In Dreams

Starring:Annette Bening, Katie Sagona, Aidan Quinn, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Guilfoyle (II), Kathleen Langlois, Jennifer Berry, Emma J. Brown, Jennifer Dragon, Samantha Kelly, Jennifer Caine Natenshon, Bethany M. Paquin, Erica Sullivan, Amelia Claire Novotny, Kristin Sroka, Robert Walsh, Denise Cormier, John Fiore, Ken Cheeseman, Dennis Boutsikaris
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Studio: Dreamworks Video
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The so-called spaghetti Western achieved its apotheosis in Sergio Leone's magnificently mythic (and utterly outlandish) Once upon a Time in the West. After a series of international hits starring Clint Eastwood (from A Fistful of Dollars to The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly), Leone outdid himself with this spectacular, larger-than-life, horse-operatic epic about how the West was won. (And make no mistake: this is the wide, wide West, folks--so the widescreen/letterboxed version is strongly recommended.) The unholy trinity of Italian cinema--Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Dario Argento--concocted the story about a woman (Claudia Cardinale) hanging onto her land in hopes that the transcontinental railroad would reach her before a steely-eyed, black-hearted killer (Fonda) does. (The film's advertising slogan was: "There were three men in her life. One to take her ... one to love her ... and one to kill her.") Meanwhile, Leone shoots his stars' faces as if they were expansive Western landscapes, and their towering bodies as if they were looming rock formations in John Ford's Monument Valley. --Jim Emerson

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My all-time favorite western!.......2007-06-20

I never really cared for westerns until I saw this movie. I became hooked on spaghetti westerns, and in my opinion, this is the best of them all! The storyline is certainly different, and the ending is somewhat of a surprise. The main characters really stand out: Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Claudia Cardinale, and Henry Fonda. The music is haunting, and that was what really hooked me.

The Best Spagetti Western To Date.......2007-06-12

Once Upon a Time in the West From start to finish,is by far the best spagetti western ever made to date. It Stars Henry Fonda as a ruthless outlaw. Along with a pose' he murders and destroys his way through every town he and his gang enters.He shows his victims no mercy, not a drop of sympathy is in his bones. He'll make your blood run cold. Henry Fonda is at his acting best! You have never seen him like this! He encounters a mysterious traveler who plays a mysterious melody on a Harmonica. The traveler seems to be looking for him. Why? Here's where the real edge of your seat action really happens. Finally time to reveal what everything means. Right down to the mysterious song played on the harmonica by the traveler througout most of the movie.
Since this film was made other westerns that followed, used Itlalian director Sergi Leone's touch, i.e. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly etc.)

BEST of the spaghetti Westerns.......2007-06-08

Sergio Leone made his indelible mark with the three Clint Eastwood films, but this is his best work, even though Clint is absent. Not to worry. "Once Upon A Time" features a wonderful all-star cast. Avoiding the overdone goodguys vs bad guys cliche, Leone casts perpetual goodguy Henry Fonda as one of the sleaziest amoral villains you'll ever see. And Fonda doesn't disappoint in the role. The so-called goodguys are actually not so good, but they're played brilliantly by Jason Robards and Charles Bronson. Claudia Cardinale is striking as the libertine. Even the opening scene focuses on Jack Elam and Woody Strode - two of the best character actors to appear in any Western.

The plot meanders through a number of twists and subplots, requiring the viewer to follow all of the action between gunfights. Leone challenges the conventional concepts of loyalty, friendship, and alliances. Highly recommended.

Formidable, operatic western.......2007-05-30

"Once Upon a Time in the West" is director Sergio Leone's formidable and unique vision of the old west as grand opera. In Leone's work, as in opera, subtlety is replaced by exaggeration, i.e., the villians in his creation are all over-the-top, almost cartoonishly evil while the ingenue/heroine is both pretty and boring to the extreme. The movie's musical score, as in opera, is as important or even more important than dialogue in conveying the story. In fact, words are rarely uttered in this western tale.

I'm not always comfortable with Leone's antagonists and protagonists because the audience never really gets to know or understand them. They are presented more as abstractions of good and evil than they are as fully developed, three-dimensional human beings.

And Ennio Morricone's idiosyncratic score, while elaborate and memorable, sometimes seemed too languid or pretty to suit the violent action in a western. But perhaps Morricone was aiming for irony.

Overall, "Once Upon a Time in the West" is an unusual and gorgeous- looking western very much worth a glance or two.

Poetic and Truly Original.......2007-03-30

"Once Upon a Time in the West" is one of the best films in the Western genre and also the most fun to watch due to its look and style. The movie is directed by Sergio Leone. I'm familiar with Leone's work, but have never seen any of his films. "Once Upon a Time in the West" bares the unmistakable signature of a genius though and I look forward to watching many more Leone films in the future. The film has one of the greatest opening scenes I've ever seen; lasting 13 minutes, the film opens at a train station where three men anxiously await the arrival of the train. They're waiting for someone. After Leone slowly builds the tension (and I don't know about a director that could do it better), the train arrives and a man (Charles Bronson) gets off of it, playing a harmonica. He's supposed to be meeting with a man named Frank, but we learn that Frank is attending to some other business. Soon, the three men there to meet the man are dead; And because of Frank (Henry Fonda, in one of his strongest performances), a family of 4 is dead. Then the young lady set to marry the father of the family, who is actually already married to him, arrives and is shocked to find everyone dead. The police think they know who did it already and are quick to point the finger at Cheyenne (Jason Robards), after all...He left his "signature" there. I don't want to say much more about the plot (and there is much more; The film is 2 hours and 45 minutes)...When you look at all the westerns in the history of cinema (mind you, I haven't seen another Leone film) and say which one you think is "the most well-made," this film has to pop up.
It's not the most entertaining western film (there are long stretches with no dialogue), but it is certainly one of the most suspenseful, colorful (not just in the literal sense), and most compelling of the genre. The performances, especially those of Fonda, Robards, and Bronson are superb. It's also clear while watching the movie how influential it has been on other filmmakers. You can even see more than echoes of this film in "Kill Bill Vo.2." Explaining just how unique a film like this is in writing is difficult, but I recommend that any true fan of cinema see this movie. Any true fan of western movies has probably already seen this movie, but I mean a true LOVER of cinema needs to see this. It's one of the few western movies I can think of off the top of my head that can deservedly be labeled a masterpiece.

