Monsters, Inc. (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

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The folks at Pixar can do no wrong with Monsters, Inc., the studio's fourth feature film, which stretches the computer animation format in terms of both technical complexity and emotional impact. The giant, blue-furred James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (wonderfully voiced by John Goodman) is a scare-monster extraordinaire in the hidden world of Monstropolis, where the scaring of kids is an imperative in order to keep the entire city running. Beyond the competition to be the best at the business, Sullivan and his assistant, the one-eyed Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal), discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 2-year-old baby girl dubbed "Boo," who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night. Director Pete Doctor and codirectors David Silverman and Lee Unkrich follow the Pixar (Toy Story) blueprint with an imaginative scenario, fun characters, and ace comic timing. By the last heart-tugging shot, kids may never look at monsters the same, nor artists at what computer animation can do in the hands of magicians. --Doug Thomas

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From the Academy Award(R)-winning creators of TOY STORY comes the computer-animated film that captured the hearts of fans and critics everywhere. MONSTERS, INC., is "visually dazzling, action-packed, and hilarious" (Boston Herald), featuring groundbreaking animation, imaginative storytelling, and unforgettable voice talent. John Goodman stars as the lovable James P. Sullivan (Sulley) and Billy Crystal as his wisecracking best friend, Mike Wazowski. Top scarer Sulley and his enthusiastic Scare Assistant Mike work at Monsters, Inc., the largest scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. The main power source of the monster world is the collected screams of human children. Monsters believe children are dangerous and toxic, however, and they are scared silly when a little girl wanders into their world. Sulley and Mike do their best to return the girl home, but they face monstrous intrigue and some hilarious misadventures along the way. MONSTERS, INC., is "supremely clever -- fun for kids and adults alike" (CBS-TV). Treat yourself to the most entertaining movie of the year with all-new exclusive bonus features and animation for monster laughs and monster fun.

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Wish there were a sequel!.......2007-06-28

It was that good! Unfortunately they didn't leave a door open for a sequel. Great story about the Monsters all little kids fear in their bed at night, and their interaction with those kids. It gives you the persepective from the other side of your closet door where the Monsters live. The characters are very lovable. Great, great comedy sequences, you will be laughing out loud! Unique story line. "Loving" out-come. Enjoy!

WOW!! What a great movie.. This movie should live on FOREVER!!!.......2007-06-22

This movie was great and it was really enjoyable and funny. I have had this movie since it came out as I went to see it in the movie theater. This would be my favorite movie of all time. Sulley(James P. Sullivan) and Mike Wazowski (the main characters of this movie) are my favorite characters in this movie and are my two favorite characters in any movie. Randall Boggs would be my third favorite character in the movie because he makes me LAUGH!! But he gets destroyed into a trailor during my favorite part of the movie which is when Mike and Sulley are hanging or flying on doors to try to get Boo home. Boo is my least favorite character in this movie because she CRIES a lot during the movie and just not my favorite. Celia, who Mike is in love with isn't all that great too. But I think Roz is great. She makes me laugh when she tells Mike that he didn't turn in his paperwork. and Mr. Waternoose would be my 5th and last most favorite character in this movie till he gets arrested by the CDA. Also, the part where Mike and Sulley go to Himalayas is great because they're in a BLIZZARD!! The worst part of the movie is when Sulley and Mike take Boo home that's when I feel to cry. But overall, this is a really great movie which I wish I could give this 10 stars. Please get this movie but Shrek s$cked!!!
Best film of the year.

Power-ful Kiddie Entertainment.......2007-06-21

Some of the best stories for children have presented their worst fears only to have the menace brought down to size. "Jack and the Beanstalk" works that way perfectly. 'Monsters, Inc.' helps to tuck the kiddies in and give them the giggles, too. Taking near day-glow colors, the Monsters in this fluid Pixar picture are hideously cute. They live in a "green" world where the renewable resource of children's fright powers the Monster community. Looking like the sorts in (Lucas Films, Ltd. is credited here) a 'Star Wars' bar scene, the film's focus is on the power company where the employees go through magic doors, their portals to children's bedrooms where the fright factor generates their power plant.

Heading the troops is big blue "Sully" (John Goodman) a good natured monster, proud of his ability to be the equivalent of "Employee of the Month". Keeping track of his generating power, he is out to set a plant record. His green, one-eyed sidekick, Mike Wazowski, (Billy Crystal) has a Martian appearance, but his voice couldn't scare a mouse. He is smitten by one-eyed purple princess, Shroopsy with hydra hair (snake braids). They all face their competition with rascally Randall, (perfectly villainous, Steve Buscemi) the salamander-like monster with invisible capabilities. Pivotal to the plot is Mr. Waternoose, (James Coburn) a tycoon who resembles a tarantula in a three-piece suit. In the causality is 'Silkwood'-like contamination if any child or remnant remains in the Monster world. (In other words: Just like parents often say about insects or some animals: "They're more afraid of [children], than [they] are of them.") Sully and James come across "Boo" whom they find in their best interests to return to the dark realm of her own bedroom.

