The Road Home

Starring:Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun, Hao Zheng, Yulian Zhao, Bin Li, Guifa Chang, Wencheng Sung, Qi Liu, Bo Ji, Zhongxi Zhang
Director: Yimou Zhang
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

Customer Reviews:

Spaaaace Ghooost.......2007-07-03

Now you're talking. I've been waiting so long for this that I'm (literally) just about to turn 46. I've had a copy of 6 taped episodes on "permanent loan" from the video store to tie me over(I'll now return it and pay the $11,000 fine). Remember that this series came out when the space race was on in ernest and so anything sci-fi or space related was all systems go on Saturday morning TV. Alex Toth was the artistic genius behind this and many of the other sci-fi related cartoons of the era (Herculoids, Jonny Quest...). The opening music is dynamite and it just gets better from there. You gotta love all the force rays, invisibility, fabulous planets... and it's just amazing how many evil insects exist in space.

There is some repetiton of the story lines between this and the other similar series but no matter - this is 60s cartoons in all it's glory. The younger viewers will love it but those who have grown up on TV cartoons of a more recent time may wonder what all the fuss is about - it's history boys so embrace it for what it is - land-mark TV. Buy 2 copies for when you wear out the first.

60' Superheros starting to be released, Maybe ALL of My Favorites. PLEASE????.......2007-06-16

It's about time!! First Space Ghost then Birdman Hopefully these shows will be released soon, Shazzan,Mightor/Moby Dick,Fantastic Four (1967 Version),Frankenstein jr.& The Impossibles,Samson & Goliath The Herculoids
Adventures of Gulliver. 1967 was the best year for me on Sat Mornings because of these shows. I was 11.Then, one day the Bommerang channel happened to show all of these on a Sat Just like I was 11 Again.
So PLEASE PLEASE keep releasing these shows.

Space Ghost and Dino Boy: The Complete Series..........2007-05-25

For those that don't remember, Hanna-Barbera ruled Saturday Mornings from
7:00 am (Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel/The Impossibles/Frankenstein Jr.) until
1:30 pm (Johnny Quest) in the 1966/1967 time range.

The most interesting point I wish to make is this:
All three major networks had Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Stranger still, I
don't remember ANY of them clashing with each other during the day!

In Los Angeles, one could flip from chs. 2 (KNXT - now KCBS/Columbia)to
4 (KNBC/National) to 7 (KABC/American) and catch about all of their
cartoons. (I seem to remember Birdman airing on Ch. 4 at the time)

Space Ghost - An Interplanetary Policeman who faced all kinds of
dangerous characters. What struck me as a child was the way he
would verbally joust with his foes - he had an odd sense of humor,
that one! Gary Owens was absolutely the best choice for the voice
of Space Ghost - The episodes where Space Ghost met up with the other
Hanna-Barbera characters (Herculoids/Shazzan/Mightor/Moby Dick?)
were the best - I didn't miss one episode!!

Dino Boy - Well, I liked the Cave Man (I think his name was Ug!),
I rated Dino Boy as "okay."

As much as I liked Space Ghost, it wasn't my favorite Hanna-Barbera
Animated show (that honor is reserved for The Herculoids (which
aired on CBS with Space Ghost) and Mighty Mightor (which aired on
NBC)), but that will not stop me from reserving my copy for $20/US.
It still garners a Five-Star rating!

Space Ghost was the king of Saturday mornings!.......2007-05-18

1966 is widely regarded as the year that Saturday mornings became a ritual and an institution for cocoa puff-fueled kids, and Space Ghost was a big reason for that. The brainchild of comic book maven Alex Toth, SG spawned a host of imitators (Mightor, Young Samson, Birdman, Galaxy Trio, Herculoids, etc.) and for good reason; it was the number one-ranked saturday morning cartoon during the 1966-1967 season. It's not hard to understand why: Great character designs, colorfully bizarre villains, an outer space theme, cool music, the heroic voice of Gary Owens -- in a saturday morning landscape littered with lighter fare like Underdog, Porky Pig, Atom Ant, Casper the Friendly Ghost, the Flintstones and the Beatles cartoon -- kids ate it up. It was a more serious action-adventure show that catered to youths that couldn't get enough of the live-action escapades of Adam West and Burt Ward on the wildly popular Batman TV series.

What many people don't realize is that Space Ghost shared it's timeslot with another program called "Dino Boy in the Lost Valley," which was an entertaining program in its own right; kudos to Warner Brothers for including those segments in this set. A predecessor to Land of the Lost, Dino Boy features a young boy who is marooned in a prehistoric valley populated by dinosaurs and cavemen. Featuring plenty of tyrannasaurs and lushly painted backgrounds, it is a worthy addition to any cartoon fan's collection.