GRADE: B+

The Doris Day Collection, Vol. 2 (Romance on the High Seas / My Dream Is Yours / On Moonlight Bay / I'll See You in My Dreams / By the Light of the Silvery Moon / Lucky Me)

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Best of Doris Day Volumn 2

The Doris Day Collection, Vol. 2 (Romance on the High Seas / My Dream Is Yours / On Moonlight Bay / I'll See You in My Dreams / By the Light of the Silvery Moon / Lucky Me)
Starring: Doris Day
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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Do Not Disturb
Move Over Darling
Caprice
The Alice Faye Collection (That Night in Rio / Lillian Russell / On the Avenue / The Gang's All Here)
Tyrone Power: The Swashbuckler Box Set (Blood and Sand / Son of Fury / The Black Rose / Prince of Foxes / The Captain from Castile)

ASIN: B000MGBLQO
Release Date: 2007-04-10

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Doris Day fans will be dizzy with pleasure over The Doris Day Collection, Volume 2. This package of six Warner Bros. films covers the early phase of Day's movie career, including her debut picture, and is actually better and more of-a-piece than Warners' previous Day set. The box doesn't include anything from the later Rock Hudson stage of her career: This is the former Doris von Kappelhoff in full youthful sparkle, with her tomboyish attitude and freckled perkiness (and skillful singing, which is showcased in each film).

Her 1948 debut, Romance on the High Seas, actually presents Day in a different light from her subsequent well-scrubbed image. (Maybe this is what co-star Oscar Levant meant when he later quipped, "I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.") She's a sassy, hep-talking band singer, drawn into an unlikely (and extremely silly) plot involving confused identity during a South American cruise. Michael Curtiz might not be a comedy director, but the script is fun and there's no mistaking the spectacle of a star being born.

The follow-up, My Dream Is Yours, returns Curtiz and leading man Jack Carson in a tale that has some parallels to Day's real life: she's a singer with a young child, looking for her breakthrough. The movie's a serviceable but humdrum backstage story with great vintage locations, and Bugs Bunny appears in a surreal dream sequence. The Technicolor shines here, as it does through much of the set; the only black-and-white film is I'll See You in My Dreams, an enjoyably low-key biopic of lyricist Gus Kahn (Danny Thomas), who wrote so many of the signature tunes of the 1920s. A great score ("Makin' Whoopee," "It Had to Be You") help this one past the conventions of the composer biopic; Doris plays Kahn's alpha-female wife.

Day's rising popularity was confirmed with the success of On Moonlight Bay and By the Light of the Silvery Moon, a pair of old-timey musicals based on Booth Tarkington's "Penrod" stories. Nostalgia for the WWI era runs high in these sugary confections, with Doris paired with Gordon MacRae and a batch of vintage tunes. The strong ensemble and the backlot re-creation of a bygone era are almost impossible to resist.

By her own account, Day was exhausted by her Warners contract at the time of Lucky Me, the latest film (1955) in this set. The lame showbiz story indicates as much, with Doris stranded in Miami and coming to the attention of composer Bob Cummings. The widescreen CinemaScope process gives some oomph to the musical numbers, and if Day herself was exhausted it doesn't show; America's sweetheart never failed to turn on the high beams, and it's easy to see why the moviegoing public needed her to twinkle. --Robert Horton

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Doris Day, America's sweetheart of the '40s, '50s and '60s, returns to DVD on April 10 with six more new to DVD titles as Warner Home Video releases The Doris Day Collection Volume 2, following the success of 2005's first collection. Volume 2 features six more new-to-DVD titles, focusing on Miss Day's golden years at Warner Bros., where her film career began. The collection contains her blockbuster screen debut Romance on the High Seas, as well as such audience favorites as My Dream is Yours, I'll See You in my Dreams, On Moonlight Bay, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, and Lucky Me - films which contain a treasure chest of musical standards that include "It Had to be You," "Makin' Whoopee," "I'll String Along With You," "'Ain't we Got Fun" and dozens more.

Customer Reviews:

She's at it again.......2007-07-06

Yeah, more Doris Day. The first volume was great, this is just as great. Now if anyone wonders why Day was such a huge star and so popular, one only has to watch these "oldies but goodies". ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS is her debut film and she's already "got it". She's a natural from the get go. And that voice!!! There will never be another like her. Even if there were, she'd be out of luck because they don't make movies like these anymore. Good thing she was born when she was. ON MOONLIGHT BAY and BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON are wonderful. I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS is really a Danny Thomas film, but Doris adds just the right kind of luster, and again, THAT VOICE!! I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS is a great vehicle for her as well. Only LUCKY ME is a little lame, but it has Doris and OH THAT VOICE. I just wish Warners would have subsituted TEA FOR TWO for LUCKY ME. Regardless, get this volume. Now if only the rest of her films were on DVD I'd be a happy camper. That would be TEA FOR TWO; IT'S A GREAT FEELING; APRIL IN PARIS;TUNNEL OF LOVE; WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT; BALLAD OF JOSIE; MIDNIGHT LACE and JULIE. Come on Warners and Universal let's get with it. While STARLIFT is fun, Doris only has a cameo in it, but why not, let's have that one too!!

Wonderful Collection.......2007-07-05

For all Doris Day fans out there, this is a "must add" to your collections! By the Light of the Silvery Moon and On Moonlight Bay are great musicals somewhat the same style as Meet Me in St. Louis. I'll See You in My Dreams is a bit more serious, but very excellent. My favorite is probably Romance on the High Seas, which is definitely a comedy!

Treasured musical nostalgia from a quieter era.......2007-06-15

THE DORIS DAY COLLECTION: VOLUME 2, from Warner Home Video, has six of Miss Day's earliest and most enjoyable musical romances. Five were filmed in a square TV ratio, while the sixth is in CinemaScope. And five are in brand-new Technicolor, while a sixth is in B&W.

ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS (1948)--Doris' feature film debut is in eye-blinding Technicolor and set on a Caribbean cruise with mistaken identity. Georgia Garrett (Doris) poses as Mrs. Elvira Kent on the ship, while the real Elvira (Janis Paige) stays home to spy on her maybe philandering husband. Georgia is wooed by Jack Carson, while Mr. Kent (Don DeFore) hires someone to spy on the real Elvira, who is presumably on the same ship but isn't. Oscar Levant is wonderful. Michael Curtiz directed a witty script by the Epstein Brothers and I.A.L. Diamond. Cameos include Franklin Pangborn and Grady Sutton. Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn songs include the classic "It's Magic". It must have been a hit even in 1948 because it is sung three times. This is an absolutely wonderful movie. Bonuses include a theatrical trailer, a musical short, and a Tweety & Sylvester short.

MY DREAM IS YOURS (1949)--Michael Curtiz directs again and Jack Carson (Doug Blake) again is the romantic male lead for Doris as singer Martha Gibson. When arrogant singing star Lee Bowman acts like a prima donna one too many times, Doug fires him and becomes agent to Martha, who becomes a popular and likeable radio singer. Wonderful supporting cast of pros includes S. Z. Sakall, Eve Arden, and Adolphe Menjou, with cameos by Franklin Pangborn, Edgar Kennedy, and Bugs Bunny! Harry Warren and Sammy Cahn songs include "My Dream is Yours" and "Someone Like You." This is another brilliant Technicolor production. Bonuses include an Oscar-nominated drama short, a Joe McDoakes comedy short, a classic cartoon, and a theatrical trailer.

