Samson

Starring:Brad Harris, Walter Reeves, Mara Berni, Serge Gainsbourg, Luisella Boni, Carlo Tamberlani, Irena Prosen, Sergio Ciani, Franco Gasparri, Manja Golec, Romano Ghini, Niksa Stefanini
Director: Gianfranco Parolini
Studio: Alpha Video
Product Type: DVD

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters for DVD

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Just watch it... or don't...
The Most Critic Proof Film Ever Made
BEST MOVIE EVER
It's.... a step down from the series...
You either get it or you don't.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters for DVD
Starring: Bruce Campbell , Chris Kattan , Neil Peart , Dana Snyder , and Dave Willis
Director: Dave Willis , and Matt Maiellaro
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
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ASIN: B00005JPP2
Release Date: 2007-08-14

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Fans of Cartoon Network's Aqua Teen Hunger Force series (part of the cable channel's Adult Swim programming) know what they're in for with this feature-length extension of the nearly-indescribable animated show. Set in a rundown, Jersey suburb, Aqua Teen concerns the misadventures of three human-size characters who happen to be fast food refuse: the crude Master Shake, a discarded milkshake in a cup similar to those from McDonalds; skeptical Frylock, a flying, cardboard box of french fries; and the personable Meatwad, a piece of expired, red beef of unknown origin. Together, they go in search of a missing piece of an exercise machine that happens to be more than an exercise machine, placing them on a collision course with the likes of Oglethorpe and Emory, a pair of jagged, ridiculous creatures from the future who travel with a robot companion claiming to be the Ghost of Christmas Past. They also encounter Dr. Weird, a mad scientist given to disguises and who seeks revenge against the Hunger Force; McPee Pants, a rapping spider who wears a shower cap and diaper; and the hilarious Ignignokt and Err, two-dimensional villains from the ancient days of pokey, Atari video games. Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, series creators and writers-directors on Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, are wildly entertaining class clowns, but they expect the rest of us to follow them into their surreal world of postmodern animated nuttiness. The rewards, however, are plentiful. --Tom Keogh

Description

The Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie establishes the origins of the Aqua Teens and attempts to explain the back story to some age-old mysteries that have surrounded the Aqua Teens. Or does it? No one really knows

DVD Features:
Alternate endings
Deleted Scenes
Alternate endings:Fake .com Endings
Featurette:Round Table Discussion - Making of the Movie
Music Video
Other:Promos Behind-the-scenes / Making of the Music Videos for the movie
Photo gallery
Theatrical Trailer

Customer Reviews:

Just watch it... or don't..........2007-06-22

There isn't much to say, I could ramble on about the plot (there is a plot... I think) but you just got to watch it. If you have seen the series on Cartoon Networks [Adult Swim] but didn't get a chance to watch the movie for what ever reason get it and watch it. I own the aquateen move sound track, it's got some good stuff on there but it's mostly just one of the many odd things to have mostly because of the novelty of them. The aquateen movie is simply there to be seen if you don't want to then don't.

Shake said it best I believe on the sound track:

"Use the damn thing as a coaster for all I care, we got your money bitch!"

The Most Critic Proof Film Ever Made.......2007-06-19

If you look up insane in the dictionary, you are now likely to find this film's name in the definition. Anyone trying to make sense out of this film will hurt themselves. It will feel like someone reached inside your head & rubbed your brain with sandpaper. That's not a criticism either. It not only delivers for the fans, it also gives them a treat in watching all the non-fans/critics scratch their heads. Go to Rotten Tomatoes & just see for yourself how baffled the majority of them were. Classic.
So if you are a fan, just go with the flow, laugh your heads off, & enjoy. Non-fans & critics: they have your money now & they will spend it on drugs. Ha! Ha!

BEST MOVIE EVER.......2007-06-13

The movie starts with some friendly concetion stand characters sing a mildly funny tune they are shortly replaced by less friendly charaters start an awsome heavy metal song though u cant understand them just read the subtiles from that point the we(the crowd) laught for most of the movie. you know y? IT WAS FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's.... a step down from the series..........2007-06-06

Before you go about voting "No" and harassing me for not understanding, let it be known I'm a big fan of the series, and have watched every episode since the 2004 season more than six or seven times, and it never stops being funny.

The problem with the movie is not that it's like an 80-90 minute long Aqua Teen episode... it's that it doesn't hold the same already strained logic and coherency of the series. Despite the Aqua Teens being food items and Mooninites invading to bum money and raise havoc, the show had some consistency and even coherency. When Shake bought a grill that turned New Jersey into a pressure cooker, a rip didn't open up and demons from hell start square dancing with Meatwad. That's essentially what the movie does.

The final scene of the movie is an example of this, where random creatures start showing up and the story of Dr Weird creating the Aqua Teens goes nuts with--spoiler alert--stories changing from Dr Weird creating Frylock, to Frylock creating Dr Weird, to a Watermelon slice called Walter Melon creating them all, to a nine-layer bean burrito creating them, along with a VCR built into Frylock's back.

