Title:The Devil & Daniel Webster: The Criterion Collection Year: 1941 Director: William Dieterle Rating: NR Length: 106 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: English
Stars: Edward Arnold Walter Huston Jane Darwell Simone Simon Gene Lockhart
Plot:Extras: Scene Access Audio Commentary Featurettes Gallery Production Notes Radio Dramatizations, Essays, Original Short Story Reading
My Thoughts:
This Faustian story was thoroughly enjoyable, from beginning to end even if there was little suspense in what would happen. The acting of Walter Huston as the Devil, Anne Shirley as Mary, Simone Simon as Belle and of course Edward Arnold as Daniel Webster was wonderful. It was fun to revisit life in 1840 New Hampshire (where I grew up, not when, but where!) and enjoy some of the great oratory of a great American speaking about the founding of our great country.
Just an all-round fun film that can be enjoyed with the whole family. A good one for the 4th of July weekend, too.
Title:Lethal Weapon 4 Year: 1998 Director: Richard Donner Rating: R Length: 127 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo Subtitles: English, French
Stars: Mel Gibson Danny Glover Joe Pesci Rene Russo Chris Rock
Plot: Pure dynamite! The LETHAL WEAPON team has done it again, putting the match to the fuse and putting the WOW! back on screen for LETHAL WEAPON 4.
Mel Gibson and Danny Glover return as buddy cops Riggs and Murtaugh, with Joe Pesci riding comedy shotgun as chatterbox Leo. Murtaugh is still the family man. Riggs is still the gonzo loose cannon and – what's this? – family man. His will he/won't he marriage to Cole (Rene Russo) is one of the new wrinkles in this powerhouse crowd-pleaser that also stars comedy favorite Chris Rock and international action star Jet Li. Wedding bells, ammo shells, explosive laughter – this one's fully loaded!
Extras: Closed Captioned Commentary Deleted Scenes Featurettes Interviews Production Notes Scene Access Trailers
My Thoughts:
A good and fun closure to the series. Not as good as the previous three, but still funny to watch those two in action. It is nice to see that Riggs is still in a good relationship with Lorna. I also liked Leo this time around. Only Chris Rock was miscast. Not because of his acting, but I thought it did not fit, that they had him do Chris Rock like tirades. We already have Leo doing this and he is better at it.
The Unusuals: The Complete Series, a review by addicted2dvd
The Unusuals: The Complete Series
Amber Tamblyn (TV's "Joan of Arcadia") and Jeremy Renner (THE HURT LOCKER) star as Detective Casey Shraeger and Detective Jason Walsh in this dark and gritty series that explores both the grounded drama and comedic insanity of the world of New York City police detectives. Together, the two must investigate the murder of a cop, unraveling the conflicting clues that they hope will lead to the killer and ultimately reveal the truth behind the dead cop's past.
Also stars Harold Perrineau (TV's "Lost") as Detective Banks and Adam Goldberg (TV's "Entourage") as Detective Delahoy.
Stars: Amber Tamblyn as Det. Casey Shraeger Monique Curnen as Det. Beaumont Adam Goldberg as Det. Delahoy Harold Perrineau as Det. Banks Jeremy Renner as Det. James Walsh Terry Kinney as Sergeant Harvey Brown Kai Lennox as Det. Eddie Alvarez Joshua Close as Det. Cole Cornell Womack as Lt. Little
Episodes: 1. Pilot A sudden move from Vice to Homicide to investigate the murder of a cop leads NYPD Detective Casey Shraeger in the middle of an investigation that could expose rampant police corruption.
2. Boorland Day A legendary and hapless criminal family unleashes a crime spree on New York City in an effort to raise money to save their ailing patriach.
3. One Man Band As Delahoy and Banks investigates a store that helps it's customers committ murder, Casey's favor for Davis Nixon ends up freeing a hit and run suspect from jail.
4. Crime Slut As a pawnshop armed Robbery forces Beaumont to keep a secret from Walsh, Delahoy worries about what his future holds as he and Banks search for a brain cancer victim who has left a hospital after being declared dead.
5. 42 After Frank Lutz's attempt to silence Walsh seriously injures Beaumont, Cole decides to stop his tormentor once and for all, Banks looks to provent a psychic's prediction of her own death from coming true.
6. The Circle Line Despite Casey's doubts, Walsh sets out to exonerate a detective suspected of murder, Banks discovers his identity has been stolen after he is reported to have died in a liqueur store robbery.
7. The Tape Delay As Casey and Walsh investigates the disappearance of a wealthy man they were assigned to protect, Delahoy and Banks differ over how to handle an 82-year-old nursing home resident who has embarked on a crime spree
8. The Dentist Alvarez falls prey to a pair of clever con men who steals some important evidence in an accomplice's drug trial, Banks paranoia makes it hard for him to convince Delahoy that he witnessed a neighbor's murder.
9. The Apology Line As the detectives look to solve a naked man's murder, the thefts of confidential answewring machine tapes exposes the grim truth about a hiker's death.
10. The E.I.D. Emotional involvement leads Casey to try to solve a notorious 10-year-old assult, the detectives search for a mystery pornographer who is using apartments a film sets without their owner's knowledge.
Extras: Bonus Trailers Featurettes
My Thoughts: This is a short lived series that I never missed when it originally aired just last year. Unfortunately it was canceled after only 10 episodes. I originally started watching this series because of Amber Tamblyn... who I liked on the show Joan of Arcadia. I soon found that I liked all the characters. The Unusuals is a good title for this group of misfit cops. The series is a nice blend of cop drama and comedy. One of my favorite things in this series is at the beginning of every episode you hear the dispatcher saying something silly or funny to the cops. This is also often used after commercial breaks as well. In my opinion the episodes are consistently very good. There is not an episode I didn't enjoy.
The DVD release itself is good considering it is such a short lived series. Audio and Video is in good condition... at least as good as it looked when it aired on TV. The extras are kind of sparse. But there is a decent, although short featurette. It runs for about 5 minutes... and has a nice mixture of info from both cast and crew members. It could have better info in it... but it is OK considering that it is such a short lived series. Then there is a few trailers for other DVD releases. Over all I am glad I got this release added to my collection. If you are interested in checking out this series... you will have to order it from Amazon.com... as it is an Amazon Exclusive release.
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