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12 Angry Men: Twelve ordinary men must decide the fate of another in this classic courtroom drama DVD
2012: Earth gets destroyed real, real good in great disaster flick
2:37: 2:37 is a fascinating Australian high school drama.
5 Free Books to Mark Asian Heritage Month, Courtesy Hachette Book Group:
500 Days of Summer: Original romantic movie.
500 Days of Summer: An original, realistic, charming romantic movie. Must see.
A Christmas Carol: A faithful cinematic adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
A Christmas Carol (1938) - TCM Greatest Classic Films: This Christmas Carol takes a few liberties with the original but is not bad.
A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim: Everything A Christmas Carol fan could possibly want in a DVD set
A Dark Noel - Projekt Records Compilation: Dark wave Christmas CD.
A Miser Brothers' Christmas: Brothers must unite to save Christmas is pretty decent stop-motion animation DVD
A Perfect Day - Christmas Movie: Writer gets visits from ghosts of Christmas style character and learns a life lesson.
A River Runs Through It - Blu-ray: Drama about two brothers growing up in early 1900s.
A Summer Place: the charm of the illicit romance of both couples conquering all depends on understanding the values of the time.
Ace Ventura Pet Detective Jr.: Family DVD that doesn't bore or insult adult intelligence.
Alice Faye Collection Volume 2 - Hollywood Cavalcade: Great drama about the early days of Hollywood with cameos by silent film stars
Aliens in the Attic: Excellent family movie DVD
Ally Mc Beal The Complete Series and Season One: 32 DVD for 5 seasons, also available as Season One only.
Ally McBeal - The Complete First Season: Very odd and fun chick TV from late nineties
Amadeus Director's Cut Blu-ray: Great musical biography movie.
Amelia: a Spruce Goose: too heavy to fly.
American Pastime: Human drama about Japanese internment camps, baseball, jazz, and a haircut.
An Education: Sixteen year old sixties London girl is seduced by older man. Good drama and chick flick DVD
Astro Boy 2003 DVD 1: 2003 version of this Japanese manga on 5 DVD
August Rush: supposed to be about the magic of music but there are so many obvious mirrors and the smoke is so think that magic and the good performances all around get sucked into a black hole of disbelief.
Australia - DVD & Blu-ray: British rose Nicole Kidman falls for cowboy Hugh Jackman in this Australian epic and mish-mash of other genres
Baghead - Independent Film / Mumblecore: Independent film where the idea for the movie, a killer with a Baghead, becomes the movie. Or something like that.
Band of Brothers HBO - Blu-ray: Great and brilliant WW II HBO miniseries even better on Blu-ray
Barbra Streisand - All Night Long: Very very minor Streisand DVD and comedy.
Barbra Streisand - Up The Sandbox: Sort of feminist rant bargain bin Streisand DVD
Baseball - NPR Driveway Moments: Interesting collection of good if too short baseball stories.
BBC - Mistresses Volume One: Excellent chick TV for those who enjoyed Sex in the City and Desperate Housewives but better.
Being Erica - CBC Mondays 9 P.M. Starts 01/05/09: Cool dramady for chicks.
Being Ian - The Curse: Halloween timed Being Ian DVD has 3 episodes, 1 is a bit much for an eight year old, the other are fine.
Berenstain Bears - Kindness, Caring & Sharing: 5 Berenstain Bears cartoons, a good family DVD
Big Fan - Patton Oswalt: Superb movie about sports fandom.
Black Irish: A coming of age story about a boy slated to become a priest who really just wants to play baseball.
Bobby Deerfield - Al Pacino: Looks like a racing movie, plays like a romantic drama
Bones Season 4 Blu-ray: Excellent and quirky forensic pathology mystery series
Boston Legal - Season Five: Very good comic legal drama gets a 12 episode sendoff.
Breaking Bad Season One: Very good TV drama about science teacher becoming meth cook.
