Species (Special Edition)

Starring:Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger, Natasha Henstridge, Michelle Williams, Jordan Lund, Don Fischer, Scott McKenna, Virginia Morris, Jayne Luke, David K. Schroeder, David Jensen, Esther Scott (II), Shirley Prestia, William Utay, David Selburg, Herta Ware, Melissa Bickerton
Director: Roger Donaldson
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

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Like any IMAX movie, Coral Reef Adventure is so vivid, vast, and colorful that you can't help but be astonished by its visual splendor. But this undersea exploration has a deeper, more serious agenda as well, warning its viewers that the natural magnificence of the world's most impressive coral reefs is, in most cases, a mere 30 years away from extinction due to the devastating effects of global (and oceanic) warming. Whether or not that timeframe is accurate (and there's not enough solid science presented here to prove it either way), it's tragically obvious that we are in the process of losing entire ecosystems that cannot be replaced, and when you witness these awesome coral reefs in their still-thriving vitality, you experience a sense of urgent responsibility toward our stewardship of planet Earth. By showing us the commitment and potentially life-threatening work of reef explorers and world-class undersea cinematographers Howard and Michele Hall, the film provides an all-access pass to some of the most exotic, playful, and dangerous creatures in the ocean, presented with the kind of intense, almost three-dimensional clarity that can only be achieved in the IMAX format. And while the giant-screen awesomeness of IMAX is lost in translation to DVD, Coral Reef Adventure offers the best-to-date use (on disc 2 of this two-disc set) of High Definition DVD-ROM formatting. For PC users equipped with Windows XP and Windows Media Player 9 series (or later) software, the amazing images in Coral Reef Adventure achieve an almost life-like resolution. The ultimate conclusion remains: If we don't do something to protect these delicate, endangered wonders of nature, we will lose a part of ourselves. --Jeff Shannon

Description

Take a once in a lifetime journey across the South Pacific for a spectacular IMAX adventure. Joy; ecstasy; a spiritual high: these words describe the exhilaration of diving a pristine coral reef, and ocean explorers Howard and Michele Hall bring their love of the ocean into action. With Jean-Michael Cousteau, deep reef scientist Richard Pyle and Fijian diver Rusi Vulakoro, they explore and capture on film the dazzling underwater world of coral reefs, magical places here on Earth. This tropical excursion through the South Pacific will surprise and delight you as you fall in love with the reefs, and your heart will ache at the tragic, irretrievable loss of these fragile worlds. Disc 2 includes the complete feature in Microsoft Windows Media Video High Definition, playable on your PC.

Customer Reviews:

Coral Reef.......2007-06-07

I was very disappointed with this video. I was looking forward to seeing footage of coral reefs on the ocean floor, but what they gave was an ecological view of what happens when "man" doesn't take care of what is there. I'm always looking for good educational videos. If I had been teaching ecology, that would be one thing, but I was looking for live footage of coral reefs.

An excellent view.......2007-05-24

This film is as absolute delight from start to finish. It is basically eye candy and education thrown together into one. The spectacular views of the underwater world are simply breathtaking. What else can I say? Superb!

Very Satisfied.......2007-05-23

We are very happy with the video. The graphics and music is awesome! I found it very entertaining as well as educational. Thank you.

4 of 5 due to used DRM.......2007-04-10

This movie is great and the picture is awesome and I bought it due to the 2nd disc in HD (in WMVHD). Picture is so crisp and simply beautiful. You'll face problems if you would like to wath the HD content on your Mac - due to the fact that main movie is protected with DRM and it could run only from Windows.

HD.......2007-04-05

I purchased this DVD for the 1080 and 720 resolutions through Windows Media player to shoot through my projector. The picture is awesome in HD. It does take a newer processor to run it though. My XP 2600+ chip had problems doing the 1080, but my 3800+ dual core with 2mb of PC 800 RAM ran it flawlessly. I plan to purchase more IMAX videos that include the HD disc. Until the Blue Ray and HD ROM's come down in price, this is a really good option for running/seeing a HD image.

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hoot
Kiddie Conservation
HOOT IS GREAT FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT
A good movie
Cute Story

Hoot (New Line Platinum Series)
Starring: Logan Lerman , Brie Larson , Cody Linley , Luke Wilson , and Eric Phillips (II)
Director: Wil Shriner
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
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ASIN: B000GB5MH4
Release Date: 2006-08-15

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The natural beauties of Florida find some young champions in Hoot, based on the young adult novel by satirical crime writer Carl Hiaasen. While trying to resist being bullied on the school bus, Roy (Logan Lerman, Jack & Bobby) becomes intrigued by a barefoot boy running frantically along the sidewalk. As he investigates, Roy learns that a nearby construction site is a habitat for a protected species of burrowing owl and that a tough girl at his school named Beatrice (Brie Larson, Sleepover) has some connection with the barefoot boy, who has some connection with vandalism at the construction site. Hoot has been attacked by conservative critics for promoting eco-terrorism--a charge most viewers may find overheated--but the movie's real weakness isn't political but artistic; the clumsy dialogue barely sounds like human speech and the plot takes some hard-to-believe turns. At one point, as part of protecting the burrowing owls and their chicks, a kid releases poisonous cottonmouth snakes onto the construction site; apparently his ecological knowledge doesn't include the feeding habits of these snakes, which eat birds. The colorful scenery and the affable presence of Luke Wilson (Bottle Rocket, Old School) keep the movie alive. Also featuring Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Holes) and singer Jimmy Buffett, whose tropical honky-tonk bubbles up all over the soundtrack. --Bret Fetzer

Description

From Walden Media (The Chronicles of Narnia franchise) and based on the best-selling book, Hoot is a classic story that is fun for all ages. When a boy and his classmates realize that a population of endangered, burrowing owls is threatened by new construction, the kids decide to take on crooked politicians and bumbling cops in the hope of saving their new friends.

