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What's Cookin'?
Released in VHS Tape by Hbo Studios (26 August, 1997)
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Supurb acting by supurb talent in this freakish "'Crypt".This "Tales From The Crypt" video seemingly features great talent from great film stars past and present. From this video, I'll be reviewing "What's Cookin'?" , "Split Personality" and "As Ye Sow" . "What's Cookin'?", starring Christopher Reed (one of his best and most recent before his accident) , and Meatloaf (?!) , this is a houmerous tale of...well...kind of canibalisim, I guess. Let's just say some "special" meat is imported. Lot's of tounge-in-cheek material. The kind of 'Crypt you'd bring home to mom. "Split Personality" , featuring award winning actor Joe Pesci is a houmerous tale as well, as he dates two identical sisters at the same time, fooling them into thinking that he himself has a twin (he does not) . It's not untill he marries BOTH untill things REALLY heat up.... "As Ye Sow" , starring Hector Elizondo, John Shea and Patsy Kensit is a tale of a man who believes his wife to be cheating on him with a local priest. However, things are not always as they seem, as ending draws to a very shocking yet ironic end. Overall, another great "Tales From The Crypt" video. They're all good with variety. "What's Cookin'?" has humor, "Split Personality" has that gore you crave, and "As Ye Sow" is a great date 'Crypt! Well. No, not really, it's not. Later!
REALLY GOODTHE FIRST STORIE, WELL COOKED HAMS IS GREAT, AND HAS A VERY ENTERTAINING STORIE. THE SECOND, SPLIT PERSONALITY IS EVEN BETTER, WITH AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE FROM JOE PESCI. THE THIRD IS THE BEST, IT HAS AN EXCELLENT STORY, AND A GREAT PERFORMANCE BY HECTOR ELIZONDO. MUST SEE!!!!!!!! END
The X-Files: Little Green Men/The Host
Released in VHS Tape by Twentieth Century Fox (11 February, 1997)
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Go Go Fluke Man!Little Green Men/The Host is probably the second best episode collection ever. In Little Green Men, Mulder travels to Puerto Rico to investigate supposed alien contact on a government base. But while he's there, he comes into contact with the same aliens who abducted his sister Samantha. Compared to The Host however, this episode is nothing. In The Host, a mutilated body in the Newark sewers attracts Mulder and Scully's attention. Scully claims the victim was killed by a parasitic creature called a fluke worm. But then another worker is killed by something much larger... This episode is pretty icky and pretty awesome.
Fluke Man rules!!!"The Host" is one of the best X-Files episodes ever. Where does Chris Carter dream this stuff up?? Granted, this is not for the sqeamish, but there is no disputing this is an X-Files classic. "Little Green Men" is nowhere as good as "The Host" but still quite good. All I can say is if you're driving through Newark, NJ late one night...watch out...Fluke Man is gonna get you!!
The X-Files: Nisei/731
Released in VHS Tape by Twentieth Century Fox (30 September, 1997)
This two-parter (third season, episodes 9 and 10) picks up threads from the season opening three-part story. Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) track an "alien autopsy" tape to its source only to find the sender murdered and the killer a high-ranking Japanese government official protected by diplomatic immunity. As Mulder follows clues recovered from the killer to a decades old series of experiments he believes involves alien DNA and human subjects, Scully meets a group of women who possess the same computer-chip implants and memories of abduction that she has and discovers a secret camp, ostensibly a leper colony but also the site of genetic experiments. Their two lines of inquiry meet on a government train car seen in the very tape that Muldar saw at the beginning of "Nisei." Deep Throat's cagey successor, known only as X (Steven Williams), takes the most active role he's ever undertaken in the series while FBI scientist Pendrell (Brenden Beiser) helps Scully investigate her implanted chip and freelance pals Lone Gunmen help out in their own unique way. Director Rob Bowman brings an understated creepiness to the adventure with his desolate settings and dripping-with-dread atmosphere. --Sean Axmaker
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I have now become an X-Files fan!I've seen the X-Files show a couple of times before but was only mildly impressed. I had seen the feature film and wasn't impressed at all. But just last night I watched these two particular episodes, and now I understand why people become X-Files fans. It was very suspenseful, and I still can't make heads or tails out of some of the stuff I saw. But I know I liked it!