What Space Ghost and Dino Boy had that later saturday morning cartoons didn't was actual ACTION! In the late Sixties, partially in response to Space Ghost, parental groups lobbied to have violence of all kinds be removed from children's programming, resulting in bland, lackadaisical programming for the most part. That is why I am jazzed that Space Ghost and Dino Boy is finally being released on DVD! Couple that with the rumors that there is an extensive behind-the-scenes documentary about Toth on this set, and this is a must-buy!

This set contains all 20 episodes (18 season-one episodes and 2 season-two episodes):

Season 1
Each episode features two seven-minute Space Ghost segments with one seven-minute Dino Boy segment between them.
"The Heat Thing" / "Marooned" / "Zorak" (September 10, 1966)
"The Lizard Slavers" / "The Moss Men" / "The Web" (September 17, 1966)
"Creature King" / "The Treeman" / "The Sandman" (September 24, 1966)
"The Evil Collector" / "The Fire God" / "The Drone" (October 1, 1966)
"Homing Device" / "The Mighty Snow Creature" / "The Robot Master" (October 8, 1966)
"The Iceman" / "The Wolf People" / "Hi-Jackers" (October 15, 1966)
"The Energy Monster" / "Valley of the Giants" / "The Lure" (October 22, 1966)
"The Cyclopeds" / "The Ant Warriors" / "The Schemer" (October 29, 1966)
"Lokar - King of the Killer Locusts" / "The Bird Riders" / "Space Sargasso" (November 5, 1966)
"Brago" / "Giant Ants" / "Revenge of the Spider Woman" (November 12, 1966)
"Attack of the Saucer Crab" / "The Rock Pygmies" / "Space Birds" (November 19, 1966)
"The Time Machine" / "Danger River" / "Nightmare Planet" (November 26, 1966)
"Space Armada" / "The Vampire Men" / "The Challenge" (December 3, 1966)
"Jungle Planet" / "The Terrible Chase" / "Ruler of the Rock Robots" (December 10, 1966)
"Glasstor" / "The Sacrifice" / "The Space Ark" (December 17, 1966)
"The Sorcerer" / "The Marksman" / "The Space Piranhas" (December 24, 1966)
"The Ovens of Moltor" / "The Spear Warriors" / "Transor - The Matter Mover" (December 31, 1966)
"The Gargoyloids" / "The Worm People" / "The Looters" (January 7, 1967)

Season 2
The two new episodes in this season consisted only of Space Ghost episodes that promoted other Hanna Barbera superheroes that debuted on CBS in 1967, including Mightor and Shazzan.
"The Meeting" / "Clutches of Creature King" / "The Deadly Trap" (September 9, 1967)
"The Molten Monsters of Moltar" / "Two Faces of Doom" / "The Final Encounter" (September 16, 1967)

How Many Minutes??.......2007-05-12

Amazon, pretty sure the 2 discs are longer than 2 minutes. Please update the description.

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Not Mad Enough
A post-apocalyptic standard...
The Road Warrior
Sorely in need of an upgrade!
Not cheesy, not just an action movie.

The Road Warrior
Starring: Mel Gibson , Bruce Spence , Michael Preston , Max Phipps , and Vernon Wells
Director: George Miller (II)
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ASIN: 0790729342
Release Date: 1997-03-26

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A strong candidate for the designation of most thrilling action movie ever made (the turbo-charged exhilaration of its full-throttle highway chases has never been equaled), the second part of George Miller's post-apocalyptic trilogy is also a magnificently imagined movie myth. Like the Star Wars trilogy (by that other George) the Mad Max films draw their inspiration from the works of mythologist Joseph Campbell. In the 1979 original, Max (Mel Gibson) is a policeman, the last guardian of civilization and order in a devastated world reduced to chaos. But when a leather-clad gang of sadomasochistic speed demons mows down Max's family, his remaining connections to humanity are also permanently severed. After brutally exacting his revenge, Max wanders off into the wasteland alone, "a burned out shell of a man" who (to paraphrase The Searchers) is destined to wander forever between the winds. In The Road Warrior, Max rediscovers a sliver of his shattered humanity, and a spark of redemption, when he helps an embattled colony of pioneers fight off the savages who are after that most precious of all commodities: "guzzline." Max is transformed into a legendary hero, just as Mel Gibson was catapulted to international movie stardom. With its final stirring images, The Road Warrior transcends its genre (whatever that may be--science fiction? Western? action adventure?) and becomes something timeless. It's a great movie. --Jim Emerson

Customer Reviews:

Not Mad Enough.......2007-06-09

This is an interesting film, which if occasionally a bit wooden, virtually created its own genre overnight, and made Mel Gibson a star.

