price：$19.99
Paramount
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Same old business model) 『All those fans who waited patiently since 2001 when Season 1 came out without the Pilot. And who bought Season 2 when that came out. And bought Fire Come Walk with Me. It's okay they love it so much they will spend their hard earned money during the Great Recession to get it all again simply to get the Pilot. And the recording and movie industry wonders why people use bit torrent. Idiots. Don't reinforce bad behavior. Don't buy this set.』
(Watched all DVD's within a month) 『My husband bought this for me for my birthday last year and I could not have been more excited. I watched all of the DVD's within a month and it felt so great to revist one of the best shows on television. I am so glad I have this to watch again&again&again. The extra DVD's were great as well.』
(The Ulysses of Television) 『There are people who will say Eraserhead is Lynch's masterwork because of its surrealism and audacity, but with a lot of help, Lynch accomplished something very special with Twin Peaks. Like poor Laura Palmer, it was beautiful, dirty, multifaceted, enigmatic and gone too soon. Though it is not solely Lynch' s work, it benefits from extra sets of hands. Lynch is intuitive and nonverbal, he's more fortuneteller than storyteller and while these qualities in him make him a true cinematic magus, with the help of others more concerned with establishing narrative he does stronger work. While there might be a few weak episodes in the second season, Cooper's odyssey is not one to be missed. The extras are tons of fun and it will be the mayor of your DVD shelf.』
(THE STRANGE TOWN OF "TWIN PEAKS") 『WHEN THIS SHOW WAS ON BACK IN THE EARLY 1990'S ON ABC,IT WAS ADDICTING,JUST COULDN'T STOP WATCHING IT! IT'S AGREEABLE THAT IT WAS A CULT CLASSIC,A PRE-INTRODUCTION OF A N X-FILES PLOT DUE TO THE STRANGE HAPPENINGS IN THE WOODS,THE ONE ARMED MAN,THE TALL GIANT,THE DWARF DANCING FROM "THE BLACK LODGE",THE FEARSOME "KILLER BOB" WHO POSESSED LELAND PALMER AND OTHER HAPPENINGS THAT WERE BIZARRE! I'M GLAD THE WHOLE SERIES WAS RELEASED IN ONE SET,I HAVE TO AGREE IN THE EXTRAS WHERE DAVID LYNCH ADMITS TO LOSING INTEREST IN CONTINUING WITH THE SERIES WHEN THE NETWORK INSISTED THAT LAURA PALMER'S KILLER BE REVEALED EARLIER IN THE 2ND SEASON AND THE WAY IT ENDED WITH TOO MAN CLIFFHANGER'S WAS ALSO A BIT DISAPPOINTING BUT NEVER THE LESS IT WAS A GREAT SERIES AND I COULD WHAT IT FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE WEIRD ENDING OF AGENT DALE COOPER BEING POSESSED BY "KILLER BOB"! THE PREQUEL FILM "TWIN PEAKS:FIRE WALK WITH ME" WASN'T TOO BAD OF A FILM LIKE SOME PEOPLE SAID,IT STILL KIND HAD A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT IS TAKE PLACE WHEN THE SERIES BEGAN! LONG LIVE DAVID LYNCH!』
(Twin Peaks Box set - GOTTA LOVE IT) 『whether you saw it in the 90s and want to relive it, or just want to watch it for the 1st time, this TWIN PEAKS box set complete series is for anyone of any age I enjoyed it as a young teenager, and am enjoying it again in my 30s. i reccomend Twin Peaks to all, also its a great price off Amazon, i searched for weeks till i found this boxset off Amazon, Thankyou!!!!!!!!!
I must say im enjoying Kyle MacLaughlin very much, eye candy for the women,,,,,, hehehe』 『The highly anticipated complete series of one of the most acclaimed events in television history finally comes to DVD. This definitive Twin Peaks Gold Box Edition has been carefully supervised by David Lynch and will include for the first time ever on DVD the original and the European version of the pilot. This 10-disc groundbreaking series will feature all 30 newly re-mastered episodes, all-new 5.1 Surround Sound and is loaded with exclusive featurettes, new interviews, introductions and much much more! No DVD collection is complete without Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition!』 『Season 1 Twin Peaksdevotees, who have kept the mystery alive on myriad Web sites, will jump at the chance to return to the spooky town that might just be the anti-Mayberry. Rarely syndicated, theTwin Peakstelevision series has lost none of its quirky and queasy power to get under your skin and haunt your dreams. So brew up a pot of some "damn fine coffee," dig into some cherry pie, and lose yourself in David Lynch and Mark Frost's murder mystery and soap opera, which unfolds, in one character's words, "like a beautiful dream and terrible nightmare all at once."Twin Peakswas a pop culture phenomenon for one season at least, until the increasingly bizarre twists and maddening teases so confounded audiences that they lost interest in just who killed Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). This series was a career peak for most of its eclectic ensemble cast, including Kyle MacLachlan as straight-arrow FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, Michael Ontkean as local Sheriff Harry S. Truman, Sherilyn Fenn as bad girl Audrey Horne, Peggy Lipton as waitress Norma Jennings, and Catherine Coulson as the Log Lady. Alumni enjoying current success include Lara Flynn Boyle ("The Practice"), as good girl Donna Hayward, and Miguel Ferrer ("Crossing Jordan"), hilarious as forensics expert Albert Rosenfield (who has absolutely no "social niceties").--Donald Liebenson
Season 2 "Don't search for all the answers at once," says a giant appearing to FBI Agent Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) in a vision. "A path is formed by laying one stone at a time." InTwin Peaks, that's easier said than done. Over the course of two seasons, that path went nowhere and everywhere. "Bureau guidelines, deductive technique, Tibetan method, and luck" don't cut it here. It also takes a little magic, which is what makes David Lynch and Mark Frost's bracingly original serial drama one of TV's ultimate trips, and still the stuff that fever dreams are made of. With the DVD release of season 2, die-hardPeakerscan rekindle their obsession with this macabre, maddening, sinister, and surreal series set in the rural Pacific Northwest community whose bucolic surroundings hide "things dark and heinous." (If you're new to Twin Peaks, best to get the lay of the land by watching the brilliant feature-length pilot and the instant-cult-classic first season, which captureTwinat its peak.) Three main mysteries drive season 2. First, there's the still (!) unresolved murder of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). Then, there's the question of who shot Cooper in the season 1 cliffhanger. And finally, ultimately: What about Bob? With its dream logic, bizarre behavior, and nightmare imagery, much of what transpires goes right by you. Some subplots (Sherilyn Fenn's sexpot Audrey held captive at the bordello, One-Eyed Jacks) are easier to latch on to than others (amnesiac Nadine believes she's an 18-year-old high schooler) And, yes, that's a pre-X-FilesDavid Duchovny as Dennis/Denice, a transsexual DEA agent.
InTwin Peaks' second season, the truth is out there, but we are enteringA Few Good Menterritory. When Laura's killer is at last revealed in episode 16, no doubt many will not be able to handle the truth. The teases, red herrings, and out-and-out gonzo looniness will try the patience of viewers with a more conventional bent. But, as Cooper observes at one point, "All in all, [it's] a very interesting experience," with enough doppelgangers, allusions, pop-culture references, and in-jokes to keep bloggers buzzing. If, for example, you get any pleasure from recognizing Hank Worden, who played Mose inThe Searchers, as "the world's most decrepit room service waiter," thenTwin Peaksmay just make you feel right at home. --Donald Liebenson
On the DVDs Twin Peakslived in its own bizarre, dark, amazing, fantasy world, fresh from the mind of creator David Lynch. The extra features on this Gold Box edition (which includes both seasons and the long-awaited pilot) intend to draw you into the milieu surrounding the world of the story, and offer you a glimpse into the gestation and making of the show, while gently poking fun at itself. To quote Lynch at the beginning ofA Slice of David Lynch, "This is the strangest damn thing." He's referring to the act of sitting on a set in Los Angeles, drinking coffee and eating cherry pie with cast members Madchen Amick, Kyle MacLachlan, and personal assistant John Wentworth years after the show ended. But he may as well have also been referring to the show itself, and to the enormous popular phenomenon it accidentally became. As can be inferred from the title,A Slice of Lynchis a glimpse inside the creative mind of Lynch through his interactions with his old stars and assistant, and watching this, you can't help but understand that Lynch operates on a different plain from normal humanity, and his artistic process, while often befuddling, yields incredibly original results to a degree that almost boggles the mind; happy accidents seem to stem from almost every artistic decision he makes. The strength of this feature is that it makes it clear that the world ofTwin Peaksreally existed, it just happened to live in the minds of David Lynch and co-writer Mark Frost.Twin Peaks Festivalis almost an afterthought, it doesn't fit with the rest of the features in depth or insight, but curious fans will get a kick out of seeing what happens when the most rabid, hardcoreTwin Peaksgather in the Northwest--on the sights of many of the show's scenes--for a fan festival that beats the heck out of anyStar Trekconvention.Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaksoffers a meaty, four-part look into how the show came about, the filming of both seasons, and the creation of the music by composer Angelo Badalamenti and singer Julee Cruise.Black Lodge Archivefeatures six different items ranging from the "Falling" music video to bumpers and galleries that don't do much to offer insight into the show, but they offer an unexpected, added bonus: watching Agent Cooper hawk Georgia Coffee in ads that aired only in Japan. They are quite possibly more hilarious and bizarre than anything in the show itself. The features do a great job of reminding an old audience, and explaining to a new one, why the show had such a devoted following. To quote one actress from the show: "It was unique, it came at a time when television was boring... there was nothing else like it on television."--Daniel Vancini
Deeper into the Woods ofTwin Peaks
Essential DVDs by Director David Lynch
The Soundtrack
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Taste That Famous Cherry Pie
The Recipe
8 inch Crust:1-1/2 c. flour, 1/2 c. Crisco, 1/4 c. ice water Mix flour and Crisco with fork. Add ice water. Mix with your hands. When blended, roll into ball and refrigerate overnight. To roll out: flour both rolling pin and flat surface, split ball in two, roll out 1/2 to fit pan and 1/2 for lattice.
