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Watch Tenchi Muyo OVA - (Vol. 1) Online

Saturday, February 27th, 2010
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Episode 7 is supposed to be the final episode of the first OVA series (1-7) but since the first episode of the “infinity” series starts on episode 8 and ends on 13, I do not consider these two universes, but one OVA series consisting of episodes 1-13 and that’s how most everyone sees it anyways. So, Episode 7 has Ryoko and Ayeka fighting over Tenchi again and this time, Mihoshi leaves for the Galaxy Police. This was a trick by Ryoko to get Mihoshi out of the picture and to eliminate her as a candidate for Tenchi’s love. While Ryoko just wants to sleep with Tenchi, Ayeka’s objective is to stop her at all costs. This episode is to good to miss. Out of everything that is Tenchi Muyo, this is my favorite! This Video also includes the Mihoshi special. For some Reason, they didn’t include this special on the Tenchi Muyo Ultimate OVA DVD. You can only get it on this tape so buy it now and have it in your collection! The Mihoshi special is about Mihoshi telling a story from one of her galaxy police missions. It’s mainly about Ryoko and Washu in a crime operation of stealing ultra energy matter with Mihoshi and Kiyone being hired by Ayeka to capture Ryoko for stealing Tenchi away who is also a GP officer. Later When Pretty Sammy comes around, things get more interesting. I like the ending music of the Pretty Sammy Theme. It sounds best in japanese but the english version is alright. I say buy this video now because of “the night before the carnival” (my favorite) and Just so you can have a copy of the Mihoshi special since it’s not even on the DVD That costs 83 Bucks.

I used to love watching this show on cartoon network when I was just 12 years old, it had a good story, funny charecters, and plenty of action! I’ve missed it alot over the years, and have wanted to see it again alot since then. I wasnt sure what to expect when I bought this DVD, but now that I’ve seen it, I’m glad that I bought it. It’s the same old show that I used to love! Sure, it’s uncut, but not much has changed…

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Yes, the last episode on this DVD contains nudity, and lots of it, but it’s nothing worse than the nudity in Disney’s Fantasia movie, so dont let that stop you from buying it.

This DVD is 120 minutes long.

Contains 4 episodes.

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Plays in either Japanese or English language.

Subtitles in English are available.

Tenchi Muyo is a highly entertaining and wonderful series! It has some really nice art work, a graet story, and it’s alot of fun to watch. Tenchi Muyo is also one of the few shows that successfully blends comedy with action, in most shows where they try to blend comedy with action it just ends up looking inappropriate. Tenchi however, blends the two perfectly, and doesnt leave you feeling confused. I highly recommend buying this DVD, it’s a great show and lots of fun to watch!
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Watch Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People Movie Online

Saturday, February 27th, 2010
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It’s here. One of my favorite movies - and most eagerly-awaited DVDs - ever. And EVERY single bad scenario I could think of for its DVD release has been stamped out soundly by Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters. Because THIS is exactly what I wanted from a DVD of “Matango” (Attack of the Mushroom People). My dream came true, and it’s sitting in my hands.

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The movie? Some of you might remember seeing it back when there were things called “local UHF television stations” :) that showed lots of cheap movies - mostly bad ones, some good ones, but almost universally fondly remembered regardless of their narrative quality. Back when we were kids, all we remembered about the movie was the ghost ship, the mushroom people, and the narrator’s unforgettable final lines (dubbed in English, of course). And that it was cool. We may not have noticed that the script is very effective, the character interaction and motivations convincing, and the production design truly remarkable… and there’s plenty more about the film that elevates it WAAAAY up above your average Japanese monster movie.

The DVD? Well, now we can finally really see the movie and rediscover it. The DVD boasts a beautiful clean print presented in anamorphic widescreen. The aspect ratio is stated as 2.35:1 on the back cover, which is correct for TohoScope, but the ratio actually measures out to be about 2.53:1. Add to that the fact that the image is actually windowboxed (when looking at the full image, say, on a PC screen, there are black bars on the sides as well as top and bottom), and this movie looks VERY wide on a television.

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Just like the other recent DVD release of “The Mysterians” (q.v.), there is a wealth of audio selections: the disc includes a 5.1 surround English audio mix, a mono English track, and a mono Japanese track. There is also a commentary track from Akira Kubo, who plays the lead role of Kenji Murai in the film. It is in Japanese, but there are subtitles for the film AND the commentary… and you can even turn them BOTH on at the same time if you want (one subtitle appears at the top, the other at the bottom).

Just a glorious presentation of the film (at last!) would be enough to please me and other fans of the film, but we also get some marvellous extras. There is a 17 minute 41 second piece called “Spoken Word from Matango writer Masami Fukushima” which is a written narrative of the story accompanied by widely varied video - sometimes stills, sometimes behind-the-scenes footage, and so on. There is also a very generous, in-depth and fascinating interview with special effects cinematographer Teruyoshi Nakano. The interview runs 27 minutes 38 seconds and covers the film from all angles, accompanied at times by some great production stills and behind-the-scenes photos detailing the set, makeup, pre-production artwork and more. It’s clear from what he says that “Matango” was MEANT to be a cut above the rest, and the loving care they put into its production really shows in the movie itself. Also included on the DVD is a trailer (16:9 WS), plus previews for “Dogora” (1964), “The Mysterians” (1957), “Varan” (1958) and “Gappa” (1967).