The way the climax unfolds in the claustrophobic atmosphere of a single train car which may or may not contain a bomb; and may or may not contain an alien; and may or may not contain a human experiment gone dangerously awry; and may very well contain an agent from the National Security Agency who threatens Mulder's mission (and his life) -- great writing of this caliber is usually only seen in Hitchcock films or the M. Night Shyamalan (sic) films.
If you are (like I was 24 hours ago) not an X-Files fan, just check this one out. If you like on-the-edge-of-your-seat suspense, you won't be disappointed.
All the goberments have secrets.I already was a believer in the UFO phenomena, and the X-files show this in a new way, the alien conspiration, everithing was expose in this serie. In this episodes Mulder traces the video of the Alien authopsy, but this investigation takes show him more a simple fake, they expose the world conspiration to obtain new medical and technological advances obtained from the Aliens. In this two episodes, the two contries ( USA and Japan ), figth to keep the results of the alien investigations for your own beneficts, and show how this experiments was used in normal persons to see the results ( like the microchip planted on Scully and the camp with all the infected people ). This is definitelly one of the most interested chapters in the X-Files saga, and show many things who made more than one person think about the UFO and Alien phenomena and if the goberments really tell all the true to the people.
We are alone ?
Bruce Willis - The Return of Bruno
Released in VHS Tape by Hbo, Inc. (15 July, 1987)
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Return, don't return just STAY!I'm Brasilian, so I'll try! Bruce is great like actor, so imagine like singer! Oh my God! I have his CD. But was so hard get this CD. I get in Germany! 7.000 km from Brazil! So, I want this VHS...
I Am Your Child
Released in VHS Tape by Mpi Home Video (10 March, 1998)
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If you are a child advocate, this is a must see!This is the most innovative, fun, yet deeply moving video that shows us how a community can put their money where their mouth is.
It truly shows the benefits of funding early intervention. It makes the point clear through the funny "skits" of many well known actors.
I love it and use it in the community to help prove that our money is best spent in early intervention.
Interns
Released in VHS Tape by Columbia/Tristar Studios (11 June, 1997)
Starring: Cliff Robertson
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Re-release this movie!! Make it affordable!!This timeless cult classic movie with a starstudded cast that includes Cliff Robertson,Buddy Ebsen,Anne Helm,Telly Savalas and many others is probably the greatest Doctor/Hospital movie ever especially concerning the trials and tribulations of being an intern in both the Doctor and Nursing profession.It's a fun,must see film that should be re-released on vhs/dvd so that humble people like myself can afford it!!
Oz Kids Collection: Journey Beneath the Sea
Released in VHS Tape by Paramount Studio (14 October, 1997)
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ONE OF MY SON'S FAVORITESThis is an engaging, fun-filled adventure for children of all ages. My six-your old son loves it. The characters are interesting. The story quality is excellent. And I feel comfortable that the content is "safe" for young children. I would highly recommend it.
S.P.Y.S.
Released in VHS Tape by Twentieth Century Fox (27 September, 1990)
Starring: Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland
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THIS IS SORT OF FUNNYIF YOU LIKE MURDER AND MAYHEM AND DONALD SUTHERLAND.THEN,I SUGEST THIS MOVIE. TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, IT IS A COMIC FARCE YOU'LL NEVER FORGET{IF YOU WATCH IT OVER AND OVER}.
