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    September 12, 2007
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5 out of 5
5
Non-stop fun
on July 24, 2008
Posted by: Cubboy
Volume 2 has some great shorts here; "Grips, Grunts and Groans" along with "Calling All Curs" and Dizzy Doctors" (Brighto!) come to mind. Sit back and enjoy the boys in absolutely great DVD quality.
What's great about it: Fantastic quality
What's not so great: none
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Fans of the Three Stooges will feel like their prayers have been answered with this generous, lovingly remastered sampling of the trio's early material. After years of muddy-looking public domain videos and a few aesthetically questionable legitimate releases (those unfortunate 'colorized' releases), The Three Stooges Collection, Volume One: 1934-1936 is a treat for the eyes. It includes every short the trio produced between 1934 and 1936 and each has been given an impressive remastering job that really brings out the detail of the black and white photography. The audio portion of these transfers sticks to the original mono mix for each short and they sound nice and crisp despite their age. The one disappointing aspect of this set is a lack of extras. Hopefully, future releases will offer some retrospective featurettes or commentaries for fans. That said, the generous array of skillfully remastered shorts offered here delivers plenty of bang for the buck and The Three Stooges Collection, Volume One: 1934-1936 is thus a necessary package for Stooges fans.
 
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5 out of 5
5
Classic comedy
on February 11, 2008
Posted by: Cubboy
Finally, a superior Stooge DVD. Sony has got it right, at last. This DVD starts off in chronilogical order, beginning with the Stooges' 1st short, "Women Haters" and goes thru 1936. The DVD appears to be remastered as the picture quality is vastly improved. A "must" for stooge fans.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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This hilarious release from the landmark improvisational comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm includes all 10 episodes from the show's sixth season, following the everyday adventures of the awesomely misanthropic Larry and his quest to be left alone.
 
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5 out of 5
5
Solid as usual...
on February 10, 2008
Posted by: Cubboy
"Deep inside, he's you" is how this masterpiece is described. Season 6 does NOt disappoint. It opens with Larry and Cheryl taking in a family that is homeless due to a natural disaster. The Funkhausers, The Dansons, Richard Lewis and the rest of the ensemble cast is back for another hilarious season.
What's great about it: extremely funny
What's not so great: none
I would recommend this to a friend!
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5 out of 5
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Still great!!
on October 20, 2007
Posted by: Cubboy
Still an awesome movie after all these years! Great performances by all and fantastic music. Many extras that the whole family can enjoy.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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5 out of 5
5
Fantastic music!
on October 19, 2007
Posted by: Cubboy
John Belushi and Dan Akroyd take the characters they made popular on SNL to the big screen. They try to get their band back together so that they can pay the back taxes on a local school so it won't close. This is a very good movie with amazing music from such notables as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and James Brown, not to mention the Blues Brothers Band themselves. Highly recommended.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Though Paramount didn't go out of its way with this DVD of John Hughes' Planes, Trains and Automobiles, what they did do has some merit. The 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer is the highlight of the disc. While it's certainly not, by any stretch of the imagination, reference quality, the picture still stands on its own. The earthy shades are captured pleasingly and skin tones always seem to be right on target. Black levels also look correct, as they are dense, but don't overtake the scene. It's not a film that's overly filled with color and the transfer reproduces that splendidly. The 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack, though expectedly centered more up front for the majority of the film, does have moments where the surrounds are used effectively. Specifically, Hughes use of music livens up the audio. What's disappointing is the lack of supplements. Even Ferris Bueller's Day Off had a commentary track from the director, but here, nothing -- not even the seemingly obligatory trailer. It's a shame, because even though the movie does stand on its own, so much more could be said about this film in one way or another.
 
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5 out of 5
5
The "new" classics!
on October 18, 2007
Posted by: Cubboy
This is one of my all-time favorite comedies. Steve Martin plays the uptight Neal Page while the late, great John Candy plays the lovable Del Griffith. This odd couple gets "stuck" together trying to get home in time for Thanksgiving. Too many great scenes to list them all. All I can say is that this is comedy at its best and it also has a very touching ending as well. Highly recommended.
What's great about it: Good buddy movie, extremely funny
What's not so great: One scene gives it an "R" rating and not viewable for children
I would recommend this to a friend!
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A nice sample of HBO shows
on October 17, 2007
Posted by: Cubboy
This DVD contains one episode each of "Curb our Enthusiam", "Extras" and "Flight of the Concords". Curb's "The Doll" is one of the series best ever episodes. The "Extras" episode started off a little slow, but then really took off and was very funny. Kate Winslet stars in this episode and is actually quite funny playing a nun in a movie ONLY so she'll be considered for an Oscar. Rick Gevais is absolutely hilarious posing as a Catholic, while he is actually an atheist, to impress a woman he likes. "Flight of the Concords" was also pretty good. It's a odd bit of comedy, but the songs these two New Zealander musicians concoct are very clever.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Clark Griswold and his family get to celebrate the holidays in digital splendor in this DVD release of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. The film has been transferred to disc in its original widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1, which has been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. The original English language soundtrack has been remixed in Dolby Digital 5.1, while an alternate track dubbed in French appears in Dolby Digital Mono. The movie also features optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish. No bonus materials have been included.
 