Perhaps its most noteable feature was George Miller's use of unusual camera angles, which created one or two iconic images. Sometimes it has the feeling of an exploitation film, but it never develops in that way and by today's standards it seems rather tame.

It looks as though it was made on a pretty low budget, and I prefer the brasher sequels where a little more polish was added. It remains a film curiosity, but really not much more than that.

A post-apocalyptic standard..........2007-05-15

If "Raiders of the Lost Ark" set the standard for serial cliffhangers in the modern sense, then "The Road Warrior" sets the standard for post-apocalyptic storytelling...

Set in a bleak future with no formal laws and a need for gas, bands of humanity scramble for everything we take for granted. Even though $3+ bucks at the pump is wrong, having to literally fight and kill for it is something I hope we will never have to face ...

"The Road Warrior" is a timeless story of rebellious nobility and the true goodness of humanity despite its struggle between greed and survival...

The Road Warrior.......2007-05-07

This is a great addition to the first in the saga of the Mad Max movies. This film is a non stop roller coaster trill ride with great stunts and vehicles, as well as good characters and acting over all. A definite must own for a fan of this series.

Sorely in need of an upgrade!.......2007-03-20

The Road Warrior is one of my all time favorite movies without a doubt. And its story has been told many times in all the reviews below but what I think is sorely needed is some kind of a deluxe edition DVD. There appears to be few, if any, extras here. And its prequel mad Max has already gotten a special edition, why not its sequel? For instance, how about a commentary track from director George Miller? I know that getting Gibson to reminisce about this film is an unlikely proposition. And I'd love to see the original trailer for this film. If I recall it ended with a ghostly voice saying "...The Road Warrior..you better pray he's out there" On the technical side, how about some info on the famous car Gibson drove here?

Not cheesy, not just an action movie........2007-01-19

You know, just because a film has action in it does not mean it is designed for morons and any other message is secondary. The Road Warrior knows when not to take itself too seriously, but it is a frightening glimpse at what human beings are capable of, and the type of heroics it takes to overcome tyranny. Not light stuff by any stretch...

For so many of these reviewers I wonder what is really so "light" about seeing a woman savagely beaten and raped. Or the sickening behavior that leads to the killing of an innocent dog. The truth of the matter is that The Road Warrior is one hell of a movie that uses action and violence thrillingly -- but in the end winds up saying something about its nature -- a far stretch from what you will see from Jerry Bruckheimer.

The debate that goes on inside the camp is exactly the debate all societies face when dealing with barbarians. For my money, this film is better than Seven Samurai. And yes -- the action is AMAZING. It just feels pure, visceral in a way that most American films do not.

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crazy funny..
CAN'T STOP WATCHING IT
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Snort, Snert, Guffaw

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Starring: Jack Black , Kyle Gass , Jason Reed , Ronnie James Dio , and Paul F. Tompkins
Director: Liam Lynch
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ASIN: B000MCH5RM
Release Date: 2007-02-27

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You don't have to be a munchie-loving stoner or an aspiring rock god to enjoy Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, but it helps. A dozen years after they introduced their mock-rock power duo on the Los Angeles club scene, Jack Black and Kyle Gass finally got the movie showcase (a partial spinoff from the D's short-lived HBO series) their fans had been waiting for, and it's a rockin' romp with plenty of crude laughs that will hit home for anyone who's ever played air guitar to Meat Loaf's "Bat out of Hell." It's a Beavis and Butt-head-like origin story, recalling the legend (ahem) of how JB (Black) and KG (Gass) met, bonded over bong-hits and rock-operatic guitar licks, then set out (on a tip from a crazed guitar-store clerk played by Ben Stiller) to find the mythic pick of destiny, used by all guitar gods and said to be fashioned from the tooth of Satan. Their quest includes a variety of well-cast cameos (including Tim Robbins, Meat Loaf, and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl as Satan himself), and there's plenty of flatulence, drug humor, at least one hilarious fantasy sequence, and outrageous sight gags too numerous to mention. Suffice it to say, it's about 90 minutes of lowbrow indulgence, and some of the jokes fall flat, but if you're a headbanger at heart, you'll know what Tenacious D is riffing on, and the sweet licks (also available on the soundtrack CD) will sound that much sweeter. If you're not ready to RAWK, this potential cult favorite may not be for you... but give it try anyway. It may not be better than Citizen Kane, but if you're properly stoked, it comes close to rock & roll heaven. --Jeff Shannon

Description

Actors/musicians Jack Black and Kyle Gass bring their infamous rock duo Tenacious D to the big screen! The hilarious story of how "The D" became the self-proclaimed greatest band on earth, Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny follows the pair's plan to steal a supernatural guitar pick on display in a rock-and-roll museum in order to create a masterpiece song that will cement their place in music history.

