DVD Review: Two and a Half Men Season 5
The complete Fifth Season of Two and a Half Men is now available on DVD! Charlie, Alan, Jake and the gang are back for more wacky misadventures. Not only did this season feature the 100th episode of the series, but it also featured a crossover with the writing team from the television show CSI!
Highlights:
"Large Birds, Spiders and Mom" – Jake makes the big leap to Junior High and Alan and Charlie try to give him some advice on how to survive the experience. This advice leads Jake to panic and his experience is worse than he imagined.
"Dum Diddy Dum Diddy Doo"- Charlie is setup on a blind date with a woman named Linda (who also happens to be a judge). The two don't exactly hit it off right away as Charlie's behavior isn't exactly what she was expecting. Charlie has to fight to win her over.
DVD Review: Spectacular Spider-Man Volume 4
It has been far too long since The Spectacular Spider-Man has aired new episodes… I forgot how fun this series is. The series follows Peter Parker as the teenage-nerd-turned-genetically-enhanced-superhero Spider-Man as he fights crime and survives high school, and seems to draw influence from the Spider-Man movies and Ultimate Spider-Man comics, as well as the original comic story. The hip character designs really capture the essence of the characters and action sequences are really exciting thanks to the energetic animation. The show also features an excellent cast of voice actors, led by Josh Keaton as Peter Parker.
DVD Review: Case Closed, Season Five
“Where’s Mr. Blood and Guts?”
That’s a good question. Where is he? Well, just ask Conan Edogawa to close the case! In Case Closed, Conan is an alias for Jimmy Kudo, a 17 year old boy who was transformed into a 7 year old. He ends up at the home of a not so well known detective, Richard Moore, who is not very good at his job. Conan starts going with the detective to the crime scenes. While the lame detective acts like he figured it out right off the bat (usually stating it’s a suicide), Conan snoops around and figures out what really happened. Then, Conan will tranquilize the detective and use a voice simulator to reveal the truth through the detective. Eventually he creates the Junior Detective League with a couple of kids his age.
DVD Reviews: Shuttle and Donkey Punch
So we're coming up on that time of year again – vacation time, and Magnet has a couple of movies to make you think twice about how we spend that time.
DVD Review: Murder Princess, Complete Series
“She would be known through the ages as Murder Princess”
Falis, a bounty hunter and Alita, the princess of the Kingdom of Forland fall off a cliff and switch bodies. Yes, their souls find their ways to the wrong body. There is a myth that in situations that could result in death, one’s soul leaves the body, and sometimes when there are two people are close together their souls will end up in the wrong body. The Princess Alita realizes that no one will recognize her and acknowledge her as the princess. She makes a pact with Falis, saying that Falis saved her life and so she will give everything to Falis. Falis sees something in Alita and agrees to the terms, her vow to protect the kingdom.
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…
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: Shin Chan, Season 2 Part 2
Ever wish you had a small child, oh lets say 5 years old, to break the ice by trying to hit on your Sexy Vet, the young pretty Pre-School Teacher, or even your hot next door neighbor. Well if you're Shin Chan's parents, you would be very happy. Shin Chan Season 2, Part 2 is full of moments where this 5 year old breaches the bounds of correctness and proves that the younger you are the more you can get away with.
This well loved series first aired in April of 1992 and is still running today. There are currently over 650 episodes, which attest to the quality of the comedy presented. In the U.S, it has aired on Adult Swim and The Anime Television Network. The current director is Yuji Muto and it is produced by Studio Shin'ei Doga. The show may best be described as the Japanese version of South Park, but the children don't go as far as Cartman and the others.
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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.
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.
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!
