This mind bending release from the sci-fi animated series Aeon Flux includes all 16 episodes of the show, following the high-style adventures of a seductive and extremely flexible secret agent battling a totalitarian government in a dystopian future.
Customer Rating
4
Fine Action Animation
on March 12, 2012
Posted by: Tigon
from California
Vietnamese animator Peter Jung's Aeon Flux cartoon serial from MTV would pre-date the Charlize Theron movie later. Set in a parallel world of two seperate territories of political diversity, the rebellious Aeon Flux and her lover then authoritarian rival Trevor Goodchild battle science, psychosis, faith, realitivity and many other sci-fi debates with sharp animation and subtle stories that shame "dumb humor" tales in mainstream. Not for most kids. Best to look before leaping here.
What's great about it: Lifelike animation, sci-fi/spy themes, mature base stories.
What's not so great: No CGI. May bore small children. Suggestive themes.
Not an action movie by any means, but not a bad movie in terms of being a buddy comedy similar to The Odd Couple. Brosnan plays a burnt out International assassin whose the most interesting thing in the movie getting help with Greg Kinnear who copes in his own marriage losing a child. The movie, however, feels like it should have been two separately told stories.
From director David Cronenberg of "The Fly" and "Eastern Promises", Law is a PR guard to a wanted dead video game designer (Leigh) who has developed an intense reality altering game both play while running from assassins. Slow-paced, strange twists, not for die-hard action fans or poor attention span children. Smartly attacks technologies for altering human thought. Special effects crude for 1998, but story is superb.
The original actors (Cox, Arquette, and Campbell) feel tired and bored trying to catch a 4th killer with a horror film fixation back in the town of Woodsboro. The younger actors show more energy and intrigue with the mystery and humor still holding sharp commentaries but the film ends with a poor surprise. New viewers may need to catch the first 3 beforehand.
'Scream' was to the 1990's what 'Nightmare on Elm Street' was for the 1980's. Neve Campbell stars the heroine of a town stalked by a serial killer garbed in a Scream mask who kills victims who can't guess horror movie trivia questions they've become obsessed with. Mysterious, sly, sexy fun for 90's nostalgists. A movie that turned the horror mystery on its head. Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Jamie Kennedy, Rose McGowan, and Henry Winkler also star.
What's great about it: sexy, funny, horror mystery with awesome track.
Riding near the end of the 1990's, the Stones would be well known for their comeback 'Voodoo Lounge', but this sleepy 'Babylon' album derrides much of the same sound with Richards ska styled song 'You Don't Have To Mean It' and the doo-wop stylings of 'How Can I Stop?' Jagger's 'Flip the Switch' is a heavy hit, but the song 'Anybody Seen My Baby' will glide in your mind and you'll hit that replay button alot. Bareboned old-fashioned rock that blends other styles. All original.
What's great about it: Rolling Stone album for fans. Various music styles.
What's not so great: Songs of the past may not attract younger audiences.
12 X 5 is a Rolling Stones' benchmark album for 1964 that takes on bluesey strumming guitars and derrived samples of past rock, R&B and rockabilly artists for an album with a gritty sound that could pass for a country album. Inoffensive and energetic, the Stones are a meat and potatoes band to this album. Jagger & Richards contribute 3 original songs attatched.
What's great about it: Album for Rolling Stones fans, full instrumentals, blues.
What's not so great: Songs of the past may not attract younger audiences.
John Hughes strip-mines familiar terrain -- in this case his own past successes -- in this comedy that Hughes produced and scripted, directed by Bryan Gordon. Frank Whaley stars as Jim Dodge, a 21-year-old con-man who goes from job to job but likes to put on a facade of success. As Career Opportunities begins, he has just been fired from another job and has been hired by the local Target store manager (played by an un-credited John Candy) as the night cleanup boy. After the manager locks Jim in the store overnight, he goes on a binge -- playing with the skates, eating candy, watching television, and blasting the stereos. But then Jim discovers that he is not the only person in the store. Also there is rich girl Josie McClellan (Jennifer Connelly) who is spending the night in the store to get her father worried about her. Although Jim knew Josie in high school, when Josie wouldn't even give him the time of day, here they click like two castanets and they romp around the store aisles to a pounding rock score. But just at the moment when Jim and Josie plan to run away together with the $52,000 Josie holds in her purse, two low-rent comic thieves -- Nestor Pyle (Dermot Mulroney) and Gil Kinney (Kieran Mulroney) -- break into the store and Jim and Josie decide to stick it out, saving the store from the bumbling crooks.
Customer Rating
4
Rare Gem from John Hughes
on February 28, 2012
Posted by: Tigon
from California
The movie is a splicing of 'Ferris Bueller' with 'Breakfast Club' in a department store. Latter Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly is stunning for a sweet low-key film. The movie has a mild cult following for '90's fans, but the direction is choppy in select scenes. The ending is also a bit too quick paced and rushed for what it could have proven a better good v. evil fight. Inoffensive most of time. Couldn't obtain movie extras on my disc.
What's great about it: Sweet teen comedy of 1990. Jennifer Connelly.
What's not so great: Ending could been better. Inable to access extras.
This release compiles every episode from third and fourth seasons of Duckman, the animated series featuring a smart-mouthed duck - voiced by Jason Alexander - who works as a private eye and enjoys the company of female ducks all around town.
Customer Rating
5
Excellent cartoon show of 1990's
on February 28, 2012
Posted by: Tigon
from California
Jason Alexander of 'Seinfeld' fame stars the voice of a comic derrived duck detective Duckman along with a Joe Friday monotoned pig named Cornfed in this short-lived animated series of odd adventures and smart adult themed humor. A cult series until its cliffhanger left cancellation, the series still remains fresh and funny a decade later. A 2-D styled cartoon that settled alot on social commentary that would be widely imitated by latter cartoons of the 2000's.
What's great about it: Emmy nominated cartoon, Jason Alexander, cult following
What's not so great: Ends on a cliffhanger. Jokes reference of the 1990's
The album could cater well to fans of the movie 'Drive', but it mostly has 4 track songs with lyrics to them and eleven songs that are synthethic easy listening songs-no voice lyrics at all. For a moderate price for 19 songs thats fair, but don't expect to get energized if you like fast, loud, intense music. Good driving music. An album for your girl or an 80's pop fan...nothing sampled or unoriginal. No dirty lyrics.
What's great about it: 'Drive' movie fans may like it. Clean syntho electric pop.
What's not so great: Four songs with vocals. Music may bore some. Mellow.