I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS (1952) caught me off-guard because it is one of Doris Day's few B&W movies. Still, it is photographed by Ted McCord, whose credits range from TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948) to THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965). We have Danny Thomas as song writer Gus Kahn, who apparently wrote the lyrics to literally hundreds of popular songs in the first few decades of the 20th Century, several dozen with girl friend turned wife Grace (Doris). Among the Kahn favorites are the title song, "I Wish I Had a Girl," "Love Me or Leave Me" (which Doris would again sing in the 1955 biographical musical drama), "Makin' Whoopee," "Pretty Baby," and "It Had to Be You." It's an engrossing and tuneful biography, again directed by Michael Curtiz. The two stars are well matched. DVD bonuses include an unusually insightful drama short called "The Screen Director", a hilarious Foghorn Leghorn cartoon, and the theatrical trailer.

ON MOONLIGHT BAY (1951) and its sequel, BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON (1952), are Technicolor gems about small town Indiana life on either side of World War One. They are inspired by the "Penrod" stories of Booth Tarkington. Doris Day and a very young Gordon MacRae star as a romantic couple; he spends two movies trying to decide if he wants to get married, which is wild because (1) Doris is a real sweetheart of a person even as a "grease monkey" and tomboy, and (2) he proposes and kisses her passionately in the street at the end of BAY. Leon Ames plays her father, virtually the same role he played in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944); Rosemary DeCamp from YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942) is Mom; Billy Gray is Day's pesty kid brother; and Mary Wickes is the cook who never met a tray of food she liked. The color is drop dead gorgeous; the directors are, respectively, Roy Del Ruth and David Butler, very competent craftsman filmmakers. Songs in BAY include "Cuddle Up a Little Closer," "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" and "Pack Up Your Troubles." and the title song as the film's finale. Full-fledged musical numbers in SILVERY MOON include "Ain't We Got Fun," "King Chanticleer", and the title song with ice skates on Miller's Pond. Bonuses with BAY are a vintage sing-a-long short, a Technicolor cartoon, and the theatrical trailer. SILVERY MOON bonuses include two wonderful Joe McDoakes comedy shorts, an Oscar-nominated cartoon, and the theatrical trailer.

One of Doris Day's first films in CinemaScope, LUCKY ME (1955) has her as a superstitious woman named Candy Williams. The unluckiest day of Candy's life turns out to be the luckiest through twists of fate. Also starring with Miss Day are Robert Cummings, Phil Silvers, Eddie Foy Jr. and Nancy Walker. Bright musical numbers include "High Hopes," "I Speak to the Stars," "I Wanna Sing Like an Angel," and half a dozen more. It's a very cheerful and colorful Technicolor and wide-screen concoction with a remastered soundtrack. Bonuses include the nostalgic short "When the Talkies Were Young", an Oscar-nominated cartoon, and the theatrical trailer.

There is also a Volume One, of course. It includes such wonderful Doris Day musical classics as THE PAJAMA GAME, CALAMITY JANE, LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME, BILLY ROSE'S JUMBO, PLEASE DON"T EAT THE DAISIES, and three more slightly lesser Day movies. If you like the Doris Day movies in Volume Two, do check out Volume One.

Incomplete-hasn't shown up yet.......2007-06-15

5 to 9 business days shipping turning out to be 15, but that's O.K. it was a present for my Mom...When it does show up, I'm sure she'll love it.

Best of Doris Day Volumn 2.......2007-06-08

I am a hugh fan of Doris Day movies. I was expecially delighted to receive some of her earlier movies which I believe were her best. On Moonlight Bay and By The Light Of The Silvery Moon are expecially warm and wonderful family fare with true american values to teach our children.I highly recomend this collection to anyone with strong american values and down to earth good clean fun at the movies.

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Erotic Dreams of Jeannie
Who are these people who thought this was good?
This was OK, but was expecting more...
erotic and fun

The Erotic Dreams of Jeannie
Starring: Erotic Dreams of Jeannie
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Femalien
Virgins of Sherwood Forest
Lolida 2000: The Forbidden Stories
Secret Desires of a Housewife 2
Virtual Encounters

ASIN: B0002W4U6G
Release Date: 2004-10-12

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In a remote cave in Moronico, an Army major uncovers a strange treasure chest containing a beautiful bottle with one sexy surprise: a gorgeous genie (Nicole Sheridan)! Back in America no one believes his story, and soon the Major's in hot water with his future father-in-law who, along with his daughter, is plotting to get his hands on Tony#s $6 million inheritance. Packed with parody, political satire and hip humor, here's a laugh-filled, effects-laden spoof that'll leave you breathless!

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Fine alexandre.......2006-12-29

I absolutely love alexandre boisvert. in my eyes he is extremely goodlooking and "creative" as well. I love his work

Erotic Dreams of Jeannie.......2006-11-10

Good for a soft porn movie. A little light on the plot but entertaining. Good sexual activities displayed.

Who are these people who thought this was good?.......2006-08-17

It's a bunch of 30-40 year olds with sagging skin pretending to get it on. Nothing erotic here. Not even funny acting. Do yourself a favor and check out Misty Mundae for some great erotic/funny movies.

This was OK, but was expecting more..........2006-07-09

I thought it was going to be a direct spoof of the "I Dream of Jeannie" TV show from the 1960's but it wasn't.
It was OK if you just want to waste and hour or so of your time on soft porn.

erotic and fun.......2006-04-01

I really enjoyed this movie. The acting was pretty bad but it was still fun and very erotic! Unlike Surrender, they do not dub over the love making scenes with sound and you can actually hear the skin slap together and the ladies moan. There are two decent lesbian scenes (though they lack in comparison to the final scene in Femalien). The one where Genie is chained up had a lot of potential until the goofball male genie interupted their "fun." In fact if not for the male Genie, I would have given this sucker five stars!!!

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Lucid Dream adventures...
Dreamscape Is Pure Escapsim
A Thrilling Sci Fi Picture
It's been along time since I've seen this one.
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Dreamscape
Starring: Dennis Quaid , Max von Sydow , Christopher Plummer , Eddie Albert , and Kate Capshaw
Director: Joseph Ruben
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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Brainstorm
Innerspace
Enemy Mine
The Philadelphia Experiment
Short Circuit

ASIN: 6305869103
Release Date: 2000-06-06

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Alex Gardner (Dennis Quaid) is a talented young psychic who's frittering his gifts away betting on the ponies. That is, until he's coerced by his old pal and mentor Dr. Paul Novotny (Max von Sydow) into taking part in a dream research project in which his psychic abilities make him indispensable. The project concerns "dreamlinking," whereby talented individuals like Alex hook up via electrodes and project themselves into some troubled subject's nightmares, in which they not only observe but participate in the dream, hopefully effecting some remedy. Alex is by nature a feckless guy, a charismatic scoundrel sporting a Cheshire cat's grin. But he warms easily to his new role as dream-dwelling psychotherapist, having a core of decency. Not so his nemesis, Tommy Ray Glatman (David Patrick Kelly), a dreamlink prodigy and pawn of Bob Blair (Christopher Plummer), who runs the research project for the government (he's described as the "head of covert intelligence"). Blair is worried about the President (Eddie Albert), whose nightmares of nuclear holocaust cause him to escalate disarmament talks with the Russians, much to Blair's dismay, being your basic evil, slick, smarmy covert kind of guy. Turns out Blair's real aim is to use the project to train dreamlink assassins, his star pupil being psycho Tommy Ray and his test case the President. Only Alex is there to stop them.

