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Errol Flynn Adventures

Long before Harrison Ford, Sylvester Stallone, Matt Damon, Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis and dozens of other action/adventure heroes lit up the Silver Screen there was Errol Flynn.

Flynn personified the stoic hero who placed honor before personal safety and always managed to get the girl.  His exploits thrilled millions of movie goes for several decades.

Warner Bros. has compiled five of Flynn's most adventurous movies: Desperate Journey, Edge Of Darkness, Northern Pursuit, Uncertain Glory and Objective, Burma into the 5-disc DVD set: TCM Spotlight: Errol Flynn Adventures.  Each film has been remastered and restored starring Errol Flynn (the Baron).  

Film buffs and movie lovers will love watching one of the pioneers of adventure films fight and love his way through five fantastic films, many of which where he performed his own stunts.  No computer generated special effects for Flynn who was named one the 100 Sexiest Stars In Film History.

Clash Of The Titans

Sam Worthington is fast proving himself to be the action hero for the 21st Century is Clash Of The Titans is any indication.  Sam stars as Perseus, the bastard son of leader of the gods: Zeus, played by Liam Neeson, who rejects his godhood after his human parents and sibling are killed by Hades.

Picked up as the sole survivor of a shipwreck caused by Hades, Perseus joins forces with a small group of warriors in the quest to retrieve the head of Medusa to use as weapon against the horrific Kraken.

Within a short period, unless Perseus is successful in his quest, the king's daughter will be sacrificed to the Kraken in order to save all of humanity from a literal hell on earth.  Mankind has angered the gods in its refusal to worship them.  Zeus allows Hades free reign to stop Perseus and his men.  Unbeknownst to Zeus he's falling into Hades hands in his plans to become the leader of the gods.

On their quest Perseus and his men encounter giant Scorpions, magic, demons and other underworld creatures and ultimately meet up with Medusa.  The final confrontation with the Kraken is a masterpiece of special effects.  The entire film incorporates cutting edge computer generated graphics.  Look for a playful wink of the eye to the original Clash Of The Titans film effects master Ray Harryhausen and see if you can spot the actor that played the chief villain in the James Bond film: Casino Royale.

Clash Of The Titans from Warner Bros. delivers on all fronts:  lots of action and effects and an impressive cast.

The special Blu-ray triple pack DVD set comes with Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Copy.  The Blu-ray version contains tons of featurettes and commentaries and a special alternate ending to the film.

 

 

Bugs And Daffy

"Wabbit season!"  Duck season!" "Wabbit season!"  "Duck season!"

Whether you like wabbits (er, rabbits) or ducks, you're sure to love the animated adventures of that rascally rabbit Bug Bunny and his avian adversary Daffy Duck in Warner Bros. two new DVDs presenting 15 cartoon classics each.

Newly remastered and for the first time on DVD Bugs Bunny, Hare Extraordinaire, is showcased in some of his most memorable adventures including take-offs of Mutiny On the Bunny, Napoleon Bunny-Part and Apes Of Wrath. 

Unlike Disney cartoons the Warner Bros. cartoons pushed the edge of slapstick humor, innuendo and hair brain antics.  Bugs Bunny was at his best when he faced off against Elmer Fudd and Daffy Duck along with other Warner Bros. animation favorites.

Daffy Duck, Frustrated Fowl, was the foil of Bugs.  He tried to be clever and evasive but only managed to get himself further in trouble.

No matter what situation Daffy found himself in he always managed to come out worse for wear.  For some hilarious feathered, frenzied fun and frivolity check out Daffy's new DVD collection.

 

Quest, Sumos, Nano, Air, War And Railroads

For a triple treat of Saturday morning cartoon fun check out the 10 episode DVDs of World Of Quest, Super Duper Ninjas and The New Adventures Of Nanoboy from Mill Creek Entertainment.

Quest, the muscle-bound warrior, is under a spell to protect Prince Nestor as he searches for his parents.  along they way they meet every conceivable type of foe from warriors to supernatural forces.

Quest would just as soon be left alone, but under the thrall of a magic spell he has no choice but to protect the less than cautious and headstrong prince.

Three oversize Sumo teenage wrestlers possessing some degree of magical powers fight the forces of evil and the minions of Mr. Mister with the aid of their teacher Wisdom San and his niece Prima.  Look for some super size action as the Super Duper Sumos show that they've got guts!

