Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The video quality was not as good as I've seen comparing same price points. The sound of the hosts voice was very low and I listened to it on head phones. He was very monotone as if reading from a card. He did play college ball though and was very good. The information given was above average for someone...
Charles Dickens Collection (David Copperfield / Oliver Twist / Great Expectations) (1999) Review
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Daniel Drouin
on 2/28/2012
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Labels:
19th century britlit classics,
charles dickens,
charles dickens - great expectations,
charlotte rampling,
crime and punishment,
david copperfield,
dead souls and dark alleys,
historical dimensions and pers
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Charles Dickens Collection is a DVD boxed set showcasing three popular classics by the acclaimed and popular English author Charles Dickens: David Copperfield; Oliver Twist; and Great Expectations. These British television productions are enhanced with some of the best set designed and some of the...
The Farmer's Daughter (1947) (1947) Review
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Daniel Drouin
on 2/27/2012
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Labels:
1940s,
christmas classics,
classic movie,
comedy drama,
ethel barrymore,
joseph cotten,
loretta young,
love story,
ought to be on dvd,
political satire
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Unlike some of the other reviewers, I've watched and loved this movie for years. The is one of Loretta Young's best, along with "Rachel and the Stranger" which is also wonderful. Being an old movie addict, it just boggles my mind WHY distributors will put out a movie on VHS and then not on DVD??? There...
Galaxy Quest (1999) Review
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Daniel Drouin
on 2/26/2012
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Labels:
accidental heroes,
alan rickman,
comedy,
dvd,
movie,
parody,
science fiction,
sigourney weaver,
star trek,
tim allen
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)In December of 1999, director Dean Parisot unleashed what is arguably the funniest sci-fi/comedy film of all time, "Galaxy Quest", which focuses upon the dissatisfied lives of five actors who had starred in a long-cancelled sci-fi television series of the same name. Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen) played ship's...
Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) Review
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Daniel Drouin
on 2/25/2012
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Labels:
cary grant,
classic movie,
classics,
comedy,
movie
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Yeeup! As Mr. Tersander would say. This is one of my favorite films. While not exactly bust-a-gut funny, it is warmly amusing throughout with a couple of classic lines & scenes (the perplexing storeroom, the "letch", the well, the all-night Wam session etc.), played to perfection with ease and charm...
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (Single-Disc Edition) (2010) Review
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Daniel Drouin
on 2/24/2012
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Labels:
adventure,
caspian,
childrens fantasy,
cs lewis,
disney movie,
family movie,
fantasy,
georgie henley,
magic,
narnia
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If there's anything that Walden Media's CHRONICLES OF NARNIA movie franchise (based on C.S. Lewis' timeless novels) is known for lately, it could very well be that it ever continued at all. The first film, THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE, was a box office smash, but successor PRINCE CASPIAN didn't...
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: The Complete Season 1 Review
Posted by
Daniel Drouin
on 2/23/2012
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Labels:
adventures,
animation,
animation - tv season sets,
billy,
cartoon,
cartoon network,
dvd,
mandy,
the grim adventures of billy and mandy,
toons
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If this ain't Gothic Lolita, I don't know what is !The 1st season of the hit series "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" is now finally on a two-disc DVD set with a whole lotta episodes on there starring the mean-spirited Mandy, the moronic Billy, and of course, The Grim Reaper himself. Such episodes...
HARRY POTTER & DER HALBBL (2009) Review
Posted by
Daniel Drouin
on 2/22/2012
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Labels:
adventure,
blu-ray,
box sets,
daniel radcliffe,
emma watson,
extended,
fantasy,
future movie releases,
harry potter,
harry potter movie
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Since I had to look elsewhere for DVD details (to decide whether to buy the 2-disc or one-disc film), I thought I'd post here:1-Disc Wide screen and Full Screen DVD*Includes both a wide screen and full screen version of the film.*No special features*RRP $28.982-Disc Digital Copy Special Edition DVD*Widescreen...