One more thing… if you’re already familiar with the movie, you’ll probably just want to watch it in the Japanese language with English subtitles on. The impact of the ending is undeniably weakened in the Japanese (original) version, believe it or not. So you, and ESPECIALLY those who have never seen the movie before, will want to watch the movie both ways at least once, and I’ll even go so far as to suggest your first viewing be of the English dubbed version. (Don’t think it to be sacrilege; the Japanese version is right there waiting for your second viewing, which you’ll want to do anyway.) Anyway… THANK YOU Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters for having such remarkable respect for the material to present it to us with every bit as much loving care and attention as any other recent Hollywood blockbuster film released to DVD. Buyers, start your debit cards! You don’t want to be without this title!

I happen to suffer a severe financial disability, I have this incredible urge to purchase almost every 1930’s thru 60’s classic and not so classic Sci-fi and horror title that hits the market. Last month, I purchased an excellent Toho movie from Tokyo Shock entitled MYSTERIANS which I had always heard good things about but had never seen. I was pleasantly surprized how truly good this movie was when I watched it. After the movie, I watched the trailers and noticed that a movie (which I had always figured in the past MUST be just the cheesiest and worst Japanese sci-fi movie ever made due to the stupid title) entitled “Attack of the Mushroom People” was due for release. Well, being a fan of the genre, I was now excited to have this “screen gem” in my collection which I figured would be filed away with my Ed Wood collection alongside Phil Tucker’s ROBOT MONSTER. I never had the chance to see this movie shown on TV so I had no basis for my opinion other than it’s title.

Last night, I watched this movie for the first time and let me state how absolutely wrong my pre-conception was. Please keep in mind this movie was inappropriately re-titled for the American audience and that MIS-titling of the movie lowers it’s viewer’s expectations to the ranks of such Toho “classics” as SON OF GODZILLA. There are many amazing, classic movies of this era that suffer from terrible titles (such as the awesome I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE) but this is a movie whose title suffers from Americanization.

Anyway, let’s get back to the movie. Others who have reviewed this seem to have wonderful childhood memories of this movie, something I lacked while viewing it. The nostalgia would have been nice but the absolute freshness of this movie to me was what truly sold me. There is nothing like seeing a movie that you have dismissed as cheesy fodder (don’t get me wrong, I do LOVE cheesy fodder) only to discover a brilliantly executed tale. This is a well-acted, well-directed story that really caught me off guard. The actors tensions continue to build realistically throughout the movie as they find less and less to eat. The sequences in the abandoned “ghost” ship are truly gripping but what grabbed me the most were the psycedelic scenes shot in the mushroom fields. As demetia and insanity saturate the minds of the castaways, the wonderful cinematography captures the kaliedoscopic fungal phantasms amazingly well with it’s unnatural lighting and frenzied sequencing. These scenes near the end of the movie are actually mildly disturbing. The musical score seems to reflect human voices screaming in agony and torment. What a great added touch. And the surprize ending…I didn’t see it coming so I won’t ruin it for to those of you who have never seen this hidden treasure.

This morning I sat down to a breakfast of sugar-coated vowels and consonants and ate my words with gusto. Don’t be fooled like I had been by this movie’s American title. From this day forth, this movie will now be placed in the top rank of my sci-fi collection with the best of the best and it will be filed under “M” for MATANGO!!
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Watch The Sheik / The Son of the Sheik Online

Saturday, February 27th, 2010
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Why do people still love Rudolph Valentino after all these years? This DVD provides an ideal way to get acquainted with the great leading man in his most famous roles.
After the phenomenal succes of The Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse, studio execs were unsure what to do with the darkly handsome Valentino. At last, he landed the lead role in Paramount’s The Sheik. Based on the “scandalous” best-seller, it was romantic melodrama in it’s purest form.
It’s the story of a young English woman, Diana (Angnes Ayres) who crosses paths with the desert chieftan Sheik Ahmed ben Hassan. Fascinated by her spunk, he abducts her to become his wife. Diana is not too thrilled with the concept and resists. Thus begins the battle of wills.
From a coldly logical standpoint, the Sheik is not a very good movie. Valentino’s acting is not as good as in his later work. The script is somewhat disjointed. In fact, it was a predicted bomb when it was first released. However, the movie posesses a kitchy, innocent charm that is probably as fascinating now as it was then. It is one of those movies you find yourself enjoying even though you don’t know why.
The version on this DVD is a tinted print in pretty good shape. Some of the titles vary slightly from the VHS release (for example, Diana is referred to as the daughter of a poet in the VHS and the daughter of a peer on DVD) Some scenes are added or cut. People who own the VHS release may chose to make their own comparisons.
The soundtrack is electronic/orchestral. It is a selection of music that was available to organists at the time and probably some of the music was used when the Sheik was first released. The music generally does not sound too electronic though it may bug purists (though the VHS edition has an obvious synth score). I enjoyed it.