Unlike the TV series, the movie was just a random mass of gay jokes, craziness, and very un-Shake and un-Meatwad-like behaviour in most of the scenes. It's so densely nuts and incoherent that it would make the TV series look like a traditionally structured TV comedy. The good part is that at least the TV series hasn't degenerated into the sort of random chaos the movie has.

You either get it or you don't........2007-06-05

Look, if you like the show, this is like a marathon. If you didn't get it in the first place, then why are you concerned with it? It was made for US. The fans. And the large majority of us enjoyed it. My girlfriend even laughed a few times, and she had no idea what was going on.

Plus, the Mastodon song in the opening sequence...PRICELESS.

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Oldie but goodie
buy it for you or your kids
Never Cry Wolf
Never Cry Wolf -
The Magic Visual Sense of Carroll Ballard

Never Cry Wolf
Starring: Charles Martin Smith , Brian Dennehy , Zachary Ittimangnaq , Samson Jorah , and Hugh Webster
Director: Carroll Ballard
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
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ASIN: B0001I55Y2
Release Date: 2004-09-07

Amazon.com

Carroll Ballard's 1983 adaptation of Farley Mowat's autobiographical novel turns his life-changing experience studying the wolves in Canada's inhospitable North into a moving drama of one man's courage and discovery of nature's majesty. Charles Martin Smith plays green biologist Tyler, sent by the Canadian government to "prove" that the wolves are depleting the caribou herds, but what he finds is a natural world in perfect harmony where he becomes a tolerated outsider. Dumped unprepared in the wilds by a hard drinking bush pilot (Brian Dennehy), Tyler learns survival skills from the aged Eskimo who saves his life and the rules of coexistence from a neighboring wolf (which results in a literal pissing contest as man and beast mark their respective territories). Tyler's journey culminates in the majestic run with the wolf pack, an exhilarating sequence where for an instant he becomes one with natural environment of the wilds. For all its beauty, however, Tyler's experience becomes a bittersweet lesson as the encroachment of hunters, tourism, and the social landscape threaten the natural order. As in his previous film, the delicate and lovely The Black Stallion, Ballard's astounding visual treatment captures the awesome natural beauty of the Canadian wilderness with power and poignancy. Kevin Costner's Oscar-winning Dances with Wolves explores many of the themes presented in this film, but without the resonance or beauty of Ballard's unsung masterpiece. --Sean Axmaker

Description

Filmed amid spectacular wilderness vistas, NEVER CRY WOLF reveals a world of hypnotic beauty and breathtaking cinematic imagery. An unforgettable adventure begins as Tyler, a young inexperienced biologist, is deposited alone onto the desolate Arctic terrain. Once settled, he struggles to endure the forces of nature as he documents the mysterious habits of the wolves he has been sent to study. An odyssey of self-discovery told through captivating drama, NEVER CRY WOLF is a haunting, lyrical film from the director of THE BLACK STALLION.

Customer Reviews:

Oldie but goodie.......2007-06-12

I'm a big fan of Charlie Martin Smith, and somehow I had overlooked this movie. Could only find it on Amazon, of course. I enjoyed the movie very much, and enjoyed the ease of finding it and buying it on Amazon.

buy it for you or your kids.......2007-04-30

A friend introduced me to this movie on videodisc (yes, you read that right). I loved it and recently bought it for my (grown) daughter. Definitely in the 'must see' list for anyone who cares about the environment, is jaded about the 'help' we're getting from the government, consipiracy theorists, nature lovers, or anyone looking for a few hours of good entertainment and great scenery.

Never Cry Wolf.......2007-04-11

I remembered this film from the past, and purchased it so I could see it over and over again. It is an adaptation of the autobiographical book by Farly Mowat, and shows his transformation from city scientist to wilderness lover as he experiences the lives of a wolf pack, and the Indians who cross his path. He could never report back to his superiors that wolves should be shot to "save" the caribou.

Never Cry Wolf - .......2007-04-02

The Soul of Jeramiah Johnson and the Humour of Little Big Man. Closely follows the book by Farley Mowat(?) Great sinister characters, heroes and humour...although it is even better once you have read the book. I would rank this well within my top 30 movies.