Dreamscape is all business, with a well-structured screenplay that lays the groundwork for the film's many admirable performances. Kate Capshaw in particular is very dreamy as a research scientist and Dennis Quaid's love interest. And David Patrick Kelly is likely to become your worst nightmare, especially when he's the Snakeman, giving an often fantastical performance. But what you're most likely to remember from this wonderful thriller is the many vivid dream sequences, aptly surreal images from the troubled psyche. --Jim Gay

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The President of the United States is about to be assassinated in a dream where there is no morning after. Only one man can save him--a man who must plunge himself into the President's horrendous nightmare. Dennis Quaid stars as Alex Gardner, a psychically gifted young man recruited to help Dr. Paul Novotny (Max Von Sydow) and the beautiful Dr. Jane DeVries (Kate Capshaw) in an experiment to help patients disturbed by menacing nocturnal illusions. But corrupt high-ranking government official Bob Blair (Christopher Plummer) has darker plans for Alex's unusual powers. Soon Alex is propelled inside the President's nightmare, a frightening wasteland of nuclear holocaust, and locked in a fantastic battle that could only happen in a dream. This action-packed science fiction adventure will excite and thrill you with its unusual journey through the mind's most terrifying recesses.

Audio Commentary by the Producer, Writer and Special Effects Artist - Special Effects Make-Up Making Of - Production Stills 16X9 - 1.85:1 - Color - English - 5.1 Dolby Digital, 5.1 DTS

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Lucid Dream adventures..........2007-05-20

Alex Gardner was born with certain "talents" - a telepathic genius - able to manipulate the conscious mind. But it is not until he is approached with an offer to further parapsychology that he learns just how profound his abilities can fathom.

Living a life of mundane concerns*, at the behest of Dr. Novotny {Max Von Sydow}, he returns to his former life engaging in psychical research to further the efforts of the mind to tap the abyssal subconscious, projecting into others' dreams, in what is essentially the practice of Lucid Dreaming, what some of us have already mastered. With the aid of a 'dream machine' situated in the 'dream chamber' {"Who's your decorator, Darth Vader?"; it is a nice chamber!}, which merely regulates bio-functions, it begins as a form of therapy, witnessing patients' fears, such as the man who suspected his wife of cheating {including with his brother, a priest, and... even you... Fakuda...?}; and the construction worker with bathophobia {fear of falling from high places}. The reality of the situations amaze Alex, who thereby dedicates his skills full into the project.

Upon reaching REM sleep state, each dream sequence is quite a remarkable spectacle {whose ingress, incidentally, very much resembles the I-Tunes visualizer}, with amorphous transmutations in light and sound surrounding until full presence is achieved.

Then he meets Bob Blaire, whose innocuous first introduction belies his true character as sinister mastermind, and later Tommy Glatman, a psychopathic dream killer obsessed with Martial Arts movies who actually murdered his own father. Blaire runs a top-secret organization within the CIA whose nefarious influence is all-pervasive. The two work in tandum and plan to assassinate the President {Eddie Albert**} in his dream by whatever imaginative scenario, utilizing dream weapons to achieve that end, which results in various stress and shock related maladies in "dayside" state. That is the ultimate idea herein - to cause reactive effects in which a kill in the dream results in the actual demise of the dreamer IN ACTUALITY.

Through entering the dream of an attractive female Doctor with what is essentially an incubus visualization, Alex eventually learns to project without the use of the machine, by merely stilling himself in a quiet, gloomy environment, initiating controlled breathing techniques {sounds familiar...}, he sharpens his senses enough to subsequently confront a serpentine creature known as 'The Snakeman' {a boogie-man archetype and Glatman's fearsome "totem"} who has invaded a boy's dreams. From within a haunted house on a stormy night, down a twisting staircase into an inferno of horrors, the two battle the snake beast in a fantastical scene reminiscient of white knight verses dragon. Although in the dream world, anything is possible.

After the sad execution of Novotny ordered by Blaire, Alex and Tommy square off in The President's nightmare wherein the one with the greater imagination, cleverness, and willpower prevails. The Snakeman manifests again, and through a very shrewd apparition, the President is saved.

Demon hounds, a snake monster, nuclear zombies, sudden scares, cloak and dagger scenarios, secret government conspiracies, a motorbike chase, and horrific environments fill this dreamscape of nucleic creation.

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* Seems he was betting on the horse races and runs afoul of some bookies who want in on his continual success, and otherwise was also concentrating his efforts on carnal pleasures. The question remains - there is no reason why he could not continue to pursue his fleshly interests while also contributing to the project.

** Whom you may remember as portraying Dr. Samuel Richards in the film 'The Devil's Rain', and probably more recognizably as Oliver Wendell Douglas from 'Green Acres'.

Dreamscape Is Pure Escapsim.......2007-04-23

A mild classic little film that I was happy to rediscover while DVD surfing here on Amazon. Although this film is somewhat dated, it still holds up well enough today. The dream sequences are wild and fanciful so the effects there work quite well except for the stop-action effects that while good, are very dated. They will remind you of the classic works of that early special effects pioneer Ray Harryhuasen (misspelled???). Anyhow, he did films like "Clash of the Titans" which is another fun, but again, dated film.

I always find it kinda fun to see some of my favorite actors as they looked when they first started out. This early Dennis Quaid flick is no exception. My son, who is 15, and a fan of his current work, Flight of the Phoenix and The Day After Tomorrow, quickly noticed how boyish he looks in this film and, during a shirtless scene, how he hadn't started working out yet. He boasts a decent 6-pack today at 50. Kate Capshaw, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, looked radiant in spite of her horrific 80's hairdo and gave a better performance that she did in Indiana Jones. Unfortunately, if you've seen her recently, whenever she's out with hubby Steven Spielberg, you will notice that the years were not as kind to her as to Quaid. The ageless Christopher Plummer, Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, has played this kind of evil character he plays here many times. He was a staple sinister baddie for quite some time until Anthony Hopkins stepped in with his Silence of the Lamb films and other creepy roles. Plummer plays the overly zealous government man taking over a scientific experiment project for the safety of the free world in his own myopic perspective. The newcomer in this film is an actor who never made it big but should have. Sean Patrick Kelly as the villain is inspired casting in this film. He is very effective in his role of the jealous "top lab rat" as Quaid's character calls him. He is perfectly cast and his role and acting will get under your skin and stay there.

