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Tango & Cash [Blu-ray]

Directed by Albert Magnoli, Andrei Konchalovsky
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Another action flick from an unlikely source (wildly inconsistent Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky), buddy movie Tango & Cash teams Sly Stallone and Kurt Russell as bullet-dodging cops who get on each others' nerves while uniting against a slimy French drug kingpin (Jack Palance). Violent, profane, and packed with implausibilities, this is one of those big-budget, stunt-laden affairs that gets by on the charisma of its stars, and they almost pull it off. Tango & Cash was Stallone's first attempt to share the spotlight with another hero, and he's casually laid-back in his change-of-pace role (well, OK, it's not that change-of-pace), while Russell is equally enjoyable as Sly's well-coifed sidekick. Ridiculous all the way, this one is entertaining if only as a virtual catalog of action-movie clichés.--Jeff Shannon

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On Blu-Ray.......why not?
Why not release movies that aren't necessarly classics on Blu-Ray? Is Blu-Ray only for great movies? I don't think so, studios decide what will be released and there's certainly a reason why they decided to release Tango & Cash. OK it's not great but I believe it's a pretty good movie, lots of action, funny jokes along the way, very good story and good pacing all along. It's entertaining which is the goal of every movie.
Besides, the DVD version was in widescreen but wasn't anamorphic (means that even if you have a 16:9 TV it didn't adjust to the size of it. So the Blu-Ray version will correct that big flaw.

So Tango & Cash on Blu-Ray, I'm a buyer!

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Yo Gabba Gabba!: New Friends

From Nickelodeon
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Yo GABBA GABBA!is a live-action program for preschoolers that uses upbeat music to highlight simple life lessons and universal experiences in the lives of preschoolers. DJ Lance Rock hosts and brings to life four friendly monsters and one robot in a colorful land full of music and laughter. Muno, the red cyclops, Foofa the pink flower bubble, Brobee the green little one, Toodee the blue cat-dragon, and Plex the robot are ready to sing, play and dance whenever preschoolers are ready. Just say the magic words, Yo GABBA GABBA!

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Very cool show
Watched it already with my kids when it came on TV and its a really cute show and I thought Jack was hilarious!!!!!

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Collateral Damage [Blu-ray]

Directed by Andrew Davis
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Arnold Schwarzenegger's loyal fans get what they want in this routine but rousing revenge thriller, which pits the aging action star against a Colombian guerrilla terrorist. Schwarzenegger plays a Los Angeles fireman who witnesses the killing of his wife and young son, caused by the terrorist's bombing in a crowded L.A. pavilion. Despite intense scrutiny by FBI and CIA officials, Arnie infiltrates the terrorist's remote jungle compound, enlists the aid of the villain's seemingly trustworthy wife (Francesca Neri), and plots to foil another bombing in Washington, D.C. Director Andrew Davis (The Fugitive) maintains adequate plausibility even when Schwarzenegger's survival grows absurdly unlikely, and lively roles for John Turturro and John Leguizamo add welcomed spice to the movie's impressive display of military ordnance. Despite its formulaic plot and Arnold's advancing seniority, Collateral Damage still manages to pack an entertaining punch. --Jeff Shannon

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Entertaining, As Always, Especially With Francesca Neri
Yes, another typical Arnold Schwarnegger film which translates to (a) interesting all the way; (b) very violent; (c) very far-fetched. Here, Arnold is just a plain old fireman but he turns into superhero, doing things only Superman or Batman could accomplish....but it's still fun to watch.

After seeing his wife and kid blown up by Columbian terrorists, Arnold goes after the latter, traveling to the jungles of that South American country and taking them on! In the end, he's in Washington trying to diffuse another terrorist plot. He's amazing. What CAN'T this guy do? Yes, it's ludicrous....but it's not meant to be taken seriously, folks! It's just entertainment for fans of action movies, nothing more.

There is a nice twist at the end of this story and it involves a very intriguing-looking woman, Francesco Neri. I just love that woman's face. She's also in "Hannibal" but I think the rest of her films are Italian. I would like to see more of her work.

There are also some short appearances by two always-entertaining actors, John Turturro and John Leguizimo. Scharwarznegger's action films usually have a fair amount of tongue-in-cheek humor and those two actors help along those lines in this film.

Overall, it's two hours of good escapist fare.

