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Discount Underworld Trilogy (Underworld / Underworld: Evolution / Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) [Blu-ray]

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:05:00 +0000

Great product, great compilation...

But maybe you could do something else like, improving the offer for this king of trillogies or collections, and... maybe add something extra like a Poster, or something extra who make you prefeer the pack instead of the independent movies.

Get more detail about Underworld Trilogy (Underworld / Underworld: Evolution / Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) [Blu-ray].

Buy Kevin Smith Box Set (Clerks | Chasing Amy | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) [Blu-ray]

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:05:00 +0000

English language audio only and NO SUBTITLES (or English-only subs)?

Is that correct? That's the present product description, so if correct I give 1 star.

I understand not dubbing movies into other languages (I always prefer original language), but studios are just cheap and stupid not to include subtitles in several languages, especially on Blu Ray editions.

EDIT: details from a Review website; Spanish only on the first two and French only on the third (for alternative languages), so as a box set anyone interested in those languages is getting cheated.

CLERKS: 1080p HD, Aspect ratio 1.85:1, Audio tracks (English 5.1 DTS-HD MA), Subtitles (English SDH, Spanish)

CHASING AMY: 1080p HD, Aspect ratio 1.85:1, Audio tracks (English 5.1 DTS-HD MA, Spanish 2.0 Dolby Digital), Subtitles (English SDH, Spanish)

JAY & SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK: 1080p HD, Aspect ratio 2.35:1, Audio tracks (English 5.1 Uncompressed, English/French 5.1 Dolby Digital), Subtitles (English SDH, French)
Get more detail about Kevin Smith Box Set (Clerks | Chasing Amy | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) [Blu-ray].

Purchase Office Space (Special Edition with Flair!) [Blu-ray]

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:05:00 +0000

The cover of my "Office Space" DVD has "Work sucks" printed on the cover. Well, this is a fact. (If it didn't it would be surely be called something else.) Reviewing this over 10 years since its initial release and having seen it around twenty times or so, it is still as funny as the first time I saw it.

For me, working at a software company surely makes it hit right-at-home, but I'm sure it hits home for anyone who has worked in or out of an office. It's hard to work in an office about someone asking you if you have a "case of the Mondays," "the O-face," swearing at a printer or complaining about a stapler. If I've spent a mundane week at the office, nothing is better than to kick back with this hilarious movie with a beer in hand.Get more detail about Office Space (Special Edition with Flair!) [Blu-ray].

Order Yellowstone: Battle for Life [Blu-ray]

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:05:00 +0000

Thank you BBC for a remarkable documentary with absolutely breathtaking cinematography. The semi-classical music is minimal but beautiful. The clarity and content of the narration is exceptional and the extra features, albeit short, are very entertaining. Get more detail about Yellowstone: Battle for Life [Blu-ray].

Where To Buy The Aviator [Blu-ray]

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:05:00 +0000

excellent movie
had seen it before
all about Howard Hughes and aviation
chfancierGet more detail about The Aviator [Blu-ray].

Shop For Bad Santa (The Unrated Version and Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:05:00 +0000

Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) does Santa at Christmastime, and he hates it. Hates kids and having to pretend to be nice to them; hates having to be sober (and rarely succeeding at it) for hours; and hates his dwarf partner Marcus (Tony Cox) with whom he rips off the department stores after hours in order to make enough money to live on for the next 11 months. It's a great scheme for a lazy good-for-nothing like Willie, except that he is so far around the bend that even focusing for a few weeks on a big job is increasingly beyond him. He decides to split after the job that opens the film and head south, but by the time the next holiday comes up and Marcus calls him from Phoenix, he needs it. But this time he develops a love interest in a local bartender with a Santa fetish (Lauren Graham) and ends up becoming a very, very reluctant father figure to a geeky, put-upon rich kid (Brett Kelly), so you know things are going to turn out differently than they usually do...

