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Hello.
Upon further review, this week doesn't hold much excitement, but anyway here now are the 289 DVD, Blu-Ray and HD DVD releases Amazon coughed up for you for the week beginning Tuesday, May 29.
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Gentlemen, start your engines...
PICK OF THE WEEK:
After consultation of the entire list, it could only be
Circle of Iron (2-Disc Special Edition) (The W at Amazon) (1978)  Oooh... David Carradine, Jeff Cooper, Christopher Lee, Roddy McDowall, Eli Wallach - TWO discs! TWO!
MOVIES!
THE BIG ONES ONE OF THE WEEK:
 Hannibal Rising (Unrated Widescreen Edition) (2007) Mr. Lecter?
Hannibal Rising (Full Screen Edition)
Man, that's IT? Slim pickings this week.
BIG BOX OF THE WEEK:
Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition (Superman - The Movie / Superman II / Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut / Superman III / Superman IV - The Quest ... Superman Returns) (2007 Corrected Edition) Hope you didn't buy the earlier version! 14 discs in all for all you nerds
WARNER BROTHERS BOX SET:
Katharine Hepburn Collection (Morning Glory / Undercurrent / Sylvia Scarlett / Without Love / Dragon Seed / The Corn Is Green [1979]) Turns out SHE would have turned 100 a couple weeks ago, but we were all busy waiting for John Wayne! Six discs
EXPENSIVE RERELEASES OF DVDs YOU ALREADY HAVE:
Basic Instinct [Blu-ray] (1992) With the stunning clarity of Blu-Ray you can actually count the hairs on Sharon Stone's chooch NOW HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY?!
Curse of the Golden Flower [Blu-ray] (Man Cheng Jin Dai Huang Jin Jia - Hong Kong/China, 2007) Chow-Yun Fat, Gong Li - directed by Yimou Zhang - DVD/UMD came out 3/27
Chris Botti: Live (With Orchestra and Special Guests) [Blu-ray]
Weeds - Season 1 [Blu-ray] (Showtime, 2005) - reg'lar DVD was version out last July
The River [HD DVD] (1984)
Midnight Run [HD DVD] (1988) Robert DeNiro, Charles Grodin
The Frighteners: Peter Jackson's Director's Cut [HD DVD] (New Zealand/USA, 1996)
Dragonheart [HD DVD] (1996)
Lost in Translation [HD DVD] (USA/Japan, 2003)
NOTABLE DIRECT-TO-DVD RELEASES OF THE WEEK:
Free Zone (Israel/Belgium/France/Spain, 2005) Natalie Portman
Loveless in Los Angeles (2007) Dash Mihok, Brittany Daniel
CULT EPICS:
I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse (J'irai Comme un Cheval Fou - France, 1973)
Viva La Muerte (Tunisia/France, 1971)
More movies after a few words from television...
TV!
Rawhide - The Second Season, Vol. 1 (CBS, 1959-60)  First 16 episodes of Season 2 on 4 discs
F Troop - The Complete Second Season (ABC, 1966-7) Final 31 episodes on 6 discs
F Troop - The Complete First Two Seasons 1&2 Me, I'd have called it "the complete series" but this really is just a 2-pack of the existing box sets in one item listing
The Closer - The Complete Second Season (TNT, 2006) Kyra Sedgewick - hey, does ANYBODY actually WATCH this show?
The Closer - The Complete First Two Seasons
The Ten Commandments (ABC, 2006) Naveen Andrews, Omar Sharif
The Andy Griffith Show - The Complete Series Hope you didn't buy the earlier season sets - all eight seasons PLUS the original pilot PLUS the 1986 movie "Return to Mayberry" - 40 discs - FORTY!
Biography - Legends of the Silver Screen 9 disc collection
The History Channel Presents The Civil War 6 disc collection
The History Channel Presents Modern Marvels - Technology 8 discs
The History Channel Presents Modern Marvels - Architectural Wonders 8 discs
The History Channel Presents Shootout! - Seasons 1 and 2 For people who want more reality in their gun battles
The Dark Ages (The History Channel) Just 1 disc
The Mysteries of the Bible Collection (A&E) Seven discs, 22 episodes
Kinda slim pickings HERE, too....I guess they figure nobody's interested in buying DVDs coming off the Memorial Day holiday. Or something.
PBS:
Frontline - News War - The Complete Series (WGBH, 2007) You can still watch all four episodes online for free at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/
Terry Sanford and the New South (PBS, 2007) Profile of the governor
CANADIAN TV OF THE WEEK:
Starhunter - The Complete Series (2000-4) all 22 episodes of edgy Canadian Sci-Fi series, in widescreen...hmm, I first reported this one for 1/16...4 discs and "unrated bonus features" which hopefully means MORE BOOBS
UK TV OF THE WEEK:
Big Train - Seasons 1 & 2 (BBC, 1998,2002)
KOREAN TV OF THE WEEK:
Winter Sonata (겨울연가 - KBS, 2002) 20 hours - KBS (contents.kbs.co.kr)
KIDZ' TV (AND OTHER KIDZ' VIDZ):
The Backyardigans - Movers & Shakers (Nick Jr.)
