blackadder and his greasy sidekick Baldrick conjure up cunning plans as Edmund tries to take advantage of desperate times. These "situation tragedies" had obvious parallels from the Dark Ages to Elizabethan times, the rule of mad George III, and The Great War.

Buff The Vampier Slayer

2009-04-19T07:57:00.000-07:00

Airs Next:WB at Tuesday 8:00 PM (60 min.)
Status:Ended
Premiered:March 10, 1997
Last Aired:May 19, 2003
Show Categories:Science-Fiction, Action/Adventure

In every generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer.Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as Buffy Summers, The Chosen One, the one girl in all the world with the strength and skill to fight the vampires. With the help of her close friends, Willow (Alyson Hannigan), Xander (Nicholas...

Juno mcgruff favorite bands

2009-04-19T07:43:00.000-07:00

Juno is a 2007 Canadian-American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. Michael Cera, Olivia Thirlby, J.K. Simmons, Allison Janney, Jennifer Garner, and Jason Bateman also star. Filming spanned from early February to March 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The film premiered on September 8 at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, receiving a standing ovation.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and earned three other Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Page. The film's soundtrack, featuring several songs performed by Kimya Dawson in various guises, was the first number one soundtrack since Dreamgirls and 20th Century Fox's first number one soundtrack since Titanic. Juno earned back its initial budget of $6.5 million in twenty days; during the first nineteen of which the film was in limited release.The film has gone on to earn more than 35 times that amount, becoming the highest grossing movie in distributor Fox Searchlight Pictures's history.
Juno received numerous positive reviews from critics, many of whom placed the film on their top ten lists for the year. The film has also received both criticism and praise from members of both the pro-life and pro-choice communities regarding its treatment of abortion.
Juno, when asked to name her favorite band, says "a three-way tie between The Stooges, Patti Smith and The Runaways," none of which were on the soundtrack for the movie.

They Are Among Us

2009-04-19T07:28:00.000-07:00

"They Are Among Us" is a chilling film about a boy who is more than what he seems. The film has some great creature effects and cool make-up, along with the fact that Michael Maples is hot hot hot and I would die to look like Hunter Tyler. My brother drooled like the creature in the film over her. I think the actor who plays old chuck is great. He can change his personality so totally in just the turn of his read hat. Its amazing. I think its really sad he passed away. But that why movies are so cool. This way we can remember him forever. And I think this was his last movieThis movie is perfect for a rainy night when you just want to stay in and get scared. And its the kind of film where every time you want it you can notice more layers. Check it out, the performances are strong and the effects are cool.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

2009-04-15T22:41:00.000-07:00

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace and Peter Coyote. It tells the story of Elliott (played by Thomas), a lonely boy who befriends a friendly alien, dubbed "E.T.", who is stranded on Earth. Elliott and his siblings help the alien return home while attempting to keep it hidden from their mother and the government.
The concept for E.T. was based on an imaginary friend Spielberg created after his parents' divorce. In 1980, Spielberg met Mathison and developed a new story from the stalled science fiction/horror film project Night Skies. The film was shot from September to December 1981 in California on a budget of US$10.5 million. Unlike most motion pictures, the film was shot in roughly chronological order, to facilitate convincing emotional performances from the young cast.
Released by Universal Studios, E.T. was a blockbuster, surpassing Star Wars to become the most financially successful film released to that point. Critics acclaimed it as a timeless story of friendship, and it ranks as the best science fiction film ever made in a Rotten Tomatoes survey. The alien became the subject of analogies for Jesus. The film was rereleased in 1985, and then again in 2002 with altered special effects and additional scenes. Spielberg believes E.T. epitomizes his work

Smallville (season 1)

