Collecting Movie Reviews

these movies are the reason that i had to sleep with a nightlight for well over 2 years.

This Box set I heard contains All 7 movies and a special 8th Disc only you can get in the DVD Box set. I've just ordered this and I've seen all the Freddy videos except Freddy's Revenge. The only DVD I've seen from this box set I rented at our local video store was Number 5 Dream Child. I've heard that Dream Child also has an uncut version which does not appear on the DVD only on the original old version tape. I must track it down then. The DVD that I saw was great. It was really remastered very well. The sound is a lot better then it use to be it seems though that the sound kept getting louder then quieter.

The Movies I've seen in order are:
New Nightmare: A Nightmare On Elm Street 7
This movie was really good I would have to say this is my all time favorite even though I loved the other ones. Heather is in this video with her kid Dylan. Freddy seems to be after Dylan and Heather will do anything to make sure it doesn't happen. This movie is a cross between Freddy in Dreams and Reality. He's trying to get into our Reality! (Viewed On VHS Tape)

A Nightmare On Elm Street
Nothing better states the first video is always the classic and it is. I bet the remastered version is really good. I saw the very first version on Media Video. You can barely see Freddy's face in this one which though makes him look more creepy. This one is a classic too. My favorite death scene is in which Nancy's boyfriend(Johnny Depp) gets sucked into his bed and blood splatters the walls. This movie is great! (Viewed On Original Media Tape- Not Remastered)

A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
This one was very different from the others to me it seemed a lot creepier. The death scenes are a lot more graphic then from number 1. Nancy comes back in this one as a Pyschologist. The most memorable death scene I think is the one where Freddy's fingers turn into hypodermic needles i think thats what they are called and kills one of the girl warriors. This movie was really good as well though! (Viewed On Original VHS Tape- Not Remastered)

A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: Dream Child (Rated R Version)
I've heard there is and uncut version to this film on the original tape not on the DVD. My local store had it but it was always check out now I know why. Greta's death scene was the best memorable scene Freddy chokes her to death while feeding her non- stop while the uncut version has Freddy cutting into Greta's stomach and force feeding her own guts and I heard the motorcycle scene was much more graphic then it was in the R rated version. Even though the DVD version was pretty graphic it seemed though that Greata's death scene was toned down. This movie though I really like! (DVD Version from The Box Set Viewed)

A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
My mother and my sister and her friends watched this one with me. We though this one was very cheesy in a way, but I seemed pushed to like it. I know it would be a lot better remastered. I liked a lot of some of the death scenes not very graphic except a really weird one at the end when Freddy forces a bar down on this girl breaking her elbows in which it looks like you can see her bones, but it's weird cause it's not she turns into a bug (a Cockroach) to summarize it and Freddy squashes her in a bug hotel. I did like this movie but not real well on death scenes. (Original VHS Viewed)

Freddy's Dead The Final Nightmare: A Nightmare On Elm Street 6
This one use to creep me out the one about Carlos, where Freddy shoves a cotton swab stick through Carlos' ear. The was still one of the memorable death scenes in this film, but very funny when Freddy scratches a board and his head blows up. All in All me and my sister laughed in this film. I actually really like it. You should check it out. (Original VHS Viewed)

I havent seen Number 2 yet I probably will when I receieve my box set Monday October 20, 2003. I got my for a cheaper price for 83.64 brand new including shipping. It's really hard to put these movies in order for best to most stupid cause they hold something great about em, but all i can say is this one box set you have to own! I will be sure to Rent the orignal version to Dream Child or even buy it off ebay or something!

Nightmare on Elm Street
RATING: 10 out of 10
Story: 4 teens are living happy normal lives until they start dreaming about a guy who haunts them in there dreams! He wears a brown hat, a red and green sweater, he is burned from head to toe, and he has razors on his right hand. After one teen falls victom to the razor claws, they relize that anyone of them could be next! Only Nancy can stop him but will she be able to defeat this monster!!!
Extras: Commentary, Cast Bios, Jump to a Nightmare, and Animated Menus!

Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
RATING: 7 out of 10
Story: It has been 5 long years since Nancy has defeated Freddy! Now a new kid has moved in to Nancy's house. He soon finds out that Freddy wants to possess him!!! Will he be able to fight Freddy or will he fall victom to the razor-edged wrath!!!
EXTRAS: Cast Bios, Jump to a Nightmare, and Animated Menus!

Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Rating: 9 out of 10
Story: The remaining Elm st. kids have been shut up in the loony bin because Freddy makes it look like they are trying to commit suicide!!! With the help of our returning heroine Nancy(Heather Langenkamp), they are going to try and stop this monster once and for all!!! This film is widly acclaimed for its creative death sequences!
EXTRAS: Cast Bios, Jump to a Nightmare, and Animated Menus!

Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
RATING: 9 out of 10
Story: Our returning Elm st. kids (Joey, Kinkade, and Kristen) return only to get knocked off within the first 15 min. Before Kristen dies she pulls in Alice on accident into her dream! If Kristen didn't pull in Alice Freddy couldn't of killed anyone else. Now Alice is accidentally pulling in her friends and watching them get murdered one by one!!!
EXTRAS: Cast Bios, Jump to a Nightmare, and Animated Menus!

Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
RATING: 7 out of 10
Story: Alice has returned and she is pregnant!!! Freddy has also returned and he is using her baby's dreams to get to her friends!!! Will this former Dream Master be able to defeat Freddy one last time!!!
EXTRAS: Cast Bios, Jump to a Nightmare, and Animated Menus!

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
RATING: 7 out of 10
Story: All of the Elm st kids are dead except for 1!!! Freddy has sent him on a journey to find his daughter and more kids to kill!!! This one unties a lot of knots! And tells alot of Freddy's backstory!
EXTRAS: Cast Bios, Jump to a Nightmare, and Animated Menus!

Wes Craven's New Nightmare
RATING: 10 out of 10
Story: Heather Langenkamp returns and this time the movie takes place in real life!!! I won't give away any details!!!
Extras: Commentary, Cast Bios, Jump to a Nightmare, and Animated Menus!

BONUS DVD
Lots of Extras!!! Interviews, trailers, and more!!!

If you can only view or own a handful of "film noir" movies,
this is the one you must have. The story is now well-known and
most movie buffs have seen a copy, but the copies heretofore
available have been so poor, the technical shortcomings almost
made viewing a chore, so it was frequently by-passed.

All previous prints, available in the US, were full of visible
flaws, and, to make matters worse, all US prints had been edited
(mainly by having several scenes shortened, along with a different introduction) so they detracted from the original movie and the vision that produced it.

This new re-mastered DVD version is so sharp, the black and
white seems at times to have a razor-sharp quality, and many of its scenes literally jump out at the viewer, so the improved viewing quality is so pronounced, it may not seem like the same
movie. This restoration could stand as the hallmark of the
point of restorations.

In addition, the British introduction, which is much better and
a little more full, as well as other previously-shortened scenes, have been restored, adding to the enjoyment of this classic.

A fabulous film, now available in an equally fabulous version,
and serious fans need to rush and get a copy of this newly restored version.

This has for 30 years been my favorite thriller or Film Noir. With a script by the extraordinary novelist Graham Greene (who wrote it in novella form, not as a screenplay), exceptional performances, the atmosphere of a bombed out post WWII Vienna, and one of the most memorable scores in all film, its a must see. In addition, Welles wrote (with Graham Green's permission) his famous speech at the amusement park. That scene alone is worth the price of the DVD. The Criterion DVD is definitive - do not get the cheaper versions!

The Third Man is, unquestionably, one of the greatest films of all time. It is probably the greatest British film of all too. Based on a screenplay by Graham Greene, set amidst the rubble of post-war Vienna and starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten and Trevor Howard, this one was always going to be good. It was, for many years, regarded as the film noir to beat all others and is my favourite movie. Radical in it's cinematic concept and brilliantly shot by Robert Krasker, the film has more atmosphere than any film I have seen before or since.