Customer Reviews:

hoot.......2007-05-16

fun movie for kids and adults. humorous, educational, kids get to triumph over environmental trashers, appealing leads. a relief to find an intelligent movie we can enjoy together that is neither insipid nor loaded with the usual bad language, nudity, violence. hope more of carl hiaasen's books go the movie route.

Kiddie Conservation.......2007-04-28

"Hoot" tells the story of three unlikely heroes, Roy, Bea, and Mullet Fingers (Logan Lerman, Brie Larson, and Cody Linley, respectively), who attempt to thwart the construction of a new pancake house in Florida on land that is inhabited by federally-protected burrowing owls. Young Roy has just moved to Florida with his family from Montana. As is with most tween-aged tales, he's an outcast who gets bullied, picked on, etc. Through a series of funny events he becomes good friends with the bully who bullies bullies, Beatrice, and her tree-hugging brother, Mullet Fingers. Up until the point where the three begin working together, Mullet Fingers has done the bulk of the dirty work at the jobsite by sabotaging contractor Curly's (Tim Blake Nelson) survey stakes, releasing cottonmouths on the property, and a few other things. When Roy enters the picture, evidence is uncovered that will shut down the construction completely. Of course, the main problem is that they are just three kids. Who'll listen to them?

As the story rolls along we get to meet "buffoon-in-blue" Delinko (gamely played by Luke Wilson) and Roy's cool science teacher, Mr. Ryan (Jimmy Buffett). Robert Wagner shows up in a brief but funny role as the city mayor. The cameras also give us a healthy dose of Florida's beautiful beaches and the swamp and her creatures that Mullet Fingers loves so much.

Some have stated that this movie promotes eco-terrorism and they do have a little bit of an honest gripe. What Mullet Fingers does is illegal, but so is what the pancake house is attempting to do. Both sides are wrong in the matter, but Roy's use of the legal system shows the viewer that stealing dozer seats and tearing out specific pages of a document eventually prove to be empty ventures. In short, eco-terrorism ideals are present, but they are shown to not be the solution to the problem.

Unlike a few other reviewers here, I'm glad that the owls received only a little screen time. This only enhanced the fact that they are endangered and worth protecting.

Overall, the movie does a good job of entertaining the entire family. It is somewhat generic as far as tweener tales go, but it is very likeable as a whole. I think I caught only one or two brief slips of the tongue in the whole movie. There's only a little onscreen violence involving a bully and Roy and some hilarious offscreen violence involving Bea and the same bully. The film has plenty of laughs for all ages and the cast does a pretty good job with their respective roles. Families should have no problems watching this one together.

HOOT IS GREAT FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT.......2007-03-31

I WAS THRILLED TO SEE A MOVIE THAT WAS JUST LIKE READING THE BOOK! IT WAS FUN & LIGHTHEARTED WITH AN UNDERCURRENT OF ENVIRONMENTALISM. A TRULY ENJOYABLE FILM. HATS OFF TO CARL FOR A WONDERFULLY ENTERTAINING FAMILY MOVIE!

A good movie.......2007-03-13

This is a delightful family film. Some youths fight to keep a Pancake house from being built over the nesting site of protected burrowing owls. One of the boys, Mullet, has already had trouble and must hide from sight while still trying to prevent the construction from taking place. There's plenty of humor thrown in with this serious theme. I especially love seeing Jimmy Beffet play a teacher! He did a wonderful acting job.

Chrissy K. McVay - Author

Cute Story.......2007-02-14

Very cute and enviromentally friendly movie. A little on the juvenile side for adults, but we found it entertaining.

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Wild America
Great adventure
Pleasant surprise
Wild
Wild America

Wild America
Starring: Jonathan Taylor Thomas , Devon Sawa , Scott Bairstow , Frances Fisher , and Jamey Sheridan
Director: William Dear
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: 0790732920
Release Date: 1997-10-22

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You wouldn't know it by watching the mostly ridiculous escapades on display in Wild America, but this comedy/adventure for young boys is marginally based on the true story of Marshall, Mark, and Marty Stouffer, three young brothers who successfully pursued their dream of becoming wildlife filmmakers. From their home in the South, the Stouffer boys embark on a cross-country trek to the West, where they hope to get rare footage from inside the dreaded Cave of the Sleeping Bears. Along the way they encounter cute British tourist girls, deadly alligators, a rampaging moose, and an Air Force fighter on a bombing range. In other words, Wild America is about as contrived as it could possibly be and still claim to be based on reality, but it is harmless enough for young viewers with its wholesome message about bravery, hard work, and family togetherness. Jonathan Taylor Thomas (from television's Home Improvement) leads the young cast of adventurers. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

Wild America.......2007-05-25

Kids love this movie. As an adult I can nit-pick all I want, but the simple truth, is that kids love this movie.

Great adventure.......2007-05-07

I found this movie to be thoroughly entertaining. I loved the spirit of life and nature shared by the experience of the 3 brothers. It was also refreshing to see their hopes and dreams come to life. Well acted and a well told story. Loved the relationship of the parents and children - the support and nurturing by all was very positive. Then you find it is based on a true story and that makes the tale even better. Great movie to watch with your family and friends.

