Holidays Movie Reviews

"Summer Holiday" is a wonderful feel-good film. It is a tale of the hate-love relationship between two people from different worlds - one a recently fired office worker from the city, and the other a hick who lives on a beach in Malaysia. Summer wants only to sell the beach of which she owns half, but More More Tea owns the other half and has different plans for it.

The plot is decent, though the sub-plot with the sunken treasure pushes it a bit. It seems the filmmakers only wanted to show off their underwater camera equipment, and the beauty of the Malaysian islands. The acting is decent, and the dialogue is often hilarious, though typically mistranslated. On top of everything, the scenery is magnificent, and the musical soundtrack is superb. Even if you don't see this movie (though I highly recommend it), do NOT miss out on the soundtrack. Sammi Cheng, who plays Summer, is a Hong Kong superstar with somewhere around 30 albums out. Her karaoke performance of "Kuai le bu kuai le" is featured about halfway through, and is quite nice.

Thumbs up all around on this one. ^_^

This is by far the best Elmo I've seen yet! Enlightening as it teaches children to consider what other cultures celebrate this time of year such as Kwanzaa and Chanukah and of course there's
lots of songs, dancing and spiritual messages presented by lovely children. The Noodles are there along with their sister Miss Noodle and Elmo learns the true meaning of Christmas from Santa himself. That love is the greatest gift of all.

My 2 year old son can not watch this DVD enough.

The show is good for kids and adults. I and my son both learn a few things together. It was presented in a fun, educating and humorous ways. I was not a Elmo's world fan but I became one. Hope many of you would enjoy as much as we do!

This gem isn't your typical holiday movie that isn't heavy on sentiment. What Jodie delivers is a perfect slice of life film on how people deal with family traditions, e.g. Thanksgiving. I can't help but see either a family member or a friend in each character. IMO, Jodie's commentary is probably the best I've heard on any DVD. It sold me on buying the DVD because I can relate to her experiences with her family.

Jody Foster must have had hidden cameras stashed in my house to get ideas for this gem. I'm 33 and, according to Jody's commentary, I fall right into the crowd that understands this material. My wife and I thought this movie was hilarious. Charles Durning plays my father to a T! This movie does a magnificent job of depicting the hell and hilarity that is "The Holiday Season".

I'm a big Holly Hunter fan but regardless of that this movie was hilarious. The situations and family interactions were all too familiar to real life whether it was my family or a friends. It is a bit on the depressing side at times, but over all you get a good feeling from watching it. Highly recommend it

My 3 year old daughter, Rachel, loves this video. She has watched it several times. It deals with Halloween as well as Christmas and she enjoyed it as much as she does the shows on tv. She liked the little game on the dvd also. Dressing Rosie to go outside. She squealed and giggled through the entire video. If your little one likes Caillou, buy this.

After a interesting opening where a group of office lovelies goes wild on the beach. The video meanders through a series of disconnected scenes. They were heavy on the Patricia Ford as the prior reviewer noted but I thought it could have been called the Shae Marks video. She appears in virtually every scene. Besides the opening scene, the more memorable parts were when Shae is stranded on an island and some lucky guy finds her. The V-Day celebration near the end of the tape was also artistically done. Can't say this was the best I have seen but it wasn't the worst either. If you like Patricia Ford or Shae Marks this might be the video for you.

This is among the best Wet and Wild releases that Playboy has come out with on DVD. It is a bit older title which was originally released in 1995, with lots of Playmate lovelies to look at. There are 9 video segments, each around 4-5 minutes in length, for a rather short running time at 51 minutes.

Most of the Playmates are from the mid-1990's, such as Julie Cialini, Shae Marks and Carrie Westcott (in their pre-silicone days), Lisa Marie Scott, Melissa Holliday, Cindy Brown, and Donna Perry. It also has one of the only Patricia Ford appearances on any Playboy title.

Many of the ladies here appear in multiple vignettes, with Shae Marks appearing in 4 or 5 of the 9 total scenes. The best scenes were two vignettes starring the trio of Julie, Carrie, and Patricia in a sexy beach scene with light caressing. They are joined by Shae and some lucky stud in a 2nd scene in a tropical lake scene.

Fans of Lisa Marie Scott will be glad to see her in 2 scenes here, one in which she sheds her clothes with Melissa Holliday on a hot summer day near a fire hydrant.

Cindy Brown (in her only other appearance besides the Video Calendar) has a very nice scene as she sheds her clothes while waiting at a bus terminal for her ride.

Definitely recommended as a buy, I would've rated it as a 5 if not for the short running time and the average video quality that we've come to expect from Image Entertainment.

Yes, this DVD has the incredibly sexy Patricia Ford in two sequences. The first segment is with PMOY '96 Julie Cialini, who is walking on the beach and finds Ford and Carrie Westcott posing nude for an 'artist'. Ford and Westcott roll around the beach w/ each other, then bring Cialini into the action. Very strong lesbian overtones! The second P. Ford segment is a fantasy sequence w/ Westcott, Cialini, and Shae Marks. This is also a great segment. There are a couple of other good sequences w/o Ford (Marks stranded on an island for one) and as usual a couple of artsy duds. But overall, this is one of the best PB DVDs available.