It all starts with Holly Martins (Cotten), a drunkard who writes the type of books which used to be known as "penny dreadfuls", arriving in Vienna not long after the end of WWII on the promise of a job. It turns out that his prospective employer, Harry Lime (Welles), has been killed in an accident and Martins has arrived just in time for the funeral. Lime's friends soon make contact with the wayward Martins, who becomes convinced that his friend has been murdered, and eventually through a series of encounters, he winds up in the hands of the Military Police.

In the opinion of this reviewer, this is Cotten's best film and though I've never been a big fan of his, he suits the role admirably. I also believe this is Trevor Howard's finest performance. So good is Howard that there is little doubt over his conviction that Martins is wrong and the scene where all is revealled to him is a feature of the film. Orson Welles was an acting giant in anyone's terms although by this time he was almost universally regarded as box office poison. His characterisation of the psychopathic Lime has been the model for so many film baddies and in may ways is as sinister as Hannibal Lecter.

The cinematography is superb. Shot on the streets of bombed-out Vienna and using minimal lighting, it gives definition to the film noir genre. The lighting reflected off wet cobblestone roads and the hard shadows created by single brute arcs create a cold, stark landscape for Carol Reed's direction and the underlying suspense of the plot. Much of the film; certainly the majority of the interiors as well as nearly all the sewer scenes, were actually shot in studio in the UK but all the location stuff is real, so much so that you can even do a "Third Man" tour if you are in Vienna.

The Criterion transfer is the sharpest B&W I have ever seen and rather than being merely technically precise, really adds to the atmosphere of the film. There was an enormous number of repairs made to the original print (something like 22,000, if my memory serves me correctly) and the ultimate product is almost seemless and has a beautiful grey scale. There are a few added features, including a rather comical short of Anton Karas playing the famous theme on his zither in a London club. Karas, incidentally, a Gypsy who could not read music, was first spotted in a seedy Vienna nightclub and contracted to do the film more-or-less on the spot. It is extraordinary how much the zither adds to the film.

Reckoned by many to be the finest suspense film ever made and containing more cinematic innovation than almost anything which came afterward it, until the arrival of the French New Wave, this film wants for nothing. The acting performances are top notch, the pictures are beautiful and the plot is terrific. There is even a little wry humour at the expense of Viennese society. A cinematic gem not to be missed and essential to any serious film buff's library.

Before churning out big budgeted Hollywood productions, John Woo carved out for himself a cult following with his Hong Kong productions. These glossy action extravaganzas were a breath of fresh air for fans of the action genre as Woo employed novel filmmaking techniques that highlighted the raw beauty of chaos itself. Fierce gunfights became as graceful as ballet performances and criminals became as suave as fashion models. Yet, Woo's films did not sacrifice substance in light of its overflowing style. His characters and stories always had a moral center where even the worst of villains were bound by strict codes of virtue, honor, and loyalty.

"The Killer" is about two men on opposite sides of the law: Jeffrey (Chow Yun-Fat), a professional hit-man, and Inspector Li (Danny Lee), a cop determined to bring Jeffrey to justice. Jeffrey is on the run after the mob places a price on his head for making a mess out of a nightclub hit. The botched hit also haunts Jeffrey on a personal level because his conscience refuses to let him forget about the innocent nightclub singer who was blinded in the shootout. The extent of this guilt surprises Li when he finally catches up with Jeffrey and the two men eventually develop a mutual respect for one another when they discover they both are fuelled by the same lust for justice. When the mob finds the pair hiding out in a church, the new buddies team up to battle their mutual foe and light up the night with a firestorm of bullets.

"The Killer" was a fitting film to end a decade that was saturated with brainless shoot-'em-up films. It infused a new sense of style and complexity into a genre run into the ground by the un-ending parade of Rambo clones. This not only revived the action film but set the foundation for other inspired works to follow. Both Chow Yun-Fat and Danny Lee distinguish themselves as well as polished Hollywood actors and deserve much credit for helping to develop living, breathing three-dimensional characters that do not fire guns just for the sake of firing guns. Logic sometimes doesn't bother to intervene into the story of "The Killer," but its kinetic energy helps to compensate for its outrageousness. Pull up a chair and have a good time with this film. Subtle it is not. Entertaining it is.

