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Valentines Day Perfect Timing Box Office Blockbuster Or Is It?

Well this Sunday will be Valentines day so if you haven't noticed already the prices of flowers and choc's going up faster than you stocks then you clearly are either really well organized or in for a hell of shock on Saturday. So it might not be that much of suprise that the film pundits are predicting the star filled Valentines Day (get the connection) will be going down a storm at the box office.

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Movie Trivia A Short Quiz for the Holidays

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With the holidays nearly in full swing and everyone shopped out with present buying I thought a movie trivia quiz would be a nice idea so here are few questions every home theater fanatic should know? In case you were wondering the answers will be posted on the week during New Year so you can see how you did ?

Q. Which movie was the first to appear on DVD?

Q How many formats of DVD were there originally?

Q Who is the new James Bond to be seen in the new movie Casino Royale ?

Q What aspect ratio is traditional wide screen ?

Q Up to how many language tracks can a DVD carry ?

Q Which famous director was responsible for the development of the THX system?

Q What is another name for Dolby Digital?

Q Which cult film features the characters Mia , Vincent , Jules and Butch?

Q In Monty Python And The Holy Grail which animal does the? woman weigh the same as confirming she is a witch?

Q In Santa Claus the 1994 movie Tim Allen burns the christmas turkey which restaurant do they end up eating instead a) Arbys, b) Denny’s c) McDonalds d) KFC

Q Which famous car features in the movie the Italian Job

Q Which movie staring [tag-tec]Hollywood[/tag-tec] heart throb stars Tom Cruise as hit man hired to kill all the witnesses in a trial?

Q Which 2004 movie features Tom Hanks stuck in a airport where he starts to live?

Q Which famous girl friendly sports casr are the cars Mia and Tia in the movie [tag-tec]CARS[/tag-tec]? modelled on ?

Q Which famous Die Hard Actor stars as the voice of RJ in Over The Hedge?

Q Which colorfully named? star appeared in tne movie Nacho Libre?

Q Who the Davinci Code which was made into a movie in 2006 ?

Q Which Martin Scorsesse film of this year featured Jack Nicholson and Leonardo Di Caprio ?

Q Which actor played slevin in lucky number slevin ?

Q In which year was the original Poseidon Adventure released and was remade in 2006?

Q In snakes on the plane some say the movie of 2006 which are killed more of snakes or people ?

Q Who is the female star of Ultraviolet?

Q Which part does Halle Berry play in Xmen and [tag-tec]Xmen 2[/tag-tec] ?

Q Which was Disney Channels? most succesful High School Movie of all time getting over 7.7 million viewers?

Q Which movie starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock see them as a furstrated architect and a doctor in the romance movie of 2006?

Unless I can’t count and I have? had a couple of drinks there are 25 questions don’t forget to check back soon for the answers .. if you enjoyed this we could make a regular feature say once a month ..

Don’t forget HFT is still growing and we are always looking for new ideas it’s early days but we will be expanding more rapidly in 2007.

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Here’s some of the video’s you might not have on your christmas list the less? seedy but rather unerotic? Babette/Monique,? My love is probably one best to avoid and Diary of? Serial Killer also not exactly holiday fayre either and if I am honest not my cup of tea any time.I think if you have seen SEVEN you would be about as? excited as the little boy that Santa forgot.

I was beginning to think the christmas period was going to end up watching the TV when I found that Monster in a Box and Mash – Martinis and Medicine were rather more the sort of thing worth watching over christmas. If you to young to know? Mash first time round it is based on the Korean War and is very funny so get a copy and laugh all the way to the holidays.