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Disney Animation Collection 1: Mickey & Beanstalk

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Embark on magical adventures in this DISNEY ANIMATION COLLECTION DVD, part of an exciting series of classic Disney short films! Your favorite Disney characters star in "Mickey And The Beanstalk," the imaginative telling of a beloved storybook tale! Based on the timeless adventures of "Jack and the Beanstalk," Mickey, Donald and Goofy climb a fantastic beanstalk up into the sky to a place where everything is huge -- the food, the castle and the fearsome giant named Willy who guards a beautiful golden harp! Will Mickey and his friends outwit the giant and make it safely back home?

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Turkey, Lobster, Sweet potato pie!
I LOVE this cartoon. My brother, sister and I memorized this cute cartoon. In fact, I still have the "Eat until I die" song in my head (I'm 31--good grief, that went fast!) I've been looking for this video on and off for years now and am excited that it will be released this April.

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Britney: For the Record

From Jive
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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #147 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-04-07
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 63 minutes

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2 steps forward, 1 Step Back
It's the kind of intimate insight only Britney gives in interviews. No other celebrity lets people in as much. As someone who - 40 years ago - suffered his own schiz/hospital/anti-psychotic-meds debacle shockingly similar in its entrance symptomology (www.trailopen.com/index-3.html) with my own version of K-Fed, the probs that lead to disaster are not how many people are outside your house, but the personality that relates to people who want to take advantage of you. This is not a 'slam,' but a love-tap to communicate some reality that is surprising to see after this video. In the video your dance moves - in the studio - are freer and more spiritual than when i saw you in person in Circus concert a week ago. If you're going backwards, or would like to have your mind so totally blown that you'll start walking free of anxiety and in greater and greater creativity, check out my journey "Back From the Other Side" at trailopen.com. Nobody knows this terrain of the psychological "Mirage" better, nor can hold the light higher, than TheProphetFromTrailopen. There you will find the greatest screenplay/musical ever written: "Britney Spears' Dream" at trailopen.com

In closing, my hat is off to you, as always. You are truly 'the bop in the bop-shoo-bop."

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The Wedding Singer [Blu-ray]

Directed by Frank Coraci
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Don't just think of The Wedding Singer as an Adam Sandler comedy--though it most certainly is that. But also think of it as the tip of the wave of the 1980s nostalgia craze that followed on the heels of the 1970s nostalgia craze. Set in the post-disco, new wave era, the film tells the story of Robbie Hart (Sandler), the king of small-town wedding-band singers, who once dreamt of being a rock star. But his contentment with life shatters when his fiancée stands him up at the altar. After wallowing in self-pity (by musically attacking the next wedding couple he serenades) and swearing off women, he helps a new friend, Julia (Drew Barrymore), get ready for her impending nuptials--only to find himself falling in love with her. If you're a Sandler fan, you'll enjoy him as an actual adult, though a wise-cracking one. And dig all those kooky '80s reference jokes and that greatest-hits-of-early-MTV soundtrack. --Marshall Fine

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Sandler Peaked With His 3rd Film
A perfect blend of his insecure charm, silly singing and wacky supporting cast, it's sad that none of Sandler's other films were ever this enjoyable.

I have been an Adam Sandler fan since Billy Madison (seeing it 3 times in the theater) and Happy Gilmore which continued the trend of comedy excellence, then The Wedding Singer came along and showed us that Sandler was capable of blending real heart within his outrageous humor.

The key to this film (and the first 2) is that unlike his later efforts, the cast does not consist solely of the "Happy Madison Gang" aka friends of Sandler. Every supporting role (even the extras) is perfectly cast and although a few familiar SNL faces (Lovitz/Nealon) show up, the mostly unknown character actors add a touch of reality to the 80's universe they created.

The only time Sandler came close to his former glory was after re-teaming with Drew Barrymore for 50 First Dates, but even then his hangers-on buddies and gross-out humor spoil the show.

This version of the film has an additional scene (a nice surprise) featuring Rosie and Robbie that is very reminiscent of the "Meatball" scene from the theatrical cut, but just as funny.

The making of the musical mini-doc only manages to make you realize that the broadway folks had no idea why people loved the movie as they discuss their decisions to replace all the beloved hits from the soundtrack with their own compositions and have the lead actors behave nothing like Adam Sandler or Drew Barrymore-LAME!

Finally, the "80's Mix Tape" feature provides minimal trivia on the soundtrack songs and then just skips to the scenes in the movie where the music plays in the background which is pretty pointless b/c the music plays throughout the movie, so you might as well just watch the film itself over again.

But the reason for the DVD is the great movie and not the extras (at least in this case) so if you don't already own it on DVD pick up this version, for nothing else than a few extra minutes of Sandler in his prime.