Filling:3 c. cherries (pitted, sour frozen); 1 c. water; 1c. Baker's sugar; 4 T. cornstarch; 1/8 t. salt Thaw cherries at room temp and strain (yields 2 c. juice). Taste for sweetness, more/less sugar may be needed. Add 1 c. water to make 3 c. juice (reserve 1 c. juice for cornstarch mix). Dissolve cornstarch in 1 c. juice, stir with whip. Combine 2 c. juice, 2/3 c. sugar, salt, and bring to a boil. Add cornstarch mix, cook until clear, about 5 min. (if cooked to long, syrup gets gummy). Remove from heat, stir in 1/3 c. sugar (blend thoroughly). Pour mixture over cherries, fold with wooden spoon, cool (stir mix while cooling to prevent scum from forming on top). Pour mix in pie shell. Top completed pie with lattice crust.
price：$7.49
Warner Home Video
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (It's baaaaack.....) 『Just wanted to upgrade from VHS to DVD. The movie was filmed on our street and its cool to see our house a few months new. Steven Spielberg was interesting to watch. At one point he sat in his director chair, in the street (filming was up and down the street) and the kids gathered around. He really tuned into the kids. He asked our son who his favorite director was. Without missing a beat, our son said, "George Lucas". Spielberg laughed aloud. Of course, it was always all about Star Wars from the moment he saw that film. An Army veteran, it still is!』
(They are heeere... again. This time in Blu-ray) 『Nothing like giving older films the Blu-ray treatment and allowing a second or third life.
The Freeling family live in a cozy suburb. They are not alone. They live with an old tree that loves tasty children and an assortment of TV people. Their young daughter Carol Anne Freeling goes for a visit beyond the pale. This is just the beginning.
The movie is a classic; many of the things we know about Poltergeists actual came from this movie.
My favorite scene is when they move into a motel and jettison the Twanky. If you are not familiar with a Twanky, It is more of a TV that has a tendency to follow you here and there.
American Dreamer 1984: I Love the 80's Edition 』
(Poltergeist- They're here....) 『Poltergeist seeing as A Kid was impressive and downright scary. It's a Movie that you want to see during the day, It gives you the chills! Ghosts, Weird Things, Happenings, They do Exist. It's not Far Fetched as Perhaps UFOS? or Bigfoot. Movie is very Very Good. Great Acting too.A Classic!』
(A true ghost story classic that stood the test of time!) 『
It seems like a typical suburbs with the Freeling family in California, the young 5 year old daughter Carol Ann (Heather Rouke) seems to be communicating with people in the TV. The parents named Diane and Steve (JoBeth Williams and Craig T.Nelson) are skeptical about the odd behavior going on at the house such as chairs moving by themselves, lights turning on and off on their own and plenty of other weird things, even the son Robbie (Oliver Robins) and teenage daughter Dana (Dominque Dunne) are weirded out by strange things in the house. It seems the house does have secrets from the past left untold including being near the cemetery as these ghosts seem friendly and playful at first. Later it turns out they abduct little Carol Ann into a vortex inside the house trapping her in as they purposely terrorize the family. They hire some paranormal experts (Beatrice Straight, Martin Casella and Richard Lawson) including a dwarfish psychic named Tagina (Zelda Rubinstein) to bring her back and clean the house of spirits.
Terrifying and original supernatural horror drama from writer-producer Steven Spielberg and director Tobe Hooper is one of the greatest horror movies of all time. It's based on Spielberg's old childhood fears even of ghosts then turned into a screenplay that got approved by MGM then directed by Tobe Hooper as it took nearly a year and a half to make, in June of 1982 along with Spielberg's phemeoneal ET sweeping the box-office by storm this movie came along and also became one of the highest grossing and most critically acclaimed movies of the year. Brilliant acting by the cast that even launched the career of Craig T. Nelson, excellent special effects that hold up today, a memorable score by Jerry Goldsmith and jolts galore in this non-stop rollercoaster ride of pure thrills and scares.
This Blu-Ray offers one hell of a transfer with terrific sound as it's in a book with a mini-behind the scenes look at this remarkable motion picture with a 2 part Documentary on actual poltergeists and the trailer.』
(Reviewing the blu-ray content, not the movie) 『1. I love this film, and this review is not a review of the film.
Okay...that out of the way. The extra features are horrible. No commentary? No behind-the-scenes? The only extras are a couple documentaries about real life ghost hunting, which in my book equates to nothing.
However, the remastering is decent enough to warrant rebuying on blu-ray if you're a big fan of the film.』 『Movie DVD』 『What a combo! Tobe Hooper, the director ofThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre, teamed up with family-oriented producer Steven Spielberg to makePoltergeist. The film is about a haunted suburban tract home in a development very much like the Arizona one in which Spielberg was raised. (Because it came out the same summer as Spielberg'sE.T., it was tempting to see both movies as representing Spielberg's ambivalent feelings about childhood in suburbia. One was a fantasy, the other a nightmare.) Spielberg also cowrote the screenplay, which taps into primal, childlike fears of monsters under the bed, monsters in the closet, sinister clown faces, and all manner of things that go bump in the night. At first, some of the odd happenings in the house are kind of funny and amusing, but they grow gradually creepier until the film climaxes in a terrifying special-effects extravaganza when 5-year-old Carole Anne (Heather O'Rourke) is kidnapped by the spooks and held hostage in another dimension. Though not nearly as frightening as Hooper's magnum opus, or the originalA Nightmare on Elm Street, which came along two years later,Poltergeistis one of the smartest and most entertaining horror pictures of its time.--Jim Emerson』
price：$11.97
Warner Home Video
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Blu-Ray vs. DVD: Blu-Ray mostly wins) 『I love THE SHINING with a passion usually reserved for movies like THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW; I bought the Stanley Kubrick boxed set in 2001 and watch it regularly. I've turned down other Blu-ray editions of Kubrick films (EYES WIDE SHUT and A CLOCKWORK ORANGE) because I didn't think they were up to snuff, but I bought this because it managed to win me over.
THE SHINING is a GLORIOUS TRANSFER: the colors and textures are more vibrant and powerful than I have ever seen and seeing all those minor backgrounds details big enough to read easily are a real treat. The picture is crisp, sharp, clear, and doggone if the movie doesn't look as new as the day it was made. Kubrick movies are always a bit skimpy on the extras (Kubrick died before DVD took off and didn't leave many leftovers for the medium anyways), but the "making of" documentary with commentary also made the crossover, as well as a few new featurettes that aren't that amazing, but do offer some cool new tidbits; my favorite is the one on production design with Kubrick staffers and Garret Brown, where we get to see diagrams and schematics of the set.
My one gripe comes from the aspect ratio, which is a never-ending argument with Kubrick movies. The old DVDs maintained a full-frame aspect ratio while the Blu-ray releases favor the 1.85:1 ratio enhanced to fit the 16:9 screen. As the diagram on the special features reveals, Kubrick preferred the full-frame 1.33:1 aspect ratio, but always shot to preserve the 1.85:1 for theatrical exhibition. The problem is, Kubrick's compositions were always strongest from top-to-bottom, not side-to-side, so the widescreen aspect ratio trims off the headroom that was beautifully visible on the old DVD set. The Blu-ray is presented in 1.85:1 enhanced for 16:9 so it fills the screen; yes you see more image on the sides than you did on DVD, but the shots don't stand out as much because of the missing headroom.
So for this reason alone, I trim off one star. Otherwise, I love this Blu-ray and heavily recommend it.』
(Very pleased) 『Another cult classic. Love the DVD. Extremely fast shipping. Great job Amazon. You are a great source of finding DVD that I enjoy.』
(There's Johnny! Kubrick Thriller!) 『Jack Nicholson plays Jack, who just got a job at the Overhill Hotel and moves in with his wife and young son. The boy Danny has special abilities: a secret friend inhabiting him (which is not satisfactorily explained) and the ability to hear others' thoughts (the Shining). But buildings can have shinings too. Homicidal rages from a formerly easy going author (typing nonstop pages of "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is hilarious) taking orders from the ghosts and supernatural beings that in habit the hotel.
