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Aladdin, a review by Critter

Aladdin (Limited Edition)

Year: 1992

Director(s): Ron Clements, John Musker

Run Time: 86 minutes

Plot: Aladdin, a street urchin, accidentally meets Princess Jasmine, who is in the city undercover. They love each other, but she can only marry a prince.

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(From Critter's Animated Film/Anime Marathon on November 23rd, 2009)

Vampires: The Turning, a review by addicted2dvd

Vampires: The Turning
Connor is an American Muay Thai fighter living in Thailand with his girlfriend; he becomes a hero of circumstance when she is kidnapped and he must come to her rescue. Her abductors, however, are a formidable foe, for they are the vampires who have been hiding out in the far East for centuries. In order to combat the undead, Connor joins forces with benevolent vampires who turn him into one of them. Meanwhile, a beautiful Asian vampire begins to fancy our hero, challenging his resolve and introducing a dramatic love triangle into the mix. Incorporating standard vampire tropes into Eastern mythology, this unexpectedly well-made low-budget film boasts a beautiful exotic location and a good balance between drama and action executed by a talented cast of unknowns.

My Thoughts:
This is one that I don't own at this time... instead I watched this movie on FEARnet On-Demand. It wasn't the best vampire movie I ever seen... but I did enjoy it. It was a nice change to what I usually get and a really nice mixture of martial arts and vampires. Made me think of Buffy the Vampire Slayer a little... but different. It is a movie I do plan on adding to my collection before too long.

(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Vampires on February 17th, 2008)

The King of Queens: The Complete Series, a review by addicted2dvd

The King of Queens: The Complete Series IMDb |Wikipedia |Intro | THE KING OF QUEENS consistently delivered laughs for nine seasons, making it one of the most popular and longest-running comedies in television history! Kevin James stars as Doug Heffernan, a lovable regular guy with an adoring wife, Carrie (Leah Remini), and a frustrating father-in-law (Jerry Stiller) under his roof. Packed with a crazy cast of characters, hilarious situations and plenty of great guest stars, this is one show that brings the goods!

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Stars:
Kevin James as Doug
Leah Remini as Carrie
Victor Williams as Deacon
Patton Oswalt as Spence
Gary Valentine as Danny
Nicole Sullivan as Holly
Jerry Stiller as Arthur

Extras:

• Audio Commentary
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Production Notes

This is a series I never watched when it originally aired. I caught a few odd episodes when they were in reruns... but not that many at all. Then I finally bought the first season set... and found I really enjoyed the show. Instead of continuing to buy the season sets I decided to just get this complete series set. This way I would get it all at once... and then there was the added bonus of a special bonus disc only available through the complete series set.

In a matter of just about a month I completed this set... all 9 seasons... 207 episodes! And I must say... I really enjoyed every minute of it! I just couldn't stop watching it! I definitely feel I got my money worth with this series. I found myself literally laughing out loud through the entire series... well the entire series up until the last few episodes of the series. Don't get me wrong... I still enjoyed it. And I do get the storyline demanded a much more serious atmosphere... but I just think it took too much of a turn to the more series and not as much comedy as there should of been. But then that could also be because I really didn't care for the storyline they chose for the final episodes.

The packaging for this set leaves a lot to be desired as well. I know there is a more fancy IPS Truck shaped complete series set out there... but I felt they were just asking too much money for that one. This one is exactly like the complete series set for Married with Children where it opens up like a digipak... but on each side there is 2 big spools with half the discs on each side... the discs just sitting on top each other. I can deal with it... but it is probably my least favorite packaging I ever seen.

Over all this is a set I definitely recommend. The complete 9 season (207 eps.) set plus a bonus disc available only through the complete series set.... at amazon right now for under  $40. Definitely a great deal for a great series!




(From The King of Queens: The Complete Series on August 17th, 2012)