The second film on the DVD is the sequel, Son of the Sheik. Valentino plays both father and son. Unlike The Sheik, which followed the book it was based on, Son of the Sheik changed the plot considerably (and I feel for the better). Valentino is Ahemed jr. who meets and falls in love with Yasmin (Vilma Banky) They plan a secret rendezvous but Yasmin’s corrupt family follows her and captures Ahmed for ransom. Because he will not give his name he is tortured. His friends rescue him but he is very depressed. He believes poor Yasmin betrayed him. So, when opportunity arises, he steals away with her for his own brand of revenge.
Son of the Sheik is a well directed, well acted movie. While on a smaller scale that the Sheik, it had a much larger budget. There is much comedy added. Valentino and Banky absolutely set the screen on fire as a pair of lovers who now hate each other. However, for all it’s charms, it does not posess the oddball charisma that made the Sheik such a fun movie.
The print used is black and white, the music can either be the new electronic/orchestral score or the original re-release orchestral score. The latter has a lot of static and I found it annoying so I used the newer score instead.

Whichever one of these movies is your favorite, I am sure you will enjoy the presentation.

Also included on the DVD:
Three Valentino short films including footage from his funeral. Rather depressing.

A great DVD to round out your collection, to introduce yourself to Valentino or for comparative purposes. Quite worth it!

My only real glimpses of Rudolph Valentino were through movie stills and clips and couldn’t see what the fuss was about. After taking an interest in silent films, I decided to buy this dvd and see what he was all about. Needless to say, I wasn’t disappointed. The Shiek and The Son of the Shiek are two amazing and surprisingly intriguing films though the latter is superior and was definitely my favorite. The first is the story of a shiek who becomes entranced by a strong-willed woman he kidnaps and from there on the story unfolds. In the second, he plays dual roles, father and son, and there is quite a bit more action. Still, both movies are great and worth watching.

As for Valentino, he was an amazing presence on film. To me, he is “the” sex symbol that is incomparable to any from his era to now. In the first movie, his mannerisms and facial expressions are more dramatized, but the second film, he is more natural and its in that one he was even more beautiful. I can see why people are still entranced with him after all this time. Count me in as one of those.

As for the DVD, both of the films are good prints and the music fits the film. You also get to see the Pathe newsreel showing his funeral which is very sad. Most interestingly you get to see him judge a beauty contest and there is a clip called “The Shiek’s Physique” which is a clip of him sunbathing on the beach. He is gorgeous in that as well.

All in all, its a great deal and a good bargain to get to see one of the most amazing actors. Great!
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Stream The Short Films of David Lynch Movie Online

Saturday, February 27th, 2010
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This collection of David Lynch’s short films was originally only available through his Web site. This new edition is reportedly the same disc with different packaging (it lacks the oversized box and booklet of the first version), but it’s considerably cheaper. You can watch each film with or without an introduction by Lynch. The films are:

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SIX MEN GETTING SICK - This animated one-minute movie was Lynch’s very first film. It was originally part of a multi-media piece and was projected over a sculpture on a continuously running loop. The title is an accurate description of the film, as several human heads become inflamed, catch fire, and vomit copiously. It’s worth noting that, while 99.9% of movie directors become filmmakers because they’re into films, Lynch came to filmmaking purely as an extension of his painting, and was never a movie buff. I think that simple fact goes a long way in explaining Lynch’s originality as a director.

THE ALPHABET - A combination of animation and live action, this approximately 5-minute film is “about the fear of learning,” according to Lynch. The soundtrack consists of children repeatedly chanting the alphabet, while animated letters seem to excrete and procreate and a woman in white-face cowers in a bed and eventually vomits blood (vomiting figures strongly in Lynch’s early film work). It’s a concentrated and eerie piece of surrealism.

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THE GRANDMOTHER - A lonely, abused boy grows a grandmother from a seed in this, Lynch’s first attempt at narrative (of a sort). There’s some animation, but live action dominates. It’s crudely made in comparison to his first feature, Eraserhead, but it’s clearly the product of the same singular artistic vision.

THE AMPUTEE - Back around the time he was making ERASERHEAD, Lynch was offered some videotape for free, so he used it to shoot this short bit of black comedy. It stars Catherine Coulson (much later she became the Log Lady in TWIN PEAKS) and Lynch himself.

THE COWBOY AND THE FRENCHMAN - Made for French TV right after he finished BLUE VELVET, this is a virtually plotless exercise in comic surrealism, plopping down an absurdly stereotypical Frenchman (he wears a beret, and carries a bottle of wine and snails in briefcase) in the middle of a ranch inhabited by several stereotypical cowboys. It looks like it was mastered off a videotape source, which is odd. I wonder if the original film elements were lost.