The Magic Visual Sense of Carroll Ballard.......2007-03-30

I really discovered the talents of Carroll Ballard when I first watched "Never Cry Wolf" back in the 1980's. The film mesmirized me, not for the naturalist spirit of the story, although I share that spirit, but for the incredible visual sense of the director, Carroll Ballard. Every scene in this film seems so completely and almost perfectly composed. Each shot would, in the art galleries of the world, be an independent work of beautiful composition. Carroll doesn't just pick great locales, he weaves a work of filmic locations that imbues a sense of what the main characters in the story see. Once you view this film you see the gift that Ballard possesses and you will see it again and again in his other films; The Black Stallion, Fly Away Home, Wind (a cheesy script, but Ballard makes the visual exciting) and his last, Duma, a film ignored by the studios but a masterpiece, nonetheless, for its combination of gorgeous images of animals and kids involved in natural, conflicted, situations. Carroll Ballard announced that Duma would be his last film because the big studios weren't interested in supporting his work. I, for one, hope that this might be, for once, a perfect world that might give appropriate support for this very talented producer/director and his products.

Triple Feature: Free Willy/Free Willy 2 - The Adventure Home/Free Willy 3 - The Rescue

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FREE WILLIE
Free Willy Series
fun and filled with memories
Free Willy Movie
Great movies

Triple Feature: Free Willy/Free Willy 2 - The Adventure Home/Free Willy 3 - The Rescue
Starring: Jason James Richter , Keiko (II) , Lori Petty , Jayne Atkinson , and August Schellenberg
Director: Simon Wincer , Dwight H. Little , and Sam Pillsbury
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: B000HT38A8
Release Date: 2006-11-07

Description

Fun, excitement and the whale that captured the world's imagination add up to big family entertainment. A lonely boy understands the plaintive cries of the orca confined to an aquatic park's too-small tank and does something about it in Free Willy (Disc 1/Side A). Watch and understand why "audiences have gone wild for Willy" (Richard Corliss, Time). The boy rejoins Willy in his new ocean home and together they confront a burning oil spill in Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (Disc 1/Side B), "the ideal family movie" (Caryn James, The New York Times). And Free Willy 3: The Rescue (Disc 2) - "the best of the Free Willy pictures" (Siskel & Ebert) - adds a grittier edge with a story about an illegal whaling operation. Don't miss 3 whales of a tale!

Customer Reviews:

FREE WILLIE.......2007-05-26

My Grandson loves the movies and they are of good quality.

The movies arrived when they were expected - no delay!

Free Willy Series.......2007-05-25

The DVD was shipped quickly and it's quality was excellent. My grandson and I have watched the trilogy many times and like all 3 movies.

fun and filled with memories.......2007-04-13

When I was young I loved to watch Free Willy with my grandmother. I thought I had grown out of it, but I fell in love with it all over again. It doesn't matter what age you are, a great movie is a great movie.

Free Willy Movie.......2007-03-14

This was a great buy! My classroom just finished up a unit on Whales and loved watching Free Willy! On snow days when not a lot of kids were there we watched the other two....my high school seniors can't get enough of the movies!

Great movies.......2007-01-29

This movies are a great example of a mixture bettween drama with action it has many of both things through out ist's plot. Also the way they made the real orca whale, Keiko, act in some scenes mixed with the computer generated whale scenes is really amazing. Who has never seen the scene in which the whale junps over and passes over the boy, and towards freedom. It's simply a good and family classic, even more if you're fan of this animals.

Samson And Delilah (DVD) Cecelle B Demille - BY GOLDEN CLASSIC COLLECTIBLES

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Lamarr's beauty took audience's breath away...
Well worth owning.

Samson And Delilah (DVD) Cecelle B Demille - BY GOLDEN CLASSIC COLLECTIBLES
Director: Cecil B. Demille
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000HKKY3G

Customer Reviews:

Lamarr's beauty took audience's breath away..........2007-01-13

Hedy Lamarr took the title role of Delilah and made it her own... She was full and sparkling as the Philistine temptress, the central figure of Samson's last love story, dark and troubled when she took advantage of Samson's confidence to betray him to his enemies, repent and full of love when she sees him blinded and disgraced... Her name has since become synonymous with a voluptuous treacherous woman...

Victor Mature was a mighty, troubled Samson, beset by conflicting emotions, totally dominated by a pagan woman... He teases with her, perhaps showing some smarts here for a change... He falls victim to his enemies through the love of Delilah, a sophisticated beauty with innate elegance, who beguiles him into revealing the secret of his strength... His performance was always up to the standard of Lamarr... Together, they acted with wonderful passion and were as convincing dramatically as long-suffering Hebrews as they were Philistines drunk with victory...

George Sanders, whose dignified presence was a perfect match for the Saran of Gaza, admires Samson for his strength, and envies him for the love of his people... He persuades Delilah to find out what is the source of Samson's strength so they can destroy him...

"Samson and Delilah' is a film of emotion, of love, and action... It is at once a wonderful, and rich historical look at an ancient era, an excuse for beautiful and passionate music, and a thrilling climax hardly rivaled in its size and lavishness... The film is wonderful to look at, and the music is terrific...

Look for Russ Tamblyn playing the little shepherd Saul...