Back to the Future - The Complete Trilogy
Released in VHS Tape by Universal Studios (17 December, 2002)
Starring: Michael J. Fox
Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis topped his breakaway hit Romancing the Stone with Back to the Future, a joyous comedy with a dazzling hook: what would it be like to meet your parents in their youth? Billed as a special-effects comedy, the imaginative film (the top box-office smash of 1985) has staying power because of the heart behind Zemeckis and Bob Gale's script. High schooler Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox, during the height of his TV success) is catapulted back to the '50s where he sees his parents in their teens, and accidentally changes the history of how Mom and Dad met. Filled with the humorous ideology of the '50s, filtered through the knowledge of the '80s (actor Ronald Reagan is president, ha!), the film comes off as a Twilight Zone episode written by Preston Sturges. Filled with memorable effects and two wonderfully off-key, perfectly cast performances: Christopher Lloyd as the crazy scientist who builds the time machine (a DeLorean luxury car) and Crispin Glover as Marty's geeky dad. --Doug Thomas
Critics and audiences didn't seem too happy with Back to the Future, Part II, the inventive, perhaps too clever sequel. Director Zemeckis and cast bent over backwards to add layers of time-travel complication, and while it surely exercises the brain it isn't necessarily funny in the same way that its predecessor was. It's well worth a visit, though, just to appreciate the imagination that went into it, particularly in a finale that has Marty watching his own actions from the first film. --Tom Keogh
Shot back-to-back with the second chapter in the trilogy, Back to the Future, Part III is less hectic than that film and has the same sweet spirit of the first, albeit in a whole new setting. This time, Marty ends up in the Old West of 1885, trying to prevent the death of mad scientist Christopher Lloyd at the hands of gunman Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson, who had a recurring role as the bully Biff). Director Zemeckis successfully blends exciting special effects with the traditions of a Western and comes up with something original and fun. --Tom Keogh
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Error on disc 2 and 3Just wanted to let people know that in the widescreen edition, a mistake was made on the second and third discs--instead of using actual widescreen footage, someone just put black bars on the top and bottom of the fullscreen pan-and-scan version, so you get even *less* picture with the widescreen version. This error was not noticed until it was too late, although Universal Studios is planning to correct this in a future version of the dvd set, and people who bought the original set will be able to get a free trade-in. Here's the email they've been sending to people who asked about this:
"Thank you for your email. Universal Studios will exchange Back to the Future parts 2 and 3 for copies with the updated framing in late February 2003. You may send the DVDs back now or wait until February. Please send Back to the Future disks 2 and 3, without the case, and a letter with the following information: Name, Full Mailing Address, Daytime Phone Number, Reason for Return and Return Address. Send to:
Back to the Future DVD Returns
PO Box 224468
Dallas, Texas 75260
Thank you,
Universal Studios Customer Service"
Part 1 looks great! Can now exchange 2 & 3!The picture quality of these dvds is really pristine, and the extras are quite nice, though I would have liked to see more interviews with supporting cast members.
As many people have noted, parts 2 and 3 seem to have been matted too high on the open matte original print, so stuff tends to get cut off the bottom of the screen, like Marty's jacket and hoverboard in part 2. Plus there's too much headroom on many of the shots as a result. I just called the Universal DVD return hotline and they are offering a free replacement of those 2 wrongly matted dvds. You need to send in the 2 dvds (without the packaging they came in) to:
Back to the Future DVD Returns
PO Box 224468
Dallas, TX 75260
You need to include your name and full mailing address, along with your daytime phone number and reason for exchange.
I also noticed that on Part 1 when I try to watch the commentary with Michael J. Fox that it cuts out and takes me back to the menu screen around chapter 8 or so. Not a big deal but I do think it's a glitch that occurs in some dvd players.
As many people have noted, parts 2 and 3 seem to have been matted too high on the open matte original print, so stuff tends to get cut off the bottom of the screen, like Marty's jacket and hoverboard in part 2. Plus there's too much headroom on many of the shots as a result. I just called the Universal DVD return hotline and they are offering a free replacement of those 2 wrongly matted dvds. You need to send in the 2 dvds (without the packaging they came in) to:
Back to the Future DVD Returns
PO Box 224468
Dallas, TX 75260
You need to include your name and full mailing address, along with your daytime phone number and reason for exchange.
I also noticed that on Part 1 when I try to watch the commentary with Michael J. Fox that it cuts out and takes me back to the menu screen around chapter 8 or so. Not a big deal but I do think it's a glitch that occurs in some dvd players.
Back to the Future - The Complete TrilogyThis set is perfect for spending most of a day (into the evening hours) being entertained. My personal observation is that 2 and 3 were MORE entertaining with more special effects and "cliff hanger" moments - the train reaching maximum mass as the doctor and then the female climb along the side of the train trying to catch up to the DeLorean Time Machine and finally resorting to the skate board from the future to hop in at the last second!
As far as the blacked out faux paux on Discs 2 and 3 I didn't notice it. I had borrowed this set. So I'm not too upset by it and will wait until after the date mentioned to buy my set.
The extra disc is full of information on the making of the movies, that most will find enjoyable.
Overall, an entertaining set of movies with very few shortcomings. I anticipate viewing these movies over and over.
