DVD Reviews
November 22, 2006 by Joe Boyle · Leave a Comment
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Alias: The Complete Collection: Limited Edition
20 Nov 2006 at 3:34pm
Highly Recommended
Due to the massive size of this review, I have provided a table of contents to assist in navigating the review. You may use the table of contents to jump to specific sections or if you prefer, simply scroll through the review as you please. Also for your convenience, there are links to return to the table of contents at the end of each major section.
Table of Contents
Body of Review
1. Introduction
2. Background
3. Characters
4. The First Season
5. The Second Season
6. The Third Season
7. The Fourth Season
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The Ant Bully
20 Nov 2006 at 2:14pm
RecommendedThe Movie:
Kids say the darndest things, even the animated variety. Leave it to a children’s flick like The Ant Bully to nicely illustrate a grim but universal truth of life. The movie begins with scrawny little Lucas Nickle (voiced by Zach Tyler from television’s “Avatar: The Last Airbender”) suffering a wedgie at the hands of the neighborhood bully. “What are you gonna do about it?” Lucas’ tormenter asks rhetorically. “Nothing, ’cause I’m big and you’re small.”
Almost immediately after the humiliation, Lucas releases his frustrations on an anthill in his front yard. He douses the insects with a squirt gun, boasting that he’s entitled to do so since “I’m big and you’re small.”
As a wise man once said, poop (this is a [tag-ice]kid’s movie[/tag-ice], after all) rolls downhill.
Based on an acclaimed [tag-ice]children’s book[/tag-ice] by John Nickle, The Ant Bully…Read the entire review
The Paul Newman Collection
20 Nov 2006 at 1:12pm
Recommended…Read the entire review
Fullmetal Alchemist The Movie - The Conqueror of Shamballa - Special Edition
20 Nov 2006 at 1:12pm
Highly RecommendedThe Movie:
This review contains some spoilers about the end of the series due to the fact that they are integral to the movie’s plot.
Fullmetal Alchemist was one of the most important anime to come along in recent years. It quickly became my favorite show because it presented a unique story, had interesting characters, and real emotion in ways that few shows could ever hope to achieve. Through thirteen volumes I sat enthralled and in case you are counting that’s 51 episodes that never skipped a beat. Due to this success I wasn’t surprised at all when I heard that a movie was being released.
Earlier this year we received Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa on DVD. I knew all along that a special edition was in the works so biting the bullet for the relatively barebones edition didn’t seem to make sense for real fans. Now that the definitiv…Read the entire review
The Double Life of Veronique - Criterion Collection
20 Nov 2006 at 7:21am
DVD Talk Collector SeriesTHE MOVIE:
Krzysztof Kieślowski’s 1991 feature, The Double Life of V ronique, is a mysterious little movie. While it does tell a story in a semblance of conventional narrative, it’s also an emotional jigsaw puzzle, a feat of storytelling agility that puts a lot of trust in its audience. Kieślowski is stingy with the exposition, instead asking us to follow and not to worry about where we are going. Our belief that he will get us somewhere will be its own reward.
Ir ne Jacob plays Weronika (pronounced Veronika), a Polish girl whose career as a pianist was crushed along with her finger in a car door. She is now in Krakow to pursue singing and by chance ends up earning an important seat on a famous choir. Her artistic pursuit comes with a price…Read the entire review
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