Formidable to the fore, 'Monsters,..." takes a premise that could have been a dumb non-starter, and provides supporting plot structures with enough heft to turn the adventure on. With Pixar animation, the movement is flowing enough to take the technological edge off the look, and Andrew Stanton and Daniel Gerson's screenplay keep the dialogue fresh and funny. Director Pete Docter gives the movie proper assembly. 'Monsters, Inc.' is therapeutically good for children's dreamscapes as well as their funny bones. (Highly recommended to rent and to own.)

Pixar Created A Classic!.......2007-06-14

Monsters Inc is a great piece that your family will love! Loveable monsters are brought to life and make you laugh a lot! Laughter is more powerful than screams you know. A loveable classic for any collection!

Great movie.......2007-06-13

Hey it's Mike,
Wow!! What a great movie this is. This is by far my favorite movie due to the presence of Mike and Sulley. There is not a lot of great movies out there, but this one is one of the very best!! Sulley, Mike, Randall, Roz, and Waternoose are all great characters and 3 of them are really funny! Boo and Celia are my two least favorite characters in the film. The best part of this movie is the Flying on Doors part where Randall gets destroyed.
The end is the saddest part of the movie when Sulley and Mike take Boo home.

Well this movie is the best as I wish that I can give this much more than 5 stars like a million stars. Please buy.

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Silly Sexy Fun
three and a half stars
The Angels are "RED HOT!"
Great movie if you're a misandrist
Super Fun

Charlie's Angels (Special Edition)
Starring: Cameron Diaz , Drew Barrymore , Lucy Liu , Bill Murray , and Sam Rockwell
Director: McG
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ASIN: B000056PMV
Release Date: 2001-03-27

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For every TV-into-movie success like The Fugitive, there are dozens of uninspired films like The Mod Squad. Happily--and surprisingly--this breezy update of the seminal '70s jiggle show falls into the first category, with Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore (who also produced), and Lucy Liu starring as the hair-tossing, fashion-setting, kung fu-fighting trio employed by the mysterious Charlie (voiced by the original Charlie, John Forsythe). When a high-tech programmer (Sam Rockwell) is kidnapped, the angels seek out the suspects, with the daffy Bosley (Bill Murray in a casting coup) in tow. A happy, cornball popcorn flick, Charlie's Angels is played for laughs with plenty of ribbing references to the old TV show as well as modern caper films like Mission: Impossible. McG, a music video director making his feature film debut (usually a death warrant for a movie's integrity), infuses the film with plenty of Matrix-style combat pyrotechnics, and the result is the first successful all-American Hong Kong-style action flick. Plenty of movies boast a New Age feminism that has their stars touting their sexuality while being their own women, but unlike something as obnoxious as Coyote Ugly, Angels succeeds with a positive spin on Girl Power for the new millennium (Diaz especially sizzles in her role of crack super agent/airhead blonde). From the send-up of the TV show's credit sequence to the outtakes over the end credits, Charlie's Angels is a delight. --Doug Thomas

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They're beautiful, they're brilliant and they work for Charlie. This is a sexy, high-octane update of the popular hit show, Natalie (Cameron Diaz), Dylan (Drew Barrymore) and Alex (Lucy Liu), alongside faithful lieutenant Bosley (Bill Murray), must foil an elaborate murder-revenge plot that could not only destroy individual privacy and corporate security worldwide, but spell the end of Charlie and his Angels.

Customer Reviews:

Silly Sexy Fun.......2007-01-19

I did not expect much when i put this DVD in the player and found myself surprised. No, this was not a great film by any means, but it was it silly, sexy fun. If you don't take it serious you are in for an ok 90 minutes.

Once again, Cameron Diaz shows why she is one of the hottest females in film. Her charecter is silly and comes off as a "dumb blonde", but she is oh so easy on the eyes.

three and a half stars.......2007-01-13

Since dts doesn't play on all dvd players, and this disc automatically starts as dts, I have to remember to change it, which isn't convenient. I think that it is pathetic, and shouldn't be like this. But otherwise, the features are good, and so was the price, but I honestly think that the second one was better. B+

The Angels are "RED HOT!".......2007-01-10

Charlies Angels out does its sequel Full Throttle what they should have done was cut it off with the first movie. The main characters Diaz, Berrymore, Lu are drop dead sexy plot makes sense, the dialoge is a little cheezy but remains witty and funny, the villans are sudutive and creepy, Bill Murrey is a great Bosely (I hope that's spelled right), the effects are fantastic, and the sound is great.

Great movie if you're a misandrist.......2006-07-25

Lets see...in about the first five minutes:

1. A male flight attendant shows himself to be a total jerk
2. A male terrorist is easily overpowered by a woman wearing a mask
3. A male drill seargeant is knocked out cold with a single punch by a woman
4. A man is told by a woman that he's not fit for sex, and then promptly commits suicide

Notice a pattern here?

