Jumpin Jack Flash [Blu-ray]

Jumpin' Jack Crap
Loved this movie when I first saw it in the theater, have had a soft spot for it since. When I saw it was coming to blu, I got excited and immediately pre-ordered it. Received it in the mail today and...wow...am I disappointed. I see no real difference in the video from the DVD (some, but not much)...the sound is a little better...but what is the WORST thing is that this is not just a "bare bones" blu ray...there isn't even a MENU. The movie starts right up...nothing when you hit the "menu" button or anything. There is NOTHING but the movie. This is the 2nd Anchor Bay blu ray that I have purchased with this happening (not even a freaking MENU...the other was "The Entity")...what is going on with this? How much can it cost to provide a menu with chapter stops or something...ANYTHING? This will be the last Anchor Bay blu ray purchase for me.

2 stars because I DO still like the movie, but dang...the blu ray release of "Jumpin Jack Flash" is the crap crap crap.

GREAT FUNNY, ACTION, WHOOPI CLASSIC!
This film is one whoopi's, greatest films when she first started! Its got it all, comedy, action, suspense and if you don't already like them after all these years of them being around, it might even make you a fan of the Rolling Stones! Enjoy.

Jack has nothing to jump about here.....
This movie as far as I am concerned is a classic and captures Whoopi Goldberg at her comedic best. Her timing and responses as a bank teller thrown into the spy world of cloak and dagger is both hysterical and makes for a good adventure. In addition, this film also portrays the first aspects of instant messaging and online communications. Lastly, if I am not mistaken, I believe this is Penny Marshall's directional debut in motion pictures. Therefore why only a three star rating?

This DVD produced by Anchor Bay is rather disappointing. There is absolutely nil in the form of special features, no trailer/preview for this feature (any other films), no documentaries and no commentary, which honestly wouldn't bother me if the DVD itself had a menu screen. When you put the disk in the DVD player a screen pops up and states if subtitles are desired to hit the "subtitle" button on your remote control. When the movie begins it does have a rather clear widescreen presentation,...

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9 Days: Whipped Chained & Tortured By a Psychopath

BAD
Any reviews of this that are good are by someone making money off of it, that's for sure. The best thing I can say about it, is that's it's not the absolute worst I've seen, but pretty close. Don't waste your time.

WORST MOVIE
THIS MOVIE WAS SO GOOD I WATCHED IT IN ABOUT 10 MIN. THE ACTING WAS HORRIBLE WHOEVER WROTE THIS NEEDS TO BE SHOT. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR WHIPS AND CHAINS LOOK ELSEWHERE. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR HOT WOMEN IN OR OUT OF CLOTHES LOOK ELSEWHERE. BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR PHONY SENES A ROTTEN PSYCOPATH WHO CAN'T EVEN ACT LIKE ONE THIS IS THE MOVIE FOR YOU. I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU WHAT THE PLOT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AS IT HAD NONE. THIS WAS THE STORY OF O WITHOUT THE O

S.G.
I found this disturbing and original, with a great lead actress and lots of the dark weirdness that I love so much in a movie. It's a little bit "just wrong"...but I found it to be so fascinating at the same time! There are torture scenes which may bother some, but those things don't bother me and I feel like this movie was really well put together

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Father Goose

A romantic comedy in the old style
If you liked the original The Odd Couple - slob and compulsive neatnik thrown together in the same apartment - or Heaven Knows Mr. Allison - tough guy WWII Marine marooned on an enemy-held South Pacific island with a pretty nun, then you should enjoy FATHER GOOSE starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard. I saw it once again on the telly this past weekend while doing the ironing, and I'm fortunate to be old enough to have an appreciation of all three films.

Grant is Walter Eckland, an antisocial, unkempt escapee from "civilization" that spends his time bumming around the South Seas on an old yacht. At the start of WWII, he's coerced into service as a "coast watcher", an observer stationed on a remote island as a lookout for Japanese planes or ships, by the wily and dry-witted local Royal Australian Navy authority figure,...

Father Goose
Cary Grant is cast as Walter Eckland in this very funny classic comedy. His normal sexy leading man characteristics are downplayed to let his comedic genius shine through. He stars opposite Leslie Caron cast as Catherine Freneau. They are an accident waiting for a place to happen at their first meeting, and it just gets worse from there. Walter is bribed and threatened into service as a watcher in WWII. Catherine is a diplomat's daughter given the responsibility of escorting several school children into a safer area. When they are all stranded together, the hilarity, and battle of the sexes begins.

