DVD Collectors Online

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, a review by RossRoy

WHAT THEY SAY

Enter a dazzling world of fantasy in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, director Terry Gilliam's magical adventure tale starring Heath Ledger in his last film role along with Christopher Plummer, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law. In exchange for extraordinary powers, Doctor Parnassus (Plummer) makes a deal with the Devil to turn over any child of his when they turn sixteen. But as his daughter Valentina's (Lili Cole) birthday approaches, a mysterious stranger (Ledger) arrives with the power to change everything. In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Doctor Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles - and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all!

MY THOUGHTS

Good thing it has the word "Imaginarium" in its title - because it is a very imaginative movie! Sometimes maybe a little too imaginative. Some of the world within Parnassus' Imaginarium are so out there they almost lost me. It's a very wild ride and for a long time, I didn't know what was going on what with the travelling theater troop and the mirror leading to the Imaginarium. But in the end, it works, makes sense, and fits the story. For those of you who may not know: This is the last movie of late Heath Ledger. So last in fact that he never completed it. Three different actors came to the rescue: Colin Farrel - Jude Law - Johnny Depp. The integration of these three alternate actors actually works with the movie! It actually makes sense! And all three did a pretty good job taking over the role.

RATING

(From RossRoy's Random Viewings on July 1st, 2010)

The Wolf Man, a review by addicted2dvd

The Wolf Man (1941)
Lon Chaney Jr. portrays Larry Talbot, who returns to his father's (Claude Rains) castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman (Evelyn Ankers). One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where Jenny's fate is revealed by a mysterious gypsy fortune teller.

My Thoughts:
This is one of the first classic monster movies I ever seen.... and so far my favorite. I love this movie! I especially like how well done the Wolf Man makeup is done. The audio and video quality is top notch... just like most of the ones in the set I have watch so far. Lon Chaney, Jr. did an awesome job at playing both the tortured soul of Larry Talbot as well as The Wolf Man.

(From Classic Monster Movie Marathon on May 18th, 2008)

Charmed: The Complete Seventh Season, a review by addicted2dvd

Charmed: The Complete Seventh Season (2004/United States) Follow the Charmed Ones, Phoebe (Alyssa Milano), Piper (Holly Marie Combs) and Paige (Rose McGowan), on their suspenseful adventures of the supernatural! In Charmed: The Complete Seventh Season, the magical Halliwell sisters are called to travel back in time, protect the innocents from the deadly demon Sarpedon, and keep Zankou from claiming the powerful Book of Shadows. join the Charmed Ones in the ultimate battle of impending doom when the almighty Avatars from ancient Egypt plan to vanquish anyone who threatens their Utopian transformation of the world! Charmed: The Complete Seventh Season is filled with pure excitement, romance and mystical thrills The Power of Three has never been better! EPISODES: 1. A Call to Arms 2. The Bare Witch Project 3. Cheaper by the Coven 4. Charrrmed! 5. Styx Feet Under 6. Once in a Blue Moon 7. Someone to Witch Over Me 8. Charmed Noir 9. There's Something About Leo 10. Witchness Protection 11. Ordinary Witches 12. Exteme Makeover: World Edition 13. Charmageddon 14. Carpe Demon 15. Show Ghouls 16. The Seven Year Witch 17. Scry Hard 18. Little Box of Horrors 19. Freaky Phoebe 20. Imaginary Fiends 21. Death Becomes Them 22. Something Wicca This Way Goes

---

Stars:
Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews
Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell
Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
Dorian Gregory as Inspector Darryl Morris

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Closed Captioned

Just finished this season. I enjoyed this set a bit more then the previous season. In this case instead of having one season length "Big Bad" to fight... they had 2. One for the first half of the season involving the Avatars. Then the second half the season they had to go up against one of the most powerful demons they ever came across. One that actually gets control of their home and their Book of Shadows. When this season originally ended they weren't sure they would see another season... so they thought ahead and came up with a finale that could work either as a season finale or a series finale. While we did get another season I am thrilled they took that into consideration. Because if we didn't and it ended in a cliffhanger... well that would have been a very sad thing for such a popular series. I really liked all the episodes this season... so it is very hard to pick out any favorites... but a few I would definitely mention would have to be..

2. The Bare Witch Project
5. Styx Feet Under
10. Witchness Protection
22. Something Wicca This Way Goes

There is a guest star I enjoyed from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel in a few episodes this season that I wanted to mention. That being Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia)... in this she played The Seer... a demon psychic. So far into the series... and still being able to give it such high ratings. Definitely a series I would recommend!



(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on April 19th, 2012)