Blue's Clues - Blue's Room - Shape Detectives (Nick Jr.)
Charlie and Lola, Vol. 4 - It Is Absolutely Completely Not Messy (BBC/Disney Channel)
Charlie & Lola: Vol 3 & 4
Ozie Boo! Volume 3: Learn To Live Together - Who knew penguins could look so scary? (Me, on 3/6 when I first used this joke)
PETER PAN:
Duel with the Devil I wish I could tell you, but I have no idea
Fight for the Agreement Ditto
The Little Cars 2: Rodopolis Adventures
Little Cars 2-Rodopolis Adventures 18pk 18 of above
Little Cars 1 & 2 12pk 12 of above paired with 12 of the first one (duh)
AND FINALLY, "60 MINUTES" PIECES OF THE WEEK:
60 Minutes - Deepwater (May 20, 2007) Trouble at the Coast Guard - transcript and free viewing at 60 Minutes (cbsnews.com)
60 Minutes - Dumped on Skid Row (May 20, 2007) How hospitals are "dealing" with their homeless patients - 60 Minutes
60 Minutes - One Laptop Per Child (May 20, 2007) MIT professor delivers computers to Colombia and Brazil - 60 Minutes
MORE MOVIES!
FURN FILMS:
Defenceless: A Blood Symphony (Australia, 2004) No dialogue
Above the Law (Zhi Fa Xian Feng - Hong Kong, 1986)
Shanghai Express (Foo Gwai Lit Che - Hong Kong, 1986) SAMMO of the week
Forbidden City Cop (Daai Laap Mat Taam 008 - Hong Kong, 1996)
Forbidden City Cop I dunno, cover of THIS one is for "Pushing Hands" (Tui Shou - Hong Kong, 1992) , an Ang Lee film
Battle Royale I & II (3pc) (Ws Coll Spec Sub) I'm going to guess it's Batoru Rowaiaru (Japan, 2000) and Batoru Rowaiaru II: Chinkonka (Japan, 2003) FINALLY seing USA release
Ichi the Killer: Blood Pack (Koroshiya 1 - Japan/Hong Kong/South Korea, 2001) Takaishi Miike is a sick dude - "uncut double disc edition"
The In-Laws (Saajan Chale Sasural - India, 1996)
Out of Hand (Keller - Teenage Wasteland - Italy/Germany/Austria, 2005)
Off Screen (Netherlands/Belgium, 2005)
When Darkness Falls (Nr Mrkret Faller - Germany/Sweden, 2006)
TOTALLY GAY:
The Naked Civil Servant (BBC, 1975) John Hurt - Groundbreaking movie based on autobiography of Quentin Crisp
The Lost Language of Cranes (BBC/WNET, 1991) Coming out story
Big Dreams in Little Hope (Mom - 2006) "An Odd Couple Lesbian Buddy Movie" says the box. The jokes write themselves!
Love Life (2006) - hmm, this came out two weeks ago, too - http://waterbearerfilms.com/whatsnew.html
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006) That's just an unfortunate title
DOCUMENTARIES:
Xavier Veilhan: 256 Jours French artist
Wide Awake (HBO, 2006) What if a film about insomnia puts YOU to sleep?
The Color of Love (Rangeh Eshgh, USA/Iran, 2004)
Warlords 4 part psychological studies of WWII minds - Hitler v. Stalin, Churchill v. Roosevelt, Churchill v. Stalin, and Roosevelt v. Stalin
Heavy Petting (1989) Celebrities talk about doin' it
One Punk Under God: The Prodigal Son Of Jim And Tammy Fae (2006) Sundance documentary of Jay Bakker - guess the one on 2/26 was a "pre-release" of THIS release?
10 mph - Seattle to Boston (2007) Story of a story of a 2004 Segway trip across the USA - www.10mph.com
Cockfight (2001) You'll never eat chicken again
Biro (2007) From Uganda to Cuba to America...and jail
Homeland Insecurity Trio of shorts from Bill Brown - The Other Side, Hub City, and AA Trailer
Iraq in Fragments (USA/Iraq, 2006) see also www.iraqinfragments.com
MICROCINEMA:
Open Score by Robert Rauschenberg - Microcinema (microcinemadvd.com)
AND THE REST:
Champions (UK, 1984) John Hurt
Restless Natives (UK, 1985)
Project: Shadowchaser 3000 / Night Siege - Project: Shadowchaser 2 (Double Feature) (1995) Weird...first film is actually aka "Shadowchaser III" so I guess it doesn't matter that they're out of order?