Ooops nearly forgot Japanese anime Zieram special edition could be worth a look as well …

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Babette/Monique, My Love
12 Dec 2006 at 5:37pm
Rent It As their only DVD release in December, Something Weird Video uncorks a couple of static Sappho epics movies that dish out the same sex shenanigans with an apoplectic aplomb that makes similar Skinamax offerings seem sensible by comparison. As the chief champion of cinema’s sleazoid past, Mike Vraney and the gang continue to unearth motion pictures that, in some cases, should have stayed dead and buried in the first place. This time around, we get the strange saga of New York’s “secret society” scene, all told in a manner that makes the erotica seem aggravating instead of arousing. First up, a financially needy Manh…Read the entire review

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H6 – Diary of a Serial Killer
12 Dec 2006 at 5:37pm
Skip It The Product:
We’re long past the moratorium stage now. Somehow, the serial killer genre has become such a formulaic fright flick mainstay that even foreign countries are getting into the act. These are not novel twists on the whole slice and dice ideal, or visually arresting variables on the mass murdering mindset, however. No, most of these ineffectual offerings are direct descendants of the whole hackneyed horror ideal of the current post-modern macabre. You know the drill supposedly smart psycho who can slaughter at will; an unwilling accomplice who doesn’t know about the death occurring right under her nose; lame law enforcement who couldn’t solve a one man game of Clue; and lots and lots of kinetic killing. Spain’s most recent example of this terror type H6: Diary of Serial Killer considers itself a deep and dark Sie7e like scarefest. The truth is far more flaccid. Th…Read the entire review

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Monster in a Box
12 Dec 2006 at 4:12pm
Recommended The Series:

Spaulding Gray, who died in 2004, was an actor and writer. What reallymade him famous however were his monologs. His one man show Swimming toCambodia, about Gray’s experiances while filming the movie The KillingFields, was filmed by Jonathan Demme and was a surprise hit. Five years later Spaulding was back in front of the camera with anothermonolog, Monster in a Box, in which he discussed how fame treatedhim, working in LA, and writing an autobiographical novel. This touching,funny, and interesting work has now been released on DVD for all of Gray’sfans to enjoy.

As he relates at the beginning of the show, Spaulding was contractedto write a novel, entitled Impossible Vacation by a large publishinghouse. He wrote and wrote, hundreds and hundreds of pages, well over1000, and then he just couldn’t write an…Read the entire review

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M*A*S*H – Martinis and Medicine Complete Collection
12 Dec 2006 at 1:29pm
Highly Recommended Wow. I’ve spent the last three weeks immersing myself in the M*A*S*H: The Martinis & Medicine Collection, and I must say that it was a surprisingly emotional experience for me. I was seven when the show premiered in 1972, and almost eighteen when it ended in 1983. I grew up with M*A*S*H being one of the most talked about and watched TV shows during those influential years of mine, and I was rather taken aback at the flood of memories and feelings I’ve had during this month, reviewing this mammoth box set. I can remember sitting down next to my father on the couch, watching the first, funniest years of the show (his favorite episodes from the series, as well as mine and many other fans). And I remember going over to the house of this girl I was crazy about in high school, where she threw a “Farewell M*A*S*H” party for the celebrated Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen f…Read the entire review

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Zeiram: Special Edition
12 Dec 2006 at 11:25am
Recommended Background: Science fiction movies often tend to borrow concepts from one another, building on the ideas of what has gone before. The same holds true for anime so it was of interest to me to see the latest version of a Japanese classic, Zeiram: Special Edition recently for review, as it is another example of this concept, with all the cheese I remember from when it came out so many years ago. Fans of the genre may want to know that the original release of the movie (titled Zeram by Image Entertainment has long been out of print but since it had few extras to speak of, no original language track, and looked like no one cared how it was mastered, so this remastered update from Tokyo Shock should make a lot of you happy (I’m still keeping my old copy unless I get a good offer though). As a side note, the animated OVA has long been considered a compelling story with more quality then …Read the entire review

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Reviews of movies including some great disney classic films , Rocky and the rather interstingly named Symbiopsychotaxiplasm (any ideas ?)

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WWE – Unforgiven 2006
29 Nov 2006 at 7:50am
Highly RecommendedThis year’s Unforgiven took place on September 17, 2006 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Air Canada Centre. In addition to Umaga’s first PPV appearance, we also see newly introduced tag team “the Highlanders” taking on the male cheerleaders for the championship belt. We’re also subjected to (what will hopefully be thefinal) match between DX and Vince McMahon. However, the best (and saddest) match out of them all is Trish Stratus’ final match.