Breaking Bad The Complete Second Season:
Broken English: Parker Posey DVD
Bust A Move - Six Decades of Dance Crazes: A how to dance book. Fun.
Care Bears - Grissle-ly Adventures: 2 Care Bears adventures. Family not impressed
Cats & Dogs Blu-ray: Cats try for world domination, dogs fight for right.
CBC -Shows for Preschoolers Fall 2008:
Cemetery Junction: British coming of age movie. Nice if you like Brit films and that genre.
CHiPs The Complete Second Season: Seventies TV DVD set makes for fun viewing.
Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian: Second Chronicles of Narnia DVD
Chuck The Complete Second Season Blu-ray: Fun enough comedy action spy show.
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 3D: Great 3D cartoon with love story and raining cheeseburgers. Adults will enjoy it too.
Coach Carter: A successful sport store owner is asked to coach a high school boys basketball team and insists that as student athletes the word student comes before athlete.
Creation: Fictional biopic about Charles Darwin
Dawson's Creek The Complete Series - Season 1: Classic 90s teen TV show and a great DVD box set.
Dawson's Creek The Complete Series DVD Box Set: I have to admit that, although I was expecting something more from the DVD box set, I am very happy to have it and I still love this series.
Days of Glory / Les Indigenes: Fact based war movie about Moroccan soldiers fighting to liberate France.
Deception: Good thriller DVD if you are in the right mood. Hugh Jackman is great here.
Defiance: Daniel Craig in the true story of the Bielski brothers and their WW II resistance.
Dennis The Menace - Trouble, Trouble Everywhere: 4 cartoons from the mid-eighties Saturday morning show
Derren Brown - The Specials DVD: DVD with 4 1-hour Derren Brown specials. Cool stuff.
Diamonds - CBC Miniseries - Part 1 April 5th 2009: Decent CBC miniseries with compulsory Canadian content.
Diamonds part 2 - CBC 04/12/09 9 P.M.: Part two of this CBC miniseries is better than part 1
Did You Hear About the Morgans?: Very enjoyable romantic comedy.
Dr. Dolittle - Million Dollar Mutts: Maya Dolittle is back in a second family DVD for tween girls.
Dragon's Den Greenvention CBC June 7th 2010 8 P.M.: Great episode.
Drop Dead Diva The Complete First Season: Fashion model reincarnates as size 16 intelligent lawyer in good dramady
Drumline: Kid must learn to respect the team concept to shine
Easy Rider Blu-ray 40th Anniversary: Classic 1969 film has not aged that well.
Falling Down - Deluxe Edition - Michael Douglas: White collar regular Joe blows his fuse aka the American Dream wakes up
Fame - Seasons 1 and 2: Good song and dance show in its first two seasons.
Fame Blu-ray (2009 version): Innocuous remake with good musical numbers.
Family Guy Something Something Something Dark Side Blu-ray: Spoof of The Empire Strikes Back is fun enough.
Fantastic Mr. Fox Blu-ray DVD Combo Pack: Superb stop-motion animation but not for the kiddies
Fargo / Thelma & Louise - MGM Award Series Double Feature: 2 Best Original Screenplay Oscar winners in 2 DVD set
Fargo Blu-ray: Best known Coen Brothers black comedy decent enough on Blu-ray
Film Movement Festival Shorts Collection: For fans of the short film, this is a must. There are 5 excellent shorts on this 8 film DVD
Flywheel: Pretty good indie movie. Faith based and really preachy near the end buy enjoyable nonetheless.
Fox / MGM Awards Series Double Features: 2 DVD sets of Academy Award winners from Fox or MGM. Some odd Pairings and great pairings
Fragments: Drama DVD about the survivors of a massacre at a local diner. Excellent
Friends Like These - Danny Wallace: Fun enough tale of thirty year old looking for childhood pals
Garfield And Friends - A Cat and His Nerd: 15 10-minute Garfield cartoons. Fun show but generic animation.
Garfield Pet Force: Garfield and gang meet their superhero counterparts in anime inspired action cartoon for young kids.
