Sirwiñakuy

A Mid-Summer's Daydream
Sirwinakuy is a quiet film--languid and intimate. The story of the relationship between an older man and a younger woman, it takes the viewer into the dreamlike nature of their union, where no one else exists and the outside world is kept at bay. This is the fantasy that happens whenever two people fall in love, but this is no ordinary love. In fact, for the length of the movie the viewers, as well as the main characters, are not certain whether this is love at all. It begins like a fairy tale; a chance encounter in a cafe leads to an immediate, unspoken attraction and both the young woman and the man are fearless enough to follow impulse without questions. It's the sort of improbable situation that happens in the lives of those courageous enough to trust and embrace the unknown. As their unorthodox relationship develops, it is apparent that there are levels to this film and to its characters that are implied and then left for the viewer to ponder. As we are told very little about the...

Beautiful Sexy Film for Couples
The basis of this film is a trail marriage between the two characters. Amy Hesketh's beautiful cinematography of Bolivia and her patient, expressive pacing make this a beautiful, sexy, evocative movie. The convincing and nuanced performances by Jac and Veronica make this a 'must see' film. If you buy only one "couple's porno" this year, purchase Sirwiñakuy and crack open a nice bottle of wine to share with your lover.

Beautiful! Romantic suspense worthy of Alfred Hitchcock!
What a great thrill to find a new director to watch! Amy Hesketh has created a fine romantic suspense with a fascinating twist. The premise is rooted in an authentic Bolivian custom, but what Hesketh does with it is all her own. Jac Avila and Veronica Paintoux give excellent performances as the couple in...what? Love? Trouble? Danger? You decide. Don't pass this one up!

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Action Classics Unleashed: The 4-Movie Collection (Flight of Fury / Out for a Kill / Shadow Man / Urban Justice)

HE'S ONE MAN WHO IS DRIVEN TO KILL.
Mostly I like all of the movies of STEVEN SEAGAL, but my four best movies that I give more higher ratings are these action classics. These 4 movies are my favorites of STEVEN SEAGAL because they show his fury and strength when his loved ones are harmed in any way. I enjoy watching him in action and his fights are totally out of this world plus the stories of these 4 movies are also pretty interesting. UNLEASH THE FIRE SEAGAL!!!





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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging)

The Rabbit Gets Some Justice
Filmmakers have been combining animation and live action since the days of silent film--but 1988's WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT not only bested everything done previously, it set a standard that is unlikely to be surpassed. Although it has been available on VHS and in a mediocre DVD release for quite a few years, the film finally gets the star treatment in this "Vista Series" double DVD release, which includes the film in both pan-and-scan and letterbox formats and an assortment of extras, many of which are quite interesting.

The concept and story are well known: cartoon characters are not drawings, but are living entities who work in the film industry, and when Maroon Cartoon star Roger Rabbit is accused of murdering Marvin Acme (Stubby Kaye), he turns to private detective Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) for help. Trouble is, Eddie hates "Toons." After all, one of them offed his brother, and Eddie hasn't been sober since. The concept is a clever one, and the story could have gone in any...

That's what I call one seriously disturbed Toon......
One of the great joys of movie-going is to see a concept, that on-the-face-of-it is so goofy and off-beat that it should never work, but, in the end, does work and works in spades! So it was for me with Who Framed Roger Rabbit. This Vista Series DVD brings the film to us with a crisp & clean picture, THX sound, and a beautifully packaged set of extras that include a very clever interactive menu, plus loads of goodies presented smartly, with humor and surprises.

Seeing the film again reminded me how impressed I was with the audacity and accomplishment of Bob Zemeckis and his collaborators on bringing off with care and intelligence, a sharp & funny film that plays to both children & adults. Who would have thunk it?

Taking a Chinatown-like story of early Los Angeles with some basis in fact (destroying the Red Line to make way for freeways) complete with murder & intrigue & marrying it to the screwy conceit that cartoon figures, aka Toons, actually lived and worked as live actors...