LUMIERE - Originally titled PREMONITION FOLLOWING AN EVIL DEED, which I personally like a lot better than LUMIERE. This was made for the film LUMIERE AND COMPANY, in which acclaimed directors from all over the world were given a Lumiere camera (the very first motion picture camera) and asked to make a movie with it. Since the camera could only hold 55 seconds worth of film, the directors were retsricted to that running time. They also were not allowed to edit. If you’ve seen LUMIERE AND COMPANY, you know that Lynch’s film is by far the most interesting and imaginative of the bunch. He ingeniously got around the prohibition against editing by constructing several sets side-by-side, and blocking the lens momentarily while he moved the camera to the next scene. The movie goes by in a flash of bizarre black and white images. Was that a naked woman floating in a huge glass tube? And what were those humanoid things and what exactly were they doing? You have to watch the film several times to begin to get a clear idea of what you’ve seen.

These shorts represent the more abstract side of Lynch’s film work - they’re much more the work of the Lynch who made ERASERHEAD than the Lynch who made THE STRAIGHT STORY. Your average Joe Filmgoer would hate them. But if you’re a Lynch fan and haven’t seen some or all of these films, you’ll definitely want to get this.

If you’re a Lynch devotee, a student of the relationship between fine art and film, or you just like to stroll the docks late at night hoping to get beaten up, this is must viewing for you. The Short Films Of David Lynch showcases the celebrated eccentric’s earliest efforts, some of which are only a few minutes long. Not only are they spellbinding, his commentary on them is as interesting as the subjects themselves. Watching these pieces, and they deserve repeated viewing, resolves the two most persistent questions about David Lynch. The first question is: Is David Lynch really as sick and perverse as he seems to be or has he cloaked himself in a mantle of depravity because such an affectation is considered hip in the art world?

After watching “Six Men Getting Sick” - six times in a row, you will have your answer. The Grandmother is equally grotesque and horrifying, foreshadowing the revulsion soon to come in his unforgettable Eraserhead. The Amputee is not really much different from many Monty Python sketches you’ve seen, except that the delivery is so deadpan as to be unpleasant if not twisted. Most illuminating of all, with respect to films made years later, is The Cowboy And The Frenchman - a frothy concoction of existential surrealism that dances between delightful absurdity and annoying stupidity with effortless ease. It has all the content of a Samuel Beckett novel.

Which brings us to the second question about David Lynch. Are his films pointless by design; is he completely uninterested in creating real characters and putting them in situations that have meaning? Or, to put it differently, does he view film as “moving canvas,” a medium that shows but does not reveal, and in the process provides ample opportunity for him to unleash the bats in his brain that prevent him from sleeping at night?

The Short Films Of David Lynch answers this question too. The intentional lack of meaning and devotion to bizarre graphic style foretells what is to come, from Wild At Heart and Lost Highway all the way through to his masterpiece, Mulholland Drive. Lynch is brilliant, troubling, and hard to categorize. These short films, which just recently became available, provide valuable insight into the unique vision of our most painterly, unorthodox, and demented director.
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Stream Battle of Britain Movie Online

Saturday, February 27th, 2010
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The Battle of Britain is one of my favorite films. Great cast, classic flying scenes and a fascinating perspective on historical events.

However, I was disappointed with the DVD version. The image quality is great, but the DVD differs from the VHS version in some important ways.

First, the DVD version has different subtitles. Some are modified and some are added. If you read all of the newly added (and mostly unnecessary) subtitles, you can’t keep up with the video in some scenes. I don’t speak German, so I can’t say whether the modified subtitles are more accurate, but I feel that some of the translations lost their dramatic edge in this release. The DVD producers also chose to overlap subtitles with the picture, when, at 2.35:1, there’s plenty of room below the video for the subtitles.

Secondly, on VHS, the movie’s final scene is boosted by Ron Goodwin’s beautiful soundtrack. The DVD version drops the Ron Goodwin track and replaces it with a lifeless piece that saps the life out of the final scene. This was a major disappointment.

Lastly, just before the end credits, Winston Churchill’s famous quote is replaced with a less notable one.

Overall, it’s still a great movie, but the VHS version was nearly perfect. After waiting years for the DVD version, I’m now left hoping there will be a Special Edition version with the VHS subtitles and soundtrack restored.

At long last fans of this great production have a DVD that won’t disappoint. Those of us who saw the film when it was released in Theaters to this day, I believe, at every viewing of this movie recall and relive the significant impact it had.

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O.k…so we have Heinkels and Me 109’s with Merlin engines. Come on guys! I certainly prefer that to CGI planes that don’t even exist. Remember…there’s about as little chance that you’ll ever see a gathering of warbirds like this on film again as there is of the Battle of Britain repeating itself. And the model Stukas? Well, think about it. Even if there were a few around, which there wasn’t (flyable that is), they wouldn’t be crashing them now would they. No, we’d still see models. Not one real airplane was destroyed making this film. All were mock-ups or models.