This movie is so misandrist* it makes Thelma and Louise look positively pro-male.

"So what? It's just a movie," you say? Well consider a movie that consistently put down and ridiculed women. Would that be okay? How about a movie that put down black people, unrelentingly portraying them as brutes, weaklings and mental deficients. Would that be okay? After all, it's "just entertainment."

Any guy who thinks this is a swell movie is too stupid to realize he's being insulted.

*Misandrist (one who hates persons of the male sex, the opposite of a misogynist)

Super Fun.......2006-07-03

I love this movie. The cast is great and the action is great. The story is just like a charlies angels plot should be. The hair and makeup SUCKS but its hard to make these girls ugly. I dont have a huge amount to say about it except it has alot of re-watch value and is well made fluff.

Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle (Widescreen Unrated Special Edition)

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A really good sequel worth watching.
Greatness
The Worst Movie in the History of Cinema
Hey remember when movies used to be about plot and story lines?
Loud, obnoxious, pathetic attempt at entertainment for morons.

Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle (Widescreen Unrated Special Edition)
Starring: Cameron Diaz , Drew Barrymore , Lucy Liu , Bernie Mac , and Crispin Glover
Director: McG
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ASIN: B00005JLYW
Release Date: 2003-10-21

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Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is a big, fun, bubble-brained mess of a movie, and that's exactly as it should be. Its popular 2000 predecessor got the formula right: gorgeous babes, throwaway plots, and as many current pop-cultural trends as you could stuff into a candy-coated dollop of Hollywood mayhem. This sequel goes one "better": The plot's even more disposable (if that's possible), the babes, cars, and fashions even more outlandish, and the stuntwork (heavily digital, heavily absurd) reaches astonishing heights of cartoon silliness. Reprising their titular (and shamelessly titillating) roles, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu are having the time of their lives, especially when sparring with ultra-buff rogue angel Demi Moore (looking better at 40 than most women half her age) and Justin Theroux as a sleazy Irish mobster. Bernie Mac replaces Bill Murray as angel-sidekick Bosley (they're step-brothers, don'cha know), which is one more indication of McG's intentionally reckless stewardship of an intentionally reckless franchise. Our advice: sit back, relax, and get jiggly with it. --Jeff Shannon

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A really good sequel worth watching........2007-08-23

I can't believe this movie was panned. I liked this so much I saw it in theaters twice. Demi Moore was perfect as the "angel-turned-bad" villian. The unrated dvd contains more of the harbor fight scene. The plot revolves around two titanium rings that contain all people in the witness protection program on them being stolen. The suspected is an Irish-American mob family that many people in the program have testified against. After some of the people start turning up dead, the Angels start to investigate. The case takes a toll when Dylan becomes hugely involved and a dark secret from her past starts to haunt her. The film has a much bigger comic charm due to Bernie Mac joining the cast as Bosley. His character is funny and lovable.

Greatness.......2007-02-21

It makes Citizen Kane look amateurish. The finest most profound film of our time. "Proof" that TV writers are our greatest artistes.

The Worst Movie in the History of Cinema.......2007-01-26

A few months ago I was channel surfing when I stumbled across Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle. This movie is light years beyond awful. I believe it was the worst movie of 2003, the worst movie of the decade, the worst movie in the history of cinema.

Some Amazon vendors are selling used DVDs of this film for one penny, but even that price is far too high. The only good thing about this movie is that it would make an effective alternative to water boarding.

Hey remember when movies used to be about plot and story lines?.......2007-01-02

-This spectacular piece of poop is about the three angels stopping a former angel from taking over the world or whatever. So the angels must stop her and whiles they're busy doing that they run into such amazing adventures like stripping for no reason and delivering lines so terrible they almost blew out my center speaker. In the incredibly predictable and crappy end they save the day and they all give us a constipated smile to suggest that they live happily ever after. Wow that has never been done before. I always thought that foolscreen DVD's were the worst thing to happen to cinema but it turns out I was wrong, that crown goes to the master filmmaker McG. How the hell he keeps getting his movies green lit is perhaps the greatest mystery since "why Paris Hilton is famous". I'm really glad that he dropped out of the new "Superman" movie and let the supremely talented Bryan Singer direct, because if he had directed it then "Batman Begins" would have been the first and only great DC comics movie.

-I really hate this movie. Usually there's something decent about every movie but this movie had NOTHING. Much like that dog poop "House of the Dead" this movie is devout of any form of entertainment what so ever. There are potholes so big you can drive a tank through them. Then there's the lines, my god this movie has pound for pound some of the worst dialog ever to invade my ears. Whoever was the DP on this movie needs to beaten severely because the look of this crap gave me a headache. The colors are so bright and so "look at me" that it causes nausea, and the lights are so heavy on the actors that their faces look like it has had too much make up applied to it.