Pleasant surprise.......2007-04-03

My husband and I were trying to keep from dozing off on the couch one Sunday afternoon when we came upon this movie. It wasn't what the local station had promised they would show, but within minutes we were hooked. It quickly became clear that you have to keep your tongue in cheek while watching this. The main character is being fanciful as he tells the story through reminicing. Don't let that bother you. It is a dear, warmly-told story. I plan to get it so I can sit down and see it again.

Wild.......2007-03-21

This is the best movie to watch with a teenager to bring your family together. Laugh, cry & laugh some more! Get it!

Wild America.......2007-03-20

I thought Wild America was the best movie ever!! It was funny and interesting. The movie was really, really cool because it was based on a true story. Every time when it got scarey something funny would come in, like when they were in the cave singing to put the bears back to sleep and at the end of the song they did what their Dad did (farted)!! This is my absolute FAVORITE MOVIE EVER!!!!!!

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Blu-ray Quality Review
Lousy plot and bad acting
A good, but derivative piece of sci-fi/horror fluff
Not just stupid, but predictable & boring
sex and alliens

Species [Blu-ray]
Starring: Caroline Barclay , Patricia Belcher , Gary Bullock , William Bumiller , and Richard Fancy
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
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ASIN: B000F9RB9E
Release Date: 2006-07-25

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There's a kind of perverse marketing genius at work in this cheesy sci-fi hit from 1995 in which scientists create a half-human, half-alien woman named Sil (Natasha Henstridge) who's capable of morphing from a slimy, tentacled creature into a blonde babe with the body of a Playboy centerfold. This makes it easy for Sil to lure gullible guys who are only too willing to indulge her voracious mating urge, realizing too late that sex with Sil is anything but safe. As the body count rises, a handpicked team of specialists tracks the alien's killing spree, but their diverse expertise is barely a match for the ever-morphing Sil. Borrowing elements of the Alien movies (including bizarre alien designs by Swedish artist H.R. Giger) and spicing them up with some tantalizing nudity, Species is a wet dream for creature-feature fans--kind of like watching a sci-fi vampire fantasy while browsing through the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. --Jeff Shannon

Description

When a beautiful human-alien hybrid (Natasha Henstridge) escapes from observation, scientist XavierFitch (Ben Kingsley) dispatches a crew of experts to find her before she is able to fulfill her horrific purpose: to mate with unsuspecting men and produce offspring that could destroy mankind. As her deadly biological clock ticks rapidly, Fitch and his team are hurled into a desperate battle in which the fate of humanity itself hangs in the balance!

Customer Reviews:

Blu-ray Quality Review.......2007-06-11

While the film itself is a love it or hate hit kind of thing (as far as the story and actors and whatnot), I would like to rate the actual quality of the disk and what separates it from the dvd version.

The Blu-ray version of this movie is much better than all the other version. Better quality images, better quality sound, and you even get a cool glimpse into Giger's creative process with a extra on the blu-ray that shows him creating the "evil train" sequence.

Personally, I liked the movie - but I think what most people want to know is, is it worth buying the blu-ray version vs. the dvd version and the answer to that question is DEFINATELY!

Lousy plot and bad acting.......2006-10-26

This movie has the plot of a porno. If you evaluate this movie as a porno, then it's lousy because there isn't much there. If you evaluate it any other way then it's also lousy. The plot of the movie is that a woman is an alien on a hunt for men to mate with, and she kills a fair number of them. Lots of car crashes and helocopter chases.

A good, but derivative piece of sci-fi/horror fluff.......2006-08-07

1995's Species was a studio's attempt to replicate the start of a new sci-fi/horror franchise like the one begun by Ridley Scott's Alien. Roger Donaldson was tapped to direct this attempt with a cast that included Sir Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Marge Helgenberger, Forrest Whitaker and Alfred Molina. The lucky gal who gets to play the role of Sil --- the half-alien, half-human hybrid --- fell on the stunning and gorgeous shoulders of Natasha Henstridge.

Species pulls from so many different sci-fi/horror films and shows from the past that it's hard to find anything original in the story. There's stuff from Alien, The Hidden, and even some episodes of The X-Files. The one original twist in this derivate film was the plot of an alien race sending over the genetic markers of its race and instructions on how to recombine it with human DNA to create a form of hybrid. Why the scientists decided to go through with such a seemingly dangerous task is known only to the writer who put pen to paper to create the screenplay. The acting by the select group of experts (Madsen, Helgenberger, Molina, Kingsley and Whitaker) are ok enough and none embarrass themselves in the end. Henstridge does a fine job of being sexy and hot. It helped that she pretty much was naked through most of the film, or at least put herself in situations to be naked.

The art design of Sil as the evolved alien hybrid came courtesy of the great Swiss surrealist, H.R. Giger who also did the design for the alien creature in Alien. Giger's biomechanical designs have always been disturbing and beautiful at the same time and he didn't disappoint with his design of Sil. If there was a quibble on Sil's final design it was that it still resembled abit too much of the alien design in Ridley Scott's Alien. But it was still great to see H.R. Giger still creating such wonderful artwork and designs for people to see. His popularity has always been mostly composed of the elite circles of the artworld and those small, loyal art groups with a penchant for the surreal, weird and disturbing.