Do It for Uncle Manny (2002) Adam Baratta, Kari Wuhrer (!), Louie Anderson
Resistance (2003, USA/Netherlands) Bill Paxton, Julia Ormond
Able Edwards (2004) Homage to "Citizen Kane" made with a single MiniDV cam, a green screen, and a Mac
Rapid Fear (Australia, 2004) Thriller
Illusion (2004) Kirk Douglas
The Call of Cthulhu: The Celebrated Story of H.P. Lovecraft (short, 2005) More info at Microcinema (microcinemadvd.com)
Flirting With Anthony (2005) "Guilty Pleasures Collection" is probably code for "Really Awful Releases"
The Foursome (Canada, 2006) Kevin Dillon (isn't Canadian) and friends reconnect at a 20th Anniversary college reunion
My Brother (2006) Vanessa Williams, Tatum O'Neal - directed by Anthony Lover
Rain (2006) Brooklyn Sudano, Faye Dunaway, Robert Loggia, Khandi Alexander, Giancarlo Esposito - directed by Craig DiBona
Be My Baby (2006) Woman kidnaps babies to con ex-lover into child support - probably as bad as plot sounds
Be My Baby Same as above?
The Hawk Is Dying (2006) Paul Giamatti
Kill House (2006) "Escrow just closed."
Kill House Full screen version, maybe?
Drive-Thru (2007) Burger place's clown mascot goes on a rampage - not Ronald McDonald, they swear
Mexican American (2007) Damian Chapa
FOR FOLKS ON A BUDGET:
MAC FILMWORKS BRINGS THE CHEAPO DVDs:
Time Pretty sure they mean "Tim" (Australia, 1979) Piper Laurie, Mel Gibson
Lethal Victims (W.A.R.: Women Against Rape - 1987) FRANK STALLONE OF THE WEEK!
Tim/Lethal Victims
Loose Shoes (1980) Bill Murray leads a cast of, like, a MILLION people in a series of spoof movie trailers - this one's probably just worth the price
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) Biopic of Jerome Kern contains performances by lots of musical stars, most notably Frank Sinatra
Loose Shoes/Till Clouds Roll By What an odd pairing
OH NO:
The public domain folks learned that John Wayne would have turned 100 and have put out a slew of crappy releases!
John Wayne in Color: Cold Vengeance
John Wayne Collection Gift Pack 7 discs of MYSTERY
John Wayne Collection Wave 2 Also 7 discs
John Wayne: Gold Strike River
John Wayne in Color: Guns Along the Trail
John Wayne: An Innocent Man
John Wayne in Color: Stagecoach Run
John Wayne: Stolen Goods
ALPHA VIDEO (www.oldies.com):
Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (1955) / A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court (1952) John Carradine & Boris Karloff in pair of vintage TV episodes
Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet, The - Volume 5 Four episodes - list at oldies.com
Anything For a Thrill (1937) / Men Of Action (1935)
The Buccaneers, Volume 3 Four episodes - oldies.com
Code Of The Red Man (King of the Stallions, 1942)
Drive-In Double Feature: The Undertaker And His Pals (1966) / Carnival Of Blood (1970)
Federal Fugitives (1941)
Golden Age Theater - Volume 7 Old episodes of "GE Theater" I'm guessing - couldn't find it at oldies.com yet
Legacy Of Blood (aka Blood Legacy) (1971)
The Adventures of Long John Silver - Volume 1 Four episodes - oldies.com
The Adventures Of Long John Silver, Volume 2 Four different episodes - oldies.com
The Miracle Rider (1935) Tom Mix' last appearance - 15 chapter serial
Non-Stop New York (Classic Collectors Series) (UK, 1937)
Raiders Of Ghost City (Chapters 1-13) (1944) serial - 13 chapters of FLAMING LEAD
Roy Rogers With Dale Evans - Volume 4 Another four episodes - oldies.com
Roy Rogers With Dale Evans - Volume 5 Another another four episodes - oldies.com
Roy Rogers With Dale Evans - Volume 6 Another another another four episodes - oldies.com
Smallest Show On Earth, The (1957)
Tom Tyler Double Feature: Orphans Of The Pecos (1938) / Lost Ranch (1937)
SERIALS:
Scouts to the Rescue (1939) 12 part serial - Gary Cooper
The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945) 13 chapters
ST CLAIR ENTERTAINMENT MYSTERY RELEASES OF THE WEEK:
Total Romance The Ultimate Collection Whatever it is, it's six discs of it
Archives Of World War II Also six discs
ST CLAIR ENTERTAINMENT *SUPER* MYSTERY RELEASE:
St Clair Hmm, maybe it's the entire company
WHOA...JOHNNY LEGEND IS STILL ALIVE?:
Johnny Legend's Deadly Doubles, Vol. 3 According to Diabolik DVD (diabolikdvd.com), set includes "Prehistoric Women" and Spies-A-Go-Go"
Johnny Legend's Deadly Doubles, Vol. 4 Again, Diabolik (diabolikdvd.com) gives me the details: includes "Teenage Devil Dolls," "Teenage Confidential"
Nympho Libre Well, Johnny Legend DID promote wrestling back in the day...by which I mean, whenever I saw those SFLL shows...