-The fights are also incredibly stupid. You can tell that these women are on a wire so much that it borders on the idiotic. McG's attitude in this crap was that the angles can do anything, and that includes sliding under tables and doing cartwheels with a chair. Another thing that drove me insane is that these girls are suppose to be intelligent and yet they keep acting stupid in every scene that we see them in. There is one scene in which the angels must retrieve a key from a man and instead of waiting for him in a parking lot and knocking him down to steal the key, they instead opt to do a striptease and distract him. I'm sure some horny 14 year old may find that entertaining but if you're not horny, and 14 then you'll find it as pointless as everyone else did. The music is bland and the jokes go down faster than Jenna Jameson at work. If you look up deplorable in the dictionary you'll see a picture of this movie

-If you have a party and you want to clear out the room then pop this movie in and surely everyone will leave your house so you can clean up, but if you're not having a party and want to clear the room then please by all means avoid this with all your might. it is really dreadful and painful, kinda like my jokes.

Loud, obnoxious, pathetic attempt at entertainment for morons........2006-08-07

This film has plenty of mindless action, impossible (to the point of laughable) stunts, and a healthy supply of sexual inuendo. It has all of the ingredients of a large scale "jane bond" (times three) but the finished product will still leave you feeling like you just ate some really bad fast food. A pounding headache is also quite normal after a viewing since complete suspension of disbelief is required.

The "camp" level is turned up so high that it doesn't mix well with the seriousness of the violence and action. Or is it the other way around? Something "fun" could have been done with this material, these actors, and the money spent on FX. But instead we're treated to a collection of loud, mind numbing, rediculous stunts all held together by smirks, quips, winks, and a plot as thick as dental floss. It all comes down to a horrible script lacking any true sense of "fun". For those who argue that this film actually lives up to every "simple" thing that it's "supposed to be" - let me refine my review to just one "simple" sentence:

This movie is a big piece of crap for really, really stupid people!

-JM

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Don't Let Go!
"It Doesn't Have To Be Perfect" ~ Learning To Accept Life As It Unfolds
i would go lower than i one if it were possible
Good Movie
I love this beautiful movie :-)

Angel Eyes
Starring: Jennifer Lopez , James Caviezel , Jeremy Sisto , Terrence Howard , and Sonia Braga
Director: Luis Mandoki
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ASIN: B00005NRO0
Release Date: 2001-10-16

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Angel Eyes is a mature and levelheaded drama about real people with authentic emotions, clawing through their own hurt and confusion toward a hopeful recovery. In a subtly effective performance as Chicago cop Sharon Pogue, Jennifer Lopez is both gutsy and vulnerable, using her badge as a shield against a past incident of domestic violence that left her estranged from her family and alone with her conviction that good deeds are not always rewarded. This leaves her open to the mysterious appeal of Catch (Jim Caviezel), a haunted loner whose slightly creepy demeanor is merely the cautious façade of a man who, ultimately, has as much to offer Sharon as she does to him. They connect--he saves her life, just as she had once saved his--and Angel Eyes proceeds to reveal the true and fateful depth of their love.

It seems, at first, that Gerald Di Pego's script will turn in a supernatural direction--or at least a metaphysical one--but it doesn't, and director Luis Mandoki navigates an emotional minefield while acknowledging the walls that people build between themselves and the traumatic events they wish to forget. Catch has kept a deliberate distance between himself and a tragedy that Sharon had witnessed--not a repressed nightmare, but a devastating loss from which he will, eventually, recover. That these two characters should rediscover each other at a time of mutual need is not a contrived coincidence. In Angel Eyes, it's the karmic redemption of two wise and deserving souls. --Jeff Shannon

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After meeting under extraordinary life-and-death circumstances, a Chicago police officer (Lopez) and a lost soul named Catch (Caviezel) fall in love. While uncovering the truth about Catch, she is forced to deal with the secrets of her own past.

Customer Reviews:

Don't Let Go!.......2007-05-25

After "catching" the last half-hour or so of this film on television a few weeks ago I picked up the DVD -- I love weepy stories with happy endings. Within 30 seconds of the opening titles, I was completely surprised and riveted by Angel Eyes. Characters, story, it all worked for me. I won't even try to find fault, the film felt "personal."

Jennifer Lopez is credible as Sharon Pogue, well-liked, a tough, impatient cop with a relentless sense of right and wrong. She is quick to reject anyone trying to get too close, yet her bravado fades when she is alone at night. Her baggage is her estrangement from family. Of course she would fall for the strange, gentle man who pursues her. (I came upon Ms. Lopez and crew filming a music video near my office a few years ago -- she was great to watch.)

James Caviezel's portrayal of Catch is, for me, the personification of grief. What happened to this guy, this artistic, loving man, would not be easily gotten over. I once lost someone whom I could not afford to lose, and all I could do for that person was grieve completely then decide to go on living. I recognized such grief in watching Caviezel, with his detachment and his shuffling walk. By the way, my theory about his name, "Catch," is that the last thing he heard before impact was his son's voice calling "Daddy, catch!" then playfully throwing a toy that went uncaught.