In the end, Species was a good sci-fi/horror that didn't bore too much and for those who enjoy their gore this film had its equal share of the red stuff. Gratuitious nudity and sex from Natasha Henstridge as Sil the alien hybrid and the excellent designs from H.R. Giger gives this film enough good things to look at. It doesn't bring anything new and pretty much reuses alot of other things from other movies, but Species was good enough albeit derivative of better past films and shows.

Not just stupid, but predictable & boring.......2006-01-08

I can only imagine that the 4 & 5 star reviews for the stinker of a movie are coming from adolescent boys who are still enthralled by the nekkid alien/human hybrid who apparently can't be bothered by the inconvenience of clothing. As for the rest of us, the pervasive nudity will cease to be novel after the first 5 minutes or so. What we are left with is a lame & predictable paint-by-numbers horror flick which apparently wants to be "Alien," but seems content merely to steal liberally from an infinitely better movie.

This is so predictable that you could stop watching after the first hour, but why would you want to waste that first precious hour anyway? Just avoid the whole thing unless you are just now reaching puberty.

sex and alliens.......2006-01-07

well, it seems that they had to make a movie where Alliens and humans have sex, it was creepy, it was gross, it was fun!

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Alien Nation/Enemy Mine
They have landed.
2 Flics on 2 discs.....
a classic

Alien Nation / Enemy Mine
Starring: Dennis Quaid , Louis Gossett Jr. , Brion James , Richard Marcus , and Carolyn McCormick
Director: Wolfgang Petersen , and Graham Baker
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B000KGGIV4
Release Date: 2006-12-05

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Alien Nation: They get drunk on sour milk. They have two hearts and bald, spotted heads. They're highly intelligent, but if you drop them in seawater they'll melt into a puddle of goop. They're "Newcomers," and they arrived as refugees in a massive alien slave-ship, quarantined for three years and then reluctantly accepted as citizens of Earth. To some humans--including seasoned Los Angeles cop Matt Sykes (James Caan)--the Newcomers are unwelcome "slags." Sykes's own virulent "speciesism" intensifies when Newcomer thugs kill his partner, but he sees logic in teaming up with Sam Francisco (Mandy Patinkin), the first Newcomer detective in the LAPD. Francisco's Newcomer knowledge is vital to their investigation of an alien drug ring, and a friendship grows from life-or-death circumstances.

A routine cop thriller with a comedic sci-fi twist, Alien Nation has two things working in its favor: Caan and Patinkin form a memorable duo, and the basic premise--as conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon (who later developed the film as a TV series)--intelligently accounts for the sociological impact of an alien population. The subtle point is made that humans are extraordinary beings who squander their potential, and the evil of drugs--as dealt by a social-climbing Newcomer played by Terence Stamp--leads to a crisis that threatens to generate global intolerance. These points are well presented in a context of overly familiar plotting and standard-issue sarcasm. It's entertaining for a brisk 90 minutes, but in its attempt to be widely appealing, Alien Nation glosses over issues that might have made it more uniquely provocative. --Jeff Shannon

Enemy Mine: Lizard-like Draconian Louis Gossett Jr. and his mortal enemy, earthling Dennis Quaid, crash-land on a hostile planet during a brutal space battle. Forced to rely on one another for survival, they overcome their differences and become fast friends. You can almost hear them break into an off-key version of "It's a Small World." German director Wolfgang Petersen, so brutally honest with his film Das Boot, turns warm and cuddly on us with this intergalactic buddy movie. Much of the problem, though, is that the script sets us up for an intriguing encounter, then settles for a simple and sentimental resolution. Noteworthy set design and strong performances, especially by Gossett, push this beyond mere mediocrity. His performance is fascinating, as he must speak in an alien tongue, which he maintains with artistry and consistency. --Rochelle O'Gorman

Customer Reviews:

Alien Nation/Enemy Mine.......2007-05-25

Alien Nation is actually a good movie... I really enjoyed it... It was a bit like the days of the "X" files movies... It was good to watch. Enemy Mine is a fantastic Movie... I can watch this one over and over again.. Its really well made and Dennis Quaid is a little Hottie in it, I think its prob his best movie.. Its a movie you can watch anytime.

They have landed........2007-04-10

This is a good combo if you are into aliens and space movies. Although my children were not born when they made these they still enjoyed the movies. It is fun watching the reaction on the faces who are seeing the movie for the first time. I recommend this for family night.

2 Flics on 2 discs............2007-02-07

Hey, these are both classic SciFi movies! I really like that they are on seperate discs, in a slim-pack, AND the price would be nice for each, BUT NO!, you get 2 for the price of 1!!

a classic.......2007-01-10

Loved it, and so did my boyfriend. They're better as they get older.

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Thought provoking
A favorite!
Beautifully filmed, emotionally moving
So much truth in less than 2 hours
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Loggerheads
Starring: Bonnie Hunt , and Chris Sarandon
Director: Tim Kirkman
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ASIN: B000E0WJUK
Release Date: 2006-03-21

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For such a quiet and understated movie, Loggerheads has a lot of ambition: In addition to being a gay love story, it's also about the push and pull between parents and children, the hairline fractures in a marriage, and the delicate balance of a neighborhood. A troubled woman (Bonnie Hunt, Return to Me) seeks out the child she gave up for adoption; a gay motel owner (Michael Kelly, Dawn of the Dead) takes in a handsome drifter (Kip Pardue, Imaginary Heroes); and the wife (Tess Harper, Tender Mercies) of a preacher (Chris Sarandon, The Princess Bride) frets that a gay couple has moved in across the street. All of their lives will intersect as Loggerheads subtly draws out their secret losses and desires. Maybe too subtly--trying to avoid melodrama, the movie may have avoided some emotionally potent scenes. But the cast is superb throughout, all giving vivid and genuine performances; there's not a false note through the entire film. Also featuring Robin Weigert (Deadwood) and Michael Learned (The Waltons). --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

Thought provoking.......2007-07-04

A rather slow paced movie, which does not take us wherw we want to go, but a truly emotionable film that is finely crafted by a great cast and crew. Up there with my very favourites.