Nanoboy is the world's smallest superhero that fights crime on a microscopic level.  Big on courage but small in stature, Nanoboy fights a never-ending battle against the Amazonian Amoebas, nefarious proteins, antisocial antibodies, bad guy bacteria and other microscopic threats to mankind.  The New Adventures Of Nanoboy may be small in statue but big on action!

On a more serious note Railroads: Tracks Across America follows the often turbulent history of the laying of railroad tracks across the United States.  Learn how the railroads got started and the tremendous and dangerous effort it took to lay thousands of miles of track.  Witness the birth of an industry and individual empires.  Relive the long lost romantic days of traveling the country via rails and rediscover the wonder that is our country.  Also included is short featurette on the glory days of railroads.

Fly high with Victory By Air: A History Of The Aerial Assault Vehicle.  Beginning soon after the Wright Brothers perfected heavier than air aircraft industrialists and military forces began to use aircraft as weapons.

Follow the progress of armed aircraft from their early days in 1900 through several wars until WWII ended in 1945.  Archival footage, some of never seen before, make up this five-part historical record of the Aerial Assault vehicle.

Eleven parts make up The Dawn OF War: The Early Battles Of WWII.  Follow history beginning with the rise of Adolf Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin into power. 

Relive the early days of the war when Europe was a blaze with the fires of hatred, death and destruction.  Follow the United States as it becomes entrenched in both the European, African and Pacific war fronts and the effect the war had on the entire world's population.  Archival footage tracks the bloody rise of the Nazi and Axis forces and the heroic rise of the Allies.  It's the early years of WWII as never seen before.   

Batman: Under The Red Hood

There's a new threat to Gotham City.  The mysterious Red Hood has muscled in on the Black Hood's criminal activities.  Ruthless and a brilliant tactician, the Red Hood quickly assembles a crime cartel as powerful as the Black Hood's.

Batman, with some assist from Nightwing, takes on the Red Hood and is surprised at how brilliant he is.  He plays the Batman and manipulates him to do what he wants and be where ever he chooses.  Batman is not pleased and after some investigation comes to the conclusion that the Red Hood's fighting tactics mirror his own.  Just who is the Red Hood and what does he want from Batman? 

The Warner Bros. animation team has really outdone themselves with Under The Red Hood.  The action is breath-taking, especially the fight scenes, the direction top-notch, the special effects extremely well done, the script brilliant and the voice actors are perfect-especially the Joker.  This is Batman at his best.  I believe this is the best interpretation of Batman in animated form ever done.

Besides the movie viewers can watch several clips from other Warner Bros. DC animated films and a short preview of the next feature in line: Superman/Batman: Apocalypse.  Don't miss this DVD!

Tom & Jerry

One of my fondest memories as a young boy was watching the hilarious animated adventures of Tom & Jerry-the cat and mouse misadventures of a hair brain feline and a wily mouse.

Each cartoon saw Tom matching wits with his diminutive foe Jerry in a who-can-top-who slapstick story where inevitably Tom would get his comeuppance and Jerry his  victory and prize-most of the time.

What made Tom & Jerry cartoons so much fun was the over-the-top animation by many of the industry's top animators of the time: Hanna and Barbara, Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble.

Warner Bros. has compiled 30 of the best of the best animated Tom & Jerry shorts into a wonderful 2-disc collection.  Included is a very special tribute to the animated duo from their early days through their award winning career.

Alice In Wonderland

Only the slightly twisted directional genius of Tim Burton could translate Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass successfully to the Silver Screen.  Throw in Johnny Depp’s slightly askew and odd portrayal of the Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen, Helena Bonham Carter as the White Queen and some famous voices as the computer animated White Rabbit, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee and several other memorable characters and you’ve got an adaptation of the literary classic that cannot be matched!

The costumes, sets, computer effects and animation, lighting, makeup, physical effects and sheer scope of the film are breath-taking.  This is Alice In Wonderland as it should appear-not as watered down animated films or anemic film adaptations seen so many times before.

Tim Burton captures the essence of the books and the weirdness, wonder and magic that makes the books so enjoyable so many years after they first appeared.  There is something timeless about the Alice stories that strike a cord in everyone.  Alice’s struggle with growing up, taking on responsibility and fitting in is something everyone can identify with.

Alice In Wonderland from Walt Disney Pictures is available on Blu-ray that also comes with a standard DVD disc and a special digital copy.

Look for some cool extras about the making of the film, cast interviews, scoring, costume design, commentaries and much, much more.  Curiouser and curiouser!


Holmes, Defenders, Animals,
Valiant, Olympians, Stories and Adventures

Mill Creek Entertainment combs film archives for some of the best classic animated series, movies and live action movies and coverts them to DVDs for all to enjoy.