Stanley Kubrick (2001 - A Space Odyssey (Two-Disc Special Edition)) is known for his almost maniacal style in doing take after take. Shelly Duvall had the most number of takes ever, I read.
The movie does have its chilling, insane moments. I enjoyed the boy's horror but was not sure if it was "Tony" his imaginary friend talking or Danny himself. The ending is thoughtful but a bit of a let-down (the 1921 photo).
Overall, not a shabby movie. But really, how did Jack get out of that locked refrigerator? Hmm?
The "making of" was shot by Vivian Kubrick, and you really get into the heads of the cast and what they were thinking as shooting progressed.
Other Kubrick Flix:
Stanley Kubrick: Warner Home Video Directors Series (2001 A Space Odyssey / A Clockwork Orange / Eyes Wide Shut unrated / Full Metal Jacket / The Shining / A Life in Pictures)
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(Despite Flaws This Is One Good Scary Flick) 『Shelley Duvall is just plain weird, and Stanley Kubrick morphed Stephen King's bestselling novel into something almost unrecognizable, yet THE SHINING stands the test of time and continues to scare generation after generation of wide-eyed viewers because the one-card-shy-of-a-full-deck Jack Torrance is so aptly and believably played by a demonically grinning Jack Nicholson. No other part has been so tailor-made for Creepy Jack, who fits into the lead role like wiggling fingers into a well-worn glove.
Kubrick supplies the heady visuals: a luxury mountain resort, about to be abandoned for the long winter, with its whispers of the past, labyrinth of hallways, and dark shadows. Duvall and Nicholson supply the tension: a struggling writer about to go off the deep end with his wife and small son living as caretakers at the resort, while the wife watches helplessly as her spouse unravels. The hotel plays its part helping Jack Torrance descend into maniacal madness, giving Nicholson the vehicle he needs to grin and grimace and scream and shout as he terrorizes his family with flesh-crawling creepiness.
Sure, there are plenty of flaws; the film becomes silly and disjointed as it rushes towards its climax, some of the visual gimmicks (gallons of what looks like cranberry sauce spilling out of the elevators) are lame, and Duvall was definitely a weak link, but it doesn't take away from THE SHINING's ability to terrify. I don't know what it's like firsthand to watch a man become violently evil, but Jack Nicholson in this movie gives me a pretty good idea. --D. Mikels, Author, The Reckoning
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(Little pigs, little pigs. A slight variation of Chip Miller's "PIGS! PIGS!", October 28, 2009) 『Of course Sid the Elf is very familiar with The Shining. But we hadn't reviewed it until now. Why? Good question. For October Horrorgreatsuccess Sid festival it was a no-brainer. This is one is in the pantheon of horror films. Also, Scatman Crothers has been a Sid favorite since 96 and the crazy likely homeless nutjob at Yankee Stadium. Sid has seen bits and pieces(that's what it's like...u know where it's going) of this film many times over the years but this viewing was a little different. This time Sid was watching with his carefully crafted critical eye gained with thousands of B's on our odometer.
Knowing full well what happens in the movie, after not seeing it for at least a few years, Sid found Jack really interesting. Even in the begining of the flick you can see that he's a little psycho. And while we're here, could anyone else have played Jack Torrence? Sid says absolutely not. He plays a nutbar to perfection. And nobody else could have pulled off being a maniac and hilarious at the same time(exhibit A: the "Have you lost your f**kin' mind scene). Now, The Shining is in no way shape or form B, but it is a horror classic so it's in play for Sid. This is especially true when you account for the Chuck factor and the awesome visuals accompanied by cool/creepy music.
The Shining was an overall awesome experiance. It is obviously a must for any horror fan who hasn't seen it. Also, if you're a horror fan and haven't seen this movie, shame on you. If you're missing the B element in this Sid review, don't worry. There are several B's on the horizon. Can Sid interest anyone in a little Maniac Cop? As for The Shining, here's a quick rundown of the film's scariest moments:
1. The dog and the butler. Holy schnikies. 2. The little girls 3. The cranberry juice pouring out of the elevator. 4. Scatman getting it and Jacks's war cry 5. Who's the old lady? 6. redrum 7. the picture at the end』 『A married couple with a small son are employed to look after a resort hotel high in the Colorado mountains. As a result they are the sole occupants during the long winter. The hotel manager warns them not to accept the job because of a tragedy that occurred during the winter of 1970. Based on the book by Stephen King.Running Time: 146 min.System Requirements:Starring: Jack Nicholson Shelley Duvall Danny Lloyd Scatman Crothers Barry Nelson and Philip Stone. Directed By: Stanley Kubrick. Running Time: 142 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Standard" format. Copyright 2000 Warner Home Video.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: R UPC: 085392115624 Manufacturer No: 21156』 『Stanley Kubrick'sThe Shiningis less an adaptation of Stephen King's bestselling horror novel than a complete reimagining of it from the inside out. In King's book, the Overlook Hotel is a haunted place that takes possession of its off-season caretaker and provokes him to murderous rage against his wife and young son. Kubrick's movie is an existential Road Runner cartoon (his steadicam scurrying through the hotel's labyrinthine hallways), in which the cavernously empty spaces inside the Overlook mirror the emptiness in the soul of the blocked writer, who's settled in for a long winter's hibernation. As many have pointed out, King's protagonist goes mad, but Kubrick's Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is Looney Tunes from the moment we meet him--all arching eyebrows and mischievous grin. (Both Nicholson and Shelley Duvall reach new levels of hysteria in their performances, driven to extremes by the director's fanatical demands for take after take after take.)The Shiningis terrifying--but not in the way fans of the novel might expect. When it was redone as a TV miniseries (reportedly because of King's dissatisfaction with the Kubrick film), the famous topiary-animal attack (which was deemed impossible to film in 1980) was there--but the deeper horror was lost. Kubrick'sThe Shininggets under your skin and chills your bones; it stays with you, inhabits you, haunts you. And there's no place to hide...--Jim Emerson』 『Stanley Kubrick'sThe Shiningis less an adaptation of Stephen King's bestselling horror novel than a complete reimagining of it from the inside out. In King's book, the Overlook Hotel is a haunted place that takes possession of its off-season caretaker and provokes him to murderous rage against his wife and young son. Kubrick's movie is an existential Road Runner cartoon (his steadicam scurrying through the hotel's labyrinthine hallways), in which the cavernously empty spaces inside the Overlook mirror the emptiness in the soul of the blocked writer, who's settled in for a long winter's hibernation. As many have pointed out, King's protagonist goes mad, but Kubrick's Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is Looney Tunes from the moment we meet him--all arching eyebrows and mischievous grin. (Both Nicholson and Shelley Duvall reach new levels of hysteria in their performances, driven to extremes by the director's fanatical demands for take after take after take.)The Shiningis terrifying--but not in the way fans of the novel might expect. When it was redone as a TV miniseries (reportedly because of King's dissatisfaction with the Kubrick film), the famous topiary-animal attack (which was deemed impossible to film in 1980) was there--but the deeper horror was lost. Kubrick'sThe Shininggets under your skin and chills your bones; it stays with you, inhabits you, haunts you. And there's no place to hide... --Jim Emerson』
price：$4.99
Mill Creek Entertainment
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (You Really Do Get What You Pay For...) 『When a collection of eight movies costs less than five dollars especially when the packaging refers to them as "Cult Classics" it is definitely buyer (and viewer) beware. In this case caution is definitely advisable as depending on your appreciation of 1970's exploitation movies you may find these insufferable or morbidly entertaining. In rating them I am trying to be unbiased, but I have to admit that most of this set did very little for me. I am reluctantly settling on a three star rating as the best compromise available. Most of the films deserve one star reviews, but bearing in mind that most people purchasing this package will fully realize the sleaze they are buying and must therefore appreciate it, I decided that as a value proposition the package gives a lot of 70's B-movie running time for the price. If you are looking for actual good movies, you are definitely in the wrong place: this is nothing but a collection of insipid and implausible cheese.
"The Pick-Up" is a plodding piece of garbage about three losers cavorting in the Everglades after their giant bus gets stuck in the mud. If it were only that simple, it would probably have been a middling picture, but no, they had to go and mix in lots of astral visions, psychobabble, and witchery to pad out the plot. While the movie does manage to prove that baby raccoons are very cute (don't even ask), most of the film is padding. There are lots of slow scenes of birds flying, walking through mud, all told at a snail's pace with terrible synthesizer background music at every turn. The three people on the bus are a young and irresponsible couple and a creepy witch-girl who likes to take us psychically back to subplots about disgusting priests, ancient rituals, caricatured politicians, and a very creepy clown.