A favorite!.......2007-05-29

I enjoyed this film, a lot more than i orginally thought. In the days after seeing it, i could not stop thinking about it. Loggerheads will remain one of my favorites, up there with "A Beautiful Thing" and "The Line Of Beauty". The sound track is amazing, perfectly suited to te film.

Beautifully filmed, emotionally moving.......2007-04-09

What an incredibly moving film - I am an adoptee that searched for her mom, only to find that she had died many years ago. This film is right on in the representations of adoptees and mothers searching - the acting is so true to life and the images have stayed with me. This is one of my absolute favorite films ever - I was moved to tears many times. Incredible film -

So much truth in less than 2 hours.......2007-03-05

I watched this film for a second time to confirm my initial assessment. I found myself in tears each time. As a gay man and an adoptee, I've spent a half century looking for that film, that book, that story expressing the constellation of truth which is my experience, my life. In LOGGERHEADS, I found that truth.

The time line of the story seemed, at first, a not very straight line and the resulting uneasiness is really a part of the truth of an adoption triad. A biological mother never forgets her baby, especially on his/her birthday. An adoptee never forgets his/her biological mother, especially on his/her birthday. And, an adoptive mother never forgets that she shares her adoptive child with another mother some place, especially on the child's birthday. As an adoptee, I've learned personally (and from other adoptees) that even fifty years does not lessen the uneasiness of place I inhabit in life.

Lastly, this film is a tribute to the love of mothers for their children and the love children for their mothers even in estrangement and separation. In this way, LOGGERHEADS, is an important contribution to the many stories of our often complicated lifes and the superb performances, of each cast member, honor the humanity of each one of us.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.......2007-02-02

Michael Learned, where have you been? I was studying your face onscreen trying to figure out where I had seen you before. You looked so gaunt and yet so streamlined in LOGGERHEADS I had no way of connecting you with the many characters you played in your heyday, except by the agonizing pain in your eyes. As many reviewers have noticed, you must have been directed with exactly the same strokes as your fellow players Tess Harper and Bonnie Hunt, for all of you constantly wear the same expressions of anguish, as though each had been hit over the head by a giant rubber mallet, so we see nothing but shellshocked pain. Then I remembered, you were on THE WALTONS.

And also I remember you played the part of Marlon Brando's wife in APOCALYPSE NOW and all of your scenes cut before release, which must have been painful for you. That sort of broken look remained on your beautiful face all throughout LOGGERHEADS, for your character has a lot of guilt to burn off, for she forced her teen daughter to give up a baby and she's never been the same since.

I hadn't seen you, Tess Harper OR Bonnie Hunt in years and years, and all of you were just super in the movie. I guess it's a truism that Hollywood doesn't know what to do with its actresses of a certain age, but happily you all got tangled up in this sophisticated, time travel picture, in which the many different seasons of a cute guy's life get explicated with thousands of close ups of your grief-filled eyes. They should re-do this movie every year or so, and all of you could switch parts and next time you could play the minister's wife and Tess Harper the teen who gives up her baby, etc.

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Blu-ray Quality Review
Lousy plot and bad acting
A good, but derivative piece of sci-fi/horror fluff
Not just stupid, but predictable & boring
sex and alliens

Species (Special Edition)
Starring: Ben Kingsley , Michael Madsen , Alfred Molina , Forest Whitaker , and Marg Helgenberger
Director: Roger Donaldson
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ASIN: B0002KPHWE
Release Date: 2004-10-19

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Description

Customer Reviews:

Blu-ray Quality Review.......2007-06-11

Lousy plot and bad acting.......2006-10-26

A good, but derivative piece of sci-fi/horror fluff.......2006-08-07

Not just stupid, but predictable & boring.......2006-01-08

sex and alliens.......2006-01-07

well, it seems that they had to make a movie where Alliens and humans have sex, it was creepy, it was gross, it was fun!

Masters of Horror: Lucky McKee - Sick Girl

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Bettis was Brilliant!
A unique and sexy Masters of Horror story!
Bug Girl
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Love bites

Masters of Horror: Lucky McKee - Sick Girl
Director: Lucky McKee
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ASIN: B000F3UACU
Release Date: 2006-06-27

Description

Angela Bettis (MAY,TOOLBOX MURDERS) stars as a shy entomologist whose drab life is changed by the simultaneous arrival of a large,mysterious bug and a torrid affair with a sexy young woman (Erin Brown, aka erotic scream queen Misty Mundae). But when the bizarre insect chooses a shocking place to secretly feed, Sapphic ecstasy turns to infection,mutation and murder. Will these lesbian lovers let a venomous threesome tear them apart, or is the most horrific metamorphosis of all yet to come? Co-written and directed by Lucky McKee, this babes `n' bugs shocker features extreme monster mayhem by KNB EFX (LAND OF THE DEAD, HOSTEL) in one of the most unique films of the series Fangoria calls "A smashing success…one the best anthology fright shows ever!

Customer Reviews:

Bettis was Brilliant!.......2007-05-31

This was a good episode-- on the surface a light hearted, tongue in cheek spoof, but once it settles in, it becomes clear that this is a macabre, twisted, bizarre piece.

