Classical Destinations (2007) Review

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(More customer reviews)Being a music teacher, and having travel numerious times in Europe, I was fascinated by these DVDs. The presentation and photography was excellent, and the history and background of the various composers was engaging and compelling. I have used these as teaching aides in both my middle school and high school music classes with good results. Highly recommended!

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Mad Men: Season One (2007) Review

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(More customer reviews)It would be hard to imagine a more absorbingly intelligent American TV series--in terms of writing, acting, and visuals--than MAD MEN. Just before the final season of THE SOPRANOS began in late 2007, AMC presented us in the summer with the thirteen episodes of this marvelously atmospheric series created by one of the main writers of the series, Matt Weiner, that HBO insanely took a pass on. Ostensibly the series is about a group of advertising agency working for Madison Avenue advertising agency, the fictitious Sterling-Cooper, in 1960, during the Nixon-Kennedy presidential contest; yet on a deeper level the show wrestles with much larger questions about the meaning of obsession with having (and marketing) happiness in mid-20th-century America. The series centers primarily around four characters whose lives are inextricably linked with one another: Don Draper (Jon Hamm), a handsome advertising executive at Sterling-Cooper of few words but enormous creative gifts who hides a mysterious past; his beautiful but childlike wife Betty (January Jones), whom he keeps entirely separate in the suburbs from his work life and his mistresses in the city; Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), Don's new secretary, whose naive affect and kind heart belie her tremendous ambition; and Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser), the smarmy account executive who trades on his ties to the Old New York "Knickerbocracy" to get him ahead. The four central actors are absolutely first-rate, as are several within their near orbits: John Slattery as Roger Sterling, the roguish partner who is both Don's friend and his competitor; the gifted Christina Hendricks, as the firm's femme fatale head secretary; and Robert Morse, as the firm's wily and eccentric senior partner.
Morse's presence ties the series to his famous work in both the Broadway and Hollywood production of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, and the episodes make intelligent reference also to any number of important American fictional works about the NYC business and suburban domestic worlds of the post-War era, including THE APARTMENT and THE BEST OF EVERYTHING. (Richard Yates's REVOLUTIONARY ROAD and the films of Douglas Sirk are also repeatedly evoked too, if in less direct ways.) One of the pleasures of this fine DVD set are the superb extras which allow us to see the especially thoughtful work done by the series' set designers, hairstylists, and (particularly) its head costume designer. The commentaries are generally excellent, and it will come as no surprise to fans of the series that not only the series creator, Matt Weiner, and its writers are especially eloquent but so too are its actors, especially Hamm and Kartheiser. The eye-catching design of this DVD package (fashioned to look and open, naturally, like a classic American manufacturer's product: a Zippo lighter) has been rightly praised for its innovation but also rightly criticized for its unwieldiness.

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Mythbusters - Collection 3 (2005) Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm a total fan of Mythbusters...I have every episode. However..I don't buy them on Amazon. If you want the series...don't get them here. Go to the discovery store. You can get them in order and in full season collections..
And the few specials that they no longer carry are available on iTunes. The shows listed on this collection here are parts of the Pilot episodes (which are actually now considered first season) and bits of season 2. You can get all of these in box sets and in the correct order at the discovery store.
It's where I got ALL of mine. And I've NEVER regretted it.
So my advice is go the online Discovery Store and look up Mythbusters. You can also get really nice t-shirts from there also!But as for watching Mythbusters..I totally recomment that! It's a GREAT show!

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A large woman becomes stuck when she's suction-sealed onto an airplane toilet seat during a flight, requiring the crew to land before they could help her off - myth or actual danger? Only two men are brave or foolish enough to find out: MythBusters Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage. The foremost experts on myth crushing, Jamie and Adam pit their thirty years of experience in special effects work against the most dangerous and bizarre theories and tales of all time. In this explosive collection of top-rated episodes from the first three seasons, the MythBusters go to unheard of lengths in their mission to ferret out the fallacious and the phony from the factual. Includes these 12 favorite episodes: Jet-Assisted Chevy, Biscuit Bazooka, Poppy Seed Drug Test, Alcatraz Escape, Chicken Gun, Breakstep Bridge, Buried in Concrete, Ancient Death Ray, Beat the Radar Detector, Boom Lift Catapult, Breaking Glass, Border Slingshot

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Masters of Horror: Season One Box Set (2002) Review