The film suffers from many flaws, perhaps the worst of which is sound quality. It is frequently impossible to hear dialogue over background sounds and the musical score. Do not be too upset; this actually improves the quality of the viewing experience. The film also features the most awkward kissing lesson in screen history followed by highly improbable arboreal hijinks, and continuity issues galore, all leading up to the most unnatural performance featuring a stuffed animal in cinema history. The film is as boring as it is pointless, and is the worst film of the bunch, but it does have one redeeming quality: it's short.
"The Sister In Law" dares you to suffer through it. Transparent and caricatured characters do and say predictable things in this tedious would-be potboiler. The entire production is laced with leaden dialogue like "Every beast ought to lick his own wounds", this intimate exchange between two brothers: "What's the matter?"..."I itch."..."You gotta' disease?", and, of course, this turgid chestnut: "I've had your wife and your mistress, and I threw your heroin into a mountain stream!" In other words, this was supposed a cool, swinging flick, but like so many other movies from the 70's, is merely painful and trying.
All the characters here are absolutely repulsive, so it's difficult to sympathize with any of them, though we're supposed to be aligned with Bobby, the younger brother (John Savage). Older brother Edward is a mobbed-up irresponsible lout with a hussy for a wife. Here's a tip to the wise: don't mess with your insane cold-blooded mobster brother's wife. Or girlfriend. No good can come of it. In an unintentionally humorous subplot we learn that Edward is really just a confused writer who needs understanding and one good deal to get out of his heroin smuggling ways. You will not be convinced of this, or really anything else, for that matter for two primary reasons: first, the acting is generally awful (especially from Will MacMillan as Edward, who needs to take subtlety lessons from William Shatner); and second, the soundtrack makes watching a challenge as dialogue, music, and effects go from nearly inaudible even with the volume cranked to maximum, to ear-splittingly loud, all within seconds.
The movie has little to recommend it: insipid plot, terrible acting, bad audio, and one of the worst musical scores in film history. The theme song over the lengthy opening credits was so bad I finally had to break down and mute it, and the incidental music is even worse, especially the lengthy "smuggling in Canada, with subsequent inappropriate aquatic disposal of heroin" montage set to banjo music. For a film set in very exclusive parts of New York, the banjo montage was jarring at best, grating at worst. On the positive side, the clothes are hilarious, especially the denim leisure suit worn by mob boss "Benjo", who, it turns out, has the stupidest goons in organized crime.
Despite press materials (and the title itself) blaming the whole tawdry mess on a brazen woman, everything that goes wrong is really entirely Edward's fault; unfortunately no good deed goes unpunished, which you will discover (without any surprise) at the end of the film. I recommend that you don't watch this piece of garbage if you want to avoid punishment yourself. Ugh.
"The Stepmother" is definitely the best movie of the eight, and is a decent potboiler about lust, betrayal, and murder from producer Hikmet Avedis (which is normally a warning sign). The film is carried by a great performance from Alejandro Rey as haunted architect Frank Delgado, who becomes embroiled in two separate murders. The film opens with terrible music and the murder of Delgado's wife's lover at the hands of an enraged Rey. While he seems to have put a lid on that successfully, Rey and Larry Linville (a prototype pre-MASH Frank Burns), his business partner, have both romantic and monetary issues to overcome, and Rey is a hothead with little self-control. I won't reveal what happens with Linville, but I will say that although contrived, it's interesting. The crimes are being investigated by a wannabe Columbo (Peter Falk has nothing to worry about) who, while none too bright, is extremely grating. Along with that distraction there are other negatives to the film, not the least of which is watching a bunch of fully dressed fifty-somethings frolic on a beach: I never need to see that. There are unexpected B-movie joys here, though, my favorite of which is without question the jazz-funk flute dance.
Although the film starts and ends with implausible coincidences and features completely moronic police work, the acting really does make the film highly watchable. The technical aspects of the film are middling at best and are very dated, especially the endlessly repeated freeze frame effect used for plot transitions. The subplot about the hot young stepmother, Margo, getting high and making a pass at her stepson is both repulsive and laughable. (This pass is extraordinarily clumsy, somewhat akin to the pass Torgo makes at Margaret in "Manos: The Hands of Fate".) Despite the obvious flaws, though, the film is very watchable and manages to overcome its history as an example of exploitation cinema, largely through the performance of Alejandro Rey.
"The Teacher" is a piece of 1970's trash featuring a bizarre coming of age plot superimposed with an insane lunatic stalker plot. I give auteur Hikmet Avedis credit for trying to blend disparate plots, but the entire thing comes across as one contrivance after another. The plot concerns creepy stalking Vietnam veteran (of course) Ralph, who drives a hearse and lives in a grain silo overlooking the marina where public school teacher Diane keeps her yacht moored. He keeps his belonging in a casket, which I would have thought the police would have noticed during their investigation after his brother Lou falls to death from the top. Peeping Ralph blames Lou's friend Sean (Jay "Dennis the Menace" North!) for the death, which sets the full psychotic stalker plot in gear. Despite numerous sightings and threats to Diane and Sean, nobody ever once thinks to call the police. That was one logically challenged area of the film, but the other bit of incredulity revolves around the fact that a public high school teacher drives a Corvette, has a giant pool, and her own yacht. How much do teachers make in California, anyhow?
In the least credible part of the plot, teacher Diane and student Sean are on a first name basis with each other, and quickly move to other pastimes together, all while Ralph watches (and gets ever more jealous) and, most insanely, with the explicit encouragement of Sean's mother. The mother was definitely the creepiest element of the film for me. Along the way there are many ridiculous and embarrassing scenes: Diane washes her car in a full length dress, a gossipy restaurant scene provides the most inept flirtation ever, and last but not least, Diane's bedroom provides the backdrop for the most ludicrous use of an umbrella in filmmaking history (and yes, I have seen "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies.") The film has intentions to be creepy, and the ending is a bit out of the norm, although equally implausible and predictable.
"Trip With The Teacher" is a typical schoolgirls-in-peril-from-bikers film. A couple of mean bikers and one nice biker meet up with the girls on their geology field trip (yeah, right) first at a gas station, and later when their bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere. The most evil biker, Al, who looks like Bono in Liz Taylor sunglasses, is a murderous thug with unwholesome intentions. As soon as the bus breaks down a catfight immediately erupts, halted only by the arrival of the dangerous bikers. The bikers tow the bus full of willing victims to a deserted cabin, where they quickly dispatch the bus driver, and quickly raise a question: did anyone even consider killing the bikers when their clothes were off and they didn't have access to their weapons? The good biker decides to become a hero and get help (who bothers to carefully don and adjust their helmet when running for their life in a bike chase?) While the boys are out dueling in the desert there are long, painful passages of staring at each other, which does nothing to further the plot, but pads the running time immensely. Then one of the most annoying actresses in screen history is dispatched to run and get help, but whines and snivels about how she is scared for what seems like hours: I was actually pulling for the biker in this instance. The ending requires quite a suspension of disbelief and concludes with smiles all around, except on the audience's face.
"Best Friends" features future "Battleship Galactica" heartthrob Richard Hatch in another bit of motorhome mayhem, this one even more farfetched than "The Pick-Up": it may be the single stupidest road movie ever. Every single character in this film is insufferable, and nobody behaves similarly to reality. In essence the story is that two Army buddies get out of the service and take their girlfriends home with them in a giant camper. What's impossible to grasp is why the four would stay together for the entire trip such are the factions involved. The crux of the matter is that one guy wants to get married (Jessie; Richard Hatch) and the other guy (Pat; Doug Chapin) spends the entire film trying to break up Jessie's relationship so the two guys can have a life on the road. Especially after Pat resorts to manipulation and physical violence, there is no rationale for staying together, and that's why the whole movie seems utterly contrived. There's a big Pat-wants-Jessie's-girl-and-vice-versa subtext here (that is utterly implausible), and the conclusion to be reached is that these characters are only capable of doing whatever is stupidest in any given situation. When Jessie and Pat have a feud over Kathy, why don't they leave in the camper, after all Pat bought a motorcycle for some reason. When threatened, leave.
There is some of the stupidest gunplay in history in this film (Let's get drunk and shoot lizards with a pistol!), culminating in a painful scene proving that Jessie is a poor shot with tragic results (no extra points for guessing) leading unsurprisingly to a pointless, unresolved ending. This film is an absolute chore to watch and should have ended the careers of everyone involved; Richard Hatch should consider himself very lucky.
"Cindy and Donna" is the only movie of the eight besides "The Stepmother" featuring girls who are actually pretty. The plot is a tawdry coming-of-age piece featuring the worst parents of the 70's (which is certainly saying something) and their two saucy and irresponsible children. There are occasionally amusing diversions like when the prostitute uses a Dremel tool on Dad's chest hair, and inner struggles about how far is too far to go on a date (I call this section of the film "Torrid Chastity".) The soundtrack is very grating, and the banjo-intensive driving music is almost too much to endure (as is a curious trend in this DVD set). The cast and characters are unrelentingly awful, and they whole thing is a voyeuristic and uneasy exploration of pubescent possibilities. Despite the pretty girls, I really loathed this movie. The ending is particularly ludicrous, but at least it's over.