This movie is by far the most entertaining shoot-em up I have ever seen. I have seen some pretty violent Hollywood movies, but none of them match up to this. The movies almost 2 hours long and there are several slow parts. The action sequences are by far the highlight of this movie. Unlike Hollywood movies, the hero is not some muscle-bound Austrian who simply dispatches bad guys with a few shots and then says some sarcastic remark. In The Killer, Chow yun fat is a normal looking person who pumps an entire clip into some thug, who then crashes through a plate glass window or flies over a railing. The battle at the church and the first assassination scene are some of the greatest fight scenes on film. The camera work is great and the subtitles are okay. One of the things you have to realize that the violence is supposed to be over the top and outrageously violent, but the violence is never ridiculous. I dont think that people should complain about violence in Hollywood without noting that other countries make far more violent and explicit movies than the U.S. does.

When I saw hard boiled, I thought, it couldnt get any better than this, but boy I was dead wrong.

I bought this movie, and hard boiled(As a combo), and recieved it today. With all the reviews, I was expecting something simmilar to hard boiled, but I got more.

Right when the first shootout started, I knew I was gonna like this movie. Man I watched it untill the end just amazed. I had to watch it twice to understand the story, because at first I dind't care about the story, I just loved the stylish action I was looking at.

Chow Yun Fat is just one of the best actors alive, and John Woo is just a brilliant director. If anyone loves action movies, has got to pick this up, and hard boiled. Those 2 movies are perhaps the greatest action movies ever made.

Peace

Before churning out big budgeted Hollywood productions, John Woo carved out for himself a cult following with his Hong Kong productions. These glossy action extravaganzas were a breath of fresh air for fans of the action genre as Woo employed novel filmmaking techniques that highlighted the raw beauty of chaos itself. Fierce gunfights became as graceful as ballet performances and criminals became as suave as fashion models. Yet, Woo's films did not sacrifice substance in light of its overflowing style. His characters and stories always had a moral center where even the worst of villains were bound by strict codes of virtue, honor, and loyalty.

"The Killer" is about two men on opposite sides of the law: Jeffrey (Chow Yun-Fat), a professional hit-man, and Inspector Li (Danny Lee), a cop determined to bring Jeffrey to justice. Jeffrey is on the run after the mob places a price on his head for making a mess out of a nightclub hit. The botched hit also haunts Jeffrey on a personal level because his conscience refuses to let him forget about the innocent nightclub singer who was blinded in the shootout. The extent of this guilt surprises Li when he finally catches up with Jeffrey and the two men eventually develop a mutual respect for one another when they discover they both are fuelled by the same lust for justice. When the mob finds the pair hiding out in a church, the new buddies team up to battle their mutual foe and light up the night with a firestorm of bullets.

"The Killer" was a fitting film to end a decade that was saturated with brainless shoot-'em-up films. It infused a new sense of style and complexity into a genre run into the ground by the un-ending parade of Rambo clones. This not only revived the action film but set the foundation for other inspired works to follow. Both Chow Yun-Fat and Danny Lee distinguish themselves as well as polished Hollywood actors and deserve much credit for helping to develop living, breathing three-dimensional characters that do not fire guns just for the sake of firing guns. Logic sometimes doesn't bother to intervene into the story of "The Killer," but its kinetic energy helps to compensate for its outrageousness. Pull up a chair and have a good time with this film. Subtle it is not. Entertaining it is.

This movie is by far the most entertaining shoot-em up I have ever seen. I have seen some pretty violent Hollywood movies, but none of them match up to this. The movies almost 2 hours long and there are several slow parts. The action sequences are by far the highlight of this movie. Unlike Hollywood movies, the hero is not some muscle-bound Austrian who simply dispatches bad guys with a few shots and then says some sarcastic remark. In The Killer, Chow yun fat is a normal looking person who pumps an entire clip into some thug, who then crashes through a plate glass window or flies over a railing. The battle at the church and the first assassination scene are some of the greatest fight scenes on film. The camera work is great and the subtitles are okay. One of the things you have to realize that the violence is supposed to be over the top and outrageously violent, but the violence is never ridiculous. I dont think that people should complain about violence in Hollywood without noting that other countries make far more violent and explicit movies than the U.S. does.

