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"Our Picks" provides reviews of new DVDs, CDs and books that our readers would enjoy.
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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Obsolete
By Anna Jane Grossman
Hardcover, 192 pages ($15.95)
Ever get the feeling life is passing you by? Well, it is—at alarming speed! This clever, cheeky and captivating little book takes a playful (and sometimes painfully true) look at car cigarette lighters, cursive writing, girdles, lickable stamps, pay phones, slide projectors, video stores and more than 120 other once-indispensable objects, services and conventions that are going bye-bye fast, if not already gone.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 10/11/2009
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Blu-ray + DVD ($39.99)
Stunning hi-def photography from around the world brings you alongside three animal "families" in this dazzling Disneynature documentary about polar bears, whales and elephants following the seasonal cycles of migration that define their lives. Taking you to places that few humans ever see—under the sea, across barren deserts and atop floating sheets of ice—"Earth" is a treat for animal lovers and an eye-popping portrait of the extraordinary array of life that calls our planet home.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 10/11/2009
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Foreword by Don Mattingly
Hardcover, 744 pages ($29.95)
Baseball fans can open a new page of colorful Yankee history and highlights, from Babe Ruth to Derek Jeter, for every day of the year with this bountiful collection of photos from the archives of the Associated Press. Former first baseman Don Mattingly, one of the most celebrated Yankees of all time, provides the introduction and recalls the pride, professionalism and tradition that goes with the famous pinstripes.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 10/11/2009
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DVD ($49.98)
Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan return for more merry mayhem behind the scenes of a fictitious Big Apple TV network running on mishaps, misunderstandings and misguided programming. Oprah Winfrey, Steve Martin, Clay Aiken, Sheryl Crow and numerous other recognizable guest stars are hilarious as their own famous selves, and bonus features include commentary, deleted scenes and a fly-on-the-wall perspective of the cast giving a read-thru of the season's finale episode.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 10/4/2009
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Softcover, 486 pages ($18.95)
The "Bathroom Reader" folks turn their wide-ranging, fact-grazing gaze on the world of sports with this handy-dandy compendium of tidbits, anecdotes, origins, quotes, trivia and factoids about football, baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, hockey, tennis, bowling, wrestling, racing, paintball and many other competitive odds 'n' ends. Sports fans of every stripe will want to keep it handy anywhere—like the bathroom—they might need something endlessly browsable at their, shall we say, disposal.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 10/4/2009
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By Aaron Santos, Ph.D.
Softcover, 175 pages ($14.95)
The author puts his doctorate degree in physics to entertaining use in this collection of procedures for mathematically finding—or, at least, realistically estimating—the answers to an array of fanciful questions. How many pennies would it take to fill up a wishing well? How long would it take to dig your way out of prison using a spoon? What's the total around-the-bases mileage logged by Hank Aaron in his 755 home runs? No matter how you feel about math, Santos' puzzle-solving prowess shows you just how much you can do when you put on your thinking cap.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 10/4/2009
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God & Guns
CD ($18.98)
Although the lineup has continued to evolve over the past 35 years, this legendary name-brand band of Southern rockers has never forgotten its swampin' stompin' roots. And as lead singer Johnny Van Zant leads his guitar-slinging crew through these 12 new barn-burners, you'll never find yourself wondering where they stand, especially on tunes like "That's Ain't My America" and the title track, which doesn't exactly seek the middle ground on a contentious subject. The closer, "Gifted Hands," is a soaring, muscular anthem that pays homage to the late Billy Powell, a founding member whose own "gifted hands" provided the keyboard signatures to dozens of Skynyrd staples, including "Free Bird."
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posted on: 9/26/2009
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DVD ($69.98)
Saddle up and ride again with Ben Cartwright, Hoss, Little Joe and Adam in this two-volume collection (also available separately) commemorating the 50th anniversary of the classic TV Western, the first ever broadcast in color. In addition to all 32 re-mastered episodes from 1959-1961, the combo set is loaded with extra features, including photo galleries, a documentary about the iconic Ponderosa map that "burned" at the beginning of every show, and a rare alternate pilot episode featuring the Cartwrights singing the rousing theme song—the only time it was ever used with words.
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posted on: 9/26/2009
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