An Awful DVD of an incredible movie
This is one of my favorite movies ever; there's not a moment that I don't believe that toons and humans are interacting...but this version is a censored version of the film. They cut parts without the consent of the director, and for this reason, I beg you not to buy this version. Wait until they correct the bowdlerization of this masterpiece

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Mulan / Mulan II (3-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray / DVD]

Looks better, but some bonuses dropped from the old DVD
While Mulan looks better on Blu-ray, we are sacrificing some bonus material that was on the old DVD:

All galleries are lost in the leap from DVD to Blu-ray. There were ten Character Design galleries holding several hundred images, three Visual Development galleries amassing around 100 images, a 13-image Backgrounds & Layouts gallery, and a Publicity Art gallery holding 32 images. The interactive edutaining feature "DisneyPedia: Mulan's World", comprised of ten shorts on the film's elements and culture, is another notable casualty. Also gone: the no longer applicable introduction about being able to toggle angles for the production stages demonstration. Included on Mulan's first DVD (a non-anamorphic Limited Issue disc repackaged as a Gold Classic Collection edition) but subsequently dropped and still not resurfacing is its original theatrical trailer. That's a bummer both for fans of Randy Edelman's Dragonheart score and for those who appreciated the use of some rough...

Five stars for the original, three stars for the sequel
Mulan (1998)

Disney Blu-ray & DVD (March 12, 2013)
Directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook
The Voices of Ming Na Wen, B. D. Wong, Eddie Murphy, George Takei, June Foray, Miguel Ferrer,
Harvey Fierstein, Jerry Tondo, Gedde Watanabe
Music by Matthew Wilder
Lyrics by David Zippel
Music Score by Jerry Goldsmith

Mulan is significant in that it was the first feature produced almost completely by Walt Disney Animation Florida, a top-flight studio that doubled as a Theme Park attraction. Guests could wander along picture windows and watch animators at work on real shorts and features. It was a wonderful thing to see while it lasted.

Mulan was also my daughter's first movie. Even though she was just a baby then, she has seen it many times since and it is one of her all-time favorites. This is a great dad and daughter movie, in any case.

The strength of Mulan is that its a story that makes a strong...

Who she is inside
Based upon traditional Chinese folklore (try this take on it for a solid introduction by a noted reteller Fa Mulan: The Story of a Woman Warrior), these two movies tell the story of Fa Mulan (Ming-Na Wen), a young girl living in China in the 3rd Century BC. In the first of the two movies we learn that, as the only child of a considerable landowner, Fa Zhou (Soon-Tek Oh), who was lamed in war some years earlier, Mulan has, somewhat of necessity, grown up something of a tomboy, dressing in trousers, working in the fields, and riding her horse Khan astride; but she's found over the years that she enjoys this kind of life--the prospect of "meeting our Matchmaker (Miriam Margolyes)" terrifies her, and the process of getting "primped and polished" so that "boys will gladly go to war for [her]" seems rather stupid. But in her culture, women are at best second-class citizens, and "a girl can bring her family/Great...

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Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc

All new animation with a more compact story
Im not one to take shots but just a change of picture with simplified storyLOL it's insulting that 6 ppl actually found that helpful. Obviousy the person below and those who rated that remark have not actually seen this and is just going off the cover and some summaries they've seen i guess.

First lets clarify the title this is Rurouni Kenshin: Shin Kyoto-Hen Zenpen it is a remake of the Kyoto arch and Kenshin's battle with Shishio not sure why amazon is just listing it as Rurouni Kenshin and with the date of 1996 as this is not the original tv series nor the year it was released hopefully this will be corrected as not to confuse ppl.

Anyways back on point having seen and own the original series and as well as reading all the manga I have to say Rurouni Kenshin: Shin Kyoto-Hen Zenpen really was a pleasant surprise after hearing it was a remake you figure it was probably just going to be a recap cutting out some of the the filler from the tv series that wasnt in...

Hmmmm, not sure about this one
Okay, let me start off by saying that I am a purest when it comes to anime series and I grew up watching Rurouni Kenshin on Toonami and I own the Mangas and original DVD from Media Blaster. When I heard that they were creating a new OVA series after so many years, suffice to say I was excited, but that where it ends.

The good:
As far as the animation goes, this Blu-Ray is great because of the bright, vibrant colors and 1080P video. It looks awesome on my 42" Plasma TV

The Bad:
This is a hacked up, condensed version of the Kyoto Arc, which was magnificently animated during the original release many years ago. For purest like myself, this version is an insult to the original animation and story. This OVA lacks the comedy, action and storytelling from the original. In addition, because of the nature of the release, they squeezed the entire arc into 2 disc, roughly about 2 hours.