When I saw hard boiled, I thought, it couldnt get any better than this, but boy I was dead wrong.

I bought this movie, and hard boiled(As a combo), and recieved it today. With all the reviews, I was expecting something simmilar to hard boiled, but I got more.

Right when the first shootout started, I knew I was gonna like this movie. Man I watched it untill the end just amazed. I had to watch it twice to understand the story, because at first I dind't care about the story, I just loved the stylish action I was looking at.

Chow Yun Fat is just one of the best actors alive, and John Woo is just a brilliant director. If anyone loves action movies, has got to pick this up, and hard boiled. Those 2 movies are perhaps the greatest action movies ever made.

Peace

This is one hell of an action movie, but I think its alittle overdone at times, the bloodless deaths in the shootouts kinda let me down but these shootouts put almost any action movie to shame. The plot Kinda went goes this, Chow yun fat (Cop) is avenging his friends death/investigating a smuggling operation, where he finds a deep insider/undercover cop (Tony Leung,the same one from bullet in the head). Thats it, besides Tequila (Chow) pissing off his superior, but from there on in its all gunfights and violence. Here you'll find Anothey Wong in a solid role as the main bad guy (he hated the role though). Chow is intensely stylish as usual, the best part is in the tea house shootout is when he slides down the rail with a toothpick in his mouth while gunning down numours bad guys. Tony Leung is actually better then Chow acting wise in his role as the undercover cop. John Woo did a pretty fine job for one of his last HK films that he directed. Even though he could have done a bit better this movie is still a great action film for you and your friends to sit back and enjoy the ride.

If you are an action fan, or just a lover of big screen cinema, this film is for you. As with many other Woo Hong Kong classics. What I want to know is, What happened to John Woo when he came to the U.S.?
Not a single one of his American films can come close to Hard Boiled, and The Killer, and A Better Tommorow. Face Off comes the closest but still falls way short.
Come on John, bring back the "Bullet Ballet".

The screenwriter of Hard Boiled, Barry Wong, was not gunned down by the triad. He died of a heart attack.

There were, however, some movie executive producers in Hong Kong who were related to the Triad actually got killed during that time.

It's a shame that apparently all DVD versions in the US are currently out of print. This is one of Woo's best works. The only flick he directed in Hollywood that's up the par is Face/Off. Let's hope Hard-Boiled'd be reissued in the near future, as it deserves to be seen.

Without question, the finest of the action-movie genre are all rolled into one in this DVD package (even DH2, the weakest of the three, grows on you after ten or twenty viewings!).
Anyone looking for gritty realism and correct application of physical laws in their movies should stay away.
Bonus features are good -not exceptional- but they are not why you buy this collection anyway.

I love this set, it includes Die Hard, Die Harder 2: Die Harder and Die Hard with Vengeance,
all three movies in their specials edition.
Each movie got a 2 disc set where disc one is the feature and the 2 is the extras.
The movies got terrific Audio/Video quality, Dolby Digital 5.1 as well as DTS 5.1! you cant hear it clearer!!!
And a very good audio commentary by the director and some of his crew.
For people that dont speak english but does spanish, dont worry, this cutie comes with subtitles in english, spanish!
The extras includes deleted scenes, trailers, tv spots, features, documentals, and extended scenes, very valuable material. THere are some easter eggs that i left for you to find.
If you dont have the money, do what i did, START SAVING!!!, i was
saving for some months till i got all the money that i needed, my DVDs where the last package in the store, you may not be as lucky as me, order it now!

