Hide and Seek (Full Screen Edition)

Starring:Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen, Elisabeth Shue, Amy Irving, Dylan Baker, Melissa Leo, Robert John Burke, Molly Grant Kallins, David Chandler (IV), Stewart Summers, Jake Dylan Baumer, Brendan Sexton III, Josh Flitter, Rose Pasquale
Director: John Polson
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product Type: DVD

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C.S. Lewis's classic novel The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe makes an ambitious and long-awaited leap to the screen in this modern adaptation. It's a CGI-created world laden with all the special effects and visual wizardry modern filmmaking technology can conjure, which is fine so long as the film stays true to the story that Lewis wrote. And while this film is not a literal translation--it really wants to be so much more than just a kids' movie--for the most part it is faithful enough to the story, and whatever faults it has are happily faults of overreaching, and not of holding back. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe tells the story of the four Pevensie children, Lucy, Peter, Edmund, and Susan, and their adventures in the mystical world of Narnia. Sent to the British countryside for their own safety during the blitz of World War II, they discover an entryway into a mystical world through an old wardrobe. Narnia is inhabited by mythical, anthropomorphic creatures suffering under the hundred-year rule of the cruel White Witch (Tilda Swinton, in a standout role). The arrival of the children gives the creatures of Narnia hope for liberation, and all are dragged into the inevitable conflict between evil (the Witch) and good (Aslan the Lion, the Messiah figure, regally voiced by Liam Neeson).

Director (and co-screenwriter) Andrew Adamson, a veteran of the Shrek franchise, knows his way around a fantasy-based adventure story, and he wisely keeps the story moving when it could easily become bogged down and tiresome. Narnia is, of course, a Christian allegory and the symbology is definitely there (as it should be, otherwise it wouldn't be the story Lewis wrote), but audiences aren't knocked over the head with it, and in the hands of another director it could easily have become pedantic. The focus is squarely on the children and their adventures. The four young actors are respectable in their roles, especially considering the size of the project put on their shoulders, but it's the young Georgie Henley as the curious Lucy who stands out. This isn't a film that wildly succeeds, and in the long run it won't have the same impact as the Harry Potter franchise, but it is well done, and kids will get swept up in the adventure. Note: Narnia does contain battle scenes that some parents may consider too violent for younger children. --Dan Vancini

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Prepare to enter another world when Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media present C.S. Lewis' timeless and beloved adventure. With the stunningly realistic special effects, you'll experience the exploits of Lucy, Edmund, Susan, and Peter, four siblings who find the world of Narnia through a magical wardrobe while playing a game of "hide-and-seek" at the country estate of a mysterious professor. Once there, the children discover a charming, once peaceful land inhabited by talking beasts, dwarfs, fauns, centaurs, and giants that has been turned into a world of eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever! The Chronicles of Narnia, Narnia, and all other book titles, characters and locales original thereto are trademarks of C.S. Lewis Pte Ltd. and are used with permission. © Disney/Walden

Customer Reviews:

UN CLASICO RELATO EPICO.......2007-07-03

Todo un despliegue de imaginacion y encantadores mundos de fantasia, donde lo real se funde con lo imaginario, los animales hablan, la magia tiene su propio territorio... y con todo su enseñanza es sencillamente eficaz: el VALOR, LEALTAD y FIDELIDAD al hermano, al amigo y la lucha tipica entre EL BIEN Y EL MAL; al igual que en la realidad, hay GUERRA, INJUSTICIAS y DESCONTENTO en una sociedad fantasiosa cuyas contiendas no dejan de tener cierta similitud con las batallas de "El Señor de los Anillos" pero Narnia tiene SU PROPIA HISTORIA, donde los protagonistas son los NIÑOS (que por cierto hacen excelentes papeles)y el leon AENSLAND, quien representa un tipo de MESIAS que devuelva el orden de las cosas... MUY EMOCIONANTE DE PRINCIPIO A FIN, una pelicula que se debe ver en la gran pantalla y con toda la familia.

typical disney's junk for kids and adults with peter-pan syndrome.......2007-06-30

another bore-to-death disney fantasy for kids only with endless annoying music score that could be applied to every other disney movie.
i was so glad that my kids are all grown-ups now, so i don't have to sit thru in the torture chamber to finish this terribly pretentious movie.