Anyone who is a diehard fan or Rurouni Kenshin, I would say to pick...

Bummed out fan boy
I am a huge fan of both the original tv show and manga so naturally I bought this new blu-ray. The only reason why I don't give this a one star is because I do like the updated animation of the two ova's and that is it. All this blu-ray is a two ova retelling of the Kyoto arc with all the good parts left out and other scenes changed. The best part, the fighting, is glossed over it was a total let down. Now the unforgivable part, the blu-ray itself. My blu-ray only had the english voice track even though it showed it had the japanese track also it wouldn't let me take off the subtitles. If you watched the original show you would know that the subtitles read differently than the english voice acting because of translation. So it gets really confusing having to watch a movie that says one thing and subtitles that don't always match plus they were pretty big letters. It would be one thing if i was able to watch it in it's original language and I was reading them. In conclusion STAY AWAY...

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Night of the Living Dead - Digitally Remastered

A must see for all movie lovers
This movie has earned its place as a classic.

It's certainly a classic for horror lovers. This movie is the among the first of the "respectable" horror/zombie flicks, and as such if you don't see it you'll constantly be missing references and homage from many other movies. If you haven't seen it you're missing references in Alien, Cujo, The Supernaturals, Beetlejuice, Shaun of the Dead, 28 Days Later, and so many more.

But it's a must see for lovers of almost all other types of movies as well. This movie didn't depend on gore or cheap scares; the chocolate syrup they had simulating blood wasn't that impressive, and while you might tense up while watching it, you'll almost never jump.

The real genius of it is in the frightened group of people stranded in the farmhouse, trying to cope with the new reality they're seeing around them. You see people traumatized, people in shock, people scared and desperate and angry and struggling to regain some...

Night of the Living Dead - Digitally Remastered
I don't know why it says it was Digitally Remastered. I didn't notice any better quality than any other version I have saw. It seemed worse in some places.

Remastered???
I watched this thinking that "digitally remastered" meant that it would look better than the original. I was wrong. It's really difficult to see what is going on a lot of the time. It looks no better (maybe worse) than the non-remastered version. I do love this movie, but when you say digitally remastered, I expect to see a difference in quality. The contrast is way too high to the point you can't see people's faces sometimes because the whites are blown out and fuzzy. anyway, it was free..

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Muay Thai Warrior [Blu-ray]

Don't expect anything too factual or deep but "Muay Thai Warrior" is an enjoyable popcorn action film
From director Nopporn Watin comes the martial arts action film "Muay Thai Warrior" (also known as "Samurai Ayothaya" or "The Samurai of Ayothaya"). A film loosely based on the Japanese adventurer Yamada Nagamasa, who became influential in the Ayutthaya Kingdom (a Siamese kingdom that existed from 1351 to 1767 and known for its foreign trade and Ayutthaya was one of the wealthiest cities in the East) in the 17th Century and would become the governor of the Nakhon Si Thammarat in southern Thailand.

The film "Muay Thai Warrior" was created to celebrate 124 years of Japan and Thailand relations and now the film will be released by Well Go USA on Blu-ray and DVD in March 2013. The film would feature Japanese actor Seigi Ozeki ("The Odd Couple"), Sorapong Chatree ("Ong Bak 2 and 3″, "Beautiful Boxer"), Winai Kraibutr ("Bangkok Revenge", "Bang Rajan") and K1 fighter Buakhao Paw Pramuk.

"Muay Thai Warrior" takes place in the 17th century and a time when Thailand...

Muay Thai electrifying
I do martial arts movies. The Muay Thai in this movie is really good and in combination with the way of the sword. The movie also has a goog them, teaching us there is the place where we are born and the place where out soul will rest.