Well worth owning........2006-10-22

In searching for this movie I found there are two DVD products available along with a VHS version. There were complaints about the video/audio quality on the other DVD and VHS versions, so I bought this one. This DVD is also produced in China like the other version, but I have no complaints about the video or audio quality. According to the box: "For this new edition a 35mm interpositive was made from the original 3-strip Technicolor nitrate negative, and digitally transfered. The soundtrack has been transfered from the 35mm optical positive protection master.".
My only complaint is that it is not in wide screen format.
Because it is a product of China the subtitles are in Chinese and it doesn't have the usual top menu system. You pop the DVD in and the movie begins playing. There are no special features except at the end of the movie you can watch the theatrical trailers for two other DeMille classics.
I won't waste time reviewing the plot or actor's performances - there are already some great reviews containing that information on the other versions available here, which I would only be duplicating.
I recommend you read the reviews of the other DVD and VHS version, then play it safe and buy THIS one because of the poor quality reports on the others.

VeggieTales - Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush

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Most excellent!
Minnesota Cuke - Saturday morning fun with Sunday morning message
Fool me twice...
Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush
Cute idea

VeggieTales - Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush
Starring: Veggie Tales
Manufacturer: Big Idea
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ASIN: B0006IIOMW
Release Date: 2005-06-28

Customer Reviews:

Most excellent!.......2007-01-16

Veggie Tales are a Great Buy for ANYONE. Although we have no children at home (grown and on their own) and no grandchildren... (yet)... we have every single Veggie Tale movie! They are entertaining, witty, light and a perfect quick watch before retiring after a long day! Always a great and thought provoking message to end your day with. By the way, KIDS LOVE them TOO! Even though some of the humor is over their heads, but we old folks can relate!

Minnesota Cuke - Saturday morning fun with Sunday morning message.......2006-09-25

My nieces (6 and 4 years old) both love this movie. I love the fact that they are watching a DVD with a positive message. I may have overlooked it in the decription but just in case it isn't there - CHARLIE DANIELS (The Devil went down to Georgia) does the soundtrack. I am a huge Charlie Daniels fan so I may have to buy another copy for myself. I will definitely be buying many more "Veggie Tales" DVDs for my nieces.

Fool me twice..........2006-04-16

It looks like alot of people here liked Cuke, and I'm glad they did. After a bunch of good reviews I bought it. I think I'll give it to Goodwill.

As many here have pointed out, Cuke is at least better than Sumo (Yuck). But it's nowhere near as fun as Lyle, Pickle, Josh, Little Joe, etc. It's terribly predictable, not very engaging, the humor is contrived, and once again there aren't even any songs my kids can sing along with in the car. (Are my young daughters supposed to be impressed with that Pizza song? They sure like alot of the Veggie songs that came out five or ten years ago!) On the plus side, the graphics are flawless.

If I read my news right, Mike and Phil sold to a bigger company that decided the Veggies need "less God." It shows. A young company that was in it for the fun and lessons has turned over the reigns to an outfit that's in it for the money. (This isn't one of those stupid "Big corporations are evil" rants. It's just that creative control of the Veggies is obviously going in a different direction. How astoundingly sad.) That's explains why Cuke could have been cranked out by any cartoon studio in the country that thinks kids will watch any fool thing you put in front of them as long as it's animated. Well, my kids have better taste than that.

Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush.......2006-04-15

My daughter is 3 and she really enjoys this movie.

Cute idea.......2006-03-27

I haven't watched the whole thing but my 7 year old loves it. He loves all Veggie Tales. It's great entertainment.

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Jonny is good there
Pucked up
Bon Jovi rocks in Pucked!
pretty funny, much better than previous lampoon releases
Good message

National Lampoon's Pucked
Starring: Jon Bon Jovi , Estella Warren , David Faustino , Curtis Armstrong , and Nora Dunn
Director: Arthur Hiller
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B000MTFDBU
Release Date: 2007-04-17

Product Description

National Lampoons is at its hilarious best with their latest comedy classic, Pucked starring Jon Bon Jovi and David Faustino (TV's Married with Children). Frank Hopper (Bon Jovi) is a former lawyer, long-term loser and constant dreamer - and frankly, probably just not all that bright. When he receives a credit card in the mail, he believes he's hit the jackpot. It's not long before he's working his way toward financing his dream - an all-woman hockey team. He's also put himself in debt to the tune of more than $300,000. Naturally, he winds up in court when his plan backfires.

Customer Reviews:

Jonny is good there .......2007-06-12

Actualy, i found this movie pretty good and fun:) And Jon Bon Jovi is good in it, don't trust some online critics that can not see it...

Pucked up.......2007-05-29

This is yet another example of why it's just about always a bad idea for NATIONAL LAMPOON to give pseudo-celebrities their chance to take a lead role in one of their films. Paris Hilton bombed in BOTTOMS UP and Michael Douglas' son had a career-ending flick in ADAM AND EVE. The present film, with John Bon Jovi, belongs in this same infamous league of NL flops.

