DVD Review: Air: The Complete Series Box Set
“Through all the Sadness and Pain Just Remember, Keep Smiling!”
Bonds of love and friendship that transcends the ages along with a desire to break a curse that has haunted generations is the focus of this beautiful story. Yukito Kunisaki is on a quest to fulfill his Mother’s dream of finding the Girl who lives in the sky. He travels throughout the country side and finds himself in a small oceanside village, out of money and worn out from hunger. Befriended by a girl, Misuzo, he spends a summer finding the real meaning to his quest. The small village has been touched by the Girl who lives in the shy and Yukito and the others who live there discover the sadness that has enveloped them. The trick is how to overcome this sadness and break the curse.
DVD Review: The Sandlot / Rookie of the Year Double Feature
The Sandlot and Rookie of the Year, two amazing films from our childhood, have been re-released by Fox and MGM and released as a double feature! These classic tales are now available for you to own on DVD in this special release under the Dove Foundation Family Film Series banner.
"You're killing me Smalls."
DVD Review: Time Crime
Time travel usually involves dinosaurs, buying stock in Kodak, futuristic mutants, changing time lines, or just plain old saving the world as we know it. And falling in live with Jane Seymore. But naked women and a deranged man wrapped in pink bandages make for a new twist on an overused subject.
But that’s exactly what the Spanish made Chronocrimenes (Time Crime) does. Regular guy Hector and wife Clara are moving into a new home and Hector spies a naked girl in the woods. When he goes to check out the situation, and who wouldn‘t, finds not only a naked girl but a man with pink bandages wrapped around is head, who stabs Hector with a pair of scissors. In the course of being chased he ends up in a time machine and travels back in time. What unfolds next is quite possibly one of the slickest scripts written.
DVD Review: The Other End of the Line
The Other End of the Line a romantic comedy directed by James Dodson and starring Jesse Metcalf as Granger and Shriya Saran as Priya is now available on DVD!
The story is about a call center girl in India (that does an amazing American accent) who has a client that she kind of falls for over the phone. She does not tell him she's in India, instead she says she's in San Francisco. He ends up going to San Francisco for business and asks if he can meet up with her. She accepts, goes there, wimps out and meets him accidentally after deciding to go home without seeing him. They hit it off and it's lovely and then, of course, it all falls apart because he finds out she was lying.
DVD Review: Caprica
Now that Battlestar Galactica and Stargate Atlantis have ended, it feels like there isn't as much of a reason to watch SciFi channel anymore…but there will be a reason to watch the SYFY channel when it makes the rebranding jump because of new shows like Caprica.
There were a lot of questions about this new series that would take place 50+ years before the Battlestar Galactica saga that we witnessed for four amazing seasons. Everyone was worried that it wouldn't hold up to the high expectations that came with a prequel series being announced so soon after the current series ended. Thanks to NBC Universal, ComicsOnline has seen the pilot of Caprica and we can say with great assurance (and relief) that the pilot does hold up, and then some.
THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. This is your warning.
DVD Review: Jim Gaffigan: King Baby
Jim Gaffigan: King Baby is a stand up special by comedian Jim Gaffigan, the exceptionally pale man behind Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale, his previous special, who has also appeared in numerous film and television comedies.
Gaffigan has a very distinct, very silly persona for his stand up, which is particularly effective when he uses a high pitched voice to second guess himself, expressing the possible thoughts a critical member of the audience. He also uses his voice to create all kinds of ridiculous characters, which he uses while discussing all manners of inane topics. Overall, his stand up style is very effective.
DVD Review: Oh My Goddess! OVA series Collector’s Edition
Oh My Goddess! Ova series Collector’s Edition is a short anime series that covers about 6 or seven months in the lives of Morisato Keiichi and the goddess Belldandy.
DVD Review: Down and Dirty with Jim Norton
Comedy, like music, is highly personal and watching a show full of random stand ups is similar to MTV playing Gwar, Joni Mitchell and Lil Jon back to back… it doesn’t work. Down and Dirty with Jim Norton tries to remedy the Premium Blend model by assembling a group of comedians with similar material.
DVD Review: Lilo & Stitch 2-Disc Big Wave Edition
"Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." -Lilo
Aliens. Elvis. Kids. Family. Hawaii. Surfing. If you're a fan of any of these things, you will likely love Lilo & Stitch Which is now re-released in its blue-in-color but sadly standard definition only "2-Disc Big Wave Edition".
It seems that there's no Blu-ray announced as on the way, so it's likely safe to pick up this edition if you don't already have Lilo & Stitch on DVD on your shelf.
DVD review: Otaku No Video
Otaku: A Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga and video games.
The year is 1982, in Japan. A young man (Kudo) is starting his College career. He is very involved with his Tennis Club and appears to be dedicated to his new life. Like most first year College students he begins to loose focus and question his motivation to the things he is doing. A run in with a friend from High School (Tanaka) shows him the new and unseen world of SciFi/Anime Clubs. At first it seemed very strange, but it doesn't take long before he is hooked, and I mean really HOOKED! By the end of the year he has come to realise that his true calling to to become the Otaking.
DVD Review: The Zeta Project Season One
Warner Brothers continues its streak of releasing past animated series on DVD with the Season One release of The Zeta Project. Originally appearing on Batman Beyond, Zeta project takes place in the DC Animated Universe Future and follows the story of a former government robot named Johnny 5…I mean….Zeta….who is programed for stealth assassinations who gains awareness and doesn't want to kill anymore.
DVD Review: The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
In the early 90's someone made the great choice to revive a cult classic animated series, Jonny Quest. The new series aired on Cartoon Network and ran for a total of 52 episodes over the course of two seasons. Jonny and Hadji are now teenagers and still travel the world on new adventures with Dr. Quest and Race Bannon! Warner Brothers has just released the first volume of a 90's classic animated series, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest.
DVD Review: South Park Season 12
You should come on down to South Park and meet some friends of mine.
DVD Review: Role Models
You've had a bad day. Not just "I'm feeling kind of stressed" bad, or "my co-workers are all jerks" bad, but "dumped by my girlfriend in the face of an existential crisis" bad, and you make one tiny mistake and end up looking at 30 days in prison or 150 hours of community service. Which do you take? The community service, right? How could it be worse than prison?