DVD Features:
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Customer Reviews:

Please enter a title for your review.......2007-06-27

I'm surprised by how unique this movie is for a 2000s comedy. Like how they're not trying too hard to be funny like everyone else (coughWillFerrellcough) seems to, it's almost quaint, more like Cheech And Chong than anything from the last 10 years. The absence of the expected satire in the portrayal of the overzealous security guards in the rock museum was refeshing. I found myself saying "omg that is so weird" more often than laughing, and I'm not saying that's a bad thing. Even the nasty sexual references are presented weirdly out of context so you never see them coming. It's a cool movie. Much better than Idiocracy and most other comedies I've seen lately. I wish people would stop comparing it to Spinal Tap, it's nothing like it.

crazy funny.........2007-06-19

If you are looking for a first rate comedy with witticisms in the league of 'philidelphia story' or even 'spinal tap' you have obviously come to the wrong place..
On the other hand if you are looking for a movie with moments so absurd that you cannot help but double over in laughter.. a sort of movie that could become a stoner cult classic - by all means procede ladies and gentleman..
Jack Black is one of those fat rednosed comedians of the chris farley ilk that can and will make you one of his admirers - the man is just plain funny..
and while tenacious d is not the perfect vehicle for his humor - it is a good one, without a doubt..

CAN'T STOP WATCHING IT.......2007-05-29

Picked this up with 2 other movies (3 for $20 at Hollywood video) and am so glad I did. I keep it on constant rotation in my DVD player. Seen it about 12 times in a row now. It's great. Everything's pretty much awesome about it. Jack Black is so funny! This movies really brings me back to the mentality I had when I was 14. Love it!

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-05-28

This masterpiece is an underrated work of genius. Fans of the HBO series should love this. J.B. is so cool & K.G. is so raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad. ROCK ON

Snort, Snert, Guffaw.......2007-05-16

I knew nothing whatsoever of Tenacious D before I watched this movie. And it did not matter. I laughed until I SCREAMED! The first 2 scenes and the rockoff with "Beelzeboss" are murder! I had to get up and jump up and down to get all the laughter out!

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (Unrated Extended Edition)

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Asians on Drugs
Reefers and Slyders
Great movie even for a gay guy!!!
Bryce MUNCHIES
hilarious

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (Unrated Extended Edition)
Starring: John Cho , Kal Penn , Paula Garcés , Neil Patrick Harris , and David Krumholtz
Director: Danny Leiner
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Release Date: 2005-01-04

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From the director of Dude, Where's My Car? comes another crazed tale of two friends on a perilous quest--in this case, to eat burgers at the fast food restaurant White Castle. The pair--repressed Harold (John Cho, Better Luck Tomorrow) and freewheeling Kumar (Kal Penn, Love Don't Cost a Thing)--get extremely high and set off on the road, only to be sidetracked by skateboarding hooligans, racist cops, an inbred tow truck driver, and Neil Patrick Harris--yes, Doogie Howser, M.D. The humor is all over the map, and it would be nice if there were one female character who wasn't a caricature, but Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle has a loose, gregarious charm, and the movie's canniness about the cliches of the buddy-movie genre give it a sneaky subversive feel--just the fact that neither of the heroes is white puts a different spin on just about every circumstance. Surprisingly clever, cheerfully stupid. --Bret Fetzer

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In the year's funniest comedy, two guys on a quest to satisfy their cravings for burgers find themselves on a hilarious all-night adventure as they run into one screwy obstacle after another.

DVD Features:
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Customer Reviews:

Asians on Drugs.......2007-06-15

Being an Asian immigrant who likes to occasionally eat at White Castle, I was interested in seeing this film. It turned out to be worse than I could have imagined. The movie is about drugs, drugs and more drugs and there is nothing funny about it. White Castle hamburgers make an appearance at the end but mostly it is drugs the Asian characters want. They smoke marijuana all the time which is not like any Asians I know. The white people in the movie are always calling Asians names but that is not like any white people I know either. In the real world, it is only the Black and Spanish that have called me names because I am Asian. I would only recommend this movie if you think it is funny to watch Asian people smoke marijuana.

Reefers and Slyders.......2007-06-03

You've got to cut independent films like this some slack given they are produced on a low budget with relatively inexperienced actors and crew people. You've got to cut this film even more slack because it is a comedy: Even if some things seem pretty stupid, they are meant to be stupid. The problem with "Harold & Kumar," however, is that it is much more stupid than ever intended. You can cut it all the slack you want and it's still pretty bad.