Now throw in some older and highly respected actors during this time period, Max (The Exorcist) Von Sydow playing the respectable scientist not understanding the danger of his work (which he went on to play many times later in his career such as in Tom Cruise's Miniority Report), and Eddie (Green Acres) Albert and you have a stellar cast to go with an intelligent script that does make an effort to avoid cliche-ridden roles and lines (even though some are still present). The direction is fast-paced and the score by Maurice Jarre is effective.

My only quibble with this film is noted by others who remember this film from its original release and VHS transfer and that is the subtle editing that is done for this "updated" release. It's not that I'm bothered so much by the bits that were edited out to better fit the PG-13 rating as it was very close to R in it's time, it's that they don't tell you that they altered the film and that just isn't right. In any event, the subtle editing doesn't change the film significantly and allows for more family friendly viewing.

A Thrilling Sci Fi Picture.......2007-01-20

The photo makes one think of Indiana Jones (and Kate Capshaw, who was in "Temple Of Doom", is a good reason for the comparison), but this is more science fiction. It deals with psychics who are able to enter people's dreams. This puts it into the category of true science fiction, speculating possibilities, their benefits, and their dangers.

Dennis Quaid does an excellent job as a con man with an exceptional ability. Max Van Sydow is just as good as his mentor. Christopher Plummer makes an great villain. And when somebody casts one of my favorite actresses like Kate Capshaw as the love interest . . . George Wendt also is good in a brief role, and Eddie Albert is presidential.

I will conclude that the ending bothered me philosophically. If someone wants to discuss it, feel free to let me know. However, I don't want to spoil any surprises.

In spite of that one disturbing part, I think this is a great movie. It is PG-13, meaning it is not for children; feel free to attend with your junior high or older child, where you can discuss the issues with him. And there is a lot of food for thought you can teach your children with in this movie. Not bad for a sci-fi adventure, huh?

It's been along time since I've seen this one........2006-07-12

I enjoyed being able to see this movie again.

altered .......2006-06-19

i love this movie, however, for some reason, someone has decided to edit all of the romantic scenes, brief nudity, etc. from the dvd version. if that isn't bad enough, they don't tell you that it has been altered from it's original content. i bought this dvd thinking i was getting the original that i loved only to get a chopped up version. rotten deal!

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Big Dreams in Little Hope
Starring: Bill Graber , Emily Burton , Julie Goldman , Emma Bowers , and Mary C. Matthews
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BIG DREAMS IN LITTLE HOPE is a smart new comedy in the form of a classic road movie with a lesbian twist. Kelly (Emily Burton) is an uptight lesbian with aspirations to be a television news reporter. She s shipped off to Little Hope to gather data for the market research firm she works for, accompanied by Linda (Julie Goldman, The Big Gay Sketch Show ), her talkative, scatterbrained cameraperson.

When the local hotel runs out of rooms, this mismatched pair must bunk at a youth hostel filled with oddballs, which suits Linda fine but drives Kelly crazy. Kelly s even more upset when Linda runs into an old flame who s now a bored housewife looking for a little action. In a final comic misstep, Linda suggests they showcase their questionable talents by filming a human interest piece at the local annual Chili Cook-Off.

Tina Turner Live in Amsterdam - Wildest Dreams Tour

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Tina - Live in Amsterdam.
Tina Turner Live in Amsterdam - Wildest Dreams Tour
Simply the Best. . . .
Terrific sound! Great songs!
Review of Tina Truner's Wildest Dreams Tour

Tina Turner Live in Amsterdam - Wildest Dreams Tour
Starring: Tina Turner , Sharon Owens , Cynthia Davila , Karen Owens , and Bob Feit
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ASIN: B0002GTX8M
Release Date: 2004-08-10

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Wonderfully directed, Wildest Dreams Tour makes a viewer feel practically omnipresent at Tina Turner's 1996, three-night stand in the Amsterdam Arena. With camera angles seemingly coming from everywhere, the massive scope of Turner's show is put into a proper, and enjoyable, visual context, along with the star's own artful way of reaching 50,000 fans at a shot with fierce energy but an unmistakably nuanced performance. Turner's secret weapon: her voice, with its whiplash gospel, survivor's pride, and endless capacity for ecstasy. It doesn't matter if she's dancing as if her life depended on it or launching tiny ripples of erotic warmth with the barest of gestures: she still flaunts for this Dutch crowd her share of Jerry Lee Lewis's profane fire. Starting in fourth gear with "Whatever You Want," Turner takes a detour through the too-precious "Do What You Do" before time-traveling to the Phil Spector-produced "River Deep Mountain High" (featuring the star singing along with her younger self in a 1960s film clip). "In Your Wildest Dreams" is a lulling bath of sexual longing, and "GoldenEye" is pure, Bond-ian fun. The 21 tracks are heavy with past hits, none of which disappoint: "Proud Mary," "What's Love Got to Do with It." The final performance, "Something Beautiful Remains," is a hard-won epiphany. --Tom Keogh

Description

Tina Turner lifted the roof off the amazing new Amsterdam Arena for three sizzling nights in September 1996, in front of 150,000 people, as part of her record-breaking "Wildest Dreams" European Tour, on which she performed over 150 shows to 3 million people.

Track Listing:
1. Whatever You Want
2. Do What You Do
3. River Deep Mountain High
4. Missing You
5. In Your Wildest Dreams
6. Goldeneye
7. Private Dancer
8. We Don't Need Another Hero
9. Let's Stay Together
10. I Can't Stand The Rain
11. Undercover Agent For The Blues
12. Steamy Windows
13. Givin' It Up For Your Love
14. Better Be Good To Me
15. Addicted To Love
16. The Best
17. What's Love Got To Do With It
18. Proud Mary
19. Nutbush City Limits
20. On Silent Wings
21. Something Beautiful Remains (Bonus Track)

Customer Reviews:

Tina - Live in Amsterdam........2007-04-12

This is a great concert by Tina.
Very entertaining from start to finish.
Nowhere near as good as Tina - One last time in concert ( which was brilliant) but still extremely good and a must have for any fan of Tina.

Tina Turner Live in Amsterdam - Wildest Dreams Tour.......2006-08-29

Absolutely fantastic DVD. A must see for any Tina fan.

Simply the Best. . . ........2006-07-21

This DVD came out roughly 3-4 years after I got to see Tina live in New York City in 1993. This was around the time of the movie "What's Love Got to Do With It, " and Tina was a stunning 53 years old! Gliding across the stage for two hours in spike heels as if she were on rollerblades--something you have to see to believe--what a fireball of a show she gave that night! I have had the privilege of seeing many great performers but Tina Turner remains one of the VERY best and it's no stretch to say that it can't be topped! Then, as now, I felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see and enjoy a legend in her supposed "twilight."

