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Welcome back today we have some good some bad and some down right ugly movies reviewed today these include a classic looney tunes DVD ,The Next Big thing a sort of documentary about? Canadian comics need I say more.I suggest you give the Groovie Goolies DVD a wide bearth unless you are in to pain management as this is seriously hard going.

The final two reviews today are a Japanese Ultraman cartoon (maybe for kids or big kids) and finally my personal favorite today is [tag]Elvis Presley[/tag] the Ed Sullivan shows a must have for Elvis fans and also pretty good for? anyone as a? holiday gift unless they are under 20 or in to Trash metal.?

Hope you enjoy todays bag?

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Looney Tunes – Spotlight Collection Volume Four
13 Nov 2006 at 2:10am
Highly Recommended I distinctly remember my brother gravely intoning, “Arise! Sir Loin of Beef!” and then creasing me over my top plate with his metal Mod Squad lunch box. Ah, the glory years when nobody cared about kids, and they could watch whatever the hell they wanted. What more can be said in a review about the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoons? It’s a lot like a term paper I once had on Hitchcock’s Psycho probably the most written about movie in film studies. What do you add? Simply put, the shorts included in Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volume 4 are among a canon of animation that stands as the premiere American cartoons. I have favorites all over the animation map: I love anything Disney; Fleischer’s early Popeyes are works of genius; Harveytoons’ Casper is still a sweet, gentle childhood memory. But I would guess that the majority of cartoon fans would agree that th…Read the entire review?

Next Big Thing
13 Nov 2006 at 2:10am
Rent It The Show:Apart from hockey and beer Canada’s next biggest export is comics. At least that’s what you’d be led to believe if you had just watched The Next Big Thing. This reality TV-like documentary/show follows six comedians through a whirlwind tour of clubs and shows across a trio of cities. Since the back of the DVD states “6 comics. 3 Cities. 1 Dream.” I think you can pretty much figure out what this release is all about.

Depending on your level of awareness with up and coming Canadian comics you may recognize some of these contenders or you may not. I actually fell into the “not” category, though after watching I realized that I had seen Shaun Majumder before in Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (he only played a bit part as Kumar’s brother, but still). Despite not really being aware of who these people were, seeing them work the comedic strip and tak…Read the entire review

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Groovie Goolies: Saturday Mourning Collection
13 Nov 2006 at 2:10am
Skip It THE SHOWIf you’re of a certain age, you probably recall “The Groovie Goolies,” a cartoon series that originally aired in 1970-71 and was rerun for years thereafter. It featured Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Werewolf, the Mummy, and other no-longer-scary characters, all living in a castle together and cracking jokes, “Laugh-In”-style. They played in a band, too, and each episode featured a couple of musical numbers.

Maybe you’re smiling and nodding your head now, fondly remembering this classic cartoon from your youth. Those were certainly my impressions as I embarked on watching it again now. So it is with heavy heart that I must break the news to you: THIS SHOW IS SO BAD AS TO BE UNBEARABLE.

Seriously, I defy you to watch an entire 22-minute episode, let alone all 16 included on the “Saturday ‘Mourning’ Collection” just released on DVD. It’s a pun-based series, in case y…Read the entire review

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Ultraman – Series One, Volume Two
12 Nov 2006 at 11:21pm
Recommended Excitement that Ultraman (1966-67) – the seminal Japanese superhero/tokusatsu (“visual effects”) TV show of the 1960s – was coming to DVD was severely tempered by problematic, hugely disappointing transfers. Volume Two of this collection, featuring the remaining 19 shows, addresses some of the problems and though the collection is still far from perfect, these issues are less the major distraction that they were before.?

A follow-up of sorts to the Outer Limits/X-Files-like Ultra Q (1965), Ultraman (Urutoraman: Kuso tokusatsu shirizu, or “Ultraman – A Special Effects Fantasy Series”) follows the adventures of the Science Patrol, an elite quasi-police force/scientific investigation team whose futuristic…Read the entire review

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Elvis Presley – The Ed Sullivan Shows
12 Nov 2006 at 7:39pm
Highly Recommended When I received the three screener discs for Elvis Presley: The Ed Sullivan Shows, they were mailed to me without any packaging, so I had no idea what was on them; I just assumed they contained the three historic appearances Elvis made on the old The Ed Sullivan Show in 1956 and 1957. If somewhere in the back of my mind I wondered why a couple of five or ten minute clips from those three shows needed to be spread out on three discs, I’m sure I just assumed that a load of extras would round the presentation out. I was more than pleasantly surprised to see, after putting the first disc in, that these were the entire, complete Ed Sullivan episodes uncut, with all of the performers that appeared on the nights Elvis was scheduled, included. Now this is what vintage TV lovers have been waiting for: a [tag]DVD[/tag] release that respects what TV lovers want: more TV. We want complete…Read the entire review?