The story is about an East-Indian (or is he Pakistani?) named Kumar and his Korean friend (or is he Chinese?) named Harold. Smoking dope supposedly gives you the munchies, so, one evening, after smoking lots of marijuana, they get a craving for White Castle's mini-hamburgers ("Slyders"). But finding a White Castle proves harder than expected. The movie is about their bizarre search for more marijuana and for a White Castle.

"Harold & Kumar" is kind of a cross between the worst of Cheech & Chong and that academy award winner for politically correct zombies, "Crash."

Every White person in the film, except for Harold and Kumar's Jewish neighbors, is a racist who shouts slurs at our Asian leads. Harold and Kumar have anti-Asian slurs hurled at them all day long from White people. (My wife is Chinese and she has never been subjected to a racial slur by a White person in the more than fifeen years that she's lived in the New York City area.) The non-Jewish Whites in the film are either criminals who terrorize minorities or thuggish police officers who arrest Black people just because they are Black. (Yeah, who ever heard of a Black criminal?) That the only nice White people in the flick are Jewish is kind of interesting given that the screenplay was written by two guys with the surnames "Schlossberg" and "Hurwitz."

This is one of those movies, like the "Fritz the Cat" cartoons, that you have to watch stoned to enjoy. I'd say that you'd have to be really, really stoned!

One thing that is effective about the film, however, is that the ending will give you a craving for White Castle. I've never been a big fan of those Slyders but, the day after watching this film, I went to the White Castle on Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst to get my fix of them.

Great movie even for a gay guy!!!.......2007-05-29

I am a gay guy and I loved this movie for all of the "campyness" it had to offer. Two stoners set out on their "quest for munchies" to a White Castle. What I found very different about this movie is that neither of the lead characters are white. It was this little twist that made this movie an "over the top" funny. My favorite part of the movie is when their car broke down and this redneck stops to help them. You will have to watch the movie to totally understand it. I recommend this movie to anyone that wants a good laugh for the night!!!!

Bryce MUNCHIES.......2007-05-02

This movie Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle is a comedy movie. It contains scens that are full of laughtur and adventure. The movie is about these two people that go through hell and high water to get there hands on some White Castle burgurs, but have to do certain tasks to do so.
This is by far the #1 movie in the Uniter States, but that is just the movie watching king's apinion

hilarious.......2007-03-16

this movie is so funny i watch it and before i did i thought it would be some dumbass movie about two idiots doing nothing but its not like that these two guys smoke weed in their apartment then they figure that they would wantto eat something other then what they had so they see a commercial for white castle burgers so they go off looking for this place that is only 45 mins. away. but it ends up taking many hours it is so freakin funny you have lived til you seen this halarious movie

WATCH IT!!!!!!!!!

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Brave Little Toaster--a timeless classic
Don't Waste Your Time!
Walt's fevered acid trip
a TV Classic !!
Unusual Disney Offering

The Brave Little Toaster
Starring: Jon Lovitz , Timothy Stack , Timothy E. Day , Thurl Ravenscroft , and Deanna Oliver
Director: Jerry Rees
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Brave Little Toaster--a timeless classic.......2007-06-01

I discovered this movie 20 years ago when my own children--3 boys were little. It was my middle son's most favorite movie; he watched it all the time. I now have a niece and nephew (both age 3)--and I was wracking my brain for ideas on what to get them when I remembered this video. I sent it to them both for their birthdays and got rave reviews back from their mothers--so I would call this a timeless classic with a wonderful message for children (and adults too!). I'm so glad I found this on AMAZON.com.
Karen

Don't Waste Your Time!.......2007-05-19

One of the five worst movies I've ever seen. Many of the scenes did nothing to enhance the plot, which I couldn't quite swallow anyway. A kid played with a toaster and a vacuum cleaner? Isn't that a little dangerous and wierd?The songs seemed forced, and, again, didn 't really help the story along. The parts shop scene scared my 4 year-old. I've seen PG movies that were less scary. I could go on and on, but I'll spare you any more bizarre, boring details from the movie and just encourage you NOT to waste time or money on this poor excuse for a Disney movie.

Walt's fevered acid trip.......2007-03-18

This is a bizarre and subversive movie. Five appliances discover they've been abandoned and decide to take it on the lam, strapped to a rolling chair with a battery for power. They go to the city to find The Master. The Master now lives with sophisticated citified appliances who want nothing to do with the hicks. There's a TV set with a mad saleman. The Master has an ethnic girlfriend. They all end up in a terrifying junkyard where the doomed cars sing about their glory days, far behind them as they get dragged into the smasher. It all ends well (it is Disney, after all) but not before your tongue dries out because you mouth has been hanging open, slack jawed, during the entire length of this movie. It scared both of my kids when they were little, too. Wierd stuff. The toaster's nightmare about forks being jammed into his slots is a definite highlight.

a TV Classic !!.......2007-03-08

Great movie, full of friendship values. I remember watching it while I was a kid, and I loved the story, very warm. Please get it for your kids.