I recently purchased and watched "Wildest Dreams" and this live show given in Amsterdam brought back the glorious memory of that incredible show at Jones Beach in NYC. The only (very slight) disappointment of the DVD is the section when Tina decides to sit and sing two or three of my all-time favorites from her: "Let's Stay Together," "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent for the Blues." At Jones Beach, she performed the latter two showstoppers with her dancers--you haven't lived until you've seen her outdance two girls that could pass for her daughters in an opening stunner like "Steamy Windows." Simply amazing! It's safe to say that people half her age and younger could not keep up with the manic energy, exquisite choreography and sexiness she projects. So seeing her on the DVD, performing those sizzlers while seated was a bit of a letdown--especially since she could barely contain herself even while seated! Despite this, "Wildest Dreams" is almost letter-perfect (No words can quite describe her electrifying performances of Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love," "Do what you Do" and her signature "Proud Mary" here). This DVD captures with perfect clarity the astounding prowess of one of the most generous and giving performers ever to grace any stage in ANY genre. . . .

Terrific sound! Great songs!.......2006-01-21

Tina still has it. Her band is the best I've ever seen or heard! My only problem with this DVD is the fact that the band - no matter how spectacular it sounds - over-powers Tina's voice. Still the DTS is amazing! Song selection is terrific!

Review of Tina Truner's Wildest Dreams Tour.......2005-10-25

Great DVD. If you are a Tina Turner fan, it's a must have.

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Underappreciated
Well....
Dissapointed
only because it has sentimental value
Consciousness, Poetry, and Mayhem

Brainscan
Starring: Edward Furlong , Frank Langella , T. Ryder Smith , Amy Hargreaves , and James Marsh (II)
Director: John Flynn
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ASIN: B00008AOX2
Release Date: 2003-04-01

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A virtual reality game that allows players to commit murders is the crux for the high-tech thriller Brainscan. Edward Furlong (Terminator 2) stars as a monster movie/video game fanatic who receives a CD-ROM that challenges players to carry out brutal killings. When Furlong discovers that the murder has also occurred in real life, he attempts to rid himself of the game, but its hideous "referee," Trickster (T. Ryder Smith), refuses to let him quit until he has eliminated all witnesses--including the girl he loves (Amy Hargreaves). A flavorless retread of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, Brainscanis undone by its principals' lack of interest in producing a suspenseful film. Director John Flynn offers little variation on its stalk-and-slash scenes, and Furlong gives a half-hearted performance, though some of that blame must lie with Andrew Kevin Walker's leaden script. Brainscanwill offer passing interest to only the most non-discerning Elm Street aficionado. --Paul Gaita

Description

When a lonely teenager (Edward Furlong) orders the latest interactive video game, the high-tech wizardry penetrates his subconscious, where his darkest impulses lead him through a deadly maze of murder, deception and desire. Pursued by a homicide detective (Frank Langella) and prodded by the trickster (T. Ryder Smith), he is torn between the worlds of good and evil, of reality and fantasy and, ultimately, of life and death.

Customer Reviews:

Underappreciated.......2007-05-13

Unlike a lot of underground "B-rated" horror movies, this one actually has great production and great direction. I think a lot of people, including myself, can identify with Edward Furlong's character. I know besides working, all I do is stay inside all day and play video games, so I know what that "distance" from people feels like, which seems to be sort of an underlying theme in the movie, at least to me. I recommend this movie to fans of Edward Furlong, gamers, horror fans, and/or loner types.

Well...........2006-07-24

I decided I had to review this when I read that some people didn't see the trickster as scary. I agree the trickster isn't scary. That being said, I don't really want to see him as scary because, to me, this movie isn't about being scared. To me this is a great nineties gem that reminds me of all the horror media I enjoyed growing up. Granted it's rated R and is a tad more extreme (being that it is brought to you by the same man who brought a movie about the seedy underground pornography industry [8mm]), but to me, it still has the same appeal of an are you afraid of the dark or a goosebumps. The kind of story that is somewhat of mix between friday the 13th, and stand by me.
Part my attraction lies in that the protagonist is a horror obsessed computer nerd, whom I resembled at more than one point in my life. I can relate to this kid of many levels and I guess I longed for an adventure like this to come along and sweep me up
No this isn't an epic, it's a movie of the week, but it's very sentimental to those of us who remember having the time of our lives reading a goosebumps or watching an are you afraid of the dark. If nothing more, the appeal of this movie lies in the less than popular kid getting the girl and having a few creepy encounters along the way. That story,no matter how many times told, will always draw my interest.
So I guess this is to me what back to the future/ star wars is to many others. They can have that. I'll take my brainscan

Dissapointed.......2005-11-16

I am really dissapointed with this movie, i mean i thought the idea is cool, but just didnt play up to my expectations. Mostly because trickster was NOT SCARY!!! I thought he would be, scary and demented and forceful. Instead he breaks his fingers and sticks his fingers in his eyes, crap like that, that isnt scary, but rather funny and gross, you know when the audience goes "eeeeeuuuuuwwwww". Stupid. The background music was the worst part, its more low budget than Friday 13th, although i loooved Friday 13th, Jason rocks!!! But lets face it the music was a bit annoying
Ok, look i kind of liked the atmosphere created, the lonely boy in his room, his high tech stuff, but in the end of the day its just not a horror movie

only because it has sentimental value.......2005-09-23

This is a movie I really do love but only because my best friend and I watched it about a billion times one summer in our glory days. It has super cheesy horror cliches, a terrible plot,and typical teenage-fight-the-authority dialogue.I didn't realize how bad it was back then.I do now, but it will always hold a special place in my heart.

Consciousness, Poetry, and Mayhem.......2005-04-09

This movie is wicked. This movie is funny. And it is certainly wickedly funny. It will also change the way many people who watch it look at the world.

It delivers in every facet of movie making. Each of the main characters owns his role so thoroughly that the viewer can't imagine anyone else doing it. The cinematography is lush, the sound is riveting, and the pacing is so tense it's almost painful.

It is everything good that this sort of surrealist phantasy usually isn't. It is mind-blowingly weird, yet each step of the plot follows step like an equation. No character is a one-dimensional cartoon. Frank Langella manages to be ominous and sympathetic. Edward Furlong does the alienated teen bit but with a moral sense rare for that kind of part.

There are even scenes which are painfully gruesome to watch which yet leave the viewer chuckling when the movie is over in the same way that a really improbable punch line makes a joke memorable.

Nobody will think the money nor the time spent watching wasted.