Sonia Braga stands out as Sharon's mother, the faithful wife of a hard man. Shirley Knight shines as Catch's mother-in-law, who hopes he can "see the love in it" in spite of himself as she reaches out to him. Terrence Howard, as Sharon's partner, brought life to his character with humor and affection. Kari Matchett, as Catch's neighbor Candace, cracked me up with her venomous, one-sided telephone conversation. And wasn't Sharon's boring date here played by nasty old Theron (Dominic West) from this year's 300? I couldn't find the character or his name listed in the credits. The soundtrack, by Marco Beltrami and various artists, is good support, reminiscent in places of minimalist John Adams, other times sounding like a broken toy.

There are special features: Luis Mandoki's droll commentary is very entertaining. In it, he describes Jennifer Lopez's ease in performing the fence-jumping stunt that the stuntwoman wasn't able to pull off. That being the case, I don't see any reason why she couldn't restrain a bad guy.

Interestingly, this movie is not coy or overly manipulative. It is what it is - a love story about two hurt people who decide to risk loving each other, to start from scratch, and choose to live. It is not Sixth Sense. While there are dead people, there are no ghosts. Catch it!

"It Doesn't Have To Be Perfect" ~ Learning To Accept Life As It Unfolds.......2006-12-01

Angel Eyes' released in '01 is a sweet romantic tale of two unhappy loners disconnected from family and loved ones. Police officer Sharon Pogue (Jennifer Lopez) and a mysterious stranger known only as Catch (Jim Caviezel) find in each other the means to overcome the emotional obstacles holding them back from experiencing the wonders of the world around them. As you've already guessed love is soon to follow.

The film is a little on the slow side but Caviezel and Lopez are wonderful together and their charisma alone will keep you watching.

i would go lower than i one if it were possible.......2006-09-22

this may easily be one of the dumber movies made in the last hundred years. and there were a lot of them. this definitely ranks up in the 10%-tile.

Good Movie.......2006-09-12

Different JLo movie that I have seen but yet it was very good. Made you think. Ended not the way I thought but worth watching.

I love this beautiful movie :-).......2006-08-06

Angel Eyes should have been a bigger hit. It's great and different.
Jennifer Lopez plays a cop who one night went to a bad car crash where a mother and child died and the husband survived. Some years later after a 'chance' meeting, she meets Catch who charms her and soon they fall in love. However, he is hiding something and she tries to get to the bottom of it. I won't give away what you may already know, but it's such a beautiful and moving movie. I don't care what anyone else says, - Jennifer Lopez can act (maybe not ever Oscar material, but she always does a good job).
Check out this movie; it's a warm drama that is thoroughly enjoyable and you are bound to love.

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Top-notch serial
Five Star Phantom
Bringing back childhood memories
the phantom
Fast-paced and watchable

The Phantom - Serial
Starring: Tom Tyler , Jeanne Bates , Iron Eyes Cody , Ace the Wonder Dog , and Anthony Caruso
Director: B. Reeves Eason
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ASIN: B000051SH3
Release Date: 2001-01-30

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Professor Davidson and his lovely daughter Diana search Africa for the Lost City of Zoloz. Legend pegs it to be the source of a vast hidden treasure. Their search is hindered by a local crook, Singapore Smith, who wants the treasure for himself. It is further complicated by Dr. Bremmer, an international criminal, who plans to destroy the peace with the local native tribes and build a secret air base at Zoloz. Fortunately, the Phantom, who is also Diana's fiancÃ©, is more than a match for the two villains. The Phantom, with his superhuman strength, manages to outwit each enemy move, escaping from one death trap after an other: avalanches, poison gas, flaming pyres, and explosions fail to shake his fearless spirit. With the help of his four-footed pal Devil, he finally overpowers all the enemy factions, and brings peace to the jungle once again. Another exciting serial adventure produced by Columbia Pictures and based on one of King Features' funny-paper heroes. Bonus Features: Photo Gallery| Comic Book Art Gallery| Commentary by Author Max Allan Collins| Actor Bios| Chapter Menu. Specs: 1-DVD9 + 1-DVD5; Dolby Digital Mono; 254 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1943; SRP - $19.99.

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Top-notch serial.......2007-08-17

I'd read that the director of the Captain Marvel serial thought Tom Tyler was a terrible actor (which is why he said a total of about 12 words the whole time), but this proves him wrong. He's a very good phantom and this is a good ride.

There are offensive stereotypes, so get ready for the occasional cringe and this is not the Royal Academy in terms of acting or writing, but if you shut down your critical brain for a while, you'll probably find yourself drawn in--a little like quicksand.