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Here are some more movie reviews not the best of the month but give Sirens a whirl if you are looking for a halfd decent night in at the movies..
Sirens
4 Nov 2006 at 5:57pm
Highly RecommendedThe Movie:
Residents of London are filled with fear when a serial rapist begins to stalk and brutalize local women. Investigator Jay Pearson balances her attempts to solve the crime with the fact that her pushy boss is harassing her by making odd comments, offering her rides after work, and repeatedly asking her out. His behavior becomes increasingly hostile as Jay rebuffs his advances. As if Jay didn’t have enough to worry about, it is clear that the problems between her and her sister, Ali, run deep; Ali has a great deal of resentment toward Jay over their mother’s death, and although the two sisters try their hardest to maintain a sense of closeness, they are constantly wary of one another. To add further drama to an already volatile situation, Jay begins to fancy Ali’s boyfriend, Oliver, a kind, great-looking psychiatrist who just might be a suspect in the rapes.

This two-part ser…Read the entire review

That Girl: Season 2
4 Nov 2006 at 2:48pm
Highly RecommendedThere’s a moment on one of the commentary tracks for That Girl: Season Two, where series co-creator and co-executive producer Bill Perskey says something quite contrary to the message that star Marlo Thomas tries to get across about the social and political significance of That Girl. For the episode entitled, ODPDYPAHIMCAIFSS, the story’s main conflict is Donald Hollinger’s mother finding a pair of his pants hanging among Ann Marie’s clothes, whereby she assumes that the unmarried couple are sleeping together. As the complications unfolds, Marlo Thomas, on the commentary track, refers to a rather vulgar moment (one of many) in a Friends episode (Thomas guest starred as Jennifer Aniston’s mother on the show), with her tone of voice marveling at such a vulgar reference’s inclusion in a prime-time TV show. Perskey, faced with the almost Pollyanna-type innocence of …Read the entire review

Fighting Spirit Vol. 14- The Trap of the Southpaw
4 Nov 2006 at 11:05am
Highly RecommendedThe Show:

With only a single volume to go in the series after this one, the 14thinstallment of Fighting Spirit takes a breather and sets thingsup for an exciting (hopefully) conclusion.  Ippo trains for his shotat the Japan title and his good friend Takamura looks like he’ll get achance to fight for the world title.  Of course getting the matchand winning it are two different things so the two fighters work hard inpreparation.  While Ippo doesn’t fight in this volume, Sendo, hisupcoming opponent, does and we get to see how far he’s come in just theshort time since their last match.  This is a fun volume that laysthe ground work for the series’ conclusion.

Series Synopsis:

Ippo Makunouchi is a high school student who is constantly harassedby a group of bullies.&nb…Read the entire review

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Vol. 2
4 Nov 2006 at 11:05am
Highly RecommendedIn 10 Words or Less
Part superhero, part lawyer, all Birdman

Reviewer’s Bias*
Loves: animation, surreal comedy, Harvey Birdman, Stephen Colbert
Likes: [adult swim], Paget Brewster, John Michael Higgins, Gary Cole
Dislikes: anime (because it is teh suck)
Hates: Blue Falcon

The Story So Far…
Taking one of Hanna-Barbara’s lame ’60s superheroes and casting him andhis cast of villains in a courtroom comedy that explores the legalproblems that face Saturday morning’s favorites, this series formed partof the foundation for the successful adult swim programming block. Withhis sidekick/paralegal Peanut, Harvey Birdman navigates a river ofoddness as part of the law firm of Sebben and Sebben, defending plentyof accused carto…Read the entire review

The Groomsmen
4 Nov 2006 at 11:05am
Rent ItIn 10 Words or Less
Boys will be boys

Reviewer’s Bias*
Loves: A good indie film
Likes: Ed Burns, Jay Mohr, John Leguizamo, Donal Logue
Dislikes: post-Clueless Brittany Murphy
Hates: Cheaters

The Movie
Casts packed with big-name talent have a long history in film, rangingfrom the silly (the Cannonball Run movies) to the excellent (Ocean’s11), and everything in between. Of course, when you sign a lot of bignames, your budget skyrockets, which doesn’t work for an Edward Burnsfilm, where the costs are always kept low.