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(More customer reviews)4.5 Stars for the show:
I personally liked a lot of Showtime's Masters of Horror series. What a great idea a bunch of influential directors in the horror genre doing one hour films. Some were great and some not so great but every Sunday while the seasons played you'd have the opportunity to see something new in horror.
These discs were originally released individually and someone could've easily payed twice as much as this set is worth, for those people, the people who probably followed the show the closest, were it's biggest supporters contributing ratings, and contributed money for their monthly Showtime subscriptions it sucks this wasn't released at first.
For the people that liked the show but never picked any up this is a great deal.
From a marketing and business side i guess this was smart to get more money out of people.
Episode Guide Season 1
Haeckel's Tale - "Haeckel's Tale" is about a man who takes shelter in a cabin in the woods of New England, and once inside is told not to leave---no matter what sounds he hears on the outside. Based on a Clive Barker short story and directed by John McNaughton. Steve Bacic.
Pick Me Up - "Pick Me Up" pits a serial killer (Michael Moriarty) who targets hitchhikers against a serial-killer hitchhiker, with a young woman caught in the middle. Directed by Larry Cohen ("It's Alive").
Sick Girl - "Sick Girl" is a comedy thriller about an insect scientist (Angela Bettis) and the fly in the ointment that threatens her lesbian love affair. Erin Brown. Directed by Lucky McKee and written by Sean Hood.
Fair Haired Child - In "Fair Haired Child," an odd couple kidnap a teenage outcast (Lindsay Pulsipher) and lock her in a basement with their 13-year-old son, who harbors a dark secret. Lori Petty. Directed by William Malone and written by Matt Greenberg.
Cigarette Burns - "Cigarette Burns" is the story of a young man (Norman Reedus) searching for a print of a rare film that purportedly, upon viewing, sent its audience into a crazed and violent frenzy. Directed by John Carpenter ("Halloween"). Udo Kier, Gary Hetherington.
Deer Woman - A cynical cop (Brian Benben) suspects that a fabled Native American creature called "Deer Woman" may actually be real. Cinthia Moura, Anthony Griffith. Directed by John Landis, who co-wrote the script with his son Max.
Homecoming - In "Homecoming," directed by Joe Dante ("Gremlins"), the nation discovers that the latest presidential election was intentionally tainted---by zombies. Jon Tenney, Robert Picardo. Sam Hamm wrote the screenplay, based on Dale Bailey's short story "Death & Suffrage."
Chocolate - In "Chocolate," a divorced man (Henry Thomas) experiences life through the senses of a mysterious woman with whom he falls in love. Written and directed by Mick Garris ("The Stand").
Jenifer - A modern-day Lolita named "Jenifer" turns out to be bad news for the police officer (Steven Weber) who saves her life and brings her to live in his home. Carrie Anne Fleming, Brenda James. Directed by Dario Argento ("Suspiria") from a script by Weber, who adapted the classic Bruce Jones comic book.
Dance of the Dead - "Dance of the Dead" is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which a young woman (Jessica Lowndes) visits an entertainment venue where reanimated corpses perform for the survivors of a nuclear holocaust. Directed by Tobe Hooper, written by Richard Christian Matheson, who adapted the short story by his father, Richard Matheson.
Dreams in the Witch-House - "Dreams in the Witch-House" is an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's short story about a college student (Ezra Godden) who rents a New England flat, where he has nightmares that involve a witch, a rodent and the devil himself. Directed by Stuart Gordon ("Re-Animator"), who co-wrote the script with Dennis Paoli.
Incident on and off a Mountain Road - Featured: "Incident on and off a Mountain Road," about a deformed serial killer terrorizing a resourceful young woman (Bree Turner), who proves to be quite the survivalist. Angus Scrimm, Ethan Embry. Directed by Don Coscarelli, who co-wrote the screenplay with Stephen Romano.
Imprint - Directed by Takashi Miike (Audition) The version that did not play on Showtime because of it's subject matter, I'll let you discover that one yourself.
Box Set Features
Masters of Horror Director's Dinner at L.A.'s famed Magic Castle Restaurant - a round-table discussion of horror by the Masters themselves!
Series creator Mick Garris interviews horror and Hollywood's elite
Deleted Scenes


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Ultimate TV Westerns - 150 Episodes (2006) Review

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(More customer reviews)ULTIMATE TV WESTERNS - 150 EPISODES consists primarily of 1950s cowboy shows-- some famous, others obscure. Reported running time for this set is 80 hours-- however, other sources list it as "up to 70 hours" with one specifying 68 hours total.
Regardless, this is a treasure trove of old oaters that's certain to please fans of 1950s TV programming and westerns alike. COLLECTION CONTENTS--
The Adventures Of Champion - Barry Curtis (1 episode)
The Adventures Of Jim Bowie - Scott Forbes (6 episodes)
The Adventures Of Kit Carson - Bill Williams (6 episodes)
Annie Oakley - Gail Davis (6 episodes)
Bat Masterson - Gene Barry (2 episodes)
Bonanza - Lorne Green (10 episodes)
Buffalo Bill Jr. - Dickie Jones (6 episodes)
The Cisco Kid - Duncan Renaldo (12 episodes)
Cowboy G-Men - Russell Hayden (5 episodes)
Death Valley Days - Sterling Hayden (3 episodes)
The Deputy - Henry Fonda (2 episodes)
Frontier Doctor - Rex Allen (3 episodes)
Fury - Peter Graves (3 episodes)
The Gabby Hayes Show - Gabby Hayes (6 episodes)
Hawkeye And The Last Of The Mohicans - Lon Chaney Jr. (3 episodes)
Hudson's Bay - John Clark (3 episodes)
Judge Roy Bean - Edgar Buchanan (6 episodes)
The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp - Hugh O'Brian (1 episode)
The Lone Ranger - Clayton Moore (15 episodes)
Northwest Passage - Buddy Ebsen (6 episodes)
Pistols 'N' Petticoats - Ann Sheridan (3 episodes)
The Range Rider - Jock Mahoney (6 episodes)
The Rifleman - Chuck Connors (3 episodes)
The Roy Rogers Show - Roy Rogers (15 episodes)
Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon - Dick Simmons (5 episodes)
Shotgun Slade - Scott Brady (2 episodes)
Stories Of The Century - Jim Davis (6 episodes)
Twenty-Six Men - Tristram Coffin (2 episodes)
Wagon Train - Ward Bond (3 episodes)

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