Ebdearing epic novel for children!.......2007-06-30

Disney would have made C. S. lewis proud with this production of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. I watched this play every year at Christmas time and have loved it from the start.

The panoramic snow scenes and stage decorum are nothing short of spectacular. The religious allegory that goes with the storyline is enhanced in the battle and the ending is left just right for sequels.

I have said this in many reviews. Disney you deserved the oscar for this picture.

The Chronicles of Narnia.......2007-06-29

Fantasy, adventure, intrigue and triumph. What more could be said of this classic. Great special effects and good acting talents bring this story to life like no other version.

A Visual Feast That Captures The Imagination!.......2007-06-14

The Chronicles of Narnia was brought to life on screen better than I have ever seen it! The visual effects were astonding! A great family adventure! If you liked the book, then you will like this! If you have not read the book, you should still enjoy the movie!

The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Four-Disc Special Edition)

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UN CLASICO RELATO EPICO
typical disney's junk for kids and adults with peter-pan syndrome
Ebdearing epic novel for children!
The Chronicles of Narnia
A Visual Feast That Captures The Imagination!

The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Four-Disc Special Edition)
Starring: Georgie Henley , Skandar Keynes , William Moseley , Anna Popplewell , and Tilda Swinton
Director: Andrew Adamson
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000HC2LVM
Release Date: 2006-12-12

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Journey into the world of Narnia and share with your loved ones the most magical 4-disc DVD masterpiece ever! Venture deeper into a beloved fantasy world with this extended four-disc collection that presents the original motion picture featuring new and expanded scenes, enhanced special effects, and an extended climactic battle scene added by director Andrew Adamson. Experience hours of extensive bonus material including an exclusive world-premiere, feature-length film about C.S. Lewis, the creative mind behind Narnia. Enjoy a vivid and in-depth companion guidebook. Plus, visualize the complete production process -- from green screen to big screen -- with an additional state-of-the-art special feature.

Customer Reviews:

UN CLASICO RELATO EPICO.......2007-07-03

typical disney's junk for kids and adults with peter-pan syndrome.......2007-06-30

Ebdearing epic novel for children!.......2007-06-30

The Chronicles of Narnia.......2007-06-29

Fantasy, adventure, intrigue and triumph. What more could be said of this classic. Great special effects and good acting talents bring this story to life like no other version.

A Visual Feast That Captures The Imagination!.......2007-06-14

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Hide & Seek? No thanx. I dont want to play
You can run but you can't hide!
NOT BAD THRILLER WORTH A LOOK!
Dakota & de Niro rescue this movie at 2:06am
Just enough mystery

Hide and Seek (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Robert De Niro , Dakota Fanning , Famke Janssen , Elisabeth Shue , and Amy Irving
Director: John Polson
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B00092ZLSK
Release Date: 2005-07-05

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Dakota Fanning--the elfin star of Uptown Girls, The Cat in the Hat, and Man on Fire--trades in her blond locks for a semi-gothic brunette do in Hide and Seek. Fanning plays Emily, a young girl whose mother commits suicide. To help Emily through the trauma, her father David (Robert DeNiro), a psychologist, takes her to an isolated house in upstate New York. But instead of healing, Emily gets dark circles under her eyes, mutilates her favorite doll, and develops an imaginary friend named Charlie. In no time at all, things get spooky and David suspects this imaginary friend isn't so friendly. Hide and Seek owes a lot to The Shining, but whether the creepiness is borrowed or not, there's a decent dose of it (though the twist at the end is unlikely to surprise many viewers). DeNiro does his job with professional gloss, but Fanning carries the movie; she's got the kind of charisma that goes beyond acting ability--that ineffable glow that makes an audience want to watch her. Hide and Seek also features Famke Janssen (X-Men), Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas), and the ever-dependable Dylan Baker (Happiness). --Bret Fetzer

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Customer Reviews:

Hide & Seek? No thanx. I dont want to play.......2007-07-04

Hide and seek is one of the many films that tries (and fails) to emulate films of a much greater value. The over hyped Dakota Fanning is useless throughout the film and has about as much presence as an ice cube in an igloo. Sure Deniro is showing a slightly better persona here than he did in Godsend, but where Godsend had atmosphere, decent chills and plot development and dread throughout, Hide and seek is a bland mish mash of ideas used throughout the horror film library and it does nothing particularly well. Camera angles are either way off the mark or too much in your face. The pace is so slow during the first half of the movie, I actually got up twice to get snacks and to go to the bathroom, having not paused the DVD, and I missed nothing. Slow pacing is fine if you are telling a story or building up care for the characters onscreen by giving us vital information about their lives, but that is not the case in Hide and Seek. With Hide, it just seems to be a way to waste time until the audience starts to question why they decided to watch the movie in the first place. The third quarter involves a lot of warning signs that horror movie veterans were already savvy enough to have figured out in the first 20 minutes of the film. The last quarter of the movie is of course the inevitable finale that is more predictable than Punxatawny Phil. Here the director threw the kitchen sink of horror hijinx at us as if to apologize for our bad treatment in the first 3/4ths of the film. Yet the director still misses the mark in what appears to be a ripoff of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. Deniro does his best work of the film here, and you almost feel bad for him having to take part in such an obvious display of "me too" horror play. The film also has 4 alternate endings that I had absolutely no interest in seeing. I was just glad the movie was finally done when the credits started rolling. All in all, Hide and Seek is a borefest of epic proportions that is bested even by the worst direct to DVD horror shlock. Advice for Deniro: When you sign on to act in a horror movie, do it with people who have a track record of giving us real winners, not stinkers.

You can run but you can't hide!.......2007-06-27

If you like a good suspense thriller in the vein of "Secret Window," then this one's for you. Robert DeNiro is at his best in this white-knuckler. Dakota Fanning does a wonderful job as well in keeping you on the edge of your seat. I'd share the great twist, but that might ruin it for you! Enjoy and don't spill your popcorn!

NOT BAD THRILLER WORTH A LOOK!.......2007-06-25

OK, This is not DeNiro's finest hour. It is however, a fairly good thriller and it had me guessing for a while. If you like thriller/suspense films,you can do much worse!

Dakota & de Niro rescue this movie at 2:06am.......2007-05-23

How could anyone with even half a heart and in the right mind cast the beautiful angelic darling Dakota Fanning as a baleful, almost deathly pale, creepy character? And yet this movie successfully manages that! You start out HATING Dakota Fanning's character and by the end of the movie all you want to do is PROTECT her (with your own life if need be).

On its own there is nothing particularly unique about 'Hide and Seek' - and there are a dime-a-dozen movies with climaxes/twists similar to it in spirit. Also, the script-writing/story-telling leaves a lot to be desired - with potential sub-plots & characters that don't seem to go anywhere (some of these detours, however, do provide the subtle hints that clue the careful viewer in to the eventual 'twist' before it is actually revealed). Nevertheless, IMO, the movie is sufficiently engrossing & creepy to qualify as a 4-star 'horror' flick. The strait-jacket of the script/handling notwithstanding, both Robert de Niro & Dakota Fanning bring out their best in the movie. I was particularly impressed by Dakota Fanning's talent yet again - and she may even have, inadvertantly, outshined Robert de Niro in this movie.

Worth at least a peek especially if you are a fan of the 'psychological horror' genre (there is no mindless gore or violence).

Just enough mystery.......2007-05-11

I really liked this movie. As always, De Niro is great! I usually guess the ending very early into the movie, but this one caught me. I had a hard time playing the alternate endings. Great!

Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (Four-Disc Extended Edition + Bookend Gift Set)

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UN CLASICO RELATO EPICO
typical disney's junk for kids and adults with peter-pan syndrome
Ebdearing epic novel for children!
The Chronicles of Narnia
A Visual Feast That Captures The Imagination!

Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (Four-Disc Extended Edition + Bookend Gift Set)
Starring: Georgie Henley , Skandar Keynes , William Moseley , Anna Popplewell , and Tilda Swinton
Director: Andrew Adamson
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
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ASIN: B000HC2LVW
Release Date: 2006-12-12

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Customer Reviews:

UN CLASICO RELATO EPICO.......2007-07-03

typical disney's junk for kids and adults with peter-pan syndrome.......2007-06-30

Ebdearing epic novel for children!.......2007-06-30

The Chronicles of Narnia.......2007-06-29

Fantasy, adventure, intrigue and triumph. What more could be said of this classic. Great special effects and good acting talents bring this story to life like no other version.

A Visual Feast That Captures The Imagination!.......2007-06-14

Average customer rating:

Hide & Seek? No thanx. I dont want to play
You can run but you can't hide!
NOT BAD THRILLER WORTH A LOOK!
Dakota & de Niro rescue this movie at 2:06am
Just enough mystery

Hide and Seek (Full Screen Edition)
Starring: Robert De Niro , Dakota Fanning , Famke Janssen , Elisabeth Shue , and Amy Irving
Director: John Polson
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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Release Date: 2005-07-05

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Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning keep pulses pounding and hearts racing in this chilling horror hit about a troubled father and daughter tormented by someone ? or something ? named Charlie, a malevolent entity who may or may not be ?imaginary? but is definitely the stuff nightmares are made of!

Customer Reviews:

Hide & Seek? No thanx. I dont want to play.......2007-07-04

You can run but you can't hide!.......2007-06-27

NOT BAD THRILLER WORTH A LOOK!.......2007-06-25

OK, This is not DeNiro's finest hour. It is however, a fairly good thriller and it had me guessing for a while. If you like thriller/suspense films,you can do much worse!

Dakota & de Niro rescue this movie at 2:06am.......2007-05-23

Just enough mystery.......2007-05-11

I really liked this movie. As always, De Niro is great! I usually guess the ending very early into the movie, but this one caught me. I had a hard time playing the alternate endings. Great!

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Not as Bad As It's Made to Be
Horrid thriller!
Brilliant
Very Underrated Dark Comedy
Remember 'Misery'?; See for Tilly's Over-the-Top Acting

Hide and Seek
Starring: Daryl Hannah , Jennifer Tilly , Bruce Greenwood , Vincent Gallo , and Johanna Black
Director: Sidney J. Furie
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ASIN: 1573628697
Release Date: 2000-05-23

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Not as Bad As It's Made to Be.......2006-07-04

Hide and Seek" is a movie that most people will never see and that's not only because it's now going to be confused with the Robert De Niro-Dakota Fanning film of the same name. The reason I saw this movie was because I'm a huge fan of Vincent Gallo and wanted to see more of his acting work (I've seen his two directorial efforts, Buffalo 66 & The Brown Bunny, and two other films he acted in called Palookaville and The Funeral). I'm not positive, but I think this movie was straight-to-video; I heard someone say that, but it doesn't have the "direct-to-video" feel to it. That's not to say it's not a bad movie, because it kind of is...But, whatever. The movie stars Daryl Hannah and Bruce Greenwood as a happily married couple named Anne and Jack who desparately vie to have a baby. It seems they've succeeded, but the clinic tells them that they're not pregnant. Jack goes on a business trip, leaving Anne alone and in the middle of the night she's kidnapped. When she wakes up, she's handcuffed to a bed in the basement of a house. At first, Anne is confused, not really noticing she's handcuffed and an odd woman named Helen (Jennifer Tilly) is trying to get her to eat. When she starts reacting, Helen's husband Frank (Gallo) comes downstairs and explains she's been kidnapped. Frank then calls Jack and asks for ransom. The latter is merely an excuse to make the movie longer, because Helen reveals that they're holding her to have her baby, so they can take it for themselves. Frank works at the clinic where Anne had a pregnancy test and he forged it and then faked her death so no one would be looking for her. When Jack returns to discover his wife missing/dead he doesn't believe it and goes looking for it, hence...Hide and seek. The plot of the film and Tilly's character owe a lot to the movie "Misery." In that movie, an insane woman takes an injured writer hostage in her house. In this movie, a man takes a pregnant woman hostage for his insane wife. Helen is very childlike and annoying and, we later find out, pretty sadistic. This movie tries for some chills and thrills, but the only thing remotely disturbing is Gallo's demise in the movie. If you are a Gallo fan (and most people aren't), you can feel OK passing this movie up. I am giving it four stars, because it wasn't dull. It did keep me entertained for the 100 minutes, but it was a pretty stupid movie. Why does it never occur to these characters to just adopt? Who does it seem that Helen runs Frank's life? Why does Vincent Gallo look like a hippie? There's a lot of unanswered questions left with us. If you're looking for a movie you're going to enjoy and recommend, I'd see something else. But if you, for some odd reason, have this movie in your house; It's not a complete waste of time.