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Point of No Return [Blu-ray]

Directed by John Badham
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Point of No Return is one of those Hollywood remakes of a European hit in which one can visualize a committee of studio executives sitting around and saying, "Okay, we know what made the original film unique and different and fun. How can we make that same movie and do exactly the opposite?" For-hire director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever) took La Femme Nikita, Luc Besson's undeniably sexy, original, and kitschy French film about a female assassin, and translated it into a calculating, mechanistic American thriller with no distinctive style. Bridget Fonda gamely plays the willowy street punk who becomes a high-society killer, but once that provocative irony is in place, the movie is pretty much a series of by-the-numbers action set pieces. Until, that is, Dermot Mulroney shows up as a love interest; but even that twist can't save this film. You're much better off with the original, subtitles and all. --Tom Keogh

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Not a Bad Movie
I think it is wrong to compare 'Point of No Return' to the original French film, 'Nikita'. After all, they are based in two different cultures at different times. That said, 'Point of No Return' is a very entertaining movie. Sure, it isn't a perfect film, but I don't know many that can not be criticized. Overall, it is a good movie. I agree with those who say that Nina Simone adds a lot of depth to the film. I first heard of her music through this film many years ago. What a gift?! That is worth watching the movie in itself. I would recommend this film to anyone.

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i.o.u.s.a.

Directed by Patrick Creadon
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As the average American can attest, personal debt is bad enough, but as Thomas Jefferson once cautioned, public debt is "corruptive of the government" and "demoralizing of the nation." Patrick Creadon's I.O.U.S.A. documents the efforts of two concerned citizens, former US Comptroller General Dave Walker and Concord Coalition Director Robert Bixby, to explain how America racked up over $9.5 trillion in debt and what we can do to stem the tide. Based on the book Empire of Debt by William Bonner and Executive Producer Addison Wiggin, Wordplay's Creadon combines Walker and Bixby's "Fiscal Wake-Up Tour" with observations from former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, former Treasury Secretaries Robert Rubin and Paul O’Neill, superstar CEO Warren Buffett, and student activists. The information flows with ease and the clips from Saturday Night Live and The Daily Show add levity to an undeniably dark and timely topic, but the narrative rests on a long list of facts and figures, leading to a production that feels more like a special news report than a work of cinema. Unlike Alex Gibney's Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, on which co-writer/producer Christine O'Malley (Creadon's wife) assisted, character development takes a backseat to data. Arguably, the director lacks an outsized personality, like Enron's Kenneth Lay, around which to assemble his argument, but the subject calls for more of a human face to have the desired effect, i.e. to encourage beleaguered taxpayers to care enough to rise up off their easychairs and agitate for greater fiscal responsibility. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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Clear, simple and to the point explanation of the credit crisis
I. O. U. S. A. is a wake up call from some of the government experts and policy consultants (not lobbyists) who have been warning the President for years about this coming crisis. Philanthropist Peter G. Peterson put $1 billion of his own money in this organization and hired America's Watchdog, GAO Comptroller General David Walker to head up the effort.
This movie is a "must watch." CNN ran a shorter version on a recent Sunday with several of the stars live.
This is real, it is disturbing and it is timeless. The government was already in serious debt BEFORE the credit crisis hit the fan. We won't get out of this easily nor will most investment advisors even address it.
I will bet your advisor sat you down to discuss your "risk tolerance" years ago and you agreed that you could stand a 10% short-term decline but that 20% would be troubling. In the past seven months the stock market fell 45% and no one called you and the market is about to fall further and you probably have not reallocated your portfolio to gold, silver and inverse or bear market funds. The losses are so bad your advisor doesn't want to discuss such a painful outcome with you.
Watch this film and you will understand that it is unlikely that you will see much of the money you had one or two years ago ever in your lifetime.
It's troubling for the government but it is tragic for you.
Bill Donoghue, Chairman, W. E. Donoghue & Co., Inc. Norwood Massachusetts

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Above the Law [Blu-ray]

Directed by Andrew Davis
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Steven Seagal plays a Chicago cop who takes on CIA types in this action thriller from Andrew Davis (The Fugitive). Davis brings muscle to the project, including some strong set pieces that make Seagal (who also co-wrote and co-produced the film) look awfully good. Costars Pam Grier and Sharon Stone give a big assist in that department, too, yet nothing can really mitigate such ridiculous moments as Seagal's getting profound with a villain in his raspy monotone: "You think you're above the law. But you're not." The DVD release includes full-screen and widescreen presentations, production notes, trailers, optional Spanish soundtrack and optional French and Spanish subtitles. --Tom Keogh

