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The Last Dragon
Starring: Taimak , Vanity , Christopher Murney , Julius Carry , and Faith Prince Director: Michael Schultz Manufacturer: Sony Pictures ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005JD5H Release Date: 2001-07-03 |
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Get ready for some seriously big hair. The Last Dragon--or, to call it by its full title, Berry Gordy's the Last Dragon--is a stunning example of 1980s camp cinema. One-name kung fu wonder Taimak plays Leroy Green, a.k.a. Bruce Leroy, a humble student of kung fu who has achieved the highest level of skill, but hasn't yet found his inner master. Wandering through the streets of New York in a Chinese peasant outfit, he accidentally becomes the protector of nightclub hostess/video jockey Laura Charles (played by former Prince protégé Vanity, who also costarred in the trash classic Action Jackson). She's being threatened by a height-challenged mobster who wants her to play his girlfriend's video (the girlfriend is something of a Cyndi Lauper look-alike, played by Broadway star Faith Prince). Meanwhile, a man who calls himself Sho'Nuff, the Shogun of Harlem, wants to kick Leroy's ass and prove himself the baddest kung fu master in town. Add to this Leroy's smart-mouthed brother Richie (who calls Leroy "the chocolate-covered yellow peril"), a dregs-of-Motown soundtrack (DeBarge is a high point), ninja battles, pseudo-Eastern philosophical babble, and a jaw-dropping club performance by Vanity, and you have a hilarious example of why we're all so very glad the '80s are over. Featuring a bit role by William H. Macy (Fargo, Magnolia). --Bret FetzerCustomer Reviews:
the last dragon.......2007-07-01
Politically incorrect cult classic.......2007-06-11
This movie is the bomb.......2007-05-24
Good and Bad.......2007-05-16
THE best 80s spoof movie.......2007-03-20
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Quest for Camelot
Starring: Jessalyn Gilsig , Andrea Corr , Cary Elwes , Bryan White , and Gary Oldman Director: Frederik Du Chau Manufacturer: Warner Home Video ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: 6305123454 Release Date: 1998-10-20 |
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Following their animated/live action hit Space Jam, Warner Bros. jumped into the fully animated feature competition by playing it safe, giving the Arthurian legend a conspicuously Disneyesque facelift. Ingredients from Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Pocahontas are evident in the tale of a girl named Kayley (Jessalyn Gilsig) whose father, a Knight of the Round Table, is killed by Sir Ruber (Gary Oldman), a maniacal brute who steals Excalibur and threatens to seize King Arthur's Camelot. Kayley enlists the blind, reclusive knight-aspirant Garrett (Cary Elwes) to brave the Enchanted Forest and retrieve the magic sword, and their adventure is (of course) fraught with danger. Adding extra punch to the movie's commercial appeal, the soundtrack songs are performed by big names like LeeAnn Rimes and Celine Dion. And if that's not enough to hold a kid's attention, there's a two-headed dragon ("we're the reason cousins shouldn't marry") voiced by Eric Idle and Don Rickles. With so much talent involved, it's entertaining but uninspired, although cleverly harmless riffs from Dirty Harry, Taxi Driver, and other movies spice up the adventure with enjoyable pop-culture references. --Jeff ShannonDescription
A magical feature-length animated adventure brimming with laughter and song! A heroic young girl, a handsome blind hermit and a comical two-headed dragon join forces to recover King Arthur's magical sword Excalibur after it is stolen by an evil enemy.Customer Reviews:
Great movie for kids,.......2007-02-13
"We are the reason why cousins should never marry.".......2006-09-24
Sophisticated production with a Gigantic Heart........2006-05-13
Romantic Adventure.......2006-03-21
Great Childrens Entertainment.........2006-02-22