"Malibu High" features Kim, a lazy, homely, stoner, drunk high school senior working her way through her teachers to get A's to enable her to graduate. The skank is trying to forget her high school sweetheart, Kevin, who is now dating a rich brat. I will particularly warn you about the high school disco scene, which requires a very high pain threshold to get through, and which does not go the way Kim intends. After the disco she gets the idea to use her wily feminine charms to seduce her male teachers to enable her to graduate. I will tell you that if you are expecting this to be erotic in the slightest, you will be gravely disappointed. Through her serial seductions, she turns pro, and then becomes an assassin for hire as well. This is perhaps one of the least plausible life-of-crime conversions in film history, and you will be especially entertained by the way she bumps her principal off. Eventually she is assigned on orders "from Chicago" to kill the father of Kevin's new girlfriend (how's that for justice?), and is assured by her handler "There's absolutely nothing that can go wrong!" Needless to say, he's horribly incorrect, and the hit turns into a disaster, although there is some fortunate elimination of annoying characters. The film concludes with a run down a beach and is very reminiscent of the conclusion in "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies", although without the deft directorial or acting skills of the Ray Dennis Steckler classic.』
(A pack of silly juvenile teasers) 『Great stuff for when you've grown tired of all of your good movies ... light entertainment with a cruel twist ... just the thing as a backdrop with pop-corn when you've got something else to do.』
(I was drawn in) 『I don't see many movies and these films are from an era in my life when I was trying to be far more serious. Now that I have retired and look back mainly as a way of engaging in 40 years of recapitulation of the Vietnam war, three of these movies tell me a lot about the nature of American life. "Malibu High" (1979) tells me how bad choices can make people advance in the wrong direction, like the American economy has been rolling in money like a bobsled rocketing down clear through to China. Each step in the plot takes a girl further along in seeing what trouble is all about. "The Sister In Law" stars John Savage, who was in the Deer Hunter, but I think the interesting character is a younger brother who thinks he has supernatural powers so everything that he does will turn out right, even if he does not know what is going to happen next. "Cindy and Donna" mainly has girls being seduced by guys with abject reactions by people who stumble in when the worm has turned. "The Teacher" was a movie I thought was creepy. After watching a few other movies, I was not ready to see more than one minute of "The Stepmother." There are times in life, as in the movies, when someone gets killed, but if you don't like those times, don't watch "The Teacher" and you might not want this set of movies as much as you think.』
(Saggy boobs and bad acting is all you'll get for your money...) 『I recently have become fascinated by exploitation films, so I decided this would be a sordid buy. I was surprised at how little the movies actually cost, considering there are eight in the set. But as I trudged through each one (fast-forwarding through the majority) I realized nothing worthwhile is cheap. These movies are campy and unbelievable. The story lines are non-existent and the sex scenes leave a lot to be desired...like sex. Malibu High was a cinematic trainwreck...the gratuitous nudity (which was not exactly pleasing or tasteful) was the only interesting thing about the "cult classic" The pimp in the movie looks like a weasel and the Lolita prostitute can't seem to find a client under 60. And everyone says this is the best one! I'd have spent more wisely on a Value Meal than this piece of junk.』
(wow the 70s were messed up) 『I was born in 1966 and loved to go the drive-in with my family. Saw a lot of movies that most 10-14 year olds should not see. My favorite movie of all time is Alien, which was made in 1979 (30 years ago). Star Wars and One Flew Over the Cuckoos next were also 70s films. Seems like there was a huge disparity between the crap and the masterpieces. Watching these "cult classics" reminds me there is no such thing as a free lunch. Someone should be paying you to watch them. [...]. 2.5 hours of great entertainment versus 10 hours of drudgery watching these crappy DVDs.』 『Pick-Up:
An off-beat story about two young women whose lives are forever changed when they hitchhike a ride in a mobile home.
The Sister-In-Law:
A punchy story about the sexual entanglements of four people and how their moral conflicts lead to heartache and destruction.
The Stepmother:
A high-living architect who - as a result of his violent temper - finds himself enmeshed in two accidental deaths. When he discovers his 2nd wife having an affair with his teenage son...there's almost a third murder!
The Teacher:
She corrupted the youthful morality of an entire school! An explosively tense story about a beautiful, provocative 28-year-old high school teacher whose seduction of one particular student proves fatal.
Trip with the Teacher:
A chilling experience in terror as a group of female students and their pretty teacher are ambushed, while on a field trip, by two sadistic bikers, forcing the women to learn a lesson in survival.
Best Friends:
Two young couples taste the free and easy life on a cross country motor-home tour until love backfires and tragedy follows.
Cindy and Donna:
Two sisters, growing up in a middle-class home with parents too preoccupied with booze and sex, find that being grown up doesn't mean acting like their folks, as experiments with drugs and sex teach them.
Malibu High:
High school senior Kim is having her share of problems. Her grades are poor, her boyfriend dumped her for a rich girl and her financial situation is disastrous. So she makes an after hours deal with one of her teachers to improve her grade point average. Soon, she is working her way through the faculty room and taking on paying customers.』
price：$12.00
Dreamworks Video
Usually ships in 4 to 6 weeks Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (What's so scary about this????) 『I had heard a great deal about how frightening this movie was. I guess the concept is a bit scary, but in this day and age, it's not nearly as scary as a madman with nuclear weapons, or people walking into shopping centers or classrooms with automatic weapons. I know that the play was a musical, but it would have been a great deal more frightening if the characters hadn't burst into song periodically. On the plus side, this proves that Tim Burton can sing.』
(My favorite horror-drama-musical. (Revised review)) 『Tim Burton has directed some scary movies before, such as Sleepy Hollow and Corpse Bride (both starring Johnny Depp), but his adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical Sweeney Todd is by far the most violent, morbid, and disturbing thing he has ever done. Johnny Depp plays the title character, the 'Demon Barber of Fleet Street', who only becomes a murderous mad-man after life has been 'unkind' to him. The first several songs in the movie explain in detail how a man named Benjamin Barker became Sweeney Todd. Benjamin Barker was a simple London barber with a beautiful wife and new-born daughter who would never dream of bringing harm to anyone. But soon the jealous and villainous Judge Turpin takes it all away from him. First he places a false charge on Barker and has him deported, and then makes the young girl his own, leaving her mother to become a beggar on the streets. Barker learns of his wife and daughter's fate when he returns to London 15 years later, with the new identity Sweeney Todd, upon meeting a woman named Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter). Mrs. Lovett is a lovely but lonely woman struggling to run a meat-pie restaurant amidst the city's poverty, who happens to be an admirer of Benjamin Barker. Sweeney Todd vows his revenge and Mrs. Lovett vows to help him. Together they begin to run a business where Todd slits the throats of men who come to get a shave, while Lovett grinds these men's dead bodies into meat pies to be served to the unsuspecting public. This systematic murder and cannibalism will obviously repel many people from wanting to see the movie, but the rest of us can appreciate it for the beautiful music and strong message it contains. Not all of the songs are about revenge and murder; some are actually quite pleasant. Also, there is a love story subplot between Todd's daughter and his young friend. The New York Times proclaimed the film as "A work of extreme genius" and it won the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture - Musical or Comedy. Johnny Depp also won the Golden Globe for Best Actor and was nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a superb film for adults who can handle it and appreciate it and therefore I highly recommend it. It is a movie you will understand and enjoy more each time you watch it.』
(Pales in Comparison to the Show) 『Hard to say whether this would have seemed better had I not seen it in such close proximity to the touring production of John Doyle's drop-dead-amazing, even-better-than-the-Angela Lansbury-version revival. Sweeney Todd is a Sondheim show, near operatic. Sondheim shows require hard-core singers. Johnny Depp is not a bad singer. He'd be an acceptable front man for any number of today's alt-rock bands. Helena Bonham-Carter tries gamely. Sadly, they lack the technique and gravitas to put the material over as it should be done, and as you know it can be done if you are lucky enough to have seen Judy Kaye on stage as Mrs. Lovett. And how can you have Sweeney Todd without "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd"? I understand they did not want "show stopper" songs that work on stage to slow the narrative drive of a film, but they could have at least played it over the credits. A disappointment given the talent involved and the quality of the source material.
I did use Helena Bonham-Carter's look as the inspiration for my Halloween costume last year.
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(A grand celebration of the Grande Guignol) 『Tim Burton is a visionary genius, there's no doubt about that and he prefers to showcase his vibrant imagination through practical special effects, rather than CGI. He's a rare director that prefers powerful performances and atmosphere over style and with Sweeney Todd, this is his grandest gesture yet.
