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DVD Review: The Simpsons Season 12


BEST. DVD COLLECTION. EVER.

One night in April of 1987, my brother Dan insisted that the whole family stop whatever we were doing to watch some show I’d never even heard of called The Tracey Ullman Show.  One of us must have grumbled about it, because he launched into a defensive explanation immediately. 

DVD Review: Death Note, L change the WorLd

The Death Note franchise takes on the question of what L did with his last 23 days. Of course this storyline is unique to the live action series, not the manga or anime series. Death Note: L change the World is fun, fantastic, full of action and lots and lots of L being L.

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DVD Review: Kaze no Stigma, Volume 2-Fire


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The second and final volume of Kaze No Stigma provides 12 episodes that do help tie the series together but at the same time leaves us wondering… why? The first 5 episodes cover the budding relationship between Kazuma and Ayano. Or should I say, the goofy ways Ayano's Father try to get them together. They also introduce the new character, Katherine McDonald, who is also a Fire user from America out to prove that her family is tops in the Fire world.

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DVD Review: Jinki: Extended, The Complete Series

Cute girls, sexy women and mechs. What else could any decent Otaku want in a series? There is a dark secret about this group of people associated with these powerful machines, but there are also several twists along the way to discovering the secrets.

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DVD Review: Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks review

Trunks, as everyone knows, beat an opponent that Goku had trouble taking out. Who he was and where he came from was only slightly touched upon in the main run of Dragonball Z and you were never told the whole story. Well, Dragonball Z: The History of Trunks tells the story of when he came to be and the future he came from.

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DVD Review: G.I. JOE The Complete Series

G.I. Joe is the code name for America’s highly-trained special missions force. Its purpose: to defend human freedom against Cobra, a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world!

Originally airing in the early 1980s when Hasbro re-launched its classic toy line of military action heroes, this series introduced characters with unique personalities and his or her own military specialty. It was basically a 30-minute commercial but I loved every minute of it. I haven’t seen any of these episodes since watching them after school in youth. I may be clouded by nostalgia but I get a kick out of reliving the adventures of Duke, Scarlett, Snake Eyes, Flint, Lady Jaye and rest of the Joe team.

DVD Review : Sons of Anarchy Season 1

So, when you need to have a cutting edge subject to formulate a drama around, who do you think of? I know that one of the most public of street gangs, the motorcycle club, didn’t spring to the top of the list. But with great writing and excellent casting, Fox has pulled it off with Sons of Anarchy.

DVD Review: Flight of the Conchords: The Complete Second Season

The box has a clear outside sleave with only Bret and Jemaine on it, so you can put it on any DVD to create the illusion of New Zealanders flying over the content.


Flight of the Conchords
is one of those shows that, though many of your friends may be into it as well, still feels like it’s “your show”. The series is based around New Zealand’s comedy-folk-hip-hop duo, Flight of the Conchords, and their struggles to make it big (or play a paying gig) in New York. What sets Flight of the Conchords apart from other comedy TV shows is the plot-relevant music videos seamlessly intertwined into the story of each episode.

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!

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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.

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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?