With the recent success of the new Sherlock Holmes movie, movie goers are taking a new interest in the classic adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s pipe smoking detective’s earlier cinema adventures.

Included in the 5-disc set are the entire 39 episodes of the American TV series and eight feature films. Actor Christopher provides and introduction to this wonderful collection of Edwardian detective thrillers.

Several other classic novel, comic strip and Pulp figures join forces to stop the merciless Ming. Look for Flash Gordon, The Phantom, Mandrak The Magician and Lothar and their young offspring as they team up to protect mankind as The Defenders OF THE Earth. The entire 65 episode animated series is included on 5-discs.

Small children are sure to love the 52 episodes of Animal Stories that run like modern day Aesop Tales. The winner of the prestigious Best Pre-School Animation Award of 2001, Animal Stories centers episodes on different animals while inter-mingling important life lessons.

Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant still runs today in newspapers. At its height the cartoon script was read and enjoyed by millions. It was even translated to a feature film starring Robert Wagner.

For the first time all 65 episodes of the animated series are brought together on 5-discs. Follow Prince Valiant in The Legend OF Prince Valiant as he begins his Quest For Camelot with lots of magic, warriors and damsels thrown in the mix. Animated to match the style of the newspaper strip, The Legend OF Prince Valiant is an epic animated series with plenty of adventure, action, sword-play and epic battles between good and evil. Look for voice actor interviews and commentaries.

I loved the Italian muscle man movies of the 1950’s and 1960’s, especially those starring Steve Reeves as Hercules.

Where else could you get lots of muscle-bound warriors pounding the living daylights out of each other, loads of magic and monsters and those girls-whew!

Get ready for some mythological mayhem as Mill Creek Entertainment takes you back in time to the age of Hercules complete with more action and adventure than you can imagine. Go ahead; indulge yourself, a little muscle-bound mayhem never hurt anyone.

Incredible stories and Classic Adventures translate literary masterpieces into full-length animated tales adapted for the small screen. Look for a huge cross-section of stories such as Ben Hur, Ivanhoe, The Mysterious Island, Journey To The Center Of The Earth and over a dozen other classic stories. It’s the perfect way to introduce children to classic of literature while making them visually exciting.

 

 

 

X-Men And Iron Man

The fifth and final season of popular X-Men animated series from the early 1990s is presented by Buena Vista Entertainment.  All14 riveting episodes are presented on two DVD discs.

The animated series predated the X-Men movies and set the standard by which the
X-Men would be presented to the world.  Created and shown during and not long after the highlight years dominated by such artists as Jim Lee and Marc Silvestri, the series spotlighted many of the popular storylines running through the X-men titles at the time.

Look for such classics as The Phalanx Covenant, The Fifth Horseman and guest spots by Captain America, Magneto, Longshot, Jubilee, Cannonball and a whole host of
X-Men, their friends and foes.

I especially enjoyed the Old Soldiers episode starring a pre-claws Wolverine and Captain America story set during World War II.  And get ready for a whole boatload of surprises in the very last episode the winds up the series: Graduation Day.  Don’t miss it!

Also from Buena Vista comes the full first season of the Iron Man animated series released in conjunction with upcoming Iron Man movie.

In this mid-1990s animated series Tony Stark as Iron Man and a few fellow Avengers fight the Mandarin and his cohorts who each episode try to steal Tony Stark’s technology.

Look for Modok, the Gargoyle and other classic Iron Man villains as well as guest spots from longtime Marvel superheroes and Iron Man’s fellow crime fighters: War Machine, Scarlet Witch, Spider Woman, Nick Fury and Hawkeye.

It’s high-tech adventure and suspense as Iron Man battles against the Mandarin and his partners in crime.

Key episodes include the origin of Iron Man and the Mandarin.  It’s classic Marvel mayhem brought to life via cutting edge animation.

Saturday Morning Cartoons 1980s

Warner Bros. presents its latest collection of Saturday Morning Cartoons with its 1980s DVD set.  Eleven shows are included such as Mister T., Dragon's Lair, Thundarr The Barbarian, The Flinstones Kids and others.

It's 1980s animated hilarity and adventure as you relive the decade that brought great movies, great TV shows and great animation to audiences all over the world.

If you like to laugh, thrill to adventure, walk on the wild side or just want to enjoy some good old goofy good times then be sure to check out this new DVD set that also includes several featurettes and subtitles.  It's totally cool man!