"A high, powerful mountain is still lower than the grass that grows on its top."
Apparently, 16th century Siam was quite a melting pot. Japanese immigrants are hired as mercenaries for the good King Naresuan. He wants to live in peace but King Nandhabureng of Hongsawdee keeps sending people to attack the village of Ayothaya. The samurai known as Yamada Nagamasa (Seigi Ozeki) repels such an attack, only to discover that the assailants are Japanese disguised as Hongsawdee. When he briefs his superior about it, the jerk responsible overhears and sends men after Yamada, who is saved when Kham (Thanawut Ketsaro) and a few other residents of Ayothaya use their superior Muay Thai skills to save him. He is taken inside the peaceful village and nursed back to health by Kham's sister, Champa (Kanokkorn Jaicheun). As he regains his strength, he is surprised how receptive everyone is to his presence. No one seems to mind that he's not from their country. When fully recovered, he decides to try his own martial arts skills against Sua (Buakaw Banchamek), best in the...

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Interview With a Hitman

MY NAME IS VIKTOR
Viktor (Luke Goss) is a Romanian hitman. At one point he is called "stone cold" in the film. The film starts out with a group of disconnected scenes as it represents various aspects of Viktor's memory prior to his interview. The interview allows Viktor to do some minor narration in telling his life's tale going from a child hitman looking like a greaser, to an adult hitman with a constant 3 days worth of growth on his face.

Viktor grew up in the part of Romanian where everyone speaks English with an accent. He gets involved with the bad guys, goes on the lam to London etc.

The film does have a twist at the end, one that is poorly developed. The characters are written rather badly as is the dialouge. The genius of our hitman is a plot point, but it is not brought out too well, as to make the film interesting. The film consists of a bunch of cardboard cutouts shooting each other. Rather boring for a crime/thriller. Better classified as a crime drama. If you are...

Decent, but not special
Sort of a rip-off of the earlier movie Hitman from the game. Acting was low level and audio was close to terrible. Had to turn it up so much to hear the dialog it was unbearable.

Very Realistic, very brutal!
I enjoy Hitman movies. However, really good ones are few and far between. This movie, in my opinion, was the very best I have seen since "The Mechanic " with Charles Bronson! It is not Hollywood styalized like "Hitman", which I enjoyed. Instead you get a brutal real life type hitman. The pace is fast and vicious. You have to pay attention all the time. If you leave the room for an instant, or if someone engages you in brief conversation, by all means put the movie on "pause". Or, you will find yourself reversing alot. They speak english, but with eastern Europe type accents, so you have to listen closely. Things happen fast, once the movie gets going. This is the type of hitman movie I've waited for, for a long time. Luke Goss does a great job, and now he is my #1 male hitman actor , period. My #1 female hitman actress , is Janet Mcteer, from "Cat Run". I would love to see both these people in a movie together as a hit-team, husband and wife duo. Not much gore in this movie. No...

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Schindler's List (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy + UltraViolet)

A cinematic masterpiece!
Meet Oskar Schindler. A German living in occupied Poland during World War II. A member in good standing of the Nazi party. A womanizer, a war profiteer...and ultimately a man of conscience. A man who became one of the great unsung heroes and humanitarians of the war.

"Schindler's List" chronicles Oskar Schindler's spiritual odyssey from war profiteer to humanitarian and hero. Winner of seven Academy Awards

Playing for Keeps (+UltraViolet Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

Playing For Keeps is NOT a romantic comedy
I saw this in the theater with my mother yesterday afternoon. I'm not going to try to tell you that Playing For Keeps is an Oscar contender (it's not) or that it's not corny, formulaic or predictable in spots (it is). It's certainly not on a par with Mr. Butler's previous films Coriolanus or Machine Gun Preacher, nor did I expect it to be.

I think that professional critics are missing the point of a film like this one. They're so busy analyzing movies frame by frame for profundity, hidden meanings and plot twists, looking for that epiphany, that they tend to forget that the rom-com genre, by definition, IS usually somewhat corny, formulaic and predictable.

I wouldn't classify Playing For Keeps as a romantic comedy and perhaps that's part of the problem. If critics went solely by the trailer, they expected pure light-hearted fluff when in actuality it's much more of a family drama with some humor sprinkled in.

Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel & Noah Lomax...

I PROMISE I WON'T CRY
George Dryer (Gerard Butler) is a retired soccer star living in Virginia to be near his son living with his ex-wife Stacie (Jessica Biel). George still loves his ex and doesn't take the news of her up coming wedding too well. Having financial difficulty causes George to coach his son's (Noah Lomax) mixed league soccer team to the joy of soccer moms.