Bettis turns in a terrific performance as an introverted, nerdy lesbo scientist who becomes involved with another lady... uh, and eventually some bug from Brazil plays a role in a menage a trois type deal.

If you are into cult horror films with a surrealness, then check this one out. The focus is on the characters and not so much the gore or suspense. A very good entry which would have made 4 stars had it not been for the rushed, punchline ending.

A unique and sexy Masters of Horror story!.......2007-05-12

Insect lover and entomologist Ida (Angela Bettis) discovers a new species of bug that has been mysteriously delivered to her at her doorstep. A very alien-esque insect that's aggressive and dangerous unlike anything she's ever seen before, she falls for a gorgeous lesbian chick named Misty (Erin Brown a.k.a. Misty Mundae)as the two become close lovers. The weird bug however infects Misty as soon it will make her into something completely dangerous and ugly that it needs to feed.

A very steamy and gory little shocker from Lucky McKee (director of "May" and "The Woods") with terrific acting and a well thought out storyline. There some hot lesbian action here for the guys and excellent make-up effects by KNB EFX ("Kill Bill", "Hostel", "Army of Darkness"), this is one of the best episodes yet thanks to the genius of Lucky McKee much like his "May" movie.

This DVD has great extras like audio commentary by writer-director Lucky McKee with cast and crew, trailers, still gallery, interviews with cast and Lucky McKee, and bio of the director.

Also recommended: "The Fly (1958 and 1986)", "The Wasp Woman (1958)", "Basket Case", "Earth Vs. The Spider" (2001 version), "Brain Damage", "Deer Woman", "Re-Animator", "Creepshow", "Dagon", "The Toxic Avenger", "Altered States", "The Return of the Fly", "The Fly II", "Ginger Snaps", "An American Werewolf in London" and "Hulk".

Bug Girl.......2007-04-11

"Sick Girl" is Master of Horror member Lucky McKee's entry to the Showtime series. Shy lesbian Ida (Angela Bettis) is an etymologist who develops a crush on artist chick Misty (Erin Brown). Ida gets a mysterious package from Brazil containing a type of bug never seen before. After Misty moves in the strange bug disappears, soon after Misty begins acting strange. Ida confides her weird suspicion to her misogynistic but basically good natured assistant Max (Jesse Hlubik). This is a rather odd entry to the "Masters of Horror" vault, though not unwarranted. It combines sci-fi, horror, and black comedy to get it's effect. The first half of the film is basically a lesbian sitcom, "The L Word" taken much lighter. It is here we meet and begin to care for our cast, and my hat off to McKee, this is one of the best ensemble of the series so far. Ida by herself is a kooky character, but I guess we're used to Bettis doing that ("May" and "Carrie"). Brown has the harder job; she has to go through so many changes of character, and she has to be convincing, she did good. Ida and Misty are so cute together, and their relationship seems pretty convincing and real. I bought it. The sexist assistant could have been annoying, but he was too nonchalant to have that held against him, and you can tell he genuinely likes Ida. The best part of the movie was Ida's relationship with Lady Bug, a 10 year-old-girl who lives with her grandmother. The little girl looks up to Ida and sees her as a hero, a small but nice touch about acceptance. The grandmother is the apartment super, who is the only weak link, a stereotypical old bat who doesn't agree with Ida's lifestyle. Now that we have the characters in place, that's when the weird stuff starts happening, and when bad things happen to good people, we care. So I enjoyed it, even if it was a horror-comedy, a genre I wish would go away.

Please enter a title for your review.......2007-03-26

*contains spoilers*
Nothing horrifying in this movie/episode, the one bloody scene is visually downplayed, but it's an original relationship drama. The main character Ida talks in a robotic voice which I didn't get used to until halfway through. The other four key characters are her fratboy laboratory co-worker who she gets along well with, their conflicting personality types never made into an issue. Her conservative landlady. The landlady's granddaughter. And her new girlfriend, Misty, whose arrival co-incides with that of a mysterious bug which was intended to keep Ida and Misty apart but ends up bringing them closer together when it impregnates both of them. How sweet.

Love bites.......2007-03-07

Promising horror director Lucky McKee (May, The Woods) makes his Masters of Horror debut with this first season contribution. Sick Girl re-unites McKee and his May star Angela Bettis (Toolbox Murders) who plays a bug obsessed entomologist. After receiving a package containing a very large, and very aggressive, kind of bug the likes no one has ever seen before, she embarks in a heated affair with a shy girl (Erin Brown, better known as sexy softcore queen Misty Mundae) who has a few secrets of her own. From that point on, a bug bite turns both girl's worlds upside down, especially when one becomes the host and carrier of the bug's offspring. Offering ample amounts of creepiness and skin crawling fun, Sick Girl is one of the more fun entires in Showtime's Masters of Horror anthology. Not to be taken seriously one bit, Sick Girl reminds us how fun the horror genre can be when someone just takes an idea and runs with it. If there's any down points about Sick Girl, it's that Bettis comes off as annoying in her role frequently throughout the episode, but besides that, Sick Girl is a sick blast. All in all, Lucky McKee's Sick Girl only shows more promise from the newbie horror master, and this installment is one of the better entires in the Masters of Horror series.