2009-04-15T22:40:00.001-07:00

Season one of Smallville, an American television series developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, began airing on October 16, 2001 on The WB television network . The series recounts the early adventures of Kryptonian Clark Kent as he adjusts to life in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas, during the years before he becomes Superman. The first season comprises 21 episodes and concluded its initial airing on May 21, 2002. Season one regular cast members include Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk, Annette O'Toole, John Schneider, Sam Jones III, Allison Mack, and Eric Johnson.
The season's stories focus on Martha and Jonathan Kent's (O'Toole and Schneider) attempts to help their adopted son Clark (Welling) cope with his alien origin and control his developing superhuman abilities. Clark must deal with the meteor-infected individuals that begin appearing in Smallville, his love for Lana Lang (Kreuk), and not being able to tell his two best friends, Pete Ross (Jones III) and Chloe Sullivan (Mack), about his alien nature. Clark also befriends Lex Luthor (Rosenbaum).
The episodes were filmed primarily in Vancouver and post-production work took place in Los Angeles. Gough and Millar assisted the writing staff with week-to-week story development. "Villain of the week" storylines were predominant during the first season; physical effects, make-up effects, and computer generated imagery became important components as well. Limited filming schedules sometimes forced guest actors to perform physical stunts, and the series regulars were more than willing to do stunt work. Episode budgets ultimately became strictly regulated, as the show frequently ran over budget during the first half of the season. The pilot broke The WB's viewership record for a debut series, and was nominated for various awards. Although the villain of the week storylines became a concern for producers, critical reception was generally favorable, and the series was noted as having a promising start

NCIS (TV series)

2009-04-15T21:58:00.000-07:00

NCIS (promoted as Navy NCIS in season one), aka Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service or NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
The concept and characters were initially introduced in a two-part episode of the CBS series JAG (episodes 8.20 and 8.21). The show, a spin-off from JAG, premiered on September 23, 2003 on CBS and, to date, has aired five full seasons. Donald Bellisario, who created JAG, as well as the well-known series Magnum P.I., Airwolf, and Quantum Leap, executive produces NCIS. NCIS was originally referred to as “Navy NCIS”. However "Navy" was later dropped, as it was redundant. NCIS returned for its sixth season on September 23, 2008 in the US, and in the UK, Friday January 9, 2009 on Five, showing season 5.

Doctor.Who

2009-04-14T09:15:00.000-07:00

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box. With his companions, he explores time and space, solving problems, facing monsters and righting wrongs.
The programme is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running science fiction television show in the world and is also a significant part of British popular culture. It has been recognised for its imaginative stories, creative low-budget special effects during its original run, and pioneering use of electronic music (originally produced by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop). In the United Kingdom and elsewhere, the show has become a cult television favourite and has influenced generations of British television professionals, many of whom grew up watching the series. It has received recognition from critics and the public as one of the finest British television programmes, including the BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series in 2006.
The programme originally ran from 1963 to 1989. After an unsuccessful attempt to revive regular production with a backdoor pilot in the form of a 1996 television film, the programme was successfully relaunched in 2005, produced in-house by BBC Wales in Cardiff. The first three seasons of the new series had some development money contributed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), which was credited as a co-producer. Doctor Who has also spawned spin-offs in multiple media, including the current television programmes Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, and a single 1981 pilot episode of K-9 and Company.

Sex And The City

2009-04-14T08:46:00.000-07:00

Sex and the City is an American cable television series. The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004, for a total of six seasons.
Set in New York City, the show focused on four women, three in their mid-thirties and one in her forties. The quirky drama/comedy had multiple continuing story lines and tackled socially relevant issues such as sexually transmitted diseases, safe sex, heartbreaks, multiple partners, and promiscuity. It specifically examined the lives of big-city professional women in the late 1990s and how changing roles and expectations for women affected the characters.
The show was primarily filmed at New York City's Silvercup Studios and on location in and around Manhattan. Since it ended, the show has been aired in syndication on networks such as TBS, WGN, and many other local stations. However, basic cable outlets edit out certain explicit show content that was broadcast in the original version.

