Empire Records

Starring:Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Debi Mazar, Rory Cochrane, Johnny Whitworth, Robin Tunney, RenÃ©e Zellweger, Ethan Embry, Coyote Shivers, Brendan Sexton III, Liv Tyler, James 'Kimo' Wills, Ben Bode, Gary Bolen, Kimber Sissons, Tony Zaar, Patt Noday, Julia Howard, Kessia Randall, Michele Seidman
Director: Allan Moyle
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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This story about a day in the life of an independent record store, truly a threatened species, screeches with the sound of teenagers falling apart emotionally every five minutes. The script, which feels like an old guy's idea of how kids talk and think, concerns the young employees of a Delaware music shop faced with imminent extinction. While the ship is sinking, the staff indulge in tantrums, depressions, and run-ins with low self-esteem. There's a lot of noise in this thing, but not a lot is really said. Rory Cochrane has the best part as a secretive guy who loses the store's proceeds one night while gambling, Anthony LaPaglia is the adult boss and unofficial dad to the others, Renée Zellweger plays a promiscuous girl, and Liv Tyler is OK as a lovestruck sweet thing trying to get up the nerve to express her feelings to a fellow employee. --Tom Keogh

Description

The director of Pump Up the Volume cranks it up another notch with Empire Records Remix! Special Fan Edition, including 16 minutes of never-before-seen footage. A comedy about an eventful day in the lives of the young slackers, doers and dreamers who work at a bustling record store. Stars Renee Zellweger, Liv Tyler, Anthony La Paglia, Ethan Embry and Robin Tunney. Gin Blossoms, the Cranberries, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Cracker, Evan Dando, Better Than Ezra and more hot alternative rock underscores virtually every scene.

Customer Reviews:

One of the best movies!.......2007-05-16

I love this movie. It makes me feel young. Damn the man!

Loved it!.......2007-05-13

This is one of my favorite movies growing up. Very fun, and has a good overall storyline.

Good Movie.......2007-05-06

A little bit crazy. But over all an excellent movie. I have watched it several times.

Classic Teen Movie.......2007-05-02

Empire Records is one of those movies that never gets "played out". It has a fresh, youthful, captivating flow. Set to great music from a mix of genres. This is definitely not just a music video. It deals with a lot of basic life issues, that are part of growing up and growing old. From the little miss perfect, who secretly pops pills to keep up. And is holding onto a teen fantasy of losing her virginity in romance novel style to her heart throb. The weird girl working through depression and thoughts of suicide. A wanna be thug and miserably bad shoplifter that just needs to belong to something. To the washed up old pop star that tries to pathetically hold onto his youth and career. And a wealth of other colorful characters, that are all trying to find themselves, and where they fit into the world. Empire is a great light hearted movie. It doesn't go overboard with drama, romance, or silliness. But it does have a little bit of all those things.

A Movie to Resist Time!!!.......2007-04-28

Fantastic movie that will last through the ages! I can watch this movie any time of the day or night over and over again, I have actually watched it probably about a hundred times. It never gets old and it's one of those movies that you can just put on just to have something to watch. I guess it is more directed at a younger group of people but it can last through the ages.

Opeth - Lamentations (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003)

Average customer rating:

Live and Kicking Ass
great performance
Not as heavy as you'd like, but still A-MAZ-ING
Opeth Live Video Recording! What could be better? Nothing.
They couldn't have done any better than this dvd

Opeth - Lamentations (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003)
Starring: Opeth , and Mikael Akerfeldt
Manufacturer: KOCH RECORDS
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ASIN: B000127ZEG
Release Date: 2004-02-24

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Lamentations, a two-hour live 2003 performance DVD, shows off Swedish quartet Opeth's music--which, to simplify matters, can be described as an unwieldy but convincing amalgam of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, and Metallica at their most introspective and uncommercial--to its great advantage, both for fans as well as those unfamiliar with it. Opeth is the rare band that has escaped the narrow confines of the label "heavy metal," a progressive, intensely musical outfit, the group's increasingly subtle music-making has kept the same denseness and complexity of its earlier efforts. Performing the 2003 album Damnation in its entirety, Opeth has mastered a groove-based, moody type of hard rock that's often content to lope along through textured chord changes and instrumental breaks, with acoustic guitar at the forefront. The rest of the concert consists of a half-dozen older, more pummeling tunes that are more conceptually complex and impressive in their always-revealing soundscapes.