It becomes painfully obvious from watching this movie that John Bon Jovi can't act - not even just for an NL movie. [Of course, he can't sing either, but that's another story altogether] He has no screen presence @ all and mouths his lines as though he is reading off of cue cards (which he probably is). Not ever, ever, EVER seeing Bon Jovi in another movie again would be a very good thing in my book.

The plot is pretty simple. Bon Jovi plays a con artist who tries to get a women's hockey league going. The "catch" is that the women all look like Victoria's Secret models (with the exception of 1 girl). As he doesn't have the resources to finance such a venture, he uses ENRON techniques of book-keeping to keep his mis-guided "dream" alive.

Being that this is an NL film, one would think that there would be a lot of opportunity for some locker room scenes. Inexplicably, they don't really take advantage of this. Sure, there are a few flashes of nudity here & there, but if you blink you will miss them. This aspect of the movie was VERY disappointing. I've seen some NL movies in the past that were lame but were redeemed by the amount of T & A they had.

Along those lines, the only thing that remotely saves this DVD is the special feature. It's as though the producers say "We know that you (the viewer) wanted to see topless women." {Question: why didn't they put more in the movie then?} At any rate, they have some funny "topless interviews" with girls from the film - even though the questions are very lame. They also have some locker room scenes that we were all expecting to see in the movie itself. Guess that it's better to have it in the Special Features than nowhere @ all.

I can't recall ever saying that a DVD's special features were better than the movie itself, but that is the case here. NL has put out some of the very best party movies of all time (VAN WILDER, VACATION, ANIMAL HOUSE to name a few). Unfortunately, this one is not one of them. In fact, it's not even close!

Bon Jovi rocks in Pucked!.......2007-05-15

While the movie got terrible reviews, I and my 21 year old son LOVED this movie! Jon Bon Jovi was incredible and the cast was amusing and there were subtle jokes all through it so you have to pay attention! I am thrilled with this movie!

pretty funny, much better than previous lampoon releases.......2007-05-07

This movie was a lot better than recent movies released by "National Lampoon", or at least a watered down version of a name you used to be able to trust. As compared to recent releases such as Spring Break and Pledge this, this movie gets an oscar for best picture. This follow Jon Bon Jovi as Frank, a down and out invetor/thinker who gave up a life as a lawyer to pursue a career in promotion and sales. When he thinks he's lost it all, filling out a simple survey brings new fortune and potential fame his way, along with changing the lives of many others for the better. David Faustino (Married with Children) is co star as Franks best friend, and unlikely legal consultant when the bubble gets busted. Rent this movie, find out what happens, and chuckle while you do it. Worth a rental, or purchase.

Good message.......2007-05-07

This movie is not bad for a National Lampoon. The message is good.

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Solid but not stellar production; exceptional DVD
When Heaven Freezes Over
The Snow Walker - an amazing tale starring Barry Pepper
Simple, Moving and Good
The Snow Walker

The Snow Walker
Starring: Barry Pepper , Annabella Piugattuk , James Cromwell , Kiersten Warren , and Jon Gries
Director: Charles Martin Smith
Manufacturer: First Look Pictures
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ASIN: B0007UDC80
Release Date: 2005-05-31

Description

When the plane carrying Charlie Halliday, a maverick bush pilot and a sick, young, Inuit woman, Kanaalaq, crashes hundreds of miles from civilization, they are at the mercy of nature's worst. While search parties try to find the downed plane Charlie decides to trek over land, promising the woman that he will return with help. Despite her weakened condition, she follows Charlie and nurses him back to health when insects, cold and starvation threaten to kill him shortly after he leaves. Kanaalaq teaches him the skills he will need to survive and he comes to respect her wisdom and love her valiant spirit as they each set out into the wilderness. Each will find a startling and solitary destiny in the beautiful and stark tundra. An adventure story that will move and inspire you as it touches your heart.

Customer Reviews:

Solid but not stellar production; exceptional DVD .......2007-06-12

Quick plot review: angry Euro-Canadian pilot learns survival and life skills from ailing but industrious Inuit woman when they are stranded on the tundra.

The Snow Walker starts out a bit shakily, with several actors including Barry Pepper awkwardly delivering their lines. I didn't buy Pepper's portrayal of the cocksure bush pilot with the anger management problem; several of his emotional blow-ups seemed faintly ridiculous and self-consciously "acted." But Pepper improves dramatically as his character softens and matures in response to the ministrations of Kanaalaq (solidly played by lively newcomer Annabella Piuggatuk). Thankfully, there is no disturbingly neo-colonialist Captain John Smith-Pocahontas love match to distract from the power of the fraternal relationship that does spring up between this Euro-Canadian man and Inuit woman (fraternal relationships in general are too often given short shrift in movies). The miming-charades style of communication between these two was sometimes rendered puzzling when Kanaalaq would later jump in with the English translation she knew along.