Garfield's Fun Fest: Garfield has a few lessons to learn before he can win the talent show.
George Wallace: Bio pic and political story of Alabama Governor George Wallace. Good but a bit long.
Georgia O'Keefe: Excellent biographical film about great American painter.
Gia - Angelina Jolie: Decent enough biopic could have been better.
Gospel Hill: The celebration of the life and times of civil rights activist Paul Malcolm is set against the backdrop of a conglomerate trying to take over a tract of housing to bulldoze it to make way for a golf course.
Gossip Girl - The Complete First Season: Chick TV par excellence.
Goya's Ghosts: Goya's work turned into a movie. Characters are rather secondary.
Gran Torino Blu-ray - Clint Eastwood: Old coot (Clint Eastwood) befriends Hmon family and becomes their protector. Excellent drama.
Green Street Hooligans: Yank gets caught up in West Ham Football firm.
Griffin & Phoenix: Very good chick flick with dark comedy moments
Guns - CBC Sept 6 and 7 2009 8 P.M.: Shoots blanks.
Hachette Book Group - Mother's Day Giveaway - 5 FREE Books!!!!:
Hamlet - The Royal Shakespeare Company Production of: Excellent production with Patrick Stewart and David Tennant
Hamlet Blu-ray - David Tennant and Patrick Stewart: Boy thinks stepfather and uncle killed dad and plots revenge. Superb and faithful.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Blu-ray: Penultimate Harry Potter movie is quite good; better if you know the series well.
Holly Hobbie and Friends - Best Friends Forever: Holly Hobbie and Friends Best Friends Forever is a great DVD for both young girls and boys. It really shows that young kids shouldn't be afraid of "old" people,
Holly Hobbie and Friends - Surprise Party: Holly Hobby and Friends Surprise Party is a great DVD for girls and boys and would make a fun addition to any kid's collection.
Horton Hears A Who - Blu-ray: Beware of those who use "it's for the children!" for their nefarious deeds
Hot Tub Time Machine Blu-ray: This comedy grows on you after really bad first 15 minutes
House - Tracy Kidder: Great non-fiction about an architect, builders, and homeowners coming together to achieve a dream home.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Tin Case: The best Christmas cartoon ever, even if Grinch loses.
Hung The Complete First Season Blu-ray: Decent enough and oddly addictive.
I Love You Beth Cooper: Valectidorian declares live for popular girl in decent enough teen comedy
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown: also includes Happy New Year, Charlie Brown
Ice Age - Meltdown: Global warming affects Scrat, Diego, Manny, and Sid. Better than the original.
Ice Age 3 - Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Very good family DVD even if story meanders a bit.
Ice Age 3 Dawn of the Dinosaurs Blu-ray: Third Ice Age movie is decent but might scare the wee ones.
Into the Storm - HBO: Excellent biopic about Churchill during WW II
Invasion Iowa - William Shatner: Shatner goes to Kirk's birthplace for a practical joke and finds very kind people. A fun 2 DVD set.
Invictus Blu-ray DVD Combo: Very good sports and politics movie with Morgan Freeman as Mandela
It Happened on 5th Avenue - TCM Holiday Classics: People crash in abandonned 5th avenue mansion.
It's A Big Big World - Be Healthy and Happy: 5 episodes from the children's TV show with a focus on health. Good stuff
It's a Big Big World - Everybody's Different: 5 episodes from children's TV show focus on being who you are. Good stuff
It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown - Mom Reviewed: 2 remastered Charlie Brown TV specials
It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown - Remastered Edition: 2 Charlie Brown TV specials, both fun but not classics
Jeff Kreisler - Get Rich Cheating: Either a how to book or a financial humor book.
Jesse Stone - Thin Ice: Fifth made for TV mystery adaptation of Robert B. Parker novel. Excellent
John Wayne - The Green Berets Blu-ray: Not a particularly good war movie set in Viet Nam
Jonathan Winters - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens: The best possible audio performance of this Christmas classic. Winters is brilliant here.