While the love story addicts are generally happier watching the likes of Pearl Harbor for obvious reasons, it must be remembered that films like Battle of Britain and Tora Tora Tora (easily the better Pearl Harbor depiction)are simply intended to tell a story. A little bit of documentary? You bet. A story of which we already know the begining, the middle and the outcome. There are no twists or suprises to be expected. No heroes walking out of the smoke in slow motion. The film is about the battle, not the individuals. It’s about the RAF, not the one pilot that flies better than anyone else and has the prettiest girl waiting for him. It’s about the country that against overwhelming odds came through. No. No individual heroes or loves…if that’s what you’re looking for quite simply you are watching the wrong movie. What? Did we see a review or two that complained of no plot? Geeez Loueeez…don’t tell the Germans. You can teach monkeys to review better than that. Anyway, similarly we have a production that brings us real Heinkels and 109’s and Spitfires and Hurricanes once again dueling it out over London and Dover…impossible by todays standards for monetary, permitability and aircraft availability reasons, in an almost equally overwhelming effort as stopping the Luftwaffe. I for one think the guys responsible for this masterful movie deserve all the credit for laboring and acheiving as good a look back at those times as we’re ever likely to get.

It’s interresting to note that it was twenty-nine years seperating the real event from the movie. It’s been thirty-six years since the movie premiered. In that thirty-six year period not another film of this genre can come close. And if we go farther back into Hollywood history, well there’s loads of AT-6’s and occasional P-43 Lancers painted as Zeros, F-84’s masquerading as Migs…and of course, more recently F-5’s as Migs, and so on. I am grateful for the attention to authenticity that was given to every aspect of this production. Watch the special features disc about how even actual dock areas of London real estate and airbase hangers were once again destroyed to add even more realism.

And speaking of grateful, THANK YOU MGM for the great job on this DVD set. Whatever the reason for the lousy version released a couple of years ago, this effort is superb. To those of you who have not seen it yet, rest assured it is back in it’s original form…and then some. Subtitles have all been restored, the video is mastered in high definition and the audio greatly displays the benefit of a re-do in 5.1 Dolby Digital. Thankfully, the soundtrack is also returned to the glorious Ron Goodwin version, with the Sir William Walton score available as an option. It’s interesting to run the movie with the other score, but I promise you after about 15 minutes you’ll be switching back to Ron Goodwin. However, Sir William Walton is a talented composer in his own right, and while his approach was entirely diferent it is that contrast that makes his “Battle in the Air” interlude such a striking part of the movie. Pilot and aircraft attrition are displayed at the end as in the original. The subtitles are located in the lower letterbox bar which is great, although it may be a little frustrating for some depending on your television. Since it is in 16×9 aspect ratio, the “stretch mode” most appropriate on some screens may crop the lower line of subtitle. Watching it on a Sony 50 inch widescreen LCD set had this problem, but the SharpVision projector set at 9 feet diagonally has a setting

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that accomodates perfectly.

So put that old laser disc and the blurry vhs tape away for good…sit back and enjoy…the real Battle of Britain is about to begin…
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Watch Man Hunt Online

Saturday, February 27th, 2010
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“Man Hunt” is an excellent thriller that doesn’t look like it is almost seventy years old, and is one of my favorite Fritz Lang films. Ahead of its time in the complexity of its characters, it is about a British hunter (Walter Pidgeon) who contemplates assassinating Hitler when he gets him in his gun sight and gets caught doing so. Left for dead at the bottom of a cliff by the authorities, he lives and makes his way to a boat on its way to London. However, on the ship there is someone all too interested in his story. Soon he realizes he is being followed. Back in London he turns to Joan Bennett for help. If I’m getting the details wrong, it’s because it’s been about ten years since I’ve seen this one anywhere. Lang manages to do a very good job of portraying the Nazis in a more complex and articulate manner than other films of this time period (it was made in 1941). The following is the list of extras:

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Commentary by Author Patrick McGilligan

Rogue Male: The Making of Man Hunt

Restoration Comparison

Trailer

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Interactive Pressbook

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I have heard this is being released to coincide with the DVD release of Tom Cruise’s Valkyries. Even though that movie is not as good as this one, I’ll take it any way I can get it. This is somewhat like the release of the Dracula - The Legacy Collection (Dracula / Dracula (1931 Spanish Version) / Dracula’s Daughter / Son of Dracula / House of Dracula) as a publicity stunt for the laughable CGI-fest Van Helsing (Widescreen Edition). Sometimes great films from the past emerge on DVD as a result of publicizing the films of the present.

