DVD Review: I Love You, Man
The term 'bromance' has become steadily more accepted in pop culture thanks to favored heterosexual mates for life like Joey and Chandler from Friends, Silent Bob and Jay from Kevin Smith movies, and then Judd Apatow's stream of buddy flicks. Bromance is about the love between two straight men who are extremely close to one another, almost to the point of parodying an actual romance. In April the newest bromance comedy was released starring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, titled aptly I Love You, Man. Hilarious and full of heart, the film did very well in the theaters with a generally high review rate from critics. It is now out on DVD and Blu-ray, so it's time to cue your Rush music on your iPod and slappah de bass!
DVD Review: Wolverine and the X-Men Volume 2: Deadly Enemies
Wolverine and the X-Men are back for more adventures in Volume 2: Deadly Enemies, now available on DVD. This set includes 5 episodes from Season 1. Following the events of the Heroes Return Trilogy (Volume 1), Wolverine has been slowly trying to get the band back together and trying to find ways to stop the dystopian future that Professor Xavier has warned them about.
Episodes:
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Professor Xavier contacts Wolverine from the future and warns that Africa will soon be destroyed. Wolverine travels to Africa only to find that Storm has been possessed by the Shadow King! Can he stop his former teammate before she destroys her own country?
Anime Blu-ray Review: Origin: Spirits of the Past
Another Anime favorite has been offered up to the "Blu-ray" technicians. In this case, they have once again added a new dimension to the already respected anime offering.
Highlights
The never ending struggle between Man and Nature is explored in this beloved tale. In 2006 the creators at Gonzo served up this post apocalyptic story of the future where Scientists created a strain of plant genetics that have a full conscience and is able to affect the human genetic structure too. The world is split into two factions, one is Nature and the other is the Waring Mechanical Humans, in the middle is Neutral City. One day a young lady awakes who had been asleep for 300 years and just so happens to hold the key that would free Humans from the new Super Power, The Forest.
DVD Review: Transformers – The Complete Series
"Me Grimlock say you full of cesium salami."
I grew up on Transformers and I have such fond memories of watching the show every morning before going to school. I just loved the idea of transforming robots (a reason that I also eventually loved the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Series as well.) Listening to Peter Cullen's deep voice coming out of Optimus Prime is one of those things that you just can't forget. Optimus was the total personification of good, while Megatron was all that was evil in the universe…it was as simple as that.
DVD Review: Mushi-shi: The Movie
Mushi-Shi: The Movie, follows Ginko, as he looses his mother, becomes a Mushi Master, and fights to save his own life.
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DVD Review: Alien Trespass
Well, you can't go home again. Director R.W. Goodwin (The X-Files, appropriately) and a partner were sitting around waxing nostalgic one day many years ago about the great cheesy sci-fi/horror flicks of their youth, and decided to make a new picture in their mold showing what made the originals so great. Note: a new picture, not a modern one. The point was not to comment on the tropes of the era from a 21st century perspective, but to recreate them. Unfortunately they forgot that A) what was exciting to a ten-year-old in the age of Sputnik might not resonate with modern audiences viewing them without a lens of nostalgia, and B) it takes exceptional craft to make a movie about bad movies without making one yourself.
Blu-ray Review: Morning Light
Morning Light is a documentary about a team of young sailors competing in the 2007 Transpacific Yacht Race wherein dozens of boats arranged in divisions according to size compete to see who can make the crossing from Los Angeles to Hawaii fastest. This is a haul of over 2200 miles in a straight line, which course, we are told, cannot even be taken because of a permanent high pressure region in the middle of the Pacific that would bring boats dependent entirely on the wind to a halt. Even in customized ultra-light sailing ships with expert crews, a winning time is usually around ten days. And if somebody gets hurt or sick, or a sail or winch tears or breaks, you better have the equipment and know-how to take care of it yourself, literally a thousand miles from anywhere.
DVD Review: Pokemon All Stars 2
“We’re blasting off again” with the the next set of Pokemon All-Stars. Like the first set, ten more fan favorite Pokemon where chosen and then the three greatest episodes about each Pokemon where picked. The first Pokemon All-Stars was only the beginning, and now Pokemon All-Stars 2 is here to shock the world again.
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Blu-ray Review: Stargate Atlantis- Fan’s Choice
Good news for Stargate Atlantis Fans: MGM has just released Stargate Atlantis- Fans' Choice on Blu-ray! This single disc release contains the pilot episode, "Rising" Parts 1 and 2, and an extended version of the series finale, "Enemy at the Gate". These three episodes are presented in glorious high definition and have never looked better!
Blu-Ray Review: Race to Witch Mountain
Dwayne Johnson (Doom, The Rundown) stars in Race to Witch Mountain, a "re-imagining" of 1975's Escape to Witch Mountain, Disney's first adaptation of the 1968 novel by Alexander Key, who made a career out of paranormal YA stories a generation before it was hip. Although details of characterization and plot may change with each transition, some points are invariant throughout, most notably alliteratively-named siblings with psychic powers, at least one reliable adult to help the twins against a much better connected heavy who represents the dark side of humanity, and of course the eponymous mountain itself.
DVD Review: The Color of Magic
The Color of Magic is an adaptation of the first two books of author Terry Pratchett's (Good Omens, with Neil Gaiman) enormously popular Discworld series. Launched in 1983 with The Colour of Magic, the series is light comic fantasy where everything from over-familiar fantasy conventions to modern day political events to the grim specter of Death Itself are sent up using droll wordplay and Pratchett's trademark dry wit. Every release has been an immediate hit with readers, and now with 36 volumes (and counting) the books comprise one of the most popular fantasy series of all time.