Being a good looking guy with an accent, women such as Catharine Zeta-Jones, Uma Thurman, and Judy Greer all throw themselves at him. George is not a man accustomed to saying no, but Jessica Biel is a tough act to follow, just ask her if you don't believe me.

This is not a guy's film. Soccer is in the background and knowledge of the sport doesn't make the film any better. This is perhaps a chick flick for people who don't want to get emotional. Might make for a mediocre date night film if you haven't seen "An Officer and a Gentlemen" 10 times already. Good acting. Weak script.

Parental Guide: No f-bombs or...

I THINK I LIKED THIS BECAUSE IT WAS DIFFERENT
"Playing for Keeps" starring Gerard Butler (Phantom of the Opera, The Ugly Truth and many other so-so movies), is about a former soccer star named George that played alongside David Beckham in his hay-day and has fallen far from grace. He's a guy who's a natural at getting things and being given things, but horrible at making decisions, knowing when people are taking advantage of him and growing up. So, when he returns to the hometown of his former love, Stacie (Jessica Biel), to patch things up and reunite with his son, the typical romantic movie story begins to play out.

That being said, this movie has been a subject of numerous poor reviews from national critics and I would have to say that for some reasons, criticism is justified, but the movie is nowhere near as bad as it is being portrayed. The script is strange. It portrays Butler's character realistically, but occasionally gets farcical at random times. He's a ladies man and always has been. Women flock to him, so...

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Touch of Love: The Intimate Yoni and Lingam Massage

Informative
The photography and lighting are very good. If you are unfamiliar with the topic, this would make a good first source of information.

The "script" does tend to drag and seems to be more for "couple's therapy" than true Yoni and Lingam massage. I consider it more of an intimate massage instructional video than a true Yoni/lingam massage guide. As such, I would recommend it for those wanting to re-ignite the spark or just learn more about pleasing your partner.

If you aren't sure, research the topic on the internet first. Just search for "yoni massage" or "lingam massage" and you will find explanations and techniques. If you are still interested, this video will provide visual references but will probably not match the descriptions you read on line exactly.

If you are already very familiar with this subject, this video is probably not for you. For beginners or those curious, I would recommend this video. It's a good...

Not impressive at all
I was not impressed about the 3d and the content itself is not a big deal at all. Do not expect too much from this movie...

Watch for Instruction
I've been looking for 3D movies and came across this. Curiosity got the best of me so I bought it. It's a good instructional movie if you are looking to please your partner without actually having intercourse. The 3D effect is not at all there. Watch in 2D and you get the same effect. Overall, the 2 people that star in it are beautiful and show what you can look like if you eat right and exercise regularly. Don't buy if you think you are getting porn...I gave it 3 Stars because the product does not have a reasonable 3D effect.

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There's A Noose Waiting For You Trinity - Digitally Remastered

All About Kinski
Klaus Kinski elevates this cartoonish film to an interesting character study. How he does it is a mystery. I never knew when or if Klaus was going to explode and kill the protagonist or hug and kiss him. The ending surprised me. Kinski was a great actor but a terrible person or so I've read. It's a shame he burned the candle at both ends and died young. Worth a watch for sure.





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Othello (1995)

Great Adaptation--Wonderful Cast
I am confused with many of the editorial reviews on the site. This incarnation of Othello is, in my mind, nearly perfect. Sure, it can't encapsulate everything Shakespeare intended, but it stays true to his themes of jealousy, obsession and power, and featured fantastic acting and production values.

What can I say about Othello that hasn't already been said in dozens of dissertations already? As one of the "big four" (Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear and Othello) it has remained a benchmark for tragedies for centuries. Some people might scoff at the film's intent to make Shakespeare accessible to the lay viewer, but it truly doesn't hurt the story or interfere with Shakespeare's always delightful prose. In short, the movie outperforms any preconceived notions one might have.

The cast is wonderful. A pre-Matrix Lawrence Fishburne stars as the Moor, Irene Jakob as Desdemona, and the infallible Kenneth Branaugh as Iago, Shakespeare's most complex and calculating villain. Often in...

A passionate production
While the Orson Welles version is interesting both for its visual elements and fact that it was made over several years due to financial constraints, it does not match the passion and accessibility of the Fishburne-Branagh production.