Taut direction and splendid performances distinguish this World War II thriller about a big game hunter pursued by Nazis after he is caught targeting Hitler in his gunsights, and manages to escape back to Britain. Walter Pidgeon is fine as the stalwart “Rogue Male” (the film’s original title, taken from the book on which the script was based), and George Sanders is supremely villainous as the crafty Nazi who is tracking him. On the distaff side, Joan Bennett is touching and convincing as an ill-fated Cockney streetwalker who is caught up in the conflict between warring ideologies; this is the first film of four that she made with director Fritz Lang, for whom she gave some of her finest film performances in the mid-forties (including “The Woman in the Window” and “Scarlet Street”, made for their own independent company, Diana Productions).

Briskly paced and edited, “Man Hunt” remains a tense thriller throughout its 105 minute running time, right up to its suspenseful climax. Seldom screened on television or in revival, and never before released on video, this classic film (which enjoys a small but avid cult following) has been long-awaited and arrives highly recommended.
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Kino’s Journey - Not Without Reservation Streaming

Saturday, February 27th, 2010
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Though the third disc of the series was rather a drop in caliber and cohearence, the fourth and final disc of the series does not, in any way, disappoint. The first episode was interesting in its theory.. but it was not especially spectacular. The second episode is a magnificent example of the more disturbing qualities of this show. Something is very very wrong… and no one sees it but the traveller. The last episode will have you suspicious for the first half, expecting the “other shoe to drop” so to speak, but it will make you cry. One, because it’s that sad, two.. because it’s over! *sniffle*

Kino’s Journey was a magnificent, deep, and altogether too short, series. The last disc gives some more hints into Kino’s past, with the “master” being seen for the first time. However, nothing is truly revealed — it’s up to the viewer to invent the rest of the story. If you have liked the series thus far, this disc is an absolute must, showcasing two of the best episodes since the first disc. Definitely worth watching over and over again.
…Kino’s Journey is still continuing on…..

This is the last DVD is this series, based on the novels of Keichi Sigsawa. They feature Kino, an anomalous traveler and Hermes, the motorcycle that doubles as a companion. This pair follows the road, moving from place to place and never staying for more than three days. Each story finds Kino confronting many of the mysteries that make up human nature. Some are sarcastic, some chilling, some humorous, but all are views of the human condition, seen as a faceted gem, and from a distance.

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The three-day limit is Kino’s way of avoiding entrenched complications. While we never do learn why Kino avoids extended relationships (other than with Hermes), the traveler is very much in control of her fate. Kino never goes somewhere by accident, she can take care of herself, and she is doing what she wants to do. The mystery that surrounds this figure becomes part of the atmospherics of the series, rather than a story arc of any consequence.

The final stories are all very strong ones. The first episode is a pastiche of a disquieting tale of revenge and atonement that seques into a visit with a wise mane who has somehow relinquished and clinging to the world. When we discover that appearances are not quite what they seem we have to decide what is the nature of this kind of ‘wisdom’ when it serves an unexpected purpose.

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The second episode tells of how two countries avoid the continuance of a 200-hundred-year war. Or rather, how they avoid having that war take their own lives. This is a dark story, one that turns on the unwillingness of people to take any but the easy route. For some people, change is simply not an option.

This is the bleakest DVD of the collection, and the third tale is what makes it so. Kino decides to visit the country with the unfriendliest reputation to travelers, only to discover that everyone is going out of their way to be friendly. Naturally, nothing is as it seems, but the twist in this tale is a double one. This isn’t an easy ending for the series and viewers will find more to think about than they bargained for.

This series gets an ‘A’ for going into emotional nooks and crannies that are most often avoided by both life and animated film. Sometimes there is a strong lesson behind the episodes, but often we are just left with a poignant feeling and a question or two. I like this sort of thing, but many may prefer stronger story arcs and solider conclusions. One thing you can count on, though is thoughtful work and many unexpected twists.

One last note - as another reviewer has mentioned, the Japanese is more ambiguous than the norm. In this last DVD this surfaces as a large number of glaring differences between the subtitles and the dubbing. Since neither is completely wrong this is one of those cases where it is best to experience both.
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
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This has always been one of my favorite movies. I’ve just watched it for maybe the tenth time, and my jaw hurts from the constant grin, along with a tear or two, that viewing this film produces. The story of the inhabitants of “The Footlights Club”, those struggling young actresses pursuing the glory and heartbreak of show-biz, is just as fresh and witty as when it was produced in 1937. Katherine Hepburn was somewhere in the midst of her “Box Office Poison” phase when she made this film. She is wonderful as “Terry Randall”, the heiress attempting to live in anonymity to pursue her starry dream, against the wishes of her wealthy father. She is assisted in all this comaraderie by the now legendary cast of Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, and Ann Miller. Other than Rogers, all the others were relatively unknown at this point, and their intimidation at the prospect of working with the Great Kate has been often told. Ann Miller was but a babe here, and we get to see her tap!, something she later became very famous for. Also, our beloved Lucys wisecracking and dead-pan humor foreshadow her future greatness as the worlds favorite t.v. clown. This superbly written film, taken from the play by Edna Ferber and George Kaufmann, is full of witty banter, repartee, occasional sweet sentiment, and tragedy, as the lovely gaggle of girls try and constantly out-talk each other. It is rich with wonderful character roles, the stand out being that of Constance Collier, as the older resident drama coach and faded actress. She is absolutely hysterical in her delivery, as she attempts to tell anyone who will listen about her acting glory days of past, always accompanied by the showing of her aged review clippings, which always just happen to be at hands reach. There just aren’t any wonderful character actresses like this anymore, or, if there are, the roles for them are few and far between. In real life, Miss Collier, famous for her New York soirees, was Katherine Hepburns drama coach and dear friend, and, on her death in the mid-1950’s, Miss Hepburn inherited Miss Colliers secretary, Phyllis Wilbourn, who remained with her for over forty years. Miss Collier was also drama coach for the great Garbo, as well as, for a brief time, her beloved Marilyn Monroe (Read “A Beautiful Child” by Truman Capote.) Some may find certain scenes and acting styles in this film dated, but, if so, don’t let that distract you from its timeless wit in its depiction of those who will risk all to achieve their dream of their name in lights. This film also has one of my favorite endings and fade-outs, which always leaves a smile on my face. A classic.

