Review, buy Comedy: Ivanhoe [1952] (REGION 1) (NTSC), And The Ship Sails On [1984], Esther Williams Collection: TCM Spotlight (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Itty Bitty Titty Committee [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC), $ (Dollars) [1971] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Bucket List [Blu-ray] [2008], You Don't Mess With the Zohan (Rated) (Ws Dub) [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Threesome [1994], Mae West, The Bells Of St. Mary's [1945], Schoolgirl Report, Vol. 3: What Parents Find Unthinkable [1971] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Chocolat [2001], Shape Of Things [2003], Weirdsville [2008], Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Madea's Family Reunion [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Gentleman Jim [1942] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 1 and 2 [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Suburban Wives [1972], Someone Else

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Review Warner Home Video / Ivanhoe [1952] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Ivanhoe [1952] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Warner Home Video)

Actors & Directors

William Hanna
Elizabeth Taylor
Robert Taylor
Joseph Barbera
Joan Fontaine
George Sanders
Richard Thorpe
Emlyn Williams

Release date: 2005-01-11
Run time: 107 min.
Creator: Marguerite Roberts
Price: £9.08

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Review Infinity / And The Ship Sails On [1984]

And The Ship Sails On [1984] (Infinity)

Actors & Directors

Barbara Jefford
Victor Poletti
Freddie Jones
Elisa Mainardi
Peter Cellier
Federico Fellini

Release date: 2006-03-13
Run time: 123 min.
Creator: Tonino Guerra
RRP: ~~£12.99~~
Price: £5.19

Review And The Ship Sails On [1984] / Infinity:

Federico Fellini's 1984 And the Ship Sails On is one of the late master's most fanciful projects, while simultaneously striking one of the most somber notes in the director's filmography. The year is 1914, the eve of World War I and the coming destruction of Europe's old, cultured aristocracy, an elite class mourned in many a film from Renoir's The Grand Illusion to Truffaut's The Green Room. A luxury liner sets sail from Italy, full of artists, a royal entourage and one rhinoceros. The point of the voyage is to scatter the ashes of a world-famous diva but the exotic passengers-blithely unaware of the imminent conflict-have many, more private intrigues going on behind closed doors. Still, it is the self-containment and formality of these travellers, at once absurd and moving, that sticks with the viewer: the way the many singers, musicians and conductors (and one plump archduke) seem aware, in public, of embodying a privileged history. Fellini films all the action aboard an impressively lush and blatantly artificial set, with a painted sky, paper moon and cellophane sea, all underscoring the dreamy, precious nature of this adventure. The camera itself becomes a kind of character via a determined journalist (Freddie Jones) who speaks to us directly, drawingthe film into vaguely obscene disruptions of an otherwise serene formalism. -Tom Keogh.

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Review Warner Home Video / Esther Williams Collection: TCM Spotlight (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Esther Williams Collection: TCM Spotlight (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Warner Home Video)

Actors & Directors

Esther Williams
Charles T. Trego
Ricardo Montalban
Edward Buzzell
Buster Keaton
Peter Lawford
Van Johnson
Dave O'Brien
Red Skelton
Charles Walters

Release date: 2007-07-17
Run time: 506 min.
Price: £26.65

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Review Wolfe Home Video / The Itty Bitty Titty Committee [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

The Itty Bitty Titty Committee [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Wolfe Home Video)

Actors & Directors

Melonie Diaz
Deak Evgenikos
Nicole Vicius
Lauren Mollica
Jamie Babbit
Daniela Sea

Release date: 2008-09-02
Run time: 87 min.
Creator: Tina Mabry
Price: £12.27

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Review Sony Pictures / $ (Dollars) [1971] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

$ (Dollars) [1971] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Sony Pictures)

Actors & Directors

Goldie Hawn
Scott Brady
Warren Beatty
Gert Fröbe
Robert Webber
Richard Brooks

Release date: 2008-09-23
Run time: 121 min.
Creator: M.J. Frankovich
Price: £9.34

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Review Warner Home Video / The Bucket List [Blu-ray] [2008]

The Bucket List [Blu-ray] [2008] (Warner Home Video)

Actors & Directors

Beverly Todd
Morgan Freeman
Jack Nicholson
Sean Hayes
Rob Reiner

Release date: 2008-07-07
Run time: 93 min.
RRP: ~~£26.99~~
Price: £13.95

Review The Bucket List [Blu-ray] [2008] / Warner Home Video:

"You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you," says the quietly wise Carter Chambers, played with gravitas and grace by a Morgan Freeman. In Rob Reiner's moving, often hilarious film The Bucket List, all sorts of people measure themselves against the two heroes, Chambers and his hospital suitemate, Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson). But as Cole finds, having spent his entire life building a Fortune 500 company, none of that much matters when cancer, the great equalizer, pays a visit. The film traces the adventures of the two unlikely friends, who meet in a hospital cancer ward, each given six months to live. The "bucket list" of the title refers to a lifelong list of goals that a teacher of Chambers once advised him to compile-and achieve-"before you kick the bucket. " Soon the two are off on what may be the last grand adventure of their life, vowing to tick off as many goals (skydiving, race-car driving, seeing the wonders of the world) as they can in the time they have left. What starts as a medical melodrama becomes a road trip, yet the men's mortality realities are never far from thought. The two leads give impressive performances, and remind the viewer of just how few American films focus on the lives and loves of senior citizens. Nicholson even manages to lose his persona in his character, much as he did in About Schmidt. There's a lovely John Mayer tune, "Say (What You Need to Say)", that's perfectly matched to the film's clear-eyed view of life: What does one person leave behind as his true legacy? -A. [+]

