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Review of American Dream [VHS] (1992)

March 20th, 2010 No comments
American Dream [VHS]

This is the story of what happens when things get way out of control.Workers at a Hormel factory go on strike due to pay decreases and all hell breaks loose.They turn against each other over certain issues.It is ableak and disturbing look at how low some people can go and the evil thingsthey can impose [...]

Review of Barnaby Jones: The Complete First Season

March 20th, 2010 No comments
Barnaby Jones: The Complete First Season

For the first time, fan favorite Barnaby Jones is coming to DVD in a boxed set collecting the first season of the Classic TV detective series.
After years of fans wanting and waiting, our patience has finally been rewarded! This 662-minute DVD set brings all 13 the episodes as originally broadcast, in full screen video and [...]

Review of 2012 (Two-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray] (2009)

March 20th, 2010 No comments
2012 (Two-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray]

So, when the world ends, it’s the politicians and bureaucrats that we’re gonna save, and the writers and the artists and the spiritual leaders are left behind to deal with the apocalypse. That was the most depressing element of the movie. What will the world look like if we only save the “important people” in [...]

Review of Cranford: The Collection (Cranford / Return to Cranford)

March 19th, 2010 No comments
Cranford: The Collection (Cranford / Return to Cranford)

Cranford CollectionCranford (2008)
Cranford aka the Cranford Chronicles, based on Elizabeth Gaskell’s story is a stellar production. It is a lush period drama and is very authentic in its portrayal of people living in a little hamlet called Cranford. The sets are beautiful as are the costumes, and of course the production is elevated to a [...]

Review of Yellow Earth [VHS] (1988)

March 18th, 2010 No comments
Yellow Earth [VHS]

A soldier visits an impoverished community in Northern China hoping to collect folk songs for the army. While he is there, he stays with a very poor farm family; a widowed father, an adolescent daughter, and a young son who seldom speaks. The home of the farm family is silent and somber; perhaps the death [...]

Review of A Serious Man [Blu-ray] (2009)

March 17th, 2010 No comments
A Serious Man [Blu-ray]

A great movie, a great statement about human life — the best Coen Bros. film to date and a true masterpiece.Life is completely inexplicable, kind and cruel at turns, without warning or reason.The only thing we have are the small pleasures given to us, and to want, and to look for someone to love —- [...]