Director Terry Zwigoff's 4th feature follows very much in the vein of his previous films GHOST WORLD and CRUMB in presenting people on the margins of society who really have no interest whatsoever in being part of the mainstream culture - though in this case Willie and Marcus are more like parodies or dark reflections of the American consumer and service sector employee than rebels against it. They rip off large stores on the biggest shopping day of the year, and get away with it year after year, but are incapable or uninterested in creating anything meaningful for themselves out of it. The film doesn't really go very far into exploring this dark underbelly of the American dream though, preferring to keep to the level of nasty, foul-mouthed and outrageous humor, and it works awfully well doing that - in fact, Thornton and Cox elevate this to one of the nastiest, funniest antidotes to traditional Christmas cheer I've ever seen. Much as I like SCROOGED, it's got nothing on BAD SANTA.

As with Zwigoff's earlier films, the focus here is entirely on the characters - the director doesn't seem all that interested in visual aesthetics (well, unless slightly grimy and boring mall-suburbia is an "aesthetic), but the characters are well-drawn and acted enough that I certainly wasn't worrying about the beauty of the shots. Willie is never lovable, he's really a prick throughout up until the somewhat predictable, sentimental finish - but he's also funny in a mordant, bleak and sad way. He's been put down by life apparently (assuming we can believe him), and what he's learned from that is to fight back and ignore society's rules. Marcus is more controlled and disciplined, but in the end an even less appealing person, and it's very much to the credit of all involved (I should mention screenwriters Glenn Ficarra and John Requa here) that he never becomes a "little man" cliche and is never made sympathetic in the slightest. He's just an agressive, make-a-buck-anyway-anyhow hustler who will use his height and race (black) to his advantage anyway he can without any real regard for morality - in other words, he's really no better or worse than most of the other characters in the film.

The film does, as I mentioned, get a little bit sappy at the end, which I didn't really mind though I think it does undermine the ferociousness of the humor and characterizations somewhat. Bernie Mac and John Ritter also appear in terrific smaller roles here but both (especially Ritter) are I think a little underutilized; in the end I think the writing and acting was just good enough that I wanted to see more of the same, and a wrap-up that was less cliched (though it could have been vastly worse). Still, not too much to complain about, and this ends up as one of the funniest films I've seen in the past several years. Ho ho ho and a bottle of Old Grandad.

DVD NOTES: The supplements aren't particularly special here - a few outtakes/deleted scenes that don't really add much, a gag reel, and a short, pretty standard behind-the-scenes doc that's worth watching once I guess.Get more detail about Bad Santa (The Unrated Version and Director's Cut) [Blu-ray].

Casino Royale (Two-Disc Collector's Edition BD Live) [Blu-ray]

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:05:00 +0000

Contrary to what some reviews have said, both on Amazon and other sites like [...], there is a difference in the picture quality between the original Blu-Ray release and the 2 Disc Special Edition Blu-Ray release. The picture on the newer 2 Disc Special Edition has had some sort of re-digitizing and smoothing out. The difference is subtle, but definitely there. Some of the more noticeably grainy shots, like when Bond shoots the "one bombmaker", have been affected, although still a little grainy, but the cost of this has been to somewhat mute the colors and tones in the movie. Again, the difference is subtle, and to some, subjectively speaking, it may look better, especially if your HDTV and Blu-Ray player tend to really pump the colors. I personally like the original Blu-Ray release, with the strong colors and tones, and that "edgy" look, albeit, with several grainy spots. There is of course no denying the value of the Bonus disc in the 2 disc set, as well as the improved sound, although again, I personally like the more "edgier" sound on the original release, but to each his own. This is a great First Bond outing for Daniel Craig. A movie with depth, character development, and plenty of well shot action scenes. It is definitely a new direction for the Bond franchise, and a great way to start that transition, with a smart, "edgy" film that leaves you craving more. Get more detail about Casino Royale (Two-Disc Collector's Edition + BD Live) [Blu-ray].