Jonny Quest The Real Adventures Season 1 Vol. 1: Pretty good remake of sixties cartoon series with cool visuals
Julie & Julia Blu-ray: Quite a lot of fun for anyone who likes Julia Child and or cooking.
Karate Kid II Blu-ray: Very good sequel to excellent family movie
Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story - CBC March 28th and 29th 8 P.M.: Very good 2-part hockey biography.
Kill The Umpire: Fun baseball comedy DVD double feature with Safe At Home
Killer Diller: Feel good movie with comic and dramatic moments. Rain Man meets Sister Act.
King: Very good biographical drama about Martin Luther King. Paul Winfield is brilliant as King
Kung Fu Panda: Kung Fu Panda Po aspires to being more than he is - starring Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogan and Dustin Hoffman
Las Vegas Jailhouse - truTV Sundays 10 P.M.: Camera crew follows the goings on at the Las Vegas booking facility.
Latino Book Month Contest - 5 Book Package from Hachette Book Group:
Leatherheads: Entertaining comedy with football and fifties style romantic comedy moments.
Lie to Me Season 1: Very good TV crime show.
Living Proof - Harry Connick Jr.: True story of doctor finding hope for breast cancer victims.
Looking To Get OUt - A Hal Ashby Film: Unsatisfying and unfocused Hal Ashby DVD
Macon County Line: Drive-in classic seventies movie. Hard to describe but good.
Madeline - Meet Me In Paris: 3 episodes of the Madeline cartoon on dvd
Marley & Me: Very good movie but not the dumb movie previews and DVD sales pitch suggest.
Marley & Me Blu-ray 3-Disc Bad Dog Edition: Family movie about a dog that helps raise a family. Parental supervision needed if you kids is particularly sensitive.
Marmaduke: Not bad but certainly not a family keeper.
Mask of Zorro Blu-ray: A bit long but quite enjoyable. Looks great on Blu-ray
Masterpiece Theatre - My Family and Other Animals: Charming if not totally fascinating adaptation of Gerald Durrell autobiography
Melia Las Antillas Varadero Cuba All-inclusive Resort: 2 star resort pretending to be 4 stars
Michael Powell Films - Age of Consent and A Matter of Life aned Death / Stairway to Heaven: 2 long lost classic British art house films by director Michael Powell.
Midnight Express - 30th Anniversary Edition: A young American drug smuggler gets caught with the goods at a Turkish airport and is set to jail.
Midnight Express - Blu-ray: More or less true story of American imprisoned in Turkey for smuggling.
Mighty B! - We Got the Bee: Very good and colorful Nickelodeon cartoon DVD
Miss March - Unrated: Decent enough movie for teen and frat boys with lots of toilet humor
Mom Reviewed - Care Bears Care-A-Lot DVD Collection: 22 Care Bears on 2 DVD
Mom Reviewed - Care Bears Sharing in the Sunshine: 4 episodes of the cartoon. "Again, Mommy!"
Mom Reviewed - Care Bears Ups and Downs: Mom and the kids liked this one.
Mom Reviewed - Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: Great family DVD; the kids watched it 5 times in 4 days
Mom Reviewed - Delgo: "Family" movie if you exclude the younguns
Mom Reviewed - Garfield Pet Force: Mom and the kids liked this cartoon DVD
Mom Reviewed - Horton Hears A Who 2008: Great Dr. Seuss adaptation. The kids watched this family DVD 3 times in 3 days
Mom Reviewed - Horton Hears A Who Deluxe Edition: Title episode plus Horton Hatches An Egg, Butter Battle Book, and Daisy-Head Mayzie. Great family viewing
Mom Reviewed - Josie and the Pussycats The Complete Series: All 16 Josie and the Pussycats cartoons on 2 DVDs. Good stuff.
Mom Reviewed - Madeline Next Stop America: Madeline goes to Hollywood, New York City, and a rodeo in this kids DVD.