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5 out of 5
5
A GREAT Christmas movie!
on October 16, 2007
Posted by: Cubboy
Clark Grisworld wants the perfect family Christmas and has the whole family over. What ensues in the next hour and a half is pure hilarity. The 3rd installment of the "Vacation" series does not disappoint. Chevy Chase is great as usual. A must see at our house every year during the Christmas season.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Though it makes up for some of the previous edition's mishaps, the Jaws: 30th Anniversary Edition is an almost-perfect DVD that suffers only from a bit of laziness on the part of Universal. Released in 2000 as one of director Steven Spielberg's first blockbusters unveiled on DVD, the Jaws: Collector's Edition was a big seller in the stores, yet still managed to fall short thanks to the studio's unwillingness to include the full two-hour documentary from the laserdisc, long thought of as the definitive look back on the troubled production. So now here comes this two-disc set celebrating the crowd-pleaser's pearl anniversary and the good news is that the documentary has indeed been reinstated to its full glory. Those who have only seen the previous hour-long cut are in for a big treat here, thanks to the incredible detail that was culled from the various sources in the production, including John Williams, Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider, Peter Benchley, production designer Joe Alves, and, of course, Spielberg himself. Another bit of good news involves the inclusion of a never-before-available nine-minute interview on-set with the director from 1974 that gives the audience a rare glimpse of the young director on just his second day of shooting, no doubt already feeling the constraints of the sea-bound production. For aficionados, it's the kind of engaging footage that is endlessly interesting, given the kind of Vietnam hell that followed Spielberg on the rest of the shoot. Other new bits of goodness involve the inclusion of both 5.1 DTS and Dolby tracks (previous versions included either one or the other) along with the infamous original theatrical mono audio track, which will please the hardcore fans out there to no end (many were not happy with the enhanced 5.1 tracks). What isn't pleasing about this edition is the exclusion of the famed theatrical trailers that figured prominently into the success of the film. This lone exclusion will prevent most customers from getting rid of their previous version, which makes little sense in the grand scheme of things given that the rest of the still archives were carried over, including other marketing pieces such as posters, books, T-shirts, and much more. This, along with the fact that no new menus were designed for this edition, just makes Universal look bad. It's like they listened to the gripes about the documentary on the last one, but didn't feel the need to dedicate more money into an anniversary edition of one of the biggest films of all time. The result is yet another DVD that gives the same "play all" feature to the deleted scenes, with the added annoyance of outtakes being thrown into the same feature as well. Though no one will miss the trivia game or the shark facts from the previous version, there will be those who will resent the silliness involved with the loss of the very integral trailers. Still, with the full documentary and the reinstated original mono mix, many will pony up for this release, which comes with a nice commemorative booklet and the same fine fullscreen transfer carried over from the Fullscreen Collector's Edition.
 
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5 out of 5
5
A classic!
on October 15, 2007
Posted by: Cubboy
A fantastic movie! My personal all-time favorite with a great, yet simple story, with 1st class acting and an unforgettable score by John Williams. The extras include outtakes, deleted scenes and a very cool documentary with interviews from Spielberg and the stars of the movie. Highly recommended.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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The high-school basketball film Hoosiers has become a genre classic. This tale of an underdog small-town Indiana team taking on a big-city powerhouse in the state championships was based on a true story. The most fascinating aspect of this first-rate disc is the inclusion of the original film of that actual 1954 championship game. The footage is grainy and is by no means professionally created, but it is a fascinating piece of history. Director David Anspaugh and screenwriter Angelo Pizzo provide a commentary track for the feature film that details many stories about how they had to make do with a very limited budget. The excellent transfer of the film presents the movie in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1, preserving the original theatrical aspect ratio. The English soundtrack has been remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1. The director and screenwriter provide an introduction for over 30 minutes of deleted footage, much of it concerning the romantic relationship between the coach played by Gene Hackman and the local schoolteacher played by Barbara Hershey. The original theatrical trailer and a still photo gallery round out this quality release from MGM/UA.
 
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5 out of 5
5
Great underdog movie!
on October 14, 2007
Posted by: Cubboy
Simply put, one of the best sports movies of all time. Gene Hackman leads a small town school basketball team in Indiana to glory. Good extras, too. This was rated as the best sports movie in the last 25 years in ESPN Classic's countdown not too long ago. Highly recommended!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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