The X-Files

2009-04-13T23:52:00.000-07:00

The X-Files is an American science fiction television series, created by Chris Carter, which first aired in 1993 and ended in 2002. The show was a hit for the Fox network, and its characters and slogans (e.g., "The Truth Is Out There", "Trust No One", "I Want to Believe") became pop culture touchstones in the 1990s. Seen as a defining series of its era, The X-Files tapped into public mistrust of governments and large institutions, and embraced conspiracy theories and spirituality, as it centered on efforts to uncover the existence of extraterrestrial life.[1][2] The series has also spawned two theatrical movies (The X-Files and I Want To Believe), and a spin-off series (The Lone Gunmen).
In the series, FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are the investigators of X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder is a "believer" in the existence of aliens and the paranormal, while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned by powerful forces to debunk and control Mulder's unorthodox work. In fact, early in the series both agents turn into pawns in a larger conflict (termed the "mythology" or "mytharc" by the producers), and come to trust only each other, a close relationship which was interpreted by viewers as either platonic or romantic. As a counterpart to the long-term story arc, "monster of the week" episodes, ranging in tone from horror to comedy, made up roughly two-thirds of the series. In such stand-alone X-Files episodes, Mulder and Scully investigated bizarre crimes with fewer long-term implications on the storyline.
The show's popularity peaked in the mid-to-late 1990s, leading to a 1998 film, The X-Files: Fight the Future (followed by a post-series film, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, in 2008). In the last two seasons, Gillian Anderson became the star as David Duchovny appeared rarely, and new central characters were introduced: Bureau agents John Doggett (Robert Patrick) and Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish), while Mulder and Scully's boss, Assistant Director Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) also became a central character. By its final airing, The X-Files had become the longest-running science fiction series ever on US broadcast television, though it was later surpassed by Stargate SG-1. TV Guide called The X-Files the second greatest cult television show and the 37th best television show of all time.In 2007, Time magazine included it on a list of the "100 Best TV Shows of All Time." In 2008, Entertainment Weekly named it the fourth best piece of science fiction media and the fourth best TV show in the last 25 years.

Kyle XY Season 2 9 Discs

2009-04-09T23:48:00.000-07:00

Airs Next:ABC Family at Monday 9:00 PM (60 min.)

Status:Ended

Premiered:June 26, 2006

Last Aired:March 16, 2009

Show Categories:Science-Fiction, Drama

A mysterious teenager is found disoriented in the middle of traffic. Kyle, as he is later named, lacks a navel and has no recollection of his past. Taken in by the Trager family, Kyle discovers that he has extraordinary abilities.Season 2: After discovering his origins, Kyle learns that he has a counterpart. Her name is Jessi, and together they try to harness their abilities and find out more about the mysteries surrounding their creation, and all the while balancing their school and family lives.

Torchwood The Complete Season 2 6 Discs

2009-04-09T23:47:00.000-07:00

Airs Next:BBC-2 at Wednesday 9:00 PM (50 min.)

Status:Returning Series

Premiered:October 22, 2006

Show Categories:Science-Fiction, Action/Adventure

Torchwood, a spin-off from the popular sci-fi show Doctor Who, follows a group of investigators working for the secret organisation of the same name. Set in Cardiff, Wales the team specialise in alien technology that has landed on Earth, and crime, whether it be alien or human. The mysterious Captain Jack Harkness is the leader of the equally mysterious Torchwood, and vows to guard.....

Star Trek: Voyager in 7 Sets Seasons

2009-04-09T23:26:00.000-07:00

Airs Next:UPN at Wednesday 8:00 PM (60 min.)

Status:Ended

Premiered:January 16, 1995

Last Aired:May 23, 2001

Show Categories:Science-Fiction, Action/Adventure

Voyager follows the adventures of the Federation starship Voyager, which is under the command of Captain Kathryn Janeway.Voyager is in pursuit of a rebel Maquis ship in a dangerous part of the Alpha Quadrant when it is suddenly thrown 70,000 light years away to the Delta Quadrant. With much of her crew dead, Captain Janeway is forced to join forces with the Maquis to find a way back home

Boston Legal Seasons 1-4 26 Discs

2009-04-08T23:56:00.000-07:00

Airs Next:ABC at Monday 10:00 PM (60 min.)Status:EndedPremiered:October 3, 2004Last Aired:December 8, 2008Show Categories:Drama, ComedyLed by an Emmy Award-winning cast, "Boston Legal" returns for its fifth and final season to tell the professional and personal stories of a group of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. Sometimes irreverent and funny, sometimes intense and moving, "Boston Legal" prides itself on being at the forefront of issue-oriented television, often addressing issues that are underreported by the media. Fast-paced and wildly comedic, the series confronts social and moral issues, while its characters continually stretch the boundaries of the law.