Branagh's Iago is the soul of charming evil, while Fishburne's Othello is deeply moving as a man struggling against a jealousy that ultimately overwhelms him.

A third performance that rates special mention is that of Desdemona's maid (a fine actress whose name I do not recall). Although this character has virtually no lines for more than the first half of the film, she adds a sad, cynical counterpoint to Desdemona's romantic idealism.

Also, the production values--the setting, cinematography, and costumes--are excellent and serve the film well.

Branagh Shines
Kenneth Branagh was amazing in Henry V, playing a beloved and heroic character. He delighted as the witty, comical Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. How could this same man play one of the most diabolical characters every written in the English language? Just look at the guy, he's a pleasant, fair-haired man.

Branagh astonished me with the ease with which he plays a duplicitous, conniving villain. Playing off his nice guy image, the audience hates him all the more when he as Iago plays the nice guy, while secretly hatching evil schemes. In the asides, where he reveals his true dark nature to the audience alone, he is positively chilling.

Mr. Fishbourne is solid, but overpowered by Branagh. Fishbourne is far more convincing than previous actors playing Othello. His commanding presence and body of violent films help us see him as a war-weary General. In fairness, Iago almost always outshines Othello as a character - - unless the character playing Othello also directs...

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The Proud and the Damned - Digitally Remastered

Western Classic
Another western classic starring Chuck Connors. They just do not make movies like this anymore. Recommend to all fans of the old westerns.

Great Story
The acting was extra good. It was a true to life adventure of times long ago in Old Mexico. The story pulled no punches about the warring factions in Mexico over 100 years ago. While watching the story, please pay attention to the music, it paints an authentic audio background. I highly reccomend the film.

Horrible video quality
"Digitally remastered," my, um, butt. Either the source was horrible or whoever remastered it did so by pointing a 10-year-old webcam at a 20-year-old TV set on which the film was playing. I can't comment on plot and so forth because I watched for less than a minute before giving up.

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Shake Rattle and Roll II - Philippines Filipino Tagalog DVD Movie

I love this product...
My wife is Filapina and she was the one who introduce me to Shake Rattle and Roll and seeing that I'm a hugh fan of horror I plan to order every episode, thanks alot, you guys are awesome...





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Toshin Iaido

Mr. Kubota is truly an amazing Martial Artist.
I love to watch other styles and systems and purchase a lot of videos on Martial Arts. Most of what's for sale is questionable and you find out quality after you open the package and play. Quality of video and sound are usually a problem let alone the martial artist is not worth watching.
I have purchased nearly a dozen videos from "Em3 Video" and I can honestly say they have spent a lot of time in making sure you have a great quality video & sound. Due to this I have purchased another half a dozen videos of other styles I am interested in watching.
Great job EM3 Video.





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The Hellbenders - Digitally Remastered

Hellbender's - A Damn Fine Western
This is the movie for the man. You'll ride long-winded along side this gun-slinging flick where "don't trust nobody" is the only way out.

A LOST CLASSIC
"The Hellbenders," directed by Segio Corbucci, is essential viewing for fans of the Western genre. The film's plot revolves around ex Confederate Colonel Jonas , played by Joseph Cotton, and his sons, Ben, greedy Nat, and rapist Jeff. Determined to reorganize the Southern Army and defeat the Union, Colonel Jonas and his sons massacre a platoon of Union soldiers transporting a consignment of banknotes and conceals the loot in a coffin supposedly belonging to a deceased Confederate officer, Captain Ambrose, who was killed in the Battle of Nashville. They hire a drunken prostitute named Kitty to pretend to be the officer's widow. The film has a plot similar to Vera Cruz, in which Burt Lancaster, a dandy gunfighter, and Gary Cooper, a former Confederate Colonel, team up to escort a carriage with a French countess to Vera Cruz, for the Emperor Maximilian. In fact, a hoard of gold is hidden aboard the carriage. The score by Ennio Morricone is haunting, while the cinematography by Enzo...

Si, pasta western noir, amigo!
This quirky western has a fantastic plot more evocative of TV's "The Wild Wild West" than a standard oater. Joseph Cotten is superb here with his delightfully twisted, Southern rebel ways, his fine Mercury Players' theatrical playing style... all in fine fettle well past his career's high noon. Cotten appears to have cared not the least about the critics which makes his performance all the more delicious.