Also on the disc is an insightful one-hour-long documentary about the recording of both Damnation and its predecessor, Deliverance; the concert and documentary are shot in anamorphic widescreen, and the audio choices are Dolby Stereo, 5.1 Surround and DTS. --Kevin Filipski

Customer Reviews:

Live and Kicking Ass.......2007-04-10

This has got to be one of the best DVD's I've ever seen. Akerfelt and the group are in tip-top shape.I did want to hear stuff from "Still Life and My Arms.." but I can't have everything,the selection was good anyhow.

The atmosphere is dense with high expectations and Opeth delivered some of the best Prog Death metal ever. These guys are more than they are given credit. No band can even touch their abilities to rock.

This is too too bad that Opeth are not the same band as the drummer and the guitar player have left in 2007. Hope the new guys can fill their shoes!!

great performance.......2007-02-09

Opeth is one of the newer bands i started listening to. I wanted to start from the beginning, so bought their first album. I loved it and continued to buy their entire catalog. Then this DVD came out.

This disc is amazing. They had already proved themselves to me on CD, and i loved the fact that they didn't have a collection of a dozen or so 5 minute radio friendly songs on their albums. They had 10 to 15 minute epics! They aren't content to entertain with short little songs but to take you on an adventure.

So when this DVD came out, I was anxious to buy it and was not disappointed. The entire Damnation album is performed here along with a song called Harvest from an earlier album. There's a great 70's prog rock vibe to this whole thing that i just loved.

The second half of the show is all heavy stuff. Master's Apprentices is played so powerfully that you can't help but get into it. The only real problem i have with this DVD is that no older songs were played.

Many of the songs here are done very well. The Drapery Falls and The Leper Affinity are especially good. The best song here is A Fair Judgment, a great mix of quiet and forlorn music and vocals with heavy, bone crushing guitars and pounding drums. The end of this song is played slower than normal and always has me banging my head in slow motion, if that's possible. HAHA!

The documentary is a nice look behind the scenes and shows them in the studio doing their thing. The interviews are very striaghtforward, but sometimes hard to hear since the sound quality is not the greatest and some band members have accents, which makes it even harder. Too bad this wasn't close captioned. But all in all this is a great document of a very awesome band.

Not as heavy as you'd like, but still A-MAZ-ING.......2007-01-16

I'm gonna make this 1 brief: the making of doc was ok. the concert performance was amazing. like i said in the title, it's not nearly as heavy as most Opeth fans would like, but it is still a very moving performance. they performed most of DAMNATION and then went into the set of heavy tunes, ending with A FAIR JUDGEMENT, one of my all time fav Opeth tracks. Bottom line, if you or someone you know is even the slightest bit of an Opeth fan, BUY THIS NOW!!!

Opeth Live Video Recording! What could be better? Nothing........2007-01-04

Opeth are amazing live, and this DVD captures it. Who needs all of the other extras that are commonly packaged with the main product? Opeth fills the bill with their performance alone. The visual presentation along with the music is an experience not to be missed. That being said, the included documentary of the recording of the albums 'Deliverance' and 'Damnation' is quite entertaining as well. Especially when Steve Wilson comes to help Mikael Akerfeldt produce the albums.