GRADE: B-
DESERVES MORE LIKE A: C+

Horrid thriller!.......2006-06-17

The generated anguish for having a baby, will make a couple break the rules of the ethic or sanity, to get by all their means, this goal. And their immediate objective will be to kidnap a woman at the eve of become a mother, in order to steal her expected creature.

A sensible and awful drama that will not let you disappoint you. Sidney Furie directing , Jennifer Tilly and George Gallo as the desperate couple and Daryl Hanah as the kidnapped pregnant work out in superlative grade.

Brilliant.......2005-08-29

not really that scary but the story line was brilliant and thrilling. Dakota fanning is definately the most talented in this movie

Very Underrated Dark Comedy.......2005-07-13

This is a fun movie to watch with your sicko friends. Jennifer Tilly's performance was an absolute scream, and it looks like the actors had a really good time making it.

If you're the kind of person who gets the humor behind obsurd cult movies like Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2 or Peter Jackson's Dead Alive, you'll probably get a kick out of this one. Don't listen to the humorless simpletons who took this one too seriously and berated it in their reviews for the wrong reasons ("bad acting", etc.) Just because they didn't get it, doesn't mean it's not a great movie!

BTW I can't believe how some people could be dumb enough to sit through this and not figure out that it was *supposed* to be over-the-top. Kinda makes me feel superior somehow! :-)

Remember 'Misery'?; See for Tilly's Over-the-Top Acting.......2005-04-24

AKA 'Code.' Not to be confused with another 'Hide and Seek' (2005) starring Robert DeNiro and Dakota Fanning.

This is a Canadian straight-to-video psycho-thriller, and stars Daryl Hannah, Jennifer Tilly, Vincent Gallo, and Bruce Greenwood. The director is Canadian B-film master Sidney J. Furie. I don't know how you feel hearing his name, but I believe he is more talented than some people would think, and with decent budget and script, he could have done better films, far better than, say, under-financed 'Superman IV.'

The film is about a pregnant woman played by Hannah suddenly kidnapped by thick-bearded Gallo. Gallo, it turns out later, does this for his 'baby' Tilly, and locks Hannah up in the dark basement room of his house, and chains her to the bed, nad fakes her death to cover his crime. Greenwood is Hannah's hubby who seeks for his missing wife.

So 'Hide and Seek'? A suspence, huh? Yeah, it sounds like 'Misery' or 'The Collector,' but probably before you feel any thrills, you will be either immensely entertained by or absolutely disgusted with Jennifer Tilly's over-the-top acting. I regret that my poor English cannot fully express the joy of watching campy acting from her, but let me only say that her constant yellings, ultra-heavy make-ups, silly dialogues are hilarious enough to outshine ten Sharons and Halles in the wretched 'Catwoman.' I'm not blaming her for giving poor acting. It's like watching the younger version of Kathy Bates (who was Oscar nominated for 'Misery' you know that), and the more I watch her, the more I admire her.

As to Gallo, no comment is the kindest comment I can make, and as to Daryl Hannah, probably she has already had this entry erased from her CV circulated among the studios. I can hear her say, Thank you Quentin Tarantino, you saved my life.