This is one of my favorite comedies, and one of Cary Grant's last movies. No one does it like he does. A great film that the entire family can enjoy together.

"Is it getting hot in here?"
One of the immortal Cary Grant's last films, this particular one is a romantic, witty little gem. Well-scripted, well-acted, and full of really weird humor, this is one to treasure.

Walter Eckland has no intention of getting himself involved in World War II -- no intention, that is, until he is "drafted" into service to the Allies. Basically he needs to keep an eye open for the Japanese. He reluctantly obeys, but his mission suddenly takes a weird turn when he rescues a slew of civilians: the prim, devious schoolteacher Miss Freneau, and her seven little girl charges. Before Eckland knows what's happening, they've taken over his little house, his clothes, his food -- and his whisky. (It's the last one that really makes him nuts) To his horror, they won't be picked up for at least three weeks.

An extended, very witty battle of the sexes takes place, as Miss Freneau dodges and weaves around Eckland, and Eckland tries to retain some mastery over his domain. But a series of crises...

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In The Land Of Milk And Money

Breaking the taboos
Sometimes a film comes along that is so different it takes you off guard. This is one. Is it a comedy? Is it a satire? A political statement? Or a slapstick? It is all the above. It is refreshing when a film can break the molds of both genre and taboos. "In the Land of Milk and Money" does both.
It is part David Lynch, part "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". Mixes Kubrik, and Almadovar, and yet has a fresh irreverance for all things serious.
Incredible acting. Absurdist. Surreal. Well worth the trip.





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Midway [Blu-ray]

Midway - edited and no surround sound??????
I saw the movie play in a theatre and I was greatly impressed.
I still enjoy the movie BUT! at the same time I am disappointed.

When it was released first on VHS and now on DVD I was greatly disappointed to see how much film footage has been cut out from the original theatrical release.
In its original release MIDWAY ran for almost 2 hours 45 minutes.
On VHS and DVD it runs for 2 hours 10 minutes. What happened to all the othe extra scenes???
Where is the Battle of the Coral Sea which was shown in the original movie?

Furthermore they cut out the surround sound and made it Mono.
It is ridiculous that the have a Special Feature on Surround Sound, but the DVD was made in Mono sound.

And they call this DVD a Special Collector's Edition???
Come on Universal give us the full extended theatrical release along with 5.1 Surround Sound.

midway ,midway forgotten
Looks like they forgot to include the other hour and fifty minutes of the COLLECTORS EDITION !The sound is mono...yes mono!They forgot the movie portrays history!They also forgot that this is cinematic history as well.For years,I enjoyed watching this movie with my dad and brothers.It was one of the few subjects my dad and I could talk about for hours.Universal has short changed everyone looking to buy the four hour version.I hope they see the error of their ways by the poor sales of this version and begin to re-store the long sought after four hour version on dvd....they owe it to the veterans(of which,I am one),and history buffs.

Good but missing a lot from original theatrical showing
This film is very close to what did take place in June of 42.The actors did a good job of telling the story.The dvd version left out all of the Coral Sea battle and Charlton Heston's Matt Garth love interest along with the meeting between the young Japanese pilot and admiral Nagomo about the war and how Japan might loose it.Why all of this could not have been included into this version of the movie I do not know.Overall the quality of the dvd was very good.The audio was very clear and the video sharp and clean.It seems as though they even managed to keep the low bass of the Sensearound audio track.I found this dvd video a lot better then my vhs copy in quality.Overall worth the price and worth seeing again.

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Scum: Remastered Edition

Ray Winstone is still the "f***** daddy"!
"Scum" (1979) may now be over 30 years old, but its stunning power, notoriety and shock factor hasn't dwindled! Nor has its wide spread appeal. Films like "Scum" are just simply timeless in their power! This totally harrowing, often stomach-churning drama is a commendably daring (but then again its not really daring when you are merley depicting the truth - no matter how grim or appalling) and unflinching look at life inside a fictious boys juvenile centre (otherwise known as borstal).

Extremely edgy, startlingly powerful and completely shocking, "Scum" depicts brutal violence, racial predujice, homeosexuality and sexual abuse in a way that hits you right between the eyes! Not comfortable, easy viewing by any means - almost like sitting on a barbed wire fence its that painfully real. You could easily forget your watching, what is a superbly made drama, and think you were watching a documentary as it has that in-your-face, astoundingly stark effect! You really will not be...