Unusual Disney Offering.......2007-03-03

THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER is definitely not the typical Disney film but it is well made and memorable. Sure, there is threatened violence toward kitchen appliances but most good kid's stories seem to have their scary touches and all ends happily. Some good lessons about bravery, friendship and loyalty can be learned along the way. Watch it with your kids and take time to discuss the story.

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Bill Murray's funniest movie
Just Plain Silly!
Bob is hilarious!
Great innocent comedy
Everyone Knows a Bob

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Starring: Bill Murray , Richard Dreyfuss , Julie Hagerty , Charlie Korsmo , and Kathryn Erbe
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Comic wizard Bill Murray (CRADLE WILL ROCK, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS) teams up with Academy Award(R)-winner Richard Dreyfuss teams up with (Best Actor, 1978, THE GOODBYE GIRL) in an outrageously wild comedy that's sure to drive you off the deep end! Murray plays Bob Wiley, a troubled but lovable therapy patient who fears everything! After seeking help from noted psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin (Dreyfuss), Bob feels revived. But when the good doctor skips town to go on a quiet family vacation, Bob, afraid of being alone, follows -- showing up unexpectedly at the therapist's lakeside retreat. That's when the fun really begins! Bob innocently becomes the houseguest who just won't leave -- endearing himself to the other family members ... and, in the end, driving the stressed-out shrink absolutely crazy!

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Bill Murray's funniest movie.......2007-05-15

As good as Ground Hog Day but even funnier because it looks as if Murray and Dreyfus were typecast. Perfect movie for Murray and Dreyfus

Just Plain Silly!.......2007-05-13

Someone had recently spoke about this movie, and when I fell asleep one night, I was awakened by someone's voice yelling, "Bob! Bob! Cock-a-doodle-doo!" Needless to say, after realizing this was the same movie I had just heard about, I had to see it for myself in its entirety. You will not be disappointed!

Bob is hilarious!.......2007-03-22

I like seeing Bill Murry in movies like this, from he eighties and nineties. I think he was at his best in some of these. Not like ones from the past five years (R-rated ones). The story shows how the duo of Bob and his therapist are complete opposites, but things end in an interesting way.

Great innocent comedy.......2007-03-10

Such a good movie, great actors, great plot. After you watch this great classic you will find yourself quoting it for days, "AHOY!"

Everyone Knows a Bob.......2007-02-28

Do you know somebody who seems to always have divine help to get them through life? That's Bob. No wonder his therapist wants to kill him. A human being can only take so much.

Average customer rating:

The best it's going to get for Mad Max fans
Finally!

The Road Warrior [HD DVD]
Starring: Harold Baigent , Tyler Coppin , Dog , Max Fairchild , and Virginia Hey
Director: George Miller
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: HD DVD

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ASIN: B000OCZD60
Release Date: 2007-05-15

Description

World War III has just ended and the world's remaining inhabitants are on a desperate, devastating, struggle to survive. Gasoline is in short supply and those remaining, turn on one another for the crude oil.

Customer Reviews:

The best it's going to get for Mad Max fans.......2007-06-13

I'm rating this 5-stars not because it's the best look HD-DVD ever, but because I believe this is certainly the best presentation of Road Warrior that's ever been released, or will ever likely be released. It's a keeper.

I remember seeing this movie in the theater. I don't think even the film as shown in the theater contained this much detail, as I noticed details in the movie that I had not seen before. It's a excellent picture.

The sound is good, but nothing like blockbuster movies from recent years, because Road Warrior was made several years ago, and not exactly on a huge budget. Still, it's the best sound quality you're likely to hear for this movie.

Some purists may enjoy the fact that the movie is shown with the title "Mad Max 2" rather than "The Road Warrior" at the beginning, but I don't like it. When I saw the movie in the theater it said "The Road Warrior", and had a bright shining metal effect. I wanted to see THAT, not something that was originally shown in Austrailia. However, I'm not going to get all misty over it and lower the star rating.

If you have Road Warrior on DVD or LaserDisc this is one title that you should absolutely buy the replacement HD-DVD. It makes a big difference.