At times the film is very nasty (how can you call it entertainment when you have to see a kidnapped pregnant woman forced to eat through a tube strapped to her mouth?), and its story is never convincing (why kidnap a pregnant woman, not a baby?), and most of all, hey, Ms. Hannah played a replicant in 'Bladerunner' who nearly killed Harrison Ford! Can you kidnap her? No kidding!

So two stars are the best I can give to this film, both for Ms. Tilly for giving one of the most bizarre acting that I have ever seen. I really like her, but for once, please, someone give her something different.

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Unique Anime based child game
Old School Story, New School Style
Finally A Succinct, Well Worth-It Anime DVD
Very good
Quick Chills and Plenty of Eye-Candy

Kakurenbo - Hide & Seek
Starring: Kakurenbo-Hide & Seek
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ASIN: B000A7BQXI
Release Date: 2005-10-11

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Shuhei Morita's 25-minute Kakurenbo (2004), which has received favorable attention on the festival circuit, is a moody film, appropriate for Hallowe'en. In a corner of modern Japan stands an empty, demon-haunted city where children who play hide and seek disappear. Eight children enter its portals one night: Hikora and his friend Yaimao are looking for his lost sister; the other six are looking for excitement--which they find. Daisuke Sajiki's designs for the mechanical-looking monsters and crumbling buildings are striking and effective. But the characters remain ciphers, with no recognizable personalities. Morita, who co-wrote the script, uses long, slow camera moves for mood, but ends almost every scene with a blackout. Kakurenbo feels more like an exercise than a finished work, especially its weightless CG figures and weak ending derived from the Matrix movies. Like Makoto Shinkai's Voices of a Distant Star, Kakurenbo suggests that it's becoming possible to create small, personal CG films in Japan. (Rated 13 and older: violence, grotesque imagery) --Charles Solomon

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In this beautiful mixture of cutting-edge CGI and traditional animation, a young boy joins a game of hide-and-seek to find his missing sister. Along the way, he encounters grotesque demons and a terrifying fight for his very soul.

Customer Reviews:

Unique Anime based child game.......2007-07-02

This Anime is a little hard to find, but is beautifully done. Was originally shown on Cartoon Network around Halloween of 2005. The Anime itself is based on a game of tag with a supernatural twist. Overall the movie is worth seeing at least once. A great addition to any Anime-lovers library.

However it is not exactly for those with young children, as it deals with themes that may be either scary or slightly adult in nature.

I found it entertaining and its a good blend of artwork and story-telling. A little disappointed with the ending, but its a minor fault in an otherwise decent movie such as this.

Old School Story, New School Style.......2007-01-12

Did you ever read or hear those stories where, whatever it took to defeat a particular monster, the main character just didn't have it? Did you ever wonder whether the monster would eventually be defeated or just fade away as science and reason spread?

Yeah, neither did I, but it feels like that's the antagonist in Kakurenbo: demons who, like any good predator, evolved with their prey. Watching this short but effective tale of literal mechanical monstrosities come to life never fails to leave me creeped out and wondering "what if".

Finally A Succinct, Well Worth-It Anime DVD.......2006-01-04

Kakurenbo is an anime feat--a film that incorporates the latest technology with the richness of Japanese, with some mixed in Chinese, culture.

For those who are actually interested in Japanese cultural nuance and storytelling, stories that leave room for imagination and beautiful artistry, this DVD with TONS of at-length interview and extras is a breath of fresh air from the oversexed, exceedingly lengthy and expensive "filler" anime of recent years.

If you are a fan of Mani-Mani, or even Memories, you will appreciate this DVD--it is a MUST.

If you are a fan of run of the mill, spoon-fed anime chosen by financially coerced and well paid network executives, then you may as well skip it and save up for some other box set.

This is classy anime at it's best.