Five Star Phantom.......2007-02-18

I'm a big Phantom fan so I may be biased but I thought this was great stuff. This took me back to my childhood. I saw the serial when I was a kid in the fifties and it's still great over 50 years later. They could have made his costume a bit better but apart from that a great adventure. My teenage kids loved this too, which is saying something.

Bringing back childhood memories.......2007-01-04

Really enjoyed this serial. I'm 56, and can still remember going to the Pitt theatre on saturday mornings to catch the serials. Watching the Phantom brings back a time before America lost it's commom sense and the phrase "politically correct" wasn't heard of.

the phantom.......2006-11-07

MOVIE WAS MADE FROM A GOOD COPY.PICTURE WAS VERY CLEAR AND CLEAN.THE STORY FOLLOWS THE ORIGINAL PREMISE VERY CLOSELY.ALL IN ALL IT'S A FUN SERIAL TO WATCH.

Fast-paced and watchable.......2006-08-08

I grew up reading Phantom cartoons. This video series shows a different Phantom. First, there is no horse named Hero. Phantom of this video is not as strong as in the cartoon. However, these are not major issues for me.

I had a huge problem with the Professor. He does not care about his fellow men, only interested in his pursuit of the Zoloz ruins. I was truly disgusted to hear him say that the wealth of the Zoloz tribes belongs to his sponsor University! What nonsense! Even Phantom was no better. He realized that the jewels in his skull cave are the treasures of the Zoloz, but did not consider returning them to the tribes! In my dictionary, this is thievery.

Charlie's Angels (Superbit Two-Disc Deluxe Edition)

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Silly Sexy Fun
three and a half stars
The Angels are "RED HOT!"
Great movie if you're a misandrist
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Charlie's Angels (Superbit Two-Disc Deluxe Edition)
Starring: Cameron Diaz , Drew Barrymore , Lucy Liu , Bill Murray , and Sam Rockwell
Director: McG
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ASIN: B00008WJET
Release Date: 2003-05-27

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Starring: Gary Hetherington , Udo Kier , and Norman Reedus
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Release Date: 2006-03-28

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In this episode Jimmy Sweetman ventures out to locate a rare film print called Le Fin Du Monde . The film once shown has been known to drive its audience into a crazed frenzy before the theatre goes up in flames. He finally discovers that the film does live up to it s reputation on the results are quite shocking.

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John Carpenter's installment in the Masters of Horror cable-TV anthology series looks at the ominous, underground mystique surrounding a notorious 1970s horror classic (now there's something Carpenter should know about). Cigarette Burns tracks the search for said opus, Le Fin Absolue du Monde, by the owner of a repertory theater (Norman Reedus) on behalf of a highly decadent millionaire collector (a role made for Udo Kier). The film, supposedly destroyed after it caused a riot at its only screening, causes viewers to turn into homicidal, cannibalistic maniacs. Even as Reedus gets on the trail of the lone existing print--listening to an interview with the director, looking at production stills--he begins to fall under its supernatural sway. Alas, the same can't be said for Cigarette Burns itself; the stuff about horror aficionados is good, but the production is slapdash, the dialogue stiff, and Reedus's performance incompetent. The basic idea, while a little film-schoolish, has some intrigue, and the notion of a film critic (supposedly a follower of Pauline Kael, no less) driven to write millions of words about this one barely-seen movie is amusingly sinister. --Robert Horton

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An extraordinary film about an extraordinary film? Not quite........2007-09-03

Film connoisseur Kirby Sweetman (Reedus) is hired by creepy millionaire Mr. Bellinger (Kier) to find an incredibly rare print of a film called Le Fin Absolue du Monde (The Absolute End of the World). It only played once at an international film festival, and when it did, it apparently caused violence to erupt in the theater. When the director, Hans Backovic, tried to get it out of the country, the government seized it and destroyed it. Alas, it was a work in progress, so it was his only print.

Or so the story goes. Apparently it was not destroyed, and Bellinger wants it. Kirby doesn't believe it's really out there, but Bellinger has an "unimpeachable" source, which, apparently, he keeps chained and shackled in a room adjacent to his study.

Bellinger, in one of the early film's missteps, shows his source to Kirby; it's an angel, it's wings brutally hacked off-wings, I might add, that we saw hanging on the wall of Bellinger's study (a prop from the movie, he'd explained). The angel stands, morosely, spinning on a rotating pedestal, while bound to chains its frail body has no chance of escaping. Bellinger commands it tell Kirby what it told him, namely that it (and others like it) were "bound to the negative like soul to flesh," so he would know if it had been destroyed.

So Kirby takes the case. His first step is to track down and speak with a film critic A.K. Meyers, who is one of the only survivors to have seen the film. He's been living as a recluse in upstate New York (in director John Carpenter's hometown of Carthage, as it happens). In a review, Meyers says "Le Fin Absolue du Monde is not a movie but is more like a bullet fired directly into the collective brainpan of all those assembled and the only rational response is violence." He goes on to tell Kirby that "Backovic was a terrorist. He abused that trust we place in filmmakers. He didn't want to hurt his audience. He wanted to destroy them completely."