I can say that after having seen so many other metal bands in concert, Opeth are by far one of the most talented bands you can see perform live. You don't need fire-bursts and cannons to energize you when the band takes the stage. Akerfeldt's voice is nearly as amazing live as it is on the studio albums, but with the added peculiarities and nuances of a live performance. This DVD is one you can sit down and watch, or put on in the background as you cook, clean, or entertain guests (supposing they like music based in metal and includes a variety of sounds and elements that are not generally considered "metal").

If you don't have this release and are an Opeth or a metal fan, you are missing out. Pick it up along with all of their studio albums. You (probably) won't be disappointed.

They couldn't have done any better than this dvd.......2006-06-22

When I first bought Lamentations I was getting into the music and buying Opeth's albums, then I found out that Andy Sneap mixed the audio (note that he also mixed Deliverance), I knew that this would be very special. I've been a fan of a lot of records that he's mixed. You name it: Arch Enemy, Nevermore, Exodus, Opeth, 36 Crazyfists, Skinlab, Machine Head, As I Lay Dying, Trivium, Killswitch Engage, Living Sacrifice, Caliban, etc. Then this dvd. It went way beyond my expectations. As I'm typing this, I'm also awaiting the release of Arch Enemy's new dvd Live Apocalypse, also mixed by Sneap. That is gonna kill.

So if you listen to Opeth, you must get Lamentations.

Average customer rating:

One of the best movies!
Loved it!
Good Movie
Classic Teen Movie
A Movie to Resist Time!!!

Empire Records
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia , Maxwell Caulfield , Debi Mazar , Rory Cochrane , and Johnny Whitworth
Director: Allan Moyle
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: B000056WRH
Release Date: 2001-04-03

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Customer Reviews:

One of the best movies!.......2007-05-16

I love this movie. It makes me feel young. Damn the man!

Loved it!.......2007-05-13

This is one of my favorite movies growing up. Very fun, and has a good overall storyline.

Good Movie.......2007-05-06

A little bit crazy. But over all an excellent movie. I have watched it several times.

Classic Teen Movie.......2007-05-02

A Movie to Resist Time!!!.......2007-04-28

Howard Jones - 20th Anniversary Concert Live at the Shepherd's Bush Empire

Average customer rating:

20 years of great music. Bravo!!
Great Display of Howard's versatility and talent
Great Concert by Mr. Jones
The Amazing and Talented Mr. Jones
In a clamshell - 20 Years of Howard Jones on 2 discs

Howard Jones - 20th Anniversary Concert Live at the Shepherd's Bush Empire
Starring: Howard Jones , and Directed by S Sadia
Manufacturer: Koch Records
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ASIN: B0008FPJ5I
Release Date: 2006-05-02

Description

Four full sets of music from one of the defining figures of 80s synth pop. Includes all the classics, like "Life in One Day," "No One is to Blame," "What is Love?" and "Things Can Only Get Better."

Customer Reviews:

20 years of great music. Bravo!!.......2007-05-30

Howard's music has become a major part of my life. It has matured along with me over the years. Best albums lyrically by Howard are "People", "In the Running", & "Cross that Line". What a great song writer. Not a bad album yet! It's nice to hear music with positive messages and love for fellow man and animals.

Great Display of Howard's versatility and talent.......2007-03-10

Having seen Howard during his recent concert tour of the US, I was anxious to preserve the memory. This 20th Anniversary Concert video does that and more. Seeing Howard here in all his incarnations really gives one an appreciation for his tremendous musical and stylistic talents. Great audience, nice interaction with the crowd, personal touches and strong guest star performances make the video a must for avid Howard Jones' fans or for those who might just be on the periphery of his music. Virtually all of Howard's hits are here, nicely packaged and creatively mixed. Highly recommended.

Great Concert by Mr. Jones.......2007-01-26

For any Howard Jones fan, this double disc concert is a must-have, showing the maturing singer-songwriter at his best. The acoustic performances are my personal favorites; I would love see Mr. Jones in an all-acoustic performance.