Hawaii Five-O Season Eight

By the Eighth Season of Hawaii Five-O the show was beginning to get a little frayed around its edges.  The tough-as-nails cop, Steve McGarrett, image was beginning to wear a little thin.  The show was being overshadowed by more grim and gritty TV series and was finding it more and more difficult to stay fresh and relevant.  Still, the show remained popular with older viewers and still delivered some good solid stories-occasionally excellent stories.

Paramount/CBS presents the full 23 episode Eighth Season on 6-disc.  Season highlights include McGarrett's return to Naval duty, catching a spy, held captive by a convict, stopping a hired killer, dealing with  drug smugglers and various other bad guys as he and his Five-O officers fight crime in Hawaii.  Don't miss a single episode.  Aloha!

 

 

War And Wanted

Join Mill Creek Entertainment as it takes a 13 hour journey into the history of the American soldiers in its very special Chronicles Of War DVD set.

Travel to the front lines complete with eye-witness interviews, rare footage and revealing photos that bring history alive.

In The American Soldier George Kennedy leads viewers through each conflict American soldiers have fought in over the centuries using reenactments, photos, paintings, interviews, narratives and archival film clips.  Travel through time from the day of Queen Anne’s War f 1702 to the current conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In WWII Remembered: A Complete History  surviving veterans of the war paint a picture of the time when all Americans took part in the war effort and the eventual victory over the Japanese and Germans.

Individuals recount their own part in the war while providing s revealing insights behind the politics, patriotism and purpose of the great conflict.

Long before Steve McQueen became a mucho macho film star and the epitome of the ultimate male he starred in a TV Western as bounty hunter Josh Randall. 

A man of few words he was the ultimate gentleman and law-enforcer.  So dedicated was he to his profession that he donated most or all of his bounty to various charities. 

Relying on his wits and muscle the sawed off 1892 Winchester lever action rifle he carried meted out Western justice when necessary.

Season Two starred McQueen in 32 action-packed episodes with such acting greats as Lon Chaney Jr., Warren Oates, Martin Landau and many more famous or soon to be famous TV and movie stars

The Princess And The Frog

Walt Disney Studios returns to traditional cell animation in a brand new full-length animated movie that offers a slight twist on The Princess and the Frog fairy tale.  This time around the Princess turns into a Frog instead of the frog turning into a Prince.

The special Three Disc Combo (Blu0ray, DVD and Digital Copy) serves up what many critics have dubbed “The Best Disney Movie Since The Lion King.”

Great animation, an irresistible soundtrack, catchy musical numbers, outrageous characters and a hilarious story combine to make The Princess and The Frog a ‘must-see’ Disney animated film.

See what happens when a Princess transforms into a Frog and must contend with singing alligators, lovesick fireflies and some of the most unusual swamp creatures ever imagined. 

Discover why Disney artists are the best in the business as they dazzle you with their incredible images and spot-on character portrayals.

Extras include deleted scenes, featurettes, galleries, commentaries and much more.

    

 

Studio Ghibli Classics

It's appropriate that Walt Disney Studios should be the domestic distributor for Japan's Studio Ghibli's releases.  After all Ghibli is considered to be the equivalent of Disney animation in Japan and it shows in the breath-taking cell animation, cutting edge computer animation and effects, powerful stories and intriguing characters.

Recently Disney released several titles from its Ghibli collection: They include Kiki's Delivery Service, Castle In The Sky and the newest of the Ghibli's titles: Ponyo.  All are directed by legendary director Hayao Miyazaki and feature America voice actors ranging from Mark Hamill to Cate Blanchett.

Kiki's Delivery Service follows the adventures Kiki, a young apprentice witch, who travels to a far city with her black cat and starts a delivery service and begins and exciting new adventure in her life.

Castle In The Sky captures your imagination when young engineer apprentice, Pazu, finds a young girl, Sheeto, floating down form the sky.  The new friends begin a high-flying adventure as they look for the legendary Flying Castle, Lapula, and encounter pirates, secret agents and other outrageous and bizarre obstacles.

Ponyo, a goldfish, is rescued by a young boy, become fast friends only to have her father, a sorcerer, force her to return home.  Lonely for her new human friend, Ponyo unwittingly releases The Water Of Life in her quest to become human.  Unfortunately, she also releases a powerful storm that threatens all life.

Castle and Kiki contain a special bonus: World Of Ghibli and lots of extras.  Ponyo, on Blu-Ray/DVD, also includes the Ghibli short, an introduction to Ponyo and more.  All of the 2-disc sets are modern animated classics and make excellent additions to anyone's DVD animation collection.