"Die Hard" (produced by "Lethal Weapon" Joel Silver) shot a much needed jolt of adrinalin into the wanning action movie genere. "Die Hard" was pure wall to wall action. Bloody fist fights, long exciting gun battles, crawling around in air shafts were all done before, but never with so much energy. "Die Hard 1" is John McClaine (Bruce Willis) goes to L.A. to visit his wife for Christmas. But terrorists crash the party. McClaine gets away and begins his own gurilla warfare against the smart bad guy Alan Rickman. The next movie "Die Harder" is not as origanal, but it is twice as intense and brutal. Terrorist highjack an airport (again at Christmas) and crash airplanes (ok, that isn't as fun after September 11th, I admit). "Die Hard 3" is the least of the three movies, but it is still a lot of fun, especially with Samual L. Jackson in it. A new terrorist is taking a personal vendetta against John McClaine. As a whole, the series was wonderful action crime thrillers. By far Bruce Willis was the secret to the success. His John McClaine is human, he isn't a stereotypical cop husband, but he is trying hard to keep his marrige together, but he gets caught up in all these crazy situations that would baffle James Bond, and he has a sense of humor about the whole thing that Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, or Clint Eastwood was sorely missing. All in all, this is the action series deserves to be rated up there with Indiana Jones or James Bond. It is that good. Enjoy.

GOLDFINGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THUNDERBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIVE AND LET DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LICENCE TO KILL?????????????????????????

GOLDENEYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TOMORROW NEVER DIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LICENCE TO KILL, YOU ARE IN FOR A REAL TREAT IF YOU BUY THIS SET OF 6 OF THE GREATEST BOND FILMS OF ALL TIME.

GOLDFINGER: ARGUABLY THE BEST BOND FILM ALONG WITH THE SPY WHO LOVED ME AND FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, BOND INVESTIGATES AURIC GOLDFINGER WHO TRIES TO TAKE OVER FORT KNOX.

THUNDERBALL: AN EPIC BOND FLICK HAS BOND TRYING TO RECOVER STOLEN ATOMIC BOMBS IN THE BAHAMAS.

LIVE AND LET DIE: ROGER MOORE MAKES HIS DEBUT AS BOND IN THIS STRANGE DEBUT ABOUT VOODOO AND CROCODILES. (DON'T ASK)

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY: GREAT PLOT AND BOND GIRL AS BOND TRIES TO RECOVER A STOLED ATAC MACHINE AND PREVENT THE RUSSIANS FROM GETTING IT.

LICENCE TO KILL: HORRIBLE MOVIE, ONLY WATCH IT ONCE.

GOLDENEYE: PIERCE BROSNAN MAKES HIS DEBUT AS BOND IN THIS THRILLING MOVIE, THE FIRST OF THE 90'S, BOND INVESTIGATES THE THEFT OF 2 HELICOPTERS CARRYING WARHEADS.

LISCENCE TO KILL: BOND AT HIS BEST WITH HIS DEFINITE EQUAL, MICHELLE YEOW AS THEY THWART A NEWSPAPER TYCOOD WHO WANTS TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD.

THAT'S ALL FOLKS, BUY THIS COLLECTION!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, i'm a huge James Bond fan. And, as a distinguished ametuer film critic, I know what I like. And these films I like. From the dry-as-a-vodka-martini wit and charm of Sean Connery to the hard-edged Pierce Brosnan, the James Bond films vary in quality, but for the most part they are entertaining without being too political. And this first collection presents some of the best films in the series. Directed by Guy Hamilton, GOLDFINGER IS the best Bond film. No question. It epitomizes the entire franchise's appeal, with the brilliant Connery oozing charm, the terrific title villain played by Gert Frobe, to Shirley Bassey's powerful title tune to 007's ultra-cool Aston Martin. One line from Bassey's song sums it up nicely: "The man with the midas touch". Almost as good is THUNDERBALL, another great addition to the early "Pow! Bang!" Bond films, with stunning underwater photography, foxy bathing beauties and hungry sharks! Monty Norman's fantastic score adds another layer of panache, and the terrific action and endless one-liners (Bond dispatches a villain with a spear gun, then coolly says "I think he got the point") makes this one one of the best.
Roger Moore's first outing as the debonair secret agent in LIVE AND LET DIE is somewhat disappointing, but there are still some good action set-pieces and witty one-liners. But for me, the best bit was Paul McCartney's smashing title song.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY saw the serious James Bond return after they norsed it up with MOONRAKER. There are a number of great action bits, and it's Moore's best performance (In this humble critic's opinion) in the whole series.
The second Timothy Dalton film LICENCE TO KILL is ok, but it's unnecessary violence and lack of witty humor parts it from the usual Bond fare and places it somewhere in hard-man action territory. That said, there are some good villains, but it's really just not as fun as THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS.
And then everything clicked with GOLDENEYE, the best of the Brosnan flicks so far, with amazing action, spectacular stunts and a thumping title track by Tina Turner. TOMORROW NEVER DIES has great action and stunts, but lacks a meaty villain to pump up the story. It's good, but not great. All put together with an impressive bunch of DVD extras, this is a must-buy item for any Bond fan.