VCI VIDEO BRINGS THE CHEAPO DOUBLE FEATURES (www.vcientertainment.com):
Treasure of the Amazon/Island of Lost Souls Two from Ren Cardona Jr. - (Mexico, 1985) and (La Isla de los Hombres Solos - Mexico, 1974)
Guyana: Crime of the Century/Carlos the Terrorist Two more from Ren Cardona - (Spain/Panama/Mexico, 1979) and (Carlos El Terrorista - Mexico, 1979)
Bermuda Triangle/Cyclone You guessed it - (Mexico/Italy, 1978) and (Mexico/USA/Italy, 1978)
Birds of Prey/Lady Ice (El Ataque de los Pjaros - Mexico/Spain, 1987) and a film that seems to have nothing to do with Cardona (1973)
Cattle Queen of Montana/Tennessee's Partner (1954) (1955) Two westerns starring Ronald Reagan
Legend of Bearheart/Cry of the Black Wolves I think the first one is "Legend of the Northwest" (1978) - the second one is definitely "Der Schrei der Schwarzen Wlfe" (West Germany, 1972)
Death Game/Murder Rap (1977) (1987)
The Moon and Sixpence (1942) - not a double feature, sorry
MORE CHEAPO COLLECTIONS FROM VCI:
Classic Westerns: Johnny Mack Brown Four Feature If anybody really wants me to tell you what's on here, speak up (or try to figure it out at the VCI site yourself)
Classic Westerns: Bob Steele Four Feature
Classic Westerns: Tex Ritter Four Feature
Classic Westerns: Buster Crabbe Four Feature
Classic Westerns: Bob Baker Four Feature
Classic Westerns: Singing Cowboys Four Feature
Cisco Kid Western Triple Feature, Vol. 1
Cisco Kid Western Triple Feature, Vol. 2
Gladiators and Ancient Warriors Four Feature
Hillbilly Comedy Collection Four Feature
Wrestling Gold Collection, Vol. 2 "The Maim Event" - commentary by Cornette & Meltzer
VCI RELEASES OF MYSTERY:
Camp Wilderness, Vol. 1
Camp Wilderness, Vol. 2
Health Quiz, Vol. 1
Health Quiz, Vol. 2
Health Quiz, Vol. 3
Health Quiz, Vol. 4
DODGY IMPORTED RELEASES OF THE WEEK:
Great Waltz (1938) The Johan Strauss, Jr. story
Raintree County (1957)
I WON'T MAKE (MUCH) FUN OF ANIME:
Some of these have even aired on Adult Swim! I think!
Gakuen Heaven, Vol. 2: School of Love GAY love, maybe - oh sorry
Peach Girl, Vol.2 Super Pop Love Hurricane!
Solty Rei, Vol. 4
Yu Yu Hakusho: Five Standing eps.57-70
Case Closed: Death Wears a Blindfold s.3 v.2
Bleach, Volume 4: The Substitute
Hikaru No Go, Vol. 8: The Awful Opponent
Naruto Uncut Boxed Set, Volume 3
Naruto Uncut Boxed Set, Volume 3 (Special Edition)
Naruto 12
Moeyo Ken TV, Vol. 3
Misaki Chronicles: Complete Collection
Rozen Maiden, Vol. 1: Doll House
To Heart Vol. 2-Finding Courage
Karin, Vol. 1: Infusion
Karin, Vol. 1: Infusion Limited edition?
Ergo Proxy, Vol. 4: Wrong Way Home
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Volume 1 (Special Edition) Lots of extra trinkets
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Volume 1
Rozen Maiden, Vol. 1: Doll House W/Box
El-Hazard OVA, Vol. 1
ANIME (SORTA):
Yu-Gi-Oh - Season 5 - Dawn of the Duel - Part 1 Penultimate set of the "real" series
SPORTS & LEISURE!
WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT:
WWE: Backlash 2007
BASEBALL:
Chicago Cubs Legends - Great Games Collector's Edition Surprisingly, 8 discs - I anxiously await/hope Cubs will review the features listing
Baltimore Orioles Legends - Cal Ripken Jr. Collector's Edition 6 discs - yes, the record breaking game is included
GOLFZZZZZZ:
The Ben Hogan Collection 3 discszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
WHITEWATER KAYAKING:
Steve Fisher: Black Book - www.helipress.com
WIGGLE IT (JUST A LITTLE BIT):
Classic Stars of Bellydance
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT!