The Amazing and Talented Mr. Jones.......2006-07-14

Viewing this DVD brought back so many exciting memories of the four Howard Jones Concerts I have attended. In fact, a Howard Jones Concert was one of the first, of over 70, concerts I have experienced. Howard Jones' concerts are always an energizing, and happy experience. To see him perform all his wonderful songs in his original home environment, for this 20th Anniversary celebration, was thrilling and very special for me. He is a great songwriter and an innovative and excellent musician. Kudos!

In a clamshell - 20 Years of Howard Jones on 2 discs.......2006-05-19

It all seems like such a long time ago. I was about 16 and my friend gave me a tape of "New Order". I listened to "Blue Monday" and thought it was cool. Then I flipped it to the other side and heard the words: "Well you're not, you're not who you think you are - jumbled mass of pre-conceived ideas... Welcome to Conditioning."
Something about those words struck a chord with me, and as I continued to listen to "Humans Lib" I knew there was something unique about Howard Jones.
The music was exceptionally well-crafted new wave pop with interesting layered synthesized sounds, and even more interesting lyrics.

Twenty years later, and Howard's songs still mean as much to me. He has added more great songs to my list of favourites with every album release, making a Twentieth Anniversary Concert the concentration of many of the musical highlights of my life.
Don't get me wrong: I'm not a complete fanatic, I like a very broad range of music. But Howard has stayed at the very top of my list of favourite artists because his music is not shallow, he doesn't try to stay in the same niche and he doesn't give up.
An acoustic concert with Howard Jones is every bit as enjoyable as electric set or a full band.

Which is what makes the 20th Anniversary Concert 2-Disc DVD exceptional. Four sets covering 20 years of some of the best pop music ever written shows us the very best of what Howard Jones has given to the world.
It starts with just him and Andy Ross playing together. But no, not keyboard and percussion, nor keyboard and guitar - but keyboard and some kind of mandolin, which Ross uses as both a string instrument and percussion. Not to be outdone, Howard's next guest, Nick Beggs, brings on his Chapman Stick - a ten string electric bass guitar whose strings are tapped rather than plucked - played almost like a piano with both hands. The skill is incredible - and the synergy is invigorating. And we're only two songs into the gig.
The momentum increases as, after the acoustic set we are treated to a pure nostalgia ride with Howard playing his original synthesizer setup from the mid-eighties era, joined by his signature mime-artist Jed - the 'chain guy'. And with the 5.1 surround mix those synths never sounded better!
With any normal live concert DVD this would be a full meal deal. But this concert is the equivalent of a multi-course Italian wedding feast. Insert the second DVD and the ride continues to get better, with Howard's modern electric set fully utilizing the latest in modern music technology, and his new right-hand man, Robbie Bronniman on the live mixing desk. But we're not listening to house dance music, we're listening to great new Howard Jones pop compositions and reworkings of old favourites which, frankly, rock the house. By this point, the audience is pumped and involved, whether you were there on the night or witnessing it on this DVD, in what genuinely feels like first hand.
Enter the full band for the finale - and what a finale it is. Howard seems to be more in his element than ever behind a grand piano with the full support of guitar, bass, keyboard, drums and backing. Which may well surprise those who narrowly pidgeon-hole him as a synth-pop spiky-haired throwback of the 80's. Howard Jones comes out of his synthesizer constrained cocoon, meta-morphosizing into what Rubert Hine, producer of his first two albums, explains (in the extra features interview) he wants the world to know: "he's an utterly brilliant singer/songwriter."
Until now it's all been about Howard Jones. But this is a special occasion, and so Nena ("99 Red Balloons") joins in to sing her anthem in native German and Midge Ure (Ultravox, Band Aid) performs "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" and the classic 80's anthem "Vienna".
Howard's band then tops off the evening with some more classics and you're left energized and astounded.
Fantastic. Buy it.
The best value music DVD out there.

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