 

 

 

Justice And Halo

Just when I think Warner Bros. Animation couldn't possibly top itself with its DC Universe original animated movies---it tops itself!

Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths is an exciting, engaging and excellent story that highlights the greats of DC Comics' premiere team. 

The opening sequence finds Lex Luthor and what appears to be the Joker fleeing the JLA, or at one of DC's super teams,  Luthor manages to escape through a dimensional portal and the his partner...well, let's just say he decided to 'stick' around.

Moments later Luthor materializes in Metropolis, surrenders to police and arranges a meeting with the JLA.

It seems that this Luthor comes from another Earth where The Crime Syndicate, run by super doppelgangers of the Justice League, terrorize their Earth and are attempting to rule the entire globe.

Luthor, along with his Joker look-a-like, the Jester, planned to crossover to another Earth, enlist the aid of The Justice League and stop the Syndicate's plans.

The JLA agrees to help Luthor and follow him through the portal, only Luthor failed to mention a small detail-he brought with him and hid a small device that can aid the demented Owlman, Batman's counterpart, to finish his a bomb that will destroy all of the parallel Earth, thus all of existence.

There's plenty of fistfights, lots of damage and more than a fair share of surprises, including some unexpected guest stars.  Crisis On Two Earths is a tour de force of superhero and villain action not seen on the small screen before.

My favorite scene: when Batman and Owlman duke it out.  Now that's action!  Included on the DVD set is a standalone Spectre short, two classic JLA animated episodes, an examination of the Crisis phenomenon at DC and lots more.  Don't miss it!

For you Halo fans out there, be sure to pick up Halo Legends: seven animated shorts in anime.  Each sort builds upon the universe of Halo and the many characters that inhabit it.  Learn of the genesis of the Earth/Covenant conflict, who Master Chief, Spartans and Shock Troopers are and more.  Go beyond the game and delve into the meat and bones of the most popular video game ever created.

      

 

Dorf, Black And Nazi

I’ve always got a kick out of comedian Tim Conway.  His irreverent and often bumbling comedic performances can’t help but make me laugh.

I’ve followed his comedic career ever since his early days on the sitcom McHale’s Navy and continued to watch his slapstick antics thorough various TV shows such as The Carol Burnett Show where he not only made the audience laugh but the cast and crew as well.

I watched him perform in Disney movies, on various TV variety shows and guest appearances and with his longtime Carol Burnett Show buddy Harry Korman.  Tim has been performing for decades and even now has not lost his humorous touch.

Well into his career he created an unforgettable character, Dorf, the diminutive know-it-all who claims to be an expert in all forms of sports-fro baseball to auto racing.  Tim showcases his slapstick and comedic brilliance as Dorf with physical comedy, wry and sly comments and his trademark deadpan delivery.

The Tim Conway Is Dorf Super fan Collection from Mill Creek Entertainment finds Dorf tackling golf, fishing, the Olympics, baseball, auto racing, bingo and more.  Harvey Korman also makes a special appearance and a behind-the-scenes featurette is also included.

The history of Blacks in the United States has often been a turbulent and bloody one.  First brought over as slaves, the Black population slowly, painfully, began to acquire basic human rights.  Often the struggle was long, dangerous and uncertain and yet, as a people, the American Blacks have elevated themselves to equal status and equal rights by sheer determination and the belief that all men are created equal.

Black History: A Retrospective looks back on the plight of the Black populace in a series of documentaries that examine their struggle through war, prejudice, the Civil Rights movement and ultimately to the first Black President.  It’s an awe-inspiring collection of historical film clips and programs that offer a true examination and insight into the struggle of American Blacks for equality and dignity.

When World War II ended many of Adolf Hitler’s henchmen fled Germany and tried to meld into the shadows amongst various societies.  They fled form their crimes and hoped to go undetected.

Their attempts would prove futile in many instances as determined Nazi hunters took whatever measures necessary to search for, capture and bring to justice the architects of Hitler’s war crimes.

Nazi Hunters: The Real Story seeks to show the true hunt for Hitler’s henchmen by the determined men and woman who seek to see justice for the millions killed during Hitler’s reign.

Surrogates

Action star Bruce Willis stars in a futuristic thriller where people live in complete isolation and interact through their robotic counterparts. 

The robots never age and can look like the human they represent or completely different.  Humans stay at home and hook into a network that allows them to control their surrogates.  The surrogate goes to work, travels, etc. while the human that controls it stays tucked away safe at home.  Or do they?