Benjamin Barker is a barber who has a beautiful wife and daughter but is naive. The most powerful judge in all of London city is jealous of barker's life and decides to incriminate him on a false charge. Locked away for 15 years, Barker returns to London with a grim look on his face like that of a ghost and a white streak in his dark hair, here Tim Burton channels The Bride of Frankenstein. Barker calls himself Sweeney Todd and secretly opens another barbershop exactly where he used to live. He overhears that his wife had killed herself and that his daughter had become the judge's ward and grows homicidal with rage. He begins his bloody, murderous mission of developing a popularity, being an expert barber he is now the best barber on Fleet Street, and he slits many throats on the road to having the judge in his chair.
Johnny Depp was rightfully nominated for an Oscar because his performance is frighteningly ferocious and he pulls off the Buster Keaton "Great Stone Face" effectively. Tim Burton's use of blood is similar to that of the blood seen in his previous masterpiece "Sleepy Hollow (1999)", a slightly faded orangey red and the violence is gruesome in an appropriate Grande Guignol manner.
This is a great musical written by Stephen Sondheim, being famous mostly for West Side Story (1961). Tim Burton's traditional (as in old-school) direction and cinematography, and a creepy atmosphere are developed expertly throughout this gruesome and intriguing tale of revenge. This is Burton's greatest masterpiece since Ed Wood (1995) and it stand alongside "Sleepy Hollow" as a visually grande retelling of classic tales of the creepy and awesome.
- Nir S.』
(Amazing!) 『This is one of my favorite movies of all times. Johnny's voice is spectacular. If you're a fan of Tim Burton or Johnny Depp, and definitely if you're a fan of both, this movie is for you!!!』 『Bluray Disc』 『After years of rumors, it turns out that Tim Burton was the perfect visionary to filmSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Stephen Sondheim's Broadway masterpiece, and the result is a macabre and moving musical movie as enthralling as anything Burton has ever done. The show's mix of gothic horror, Grand Guignol,verydark humor, and witty and beautiful music never was the stuff of traditional musical comedy, but it's a powerful work, and perhaps the richest of the late 20th century. In the movie, Burton's frequent collaborator, Johnny Depp, plays Todd, a wronged man whose lust for revenge drives him to murder (an 19th-century legend who has been traced to a real-life barber). Helena Bonham Carter, another Burton mainstay, is Mrs. Lovett, the barber's partner-in-unspeakable-crime. It's no surprise that Depp is an excellent choice to convey Todd's brooding intensity and volcanic rage, but he can also sing a score that is so challenging it has often played in opera houses (though not with the same style as the Broadway original, Len Cariou, and he occasionally lapses into pop style). Bonham Carter is small of voice and lacks the humor of the original Broadway Lovett, Angela Lansbury, but she sings on pitch, in rhythm, and in character at the same time, which is no small feat for a Sondheim show. Aficionados will regret the loss of certain musical passages--"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" is just an instrumental overture and the chorus is gone altogether, among others--but the reassuring presence of orchestrator Jonathan Tunick and conductor Paul Gemignani ensures that the music feels right and sounds great. And the film's depiction of a Victorian London hellhole--with cinematography by Dariusz Wolski and costumes by Colleen Atwood--also looks and feels right.
The excellent cast is filled out by Alan Rickman as the villainous Judge Turpin, Timothy Spall as his seedy Beadle, Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) as a rival barber, Jamie Campbell Bower as the young lover Anthony, Jayne Wisener as his object of affection, and Ed Sanders as the young Toby. For fans of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp who don't think they like musicals,Sweeney Toddshould be a revelation (though not for the squeamish, as the gore is intense and completely appropriate). For fans of Broadway and Sondheim, it's hard to imagine getting a better adaptation than this. The fact that there's no newly composed Oscar-bait song sung by a Josh Groban-type over the end credits only makes it better.--David Horiuchi』
price：$27.49
20th Century Fox
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (What a season.) 『I thought season 3 was the best before this one, season 3 is still made of awesome, but I think season 4 is where things get really deep, we find that Scully has cancer, because of the implant in her neck, leads into one big conspiracy, that goes into season 5 (which I am in the midst of watching).
Great season, if you buy this, you'd better get season 5...hell, get them all.』
(Excellent Purchase, Fast Delivery) 『The product was new, as it was described in the ad. It was delivered really fast even though I ordered it with the cheapest delivery. X-Files are very interesting, I am watching every season.』
(X-files Season 4) 『If you are an X-filer you will love this season. The only thing I can see that is disturbing is when there is a second part to the episode you have to find it on another disc of Season 4.』
(x-files junkie!!) 『been a fan for years, love the story,actors,the whole mood that the show gives off, i have season 1 thru 6, still have a few more to get to complete the set. if you really think about it the whole story is like a sc-fi romeo&juliet, with aliens&government stuff thrown in!!』
(Excellent and Thrilling) 『Season four is well worth the small price. Every episode is an intellectual and dramatic joy.』 『Now you can own the entire fourth season of THE X-FILES?. ALL 24 classic episodes are availale for the first time in this exclusive 6-disc collector's edition. From "Herrenvolk," "Home," "Tunguska," and "Terma" to "Memento Mori," "Max," "Small Potatoes," and "Gethsemane," these Season Four episodes are a must for every X-Files fan.』
price：$27.49
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (NEW PACKAGING) 『Just bought seasons 3&4 to ad to our collection and I was at first excited to see a reduced price... The packaging is different, rather than the previous slim sets (as advertised) the packaging is now a thin 6 disc set (which I only found listed on the web page in one place after I went back to look). Same great show, just very disappointed in Amazon and their deceptive web page.』
(did not receive order) 『I waited until the order time had expired and still did not have my order. I contacted Amazon, who in turn contacted the people I had ordered from. They apologized and asked me how I would like them to handle the situation. I asked them to refund my card, which they promptly did. I was disappointed to not get what I ordered, but I was very impressed with the prompt and courteous way this was handled.
』
(Modern American Myth) 『As one of the fan group for those who "boldly go where no one has gone before", I'd like to advance a plug for a series which does a fine job of going where the paranormal has ever intersected our domain, and brings it into the house just across the street, or around the corner. X-files producers consistently preserve their protagonists and often re-package and re-introduce their best antagonists, which goes a long way towards inducing a sense of viewer familiarity. The mythological and the arcane are welcome guests in the modern world of paranormal investigators Spec. Agent Fox Mulder, and Spec. Agent Dana Scully.
X-files do not presume to always conclude with a Disney Fairy Tale type happy ending. You won't know at the beginning of the episode that you can always expect to be subjected to an autopsy, although forensic science is frequently employed. And you can't rush to conclude that the episode will always result from or result in a tragedy. Paranormal investigation, while often probing the unfortunate, doesn't necessarily preclude the humorous. (Quite the contrary!) But the unknown is ever present, from the opening credits philosophy, (The Truth is Out There) to the Ubiquitous presence of Fox Mulder's prominent UFO poster, "I Want To Believe."
Simply for the sake of avoiding redundancy, I'd prefer to post a few comments here about the overall series in connection to the pilot episode, which purports to examine an account resembling events which actually did occur. };-) Simply stated, the occurrence of alien-abduction is reported as an international phenomenon. What's rather more disturbing is the discovery on video of facsimile devices, not far removed from the kind of surveillance employed by our government against citizens in general. They often bring up devices which are proto-type-related to technology that is built into NASA exploratory vessels. And since the NASA program receives corporate investment for research products, on top of USGovt. tax subsidy, American investors have an interest only second to the military. You can read about advances for any orbital interplanetary device, assured that it's undergone advanced testing for military usage before it was ever approved for a space rover project.
There are two episodes of Season Seven, which I would characterize as the most heart-wrenching in the series. "Sein Und Zeit" on disc 3, and "Closure", also on disc 3 in sequential order. The FBI searches for a missing child and uncovers many awful secrets. The theme revolves around finally answering the disappearance of Mulder's sister Samantha, which has been driving him on, since her abduction at age 8. The Old Souls, and the Songs, and the Star-light, all are reminiscent of Alfheim or the American Indian view of a bridge over the line where sky meets the earth. You can catch a glimpse of the feelings involved by viewing that Georgia O'Keefe painting of a loose suspended ladder, seemingly floating above the desert landscape amidst an aqua cloudless sky. The answers were meant to be, to remain elusive, because they insulate us against a truth incomprehensibly awful.
In contrast, the theme that "We Are Not Alone" is, I think, most favorably illustrated by three episodes, the first of which concludes season 2, called: "Anasazi" on disc 6, and followed consecutively by two more episodes which open season 3, "The Blessing Way" and "Paper Clip" both on disc one. I am admittedly biased towards the Navajo reservation people who assist the agents in their quest. But the events which are precipitated by an earthquake are described in memorable (for me) terms by the Navajo Elder, as he warns his grandson to leave the snakes alone, "they will be angry, and frightened." But, of course, Mulder can't leave the 'snakes' alone. I only mention said episodes by name, because Amazon features each episode as available Video on Demand. That's all new to me. I didn't see all the episodes originally because I was either working, or the FOX channel they were broadcasting on wasn't available in our area.