CULTURAL SHIT OF THE WEEK:
AMADO:
Friedrich Gulda: Plays Mozart for the People (import)
Shtarkman: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (import)
20th Century Music for Two Pianos (import)
ARTHAUS:
Arnold Schoenberg - Moses und Aron
Opera Highlights, Vol. 1 - Norma, La Gioconda, Il Trovatore, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Forza del Destino, La Cenerentola, L'Elisir d'Amore, Orlando Furioso
EUROARTS:
Wagner - Die Walkure
Daniel Barenboim: Live from the Alhambra
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: 70th Anniversary Concert
IMMORTAL:
Everything Turns into Dancing (1978) (import)
Cinderella (import)
Faroukh Ruzimatov: Everything Is Fine/Good Mood (import)
KULTUR:
Russian Writers - Alexander Blok
Russian Writers - Anton Chekhov
Russian Writers - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian Writers - Maxim Gorky
Russian Writers - Vladimir Mayakovsky
Russian Writers - Boris Pasternak
Russian Writers - Alexander Pushkin
Russian Writers - Leo Tolstoy
The Great Masters of the Italian Renaissance Boxed Set 3 discs
The Rembrandt Collection - Rembrandt, Painter of Man / Restoration of The Nightwatch / Rembrandt's Masterly Brushstrokes / Rembrandt And His World
Dvorak in Prague - A Celebration / Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Frederica von Stade, Boston Symphony, Seizi Ozawa
Kissin in Tokyo - Yevgeny Kissin
Dawn at Dusk - A Late Night Recital by Dawn Upshaw
Strauss - Fledermaus / Anthony Warlow, Ghillian Sullivan, Amelia Farrugia, Australian Opera
Auber - Haydee ou le Secret / L'Opera Francais, Isabelle Philippe, Bruno Comparetti
Adolphe Adam - Le Toreador, ou l'Accord Parfait / L'Opera Francais
City Life - Steve Reich / Ensemble Modern
OPUS ARTE:
Celibidache Conducts Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Rossini - Il Viaggio a Reims
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake / Nureyev, Letestu, Martinez, Paris Opera Ballet [HD DVD]
Rossini - La Scala di Seta
TDK:
Donizetti - Don Pasquale
Rossini - La Cenerentola
VIDEO ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL:
Leopold Stokowski Conducts
Leoncavallo - Pagliacci
Trapeze/Fragments of a Biography
Live in Recital
MORE MUSIC:
Shaman: Ritual Live (2003)
Down Under & On the Road The Beatles (import)
The Beatles: The Making of Help! (import)
Marley Days - Various Artists - performances from the yearly festival - pushed back a few times
Ultra-Octa-Doom - two live Kool Keith performances - one from 1990, one from 2006 - http://www.koolkeith.co.uk/index_data/newsupdates.htm
The Cult: Irving Plaza, New York City
The Beatles London 2 disc version
The Concise Beatles London 1 disc version
Everybody Needs Somebody Solomon Burke (import)
Thizz Nation Presents: Block Report Hmm, pushed back from last week? - www.myspace.com/thizzentertainment
Dinosaur Jr.: Live in the Middle East or even Irving Plaza (2005)
Vocal Group Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Vol. 4 / The Association, The Lettermen, Mary Wilson, The Tokens - the 2004 Class on 3 discs - www.VocalGroup.org
UB40: Live at Montreux 2002
Fancy Les Claypool
Allman Brothers-Live at the Beach
Paul Rodgers: Live in Glasgow
Best of Both Worlds Pimpin Ken, Pimp C - at least, I THINK it's music...ally related somehow
Talking to the Kids Art Brut
Looking Through Communist Eyes Out Cold
Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time Radiohead
Temptations: Live in London
ET CETERA!
TRAVEL WITHOUT LEAVING HOME:
Visions of Scotland
DVD ABOUT WALES OF THE WEEK:
The Genius of Wales
WAR (WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR):
Great Fighting Machines of WW2 - Axis Armor
Great Fighting Machines of WW2 - Allied Armor
SMUT:
Wet Triple pack based on a common theme (probably)
Tremendous Tatas Sad that we have no cover yet - all titles should be this refreshingly candid
Erica Campbell: Busty Nude Model of the Year Again, how can you expect to sell these without throwing a cover our way?
Busty Blondes Nude and Beautiful
Natural Nude Beauties
Pro Football Cheerleaders Exposed/Survival of the Nude Reality Girls
Mystique's Enchanting Nude Sirens/World's Sexiest Nude Women 2007
BETTER GET ALL FOUR JUST TO BE SAFE:
Topless Fight Club Begins
Topless Fight Club Returns
Topless Fight Club Conquers
Topless Fight Club Destroys
OLDE TYME SMUTE:
Refinements in Love (1971)
EN ESPAOL:
La Fiesta del Narco (direct to DVD, Mexico, 2007)
Mi Mujer Me Jugo Sucio
Naufragos de San Blas
Nosotros Los Chemos
Sin Pelos en La Lengua
SWEAT:
Postnatal Rescue Because who WOULDN'T want to jump back into an exercise regiment right after giving birth?
Complete Pregnancy Fitness with Erin O'Brien Wait a minute - she JUST had a baby in that last DVD!
Complete Cardio Sculpting with Kelly Coffey-Meyer
Ready Step Go with Kelly Coffey-Meyer
OTHER TRAINING:
Taiji Ball Qigong Courses 3 and 4 (YMAA Tai Chi) chi kung What the heck?