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Doolittle does it again!
Better than the original! Eddie Murphey at his best!
Dr. Dolittle 2
Cute! Very Cute!
Extremely Disappointing

Dr. Dolittle 2
Starring: Eddie Murphy , Kristen Wilson , Raven (VII) , Kyla Pratt (II) , and Lil' Zane
Director: Steve Carr (III)
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ASIN: B00005NRNV
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It's only a marginal improvement, but Dr. Dolittle 2 defies the odds by rising above its popular 1998 predecessor (and once again, let's not confuse these movies with the earlier Rex Harrison musical). Eddie Murphy cakewalks through his title role with the confident professionalism of a comedian who knows when to share the spotlight--especially when he's being upstaged by a bunch of animals who steal all the punch lines. And once again the movie's aimed at a preteen audience, so many of those punch lines involve flatulence, bodily functions, and frequent use of the word butt.

The difference this time: Dr. Dolittle has settled into his talk-to-the-animals routine; his 16-year-old daughter (Raven-Symone) is getting to be a feisty handful (it turns out she's coping with a hereditary gift); and his lawyer wife (Kristen Wilson) is representing him in a trial against corporate villains who want to clear-cut a local forest. Naturally, the local critter mafia (their Don is a beaver... fugeddaboutit!) want Dolittle to fight for their cause, and this involves the successful mating of an endangered bear and a domesticated circus bear who's forgotten all the bear necessities of life in the wild. The bears are voiced by Lisa Kudrow and Steve Zahn, and they almost steal the show, but the whole menagerie (with digitally animated "talking") is equally amusing. Adults might wish that the filmmakers had tried harder to make a truly memorable sequel, but this is a movie for kids, and they're going to love it without quibbling. --Jeff Shannon

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Superstar Eddie Murphy is back as Dolittle, the beloved doctor with the up-ROAR-ious critter-communicating talents. This time around Dolittle plays Cupid to bumbling circus bear to help a group of forest creatures save their habitat. With the aid of his mangy, madcap animal friends, Dolittle must teach this overgrown teddy the ways of true romance in time to save his species and his home!

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Doolittle does it again!.......2006-07-13

We loved the first movie, so when the 2nd came out, it had a lot to live up to. It was as hysterical as the first... very well done! A "must" have!!

Better than the original! Eddie Murphey at his best!.......2006-05-05

Eddie Murphey is truly the doctor, the doctor of comedy that is! This is the series to see if you need to laugh, if you love to laugh even! I was watching these because I like Raven-Symone (she plays one of his daughters). Raven-Symone is from Disney Channel's "That's So Raven". Also, the animal voices, many of them are very familiar (like Chris Rock and Cedric the Entertainer). If you like one and two, then you might want to check out "Dr. Doolittle 3". No, it does not feature Eddie Murphey unfortunately. However, this movie is the doctor for your comedy ills!

Dr. Dolittle 2.......2005-11-02

The movie "Dr.Dolitle" was a movie directed by Steve Carr which both childen and adults will like it.It was a very interesting movie because a doctor call Dolittle was able to communicate with animals.
Dr.Dolittle had to make a type of endangered bear to give birth in order to save the forest where many types of species of animalss lived in. But at first, the male bear was anti-social not romantic and do not know how to survive in the wild, it was very playful and likes to sing songs which sounded terrible. So it was long before they began to fall for each other, as the female bear was actually attached.
The movie was very funny when the male bear was climbing on a broken tree branch, which had a bee hive. He just wanted to fulfil the female bear's wish in being a courageous bear. Dr. Dolittle advised him not to climb.Andwhen the bear reached the top,the bees in the hive stinged them.
Overall, I would give the movie 3 out of 5.
1h and 28min
PG

Cute! Very Cute!.......2005-03-21

I suppose this was not as entertaining as the first Dr.Dolittle but we certainly enjoyed it. Haven't you ever wondered what animals would say if they could talk? It's always fun to imagine that and as with the first you get to hear them.
It's funny and I liked the bears; I thought they were adorable.
The acting was good, as was the storyline and bringing in some human interest, such as problems with the doctors daughter was great. All in all we enjoyed this movie and think you will as well.

Extremely Disappointing.......2005-02-20

I love Eddie Murphy, and I loved Dr. Doolittle! The previews of Dr. D II looked so funny, I couldn't wait to see it. Well, I just saw it, and my mind has still not recovered.

Dr. Doolittle 2 is one of the worst films I have ever seen. The story and dialouge are so mind-numbing, even the animated Murphy and Raven Symone, who plays his teenage daughter, couldn't salvage it. The story revolves around Dr. Doolittle trying to save the patch of forest behind his house from a land-hungry developer. To do this, Doolittle must rehab a tame bear and make him wild, because this bear is an endangered species, and if he lives in the forest, the developer can't touch it. Sounds kind of cute . . . it's not.

The bear acts and sounds like a washed up Vegas lounge singer. His whiny voice (Steve Zahn) is so annoying that even I, a passionate animal lover, could not summon a shred of sympathy for this bear. And talk about long. This whole thin storyline is dragged out for ninety minutes until I writhed in pain. And the other animals! A sad, alcoholic French monkey, a chamelon with a horrible Mexican accent, and an abusive bear and his passive female bear. When the bear is not whining, a dog is narrating the whole film in another nasal, bland voice with HORRIBLE dialouge.

A subplot involves his daughter rebelling and liking a boyfriend who is a complete idiot, is dropped off by a pizza delivery car and asks to stay two nights. Murphy actually acquieses. What an intelligent, lovely girl like Raven would see in this sorry homie is completely unbelievable.