Finally!.......2007-05-19

I'm saying "finally" because we've finally received a version of the Road Warrior that looks outstanding! The picture looks the best I've ever seen and while the sound isn't as great in terms of bass reproduction, it still sounds very clear, just a tiny bit lackluster. Several of the scenes have a bit of softness to them probably due to age but I'd say about 95% of the film looks crystal clear. There aren't many extras other than an introduction by film critic Leonard Maltin and a filmmaker commentary. A bit lacking in the extras department but the commentary is informative enough for film enthusiasts and fans of the film. It'd be nice to get a retrospective documentary one day on this classic.

At the end of the day, the movie is delivered in an above average presentation and definitely worth a peek in HD.

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road warrior-brand new
Classic Movie!
A true post apocalyptic classic, now in High-def

The Road Warrior [Blu-ray]
Starring: Harold Baigent , Tyler Coppin , Dog , Max Fairchild , and Virginia Hey
Director: George Miller
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: Blu-ray

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ASIN: B000OCZD5G
Release Date: 2007-05-15

Description

Customer Reviews:

road warrior-brand new.......2007-06-27

this is a old movie yet on a blu-ray player it looks like it was made yesterday!!to all movie buffs,START COLLECTING BLU-RAYS!they are the clearest movies up to date!

Classic Movie!.......2007-06-12

Great movie and great Blu-Ray disc.The Road Warrior looks very good in High Def and it looks alot better then the DVD version.The Road Warrior has always been one of my favorite movies and the car stunts in the movie are amazing.I also thought Mel did a great job as Max and it's no surprise that he went on to become a huge star.Yeah I know Mel has lost some fans due to his drunken antics,but that's not going to stop me from watching Mel Gibson movies,hes starred in some great movies and also directed some great movies such as Braveheart,Passion of The Christ,and Apocalypto.Well anyway if you are a fan of The Mad Max movies and you where disapointed with the DVD version of The Road Warrior and you have a PS3 or a stand alone Blu-Ray player then get The Road Warrior on Blu-Ray it blows the DVD version away.Also it's been released on HD DVD too.I do hope George Miller will someday get the 4th film Mad Max:Fury Road made?

A true post apocalyptic classic, now in High-def.......2007-05-27

I just finished watching The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) on Blu-ray which I ordered from Amazon. It's one of my favorite films and still holds up today, largely thanks to its wonderful direction and quality attention to realistic detail. Likened to westerns and samurai films, it should be at the top of anyones list that is a fan of action, cars, post apocalyptic futures and stories about a lone wolf type hero. The quality of the picture is great and the sound is good too thanks to being on Blu-ray. And if you are worried about getting this because you haven't seen the first Mad Max, fear not, the film is done in such a way you don't really need to. There is a short recap at the start of the film which will help tie things together. Also a new feature exclusive to the high-def version not found on regular DVD is a new audio commentary with the director. I haven't listened to it yet so I'm hoping it sheds insight onto the production of this wonderful film.
See Mel Gibson at his best as... The Road Warrior.

John Fogerty: The Long Road Home in Concert

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Bay area Fan
A TEACHER
never worked
AGELESS
Guy Fawkes

John Fogerty: The Long Road Home in Concert
Starring: John Fogerty
Director: Martyn Atkins
Manufacturer: Fantasy
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty/Creedence Collection
Neil Young - Heart of Gold
Live at the Sydney Opera House
Live at Montreux 1980 and 1974
Long Road Home: In Concert

ASIN: B000FGG738
Release Date: 2006-06-13

Product Description

Recorded live in concert last year at Los Angeles' legendary Wiltern Theater, this one of a kind concert DVD serves as the perfect companion piece to last year's Certified Gold CD, The Long Road Home, The Ultimate John Fogerty - Creedence Collection.

Features 26 electrifying versions of Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty solo hits including:

Travelin' Band

Green River

Who'll Stop The Rain

Blue Moon Light

Lodi

Looking Out My Back Door

Hot Rod Heart

Rambunctious Boy

She's Got Baggage

Born On The Bayou

Bootleg

Run Through The Jungle

Deja Vu (All Over Again)

Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

Tombstone Shadow

Keep On Chooglin'

Sweet Hitch Hiker

Hey Tonight

Down On The Corner

Centerfield

Up Around The Bend

The Old Man Down The Road

Fortunate Son

Bad Moon Rising

Rockin' All Over The World

Format: DVD MOVIE

Customer Reviews:

Bay area Fan.......2007-05-25

what a great concert. I thought it was a cd and it turned out to be a great DVD and very enjoyable. It was great to hear and see him again.