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Seagal At His Best
This movie is Steven Seagal's first and best. "Above the Law" features Steven Seagal as Nico Toscani. A tough, edgy police officer who once was a Special Ops agent in the Vietnam War. The movie starts off as a montage of moments early in Nico's life.(which coincidentally mirrors Seagal's own youth). From there, we move onto the Vietnam War, and then to present day Chicago of 1988. Nico is partnered with Dolores Jackson (Pam Grier) as they become involved in a case involving a drug shipment. When the bad guys are busted, the Chicago police and the Feds discover a cache of C-4 explosives. Eventually, Nico and Dolores discover a CIA conspiracy where they are dealing in narcotics trafficking to fund their covert operations. A Central American priest has paperwork to bust this operation, and it is up to Nico to uncover this dastardly plot.

Steven Seagal gives his best performance of his dubious career as he plays a relentless cop trying to bust the villains. Pam Grier is his supportive partner. Sharon Stone is also in the film as Seagal's wife. And the main villain is Henry Silva (Zagon), who has played numerous villains in the various films he has been in.

The fight scenes are very believable, with things and people being broken constantly. My favorite scenes are the aikido sparring session at the beginning, and when the 4 busters pull up in a convertible to confront Nico. The scene ends with this huge guy coming up to Nico, and he fells him with a double blow to the chest and stomach.

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* The Special Features section is a bit thin. The "Cast & Crew" has some bios on the various actors. It was interesting that the opening scene of the movie followed Steven Seagal's youth, and that Seagal has black belts in Karate, Aikido, and Kendo. "Behind the Scenes" just featured a couple of pages of text on the movie. "Theatrical Trailers" had 8 trailers of Steven Seagal movies.

I have always enjoyed this movie. Each time I watch it, I pick up some more dialogue from this movie. There are actually some hilarious one-liners from some of the background actors if you pay attention. I am not sure about the Blu-ray extra's, but the extra's on the DVD are not good. However, the movie is a great for those of us who love action movies !

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Final Destination [Blu-ray]

Directed by James Wong
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While hardly a spiritual upgrade of the slasher film, this high-concept teen body-count thriller drops hints of The Sixth Sense into the smart-aleck sensibility of Scream. Helmed by X-Files veteran James Wong, who cowrote the screenplay with longtime creative partner Glen Morgan, Final Destination is an often entertaining thriller marked by an unsettling sense of unease and scenes of eerie imagery. It suffers, however, from a schizophrenic tone and a frankly ludicrous premise. A high school Cassandra, Alex Browning (Devon Sawa of Idle Hands), wakes from a preflight nightmare and panics when he's convinced the plane is doomed. His ruckus bumps seven passengers from the Paris-bound plane, which immediately explodes into a fireball on takeoff, but fate hasn't finished with these lucky few and, one by one, death claims them. Wong brings such a funereal tone to these early scenes of survivor's guilt and inevitable doom that the already far-fetched film threatens to veer into unplanned absurdity. Thankfully, the tale loosens up with a playful morgue humor: one of the victims winds up the splattered punch line to a grim joke and elaborate Rube Goldbergesque chains of cause and effect become inspired spectacles of destruction. Final Destination is a pretty silly thriller when it takes itself seriously, and the filmmakers play fast and loose with their own rules of fate, but once they stick their tongues firmly in cheek, the film takes off with a screwy interpretation of the domino effect of doom. --Sean Axmaker

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My favourite movie
Final Destination is my absolute favourite ever movie. It has everything you could ever want from a horror movie: unique and likeable characters; brilliant plot twists; extremely inventive deaths (or "accidents"); loads of chilling suspence and enough gore to make the movie scary and fun but not enough to put you off or make you look away.

Alex Browning has a horrific vison of the airplane, which he and his friends have just boarded on a school trip to Paris, exploding shortly after take off. He panicks after the vision and he, four other students and a teacher are forcible removed from the plane by the airline staff. The airplane takes off without them and a few seconds later, explodes just like in Alex's vision as it is ascending into the air.

Thirty-nine days pass and everything seems fine, but then, after the funeral of the victims of the crash one of the survivors dies in a freak accident that is at first dismissed as suicide. But then the other survivors start dying in equally bizzare accidents and Alex and his friends learn that maybe they didn't cheat death after all as the grim reaper is stalkin them one-by-one...

The movie has lots of suspence and just the right amount of gore. It is an absolute must see for any fans of the genre or anybody looking for a good movie.

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