If you're familiar with the Catholic tradition of 'stigmatia', you might find an episode of Season Three, disc 3 titled: "Revelations" of interest. I am intrigued by the seemingly open-ended treatment of this episode. I don't recall seeing it revisited at all, though it is suggested that there is more to come.』
(In the beginning...) 『God created The X-Files and He saw that it was good...
Season 1 of The X-Files, what can I say that hasn't already been said. This was the birth of one of the most iconic shows EVER, not just in the SciFi realm. Without The X-Files there would be no LOST or Fringe or half of the shows that have come out since '93. The X-Files gave SciFi respectability beyond anything else. Before Mulder and Scully Scifi brought up mental images of overgrown nerds in their mother's basements watching Star Wars while playing D&D (all due respect to my brothers out there that do that!).
Even after over a decade the first season is amazingly watchable and still as good, if not better, than when it first aired. The plots are original and thought provoking. The meta story is engaging. All in all this should not be passed up by anyone, nerd or not. That's one thing about The X-Files, even if you don't SciFi there's atleast 2-3 episodes you will like.
The Truth Is Out There』
(The Inaugaral Season of A Great Paranormal Series) 『The X-Files are cases that the FBI have labeled as unexplained. Fox Mulder is an FBI profiler with a special interest in these types of cases since his sister was seemingly abducted by aliens as a child. When Mulder uses his clout to be assigned to investigate these cases he begins to become to close to uncovering a government conspiracy. So enter Special Agent Dana Scully a medical doctor and forensic pathologist assigned by the bureau to be Mulder's partner in hopes that this skeptical scientist will debunk Mulder's work and justify the closure of The X-Files. And so it begins. Running for 9 seasons on the Fox Network, The X-Files was an international hit and award winning series.
In this first season the vast government conspiracy that in later seasons would become so (almost TOO) complex is first explored as Mulder searchs for the answers to his sister's disappearance.. In addition the agents investigate cases involving not only aliens and UFO's but also werewolves, ghosts, bigfoot, murderous artificial intelligences, psychic's, reincarnated killers, evil clones, etc.
While not the best season of the series it is an important and entertaining season. So if you like shows about FBI investigators and also have an interest in the paranormal you should defintely give the show a try.
The slimsets have few if any special features but all episodes are included at a much cheaper price. $20 on Amazon and with Walmart selling a double pack of Seasons 1 and 2 for $20, you get 2 seasons of a great television show for nearly the price of one single movie dvd.』 『Get reacquainted with Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), and all the clever plots dealing with the occult, monsters, urban legends, conspiracy theories, and the rest that made this show an uncanny hit.』 『In the first season ofThe X-Files, creator Chris Carter was uncertain of the series' future, so each of the episodes is a self-contained suspense story; they do not delve deep into the ongoing X-Files mythology or turn to self-parody and humor as do episodes in later seasons. Yet, these episodes display the elements for which the show would become famous: the cinematic production values and top-notch special effects, the stark lighting of the Vancouver sets, the atmospheric halo of Mark Snow's score, and the clever plots dealing with subjects ranging from the occult, religion, and monsters to urban legends, conspiracy theories, and science fiction. Most importantly, season 1 introduces FBI agents Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Fox "Spooky" Mulder (David Duchovny), two of the most attractive government officials around. Scully is the serious-minded medical scientist assigned to join Mulder on the X-Files, a division of the FBI dealing with the paranormal. Mulderis the intuitive thinker with a dry wit, a passionate believer in the existence of paranormal phenomena and one of the few characters on television smart enough to figure out who the bad guy is before the audience does. Their muddled relationship, a deep friendship laced with sexual tension, provides the human heart in a world where the bizarre and horrible lurk in everyday society.
Those unfamiliar withThe X-Filesoften view all the fuss with the same skepticism with which Scully first regards her new partner's ideas. But just as she comes to realize the uncanny accuracy of Mulder's outlandish theories, newcomers toThe X-Fileswho sample a few episodes in this boxed set will likely find themselves riveted to their television late into the night. And undoubtedly, the shadows and creaking noises in the house that evening will seem more menacing than usual.--Eugene Wei』
price：$27.49
20th Century Fox
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (NEW PACKAGING) 『Just bought seasons 3&4 to ad to our collection and I was at first excited to see a reduced price... The packaging is different, rather than the previous slim sets (as advertised) the packaging is now a thin 6 disc set (which I only found listed on the web page in one place after I went back to look). Same great show, just very disappointed in Amazon and their deceptive web page.』
(did not receive order) 『I waited until the order time had expired and still did not have my order. I contacted Amazon, who in turn contacted the people I had ordered from. They apologized and asked me how I would like them to handle the situation. I asked them to refund my card, which they promptly did. I was disappointed to not get what I ordered, but I was very impressed with the prompt and courteous way this was handled.
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(Modern American Myth) 『As one of the fan group for those who "boldly go where no one has gone before", I'd like to advance a plug for a series which does a fine job of going where the paranormal has ever intersected our domain, and brings it into the house just across the street, or around the corner. X-files producers consistently preserve their protagonists and often re-package and re-introduce their best antagonists, which goes a long way towards inducing a sense of viewer familiarity. The mythological and the arcane are welcome guests in the modern world of paranormal investigators Spec. Agent Fox Mulder, and Spec. Agent Dana Scully.
X-files do not presume to always conclude with a Disney Fairy Tale type happy ending. You won't know at the beginning of the episode that you can always expect to be subjected to an autopsy, although forensic science is frequently employed. And you can't rush to conclude that the episode will always result from or result in a tragedy. Paranormal investigation, while often probing the unfortunate, doesn't necessarily preclude the humorous. (Quite the contrary!) But the unknown is ever present, from the opening credits philosophy, (The Truth is Out There) to the Ubiquitous presence of Fox Mulder's prominent UFO poster, "I Want To Believe."
Simply for the sake of avoiding redundancy, I'd prefer to post a few comments here about the overall series in connection to the pilot episode, which purports to examine an account resembling events which actually did occur. };-) Simply stated, the occurrence of alien-abduction is reported as an international phenomenon. What's rather more disturbing is the discovery on video of facsimile devices, not far removed from the kind of surveillance employed by our government against citizens in general. They often bring up devices which are proto-type-related to technology that is built into NASA exploratory vessels. And since the NASA program receives corporate investment for research products, on top of USGovt. tax subsidy, American investors have an interest only second to the military. You can read about advances for any orbital interplanetary device, assured that it's undergone advanced testing for military usage before it was ever approved for a space rover project.
There are two episodes of Season Seven, which I would characterize as the most heart-wrenching in the series. "Sein Und Zeit" on disc 3, and "Closure", also on disc 3 in sequential order. The FBI searches for a missing child and uncovers many awful secrets. The theme revolves around finally answering the disappearance of Mulder's sister Samantha, which has been driving him on, since her abduction at age 8. The Old Souls, and the Songs, and the Star-light, all are reminiscent of Alfheim or the American Indian view ofa bridge over the line where sky meets the earth. You can catch a glimpse of the feelings involved by viewing that Georgia O'Keefe painting of a loose suspended ladder, seemingly floating above the desert landscape amidst an aqua cloudless sky. The answers were meant to be, to remain elusive, because they insulate us against a truth incomprehensibly awful.
In contrast, the theme that "We Are Not Alone" is, I think, most favorably illustrated by three episodes, the first of which concludes season 2, called: "Anasazi" on disc 6, and followed consecutively by two more episodes which open season 3, "The Blessing Way" and "Paper Clip" both on disc one. I am admittedly biased towards the Navajo reservation people who assist the agents in their quest. But the events which are precipitated by an earthquake are described in memorable (for me) terms by the Navajo Elder, as he warns his grandson to leave the snakes alone, "they will be angry, and frightened." But, of course, Mulder can't leave the 'snakes' alone. I only mention said episodes by name, because Amazon features each episode as available Video on Demand. That's all new to me. I didn't see all the episodes originally because I was either working, or the FOX channel they were broadcasting on wasn't available in our area.
If you're familiar with the Catholic tradition of 'stigmatia', you might find an episode of Season Three, disc 3 titled: "Revelations" of interest. I am intrigued by the seemingly open-ended treatment of this episode. I don't recall seeing it revisited at all, though it is suggested that there is more to come.』
(In the beginning...) 『God created The X-Files and He saw that it was good...
Season 1 of The X-Files, what can I say that hasn't already been said. This was the birth of one of the most iconic shows EVER, not just in the SciFi realm. Without The X-Files there would be no LOST or Fringe or half of the shows that have come out since '93. The X-Files gave SciFi respectability beyond anything else. Before Mulder and Scully Scifi brought up mental images of overgrown nerds in their mother's basements watching Star Wars while playing D&D (all due respect to my brothers out there that do that!).
Even after over a decade the first season is amazingly watchable and still as good, if not better, than when it first aired. The plots are original and thought provoking. The meta story is engaging. All in all this should not be passed up by anyone, nerd or not. That's one thing about The X-Files, even if you don't SciFi there's atleast 2-3 episodes you will like.