The biggest miss-steps in my opinion were the contrived Euro-Canadian girlfriend ("Estelle") storyline--again, as though the writers felt the audience needs that romantic connection to feel grief over the situation--and the related "search and rescue" drama of the gung-ho young searcher and his caustic co-pilot. James Cromwell was sadly wasted in a very minor role; much as I hate to say it, they could have done away with his part altogether. Also, it's important to keep in mind that this movie (and its source material by Farley Mowat) does nothing to remedy the unfortunately common film convention of the European (often, but not always male) aided in survival and general "life skills" by willing Native who becomes means of European's redemption before meeting an untimely/tragic end.

But these are minor quibbles in a movie with a simple but time-tested and effective "survival" storyline (come on, we're always riveted by those), the well-filmed and stark beauty of the tundra, and the Mychael Danna score (not among his best, but still evocative). I am giving this an extra star because the DVD has the best Extra/Bonus features I have ever seen on an independent movie of this low profile and limited distribution. There are interviews with several key players including the screenwriters, director, crew members, actors, and composer; plus a fully produced "Making of" documentary that is at least 30 minutes long, has its own alternative-rock soundtrack, and takes us through the entire process, from the casting of then-unknown Piugattuk at a local teen dance, to the crew's run-ins with polar bears while filming on the tundra.

When Heaven Freezes Over.......2007-01-12

I live in the arctic - it can be the most beautiful, frightening part of the planet. My family can't figure out why I moved here from the east coast, so for Christmas I bought everyone a copy of this film.

The movie is stark, beautiful, and very human. It highlights the arctic and the people who have lived here for centuries and their relationship with this wild, hungry landscape. It tells tells the story of a "cocky" white pilot who crashes his float plane into an uncharted arctic lake. Unwillingly he has to rely on a young native woman sick with TB to nurse him back to health and share her survival skills.

In addition, the DVD offers some great interviews with the stars and Charles Martin Smith as well as Farley Mowat. Extraodinary.

The Snow Walker - an amazing tale starring Barry Pepper.......2007-01-04

Barry Pepper stars as Charlie Halliday in this film adoption of the Farley Mowat book "Walk well, my brother". Halliday is a rogue and somewhat cocky pilot who one day takes a routine trip that ends up taking on a whole new meaning. Eventually giving in and taking in a sick Inuit woman, they suddenly crash land on their return trip back to the airport. There is just a minor problem: They crash in about a million miles of open, rocky tundra. Okay it's not a million, but when its cold and you are on foot, even 20 miles can be a killer.

Quickly deciding to leave the woman and go for help, Halliday takes off on a 200-mile journey towards the next closest town. After five days, he is beaten down both physically and mentally as nature's table of tundra punishes him on an hourly basis. Cold winds, deep mud and horrendous swarms of mosquitoes are just some of the things Charlie endures in these first few days.

The movie isn't all about "survival" though. The very girl he left back at the plane rescues Charlie, and it's from this point out that the heart of the movie takes full shape. Learning her customs, language, skills of survival and even a little spirituality, the two begin a journey together that you only hope minute after minute, mile after mile, concludes with a happy ending.

Annabella Piugattuk plays the part of Kanaalaq, the Inuit girl who sometimes does not understand Charlie as he retells tales of his WWII bomber days, and other experiences in the city. Many themes are brought out in the movie, and an important scene early on is when Charlie is in a bar (before making the plane trip) and telling an Inuit man "you are not my brother". The saying will come back later to have a full effect in terms of ironic meaning for Charlie. Barry Pepper is superb and overall the movie has an excellent pace that really makes you feel like you are there. A lot of understanding and human spirit comes to mind as I experienced seeing this movie for the first time. My review does not do it justice, so I will simply say it is a "must see".

Simple, Moving and Good.......2006-12-07

Don't want to give too much away but take the time to watch this film either on cable or get the DVD. Totally worth it if you enjoy simple, but powerful and moving stories. Not too artsy or cheesy but really pulls at your heartstrings- even the most macho of guys will shed a tear.

Enjoy!

The Snow Walker.......2006-11-10

I have flown in these areas and this movie gave me chills. Very well done and accurate.

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America's Next Top Model - Cycle 1
Starring: Janice Dickinson , Kimora Lee , Beau Quillian , Adrianne Curry , and Shannon Stewart
Director: Luis Barreto , and Guido Verweyen
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ASIN: B0007KIFNC
Release Date: 2005-03-29

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AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL: CYCLE ONE has 14 beautiful contestants taking part in a series of tests over the course of the series to determine who has the sheer strength, will and attitude to make it as America's Next Top Model. Along with Tyra Banks, notable fashion editors, photographers and agency reps judge the girls each week and decide who should pack their bags and go home and who becomes one step closer to being America's next top model.

