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Full Bottom: Not Another Half-Arsed Boxed Set (1991) - DVD Review
Posted on 10.04.05 by HTQ4 @ 2:26 am

Film:
DVD:

Written by Rik Mayall and Arian Edmondson
Directed by Ed Bye and Bob Spiers
Starring Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Christopher Ryan, and Steve O'Donnell

Features:

  • Outtakes and bloopers
  • Three early stand-up and comedy appearances by Rik and Ade
  • Cast and crew bios

Released by: BBC Home Video
Rating: NR (some humor may be unsuitable for young audiences)
Region: 1
Anamorphic: Nope; appears in its original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: At the very least, rent it.

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Friends: The Complete Eighth Season (2001) - DVD Review
Posted on 09.07.05 by Thespia @ 1:03 am
Friends: The Complete Eighth Season DVD cover art

Film:
DVD:

Created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman
Starring Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox Arquette, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer

Features:

  • All twenty-three eighth season episodes uncut
  • Running audio commentary from the executive producers on three episodes
  • Friends of Friends video guest book
  • Gag reel
  • Trivia game
  • "Gunther Spills the Beans"

Released by: Warner Home Video.
Rating: NR.
Region: 1
Anamorphic: N/A; episodes appear in their original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Only diehards should own.

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Headsup: America's Funniest Home Videos
Posted on 08.18.05 by Widge @ 10:35 pm

Children, gather round and I will tell you a story. Long ago, before there was such a thing as the Internet, Americans had to watch television in order to see their fellow citizens acting like complete doofuses. And this was long before they were doing it to win fabulous prizes, like reality television today that you know and watch too much of. No, this was just somebody happening to be in the right place at the right time with a video camera--no, not a digital one, these actually used tapes--no, I'm serious--and just happening to get a really great shot of their dad getting head butted in the nutsack by the family yapper dog.

Seriously, even though we have the Internet, this show is still on the air. I honestly had no idea. In fact, I never knew it survived past the time when Bob Saget left it. But it did, and the current host is this gentleman, Tom Bergeron. This Shout Factory release is the first volume with him as host (hence, the "With Tom Bergeron" in the title), and comes with twelve episodes across three discs. There's also the bonus 300th episode, a two-parter, on a fourth disc. If you're addicted to this show, and appreciate Americans at their most vulnerable, then grab it. We won't tell anyone.

Buy it from Amazon.

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Angel: Season 3 (2001) - DVD Review
Posted on 08.18.05 by ScottC @ 3:23 pm
Angel: Season 3 DVD cover art

Film:
DVD:

Series Created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt
Starring David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards, Amy Acker, Andy Hallett

Features:

  • All twenty-two third season episodes
  • Featurettes:
    • Darla: Deliver Us from Evil
    • Season 3 Overview
    • Page to Screen
  • Deleted scenes with commentary
  • Outtakes
  • Screen tests for Amy Acker and Vincent Kartheiser
  • Photo gallery
  • Running audio commentaries:
    • Episode 6: "Billy" by writers Tim Minear and Jeffrey Bell
    • Episode 9: "Lullaby" with writer Tim Minear and story editor Mere Smith
    • Episode 13: "Waiting in the Wings" by with Joss Whedon

Released by: Fox Video.
Rating: NR
Region: 1
Anamorphic: N/A; appears in its original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Whedon fans should own, others should rent.

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Categorized as: Reviews and TV
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Wire in the Blood: The Mermaids Singing (2002) - DVD Review
Posted on 08.11.05 by ScottC @ 2:44 am
Wire in the Blood: The Mermaids Singing DVD cover art

Film:
DVD:

Written by Patrick Harbinson, based on the novel by Val McDermid
Directed by Andrew Grieve
Starring Robson Green, Hermione Norris

Features:

  • Biographies of Green and Norris
  • Author Biography

Released by: Wellspring Video.
Rating: NR
Region: 1
Anamorphic: N/A; appears in its original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Wait for cable.

Over the last few months, three men have turned up dead. They have been tortured and mutilated, their bodies dumped naked and without any clues. The local CID is reluctant to call this the work of a serial killer because of the massive media storm that will cause. However, Detective Inspector Carol Jordan (Norris) decides to consult an expert, Dr. Tony Hill (Green). Befitting a psychiatrist who studies serial murderers, Tony is a little … odd. But he starts getting a read on who is committing these crimes: someone who sees torture not as pleasure, but as a test of worthiness. He may not have much time to finish his profile when a fourth victim, a police constable, is found and the media storm finally breaks. Both the police and the press are overstepping their boundaries, so Hill has to focus to keep both from distracting him from finding the killer . But now the killer is focusing on Hill, so he must he ready to survive the most dangerous therapy session of his life.

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