Classic British prison movie!
This film made in 1979 pulls no punches in its depiction of life in a maximum security British Borstal institution. Set roughly in the 1960s, the main character, Carling, played by Ray Winstone(LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) is sent to maximum security for punching a warden at his previous institution, and soon has to face up to a taste of his own medicine from both prisoners and wardens alike. But when he stands up to the 'daddies'(watch out for Phil Daniels of QUADROPHENIA and BREAKING GLASS fame as one of them!) that run the wing and becomes a leader himself, this only a small part of the story. Regular beatings and frame-ups from the wardens are an everyday occurrance. Racism is rife, the language used would never be allowed in a santised Hollywood production today! The violent scenes are extremely graphic, most notably when Carling confronts the daddy of another wing in the prison. Finally, during gardening duties, there is a brutal rape scene and a very disturbing...

RAW , HEARTBREAKING AND SCARY
I watched the first version of this film, but had to wait a couple of days before I viewed the latter version of two years later. It was THAT strong -- brutal and vile. "Man's inhumanity to man" fits this film perfectly.

Yes, out-of-control youth must be dealt with, but not by inhuman, depraved authoritarians! The administrators of this borstal (reformatory) were all sick, demented sex perverts, who seem to get pleasure out of watching these young men devour one another.

Both versions are brutal, but the remake went even further, especially the greenhouse rape. In the first version, there were two harmless-looking lads who attacked "James". In the sequel, three toughs were the perpetrators. The attact went on for what seemed, several minutes (screen time). For the victim, it probably felt like hours.

Both films are nearly identical with some of the same actors repeating their roles, especially the lead, Ray Winstone, but the actors were so...

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Doctor Who: Series Seven - Part Two [Blu-ray]

Eight Episodes and no Christmas Special
The 2012 Christmas special, "The Snowmen", and it's Prequels, will not be part of the May release of Series 7 - Part 2. "The Snowmen" MAY be part of the Complete Season 7 DVD/Blu-Ray release, but BBC has not said so yet.
(You can purchase "The Snowmen" on its own for region 1, in DVD or Blu-Ray.)
[Added later: Yes, the Complete Series 7 will have "The Snowmen".]

The 8 episodes are only 45 minutes each. Though I love Doctor Who, I think the shorter time-frame does hobble the story-telling. Lots of detail crammed into a short time.

Wouldn't it be great if some of the new series had a commentary track like the Classic Doctor Who DVD's?
[Added August 2013: The Complete Season 7 does have four new commentary tracks. Hooray!]
Here are the Extras on the DVD issue of series 7 - Part 2:

1. Prequel to "The Bells of St. John" (2 min) The Doctor glumly sits on a swingset in a park. A young girl joins him, noticing that he's sad. He tells her...

Series 7 Part 2
This Blu-ray set features all 8 (BBC announced that "The Snowmen" will not be included in this set on 5/2) episodes of Series 7 Part 2:

*The Bells of Saint John
*The Rings of Akhaten
*Cold War
*Hide
*Journey To The Center of The TARDIS
*The Crimson Horror
*Nightmare in Silver (The Last Cyberman)
*The Name of The Doctor

This set also has the following special features:
*Note* Special Features subject to change, will update with the most accurate info as it becomes available.

*Prequel to The Snowmen
*Prequel to The Bells Of Saint John
*45 minute special: The Companions

*Episode Reviews*

"The Bells Of Saint John" Written by Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, Sherlock) and directed by Colm McCarthy (MI-5, Ripper Street) was a great episode. I really liked how the episode started with the Doctor as a monk in 1200 AD and Clara Oswald in the present and brought them together via the magic of the...

A Companion Steps Up And A Doctor Bows Out: Eight Episodes Of Change And Transition
One thing is constant in the world of Doctor Who, change is inevitable. Just as you get to know and love a Doctor and/or his companion, the series will pull the rug out and begin things anew. Some of the most dramatic moments of this current BBC incarnation of Doctor Who came in these episodes where we had to say goodbye. In the eight episodes that comprise "Doctor Who: Series Seven, Part Two" (that's a mouthful), we deal with two such cataclysmic shifts. First, the enigmatic Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman) takes center stage as a new companion after we bid farewell (very sadly) to Amy and Rory in the preceding DVD release of Series Seven, Part One. As if that were not traumatic enough, this is also the swan song of Matt Smith as the ever-changing Doctor. As such, these shows serve as a transitional period. Just as we acquaint ourselves with this new pairing, it has ended. And with the recent announcement that the brilliant Scottish actor Peter Capaldi (The Thick of It) will...

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