this 7 video set of james bond is the very best on the market with titles like "goldfinger" "goldeneye" and "tomarrow never dies" just to name a few.mgm did a very good job putting this collection together all of the best of james bond. thanks,mgm.

Don't let the publicity art cover put you off - quite a bit of thought has gone into the contents. Okay, so there's no 'One Froggy Evening', 'What's Opera Doc?' or any black and white shorts, but I'm sure that this will be the first of many LT DVD releases. It's a pity that Warner's took so long to bring the LTs to DVD as some commenteries by the late great Chuck Jones would have raised this review to six stars! Instead we get dear old Charles M. reading a dry old intro of LT history. 'Blooper Bunny' and the mini docs are great treats but you do get the impression that the choice of cartoons involved plucking them out of a hat.

Jerry Beck has done a fantastic job (so far, at least) on bringing the classic WB cartoons to DVD.

I have to say it was not easy choosing from the 1,000 cartoons made between 1930 and 1990 to be on this initial DVD set, but what was chosen represents animation history at its finest, rivaling only Disney.

I can still tell some visual difference between the pre-1948 shorts (which WB sister company Turner still owns) and the post-1948s (still owned by WB outright) in terms of graininess, but the transfer on DVD is better than what I have ever seen on TV, video, or LaserDisc. And all of them with their original credits (no altered "dubbed versions" or "credit-less Blue Ribbons" here, thank God). Even the print of "Fast And Furry-ous" (the debut of Road Runner) looks as though it was made yesterday instead of 1949 (when compared to the murky time-compressed PAL transfer we've all seen on Cartoon Network).

And I don't care what anyone else may complain about, Bosko IS represented in this set, in the form of the very first WB cartoon, "Bosko The Talknik Kid" (shown in abbreviated form on the "Toonheads: Lost Cartoons" special on disc three [which itself includes some rare stuff you'll have to see for yourself] and in its entirety at the very end of the box set).

The supplements are just as valuable...the trailers for the compilation films (though out of focus for the final 30 seconds of the second one, but considering this came off of a recently discovered reel, we are fortunate that they exist at all), the Camera One "Termite Terrace" special, storyboards, interviews (including the final appearance of Chuck Jones introducing the box set, made just before he passed on), and the aforementioned "Toonheads" special.

I do wish other landmark cartoons such as "What's Opera, Doc", "The Wild Hare", and other important shorts were included. Still, whatever is missing is made up for in other content.

Please get this DVD...you will not regret it.

Th-th-th-th-th-that's all folks!!!!

QUERY: "What's Up, Doc?"
ANSWER: My favorite DVD of the year. Possibly of all time.

The original LOONEY TUNES gang is back, and boy do they look terrific. Warner Home Video has compiled a terrific selection of 56 animated gems starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky, Pig, Elmer Fudd, along with dozens of other characters, and added hours and hours of bonus features and documentaries. This is sure to become a perennial in anyone's serious DVD collection.

Best of all, the cartoons have been GORGEOUSLY restored. Restoration means bringing something back to its ORIGINAL form, and that's what Warner Bros. has lovingly done here. The glorious Technicolor imagery is mind-boggling, the animation art is sharp and clear. So sharp and clear that you see can even see the dust that was on the original cels these cartoons were painted on.

THAT'S restoration.

Thank heavens Warner didn't go the route that Disney did with SLEEPING BEAUTY and monkey around with these images, wiping out all traces of the original cel animation and making them look like CGI. No, it's beautiful old-style animation, and each cartoon has been restored to look as they did when they first hit theater screens decades ago.