So instead of hiring superstars, Burns pulled together a cast ofwell-known and well-liked B-list actors to tell his intimate suburbanstory, topping things off with a high-gloss femal…Read the entire review

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Some classic movies reviewed this time with a special mention of the adaption of Charles Dickens classics Tale of Two Cities and David Copperfield by the director David O. Selznick.If you are a fan of period drama movies these are worth a look although you might not find them at your local DVD rental outlet.

There is nothing like a good classic film to watch with the family on a sunday afternoon on a cold winters day ior maybe there is? What do you think ?

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Andy Goldsworthy – Rivers and Tides (Special Two-Disc Collector’s Edition)
29 Oct 2006 at 5:25pm
Rent ItThe Movie:

An utterly fascinating documentary that did not get the kind of audience it deserved during its release last year, filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer’s focus on Scottish sculptor Andy Goldsworthy in “Rivers and Tides” is never less than compelling. Goldsworthy uses various forms of nature – sticks, icicles, rocks, flowers and other various items – to create intricate and beautiful sculptures. The big thing is, that Goldsworthy actually creates these sculptures in nature, meaning that the creation is often a race against time, with the tides eventually, inevitably coming in to wash it away.

Goldsworthy discusses his philosophies that drive him to do what he does – primarily, to gain an understanding of the energy in nature and an appreciation for the constant cycle involved. One of the artist’s pieces mets within several hours. We see another float off, while others are eithe…Read the entire review

Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
29 Oct 2006 at 11:02am
Highly RecommendedReviewed by Glenn Erickson

The delightful, gentle Who Wants to Kill Jessie? is a 1966 Czech fantasy that captures a wonderful spirit of comic-book innocence. It has been making the rounds of the repertory theaters in recent years after a long life as an obscure title in science fiction reference books. Director V clav Vorl cek finds just the right note of droll foolishness to develop a one-joke idea into a satisfying screwball comedy. Peeking through the constant visual gags are some worthwhile ideas about the relationship of fantasy to human ingenuity. As its key invention is a device that can display a person’s dreams on a television screen, Who Wants to Kill Jessie? predates the computerized mind-tap concept of Wim Wenders’ Until the End of the World.

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A Tale of Two Cities
29 Oct 2006 at 11:02am
RecommendedReviewed by Glenn Erickson

A Tale of Two Cities is possibly the best of David O. Selznick’s high-toned literary adaptations of the 1930s, a tightly-constructed thriller that streamlines the majority of Charles Dickens’ complex narrative into just over two hours. Star Ronald Colman will always be identified with the noble sacrifice of Sydney Carton: “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done …” The book has been filmed often but the near-perfect cast, makes this version the keeper. W.P. Lipscomb and S.N. Behrman’s screenplay has the emotional bite of a good silent melodrama.

Synopsis:

Banker Jarvis Lorry (Claude Gillingwater) tells Londoner Lucie Manette (Elizabeth Allan) that her father Dr. Manette …Read the entire review

David Copperfield
29 Oct 2006 at 11:02am
RecommendedReviewed by Glenn Erickson

David O. Selznick’s David Copperfield has a sterling reputation among classic film adaptations, and for the most part it earns it. The unusually large cast of characters is aligned with a beautifully chosen group of Hollywood actors. The movie’s immense popularity over the years has guaranteed many of them a permanent claim on their role identifications — Edna May Oliver’s Aunt Betsy, W.C. Fields’ Mr. Micawber. David Copperfield follows most of the contours of the story and has earned the endorsement of grade school teachers who consider it an excellent way to get children to read the Dickens original. Only then does one realize that Selznick’s adaptation is an enjoyable but bare-bones digest version of a much more intricate story, with even deeper characters.

Synopsi…Read the entire review

Marie Antoinette
29 Oct 2006 at 11:02am
RecommendedWhen Irving Thalberg died in 1936 preparations were already underway for a lavish — even by MGM standards — movie about Marie Antoinette, the queen of France beheaded in the French Revolution. It was the crowning vehicle for Irving’s wife Norma Shearer, a popular actress of the 30s who definitely benefited from her royal position in the MGM hierarchy. Bitter rival Joan Crawford complained that she had no chance at an equal shot for parts, when the ‘competition slept with the boss.’

Stefan Zweig’s 1933 Antoinette biography tempered a great many historical exaggerations of the queen’s high-flung lifestyle. She apparently never said the words “Let them eat cake,” was politically disconnected and became the victim of ugly propaganda that spread rumors that she was a depraved sex maniac, that she poisoned her own children, etc. 1

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