DVD Review: Wolverine and the X-Men Vol. 1
When the world needs saving, they turn to…the Avengers. But when the Avengers aren't available they turn to…the Fantastic Four. But when the Fantastic Four are trapped somewhere in the Negative Zone they rely on…The X-Men! While they may not be the first team that gets called on when the world is threatened (because humanity really hates mutants), they are the ones you call when you need to stop evil mutants…because they are really good at that (well, that and blowing up giant mutant hunting robots). The X-Men make a triumphant return to the animated world in Volume 1 of Wolverine and the X-Men which is now available on DVD!
DVD Review: The Waltons: The Complete Ninth Season
"Good Night, Grandma"
I am sorry this season was the last of the series. I have enjoyed the refreshing homeyness and family values this good old-fashioned American family embodied, and shudder at what is offered on TV these days…
Blu-ray Review: The Wrestler
As perfect as Mickey Rourke was as Marv in Sin City, his portrayal of Robin "Randy 'The Ram' Robinson" Ramzinski was just as ideal, yet this time placed in a world so real you can feel every blow that lands on Randy's steroid-addled achingly too-old-for-this-$#!% body.
Manga Review: Naoki Urasawa’s: Monster, Volume 1
In Monster: Dr. Kenzo Tenma is a Japanese transfers neurosurgeon in a big German hospital. He is young and really good at what he does. The whole staff of the hospital believes he will one day take over the hospital. One day, a famous opera singer came in with a sever head injury and needed immediate surgery. Dr. Tenma was switched from a patient who was a foreigner, that was in an accident, also needing head surgery. Dr. Tenma’s patient survived, but his original patient died. The press was all over the success of the opera singer’s recovery, while the family was upset that the better doctor cared more about the life of a celebrity (which isn’t true, it was the orders of the director).
DVD Review: Darker Than Black
Darker Than Black Volume 4 Ten years ago, a new landscape descended on Tokyo, named "Hells Gate", the stars in the heavens changed and were replaced by stars that are connected to humans. These Humans are known as contractors, and have supernatural abilities, such as directing electricity, freezing water or stopping time altogether. They tend to use these new abilities in doing their job as an assassin. When they use these powers they are required to make penance or complete a remuneration. If they do not make this payment they will suffer greatly. Some must only do things like, smoke a cigarette (which he hates), others grow younger (she likes being older). It is different for each one.
Anime DVD Review: Baccano! Volume 3
Explosions, pretty ladies, speakeasies, and the fresh smell of blood, what an immortal gangster dreams of! Oh, did I forget the knife in your back? There’s a couple of those, too. That’s what you’ll find in the world of Baccano!
DVD Review: Ron White: Behavioral Problems
“Tater Salad" rides again. Away from his Blue-Collar Comedy buddies and making waves on his own. Now available on DVD!
Everyone's favorite scotch-swilling, unapologetically crass Texan is back on the stage, solo, with enough quips, anecdotes and observations to appease the closet curmudgeon in us all.
Highlights:
– Ron's anecdotes cover a wide range of topics, from national defense, to paper manufacturing plants, to marijuana. The are delivered with Ron's signature aplomb and each is quite funny in turn.
Blu-ray Review: X-Men Trilogy
With the new X-Men Origins: Wolverine film hitting theaters, now is your chance to catch up on the exploits of your favorite heroes because the X-Men Trilogy is now available on Blu-ray! This new 9-disc release includes the three films as several discs of special features and a digital copy of each of the films for your computer or iPod enjoyment.
DVD Review: Tiny Toon Adventures Season 1 Volume 2
They're tiny, they're toony. They're all a little looney. Now this cartoony is invading DVD! Season 1, Volume 2 of Tiny Toon Adventures is now available at a store near you.
Babs and Buster Bunny (no relation), Plucky Duck, Hampton Pig, Elmyra, Dizzy Devil, Montana Max and the rest of the gang continue their ongoing training at Acme Looniversity. The next generation of Toons get trained by the best as Bugs, Daffey and the rest of the original Looney Toones return!
Episodes
This 4-disc set includes the remaining 32 episodes from Season 1. Highlights include:
"Animaniacs"- The toons have to produce films for an animation film festival.
"Career Oppor-Toonities"- Buster and Babs have to get part time jobs.
Blu-ray Review: Sin City Recut – Extended – Unrated
"She smells like angels ought to smell." -Marv
2005 was a crazy year for me. I mean, I didn't wake up next to any dead strippers like Marv from Sin City, but life got in the way of me seeing Sin City in the cinema. While I had some of the original Dark Horse Presents issues chronicling Sin City's initial appearances, and had bought a couple of the trade paperbacks, it wasn't until Christmas of 2005 that I was able to see the film translation on DVD. Needless to say I was blown away at this most true comic book movie of all time. It's stark black and whites broken only occasionally by accent colors or the full color seen in Kadie's bar showed what a comic noir film could be.