Very good.......2005-12-30

For a 25 miniute short film, I thought it was really good. I loved the graphics, and the story was quite origanal and very provoking. If you hear people complain because it was too short, that the characters had no personalities, that the animation was bad... That is their view, my opinion for such a short film, I thought it was really good. But don't listen to us here, watch it yourself and form your on opinion

Quick Chills and Plenty of Eye-Candy .......2005-12-22

Kakurenbo, like Makoto Shinkai's Voices of a Distant Star, was created by only a few people yet stands a cut above a lot of anime of the same type. It presents unique ideas that would never have been tried by any of the more mass marketed anime. While the emphasis of Kakurenbo is the horror story, it still has plenty to offer outside of that, like stunning visuals, plenty of atmosphere, and a haunting soundtrack that plays well as the story unravels.

Kakurenbo is about eight children who dare each other into playing a game of hide and seek (Kakurenbo) in a city that's become a kind of urban myth among the children. Following specific rules, including following road signs, wearing fox masks, and going in with seven children, will trigger the city into life, or so the myth goes. The children follow these rules down to one, and that is they actually go in with eight. But the city comes to life anyways, and their game turns into a struggle, and all the while one boy attempts to find his lost sister who played the game before him.

The creatures that come to life in this short anime are drawn from Japanese mythology, and are made to fit into a more modern world, giving them a unique appearance that's successfully terrifying. When placed in the dark setting, these monstrosities do their job. And with relish. By the end, once all the monsters, or demons, are revealed, and twists play themselves out, you should be left with a disturbed feeling of horror in you stomach, especially when you realize what lights the city....

This is one of those films that just don't compare that easily with others. It's too different. Yet it's still great and worth the money. The DVD contains more special features than most anime DVDs have, and this makes up for the shortness of the film. Plus, had the film been longer, the effect would have been lost, I think. I'd recommend this to hardcore anime fans who don't mind a little difference from anime to anime.

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Poko Hide N Seek
Starring: Poko Hide N Seek
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Poko Pretends

ASIN: B000AMPX78
Release Date: 2005-08-30

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Hide and Seek
Director: Su Friedrich
Manufacturer: Microcinema
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Sink Or Swim
Damned If You Don't
The Ties That Bind
Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
Radio On

ASIN: B000MRNWOW
Release Date: 2007-03-27

Product Description

A daring exploration into wild, uncharted territorylesbian adolescence in the 1960s. Lou is a twelve year old girl who daydreams in a tree house, tries not to watch a sex education film, wins a rock throwing contest, and is horrified to discover that her best friend is taking an interest in earrings and boys. Interwoven with Lous story are the mostly hilarious, sometimes painful recollections of adult lesbians who try to figure out how they ever got from there to here. HIDE AND SEEK is for every woman whos been to a slumber party and every man who wonders what went on at one. SPECIAL BONUS FILMS: Gently Down the Stream (14 mins, 1981), But No One (9 mins, 1982)

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Denzel's Got It Goin' On

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Starring: Denzel Washington , Dakota Fanning , Marc Anthony , Radha Mitchell , and Christopher Walken
Director: Tony Scott , and John Polson
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B000BCE99K
Release Date: 2005-12-13

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Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning keep pulses pounding and hearts racing in this chilling horror hit about a troubled father and daughter tormented by someone - or something - named Charlie, a malevolent entity who may or may not be "imaginary" but is definitely the stuff nightmares are made of! Hard-drinking, burnt-out ex-CIA operative John Creasy (Washington) has given up on life--until his friend Rayburn (Oscar winner Christopher Walken) gets him a job as a bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos (Dakota Fanning). Bit by bit, Creasy begins to reclaim his soul, but when Pita is kidnapped, Creasy unleashes a firestorm of apocalyptic vengeance against everyone responsible.

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Denzel's Got It Goin' On.......2006-01-03

Man on fire

With all the disappointing remakes Hollywood has churned out and keeps on churning, this one's got it goin' on. Made with righteous visual flare by Tony Scott, it features my NEW favorite Denzel Washington performance.

Tony Scott has always been an entertaining director. But here he creates a totally new kind of filmic style--packing the screen with stunning visuals, kinetic action, all the while mixing medias to provide the viewer with story information through subtitles, voice overs, music choices, etc.

I received this DVD for Christmas and watched it twice by new years. Now I'm pissed I missed Tony Scott's DOMINO in the theaters--but I guess that's what DVD's are for. If you have not seen MOF, for sure check it.

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