Customer Reviews:

Fun but a little creepy.......2007-06-04

I was led to this DVD by a book (How Not to Look Fat), which recommended viewing the first season for tips on walking the runway. After reading the DVD reviews here, I was intrigued enough to give it a try.

I enjoyed cycle 1, but I couldn't help feeling a little queasy by the vitriol spewed by some of the competitors in that little red room and elsewhere. Didn't these women remember they were being taped 24 hours a day? I realize the show was edited for mass appeal, but most of those people were not shown in their best light, so it was hard to care who won in the end. And the judges -- Tara was wonderful, but one judge made me feel like I needed a very hot and soapy bath after every episode. In all, this series was fun (loved when they went to Paris), and I am sorry you can't rent or buy the other seasons.

I was happy for the winner; I'd been rooting for her from the start, but I wonder if her career wasn't as stellar as had been promised. I don't recall seeing her in any fashion magazines in subsequent years.

One of the better reality shows.......2007-05-27

America's Next Top Model is a successful reality TV show because the bulk of the show has the contestants doing different things, and what they do is interesting. Creator and host Tyra Banks is out to prove to the world that modeling isn't just about smiling and looking pretty. She has the girls compete in every possible arena related to modeling - which includes weekly photo shoots, acting, public speaking and publicity appearances, and traversing non English speaking cities alone with nothing more than a map and a dictionary. The show is a crash course in modeling 101, and each week one model fails to pass. Voting is based on competitive challenges and a panel of judges who evaluate the girl's best photo of the week. The weekly photo shoots appear loosely based on past photos taken of Tyra. She relishes making the girls "suffer" the life of a model by freezing on the top of a skyscraper in bikinis in the winter, and suffering with a smile while posing with snakes and other creepy critters. The show gets particularly interesting when the final five contestants are flown to Paris to prove they can make it as European models. The insight into the modeling business is quite appealing as the girls audition with real Parisian clients (called "go-sees") and the final two participate in a real life runway show.

It is entertaining to watch a group of average looking girls transform on film, through training and lots of makeup, into real models. The characters in cycle 1 are so diverse that the interpersonal segments- "life in the house"- are fairly interesting. The final five breaks down into the bible belt vs. Adrian and Elise. Adrian speaks as if she is on heroin, and Elise makes the show because she's actually very intelligent. Elise's educated ranting on the painfully stupid other girls is very entertaining (although despite being smart enough to make it into Med school, she is obviously anorexic). Particularly interesting is the episode when the bible thumping model wanna-be's refuse to pose nude. Cycle 1, lacking the budget, sets, and pizzazz of future cycles of the show, is perhaps the best of all of them. Tyra has yet to go over the top with her challenges (like making the girls pose in drag or as murder victims), and the cast was diverse enough to be appealing to more than 14 year olds. [...]. If you like reality TV, America's Next Top Model Cycle 1 will be a pleasant diversion.

Excellent.......2007-05-19

Very interesting...and entertaining. The bikini wax session was a little much...and watching them lying there nude while having their vagina painfully waxed was a little over the top. I don't think the show really cared about the models...they were just trying to make money. The models seemed like nice people and the show was interesting.

ok.......2007-02-25

I channel surf a lot and sometimes i watch the rerun marathons on MTV. What i can't stand is Miss J. So freakin' gay. This guy/girl dresses like a woman with bands in his hair. When he's not on America's Next Top Model he's(or she) is on the E Channel for the fashion police. He criticizes all these female and male celebrities about how bad they dress and he dresses 100 times worse than the celebrities. I'm gay and out of the closet but this Miss J gives gay men a very bad name. Not all gay men are girly or queeny. And seeing Miss J dress like a woman on every show is pathetic. Every time i see him on the show i just want to punch his face in. Bring back Janice Dickenson. Oh yeah. She was too good for the show and left. Thank God! Who wants to sit next to Miss J.

antm.......2006-10-15

This is the only season worth watching. The rest of the seasons are so horribly put together that you want to watch this over and over.

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The Free Willy Collection Review

The Free Willy Collection
Starring: Jason James Richter , Keiko (II) , Lori Petty , Jayne Atkinson , and August Schellenberg
Director: Simon Wincer , Sam Pillsbury , and Dwight H. Little
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: B0001O3YP8
Release Date: 2004-04-13

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free willy.......2007-06-23

there's no doupt, free willy is one of the best children;s movie ever made. It touched the hearts of many, kids and adults alike. Free willy two, in my opinion was a very boring story with only a little action in the end. Free willy 3 wasnt as good as the first, but it was certainly better than the second movie, with nice music and nice photography.

the free willy collection.......2007-04-05

My dauther loves it!!!
she loves animals , this movie is very nice and moving.