Each cartoon on this collection is an American classic in its own right. Happily these classics have not been tampered with, but are presented with the utmost respect and attention for the masterpieces they truly are.

As noted by other viewers, this movie is a lot of fun - sure to be on any Cary Grant or Audrey Hepburn fan's list. I am not writing about the film but about this particular DVD version by d3kfilms-- it is unwatchable, BOOTLEG quality, in my opinion. I had the misfortune of trying to rent this movie on DVD at my local video store, and this is the version they had in stock. It hadn't occured to me that a reputable video store would be stocking poor quality, unofficial versions of films, so I didn't at all expect what I saw when I watched this DVD. The image and sound quality are EXTREMELY bad-- picture is grainy and muddy-looking, with MAJOR scratches and jarring skips in the film. It was as if someone went to a revival theatre showing an extremely worn-out print of "Charade" and recorded the movie as it was playing on screen with their video camera, then burned what they recorded onto a DVD! That is how terrible the quality is, and this classic film deserves so much better. In fact, any film deserves better-- so watch out for DVDs that have this company's name (d3kfilms) on them or that do not have the original, legit studio's name on them. I noticed that amazon.com sells other versions of this movie on DVD-- try those before wasting your money on this one. I'd even recommend buying an official VHS version of the movie over this one. I was so shocked by what I saw that I got a refund of my money from the video store and then felt compelled to go online and warn people about it-- and I've never done either thing before.

Director: Stanley Donen

Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Ned Glass, Jacques Marin, Paul Bonifas, Dominique Minot, andThomas Chelimsky

Running Time: 113 minutes

Released in 1963

Reggie, played by Audrey Hepburn, finds everything in her home has been stolen and her husband murdered after she returns home to Paris after a ski vacation in the French Alps. Peter Joshua, played by Cary Grant, offers to help her solve the mystery of her husband's death. Working together they find that her husband has hid some money and a gang of his ex-cronies, who also killed him, want it and believe Reggie knows where it is. As the movie progresses and one by one the gang is killed, Reggie starts to believe that Peter might be one of the gang that is trying to murder her. Reggie also finds that she that perhaps the only one to trust is CIA agent Hamilton Bartholomew, played by Walter Matthau. Through out the film Reggie is trying to seduce Peter, but Peter feels he is too old for Reggie and wards off her attempts, while remaining close. The director Stanley Donen, who is famous for "Hitchcock imitations", fills this thriller with just enough fun chemistry between Hepburn and Grant to keep your attention from start to finish.

This is a must have for any Hepburn fan. A star studded cast and the witty dialogue make this a great movie. The Criterion series are a bit on the pricey side but well worth it. I know someone who got a non Criterion version of this movie and it was quality was terrible.

I don't understand why I can't find in this video collection the following videos: "Erotica", "Deeper and Deeper", "This Used To Be My Playground", "I'll Remember", "I Want You", "You Must Love Me" and "You'll See". Has Madonna ever said something about it? This video collection would've been 5 stars if they had included (some of) them.

Don't get me wrong, the videos here are really good, but it's like eating a piece of chocolate cake with no cherry on the top. What happened Madonna? You know it's not fair.

Madonna is one of the very few music artists who really makes the most of the music video medium. Her videos are gorgeous, fascinating performance art pieces directed by some of the most talented directors in the business. Some highlights of this stunning collection include: Bad Girl (a dramatic mini-film about a promiscuous woman who meets an untimely death, directed by David Fincher), Bedtime Story (a surreal wonderland directed by Mark Romanak), Ray of Light (a groundbreaking, hyperkinetic video by Jonas Akerlund) and Beautiful Stranger (a sexy and goofy video featuring Austin Powers). This DVD is an absolute must-have for any Madonna fan.

This is a compilation of her music videos from 1993-1999. Madonna proves on every video that she remains the queen of pop and MTV. The DVD starts at her "Erotica" days, raging in every presentation, and leads the audience through her evolution to "Ray of Light", expressing her spirituality. Though it misses some videos, it explores the important parts of her career. This is important material for all Madonna fans to add to their collection.