T. Hurley Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes.

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Review Sony Pictures / You Don't Mess With the Zohan (Rated) (Ws Dub) [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

You Don't Mess With the Zohan (Rated) (Ws Dub) [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Sony Pictures)

Actors & Directors

Emmanuelle Chriqui
Lainie Kazan
Adam Sandler
Dennis Dugan
Nick Swardson
John Turturro

Release date: 2008-10-07
Run time: 113 min.
Creator: Robert Smigel
Price: £15.09

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Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Threesome [1994]

Threesome [1994] (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Alexis Arquette
Lara Flynn Boyle
Stephen Baldwin
Martha Gehman
Andrew Fleming
Josh Charles

Release date: 2002-09-16
Run time: 89 min.
Creator: Tracie Graham-Rice
RRP: ~~£12.99~~
Price: £3.78

Review Threesome [1994] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

This underrated comedy-drama by Andrew Fleming may one day be seen as a reflection of the muddled sexual politics of the 1990s. Three dissimilar college students played by Lara Flynn Boyle, Stephen Baldwin and Josh Charles become unlikely best friends, forging a relationship so exclusive it actually troubles onlookers. From the inside, however, the trio are enjoying the safety of their own bond and exploring varying needs of love and sexual adventurousness. Erotic, bawdy, sensuous, mysterious, and nostalgic, Threesome can make a viewer envy the state of grace these characters have found with each other. All three actors have never been better. -Tom Keogh An underrated comedy-drama by Andrew Fleming Threesome may one day be seen as a reflection of the muddled sexual politics of the 1990s. Three dissimilar college students played by Lara Flynn Boyle, Stephen Baldwin and Josh Charles become unlikely best friends, forging a relationship so exclusive it actually troubles onlookers. From the inside, however, the trio are enjoying the safety of their own bond and exploring varying needs of love and sexual adventurousness. Erotic, bawdy, sensuous, mysterious, and nostalgic, the film can make a viewer envy the state of grace these characters have found with each other. All three actors have never been better. [+]

-Tom Keogh.

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Mae West (4 Front Video)

Actors & Directors

Cary Grant
Mae West
Noah Beery
Owen Moore
Lowell Sherman
Gilbert Roland

Release date: 2006-03-13
Run time: 457 min.
Creator: John Bright
RRP: ~~£49.99~~
Price: £9.45

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Review 4 Front Video / The Bells Of St. Mary's [1945]

The Bells Of St. Mary's [1945] (4 Front Video)

Actors & Directors

Bing Crosby
William Gargan
Ruth Donnelly
Henry Travers
Leo McCarey
Ingrid Bergman

Release date: 1997-01-13
Run time: 126 min.
Creator: Dudley Nichols
RRP: ~~£5.99~~
Price: £8.98

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Review Impulse Pictures / Schoolgirl Report, Vol. 3: What Parents Find Unthinkable [1971] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Schoolgirl Report, Vol. 3: What Parents Find Unthinkable [1971] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Impulse Pictures)

Actors & Directors

Ernst Hofbauer
Claudia Höll
Friedrich von Thun
Walter Boos
Gunther Möhner
Michael Schreiner
Werner Abrolat

Release date: 2008-09-30
Run time: 97 min.
Creator: Günther Heller
Price: £10.35

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Review Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Chocolat [2001]

Chocolat [2001] (Buena Vista Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Carrie-Anne Moss
Juliette Binoche
Antonio Gil
Alfred Molina
Lasse Hallström
Judi Dench

Release date: 2001-11-26
Run time: 121 min.
Creator: Robert Nelson Jacobs
RRP: ~~£14.99~~
Price: £8.95

Review Chocolat [2001] / Buena Vista Home Entertainment:

Chocolat is an enchanting, moving and heart-warming tale of love and temptation, a big-budget movie with its roots in European art house cinema. Magical and almost fairytale-like in theme, it's the story of the mysterious Vianne and her arrival in a quiet, old-fashioned French town at the end of the 1950s. Gradually her attitude to life and the delicacies that she prepares in her chocolate shop have a marked effect on the local people, bound as they are by the twin forces of religion and politics. Juliette Binoche is perfect in the role of the sensuous, captivating Vianne-a masterstroke of casting matched by the performance of Judi Dench as the splendidly grumpy but ultimately inspiring matriarch Armande. Very much an ensemble piece, the whole cast are indeed excellent, with Johnny Depp (making a fair fist of an Irish accent) superb as the drifter Roux, the one man capable of unlocking Vianne's own desires. From its majestic opening swoop to the final, joyous scene, Lasse Hallström's film, based on the bestselling novel, is nothing short of a masterpiece. On the DVD: As befits such a film, the DVD is an elegant, well thought out package. The movie itself is a visual feast, a combination of a beautiful setting, rich, opulent colours and textures and a mystical atmosphere. There's a range of documentary features examining the style of the film and its background, as well as an audio commentary and some excellent scenes deleted from the final cut. More in-depth notes are to be found in the accompanying booklet and the whole thing adds up to one of the most satisfying DVD releases in a long time. [+]

In one of the accompanying documentaries, Depp wonders if it is possible to create art through cinema. It may be a difficult task, but Chocolat is proof that it can be done. -Phil Udell.

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