It is hard to believe people (and animals) are going hungry when millions were wasted on this fart of a film. It seemed like the voice actors were embarrased to be saying such stupid dialouge, and that the animal actors were embarrased to be acting such stupid roles - and I don't blame them.

National Geographic's Tigers of the Snow

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"Hope Is The Last To Die."
Fantastic!!
Extremely well-made and interesting documentary
Nice movies about the Siberian Tigers
Not much!

National Geographic's Tigers of the Snow

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Blake's words "Tyger, tyger burning bright" come alive in this lush documentary from National Geographic. Tigers of the Snow spotlights the Siberian Tiger, which once roamed over the wide ranges of northern Asia but now is limited to a tiny region on the Sea of Japan. Footage of their active muscles, their piercing eyes, their regal pelt, all attest to the beauty of a dying breed. Russian and American scientists have banded together to study the 300 remaining not-so-gentle giants in an effort to save them from extinction. You'll see these men and women track tigers from helicopters, brave a mother's fury to tag her young, and strive to breed them in captivity. The effort is Herculean, given the massive logging and rampant poaching which cuts down the population and the tigers' territory, but there is hope that we can educate the next generation to protect these beautiful animals and their environment while there's still time. After all, a planet without tigers would be a much poorer place, and Tigers of the Snow shows exactly what we'd miss. --Rob Lightner

Description

Tigers of the Snow presents the beautiful one-hour program on these endangered animals from award-winning wildlife filmmaker Mark Stouffer; plus the bonus never-before-released half-hour program entitled Tiger's Eye; Siberian Tiger facts; an assortment of tiger photographs in the Photo Gallery; a map of the tigers' range in Siberia; a Siberian Tigers interactive trivia quiz; and trailers of other related National Geographic programs.

Customer Reviews:

"Hope Is The Last To Die." .......2007-04-28

I have always had an interest in the big cats, and have had a particular interest in the Siberian tiger since reading the compelling book "Tigers in the Snow" by Peter Matthiessen and Maurice Hornocker, which I also recommend. These beautiful cats have been hunted to near extinction since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and are now extremely endangered by the twin perils of poaching and industrial deforestation.

This documentary is an absolute must see for anyone who cares about the potential extinction of these magnificent creatures: it is brilliantly made and photographed, well written and narrated, and emotionally compelling. The film documents the Siberian tiger, the biggest cat on earth (males are up to ten feet long and weight up to 660 pounds) and the perils it faces. Unfortunately the single biggest peril it faces is poaching. The pelt alone can bring over $10,000 on the black market, and various other parts are used in medical quackery. I was nearly moved to tears in the introduction as video of a poaching operation was shown. The fear on the cat's face is haunting, and while I wouldn't show it to a child, I think it's important to see the senseless violence for what it is. Sadly, the Russian agents must destroy the pelts and other items of contraband made from the tigers when they catch the poachers to ensure they never get to market and support further demand for tiger products. Watching the agents burn tiger pelts was one of the saddest things I have ever seen.

The bulk of the film follows Russian and American researchers working in tandem to track, study, and save these beautiful creatures. Their love for the animals is clear in the risks they take in their studies: rappelling from a helicopter into the forest with a partially sedated tiger, tagging the ear of a cub in his den while his mother hunts, giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to an adult male tiger with labored breathing, etc.: we can all be glad that they take these risks in the effort to conserve the Siberian tigers, and unravel the mysteries of their lives.

Also on the DVD are several bonus features including still photos and a very interesting documentary, "Tiger's Eye," about photographing tigers in India. I enjoyed all the extras immensely.

The Russians have an old proverb "Hope is the last to die." These researchers and filmmakers are doing everything in their power to keep hope alive for the Siberian tigers, and I wish them the best for us and all the future generations who deserve to know these beautiful, majestic, and endangered creatures.

Fantastic!!.......2007-01-12

Great movie about the lifestyle and endangerment of siberian tigers. How they are studied, breeding, cubs in captivity, conservation. Wonderful movie

Extremely well-made and interesting documentary.......2005-07-17

Superb footage of these very elusive, nearly extinct cats in the Siberian wilds. Typical National Geographic production, which is to say: well made movie, nice and clear narration, clear photography. For those of you who are into watching live chases of prey by predators, there isn't much here. But you won't be bored by the documentary at all. There are many riveting moments when you are holding your breath to see what's going to happen next. This is certainly a DVD to buy and keep.

At the end, I was in awe of the pioneering work being done by the Russian and American scientists portrayed in this movie. Also in despair about how man is destroying the last of the few remaining major jungles in the world, all in the name of lumber so that we can have nicer and nicer furniture, and more meat (by raising cattle on land that was previously forested) - but no fresh air or water.

Nice movies about the Siberian Tigers.......2005-03-26

A nice one about the Siberian Tiger. It tells about the endangered tigers of Siberia and the efforts to save them. The videography is very good and all in all it is an interesting and educative movie for wildlife lovers.

Not much!.......2003-09-23

There was not very much footage of the tigers here. It looks like the fillmakers spent a lot of time in some town in Siberia, which is apparently a lot like white trash America. So instead of feeling taken away, I felt like I was taken back to the Ohio. Also, the scientists spend lot of time looking for tigers or avoiding seeing the tigers so they don't get eaten. And not much time actually running with the tigers.
There is one really cool part about hunting tigers from a helicopter (with dart guns to put radio trackers on them.) They should make a video game out of that part.
I think the whole idea of a nature documentary about one animal sounds good on paper, but it works a lot better to watch a documentary about a geographic region - you get more variety in your movie.

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