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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (Widescreen Edition)
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»rank: 1056
from: Warner Home Video
Our review: :Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp), a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious 'Corpse Bride,' while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereft in the land of the living.Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from ...
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Defending Your Life
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»rank: 3128
Our review:Description:Immediately following his death by bus, Daniel finds himself in the afterlife facing his past. If you can't make a case for having lived a full and fearlessuperb music score won an Academy Award.s life, you must go back to Earth and try again. But Daniel doesn't want to go back after he meets Julia in this heavenly fable written and directed by Albert Brooks. :Albert Brooks proves there's laughs after death with this almost heavenly comedy--almost heaven as in Judgment City, where recently perished Daniel Miller (Brooks) ...
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Spider-Man 2 (Widescreen Special Edition)
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»rank: 1687
Our review: :Peter Parker's adventures as Spider-man continue as he battles Dr. Otto Octavius.Genre: Feature Film-Action/AdventureRating: PG13Release Date: 4-APR-2006Media Type: DVD :More than a few critics hailed Spider-Man 2 as 'the best superhero movie ever,' and there's no compelling reason to argue--thanks to a bigger budget, better special effects, and a dynamic, character-driven plot, it's a notch above Spider-Man in terms of emotional depth and rich comic-book sensibility. Ordinary People Oscar-winner Alvin Sargent received screenplay credit, and celebrated author and comic-book expert Michael Chabon worked on the story, but ...
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Michael
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»rank: 2569
Our review: :Tabloid reporters go to investigate reports that an angel is living in Iowa and imagine their surprise when they indeed do find an angel.Genre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: PGRelease Date: 8-FEB-2005Media Type: DVD essential video:After the box-office success of Phenomenon, John Travolta continued to charm audiences with this 1996 comedy-fantasy in which he plays a grubby angel who's got one last good deed to do before heading back to heaven. Living peacefully in the rural Iowa home of an old, friendly motel owner (Jean Stapleton), the winged Michael ...
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Charmed - The Complete Series
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»rank: 3726
Our review: :No Description Available.Genre: TelevisionRating: NRRelease Date: 15-JAN-2008Media Type: DVD :Charmed recaptured a period in the 1ate 1990s when television's WB network was particularly keen on series about the supernatural and specially-powered characters. The original home of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and future launch pad for Angel and Smallville, the WB debuted Charmed in 1998 with many of the same intriguing ironies that made those other shows click. Specifically, the greater a character's powers, the more vulnerable he or she becomes; the more superhuman, the more painfully obvious ...
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Angel - Season Four (Slim Set)
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»rank: 11382
Our review: :Season 4 of the 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' spinoff and the second to last season of this detective comedy cum soap opera featuring Buffy's ex-boyfriend as the title role. David Borneanaz plays a brooding vampire beset with guilt who has come to L.A. to atone for two and a half centuries spent killing innocents. With a few close and good-looking friends he opens up Angel Investigations and becomes a vigilante determined to fight the forces of evil which run rampant in the city streets. Season 4 opens ...
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The Covenant
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»rank: 3537
Our review: :In 1692 in the Ipswich Colony of Massachusetts five families with untold power formed a covenant of silence. One family lusting for more was banished their bloodline disappearing without a trace. Until now.Four young students at an elite private school who are descendants of the original families who settled in Ipswich Colony in the 1600s are bound by their sacred ancestry and special powers. When the body of a dead student is discovered after a party secrets begin to unravel that threaten to break the covenant of ...
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James and the Giant Peach (Special Edition)
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Our review: :Wonderful adventures abound after James escapes from his fearful aunts by rolling away inside a giant peach.No Track Information AvailableMedia Type: DVDArtist: DISNEYTitle: JAMES & THE GIANT PEACHStreet Release Date: 08/28/2001DomesticGenre: CHILDREN'S VIDEO essential video:Roald Dahl's modern classic for children becomes a delightful combination of live action and stop-motion animation by the team that made The Nightmare Before Christmas: director Henry Selick and producers Tim Burton (Batman) and Denise Di Novi. The story concerns young James (played for real and through voice-overs by Paul Terry), who ...
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Charmed - The Complete Second Season
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Our review:Description:In CHARMED, the three Halliwell sisters have accepted their destiny of protecting the innocent and vanquishing evil doers, even though that is generally not on the agenda of every twenty-something on the fast track to discovering what life’s all about. Prue (Doherty), the oldest, is driven to succeed and dislikes the free-spirited antics of the youngest sister Phoebe (Milano). Piper (Combs), the earthy middle sister, mediates between her siblings. Prue has the power to move objects, Piper to freeze time and Phoebe to see the future. The sisters ...
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Highlander
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»rank: 3339
Our review: :This 1986 fantasy/action thriller has since spawned two sequels, a popular syndicated TV series, numerous comic-book spinoffs, and a loyal (if somewhat oddly obsessive) following of fans. Directed by music video veteran Russell Mulcahy (which explains the dizzying camera work), the original theatrical release made hash of an intriguing story about an 'Immortal' from 16th-century Scotland (Christopher Lambert) who time-leaps to modern-day America with his archenemy (Clancy Brown) in hot pursuit. It becomes a battle to the death (yes, Immortals can die), and Lambert seeks survival training from ...
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