Here’s the card:

Intercontinental Championship [Johnny Nitro vs. Jeff Hardy] - Johnny and Jeff put on a pretty good match with a lot of high-flying by Jeff and some good spot…Read the entire review

New Legend of Shaolin
29 Nov 2006 at 1:47am
Rent ItThe Film:
Jet Li’s Fearless, which was released theatrically in the United States earlier this year, is the crowning achievement in the career of the martial artist-turned-actor. Despite the fact that American audiences know him best for his more recent work in American and European productions like Romeo Must Die and Kiss of the Dragon, it has been Li’s work in Chinese and Hong Kong films — over 30 in total — that has made him one of the leading action stars in world cinema. Li was a child prodigy in the world of martial arts, winning his first championship at the age of 11. By the time he left the sport at 17, he was an international superstar, having spent five years as the All-Around National [tag-ice]Wushu[/tag-ice] Champion of China. His first starring role came in the 1982’s Shaolin Temple, a huge hit that catapulted Li even further into the role of international star.

Between 1…Read the entire review

Avenger
28 Nov 2006 at 11:43pm
RecommendedAny chance to see Sam Elliott be a badass for ninety minutes is fine by me.

The movie is “Avenger,” adapted from the novel by Frederick Forsyth for the TNT cable network. Its plot is merely an afterthought – aging mercenary tracks down Bosnian warlord, eluding CIA agents along the way – and is but a thread on which we hang the coolness that is Sam Elliott. Here he is in all his Sam Elliottness: craggy, leathery, his bass voice booming, ready to kick ass and take names, and never mind the names. We are asked to believe that this Vietnam vet can overtake a room full of thugs and outwit an army of government agents and cause many things to be exploding, and we cheerfully say, “why, yes, of course, it is Sam Elliott, he can do that.”

And when that is not enough, the screenplay (from Alan Sharp, scripter of “Rob Roy” and “The Osterman Weekend”) is kind enough to ask Sam Elliott to say somethin…Read the entire review

Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Discoclub Layla
28 Nov 2006 at 11:43pm
Skip ItIf you’re anything like me – and I apologize if you are – then there’s no way you can see a title like “Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla” and entertain the slightest thought of passing it up. That’s a movie that begs, pleads, demands to be seen. The idea of a Disco Club Layla, where something called a “robokill” takes place beneath it? You have my attention.

Unfortunately, “Mikadroid” is the latest in a very long line of horror films that consists of an interesting title and little else. The film itself is generic slasher blandness in which the only notable feature is the use of what appears to be the Michelin Man as the killer. Which is not nearly as fun as it sounds.

We open in 1945, at the end of the war, where a crazed Japanese scientist has been creating genetically-enhanced super-soldiers. The project has been abandoned and the bunker ordered destroyed, but not before Dr…Read the entire review

Robin Hood – Most Wanted Edition
28 Nov 2006 at 7:54pm
RecommendedIt’s fantastic to see Disney cleaning up and re-issuing some of their classics. In a world of double and triple upgrades for DVDs, these animated gems always seem to be the most enjoyable and worth the pennies forked over. Packed in an embossed, puffy slipcover and adorned with the big grinning fox bearing the name, the Robin Hood: Most Wanted Edition DVD is another example of a spruced-up Disney classic. Even though Robin Hood is different from most other [tag-tec]Disney[/tag-tec] films in tone, it still bears a sense of charm and delight with each arrow shot and each coin jingled.

The Film:

From the narration of a good ole’ rooster minstrel comes the story of Robin Hood and burly bear Little John. With a familiar whistle and the strutting of the two protagonists, the film sets a laid back, friendly mood. Even though Robin Hood is the head thief in town, fear never stri…Read the entire review

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Pollyworld
26 Nov 2006 at 2:35pm
RecommendedThe Movie:
Much like the MyScene and Bratz DVDs, PollyWorld is a video tie-in to the popular girls’ toy, this one called Polly Pocket, which features tiny, plastic dolls with snap-on clothing. In this movie, Polly and her good friends, The Pockets, are getting ready to compete on their favorite reality show, “Roll Like That!” at the PollyWorld amusement park. Problems abound, however, when the girls must face down their mean, clique-ish classmates, led by insincere ringleader Beth. Polly is also ambivalent about her father’s impending marriage to her soon-to-be stepmother, Lorelai.