Scrubs Seasons 1-6 18 Discs

2009-04-08T23:55:00.000-07:00

Airs Next:ABC at Tuesday 9:00 PM (30 min.)Status:Returning SeriesPremiered:October 2, 2001Show Categories:Comedy, DramaThis half-hour comedy focuses on the bizarre experiences of fresh-faced medical intern John "J.D." Dorian (Zach Braff) as he embarks on his healing career in a surreal hospital crammed full of unpredictable staffers and patients ¨C where humor and tragedy can merge paths at any time.Joining the rumpled J.D. in his exhilarating brave new world are his college buddy, Chris Turk (Donald Faison, "Clueless"), an intern with a more elite surgical group, and J.D.'s fellow medical intern, the beautiful and driven Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke, "Roseanne"). Keeping the new interns on their toes are: The fatherly chief of medicine, Dr. Bob Kelso (Ken Jenkins); the abrasive, worldly Dr. Perry Cox (John McGinley), and the caring but slightly jaded nurse Carla Espinosa (Judy Reyes). The hospital janitor (Neil Flynn) also never seems to miss an opportunity to harass his target.Scrubs is filmed in a real-life hospital. It's the North Hollywood Medical Center, which has gone under severe reconstruction to fit all the equipment and represent Sacred Heart Hospital. Interesting trivia: Sacred Heart was the name of the school that Christa Miller worked; in one episode Zach Braff accidentally calls the Janitor Neil Flynn, which is the actor's real life name.

Everybody Loves Raymond Seasons 1-8 44 Discs

2009-04-08T23:54:00.000-07:00

Airs Next:CBS at Friday 8:30 PM (30 min.)Status:EndedPremiered:September 13, 1996Last Aired:May 16, 2005Show Categories:ComedyEverybody Loves Raymond revolves around Ray Barone, a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife, Debra, daughter, Ally, and twin sons, Geoffrey and Michael. That's the good news.The bad news? Ray's meddling parents, Frank and Marie, live directly across the street and embrace the motto "Su casa es mi casa," infiltrating their son's home to an...

Hip Hop Abs

2009-04-08T00:39:00.000-07:00

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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Complete Collection 6 DVD

2009-04-08T00:38:00.000-07:00

The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by philologist J.R.R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit (1937), but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in stages between 1937 and 1949, much of it during World War II. Although generally known to readers as a trilogy, Tolkien initially intended it as one volume of a three volume set, with the other volumes to be The Silmarillion and Akallab¨ºth; however, the other works were never fully completed and the publisher released in 1954-55 The Lord of the Rings as three books rather than one, for economic reasons. It has since been reprinted countless times and translated into many different languages, becoming one of the most popular and influential works in 20th-century literature.The title of the book refers to the story's main antagonist, the Dark Lord Sauron, who had in an earlier age created the One Ring that rules the other Rings of Power, as the ultimate weapon in his campaign to conquer and rule all of Middle-earth. From quiet beginnings in the Shire, a hobbit land not unlike the English countryside, the story ranges across Middle-earth following the course of the War of the Ring through the eyes of its characters, most notably the hobbits, Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee (Sam), Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry) and Peregrin Took (Pippin). The lands of Middle-earth are populated by Men (humans) and other humanoid races (Hobbits, Elves, Dwarves, and Orcs), as well as many other creatures, both real and fantastic (Ents, Wargs, Balrogs, Trolls, etc.).Along with Tolkien's other works, The Lord of the Rings has been subjected to extensive analysis of its themes and origins. Although a major work in itself, the story was only the last movement of a larger work Tolkien had worked on since 1917, that he described as a mythopoeia. Influences on this earlier work, and on the story of The Lord of the Rings, include philology, mythology, religion and the author's distaste for the effects of industrialization, as well as earlier fantasy works and Tolkien's experiences in World War I. The Lord of the Rings in its turn is considered to have had a great effect on modern fantasy; the impact of Tolkien's works is such that the use of the words "Tolkienian" and "Tolkienesque" has been recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary.The enduring popularity of The Lord of the Rings has led to numerous references in popular culture, the founding of many societies by fans of Tolkien's works, and the publication of many books about Tolkien and his works. The Lord of the Rings has inspired, and continues to inspire, artwork, music, films and television, video games, and subsequent literature. Adaptations of The Lord of the Rings have been made for radio, theatre, and film.