STRUM:
The Professional Guide to Rock Guitar - Session 1
WHAT'S THIS BUTTON DO?:
Introduction to the Canon PowerShot A550 / A560 Maria Sharapova: "Make every DVD a PowerShot DVD"
BEADING DVD OF THE WEEK:
Beading: 8 Easy Projects
SAY...BEFORE YOU ADOPT, WHY NOT BUY A DVD?:
Adoption Explained: International Everybody wants to be Brad and/or Angelina
BOO!:
Haunted Investigators: Volume 3 (Ghost Hunters) Ritz Theatre, Prospect Place
THAT'S A MIGHTY BOLD CLAIM:
The Greatest Tractor Show on Earth Ever from The Farming Collection - I wonder what else is in that collection
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS, BUT I SURE AM CURIOUS:
Charleston Chefs
HELP ME HELP YOU:
Addressing the Issues of Innovation, Vol 1 It is ABOUT TIME Tony Ulwick addressed the issues of innovation (volume one)
MOST SPECIALISED RELEASE OF THE WEEK:
Kamehameha Schools 2007 Song Contest - http://www.ksbe.edu/webcast/downloadsanddvds.php
And finally...
MOST TERRIFYING RELEASE OF THE WEEK:
Little Hercules: Hollywood Workout - for once, I'm seriously glad that we don't have a cover 'cause that kid is CREEPY - for trailer and secret photos of Hulk Hogan and Big Show, head over to www.richardsandrak.com
Come back Monday for the inevitable changes to this list as well as Amazon's Top 24 pre-orders! With a field this lackluster, things could be BLOWN WIDE OPEN!
BYE
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F-Troop, with its goofy slapstick and the kitschiest guest stars this side of Batman, is my # 1 guilty pleasure TV show of all time.
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|  #3 Posted on 26.5.07 2332.37 | Instant Rating: 7.15 | Man, this is a slow week, there's virtually nothing here that I have seen or want to see.
Originally posted by CRZ
The Closer - The Complete Second Season (TNT, 2006) Kyra Sedgewick - hey, does ANYBODY actually WATCH this show?
The Closer - The Complete First Two Seasons
With all the CRAP on this list you pick on Kyra?
Yes I do watch this show, not enough though.
I wouldn't buy the DVD. Don't like/obsess about Kyra that much.
I did just buy the 2nd seaon of Dead Like Me for $14.95 and the 4th season of The Pretender for $19.95. I don't have the first seasons, nor the time presently to watch them but at those prices it was kind of hard to pass them up.
Yes, I am an idiot.
Originally posted by CRZ
Do It for Uncle Manny (2002) Adam Baratta, Kari Wuhrer (!), Louie Anderson
Weird Accidental Wrestling Reference Number One.
Originally posted by CRZ
The Backyardigans - Movers & Shakers (Nick Jr.)
Weird Accidental Wrestling Reference Number Two.
What in the BLUE HELL are Backyardigans? Preppie Cardigan Wearing Backyard Wrestlers? (Who presumably wrestle on a trampoline while sipping tea with the pinkie finger extended?)
Originally posted by CRZ
Drive-In Double Feature: The Undertaker And His Pals (1966) / Carnival Of Blood (1970)
Weird Accidental Wrestling Reference Number THREE
Yes, I do like the number THREE
Have to say it THREE times, in fact.
WAIT! The Undertaker has PALS?
SINCE WHEN?
I mean even if we are not talking about the wrestling Undertaker, what kind of self-respecting Undertaker would have PALS?
(Unless of course that's how you refer to your small silver balls of churning death in which case carry on.)
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| #4 Posted on 27.5.07 1815.41 | Instant Rating: 10.00 | I read a review of this past week in a paper, but I don't remember which - ah, Daily Herald, yea, that review wasn't actually so good.
Ryne Sandberg: June 23, 1984--5 for 6, 2 HR, 7 RBI - of course. This is very much like the Undertaker/Mankind HITC match, where everyone who's ever wanted to see has seen it, but you have to include it
Rick Sutcliffe: 1984 NLCS game 1--no ER allowed, one HR hit - first post season game in 40 years, last win of his huge year, this works
Andre Dawson: Aug. 1, 1987--3 for 4, 3 HR, 5 RBI - I have no recollection of this game. You need something from this season, one where he gets all the RBIs to win 5-3 works. He had a 7 RBI game this season too, but this was a much closer game
Mark Grace: 1989 NLCS game 2--3 for 4, 4 RBI - this as much Grace as the one good game from this series.
Kerry Wood: May 6, 1988--20 strikeouts - Yea, this belongs on DVD, but you've kinda got to put in a closet for five more years before it becomes non-painful to watch.
Sammy Sosa: September 13, 1998--61st and 62nd home runs - this is on here because Sammy tied up Mark at 62 for this moment, before Mark pulled away for good. (And it was an extra inning game.) It's historically important, but there are much bigger Sammy performances.