A TEACHER.......2007-05-14

THAT TO SAY OF THIS VERY GOOD SHOW, SIMPLY THIS ALL THAT ONE WANTED TO SEE AND TO HEAR DE VERY WELL FOGERTY AND ALL THEIR TOPICS CARRIED OUT AND ACCOMPANIED BY A BAND EXELENTE, ALTHOUGH SERIOUS A DREAM FOR MI DO THEM WITH THE OTHER MEMBER DE CREEDENCE AGAIN AGAIN IN THIS TIME WE WAIT IT IS THIS WAY, IN ALL WAYS IT IS A DVD THAT ONE CANNOT STOP TO HAVE IN OUR COLLECTION

never worked.......2007-05-12

i received this dvd and it didn't work. the seller sent me a second copy and it also does not work, though it looks new. poor product

AGELESS.......2007-04-08

John Fogerty never ages, his voice is as remarkable today as it was back in the 60's, actually, even better. His engery and presentation is awesome to see "The Long Road Home" is simply AWESOME.

Guy Fawkes.......2007-04-02

Guy Fawkes is still alive and playing backup guitar for John Fogerty. It's true, watch the DVD.

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The law they swore they'd get him, but the Devil got him first...
History Flick
never thought I would find it
Oldie but goodie
Excellent

Thunder Road
Starring: Robert Mitchum , Gene Barry , Jacques Aubuchon , Keely Smith , and Trevor Bardette
Director: Arthur Ripley
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: 0792844904
Release Date: 2000-04-25

Amazon.com essential video

The preeminent moonshine movie, the 1958 Thunder Road stars Robert Mitchum as a backwoods bootlegger in Tennessee, getting squeezed by both the federal government and organized crime. Mitchum had a big hand in creating this cult favorite (which reportedly played in drive-ins around America for years), writing the script, producing the movie, and even composing and singing the movie's theme song, which became a radio hit. Directed by longtime cinematographer Arthur Ripley, the film is strong on characters and action, the latter fulfilled by a memorable chase scene at the end. Mitchum was at an artistic peak at this point in his career, and this is really an indispensable movie for his fans. --Tom Keogh

Description

Transporting illegal alcohol over dark two-lane mountain highways, Lucas Doolin (Robert Mitchum) races wildly through the night, crashing road blocks and outrunning ambushes, defying anyone who triesto stop him. A man has a right to do anything, he says, including making whiskey, as long as he makes it on his own land. But when ruthless racketeers muscle in on Doolin's territoryand kill one of his men in the processthe Kentucky bootlegger declares war, fiercely determined to maintainhis hard-won business and independence...even if it costs him his life. Boasting breathtaking auto chase scenes (The Film Daily) and a superb performance from Robert Mitchum, Thunder Road is breathtaking excitementthe most exhilarating road thriller of them all.

Customer Reviews:

The law they swore they'd get him, but the Devil got him first..........2007-04-26

Thunder Road is something of a disappointment, but one that's not without interest. Practically creating a whole genre and with it laying the groundwork for Burt Reynolds' career, it stars Robert Mitchum as a moonshine runner facing the wrath of both the Revenuers and a crime syndicate trying to muscle in on the Good Ole Boys trade. Both moonshiners and revenuers have codes of honour and believe, not without justification, that they're both representatives of the American way: there's no real malice between them, more a balance of nature approach that is threatened on both sides by Jacques Aubuchon's mobster. Despite the setup and the car chases along mountain roads, the film is surprisingly low-key - even the great title song gets an incredibly laid back rendition that's nowhere near as much fun as Mitchum's record version - yet at times its weaknesses almost seem strengths. Mitchum's interest in independent productions at the height of his career resulted in a few films that were distinctly rough around the edges, and at times this borders on the amateurish, filmed on real locations with poor acoustics and variable performances and feeling more like an authentic drive-in movie aimed at them thrill-crazy kids complete with Hillbilly rock soundtrack than the fatalistic noirs that made his reputation. Yet it's hard to dislike even if it doesn't quite live up to its potential.

The DVD transfer is variable - acceptable but with a few scenes that look even more rough and ready than probably intended. The only extra is the theatrical trailer, albeit without the original captions and titles.

History Flick.......2007-04-01

I bought a copy of Thunder Road to enjoy a look at early twentieth century film and the legend of Kingston Pike in Tennessee. This is a good story line with interesting characters. I couldn't help wondering how long it would take a moonshiner to get his car repaired today compared to the overnight jobs that the Mitchum character got in the film. After Dukes of Hazard, this look at moonshiners with a more serious tone made for good balance.

never thought I would find it.......2007-03-08

Thunder Road starring Robert Mitchum was a movie that I had tried to find for many years without any luck. Amazon was there for me....great movie I can now enjoy at anytime.

Oldie but goodie.......2007-02-24

I saw this at the movies when I was young, and always enjoyed it. I got this for my husband because he loves the car racing in it. It was the original Nascar!

Excellent .......2007-02-23

Very fast shipping, and Product just as described
I will do business with again.

G Caudill in VA

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