Meyers gives Kirby a recorded interview Meyers did with Backovic at the festival prior to the screening. Kirby listens to the tapes, and as he does so, he starts to experience strange visions-haunting visages of his dead girlfriend punctuated by jarring circular images, not unlike those in the film The Ring. They're called cigarette burns, we learn, and people who have pursued or seen the film all report the phenomenon. They're called this because they resemble the "cigarette burns" that appear in the top corner of film reels, which serve as notification to the reel attendant that he needs to change reels.

Undeterred, not only because of his suddenly strong desire to see the film, but also because of his urgent need of the load of cash Bellinger is offering, Kirby goes to Paris to see what else he can learn there. There, Kirby follows some other leads, which put him in grave peril, but eventually leads him to the film.

He brings it to Bellinger...and bad things happen.

Cigarette Burns is actually quite scary at times, with some indisputably horrific scenes. However, like the previous episode in the series, Dreams in the Witch-House, it also aims high and falls short (though not quite as short) of the mark.

The acting is pretty solid; Reedus (Kirby) has an affable blandness about him, yet he manages to get the job done. He doesn't show a lot of emotion despite the inexplicable weirdness surrounding him, but his character is interesting, and while his performance doesn't raise the bar, it reaches it at the very least. Kier (Bellinger), however, is way, way, way over the top in his performance. I think he's kind of doomed to always be typecast as a somewhat creepy old guy in movies, but in this case he lays it on a bit too thick.

Above, I made reference to one of the film's missteps--when Bellinger shows the angel to Kirby. If this were a novel or short story, any good editor would have killed that scene; it was completely unnecessary and only serves to dumb-down the plot. Why should Kirby need the proof of an angel to go on this filmic treasure hunt? Bellinger offers to pay all his expenses and throws in $200,000 on top of all that. Seems to me, Kirby had 200,000 reasons to say yes, especially since he needs that money to repay a debt. And wouldn't the angel being revealed at the end have made it a much cooler plot point?

Carpenter (and/or the screenwriters) made several other questionable choices throughout the film. One is a diversion to a maniac film collector's home, which seems to be nothing more than an excuse for grotesque bloodshed. Another is the cigarette burns themselves-the phenomenon that pursuers of the film begin experiencing. It doesn't really make any sense and seems to be thrown in only for the visual effect.

Yet another misstep is when Bellinger's Asian butler thrusts a four or five inch blade into one eye, then the other. This strikes me as somewhat impossible-wouldn't the knife have gone into his brain with the first stab? If that didn't kill him instantly, would he have still be coordinated enough afterward to stab out his other eye? And then stick around long enough to assist in a critical plot point?

Not to mention the fact that Kirby ends up finding the film in the possession of Backovic's widow. If you were looking for a rare film, don't you think the filmmaker's widow might be one of the first people you'd check with? Of course, if he'd done that, the movie would have been a lot shorter.

The film within the film, Le Fin Absolue du Monde, is only seen in bits and pieces, which is of course necessary, by design. They couldn't well tell this story and make a coherent fictional film too. Also, how to depict something that's supposed to be so viscerally horrific that "the only rational response is violence"? The bits and pieces we see are interesting and dark, but the viewer doesn't get any idea of what the film is actually supposed to be about. There doesn't seem to be any continuity in the scenes we see-it's just a jumble of random images. The creepy video in The Ring made more sense (and was creepier to boot).

I initially loved the premise, but quickly realized that it's quite derivative The Ring. It also reminded me a lot of Laird Barron's excellent recent novella "The Imago Sequence" (which was far superior to any work mentioned in this review), though I don't think the filmmakers could have read it pre-production, so the similarities are almost certainly a coincidence. Though these two factors diminished by admiration for the film somewhat, I still found it to be an enjoyable and laudable viewing experience...even if I did want to do a rewrite on the script so that I could see the film I wished this was.

And in the words of Kirby: "I don't want to see an ordinary film. I want to see something extraordinary." That was my problem with Cigarette Burns. But you've got to give Carpenter points for having the guts to put a line like that in his movie.

DVD Extras
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Commentary: John Carpenter (director), Drew McWeeny & Scott Swan (writers)
Featurettes: "Celluloid Apocalypse: An Interview with John Carpenter"; "Behind The Scenes: The Making of Cigarette Burns"; "Working With a Master: John Carpenter"; "On Set: An Interview with Norman Reedus"
DVD-ROM: Original Screenplay, screensaver
Misc.: John Carpenter biography (onscreen text); Still Gallery; Trailers

Cigarette Burns' extras are an interesting bunch. The featurettes are all well-worth your time if you're a big Carpenter fan, or if you're interested in learning how movie magic is brought to life on the big-or in this case, small-screen.

Carpenter comes off as a bit of a blowhard in parts of the various interviews, but he's an engaging speaker and offers some interesting insights into his process. He also curiously sort of undermines his entire film by calling one of its primary themes-that a film in the wrong hands can be a deadly weapon-a terrible cliché.

