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Two hippie motorcyclists (Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper) experience the psychedelic highs and roadside lows of an open-air trip across America, accompanied by the soundtrack sounds of Steppenwolf, The Band, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan. Still as cool—and as controversial—as ever 40 years later, this '60s classic comes to Blu-ray with a 32-page photo booklet and commentary by Hopper, who co-wrote (with Fonda) and directed.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
posted on: 11/22/2009
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DVD ($159.95)
In a gritty sector of Los Angeles underbelly, a group of corrupt cops gets the job done-but dig for themselves an ever-deepening hole of moral and criminal compromise as they continually cross the line between right and wrong. The acclaimed, award-winning FX network series comes to DVD in a hefty, 28-disc collector's package with all 88 episodes and several bonus features, including a 34-page scrapbook and a documentary about the real police scandal of the late 1990s that inspired the show.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
posted on: 11/15/2009
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Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds star in this screwball comedy about a business-arrangement odd couple forced to follow through on a backfired matrimonial scheme. Betty White is a hoot as a say-anything grandma, and Oscar Nuñez (from TV's "The Office") crops up repeatedly—and hilariously—as a shopkeeper moonlighting in several surprising sidelines. Bonus features include bloopers, outtakes, commentary and an alternate ending.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
posted on: 11/8/2009
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DVD ($24.99)
An insightful documentary about America's enduring love affair with beer, this hour-long PBS project comes with 45 minutes of bonus material, including a tour of a secret Prohibition-era beer cellar, a peek at an amazing collection of brew-related memorabilia and an investigation into a topic that has long divided wine sippers and beer quaffers: Which beverage goes best with cheese? Cheers! (To order, go to shopPBS.org)
—Neil Pond, American Profile
posted on: 11/8/2009
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DVD ($199.98)
Calista Flockhart's award-winning portrayal of an eccentric, neurotic young New York attorney was a TV smash during its five-season run from 1997 to 2002, with hilariously quirky characters, a swingin' pop soundtrack and—lest we forget—a computer-generated dancing baby that recurred as a hallucination to represent the ticking of Ally's biological clock. This lavish 32-DVD set includes every episode plus several bonus features, including a retrospective with the outstanding cast, which also featured Robert Downey Jr., Lucy Liu and Jane Krakowski.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
posted on: 11/1/2009
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DVD ($49.98)
Originally airing on the BBC and finding an adoring American audience—and TV immortality—through near-continuous PBS syndication, this British comedy of manners starred Monty Python's John Cleese as a hotel owner with a continuous cavalcade of comedic problems. About the only thing missing from this deluxe set, with every episode from the show's 1975-79 run, commentary from Cleese, cast interviews and other bonus features, is a room-service order of tea and crumpets.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
posted on: 11/1/2009
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
DVD ($28.98)
Matthew McConaughey stars in this ribald comedic revamp of "A Christmas Carol" as Conor Mead, a bachelor photographer forced to revisit the many romantic misdeeds of his playboy past. Jennifer Garner is his now-grown, moved-on childhood friend, and Michael Douglas drifts in and out as the spirit of Conor's randy uncle, warning about where a life without real love can lead. Can Conor be scared away from his skirt-chasing ways before it's too late?
—Neil Pond, American Profile
posted on: 10/25/2009
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DVD ($19.98)
The full moon shines anew on this 1981 cult classic from director Jon Landis about an American tourist whose visit to England leaves him howling for more than tea and crumpets. With a mix of dark humor, award-winning makeup and numerous bonus features on two discs, it's still the reason why an entire generation can't hear "Bad Moon Rising" without thinking of the memorable scene in which David Naughton (the "I'm a Pepper" guy from the era's Dr. Pepper TV commercials) painfully watches his own body morph into that of a soon-to-be-rampaging beast.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 10/18/2009
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DVD ($26.99)
They're forever famous for playing the screen's iconic characters of Frankenstein and Dracula. But Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi have a bit of fun out of their monster makeup in these four lesser-known flicks. Karloff plays a gangster sentenced to the electric chair in "The Walking Dead" (1936) and a descendent of the original Dr. Frankenstein in "Frankenstein-1970" (1958). Lugosi is a mad scientist in the zany "Zombies on Broadway"(1945) and teams with Karloff and another horror icon, Peter Lorre, for a kooky cocktail of comedy, music and murder in "You'll Find Out" (1940).
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 10/18/2009
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Blu-ray ($34.99)
Director Robert Altman's audaciously irreverent Korean War satire raised eyebrows when it was released in 1970-and went on to win numerous awards, spawn a hit TV series and become enshrined as a movie classic. Now, nearly 40 years later, it retains every bit of its bloody, comedic bite as two Mobile Army Surgical Hospital surgeons (Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland) cut up in and out of the operating room. Bonus features include an interactive guide, commentary, several documentaries and a reunion of the memorable cast, which also featured Robert Duvall, Sally Kellerman and Tom Skerritt.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 10/11/2009
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