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George Burns - The TV Specials Collection
Starring: George Burns , Walter Matthau , Johnny Carson , Madeline Kahn , and Chita Rivera Director: Bill Hobin , and Stan Harris Manufacturer: Standing Room Only ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000HC2LJO Release Date: 2006-10-31 |
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It's all about Old Skool, and just old, period, in George Burns - The TV Specials Collection, a four-disc set featuring nine shows recorded from 1976-1986. In nominally celebrating various milestones in the veteran comic's long career (there are commemorations of his 80th birthday, his 90th birthday, his 80 years in show biz, and his "100th birthday"--the last of which was taped in 1979, when he was actually a mere 83), these shows all rely on pretty much the same formula: Burns, with his big round glasses, toupee, and ever-present cigar, cracks a few jokes (some quite funny, many pretty stale), tells stories about his Vaudeville days, half-sings a few jaunty tunes, interacts with a parade of celebrity guests, and leers at beautiful, well-proportioned young women. There are old pros like Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Walter Matthau, Shecky Greene, Don Rickles (inevitably), a mummified George Jessel, and Johnny Carson (whose few ad-libbed asides with Burns are among the more amusing moments), along with some then-hot TV stars (Linda Evans, John Schneider). There are performances by some of the era's most homogenized pop singers, like the Osmond Brothers, Andy Gibb, and the Captain and Tennille. There's even a trip to Nashville (coinciding with Burns' early-'80s quasi-country hit, "I Wish I Was 18 Again"), where the kitsch runs rampant and and the corn is ripe. On the plus side, Burns, whom Hope calls "the Peter Pan of the prune juice set," is surprisingly sharp throughout, his timing and rapid-fire New York delivery intact. There's a nice bit with Madeline Kahn standing in for Gracie Allen (Burns' longtime wife and partner) that serves as a reminder that he was one of the all-time great straight men, and a few entertaining dance numbers. By and large, this is TV at its most bland and middlebrow, but celebrity gazers looking for few easy laughs won't be disappointed. The set includes no bonus material. --Sam GrahamAmazon.com
George Burns was a legendary comedian and actor and arguably the greatest straight man of the 20th century. He started his career in vaudeville, and later made a successful transition to film, radio and television, when he formed the Burns and Allen duo with talented comedian and future wife, Gracie Allen. His arched eyebrow and his cigar smoking became his trademarks in an illustrious career that spanned over three-quarters of a century. With his passing at the age of 100 in 1996, George Burns solidified himself as one of the grand old men of American show business. This collector's DVD set preserves his most memorable TV specials - never before available on DVD or VHS - and features many of the greatest names in entertainment.George Burns Special (1976)
1. Introduction
2. George Burns' Opening Monologue
3. The Osmond Brothers
4. George Recalls his Vaudeville Days
5. Madeline Kahn
6. A Song and Monologue by George
7. Walter Matthau
8. A Dance Routine with Walter Matthau
9.George Sings the Grizzly Bear Song
10. Johnny Carson
11. Chita Rivera
12. George Recalls a Day with Friends
<13. A Closing Song by George
George Burns One Man Show (1977)
1. George Burns' Opening Monologue
2. Show Introduction
3. George Talks about Show Business
4. Captain & Tennille
5. George Recalls His Younger Days
6. Gladys Knight & The Pips
7. Bob Hope
8. John Denver
9. Ann-Margret
10. George Burns Recalls Vincent Price's Party
11. George's Closing Song
George Burns 100th Birthday Party (1979)
1. Introduction
2. George Burns' Opening Monologue
3. Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Stewart
4. Milton Berle and George
5. George Recalls His Childhood
6. Steve Martin