DISNEY 132 DVDS 100 YEARS OF MAGIC TREASURE CHEST

2009-04-07T23:40:00.000-07:00

Brand New Factory Sealed DVD Box Sets FREE 14 Day Replacement Guarantee Guaranteed Compatible With Any DVD Player All Original English Audio English Subtitles Easily Removed! All Code, NTSC, Region Free, Full Screen International English /Import Versions ALL DVDS ARE BRAND NEW AND FACTORY MADE FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING All currencies converted and accepted. This item ships as "gift" MOVIE COLLECTION 1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 2. Pinocchio 3. Fantasia 4. Fantasia/2000 5. Dumbo 6. Bambi 7. Bambi II 8. Saludos Amigos 9. Fun and Fancy Free 10. Cinderella 11. Cinderella II: Dreams Come True 12. Cinderella III: A Twist in Time 13. The Wild 14. Alice in Wonderland 15. Peter Pan 16. Lady and the Tramp 17. Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure 18. Sleeping Beauty 19. 101 One Hundred and One Dalmatians 20. 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure 21. The Sword In The Stone 22. The Aristocats 23. Bedknobs and Broomsticks 24. Robin Hood 25. The Fox And The Hound 26. The Little Mermaid 27. The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea 28. Beauty And The Beast 29. Beauty and the beast II: The Enchanted Christmas 30. Aladdin 31. The Return Of Jafar 32. Aladdin And The King Of Thieves 33. The Nightmare Before Christmas 34. The Lion King 35. The Lion King II: Simba's Pride 36. The Lion King1 1/2 37. Pocahontas 38. Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World 39. Toy Story 40. Toy Story 2 41. James and the Giant Peach 42. The Hunchback of Notre Dame 43. The Hunchback of Notre Dame II 44. Hercules 45. Mulan 46. Mulan II 47. Tarzan 48. Tarzan II 49. Valiant 50. Dinosaur 51. The Emperor's New Groove 52. Krook's New Groove 53. Recess: School's Out 54. Atlantis: The Lost Empire 55. Atlantis: Milo's Return 56. Lilo & Stitch 57. Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch 58. Treasure Planet 59. Brother Bear 60. Brother Bear 2 61. The Jungle Book 62. The Jungle Book 2 63. Home on the Range 64. The Three Musketeers 65. Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas 66. Chicken Little 67. The Wild Swans 68. Felix The Cat Saves Christmas 69. Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed In At The House Of Mouse 70. Mickey & Minnie 71. Donald Duck And The Gorilla 72. Casper 73. Three Little Pigs 74. Wikipedia 75. The Black Cauldron 76. Return the Never Land 77. Big Race Tortoise vs Hare 78. Everybody Loves Donald 79. Everybody Loves Goofy 80. Everybody Loves Mickey 81. Honey Baby 82. Gulliver's Travels 83. Life With Mickey Town 84. Walt Disney Treasures 1 85. Walt Disney Treasures 2 86. Walt Disney Treasures 3 87. Walt Disney Treasures 4 88. Walt Disney 100 Yes Of Magic: Goofy Sport 89: The Three Caballeros 90. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 91. Mary Poppins 92. The Rescuers Down Under 93. The Rescuers Down Under 2 94. Monsters Inc. 95. Finding Nemo 96. The Incredibles 97. Cars 98. Winnie the Pooh: Story Book 99. Winnie the Pooh: Very Merry Pooh Year 100. Winnie the Pooh: Heffalump Movie 101: Winnie the Pooh: Halloween Movie 102: Winnie the Pooh: Springtime With Roo 103. Winnie the Pooh: 123 104. Winnie the Pooh: All for One, One for All 105. Winnie The Pooh: Many Adventures 106. Winnie The Pooh: The Search For Christopher Robin 107. Winnie The Pooh: Franken Pooh 108. A Bug's Life 109. Disney Heroes Volume One 110. An Officer And A Duck 111 Meet the Robinsons 112 Superdog 113 Ratatouille 114 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 115 Disney My Friends Tigger And Pooh Super Sleuth Christmas Movie 116 The Chronological Donald: volume one 117 The Chronological Donald: volume two 118 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Mickey Saves Santa 119 Mickey's House of Villains 120 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Great Clubhouse Hunt 121 Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams 122 The Tigger Movie 123 Tom and Jerry 1 124 Tom and Jerry 2 125 Tom and Jerry 3 126 Tom and Jerry 4 127 Tom and Jerry 5 128 Tom and Jerry 6 129 Tom and Jerry 7 130 Tom and Jerry 8 131 Tom and Jerry 9 132 Tom and Jerry 10 =*=*=Brand New Factory Sealed DVD Box Sets FREE 14 Day Replacement Guarantee Guaranteed Compatible With Any DVD Player All Original English Audio English Subtitles Easily Removed! All Code, NTSC, Region Free, Full Screen International English /Import Versions ALL DVDS ARE BRAND NEW AND FACTORY MADE FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING All currencies converted and accepted. This item ships as "gift"