Masters of Horror - Stuart Gordon - Dreams in the Witch House

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Finally a literal Lovecraft-adaption!
Bad Dreams
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Should be called - The Boring House
Gordon's best effort in a long time

Masters of Horror - Stuart Gordon - Dreams in the Witch House
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ASIN: B000E5KUMO
Release Date: 2006-03-28

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Director Stuart Gordon picked an H.P. Lovecraft story for his installment of Showtime's Masters of Horror series. So what did you expect? This filmmaker gained his horror-movie spurs with his wild and wonderful Lovecraft flicks Re-Animator and From Beyond (following up years later with another H.P. tale, the fishy Dagon), so nothing could be more super-natural. For his hour-long episode, Gordon chose Dreams in the Witch House, which follows a student (Ezra Godden) at Miskatonic University (that's Lovecraft's frequently-mentioned fictional school) as he moves into a suspiciously cheap boarding house. When he has intense nightmares about a rat with a human face, it should be a warning sign, but the student is mightily attracted to a single mom at the house, played by the mighty attractive Chelah Horsdal. Some acceptable mood-setting comes courtesy of Godden's elderly downstairs neighbor, and the half-dozen shocks are just fine. Somehow the straight-line story disappoints, as the ultimate outcome of it all seems fairly obvious from the opening scenes, and there's nothing much to complicate the slide into evil. Still, this episode merits a passing grade by the strict standards of Miskatonic U. --Robert Horton

Description

When stressed-out student Walter Gilman (Ezra Godden of DAGON) rents a room in a decrepit old house, his graduate thesis studies begin to take some very strange twists: He suffers nightmares about a voracious rat with a human face. He suspects that a gateway to another dimension may exist behind his wall.And he is seemingly seduced by a luscious she-demon who thirsts for souls of the innocent via a covenant that screams for blood. But when Walter must face the most depraved urge of all, will the line between madness,murder and unholy mayhem be crossed forever? Chelah Horsdal (HOLLOW MAN 2) and Jay Brazeau (INSOMNIA,THEY) co-star in this disturbing shocker directed by Stuart Gordon, co-written by Gordon & Dennis Paoli (THE DENTIST, CASTLE FREAK) and based on the infamous short story by horror master H.P. Lovecraft

Customer Reviews:

Finally a literal Lovecraft-adaption!.......2007-05-05

This movie by Stuart Gordon was something I stumbled upon by accident; it seems I should take more time to browse the shadier parts of the movie-culture. I immediately ordered the film, and I was not disappointed. This movie, along with the main feature on the HPL Collection Volume 1: "Cool Air", is the most literal film versions of HPL out there, I dare say. I must say I quite enjoyed "Dagon" too, but the whole Spanish thing in that film made it slightly annoying, but there's none of that here. Judging from some of the reviews on Amazon, I was not expecting much, but I can't have watched the same film these guys did, because this is simply excellent!

The story is very true to its sources, the main changes are the leap forward to contemporary times and also the addition of an important female part in the story. Walter Gilman moves into an old house, and quite quickly he is being exposed to the dreamy sanity shattering attacks of a child-sacrificing witch and her ratlike familiar, the scary Brown Jenkin. Brown Jenkin was extremely well-made, and he made me shiver just by his mode of speech. Apart from the inclusion of a slightly silly erotic scene, (which I'll grant did actually have significance for the plot) the story more or less plays out like I assume HPL intended. Gilman's sanity rapidly deteriorates, and he soon seems doomed to play out his given role in the evil plans of the witch and her familiar. I won't say much more about the plot, but the ending and everything is just spectacular. If only someone could film the entire Lovecraft library, staying true to the stories, I bet they could become some of the best selling collections ever, but oh well, men can only dream...

The bonus material is not bad, but not terribly interesting either. I have to check out the rest of the Masters of Horror-series, but for obvious reasons, this had the most immediate interest to a HPL-fan. Highly recommended if you have even a shade of interest in HPL!

Bad Dreams.......2007-03-26

Stuart Gordon is perhaps most famous for his skilled adaptation of Lovecraft's story, "Re-Animator." That movie is an excellent example of how mordantly dark comedy and horror can be blended into a fine cinematic concoction. Most recently, however, Gordon put "Edmond," a Mamet play, on the big screen, and the result was a jumbled sociological treatise without brains, a tapestry of symbols without referrents. Basically, bad filmmaking.

He directed this installment of the Showtime series at around the same time with almost exactly the same results. "Dreams" is another Lovecraft tale, this time about a physics student named Walter Gilman (Ezra Godden, who was also in Gordon's "Dagon"). Being a typically-poor graduate student, Walter moves into a squalid attic apartment and finds himself plagued by horrible dreams, dark premonitions, and a rat with a human face.

Fans of Lovecraft and Gordon may defend this short film (and it seems many have), but if you don't have a prefabricated love for the story or its director, I'm afraid the only thing to like here is Godden's head's-first portrayal of Walter (and, for those with prurient tastes, some full-frontal witch nudity). Everything else -- the mood, the directing, the production values, the dialogue -- it's all abysmally bad, watered-down and uninspired.

The story, altered to suit time (and perhaps monetary) constraints, is an unconvincing mess. It's hard to pin-point why, exactly. It might be the preponderance of stock characters, or it might be the laughable effects (the several close-ups of the man-rat made me wonder if I wasn't watching a comedy). Whatever it is, it definitely has something to do with the story-telling. The plot crumbles as it lengthens, fumbling frantically for some degree of menace but coming up, instead, with handfuls of foolishness. Ultimately, "Dreams" makes about as much sense as an actual dream and is just as substantial. You'd probably be better entertained if you just took a nap.

GORDON'S POWERS FAIL HIM.......2006-12-30

This is hard for me to write, being such a huge fan of Dagon. But this is an abomination and the blame must be laid solely at Stuart Gordon's doorstep. The production values are fine, the actors are outstanding (particularly the under-rated Ezra Godden), there is a fantastic nude scene with the deliciously voluptuous Chelah Horsdal and it's based on an story by the master of Gothic horror, HP Lovecraft. But this is awful. The pacing is uneven, the settings are unconvincing (you never feel like you are not watching something filmed on a soundstage), the staging is like a high school play, and the violence is completely gratituous (and not shocking or upsetting). We learn nothing about any of these characters, other than perhaps Masurewicz. These characters are just cardboard cutouts for some hastily staged and badly presented gore. There's no tension, no suspense, no buildup, nothing. This is like the anti-Dagon. Everything that is great about Dagon is totally missing here, except for Ezra Godden. This is bad drive-in fodder, or a gorier episode of the Night Gallery or Tales from the Darkside.

I'm really bummed about this, and don't usually like to write bad reviews but I want to warn other fans of Gordon's earlier work that this is a pale shadow. I don't want you to make the same mistake I made. If you're a completist or simply want a peek at Horsdal's beautiful body, pick it up. But for Chthulu's sake don't pay full price for it.

Should be called - The Boring House.......2006-12-07

With all the so called "talent" involved in this Masters of Horror series you'd think the stories would be scarey? Well, they are not. Maybe the "Masters" should go back to film school instead of feeding off each others ego's and get their "Associates" degree first!

Gordon's best effort in a long time.......2006-10-09

Stuart Gordon, best known for the low-budget shocker classic Re-Animator, not to mention many adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft horror yarns, brings another one to life for Showtime's Masters of Horror. Dreams in the Witch House re-unites Gordon and his Dagon star Ezra Godden as Godden plays a physics student renting a dingy room in an old house that also has a single mother and a seemingly crazy religious old man as tenants as well. Soon enough, he's having dreams of a human faced talking rat and an evil witch that wants the baby's blood, and plans on using him as a method to make it happen. For most of it's running time, Dreams in the Witch House is a compelling and inventive horror yarn that makes the most of it's source material, and the shocker ending sets it apart from other episodes in the series. Once again, the gore and makeup effects are superbly done by KNB, which just makes the package all the sweeter. All in all, Dreams in the Witch House is one of the best episodes in Showtime's horror anthology series, and for Lovecraft fans this should prove enjoyable as well.