Greg Maddux: Aug. 7, 2004--300th career win - No. A 5 IP, 4 R allowed perfomance isn't really the Maddux performance you want to keep. There were better starts in his second stint, much less his first one.
Derrek Lee: June 1, 2005--5 for 5, 1 HR, 4 RBI - there's gotta be better Cub games that don't feature Enrqiue Wilson and Neifi Perez batting ahead of him.
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| #5 Posted on 27.5.07 2218.51 | Instant Rating: 5.89 | Originally posted by CRZ
Basic Instinct [Blu-ray] (1992) With the stunning clarity of Blu-Ray you can actually count the hairs on Sharon Stone's chooch NOW HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY?!
I don't know, let's ask Mr. Owl...
A-one.. Two-HOO.. th-ree. *CRUNCH* Three.
Originally posted by CRZ, again
Chicago Cubs Legends - Great Games Collector's Edition Surprisingly, 8 discs - I anxiously await/hope Cubs will review the features listing
Speaking as *A Cub fan, This selection is fine for the stars, but what about some good old fashioned Wrigley Field madness, the stuff Steve Goodman wrote songs about?
Thursday, May 17, 1979 (D) at Wrigley Field "Ride the Wild Wind" game
Phils 7 0 8 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 - 23 24 2
Cubs 6 0 0 3 7 3 0 3 0 0 - 22 26 2
I know they had this on tape, it was a February "Cuddle Up With the Cubbies" special, with a 2-run Ernie Banks homer spliced on to the end.
Thursday, July 28, 1977 (D) at Wrigley Field
Reds 6 0 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 15 19 1
Cubs 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 - 16 24 3
Features Rick Reuschel, pinch-hitter scoring the winning run, a relief pitcher hitting a triple in the bottom of the first, and Bill Buckner making the play on a critical grounder to first.
Saturday, September 12, 1998 (D) at Wrigley Field
Brew 0 0 8 0 2 0 2 0 0 - 12 16 0
Cubs 0 2 0 0 1 2 4 1 5 - 15 18 2
And an old-fashioned mind-boggling comeback game in a rare playoff year. Orlando Merced's Cub highlight.
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| #6 Posted on 28.5.07 1436.28 | Instant Rating: 9.00 | Even though it's an American holiday, the Internet never sleeps! Let's bring you up to the now in advance of tomorrow's new releases:
NOW SHOWING UNAVAILABLE:
Xavier Veilhan: 256 Jours (The W at Amazon) - actually, this listing vanished without a trace
The Cult: Irving Plaza, New York City
Kill House
Golden Age Theater - Volume 7
Allman Brothers-Live at the Beach
Biro
The Ben Hogan Collection
Topless Fight Club Begins - SHOOT
Topless Fight Club Returns - DARN
Topless Fight Club Conquers - RATS
Topless Fight Club Destroys - NUTS
Love Life
Iraq in Fragments
NOW SHOWING AVAILABLE 5/29:
Abby: Black Exorcist Edition (1974) aka "Ripoff of The Exorcist"
Fury Below (1936)
Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor
Live au Centre Bell - Les Respectables (import)
Live From Cali Colombia - Marc Anthony (swoon)
Learn the Songs From Dark Side of Moon: Pink Floyd Finally, Nate LaPointe keeps you from having to try to just play it by ear
Instructional DVD for Guitar
Trumpet Secrets Revealed
Rory Block Teaches Guitar of Robert Johnson 1 & 2
RESCHEDULED FOR 6/5:
Raintree County
RESCHEDULED FOR 6/12:
Everybody Needs Somebody
HERE are Amazon's Top 24 pre-orders!
1 The Closer - The Complete Second Season
2 Hannibal Rising (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
3 Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds
4 F Troop - The Complete Second Season
5 The Backyardigans - Movers & Shakers
6 Naruto Uncut Boxed Set, Volume 3
7 Curse of the Golden Flower [Blu-ray]
8 Rawhide - The Second Season, Vol. 1
9 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Volume 1 (Special Edition)
10 The Frighteners: Peter Jackson's Director's Cut [HD DVD]
11 Katharine Hepburn Collection (Morning Glory / Undercurrent / Sylvia Scarlett / Without Love / Dragon Seed / The Corn Is Green [1979])
12 Dragonheart [HD DVD]
13 Lost in Translation [HD DVD]
14 Charlie and Lola, Vol. 4 - It Is Absolutely Completely Not Messy
15 Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition (Superman - The Movie / Superman II / Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut / Superman III / Superman IV - The Quest ... Superman Returns) (2007 Corrected Edition)
16 Basic Instinct [Blu-ray]
17 The Closer - The Complete First Two Seasons
18 Weeds - Season 1 [Blu-ray]
19 Ergo Proxy, Vol. 4: Wrong Way Home
20 Chicago Cubs Legends - Great Games Collector's Edition
21 Hannibal Rising (Full Screen Edition)
22 The Andy Griffith Show - The Complete Series
23 Bleach, Volume 4: The Substitute
24 The Call of Cthulhu: The Celebrated Story of H.P. Lovecraft
Yes, sir...when people have money to burn...they spend it online. ;-)
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| #7 Posted on 28.5.07 1857.50 | Instant Rating: 6.59 |
Originally posted by TheOldMan
Thursday, May 17, 1979 (D) at Wrigley Field "Ride the Wild Wind" game.