A genius of a film, but so violent it's not something for everyone.......2007-08-27

What a whirlwind of a film, it sucks you right in and stays there. There's so many original and brilliant ideas and themes in it, that it sweeps away 99 % of it's genre of today. First of all, a warning, this is extremely violent, but it shouldn't pose much of a problem for adults. Mr. Sweetman, played by Reedus from "The Boondock Saints", owns a movie theatre in the city where he and his friend screen obscure movies to their audience, and he works on the side as an antiquarian in films, tracking down obscure and scarce films for interested buyers. Right away I felt I was watching a weird and scary version of the excellent film "8MM", which says a lot.

Eventually he gets an offer he can't refuse, from a decadent but extremely wealthy film-collector. He wishes him to track down a copy of an obscure French film that supposedly shows the beginning and the end of Ragnarok, and he's willing to pay all expenses plus 200 000 dollars, a nice co-incidence seeing that Reedus owes exactly this amount to his former father in law, for lending him the money to purchase his theatre. To show how he knows the film still exists, he shows Reedus something so well made, I'll never forget it. Absolutely terrifying and wonderful! We only get small glimpses of the past, but it turns out Reedus and his former fiancée lived quite rough, and it ended up the worst imaginable way, something her father understandably can never forgive Reedus.

He then quickly descends into a dark world of ever more obscure and dangerous people connected to the film in some way. The parallels to "8MM" is striking, as I've mentioned before, but where that movie was secular and dealt in more mundane though twisted issues, this goes the full way. From here on, you're on your own, but I highly advice you to check this terribly frightening film out, with it's absolutely eerie feeling throughout, and so much originality.

If this is your genre, and you like the feeling of an overwhelming cosmos and things wildly beyond our imaginations, like in Lovecraft's tales, then this is decidedly the short film for you. I only wish they had made it into a full-length film, with material such as this, it would have been quite the success, I wager. Highly recommended!

The best MOH story!.......2007-07-18

Theater owner Kirby Sweetman (Norman Reedus) shows rare cult movies at his movies and seeks out a special long lost piece of cinematic history called "Le Fin Absoulte Du Monde" which is one of the most legendary and infamous movies ever. Rumor has it that long ago it drove the audience into muderers, Kirby goes out and seeks out for the legendary movie, soon he discovers the shocking truth behind the film once he ges his hands on it.

A gory and smart shocker directed by masterful horror director John Carpenter is a unique and creative story with good acting and violent special effects. Udo Kier of "Suspiria" fame co-stars as a villain, the film shows us if it was true that snuff films could exist and is a must see episode.

This DVD has good extras like audio commentarties, interviews, two featurettes, trailers and a still gallery.

Also recommended: "Silence of the Lambs", "Hostel", "8MM", "Demons 1 & 2", "Saw Trilogy", "Bloodsucking Freaks", "Men Behind The Sun", "Snuff", "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Saga especially the 2003 remake & The Beginning", "Funny Games", "The Untold Story", "Ichi The Killer", "Imprint", "Audition", "Se7en", "Manhunter", "Hannibal", "The Hills Have Eyes (2006)", "Re-Animator", "Videodrome", "Tetsuo The Iron Man", "The New York Ripper", "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer", "Mother's Day", "Cannibal Ferox" and "A Clockwork Orange".

Please enter a title for your review.......2007-07-11

Fashionably incomprehensible. How much you enjoy this film will probably directly correpsond to how much you enjoy namedropping. The worst in the series and as much of waste of time to watch as any movie ever has been. I don't think I've ever seen a movie with such an uneventful plot that is so hard to follow. Characters are never adequately introduced or established, there is no suspense, and nothing in it has any relevence to horror other than a realistic looking beheading which isn't even clear whether it really happened or if it was a dream sequence, and a ridiculous scene at the end of a guy feeding his intestines into the wheels of a film projector. I'm almost surprised that this episode was even aired, rather than the producers just cutting their losses and canning it to save their audience the annoyance of trying to find anything of worth in it.

For Horror Fans, not the General Public.......2007-05-31

Carpenter dons his old school hat and delivers here. The story here is interesting and fits perfectly into the 1 hour format. Excellent gore scenes! Some genuinely creepy moments, and if I weren't so jaded, I may have actually been scared.

The plot is mentioned in other reviews-- sorta reminds me of Polanski's THE NINTH GATE (wouldn't it be nice to get Polanski aboard for an episode?). An rich eccentric, freaky film collector hires some bozo to track down the reel to a legendary film that was screened once and caused the audiance to go berzerka and slaughter each other. The rest is for you to find out and enjoy.

The dialouge is appropriate and the directing,cinematgraphy is great-- I don't care what the mainstream reviewers say. If you are a horror fan and enjoy the old Carpenter films-- you will dig this bad boy.

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