Mom Reviewed - Mr. Bump Planes, Trains and Dillymobiles: 6 11-minute episodes and the kids enjoyed them.
Mom Reviewed - Mr. Troop Mom DVD: Mom and the kids really liked this family movie DVD
Mom Reviewed - Nim's Island: Mom loved this great family movie DVD
Mom Reviewed - Scooby Doo Where Are You? Bump in the Night: 4 cartoons from the original Scooby Doo series. Mom and the kids liked it.
Mom Reviewed - Shaggy and Scooby Doo Get A Clue Vol. 2: Mom and kids were not really impressed.
Mom Reviewed - Strawberry Shortcake - The Sky's the Limit: Strawberry Shortcake and friends go on a journey to save village
Mom Reviewed - Strawberry Shortcake Berry Big Journeys: 2 Strawberry Shortcake cartoons on a family DVD Mom approved.
Mom Reviewed - Strawberry Shortcake Happily Ever After: Mom and family very much enjoyed this Strawberry Shortcake DVD
Mom Reviewed - Strawberry Shortcake Rockaberry Roll: Mom and kids like this episode about getting together to form a band.
Mom Reviewed - Stuart Little - A Little Family Fun: The kids really enjoyed this Stuart Little DVD
Mom Reviewed - Stuart Little - Going for the Gold: Mom and the kids really liked this DVD
Mom Reviewed - The Swan Princess The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure: Mom and kids liked well enough but not enough.
Mom Reviewed - The Swan Princess The Secret of the Castle: Mom and the kids liked this family DVD okay
Mom Reviewed - Tooth Fairy: Mom and the kids really liked this family DVD
Mom Reviewed - Yo Gabba Gabba CD: Mom and the four kids loved this kids music CD
Mom Reviewed Diary of a Wimpy Kid DVD: Very entertaining family movie for the older kids
Moondance Alexander: A special summer is ahead for a girl named Moondance as she starts riding a pinto she finds.
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium: Magic movie about a very different toy store.
MVP - on CBC: CBC prime time soap opera set in the hockey world.
Mystic River Blu-ray: Excellent adaptation of a Dennis Lehane mystery looks great on Blu-ray
Nickleodeon: Peter Bogdanovich's ode to the silent era is a decent comedy.
Night at the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian Blu-ray: Fun sequel to original.
Nim's Island: A nine year old girl is trapped on a deserted island and calls in her hero Alex Rover to help.
No Country For Old Men: Guy finds satchel of money and then tries to get away from guy who wants it back.
Notorious - The Notorious B.I.G Story: Decent music biopic probably better if you know the playas
Obsessed: Temp Lisa turns into temptress Lisa as she tries to lure Derek from his wife Sharon.
Orlando - Special Edition: Pretty adaptation of Virginia Woolf novel
Othello The Tragedy of the Moor - CBC TV June 15th 2008: Iago plots vengeance on Othello.
Peanut 1970s Collection Volume 1 2 DVD Set: 6 Remastered but minor Peanuts cartoons on 2 DVD are still fun to watch.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians - The Titan s Curse: A sequel you would like to see on the big screen
Persepolis: Nominated for 2007 Animated Feature Academy Award. Should've won.
Playmobil The Secret of Pirate Island: Interactive family DVD is lots of fun but needs parent to select options.
Poseidon Blu-ray: Decent enough remake of classic 70s disaster movie
Practical Magic Blu-ray: Two witch sisters must cope with centuries old love curse.
Press Release - CBC and CBC Newsworld Documentaries January 2008:
Prince of Thieves - Robin Hood Collection: B-movie Robin Hood with decent swashbuckling, lesser color.
Raging Bull Blu-ray: Classic Scorsese / De Niro movie comes to full glory in Blu-ray
Ralph Bashki The Lord of the Rings Blu-ray DVD Combo: You either like or really dislike this animated version.