Highlights: Phillies pitcher Randy Lerch's HR, Donnie Moore's triple! Dave Kingman hits one of the longest homers in WF history, prompting Lou Boudreau to call "That one's in Milwaukee!"
Originally posted by TheOldMan
Thursday, July 28, 1977 (D) at Wrigley Field.
Best part of this game: the Cubs had far too many OFs, so at the end we had the double-play combo of Jose Cardenal and Bobby Murcer. Fun for Strat-o-matic players!
Too bad they had to put any Mark Grace in there, I bet it was tough to find something that wasn't a double play or a walk-with-men-in-scoring-position.
Should've put in the Milt Pappas no-hitter, the wild-card play-in game...many more options...
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| #8 Posted on 29.5.07 0327.22 | Instant Rating: 6.34 | Originally posted by thecubsfan
I read a review of this past week in a paper, but I don't remember which - ah, Daily Herald, yea, that review wasn't actually so good.
So, should I buy this?
I've never seen the Sandberg game ever, or any of the games from the eighties, actually. I think I used to have Sosa's 62 HR game on tape, but that's probably been dubbed over for awhile. The Wood game seems like it'd be a nice thing to watch when I'm feeling down and have liquor handy, and I missed going the Maddux game by a day on one side or the other (it was in SF, right?) Whichever game Wood pitched in that series was the first one I'd ever seen them lose in PacBell/SBC/AT&T, and I think also the first one he'd started and not struck out ANY one.) The Lee game seems kinda blah. I agree that there's probably a better Maddux game to pick, but this one has the big round number to go with it.
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| #9 Posted on 29.5.07 1436.39 | Instant Rating: 10.00 | The list price of $85 is well too much for this - I know it's 8 discs, but it shouldn't cost $10 per game, especially some of those games (and a lot of the special features seem like old rain delay theater clips, back when we did better than the Fresh Prince of Bel Air.)
The actual price of $60 still seems a little too much, but I'm not one who buys DVDs that often. If it was $50, I'd get it.
Thinking about rain delay theater, what I really want is that 1984 retrospective they used to show all the time.
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| #10 Posted on 30.5.07 0545.57 | Instant Rating: 8.00 | Only thing I watched from this week was Off Screen, a Dutch psychological suspense film starring Jan Declair (from the excellent film Character) and Jeroen Krabb (from the also excellent The Fugitive). It's okay if you like stuff like Memento -- and who doesn't? -- it isn't as good, but that's the general ballpark it's playing in.
I want to mention a couple of movies I forgot -- last week, as mentioned in this thread (The W), two really great films were released for the first time on DVD -- Straight Time and Prince of the City. If you like '70s crime films like Serpico or The French Connection, you really owe it to yourself to check these out.
Straight Time is based on the book No Beast So Fierce by Edward Bunker, a long-time convict who wrote novels about prison life (and also played Mr. Blue in Reservoir Dogs). It stars Dustin Hoffman as a parolee trying to go straight and failing -- Gary Busey and Harry Dean Stanton play his buddies and M. Emmett Walsh plays his parole officer -- so, clearly, you can't go wrong.
Prince of the City is about police corruption -- it's sort of the flip side of Serpico (both were directed by Sidney Lumet). It stars Treat Williams and Jerry Orbach -- I don't think I've seen them better in anything else, ever.
Finally, I watched a documentary called Whole, as mentioned in CRZ's thread here (The W). As he mentions, it's about people who want to be amputees, and a couple of people who have taken that step and become amputees -- one using dry ice, another a shotgun. They all have deep feelings that one of their limbs does not "belong" to them; that it's a foreign object that isn't part of them. A phrase that comes up several times is that they, paradoxically, feel "more complete" without the offending limb. It doesn't come across like a weird sexual fetish thing -- these people are totally normal except for the fact that they have a mental disorder that tells them that they would be happier without one of their limbs.
It's not a particularly well-made documentary from a technical standpoint, but the subject matter is so singularly bizarre -- this is something that never, ever occurred to me before -- that it's worth watching. There's no graphic footage, but there are some graphic descriptions, and some will find the subject matter extremely disturbing.
--K
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| #11 Posted on 1.6.07 1619.28 | Instant Rating: 6.75 | Originally posted by odessasteps
F-Troop, with its goofy slapstick and the kitschiest guest stars this side of Batman, is my # 1 guilty pleasure TV show of all time.
Got my copy today (couldn't wait to order from Amazon.)
IT IS BALLOON!
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