Band Of Brothers 5 Discs

2009-04-07T09:32:00.000-07:00

Format: All Region Code, Play on any DVD players

Number of Discs : 5 DVD

Brand: New sealed in factory box

Language : English

Menu: English

Subtitles : English/French/Chinese/Korean (on/off)

Band of Brothers is a ten-part television World War II miniseries based on the book of the same title written by historian and biographer Stephen Ambrose. It was executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks after their successful collaboration on the Academy Award-winning World War II film Saving Private Ryan (1998).The episodes first aired in 2001 on HBO and still run frequently on various TV networks around the world

Friends With Classic box Seasons 1-10 40discs + 2CD

2009-04-07T09:28:00.000-07:00

Originally on:NBC

Status:Ended

Premiered:September 22, 1994

Last Aired:May 6, 2004

Show Categories:Comedy

A show about six friends in New York as they navigate their way through life and learn to grow up as they approach the third decade of their life. All, with the help from each other to get them through the obstacles that life naturally has for us. Monica is the excessively neat and organized "older sister" of the group, who works as a chef while yearning to find her ideal love. Ross, Monica's older brother, is a paleontologist with a lifelong crush on Rachel. He is a laid-back man with low self esteem and a recent divorcee. Rachel is the pretty, bubbly girl who spent most of her life as a spoiled rich princess. Now she must learn to face the real world. Chandler is Ross' college buddy and the guy who will crack jokes at a moment's notice. Phoebe is a lovable eccentric masseuse who easily could have fit in with Haight Ashbury in the 1960s. And Joey, the friend who has an inverse relationship between his good looks and his intelligence. He dreams of becoming an actor. These six individuals make up the cast of Friends.

LOST the most excitedest TV series

2009-04-07T09:14:00.000-07:00

Airs Next:ABC at Wednesday 9:00 PM (60 min.)

Status:Returning

SeriesPremiered:September 22, 2004

Show Categories:Drama, Action/Adventure

Official Site:ABC.com

After Oceanic Air Flight 815 tears apart in mid-air and crashes on a Pacific island on September 22nd 2004, its survivors are forced to find inner strength they never knew they had in order to survive. But they discover that the island holds many secrets, including a mysterious smoke monster, polar bears, housing with electricity and hot & cold running water, a group of island residents...

Format: All Region Code, Play on any DVD players

Number of Discs : 5DVD

Brand New sealed in factory box

Language : English

Menu: EnglishSubtitles : English/French/Chinese/Korean (on/off)Oversea release.