Transformers/Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen [Blu-ray] Review

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:05:00 +0000

This movie was good when it was on dvd and it is great when it's on blu ray. Get more detail about Transformers/Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen [Blu-ray].

The Office: Season Five [Blu-ray] Top Quality

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:05:00 +0000

this is the one show that just keeps getting funnier and funnier as each season progresses! every episode offers a barrel of laughs! Only problem is that i don't like the commentary's. a few of them are good, but most of them are by people such as caterers and others. I love the commentary's that involve the actors, they just have so much fun!Get more detail about The Office: Season Five [Blu-ray].

Contact [Blu-ray] This instant

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:05:00 +0000

Was a great DVD in fullscreen which is very hard to get on DVD and it arrived on time in great shape. Would buy from seller again.Get more detail about Contact [Blu-ray].

Marley & Me (Three-Disc Bad Dog Edition) [Blu-ray] Immediately

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:05:00 +0000

This movie is deffinately a tear jerker. I thought it had a good story line behind it and I cried at the end. Not many movies do that to me but I just thought it was really sad but true. It makes you think alot more about not just animals but family as well.Get more detail about Marley & Me (Three-Disc Bad Dog Edition) [Blu-ray].

The Office: Season Five [Blu-ray] Best Quality

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:05:00 +0000

Contact [Blu-ray] Get it now!

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:05:00 +0000

Was a great DVD in fullscreen which is very hard to get on DVD and it arrived on time in great shape. Would buy from seller again.Get more detail about Contact [Blu-ray].

James Bond Blu-ray Collection Three-Pack, Vol. 1 (Dr. No / Die Another Day / Live and Let Die) [Blu-ray] Buy Now

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:05:00 +0000

I was hesitant to purchase this set because of the complaints about poor packaging. However, I just received Vol 1-3 and the packaging is completely professional, with each disc in an individual, hard-plastic case. No `foam' packaging here - I guess MGM responded to the quality complaints.Get more detail about James Bond Blu-ray Collection Three-Pack, Vol. 1 (Dr. No / Die Another Day / Live and Let Die) [Blu-ray].

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas [Blu-ray] Order Now

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:05:00 +0000

This is a great Christmas classic, even good to watch with little ones. Many Christmas movies are too long or scary for preschoolers. We recommend this one. Add blankets and a snack and you might even get them to sit through the whole thing!Get more detail about Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas [Blu-ray].

2010: The Year We Make Contact [Blu-ray] Decide Now

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:05:00 +0000

I bought both 2001 and 2010. 2001 is excellent, in sound, picture quality and is one of the best blu-ray conversions I have seen. 2010 is the exact opposite. The movie itself is complete rubbish, the sound and blu-ray conversion are very very poor.Get more detail about 2010: The Year We Make Contact [Blu-ray].

Speed Racer [Blu-ray] Right now

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:05:00 +0000

I didn't see this when it was released, but I can say I wish I had. It was the most fun and really a well acted movie of this type that I'ld seen in quite a while. It will some day be considered a classic, cult or otherwise. Had the directors realized how great of a job the actors would do, they might have cut back on the excess CGI. Still that's not enough to keep this from rating 5 stars. Speed was outstanding. His little brother and the monkey couldn't have been more on target, and were responsible for some great laughs ( thank you it was needed ). The drama with Racer X was touching. Mom and Pops were of course more involved than ever, and Tixie was a bit, well, out there. I find myself wishing it had made enough for another adventure but this is a enjoyable experience and highly recommended movie. Get more detail about Speed Racer [Blu-ray].

Lowest Price Extract [Blu-ray]

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:05:00 +0000

OK, EXTRACT does not have a slap stick type of humor. I get that. Also, EXTRACT is not as memorable as OFFICE SPACE. Understood. But one thing is sure, EXTRACT is still one of the best all-around movies I've seen this year. JASON BATEMAN is one of the funniest actors around these days. His subtle nuances are what makes him so funny. From TEEN WOLF TOO & HOGAN FAMILY to ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT & JUNO, he is a brilliant actor that gets laughs without ever changing his restrained sense of humor.

