DVD: territories

DVD: territories

DVD:

Territories

John Wayne, Kirk Douglas

Paramount, 2001

A movie classic
This movie is a gem. Ignore its few minor flaws like the ship-models-in-washtub special effects. And the slow pace would offend only those with the attention span of a two-year-old. On the contrary--the movie takes the time necessary for expansive character ...

Under Siege 2 - Dark Territory [Blu-ray]

Royce D. Applegate, Brenda Bakke

Warner Home Video, 2008

Instead of wearing an apron that says "Kiss the Cook," Seagal's says "Kiss the Rings B---h."
For several months we have been searching every video store in hopes of finding Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, only to come up short time and time again. We even checked every $5 bin with exhaustion. The only thing we could come across was Under Siege which we have ...

Zulu Dawn

Burt Lancaster; Peter O'Toole; Sir John Mills; Bob Hoskins

Tango Entertainment, 2005

Victory by bare footed natives
Zulu Dawn is an excellent and historically accurate movie. It seems to have been actually filmed at Isandalwana, Natal where the action took place. Unfortunately, this movie should have come out before the excellent 'Zulu', simply because the massacre at Isandalwana ...

The Desert Rats

Richard Burton, James Mason

20th Century Fox, 2002

It's a War Classic!!!
Richard Burton rises from pommy brass Captain to Lt. Colonel in 30 minutes. The rest of the film is a gritty classic in B/W with Burton playing off of a former schoolteacher who is now part of the Australian Army, and a battalion that Burton ends up commanding. In ...

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

Steven Seagal, Eric Bogosian

Warner Home Video, 1997

Instead of wearing an apron that says "Kiss the Cook," Seagal's says "Kiss the Rings B---h."
For several months we have been searching every video store in hopes of finding Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, only to come up short time and time again. We even checked every $5 bin with exhaustion. The only thing we could come across was Under Siege which we have ...

Calamity Jane

Doris Day, Howard Keel

Warner Home Video, 2005

Family Movie Night!
Pop the popcorn, open the chips, get the drinks and have a great family movie night. Everyone will be singing the songs for weeks. Enjoy!

Captains Courageous

Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew

Warner Home Video, 2006

Spoiled little Rich kid snob saved from himself by gruff old fisherman
This is a timeless tale of the little rich kid snob saved from himself by the gruff old man. Its pretty good and involves a rich kid sneaking beer and smoking cigars, getting sick, and then falling overboard while puking over the side of the luxury cruise ship. He ...

Best of the Price is Right

Bob Barker, Bill Cullen

Navarre Corporation, 2008

Great for REAL Price is Right fan!
I was dissapointed in all of the negative reviews for this T.P.I.R. DVD set. If you are a true fan of T.P.I.R. with Bob Barker this is an unbeatable DVD set. This set has some great vintage Bob Barker episodes from the 70's and it was a lot of fun watching the old ...

The Alamo

Laurence Harvey, Richard Widmark

MGM (Video & DVD), 2000

The greatest film of all time
It is the greatest, period. Let's start by dispensing with criticism it is historically inaccurate. This is about the legend of the Alamo. It is not a PBS documentary. So as another reviewer has said, let's move on. Now back to the Alamo. Great stars (50s giants ...

The Longest Day (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

John Wayne, Robert Ryan

20th Century Fox, 2006

BLURAY bliss for a classic WWII "Fox" spectacle from DFZ
THE LONGEST DAY is one of the last great spectacle films produced during the era of Darryl Zanuck's reign at 20th Century-Fox. This startling new BLURAY version stunts and makes obsolete all previous editions! The film never looked or sounded better.Interesting and ...

Never So Few

Frank Sinatra

Warner Home Video, 2008

NEVER SO FEW
ONE OF FRANK SINATRA'S BEST WAR MOVIE'S, IT GAVE STEVE McQUEEN HIS FIRST BIG BREAK AS A LEAD IN A MOVIE, SHARING THE BILL WITH SEVERAL OTHERS INCLUDING PETER LAWFORD. IT WAS A BREATHOUGH ROLE FOR HIM, AND A THOUGHLY ENJOYABLE MOVIE FOR ONE AND ALL.

Battle of Britain (Collector's Edition)

Harry Andrews, John Baskcomb

MGM (Video & DVD), 2005

Historically more accurate than 99% of war films
Its hard to imagine what it must have been like to be a pilot in the battle of Britain, up before dawn, the stress of waiting to be scrambled, the adrenalin fuelled run to your aircraft, seat pack parachute on, Sutton harness (must get those straps right!), RT and ...

Bataan

Robert Taylor, George Murphy

MGM, 1999

Excellent
Done when it was far from sure we were going to win WW II. This is an extraordinary dramatic portrayal of the "last stand" US and Filipino forces made on Bataan. Of course it is not a docudrama straining for accurarcy, that could come after we won. This was a ...

Pork Chop Hill

Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino

MGM (Video & DVD), 1999

One of the Best
If you are looking for a movie that demonstrates the mettle of American soldiers and leaders trapped in a desparate struggle against the odds, then this movie delivers. While Saving Private Ryan has become something of a standard for reviewers of the war genre, ...

Virgin Territory

Hayden Christensen, Mischa Barton

Starz / Anchor Bay, 2008

Funny and Sexy...
Folks, please don't expect too much from this lightweight sexy comedy that reminded me a little of Pasolini's Decameron. Hayden Christensen is passable as the object of the love starved 'virgins' and is worth watching while you do some other task, like plucking a ...