“The Philadelphia Story” brought Katharine Hepburn’s film career back from the oblivion of being considered “Box Office Poison” by the nation’s theater owners, but she was making a string of first-rate pictures right before that classic 1940 film beginning with 1937’s “Stage Door.” Her next two films were “Bringing Up Baby” and “Holiday,” both with Cary Grant, and all four films have Hepburn playing a rich girl. In “Stage Door” she is Terry Randall, a debutante and wannabee actress who comes to New York City to become a Broadway star. She moves into the Footlights Club, where she joins a company of poor, starving young actresses who are all trying to make it in show businesses.

Terry ends up rooming with Jean Maitland (Ginger Rogers), an acid-tongued but softhearted dancer. The two trade barbs over everything from Terry’s extensive wardrobe to Jean’s affair with Anthony Powell (Adolphe Menjou), a Broadway producer who is working his way through an endless procession of young women. His next big production is “Enchanted April,” and in order to get funding he is cornered into giving the inexperienced and patently inept Terry the starring role. The part should have gone to Kaye Hamilton (Andrea Leeds), a talented actress at the club who is broke and on the verge of starvation. When Terry gets the part Kaye is crushed.

Based on the play by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, the script by Morrie Ryskind and Anthony Veiler retained the basic plot line regarding Terry, Jean, and Kay, while provided some wonderful crackling dialogue amongst the girls (some of which was supposedly based on overhearing the actresses chatting during rehearsals). One of the prime attractions of the film today are the faces that would become familiar in the future, such as Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, and Ann Miller.

The show piece of the film is the play-within-the-play sequences, which was remodeled after a scene in the third act of “The Lake,” the infamous Broadway play were Dorothy Parker got off the famous shot “Katharine Hepburn ran the gamut of emotions from A to B.” This is where the famous line “The calla lilies are in bloom again” is uttered by Hepburn. In rehearsal she butchers the line and the scene in the most horrendous fashion. But then, in the grand tradition of opening nights in such films, Terry turns in a transcendent performance. The comparison of the two scenes is ample evidence of the range of Hepburn’s acting talents at this point in her career.

Admittedly it seems strange that Terry could be so inept, but the transformation is rewarding, as is the payoff of the film. However, Hepburn’s performance was apparently overshadowed by the realization that Ginger Rogers was also a pretty good comedienne as well as a great dancer. Still, it is the ensemble nature of the film, with all those wisecracking young girls trying to make it in the big bad city that is the prime attraction. “Stage Door” received Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Writing (Screenplay), Best Director for Gregory La Cava, and Best Supporting Actress for Leeds.
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Watch Lovejoy - The Complete Season 1 Movie Online

Friday, February 26th, 2010
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If you are a fan of BBC America’s Bargin Hunt, you often hear people talk about being a Lovejoy. This is a reference to this witty show about a dashing antiques dealer who often finds more than he is looking for.

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This show first premiered in 1986 in the UK but it took another five years before the second season aired in 1991.

In 1989, Ian McShane made an appearance on the US hit Dallas as a shady movie producer that seduces and runs off with Sue Ellen (Linda Grey). Linda repaid Ian by appearing as Lovejoy’s love interest in the Series 2 finale. But this is her only appearance in the series. For the US, they used this as the series premiere on A&E.

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In the series, Lady Jane was his unattainable love interest. She was beautifully played by Phylis Logan. She is married and definitely above his station but there are constant spartks being emitted by the two. Lovejoy is has two sidekicks a young apprentice, Eric and the old sage Tinker.

This DVD should contains the following episodes:

The Firefly Cage - Lovejoy hires Eric and meets the lovely Lady Jane

The Axman Cometh - Lovejoy’s latest acquisition is too good to be true. And somebody wants it back and is willing to kill for it!

The Sting - Lovejoy gets even with his arch nemisis, Charlie Gimbert

Friends Romans and Enemies - Lovejoy goes on the road to find some Roman coins.