Recount: Very interesting if complex HBO docudrama about the 2000 Presidential election
Redemption of the Ghost: Feel good movie doesn't work because it tries too hard too many times.
Reign Over Me - Adam Sandler: The only Adam Sandler movie I like and a great drama.
Rent Filmed Live On Broadway: If you like this musical, the Rent DVD is very well made.
Rescue Me - The Complete Third Season: New York Fire Department soap opera starring Denis Leary
Rescue Me Season 5 Volume 2: Dennis Leary firefighter drama and soap opera.
Rocky Balboa - Rocky The Undisputed Collection: Rocky has a feeling of incompletion in his life decides to return to the ring to see if he has one last fight left in him.
Rocky Balboa Blu-ray - The Undisputed Collection: Final ?? Rocky movie is pretty decent.
Roger Ebert - Your Movie Sucks: A really fun to read collection of nasty movie reviews by critic Robert Ebert
Roots The Next Generations DVD - Full Review: The second installment of the Roots miniseries is pretty good even if it drags a bit.
Roots The Next Generations DVD- Short Review: Follow-up to Roots, this miniseries drags a bit but is still fascinating.
Run, Fat Boy, Run: Decent British comedy could have been better without Frinds director.
Russia - 12: Russia's 2007 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Film
Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour: Wannabe Nancy Drew with a mild scary twist. Sucks
Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s Volume 1: 2 DVD 33 cartoon collection from Hanna Barbera and the sixties
Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s Volume 2: Title says it all but not as great as Volume 1
Searching For Bobby Fischer: A young boy discovers he has a talent for chess.
Seven Pounds - Will Smith: Bad wanna be tearjerker feels like seven tons.
Shake Hands With The Devil: An honorable man forced to watch a genocide.
Shorts Blu-ray: Dennis Leary firefighter drama - soap opera.
Skins - Volume 1: Very original BBC dramady. Comparisons to Gossip Girl just demean this show.
Slipstream: What the F....??? Very strange and fascinating movie.
Slumdog Millionaire: An assistant at a telephone company gets his shot at fame and fortune.
Something For The Boys - Carmen Miranda Collection: Miranda plays second banana in this let's put on a show to save the place story.
South Pacific 50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray: In the days just before WW II a nurse falls in love and so does a lieutenant. Looks great on Blu-ray with 2 versions
Southland - The Complete First Season: Good byt probably short-lived cop drama
Spectacular Spider-Man Volume 8: Last 3 episodes of fun cartoon series.
Speed Racer: Absolutely cool movie
SpongeBob Squarepants - Atlantis Squarepantis: 8 SpongeBob Squarepants episodes on 1 DVD including the title two-parter with the voice of David Bowie.
SpongeBob SquarePants - Pest of the West - Mom Reviewed: 8 SpongeBob 1 DVD the kids liked it.
Spring Breakdown Blu-ray: Three thirty something gals make up for lost time by going on spring break
St. Elmo's Fire Blu-ray: Coming of age drama from the mid eighties.
Strawberry Shortcake - Big Country Fun: 2 linked stories set in shortcake country. great family fare
Sugar: Drama about Dominican trying to make it to major league baseball
Sunrise (1927) - Murnau, Borzage and Fox DVD Box Set: Classic 1927 German Impressionism silent film from Fox Studios
Super Friends Season One Volume One: VHS quality pic, generic animation, but fun.
Sword of Sherwood Forest - Robin Hood Collection: Richard Greene, TV's Robin Hood, in a passable movie
TCM Summer Under the Stars August 2009: An article with the movie schedule.
Tell Me You Love Me - HBO: Adult oriented series about men women relationships, great stuff, explicit.
The Arrangement: Stylistically brilliant Elia Kazan movie with messy story.
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest - Robin Hood Collection: Robin Hood's son Robert picks up the old man's bow and arrow.
The Betrayed: Absolutely superb thriller, a must watch DVD
The Caine Mutiny Collector's Edition: Classic Humphrey Bogart movie with great ensemble cast.