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"The Chamber of Secrets" novel in the Harry Potter series is generally considered the weakest of J. K. Rowling's books - it does not have the joyful discovery of "Philosopher's Stone", the dark twists of "Prisioner of Azkaban" or the epic nature of "Goblet of Fire", but is simply a very good story. However,...
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Gift Set With Fluffy Collectible (2001) Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As a Harry Potter fan, I'm so happy with this movie adaptation. It's very true to the book (which is fabulous in my opinion, I don't know why some people complained about that), although there are some slight differences. The movie makers have done a wonderful job bringing Rowling's world on screen....
Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The second installment in the Harry Potter series has some fun moments. I love the character of Gilderoy Lockhart. He's well played and adds humor to the movie. Hagrid's character also gets some more development. I'm not as crazy about the plot. It's a bit too convoluted, and much of it is never really...
Harry Potter et la Chambre des Secrets (French Version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) Review
Posted by
Daniel Drouin
on 2/18/2012
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Labels:
harry potter,
harry potter books,
harry potter movies 1 7
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This second installment in the Harry Potter series has some fun moments. I love the character of Gilderoy Lockhart. He's well played and adds humor to the movie. Hagrid's character also gets some more development. I'm not as crazy about the plot. It's a bit too convoluted, and much of it is never really...
Driving Lessons (2006) Review
Posted by
Daniel Drouin
on 2/17/2012
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Labels:
british comedy,
comedy,
coming of age,
drama,
family film,
growing up,
humor,
julie walters,
laura linney,
rupert grint
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)DRIVING LESSONS is a little film that sneaks up on you. What at first seems to be a bit of fluffy nonsense comedy British style is at its base a very fine story about coming of age and the needs for significant friendship of both the young and the elderly. Writer Jeremy Brock ('Mrs. Brown', 'Charlotte...
The King's Speech (2010) Review
Posted by
Daniel Drouin
on 2/16/2012
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Labels:
british history,
colin firth,
derek jacobi,
england,
geoffrey rush,
guy pearce,
helena bonham carter,
history,
jennifer ehle,
movie
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)There always seems to come a time in every British actors career where they must play the role of a historical British monarch. Riding on the success of his career defining performance in "A Single Man" and sampling the glory of Best Actor nominations across the award circuits, Colin Firth comes storming...
Harry Potter & Chamber of Secrets Review
Posted by
Daniel Drouin
on 2/15/2012
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Labels:
harry potter,
harry potter books,
harry potter movies 1 7
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The second installment in the Harry Potter series has some fun moments. I love the character of Gilderoy Lockhart. He's well played and adds humor to the movie. Hagrid's character also gets some more development. I'm not as crazy about the plot. It's a bit too convoluted, and much of it is never really...
Inkheart (+ BD-Live) (2009) Review
Posted by
Daniel Drouin
on 2/14/2012
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Labels:
adapted from books,
blu-ray,
blu-ray store,
brendan fraser,
cornelia funke,
family,
fantasy,
fantasy adventures,
inkheart,
science fiction for kids
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Ever wish Narnia or Middle Earth were real? Or that you really could sit down to coffee with Jo March or Anne of Green Gables? What if anything you read came out of the book and into your world?People with this gift exist in Inkheart. They're called Silvertongues, and some of them don't even know they...
Tangled (2010) Review
Posted by
Daniel Drouin
on 2/13/2012
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Labels:
disney,
disney dvd,
disney princess,
donna murphy,
fairy tale,
family movie,
mandy moore,
rapunzel,
tangled,
zachary levi
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)*contains some spoilery bits* Tangled, Disney's version of the oft-refashioned folk tale Rapunzel, is the studio's 50th animated film and one that is destined for classic status. The Synopsis:This latest retelling begins with a tiny piece of sunlight falling to earth and a magical golden flower sprouting...