Scattered around the city are no surrogate zones where no robots may enter.  When Agent Tom Greer, played by Bruce Willis, chases a suspect who killed five policemen these zones present a problem.  The suspect runs into one of the zones and Greer’s surrogate follows.

Greer discovers that the suspect is in procession of a weapon that destroys surrogates but through a glitch in the robot program, can also kill the humans controlling them.  It’s up to Greer to stop the proliferation of the killing technology and the people behind it.

The new DVD from Touchstone Pictures also includes deleted scenes, two featurettes and more.

20 Years OF The Simpsons

“D’oh!  Twenty years!  Oh great, I bet Fox won’t even serve donuts!”

“Don’t have a cow Dad!”

“Now Bart, you know how disappointed your Dad gets went he doesn’t have dessert!”

“I’ll say.  On our 10th Anniversary Fox only served bagels.  Dad started playing ring toss on Maggie’s pacifier.  I was so embarrassed.  What if the other girls at school saw him?  As if having Bart as a brother wasn’t bad enough.”

“Aw, family.  The foundation of America!”

“That’s enough Homey.”

“Yes dear.”

Twentieth Century Fox Entertainment is proud to presents the complete twentieth season of The Simpsons on DVD.  Every whacked out episode is included on this special DVD set along with a sneak peek of The 20th Anniversary Special. 

Who would ever of thought that a series of animated shorts shown on the Tracey Ullman show over 20 years ago would go on to be one of the most celebrated animated series in history and the longest running animated and comedy series of all time?

 

 

 

Mannix 3, Five-O 7

I love watching old cop and detective shows from the 1970s.  As quaint as them may seem now, those shows created the template by which today's shows exist.

Perhaps because it was a simpler time things broke down to either black and white.  Good was, evil was evil-there's was no blurry line or gray areas and "politically correct" was not in vogue.

When you watched one of those old shows you knew who the bad guy was and that eventually he or she would get their comeuppance.

The good guys were straight-shooters, honest, trustworthy, determined to uphold the law and always got the bad guys despite personal injury or threats.

Such was the case with Paramount/CBS's Steve McGarrett of Hawaii Five-O and his fellow police officers and private detective Joe Mannix.

Hawaii Five-O ran an impressive eleven years and Mannix ran and equally impressive eight.  Paramount/CBS presents the entire Seventh Season on 6-discs of Hawaii Five-O and all 25 episodes of Mannix's Third Season.  Both offer high-impact, fast-fisted, two-gun action with lots of danger, intrigue and gook old cops and robbers entertainment.

This time around Mannix travels back to his home town, attempts to reconcile with his father, 'looks' for a killer that blinded him and much more.

McGarrett and Five-O tackle militants, a psychopath, an assassination plot, a Hari-Kiri suicide and other big adventures on the big island.

Both series episodes have been digitally remastered, provide subtitles and new Dolby Digital sound.

Paranormal Activity

Dubbed as one of "the scariest movies of all time" Paranormal Activity from Paramount Pictures has just hit stores in a both DVD/Blu-ray and Limited Edition versions.

In celebration of the DVD release Paramount Home Entertainment has provided reviewers with a special Paranormal Activity giveaway.  The Paranormal Activity scare kit contains: Baby Powder, a Planchette, an Ouija Board, a Satin Sleep Mask and a Barrel Sling Duffel bag.

For a chance to win this very special collector's item drop me an e-mail at
bamcomics@juno.com.  One winner will be selected at random from entries.

Something, Something,

Something, Dark Side

Star Wars is an institution and like any institution it has its fans and distracters,  In rare cases the distracters are its biggest fans.  Such is the case with the creative team behind Family Guy.  Only they could possibly have the guts to parody The Empire Strikes Back and get a way with-with George Lucas' blessings!

If you saw the original Star Wars parody from Family Guy you can expect some of the same hilarious and rambunctious spirit in the Something, Something, Something, Dark Side straight-to-DVD movie from Twentieth Century Fox Entertainment.

Chris stars as Luke Skywalker, Peter as Han Solo, Stewie as Darth Vader-well, you get the idea.  The laughs are huge and the innuendos fly as Family Guy tackles the Dark Side and leaves it begging for mercy. 

A funny script, on the mark character assassinations,the original Empire Strikes Back sound track and some pretty cool computer effects make Something, Something, Something, Dark Side a must-see DVD.  Extras include commentaries, a featurette and much more.