7. Andy Gibb
8. Andy Gibb Sings
9. Don Rickles
10. Gregory Peck
11. George Recalls His Singing Act
12. Dancing Waiters
13. George Recalls His Animal Act
14. George Jessel
15. Goldie Hawn
16. Pat and Debby Boone
17. Helen Reddy
18. George Recalls His Dancing Act
19. George Burns Closing Monologue
George Burns In Nashville (1981)
1. Loretta Lynn
2. A Real Good Cigar
3. Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers
4. Old Bones
5. Minnie Pearl
6. The Stony Mountain Cloggers
7. The Arizona Whiz
8. The Grand Ole Opry Radio Show
9. George the Country Music Star
10. I Wish I was 18 Again
The George Burns Early, Early, Early Christmas Special (1981)
1. George Burns' Opening Monologue
2. Ann-Margret
3. George's Family
4. Bob Hope
5. The Playboy Playmates
6. Hans Conried as Ebenezer Scrooge
7. The Hawkins Family
8. George Introduces an Old Friend
9. Bob Hope as Santa
10. George's Closing Song and Monologue
George Burns And Other Sex Symbols (1982)
1. George Burns' Opening Monologue
2. George Sings As Time Goes On
3. John Schneider and George
4. John Schneider Sings
5. George's Girls
6. Bernadette Peters Sings
7. Bernadette and George
8. Frog Kissin'
9. Hollywood Sex Symbols
10. George and Gracie
11. Linda Evans and George
12. George Sings Young At Heart
George Burns: Celebrates 80 Years In Show Business (1983)
1. John Forsythe: Master Of Ceremonies
2. George Burns' Opening Monologue
3. Kenny Rogers
4. Danny Thomas
5. Buddy Hackett
6. Milton Berle
7. Bernadette Peters
8. Bob Hope
9. Ann-Margret
10. George Burns and Ann-Margret Sing
11. Phyllis Diller
12. Shecky Greene
13. Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers
14. Don Rickles
15. George Burns Remembers Jack Benny
16. Fred Travalena
17. Red Buttons
18. Rev. Billy Graham
19. Carol Channing and Johnny Carson
20. Jack Carter
21. Dionne Warwick
22. George Burns' Closing Monologue
George Burns: How To Live To Be A 100 Special (1984)
1. Introduction with George Burns
2. Finding the Right Doctor
3. Sex
4. Exercise
5. Avoiding Worry and Stress
6. A Song By George
7. Bob Hope
8. Old Age
9. Diahann Carroll and George
10. Diahann Sings
11. Relatives
12. Artificial Body Parts
13. George Burns Closing Monologue
George Burns 90th Birthday Party (1986)
1. John Forsythe - Master Of Ceremonies
2. Birthday Wishes from the Stars
3. Ann-Margret
4. Burns and Allen Film Shots
5. Billy Crystal
6. Birthday Wishes from The Stars
7. Burns and Allen Feature Films
8. Diahann Carroll
9. Birthday Wishes from the Stars
10. Burns and Allen Television Show
11. The Sunshine Boys
12. Walter Matthau
13. Oh, God!
14. John Denver
15. President Ronald Reagan
16. George Burns Closing Monologue
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George Burn's Magic Comes Alive Again in These Specials.......2007-01-15
George Burns-The Original Sunshine Boy.......2006-10-13
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Darkest Knight 3: The Ultimate Sword
Director: Harley Cokliss , and Mark Ezra Manufacturer: Silver Nitrate ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD ASIN: B000H0MN8A Release Date: 2006-09-26 |
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Star Knight (El Caballero del Dragón)
Starring: Santiago Alvarez , Miguel Bose , Harvey Keitel , Klaus Kinski , and Fernando Rey Director: Fernando Colomo Manufacturer: Westlake Entertainment ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD ASIN: B0000DCYQY Release Date: 2003-09-01 |
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Move over Plan 9.......2005-12-19
Star Knight Star Bright.......2004-05-23
Weird. Just plain weird........2003-08-26
Thinking that Star Knight is just odd enough to have a cult following, I checked online for evidence and found only a few mentions, including two rather glowing reviews. One even praised the special effects, done in 1992, though they looked to me to be the same vintage as Zardoz (1974). But while Star Knight is a totally negligible film on its own terms, it does have some potentially interesting aspects for strange-film buffs.