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Fuck redicuous
hahahahahahahahhahaha
Documentary
2 words, F#CKING HILARIOUS!
a movie for those who need a laugh

Riding in Vans With Boys
Starring: Jim Adkins (II) , Billie Joe Armstrong , Travis Barker , Rigger' Dan Beard , and Matthew Beauchesne
Director: Matthew Beauchesne
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ASIN: B0000Z80CK
Release Date: 2003-12-09

Customer Reviews:

Fuck redicuous.......2007-05-09

"Hilarious" you will never see tom delonge as drunk as this and cut you up will make you cry with their immature humor

hahahahahahahahhahaha.......2006-06-20

hillarious!!! Green Day was the main band I focused on but I do also love Blink-182! Then we get to jimmy eat world. Before i saw this dvd I didn't really know who they were. I had a karaoke machine and I had "The Middle" and so I listened to the vocal mix and it was awesome! now I am a big fan of jimmy eat world. But mostly green day is the best. Anyway, once again This is very funny. I laughed so hard I fell off of the couch on the floor hurt but still laughing redundant thinking of That DVD and laughing the rest of the day.

Documentary.......2006-04-27

Riding in Vans With Boys is a "behind the scenes" DVD. This dvd shows what happens behind the scenes after concerts and while on the road. This dvd shows very little of Green Day(which is the reason why I bought it). Although if youre a fan of Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World or Kut U Up you will like this DVD.
If you want to know what really goes on backstage this DVD is for you!

2 words, F#CKING HILARIOUS!.......2006-04-18

This movie is so funny i fell off my couch laughing. unfourtunately i'm the only one in my family who thinks this is funny.the rest of them think its either terrible or just plain weird. and weird it is, but that's what adds to the demented charm of this movie

Best Part: Billie Joe branding Chris' ass...comic genius!

a movie for those who need a laugh.......2005-12-10

Blink 182 and Green Day have finally collaborated and created the best tour of that time. Kut u Up, a small local band, realize this as they follow the band on tour. And open the show.

As a small local band, they seem to bring the younger days of the members of Blink 182 and Green Day out into the open. As smoking, drinking and cussing young men they cause a laugh at almost every word. It is a complete must-have for Blink 182 fans, and those Green Day fans who are open to the fact that their boys may have been questioned their sexuality.

The bands get drunk, play for 30 minutes to an hour, walk off stage and get drunk again.

It's a must see for anyone who can relate; Fan or not.

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Ireta C.
GREAT MUSIC, GREAT ACTING
What A Great Rare Musical Classic
Doris Day and Danny Thomas and music.
Another Great Film By Michael Curtiz

I'll See You in My Dreams
Starring: Doris Day , Danny Thomas , Frank Lovejoy , Patrice Wymore , and James Gleason
Director: Michael Curtiz
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ASIN: B000MGBLPU
Release Date: 2007-04-10

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Hollywood's tradition of composer biographies is a crowded (and heavily fictionalized) subgenre, but make room for I'll See You in My Dreams, an enjoyably low-key account of the life of lyricist Gus Kahn. Danny Thomas, in one of his rare big-screen leads, plays the scrappy writer, and Doris Day plays wife (and sometime collaborator) Grace LeBoy Kahn. The film has the customary rise-and-fall of a showbiz career and marriage, with a couple of standard-issue conflicts thrown in: Kahn is tempted by the glitz of Broadway and the appeal of a shapely diva (Patrice Wymore), becomes depressed over a dip in his popularity, and is embarrassed by his wife's decision-making (Grace comes across as the Yoko of the era--although the movie endorses her bossy approach). Director Michael Curtiz, who had a lot to do with Day's early movie career, imparts an elegant look to the black-and-white interiors, and he fully embraces the cornpone twists of the story. Doris is Doris, and although Danny Thomas doesn't prove himself a great movie presence here, his offhand style wears well. But there is one huge reason to watch the movie, and that's the soundtrack, which brings home just how much Kahn was the lyric voice of the 1920s, the tunesmith for the F. Scott Fitzgerald age. When you realize that "Ain't We Got Fun," "My Buddy," "Toot Toot Tootsie," and "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" were written by the same lyricist, you can see how Kahn owned the flapper era. The puckish highlight is a fun duet with Thomas and Day on "Makin' Whoopee," which proves that classic doesn't need Michelle Pfeiffer to succeed. --Robert Horton

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Doris Day and Danny Thomas romantically collaborate in this affectionate biopic of tunesmith Gun Kahn that's a treasure chest of some of this century's greatest songs. Year: 1952 Director: Michael Curtiz Starring: Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy

Customer Reviews:

Ireta C........2007-07-05

Doris Day is always a refreshing actor to watch, Danny Thomas was an extra bonus. This is one of my favorite to keep in my Classical collection. I recieved it in shorter time than estimated. Thanks, Ireta C.

GREAT MUSIC, GREAT ACTING.......2007-05-31

DORIS DAY AND DANNY THOMAS WERE WONDERFUL. PERFECTLY MATCHED TO THE ROLES.
SONGS WERE MEMORABLE AND CATCHY. GREAT CAST OF ACTORS. GOOD STORY OF THE LIFE OF SONGWRITER GUSS KAHN AND HIS WIFE. IF YOU LOVE MUSICALS, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION.

What A Great Rare Musical Classic.......2004-04-28

This is a really great Classic Musical starring Danny Thomas and Doris Day.

Danny Thomas portrays the great classic Music Writer Gus Kahn and DOris Plays his wife Julie. At the beginning Gus is a down on his luck guy who works for the local Crockery Company and Julie helps him to raise his spirits and turn his music career into something really neat!

Gus writes a whole ton of classic Hits and Julie writes the music! This is a great classic movie that I highly suggest to everybody!

Doris Day and Danny Thomas and music........2004-02-28

Doris Day works for a sheet music company where singers look for new music and where songs are published. Danny Thomas is a down-on-his-luck, persistant lyric writer who tries to persuade Doris to at least see his music. He then shows up at her home. Boy, what a pest. But she does like one song, quits her job and helps him get a song published. Not even Doris Day in "black face" can save this film. Fast moving, but not the best film for Doris Day and not the best of Danny Thomas. Mary Wickes and Jim Backus also in the cast. The young children Robert Lyden and Bunny Lewbel are a delight.

Another Great Film By Michael Curtiz.......2004-02-09

Well directed by Michael Curtiz (Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood), emotionally satisfying Doris Day film has terrific performances throughout; especially from Frank Lovejoy in a key supporting role. The film loses one star from me due to an unecessary scene with Doris Day performing in black face.

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