FABULOUS.......2007-01-12

I have to say that my 8 yr old LOVES all of the Free Willy movies and he started viewing them years ago on the VHS tapes. Finding the DVDs was next to impossible and I was only able to find the 1st one for Christmas. I went on Amazon just to see and that's where I found the collection! I was so thrilled and when we received it, I was even happier. It's in a nice and neat box where he can keep them safe and watch them whenever! I am very pleased with my purchase. Thank you Amazon!

Great Collection!.......2006-11-11

This is a great collection. Bought it for my grandchildren and they have spent many hours watching each of the 3 movies over and over.

The Free Willy Collection Review.......2006-08-29

Excellent box set of the Free Willy Movies. Hard to find in stores. The kids loved all three movies.

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One of John Water's best
Oh Tad, be gentle!
"For a quarter I will!"
A hillarious mockery of Americana!
John Waters fans, get over yourselves...

Polyester
Starring: Divine , Tab Hunter , Edith Massey , David Samson (II) , and Mary Garlington
Director: John Waters
Manufacturer: New Line Home Entertainment
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ASIN: B0002RQ3L6
Release Date: 2004-09-07

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Director John Waters broke new boundaries of bad taste with this hilariously trashy tale of suburban misadventure. His favorite leading lady, transvestite Divine, plays Francine Fishpaw, a dissatisfied suburban housefrau who longs for a little romance in her life because her husband and children drive her crazy. Salvation arrives in the form of Tod Tomorrow (Tab Hunter), a drive-in owner who sweeps Francine off her feet (a mean task, given Divine's girth). But he's not all he's cracked up to be. Filmed in the miracle of Odorama, video viewers now have to imagine the scents (actually, odors) that came on the Odorama scratch-and-sniff card during the film's theatrical release. It won't be too hard. --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews:

One of John Water's best.......2007-06-02

Not all of John Water's films are great, but this one is. Full of absurb humor a campy aesthetic. The Odorama card included is fun to scratch and sniff while watching the movie.

Oh Tad, be gentle!.......2007-04-11

This one ties with Desperate Living as my second favorite by John h20's. My favorite scene; Elmer Fishpaw driving around the neighborhood in a van with a loud speaker making announcements about his estranged wife. "She eats an entire cake in one sitting!"
Poor Francine, the main character played by Devine, even her mom is against her. She bursts into the bathroom where Francine is on the toilet; "I dont know why you bother, you've always retained your fluids!" Great cult flick.

"For a quarter I will!".......2007-01-12

I love John Waters and will watch anything he creates. Polyester is one of my favorites. Silly, campy, and just a bit off and I love it. Hundred's of quotable lines and funny moments. If you like John Waters and haven't seen this, get it.

A hillarious mockery of Americana!.......2007-01-08

John Waters is written all over the place in this one! Everything about suburban middle class Americana is lampooned in Polyester! Divine's mother sums up the whole thesis of this movie when she utters the epitome of the American Dream...-"Free, White, Rich and Happy!"

Divine plays Francine Fishpaw, a 30'ish housewife trying HIr best to live the American Dream. Except that HIr husband is a fat loudmouth pornographer! And HIr son is a glue sniffing foot fetishist! And HIr daughter is a punk whore who goes out with the slimiest guy in town! And HIr mother is a gold digging witch! And HIr dog hangs itself on the refrigerator! And HIr best friend is the deliciously ugly Edith Massey! And HIr new lover, Todd Tomorrow, (Tab Hunter) is in cahoots with HIr mother to inherit the house and Divine's American Dream!

My favorite scene is where Divine (Francine Fishpaw) goes to her first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting! The attendees mercilessly taunt and coach her to say the "Magic Words"---"I'm Francine Fishpaw! And I am an alcohoooooolic!" and they all cheer!

As if the theme and plot isn't zany enough for you, John Waters adds the spectacle of "ODORAMA" to the movie. At predictable times in the film a number flashes, to have you scratch and sniff the corrosponding number on you "odorama" card to enjoy, for the first time, SMELLEVISION! Smell all the delightful smells of Divine's life, from old moldy sneakers, to farts, to gasoline!

This is perhaps the only John Waters movie you can enjoy with your parents, providing your parents are from the Manson Family!

John Waters fans, get over yourselves..........2006-03-05

I get it that this is a cult movie for afficionados of John Waters.

None of that changes the fact that it has not aged well, despite the fact that Tab Hunter IS kind of cute.

Okay, I do kind of like the "odorama" gimmick. But that's not enough to redeem this seedy, pseudo-subversive film. I do understand that the obvious charges against it -- sad, sorry, sexist, stupid, stereotyped, shoddy, etc. -- are beside the point; the response from defenders can only be "DUH!" Of course that's the point. Outrage! (with a capital O!!)

But really is that enough of a point? No, I don't think so. This bizarre and tired film will deservedly sink to oblivion with (not very much more) time -- and good luck to it! I wouldn't wish watching it on my worst enemy. Life is too short to spend ANY of it on such low-budget dreck.

I definitely recommend against wasting your money here!

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