The story opens on medieval times: peasants in idyllic surroundings pay taxes to the king's taxman, played by Harvey Keitel, if you can believe that. In the king's basement dwells the alchemist, Bothus, played by Klaus Kinski, still more unbelievably. Then there's the king's daughter Alba, played by some actress. She is old enough to desire romance. Then there's the priest, who has a deep distrust for science.
The order of things is quickly thrown into chaos by the appearance of a spaceship. The peasants believe it to be a dragon and demand that the king and Keitel defend them from it before they pay any more taxes. Meanwhile, Alba goes riding in the forest with her governess. In spite of the latter's nagging, she goes skinny dipping in the river, swimming toward mysterious bubbles coming from below. In a montage of underwater nudity and the facile effect of running film backwards, Alba is sucked below the surface and is gone.
She reappears a little later in a trance, and only Bothus, using hypnosis, can cure her. In spite of the alchemist's success, the priest fabricates a connection between the scientist and infernal forces, and then condemns him for these unsubstantiated diabolical ties. With Alba cured, however, the king sends his lisping town crier to find a knight who will defeat the strange river-dwelling monster. Keitel volunteers, saying in his best Brooklynese iambic quadrameter, "The dragon I shall slay for thee!"
Keitel's rendition of Sir Thomas Malory's Arthurian English is totally comical. Intentionally so? It's hard to tell. Keitel doesn't do much to hide the accent he used in Pulp Fiction, and later in the movie, he does some slapstick pratfalls. Maybe this film is a comedy, but as I've suggested above, I don't think it ever made up its mind one way or the other. Whether intended to make you laugh or not, you may well get a chuckle hearing Keitel say "Ye, poltroon," and "Thou, varlet."
As Keitel, the priest, the king, and The Green Knight (a seemingly intentional comic relief character, poorly lifted from Monty Python's Holy Grail) bumble about, Alba finds the "dragon" again. She boards the space ship and meets the star of the movie, a mute alien who communicates by theremin. Somehow Alba understands his waahs and woos, and this leads to dialogue like:
"Why won't you take your helmet off and kiss me?"
"Waaaahh. Woooo."
"It will kill you to remove your helmet? But why?
"Woooo. Waaaahhh."
"You can't breathe the same air as me? That's ridiculous."
"Waaa-waaah. Woo-wooo. Tinky-winky."
"I'm tired of your words."
"Waah. Woo-waaah."
"Stop saying 'I can't.'"
"Woooooooo."
"Don't blaspheme!"
Have you ever seen Evil Dead 2? I got a similar feeling from this film. It's a feeling that the movie is a spoof, not because it was written as such, but because, during the making of the movie, it became obvious to cast and crew that it could be nothing else.
Having a mute, clueless alien move about in a clueless earth culture means that the script has to stretch to incredible lengths to make anything actually happen. One fight scene occurs in which a single martial-arts tumble is executed by Ayex the Aryan alien. The fight ends when Keitel manages to steal Ayex's armor, killing Ayex on the spot. Except that Bothus shows up with an elixir that saves Ayex and enables him to breathe earth air.
Keitel and the evil priest wind up boarding the space ship and shooting into outer space with no way of controlling the ship. Ayex develops the power to have his head glow, which makes the peasants believe he is a saint. The king grants him his daughter's hand, but not speaking any English, the aloof alien can only make his head glow in reply. And everyone lives happily ever after.
What can I say? This is a weird film. It's B-quality all the way, but I was mildly entertained in spite of, or because of that.
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Dragon Knight: Wheel of Time
Starring: Dragon Knight Manufacturer: ADV Films ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0006IIPGC Release Date: 2005-01-04 |
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Kakeru is a warrior that must not only go back and relive the battle of yesterday, he must also discover something much deeper that will change his destiny forever. Amidst epic battles, mysterious friends and the darkest of adversaries, he must discover himself.Customer Reviews:
Really good!.......2007-05-23
One of the better 'ecchi' computer RPGs turned into anime.......2006-11-24
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