The Carmen Miranda Collection - If I'm Lucky: Gang of musicians gets involved in state politics with musical numbers all around.
The Crooked E - The Unshredded Truth About Enron: Made for TV movie about an insider's job at Enron. Excellent.
The Diary of Anne Frank - 50th Anniversary Edition: Excellent if 3 hours long.
The Gigantic Book of Running Quotations: A collection of quotations about running or by runners.
The Girls Next Door Season 4: The ongoing adventures of 3 Playboy bunnies in a reality TV show. Fun, male oriented stuff.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Blu-ray: Classic western by Sergio Leone looks great on Blu-ray
The Great American Broadcast - Alice Faye Collection 2: Very good comedy and history of the early days of radio.
The Green Mile Blu-ray Digibook: One of the 3 best Stephen King to screen adaptations.
The Happening - M. Night Shyamalan: Absolutely great Shyamalan thriller. He does not fart around in this one.
The Illusionist: The Illusionist Eisenheim goes head to head with the royal family of Austria for the hand of his childhood sweetheart.
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie: Decent little movie, not quite for the whole family
The Invention of Lying: Good human comedy. Not perfect but fun to watch.
The Jackie Robinson Story starring Jackie Robinson: Pretty good movie tells the story honestly.
The Joneses Blu-ray: Enjoyable social satire that could have had more bite.
The Karate Kid Blu-ray: The original and one and only Karate Kid. A family classic
The Last King of Scotland Blu-ray: Forest Whitaker won Best Actor for his portrayal of Idi Amin
The Last Picture Show - Director's Cut: American coming of age classic about small town America circa 1951
The Last Station: Romantic drama built around fictional Leo Tolstoy story.
The List: Gothic, supernatural, romantic drama, power of prayer Christian movie mess
The Longer-Lasting Inspirational Bathroom Book: Variation on Uncle John's Bathroom Reader book meets the bible
The Longshots: Feel good family movie centered on football team overcoming the odds.
The Mel Brooks Collection Blu-ray: Solid 9 disc comedy set.
The Mental Floss History of the World: Very interesting and a tad wee bit tongue-in-cheek history of the world book. A great read.
The Mickey Rourke Collection: A collection of Mickey Rourke vehicles - two which should be forgotten, one so bad it is good and one that qualifies as good.
The Natural: Some consider this a classic baseball movie.
The New Centurions - George C. Scott / Stacey Keach: Good police drama with a made for TV feel. Very Hill Street Blues like.
The Nines: One strange, hard to explain movie. Cinema fans will enjoy.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - HBO Sundays beginning 03/29/08: Very good adaptation of Alexander McCall Smith African mystery novels
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Season 1 DVD set: Excellent TV mystery DVD set as seen on HBO
The Princess Bride Blu-ray and DVD set: Great Rob Reiner movie everybody will love. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
The Pursuit Of Happyness: A really good movie based on a true story that actually feels true.
The Queen - Helen Mirren: Great performances, banal movie
The Robe - Special Edition DVD: Historical epic about what happened in Rome after Christ's death. In Cinemascope and brilliantly restored.
The Rocker: Washed-out heavy metal drummer gets a second wack at rock stardom in his nephew's band. Pretty decent stuff
The Roller Derby Chronicles - 3 DVD Set: Way cool set for roller derby fans with 2 documentaries and footage or partial footage from games from 1959 to 1977
The Savages: 2 estranged siblings end up taking care of their estranged father at the end of his life.
The Secret Life of Bees: Great and beautiful movie
The Shawshank Redemption - Tin Case: Great human drama based on Stephen King novella
The Shield - Season One - The Complete Series Set: Excellent crime TV show starring Michael Chicklis as corrupt cop.
The Shield The Complete Series 28 DVD 88 Episodes: Excellent, gritty, and dark cop TV series in great looking box set.
