Animation fans rejoice, for Duckman, the irreverent animated show that aired on USA in the ’90s has finally arrived on DVD. CBS/Paramount has released all four seasons of the groundbreaking…
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Scott Malchus
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Steve CooganÁ¢€â„¢s popularity in the United States is continuing to grow as he appears in acclaimed films such as Hamlet 2 and Tropic Thunder, not to mention his supporting role…
Scott Malchus
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City of Ember, the most recent film from Walden Media, starts on a bit of a downer. In a post-apocalyptic era, a city has been built deep in the earthÁ¢€â„¢s…
Scott Malchus
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Someone needs to inform this new generation of filmmakers working with higher quality film and those using digital cameras that their blood is looking like strawberry syrup. Nothing takes the…
Scott Malchus
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This here is my third attempt at writing a review of Alan CummingÁ¢€â„¢s new film, Ghost Writer, which recently appeared on DVD shelves and Internet movie stores. ItÁ¢€â„¢s my third…
Ken Shane
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Rolling Stone writer David Wild makes a very good point in the feature-length documentary Going Home that is central to the That Lucky Old Sun DVD (January 27, Capitol/EMI). To…
Bob Cashill
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I met my wife in Hong Kong. But my first love there was Jackie Chan. I wasnÁ¢€â„¢t alone in my affection: His movies, released on major holidays, were fun-for-the-family events,…
Scott Malchus
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Anyone who reads my Three Strikes Rule column is aware of how much I love the BBCÁ¢€â„¢s much-hyped drama Skins.Á‚ Funny, heartbreaking and painfully accurate, Skins is as much a…
Scott Malchus
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ABC Family has a real winner in the series Greek. ItÁ¢€â„¢s a TV dramedy that revolves around a group of college students at fictitious Cyprus-Rhodes University, all of whom are…
Scott Malchus
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Ping Pong Playa is the bomb, yo. With a quirky, offbeat story that sends up sports movies but wears its charm and heart openly on its sleeve, this is the…
Bob Cashill
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As I try to figure out my top DVDs for 2008, a must for my 2009 list has already arrived. Hot on the heels of its excellent Á¢€Å“CollectorÁ¢€â„¢s ChoiceÁ¢€ edition…
Scott Malchus
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I could use this space to write a snarky column about the latest Á¢€Å“BeethovenÁ¢€ film, BeethovenÁ¢€â„¢s Big Break, which just came out on DVD, but whatÁ¢€â„¢s the point? If youÁ¢€â„¢re…
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Scott Malchus
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Barbara Daly Baekland was an actress who married Brooks Baekland, heir to a Bakelite plastics company, and together they spent their lives living glamorously while doing not much of anything…
Jeff Giles
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The Women (2008, Warner Bros./Picturehouse) purchase this DVD (Amazon) Critics and film fans often tsk and tut when a studio fast-tracks a picture in an effort to shove something out…
Scott Malchus
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Did everyone have a late-night horror show in their local TV market? Cleveland had The Hoolihan and Big Chuck Show (later The Big Chuck and Lil’ John Show), which aired…
Jeff Giles
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Towelhead (2008, Warner Independent) purchase this DVD (Amazon) Screenwriter Alan Ball rose to prominence with 1999’s American Beauty, a quietly disturbing look at a theme that has become something of…
Scott Malchus
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Having missed the two previous Mummy films, I wasnÁ¢€â„¢t too concerned about watching the third in the series, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. This film contains an entirely…
Bob Cashill
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Á¢€Å“You have no will, no mind of your own,Á¢€ intones the dastardly villain in The Brides of Fu Manchu, one-half of a horripilating double feature available today. Fu, I hear…
Jeff Giles
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Mamma Mia! The Movie (Two-Disc Special Edition (2008, Universal) purchase this DVD (Amazon) I freely admit I’m not the target audience for this movie. Being without a vagina, an attraction…
Scott Malchus
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The Longshots (2008, Dimension Films) (Purchase at Amazon) LetÁ¢€â„¢s face it, I knew going into watching The Longshots that I wasnÁ¢€â„¢t the intended audience. I could have watched it alone…
Scott Malchus
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Somewhere in the translation from script to screen, a really smart idea got lost when Anamorph was made. ThatÁ¢€â„¢s not to say that the movie is entirely bad (and it…
Ken Shane
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The parallels between 1976 and 2008 are undeniable. Back then, the economy was in shambles, suffering through a wicked bout of inflation. Late in the year, hope arrived in the…
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Scott Malchus
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Just in time for the holidays, the complete Speed Racer series has been re-released in a groovy collector’s set. If you’re a fan of the popular anime cartoon that came…
Scott Malchus
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Garden Party (Lionsgate, 2008) purchase this DVD (Amazon) Garden Party, just released on DVD after a brief theatrical run, is one of those indie films that kind of meanders through…
Scott Malchus
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Beautiful Ohio (IFC, 2008) purchase this DVD (Amazon Chad Lowe has long suffered being the second banana to his brother and his ex-wife. Even though he won an Emmy for…
Jeff Giles
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Encounters at the End of the World (2008) purchase this DVD (Amazon) I had a very odd application. I had to explain that I was into things like: Is there…
Jeff Giles
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Get Smart (2008) Starring: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin Director: Peter Segal purchase this DVD (Amazon) In the ’90s, the direct-to-video market was the realm of ex-stars…
Jeff Giles
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30 Rock – Season Two (Universal, 2008) purchase this DVD (Amazon) I know a lot of you aren’t watching this show, and I understand — I skipped out on it…
Jeff Giles
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) purchase this DVD (Amazon) It’s become awfully fashionable to hate on his movies all of a sudden, but personally, I still regard the words “a Judd…
Jeff Giles
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Pete Seeger: The Power of Song purchase this DVD (Amazon) You need to see this movie. He’s happily existed on the outskirts of the pop culture landscape for the last…