The Truth Is Out There』
(The Inaugaral Season of A Great Paranormal Series) 『The X-Files are cases that the FBI have labeled as unexplained. Fox Mulder is an FBI profiler with a special interest in these types of cases since his sister was seemingly abducted by aliens as a child. When Mulder uses his clout to be assigned to investigate these cases he begins to become to close to uncovering a government conspiracy. So enter Special Agent Dana Scully a medical doctor and forensic pathologist assigned by the bureau to be Mulder's partner in hopes that this skeptical scientist will debunk Mulder's work and justify the closure of The X-Files. And so it begins. Running for 9 seasons on the Fox Network, The X-Files was an international hit and award winning series.
In this first season the vast government conspiracy that in later seasons would become so (almost TOO) complex is first explored as Mulder searchs for the answers to his sister's disappearance.. In addition the agents investigate cases involving not only aliens and UFO's but also werewolves, ghosts, bigfoot, murderous artificial intelligences, psychic's, reincarnated killers, evil clones, etc.
While not the best season of the series it is an important and entertaining season. So if you like shows about FBI investigators and also have an interest in the paranormal you should defintely give the show a try.
The slimsets have few if any special features but all episodes are included at a much cheaper price. $20 on Amazon and with Walmart selling a double pack of Seasons 1 and 2 for $20, you get 2 seasons of a great television show for nearly the price of one single movie dvd.』 『This season, series creator Chris Carter expanded the mythology with plots like the alien black oil and Scully's implant, but also further developed the show's trademark humor and continued to explore paranormal possibilities.』 『By its third season,The X-Fileshad grown from a cult hit to a global phenomenon, becoming the most popular show in many countries outside the U.S. Armed with the knowledge that the show was here to stay, series creator Chris Carter expanded its mythology, and the 24 episodes in this boxed set represent arguably the strongest of all theX-Filesseasons. As usual, stand-alone episodes explored the paranormal and sometimes terrifying possibilities in mythology, pop culture, and religion. Darin Morgan helps the show to mature by expanding its use of humor, directing classic episodes such as "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (featuring a fabulous performance from Peter Boyle) and "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space.'" Meanwhile, two-part episodes continue to delve into theX-Files' own mythology, introducing the alien black oil, the implant in Scully's neck, the mysterious Agent X, and the shape-shifting Jeremiah Smith. But following the complex mythology is not crucial to enjoying the show. The strength of theX-Fileslies not in resolution but in feeding the paranoia of its rabid audience by revealing conspiracies that linger in the mind as unanswered questions. Series creator Carter realized wisely that fans did not look to theX-Filesto explain the unexplained, but to question that which they thought they understood. The third season was effective because it hinted that while the truth was out there, it was more complex, sinister, and amazing than even Mulder had imagined.--Eugene Wei』
price：$9.96
Severin/ADA
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (DVD problems) 『Somthing wrong with the DVD.Waited for this to come out in dvd and when youn insert disk in player it skips,tried cleaning it, this really sucks.Buyer beware.』
(FINALLY!!!) 『I have been waiting so long for this one to hit next gen players, and now we skip right past the need for a dvd and get the blu-ray edition! Tight. Solid. Awesome. Amazing robot horror that hasn't lost any of its scares or sexiness in the years since it first came out!』
(Very disappointed) 『The quality is very bad for a blu-ray, and the Fx(special effect are very very badly made) I think you can buy this movie only if you are fan of a very old movie called "horror" but it's not, and you do to be fan also of the movies made without money (like homemade movies)』
(Low Budget Distopian Downer) 『This movie felt like a low budget version of Mad Max. A future, albeit horribly pessimistic (but some would argue realistic), depiction of the future in which war- and conflict-torn humans live in an environmentally and comfort destroyed world. Oh, and there's a horror theme to it as well with a terminator-like robot proving to be a menace. So obviously this movie is strictly sci-fi horror, and robot/mechanical sci-fi at that (i.e., excluding the juicy alien kind). Unfortunately, I really dislike this genre, and could not enjoy it at all. However, if you like this genre, then you may enjoy and I encourage you to not necessarily be swayed by my views. However, irrespective of the genre and my personal aversion, I did not find this to be a high quality film. It seemed as if Mad Max had been the inspiration for the film, but that vision did not match the budget. Normally I'm not at all budget sensitive, but I think a solid budget is necessary to make a futuristic sci-fi film work, and be believable. In this case, it was mostly tiny sets and carefully selected camera angles to avoid showing the viewer how little set they really had created. But it wasn't creative enough to make me not notice this absence. Then there's the music. I know this is a 1990 movie, on the tail end of the 1980s, but the music was just awful. It sounded like the music director got his first synthesizer and went a little crazy. I suppose synthesized music is consistent with the overall concept, but it was distractingly bad. Just because its 1980s doesnt mean it has to be awful.』
(A Great Blu-Ray Transfer!) 『I have been a fan of this movie from the first time I watched it years back. if your into sci-fi this movie will score high for you. The movie transfer to Hi-Def....I watched this movie via Blu-Ray in 1080i Video&5.1 Audio,the visuals are outstanding for a older film just a few minor film blemishes in the start of the film but nothing to scream about. The audio was tight&separation was flawless. Bottom line, A great transfer..A must have for any sci-fi movie buff.』 『REMASTERED IN STUNNING HIGH DEFINITION FROM ORIGINAL VAULT MATERIALS!
It was the movie that stunned audiences, shocked the MPAA and marked the debut of one of the most uncompromising filmmakers in modern horror. Golden Globe® winner Dylan McDermott (The Practice, Dark Blue) stars as a post-apocalyptic scavenger who brings home a battered cyborg skull for his metal-sculptor girlfriend. But this steel scrap contains the brain of the M.A.R.K. 13, the military's most ferocious bio-mechancial combat droid. It is cunning, cruel, and knows how to reassemble itself. Tonight, it is reborn...and no flesh shall be spared. Stacey Travis (GHOSTWORLD) co-stars - along with appearances by Iggy Pop, Lemmy of Motörhead and music by Ministry and Public Image Ltd. - in the kick-ass sci-fi thriller from Richard Stanley (DUST DEVIL) that Fangoria calls "gritty, trippy and frightnening...HARDWARE is one of the best horror movies you've never seen!"
Totally Uncut, Uncensored And On DVD For The First Time Ever!
EXTRAS: * Audio Commentary with Director Richard Stanley * No Flesh Shall Be Spared - All-New 60 min Documentary Featuring Interviews with Cast and Crew * 'Incidents In An Expanding Universe' - Early Super 8 Version of HARDWARE * 'The Sea of Perdition' - 2006 Richard Stanley Short Film * 'Rites of Passage' - Early Richard Stanley Short Film * Richard Stanley on Hardware 2 * Theatrical Trailer * Deleted, Extended&Behind-the-Scenes Footage』
price：$3.99
Paramount
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Entertaining thriller based on a true account) 『I always liked this movie. The characters are well-developed, interesting, and although this is essentially a horror story, it has it's humorous moments. It's overall great entertainment. I think of it as "Jaws on Land."』
(Love this movie!) 『Great film. Val Kilmer is very good. Michael Douglas is a little weak but not enough so to ruin the film. Exciting true story.』
(Good movie) 『What's freaky about this movie is that it's based on a true story and you can still see the lions stuffed in some museum in Chicago. What's great about this movie, is it's one of the first of it's kind. There have since been several "evil animal" movies that are ridiculous, but this one was true and original. Some pretty intense scenes in this!』
(Thriller) 『This awesome thriller is the best movie! And this seller stands behind his/her stuff. It arrived in perfect condition. Highly recommend!』
(Ghost of the Darkness- movie) 『I bought this movie as a gift for a friend and have not had the chance to watch it myself. I bought it for her because she had it on VCR tape and enjoyed it so much that it was getting worn out, so I purchased it for her on DVD.』 『EAST AFRICA, 1896. TWO LIONS ON A MAN-EATING RAMPAGE HAVE SHUT DOWN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RAILWAY. BIG-GAME HUNTER REMINGTON AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER PATTERSON SET OUT TO STOP THESE UNSTOPPABLE MONSTERS. BUT IN THIS ASTONISHING TALE OF MAN VS. BEAST, THE HUNTERS BECOME THE HUNTED.』 『Val Kilmer stars as Lt. Col. John Patterson, a 19th-century Irish engineer drafted by Britain's railroad bosses to build a trestle bridge over an African river, thus expanding the empire a tiny bit more. In Tsavo, Patterson is instantly hailed for killing a man-eating lion that had been making life hell for native workers. But morale sinks when a pair of unstoppable big cats devour more men and destroy the project. Along comes an Ahab-like, expatriate American hunter (Michael Douglas) to help Patterson face the almost preternatural powers of the two killers. The script by William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) is based on fact, though the film owes more to Spielberg (specifically toJaws) than history. There are also suggestive echoes of Kipling and Conrad in the material and characters, and there are hints of emotional complexity and psychological nuance that make one wish this could have been a great film instead of a merely fun one.--Tom Keogh』
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