As far as the blacked out faux paux on Discs 2 and 3 I didn't notice it. I had borrowed this set. So I'm not too upset by it and will wait until after the date mentioned to buy my set.
The extra disc is full of information on the making of the movies, that most will find enjoyable.
Overall, an entertaining set of movies with very few shortcomings. I anticipate viewing these movies over and over.
John Row
The Abyss
Released in VHS Tape by Twentieth Century Fox (14 May, 1996)
Starring: Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Meticulously crafted but also ponderous and predictable, James Cameron's 1989 deep-sea close-encounter epic reaffirms one of the oldest first principles of cinema: everything moves a lot more slowly underwater. Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, as formerly married petroleum engineers who still have some "issues" to work out, are drafted to assist a gung-ho Navy SEAL (Michael Biehn) with a top-secret recovery operation: a nuclear sub has been ambushed and sunk, under mysterious circumstances, in some of the deepest waters on earth, and the petro-techies have the only submersible craft capable of diving down that far. Every image and every performance is painstakingly sharp and detailed (and the computerized water creatures are lovely) but the movie's lumbering pace is ultimately lethal. It's the audience that ends up feeling waterlogged. For a guy who likes guns as much as Cameron (his next film after all, was the body-count masterpiece Terminator 2: Judgment Day), it's interesting that the moral balance here is weighted heavily in favor of the can-do engineers; the military types are end-justifies-the-means amoralists, just like the weasely government bureaucrats in Aliens. --David Chute
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Great film, poor DVD editionBeware, this widescreen edition is not enhanced for 16:9 televisions.
Top class DVD package from 20th Century Fox -- againThis two-disc DVD package is nothing short of stunning in both it's content and presentation. 20th Century Fox DVDs of late are top class examples of the power of DVD, which put the simple video-to-DVD transfers which some companies put out to shame. THE ABYSS is a fantastic film and the ability to choose which version to watch (Theatrical or Special Edition) is a real boon. The aminated menus are brillant, based on the Moon Pool part of the rig, an example of which is the selection of the version of the film to watch. There are two doors - you pick the one for the version you want to watch. Then before the version you've picked starts a water tentacle rises up and goes through the door you picked. It's touchs like that which distinguishes the class from the dross. After watching the film, there's the second disc. This positively bursts with in-depth background information: The one-hour documentary "Under Pressure: The Making of the Abyss" and a supplemental guide containing a mass of material relating to the film including the original treatment, a shooting script and every single storyboard! Not to mention all the other stuff (one of my favourites being the 7 minute time lapse sequence showing the building and filling of the main Deepcore exterior set). A must for any serious DVD collector. Essential for any fan of this superb film.
Excellent Movie - Excellent DVDI couldn't wait for The Abyss Special Edition to be released on DVD. I already have the Special Edition Widescreen released on VHS in 1995 with the 10 minute featurette on the making of The Abyss. But as soon as I bought the DVD - I went home to watch it. You can choose to watch the theatrical version or the Special Edition with 28 minutes of additional footage. The commentary is visable via subtitles in the black bar. Which is great. For anyone who hasn't already seen this movie - it's an action-adventure/sci-fi/romance. Basically it's for everybody.
Ed Harris play Bud Brigman, the toolpusher on an underwater drilling platform designed by his soon-to-be-ex-wife, Lindsey (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio). A US submarine sinks near Cuba & the Navy enlists the help of the workers on the drilling rig in a rescue attempt. Four Navy SEALs are sent down to supervise this mission. Headed by Lt. Coffey, played by Michael Biehn. Too bad that Coffey suffers the effects of HPNS and begins to go a little over the edge.
All this and oh yeah, there seem to be some unidentified underwater flying objects. Of course only Lindsey seems to see the & Coffey thinks they're Russian.
This movie is full of conflicts, romance, action and adventure & is one of my favorite movies. This DVD is just full of extras that I haven't even fully explored yet. Just a few are a 59 minute documentary on the making of The Abyss as well as a 10 minute featurette. There are stills, cast historys, storyboards and anything else you could ever possibly want to know about this movie. This is a must buy DVD. 20th Century Fox takes it's time and puts out first rate DVD's. The Abyss, Fight Club & Aliens are just a few examples of this. If you do enjoy The Abyss Special Edition - try these others.