The Judas Pair - Lovejoy tries to locate a pair of rare dueling pistols (the title is based on this). Of course, finding the pistols will uncover a murderer.

To Sleep No More - Lovejoy is given a puzzle to a fortune and he tries to find it for a widow.

The Real Thing - Lovejoy goes to a new market place and finds that everything is not on the up and up.

The March of Time - Lovejoy finds some old love letters in a clock.

Death in Venice (2 parts)- Lovejoy goes to Venice to investigate the death of a friend and a piece of artwork.

You’ll have to wait for Series 2 to get The Black Virgin of Vladmir - Linda Grey’s guest role.

This series was brilliantly wriiten and directed and will keep you entertained for a long time.

Let’s hope the remaining five series are not long behind!

This is an amazing DVD loaded with all the first season of

Lovejoy.

1) The Firefly Cage

2) The Axeman Cometh

3) The Sting

4) Friends, Romans and Enemies

5) The Judas Pair

6) To Sleep No More

7) The Real Thing

8) The March of Time

9)Death and Venice - Parts 1 & 2.

Included is an interview with McShane (part 1) where he talks about Lovejoy. Gash’s grungy divey was tamed by McShane and made him a wee bit more acceptable to telly viewers, but he retained the essence and often used many of Gash’s story lines.

The whole cast is great, the series is created with loving care and BBC gives a great package at a super price. Not to be missed by McShane fans or fans of the series.

500 minutes of pure delight!
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Watch Blood of Ghastly Horror Movie Online

Friday, February 26th, 2010
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This is one beauty of a head-scratcher. It is, literally, 3 movies in one. Al Adamson made the tight-yet-pointless heist film ECHO OF TERROR (a/k/a TWO TICKETS TO TERROR) in 1964, only to see it chopped up and intermixed with new footage several years later (starring John Carradine as an ethical but mad scientist) and retitled MAN WITH THE SYNTHETIC BRAIN, and sold as a horror cheapie to television. Not to be outdone, he and producer Sam Sherman further complicated matters by adding a third plot strand to the mix (something to do with killer zombies and yet another mad scientist, not to mention a rather sickly looking Tommy Kirk), and another new title, BLOOD OF GHASTLY HORROR. In order for the final incarnation to make sense, there are flashbacks-within-flashbacks all over the place. There was yet another version, PSYCHO-A-G-GO, which had musical numbers spliced amongst the madness!

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Amazingly, it’s quite an enjoyable viewing experience following the severely warped logic of the narrative, which only gets more confusing with each viewing.

Topping it off is some of the best commentary I’ve yet heard on any dvd, provided by Sam Sherman, who promises to some day restore the integrity of Adamson’s ECHO OF TERROR to its original glory (well, one can hope).

As with Ed Wood, it’s hard not to admire director Al Adamson’s earnestness, and Vilmos Szigmond’s cinematography (on the ECHO OF TERROR portions), despite the faded print used for the dvd, shows a precocious eye for composition. A most unusual recommendation!

As I sit typing this I’ve concluded that Al Adamson’s 1971 Blood of Ghastly Horror reigns as the most convoluted mess of a movie that I’ve ever seen in my life. The acting, lighting, directing and editing is of immeasurable low quality, and the narrative? Whoa! No movie could possibly deliver all that this one claims to, well not competently anyhow.

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Al’s ‘71 celluloid offspring is no less than 4 films patched clumsily together in a feeble attempt at creating an enjoyable motion picture. It was shot in `chill-o-rama’ but truthfully it should have been `confuse-o-rama’ because the only chill you’ll feel is the whisking of air through the empty spot in your wallet where you once had some cash but now you have this DVD.

Blood of Ghastly Horror seems to have been doomed to an endless amount of uncertainty from the get-go. Initially it was a jewel heist movie called Two Tickets of Terror (1964) then changed later that same year to Echo of Terror. Poor Al couldn’t sell it; hell he couldn’t give it away. Plan B was put into effect and in 1965 he added some dancing chicks and re-christened it Psycho A Go Go, but still no go (go). Fine, he pulls out all the stops and hires waning but always-proficient actor John Carradine to star alongside the cavernous cleavage of Regina Carrol. Seven years after it was originally shot Adamson threw in a `Nam vet gone mad subplot along with a few zombies and some nonsensical voodoo (…), re-titled it Blood of Ghastly Horror and off to the drive-in we go.

As if all of this wasn’t puzzling enough `ole Al gave it an alternate moniker for the southern regions that couldn’t or wouldn’t run a movie with `blood’ in it’s title. So The Man with the Synthetic Brain became the obvious answer and this also served as the T.V. label as well. Sound good? Well it’s not. There are no smooth transitions here, just cut, chop, slice, paste and insert. The hair-do’s change chaotically as do the vehicles and décor. You either give into its inanities or you simply turn it off. Producer Sam Sherman said that it was a big hit in Pakistan.

By Christopher Curry
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