The Smurfs - Season One Volume One - Mom Reviewed: 19 fun episodes
The Spectacular Spider-Man Volume 5: 4 season 2 Spider-Man cartoons are fun to watch
The Spiderwick Chronicles DVD: Kid finds book, book is magic, kid has adventure. Good stuff.
The Take: Armored car driver gets life turned upside down after heist.
The Tiger's Tail - Thriller: Excellent doppleganger based thriller with no guns or car chases
The Wackness: Coming of age movie where teen pusher and dope head shrink (Ben Kingsley) come together. Original
The WHA Chronicles: 4 WHA games: Hartford V USSR, 77 All-Star and AVCO Cup, 79 AVCO Cup
The Wiggles - Getting Strong DVD: We already have a few Wiggles DVD s in our house and we love them all. The Wiggles Getting Strong is no exception
The William Castle Collection - The Old Dark House: Tom Poston delivers car and everybody dies in this comedy - mystery
The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition: The Wizard of Oz, you know.
The Wrong Man - The Fifth Estate CBC March 5th 2010: 1 prosecutor, 5 men convicted to live without parole, 5 overturned cases.
The X-Files Collector's Edition Season One: F.B.I. agent Dana Scully is assigned watchdog duty over special agent Fox Mulder, but finds herself drawn into his investigations of paranormal and unexplained phenomena.
This Christmas: Realistic Christmas movie DVD where not everything ends sugary sweet.
Tiny Toon Adventures Season 1 Volume 1: An original, high quality cartoon with in jokes for adults.
Ugly Betty - The Complete Fourth and Last Season: Last season of ugly but duckling in fashion world coming into her own
Umbra Conceal Bookshelf: Way cool designer book shelf
Under The Same Moon - La Misma Luna: Nice little story about a kid crossing illegally to find his mother in L.A.
Valkyrie: Should you be interested? My answer is YES
Valkyrie - Tom Cruise: Political thriller DVD based on a true story.
Vanishing Point - Blu-ray: Loner in Challenger versus the law in original and beautifully shot car chase movie.
Vantage Point - 2 Disc Special Edition: Brilliant political thriller told through 8 different points of view.
Walk the Line Blu-ray: Excellent biopic The Johnny Cash story.
Wall-E: Boy robot meets girl robot, boy robot loses girl, boy robot tries to get girl again.
Wallander - BBC Mystery DVD: Great BBC TV adaptation of Henning Mankell mystery novels
Warner Brothers Red 2 Blu and Buy 5 Blu-ray = 1 Free offer: Trade-in your Warner Brothers HD-DVD for Blu-ray
What Would MacGyver Do?: Boring collection of anecdotes
Whip It: Good but not as good as it could have been.
Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock? - Who the Fuck is Jackson Pollock?: Truckin' Mama takes on the art world when they will not recognize her Jackson Pollock as a Pollock
William Castle Collection DVD Set - 13 Frightened Girls: Almost Disney-like teen girl mystery.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: Very odd supposedly kids' movie.
Witches of Eastwick Blu-ray: Fun comedy with Nicholson as the devil
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway - WB Archive Collection: Odd buddy movie with great actors that works for some and not for others
You're A Good Sport, Charlie Brown - Remastered DVD: Includes title episode and You're the Greatest, Charlie Brown
Columbia Pictures - The Best Picture Collection - 11 Films 64 Academy Awards: A must for the movie fan. 11 Best Picture Awards 14 DVDs
Columbia Pictures - The Best Pictures Collection - It Happened One Night: The first screwball comedy looks a bit green and is still fairly funny
Columbia Pictures - The Best Pictures Collection - Oliver!: 1 the 11 movies in this Oscar winner DVD box set.
Stoffel De Roover - Smoke Photography - Stunning!!: An article on a photographer I came across on the web. You have to check out his website / pictures
Harry Potter - Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix: Harry Potter once again comes face to face with he must not be named while battling the inevitable bureaucracy of every day life.
Harry Potter - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Another Review: Fifth Harry Potter DVD. Good stuff if a bit long and messy.