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DVD ($34.00)
The groundbreaking 1984 comedy "mockumentary" celebrates its 25th anniversary with a new Blu-ray edition loaded with extras, including an hour of deleted scenes, commentary by the characters, Spinal Tap music videos and other hilarious extras about moviedom's most famous fictitious heavy-metal band. A perfect skewer of rock 'n' roll pretentiousness, outlandishness and outright cluelessness, director Rob Reiner's lampoonish classic is as funny as ever—and the laughs, like the amplifiers, still "go to 11."
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 8/16/2009
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By Roy Rowan & Brooke Janis
Softcover, 163 pages ($9.95)
Ever so often, somebody thinks Washington's gone to the dogs. There's always been some truth to that, as this light and lively little book points out in its spotlight on the many canines that have called the White House home. From George Washington's foxhounds to Barrack Obama's Portuguese water dog, Bo, this fact-filled, "unleashed" look at presidential history also features drawings and paintings from early America and photos beginning with the first-ever of an Oval Office pooch, a glass-plate image of Abe Lincoln's yellow mongrel, Fido.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 8/16/2009
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DVD ($39.95)
Flash back to 1979 with TV's famous crime-fighting trio, at that point played by Jaclyn Smith, mid-series replacement Cheryl Ladd and newcomer Shelley Hack, as they work undercover in these 26 episodes as sorority sisters, truck drivers, streetwalkers and starlets to get to the bottom of a variety of crimes—including one that brings them into a special two-parter with the cast of TV's "The Love Boat." (Hey, it's TV—anything can happen!) Former "Angel" Farrah Fawcett makes a of guest appearance, as do Kim Cattrall, Ed Begley Jr., Cesar Romeo, Patrick Duffy and Barbara Stanwyck. No DVD bonus features, but after nearly 20 hours of this "Angel"-food cheesecake, you probably won't notice.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 8/16/2009
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DVD ($49.98)
In this critically acclaimed AMC series about the glamorous, go-get-'em world of '60s advertising, everyone is hustling something—and everything comes with a price. In addition to all 13 episodes from the 2008 season, this 4-disc package comes with several bonus features, including documentaries about the fashion, culture and history of the era that provides the all-important backdrop for the drama.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 8/9/2009
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Signing Their Lives Away
By Denise Kiernan & Joseph D'Agnese
Hardcover, 256 pages ($19.95)
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams. Almost everybody knows the "famous" signers of the Declaration of Independence. But what about all the other men who risked everything to put their names on America's birth certificate? This lively little volume shines the spotlight on all 56 statesmen, soldiers, slaveholders and scoundrels, with details about their often-surprising fates after the ink was dry. Plus, the book cover itself unfolds into a large reproduction of the historic document.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 8/9/2009
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Confessions of a Shopaholic
DVD ($32.99)
Isla Fisher stars in this lighthearted Disney romantic romp as an out-of-control spender who takes a job writing a magazine column—on living frugally, ironically—to help pay off her mounting credit-card debt. Will her secret shopping life, and the bill collector, catch up with her before she can clean up her act and win the heart of her hunky boss (Hugh Dancy)? A strong supporting cast, including John Goodman, John Lithgow, Lynn Redgrave and "Saturday Night Live"'s Fred Armisen, add to the chuckles. Extras include bloopers and deleted scenes.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 8/9/2009
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DVD ($59.95)
Actor Patrick Stewart narrates this fascinating, first-rate documentary series—airing originally on PBS back in the '90s, now available on DVD—on the history of mapmaking, which began with crude clay tablets and progressed to modern-day satellite technologies. As it demonstrates over the course of its six episodes, maps have historically served as symbols of wealth and power, tools of exploration and conquest and instruments for saving lives. Both educational and entertaining, "The Shape of the World" will guarantee that you'll never look the same way at any map again.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 8/2/2009
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George Harrison
CD ($18.98)
The "quiet Beatle" gets a proper shout-out on this 19-track retrospective spanning his entire post-Fab Four career. In addition to his No. 1s "My Sweet Lord," "Isn't It A Pity" and "Got My Mind Set On You," it also includes live solo versions of three Harrison-penned Beatles classics-"Something," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Here Comes the Sun"-performed at his all-star 1971 Concert For Bangladesh benefit at Madison Square Garden. The enclosed 28-page booklet, with rare photos and a detailed career retrospective, provides a glimpse of the man behind the music.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 8/2/2009
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By Mike Darton
Hardcover, 96 pages ($14.95)
Dog lovers will enjoy "pawing" through the hundreds of factoids, stats, trivia and other tidbits about man's best friend in this handsome little volume. Do you know why poodles are trimmed like topiaries? How to make a dog biscuit? What it really means when Fido yawns? And you'll smile at the smattering of perceptive quotes about canine companions, like this one from humorist Dave Barry: "Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing, right in your ear."
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 8/2/2009
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Hardcover, 132 pages ($24.95)
Each of the surviving 21 astronauts from America's groundbreaking lunar missions between 1968 and 1972 had a hand in selecting the photos for this handsome, lavishly illustrated coffee-table tribute, released to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the first manned landing on the moon on July 20. It presents a uniquely qualified perspective, from launching pad to splashdown and all way-out-there points in between—and also the sensation that you're practically riding along.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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posted on: 7/26/2009
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