The opening of PollyWorld is almost exactly like the MyScene movie, so if you own that, it may be difficult to tell the two apart. That said, it is far less vapid, as it addresses very real issues to girls, such as getting along with other girls and creating identities outside of cliques. There…Read the entire review

Strawberry Shortcake: Cooking Up Fun
26 Nov 2006 at 2:35pm
Rent ItThe Movie:
You have to hand it to whoever thought up the irresistible idea of Strawberry Shortcake decades ago: little scented dolls with names like Apple Dumpling, Angel Cake, Orange Blossom, and Gingersnap, who live in a candy-shaped world and have pets named Pupcake and Honey Pie Pony. Like retro favorites such as The Care Bears and My Little Pony, the franchise has experienced a resurgence in the past few years, as an entirely new generation of girls has discovered the now-updated brand.Strawberry Shortcake: Cooking Up Fun follows the adventures of Strawberry Shortcake and her friends as they try to create a cooking show for television. Apple Dumpling, who is younger than the other girls, wants to help them cook, but she succeeds in making a mess and inadvertently undermining their efforts in the kitchen. When she falls asleep after being banished from the kitchen, she dreams she i…Read the entire review

Def Comedy Jam Classics, Vols. 1 and 2
26 Nov 2006 at 2:35pm
Skip ItThe Show:

I was momentarily struck by a Steve Harvey monologue featured in Def Comedy Jam Classics, Volume 2. Hosting a 1997 episode from Los Angeles, the comedian caught my attention when he explained that the typically New York-based HBO series had hit the road in an attempt to ease the whole divide between the Red and the Blue.

What’s this? I thought to myself. I didn’t think pundits had reduced the nation to a red/blue political divide until the 2000 presidential election and all the colorful electorate maps that accompanied it. But wait! The red/blue divide Harvey meant was the even dicier rivalry between street gangs, the Crips and the Bloods. Def Comedy Jam’s excursion to L.A., Harvey continued, was an attempt to reconcile the gangsta rap wars then brewing between the West and East Coasts.

My, how times change.

The divide between Red and Bl…Read the entire review

Savannah Smiles
26 Nov 2006 at 12:01pm
DVD Talk Collector SeriesThe Movie:
Savannah Smiles is, hands down, one of the best family films of all time, and as it tends to go out of print on a regular basis, you’d be wise to snap this one up before you’re forced to pay $75 for a bad copy of it on the internet. It was one of the first films I can remember seeing over and over again on a relatively new channel called HBO, which was part of the then-new phenomenon of [tag-tec]cable[/tag-tec] television, back when [tag-tec]]cable boxes[/tag-tec] were big and bulky and did not come with remote controls.

Filmed in 1982, Savannah Smiles is the story of a little girl who is neglected by her wealthy parents, only to run away from home and encounter two bumbling crooks, Alvie (Mark Miller) and Bootsie (Donovan Scott), who become surrogate parents to her. Because Savannah’s father is a political figure, it is assumed that she has been kidnapped, and a manhunt, led by legendary actor Pet…Read the entire review

The Premiere Frank Capra Collection
26 Nov 2006 at 11:22am
DVD Talk Collector SeriesTHE MOVIES:

“Of or evocative of the movies of Frank Capra, often promoting the positive social effects of individual acts of courage.” – the definition of “Capraesque,” as stated by the American Heritage Dictionary

“[Frank Capra] made you pay for those happy endings.” – Jimmy Stewart

I find that most -esques are misunderstood and misused as time wears on, so I was surprised to do a quick Google search on “Capraesque” and find the above definition at the top of the list. I would say that, based on the newly released Premiere Frank Capra Collection, it’s a relatively accurate summation of what makes a Frank Capra movie tick. Usually, when I see the tag bandied about, the intention is to suggest that a movie is overly optimistic, that it shows a…Read the entire review

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