When I am shopping for Christmas videos or CDs, I am always attracted to older projects since they are usually more Christmasy than newer releases. I am particularly fond of the variety shows of the 1950s and 1960s, so I was excited when I saw this DVD; however I found it to be only moderately entertaining. The original show was part of a Sinatra series from 1957 and was the only show of the series filmed in color.

Bing Crosby shows up at Frank's for dinner, and the two crooners see how many Christmas songs they can cram into the 26 minute running time, with nothing but a few words of banter between songs. Frank and Bing do a serviceable job with the songs, but the whole thing looks rushed, uninspired, and amateurish. The color is primitive (like looking at color photographs in a fifties magazine) and there are frequent instances of film damage--despite the fact that the film was restored (it didn't suit the Sinatra sisters either). And, as Tina Sinatra put it in the interview section, production values look like they spent all of $4.95!

I am honestly not trying to be too harsh here, but I think potential buyers should be aware of what they are getting: short running time, only fair picture quality, quickie production values, a question/answer session with Tina and Nancy Sinatra (who thinks she's cool with her big lips, sunglasses, and sullen, vulgar demeanor) taped at a showing of this video at the Museum of Television and Radio, plus some public service spots and a reprinted Sinatra Christmas card. If you're considering buying this DVD, let nostalgia be your guide--otherwise you'll probably be disappointed.

This is amazing....what a find! Nancy Sinatra found this FULL COLOR episode from Frank Sinatra's 1957 television series, and it's simply a wonderful treat. Frank invites Bing Crosby over to his house for Christmas Eve and the two sing all the great holiday songs. What a retro-christmas gift! 15 songs in all, the entire DVD is about 90 minutes with extras. Of course it closes with Bing singing WHITE CHRISTMAS and Frank joining in - it's like a re-teaming from the film HIGH SOCIETY, they look and act about the same. There is a Q&A session from the Museum of Television with Nancy and Tina Sinatra, and the show's Producer William Self who answer some questions about the program. Also included is a photo gallery of Christmas Cards with Frank's original artwork. Don't miss out on this terrific holiday treat, you'll watch it every year right along with WHITE CHRISTMAS and CHARLIE BROWN!

Obviously our friend from Tennessee has no idea what a great find this DVD is. To complain about poor color when we should be thankful that any color print from 1957 that has been poorly stored and forgotten should still survive. I for one marveled at how rich the color was considering the problems with restoration. So few TV shows where filmed in color back then and none of them were ever shown in color in the original broadcasts....I marvel when I find a copy of Superman, Cisco Kid and other gems from back then that are produced on DVD in color. The music is excellent.....sure the production values were poor when compared to todays TV shows....but then they didn't have million dollar budgets .... they were lucky to have a few thousand dollars to produce any TV show. I find it disturbing when someone writes a review (who probably wasn't even born back in the 50's) and then complains because early TV material doesn't match that of the 2000's.
The only complaint I have is I do think this DVD is a bit overpriced for a half hour of entertainment......but when you think of the expense involved in restoring a gem like this I am just thankful so many movies and tv shows from back then are being rediscovered and preserved for future generations.

I was expecting a little....Ok, a LOT more action. Although the girls were nude, that was it. It really was a cooking show! Just like the title but I thought it would show more. After the girls were done cooking, the clip ended! And the dude that was interviewing them seemed to never shut up! I recomend you barrow it from a friend rather than buy it. Definitly not worth the money but not a total loss.

I was expecting it to show a little....Ok, a LOT more. It really was a cooking show! Although the girls were naked. The clip ended when the girls were done cooking.......why? Don't get me wrong. If you read the title of the DVD, it says COOKING with porn stars for the Holidays. But I was thinking they could show a LITTLE more than what they did. And I almost had to watch it with the sound off because the dude talked way to much. It's like he was on speed or something. Not a TOTAL waste of money but I would recomend you borrow it from a friend rather than buying it.

We have watched this show for three hours now. It is full of delightful ladies, although I am very disappointed. I have a dog.
My friend thought also that it was stimulating with all the ladies. Although he was very disappointed. Another friend of mine also said that it was just disappointing. Too little flesh in lady-to-lady action. Oh, well.... ok, let's be straight, there are a lot of movies in this world, this movie is the best!! No, pardon! That was my brother writing :) He thought oh, well....he had to be straight, that movie was the best!! But he thought it was a little disappointing. Thankyou america! Plenis.

AWFUL! QUALITY IS TERRIBLE. NOT EVEN CLOSE TO DVD QUALITY.

The quality of the DVD is terrible. Looks like a home video recording. But apart from that, it was very cheery and funny, and the songs were terrific. I do love Collin Raye and Lorrie Morgan.