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Militaria: Helmets to Hobnails

Awesome documentary!
The film helped give me an understanding about the market of: used war vehicles, guns, etc, worked. Would recommend to anyone interested in war/old firearms/war vehicles.





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Brother Bear / Brother Bear 2 (3-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray / DVD]

SEE THIS MOVIE
I went to Brother Bear not really knowing what to expect. Some of the recent Disney hand drawn animated releases have fallen short of expectations. I have to say that I was extremely impressed by the plot and character development in this movie. The story, while it is a relatively simple one, is one that draws you in and makes you care about the characters. And while many of us can see where the plot is going, the journey is highly enjoyable with some unexpected twists along the way.

For those of you who don't know what the movie is about, it is a coming of age movie about a boy who becomes a man by becoming a bear. Beyond that, it is about breaking stereotypes, and developing a respect for life. It is about dealing with anger and loss. The emotional intensity of this movie is much more similar to Lilo and Stitch or Finding Nemo, than it is to older hand animated movies such as Aladdin or The Little Mermaid. My four year old is very sensitive and had to be held at several...

Typical Disney concept, superior execution
"Brother Bear" has all the traits we are familiar with from Disney, but they are more nicely done than in some recent efforts. There is a grand sentimental theme (brotherly love), a soaring musical score, an earnest effort to incorporate another culture into the film (Inuit), an ornery lead who has something to learn (Kenai), a loveable little sidekick (Koda), and secondary characters for comic relief (Rutt and Tuke, two goofy mooses, played by Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis re-enacting their "McKenzie Brothers" routine).

Somehow it comes together better than most. The quality of the animation is excellent, the characterizations clearer, the funny bits genuinely funny (my favorite bit was the mooses' penchant for doing yoga poses). Moreover, the ending was a bit less trite than is sometimes the case.

Disney true-blue fans will definitely want to see it, but even if you usually have a low tolerance for Disney stories, give this one a look.

Disney has done it again!
We saw a special sneek preview on 10/25/03. Brother Bear is a hit. Well written story line, great music, and beautiful animation.

Make sure you stay until all the credits have run, there's one last "outtake" at the very very end of the movie. Most of the audience had walked out, and missed it.

Aloha,
The Oh Family
Honolulu, HI

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Miss Dial

A Charming and Incisive Winner!
The best romantic comedies (Pretty Woman, As Good As It Gets, Bull Durham, Knocked Up) often remind us that, not only do we need other people, but that they also better us. Miss Dial, David Steinberg's newest film, charmingly succeeds at doing the same. Steinberg, a master of raunchy, gross-out comedy (he wrote or co-wrote several of the American Pie films and the hilariously bawdy coming-of-age novel Last Stop This Town), has created a subtle, engaging, and relentlessly funny character study about the profitable, if painful, self-improvement occurring when the right person enters one's life.

Miss Dial is Erica (an outstanding Robinne Lee), a home-based consumer products customer service rep who (with a smiling, repressed contempt) fields calls from morons and weirdos befuddled by her company's usually self-explanatory products. After one moron too many, Erica takes a break from her caller queue and, attempting to call a friend, misdials an Afghanistan War vet in North...

Hysterical comedy abt connecting in a disconnected world
This movie is HYSTERICAL. I saw it at a screening in LA with a bunch of friends, and we were in the corner clutching our stomachs dying of laughter. Although this movie is definitely a romantic comedy, the underlying theme is about two people accidentally connecting in a disconnected world. The intimacy of their conversations is contrasted by a series of hilarious phone calls from people seeking customer service from the main character Erica. Through sharp, funny writing, and without being pedantic, this movie conveys the 21st century dilemma of having so many means of communicating but not being able to communicate at all (please describe your potato shredder). It is sad that this movie did not enjoy a wider theater release.

Everything a Romantic Comedy Should Be
I absolutely loved this movie. It was everything I would hope for from a Romantic Comedy. It was actually laugh out loud funny and incredibly touching without being cheesy. Not only are the two leads captivating, but all of the supporting characters are so fun! I literally wept at the end, which is a sure sign that this film is a success! Put on your p.j.'s, grab a glass of wine, and curl up with Miss Dial. You won't be disappointed.

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