The movie itself is about a young, moderately successful factory owner. The factory produces, of course,food extract. The story unfolds and plans backfire, thanks mostly impart to his best friend played by BEN AFFLECK. The role for AFFLECK is a nice return for him back to his roots of doing less than award-winning blockbuster films. With KRISTEN WIIG in a somewhat toned down role and MILA KUNIS as a bit of a vixen, the supporting cast is really well-rounded.

EXTRACT is an intelligent, funny movie that must be seen. Unlike OFFICE SPACE which was from the employees point of view on how management can be annoying jerks, this movie is from the managements point of view on how employees can be annoying jerks. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! 4+ STARS!Get more detail about Extract [Blu-ray].

Low Price The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [Blu-ray]

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:05:00 +0000

The Curios Case of Benjamin Button is a fantastic film that anyone will enjoy. It is about a man named Benjamin, who ages backwards. He is born as an eighty year old man, and gradually grows younger until he is an eighty year old person who looks and acts like a baby. Along the way he meets his true love, works as a sailor, and has many wonderful adventures in a world that can not keep up with his aging. The plot is fantastic, and so is the acting. The special effects and music are wonderful as well. The film is rather long, clocking in at over two hours, but it does not seem to drag on as other films of similar length do. The rating of PG-13 is just right. I would not let small kids or preteens watch this movie, because there is some language, war violence, and several mild sex scenes. However, any teen or up can certainly watch the great film with no problem. If you want to watch something great, pick up The Curios Case of Benjamin Button, you will not regret it. Get more detail about The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [Blu-ray].

Save Weeds - The Complete First Season [Blu-ray]

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:05:00 +0000

This show is great! The plot is funny and the characters are dynamic. I would encourage anyone who watches the first season to start watching the second season even if you weren't crazy about the first season. I felt the first season to be a little slow but the second season is definitely worth it!Get more detail about Weeds - The Complete First Season [Blu-ray].

Discount Superbad (2-Disc Unrated Extended Edition) [Blu-ray]

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:05:00 +0000

Yep, title pretty much sums up this turkey. Only teens would titter at this juvenile garbage.Get more detail about Superbad (2-Disc Unrated Extended Edition) [Blu-ray].

Cheapest Training Day [Blu-ray]

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:05:00 +0000

Denzel Washington is exceptional. This movie was extremely exciting and very entertaining. One of the best movies I have ever seen. Get more detail about Training Day [Blu-ray].

Cheap Underworld (Unrated) [Blu-ray]

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:05:00 +0000

What does one say about Werewolf's and Vampires? If you are into those things then this is a movie for you, not to mention the savings you get by buying in on Amazon. Would recommend to all.Get more detail about Underworld (Unrated) [Blu-ray].

Buying Pineapple Express (Unrated BD Live) [Blu-ray]

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:05:00 +0000

This movie delivers non-stop laughs throughout and should really be given a chance by everyone. I didn't think I'd like it because of the characters and some of the material, but it's a really great film. Get more detail about Pineapple Express (Unrated + BD Live) [Blu-ray].

Buy Never Say Never Again [Blu-ray]

noreply@blogger.com (JackBurapha) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:05:00 +0000

Unless you consider Casino Royale- with David Niven part of the franchise- this is the clear cut worst Bond ever made. You have to be a die-hard Bond fan to say you like this-it's bad folks. The Blu-ray version is better as you would expect, but as much as you want to shine this turd -it's still a turd.

If you haven't seen Dr. No, Goldfinger, Thunderball, and the BEST Bond - From Russia with love- (even if you have) see them or see them again. Don't buy this- it will be $9 soon if you really want it. Get more detail about Never Say Never Again [Blu-ray].