Monday, October 31, 2011

The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection - Jet Pink

The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection - Jet Pink Review



The seven-and-a-half-minute animated title sequence for the 1963 feature film The Pink Panther was such a success that it spawned a very popular cartoon series. This marvelous collection of eight DePatie-Freleng classics comes to DVD as a companion to four of the Pink Panther films. Included is the very first short, "The Pink Pfink," which won an Oscar for Best Animated Short Subject in 1964. With its minimalist design and cool attitude, the Pink Panther became a Saturday morning phenomenon. With more than 175 shorts to choose from, too bad this collection is so sparse. Also, it would've been nice if some of the color elements had been restored. They're a little too pink at times. --Bill Desowitz


Saturday, October 29, 2011

Civil Rights Movement Film Footage 4 DVD Box Set: Black History Movies & the History of African American Civil Rights Featuring Martin Luther King, Black Panther Rally Footage & the 1963 March on Washington

Civil Rights Movement Film Footage 4 DVD Box Set: Black History Movies & the History of African American Civil Rights Featuring Martin Luther King, Black Panther Rally Footage & the 1963 March on Washington Review



Civil Rights Movement Film Footage 4 DVD Box Set: Black History Movies & the History of African American Civil Rights Featuring Martin Luther King, Black Panther Rally Footage & the 1963 March on Washington Feature

  • 4 DVD Box Set
  • Disc 1:Black History and Civil Rights Films (1930's - 1970's)
  • Disc 2: Black Panther Film (1960's)
  • Disc 3: March on Washington Film (1963)
  • Disc 4: Poor People's March (1968)
4 DVD Box Set Culture - Black History - Civil Rights Box Set - Disc 1:Black History and Civil Rights Films (1930's - 1970's) Disc 2: Black Panther Film (1960's) Disc 3: March on Washington Film (1963) Disc 4: Poor People's March (1968)


Friday, October 28, 2011

United Artists Cinema Greats (3 box sets, 12 DVDs) Vol. 1, 2, and 3 / 12 Angry Men, A Bridge too Far, Judgement at Nuremberg, Paths of Glory, A Fistful of Dollars, Dr. No, The Magnificient Seven, The Pink Panther, Rocky, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, West Side Story

United Artists Cinema Greats (3 box sets, 12 DVDs) Vol. 1, 2, and 3 / 12 Angry Men, A Bridge too Far, Judgement at Nuremberg, Paths of Glory, A Fistful of Dollars, Dr. No, The Magnificient Seven, The Pink Panther, Rocky, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, West Side Story Review



United Artists Cinema Greats (3 box sets, 12 DVDs) Vol. 1, 2, and 3 / 12 Angry Men, A Bridge too Far, Judgement at Nuremberg, Paths of Glory, A Fistful of Dollars, Dr. No, The Magnificient Seven, The Pink Panther, Rocky, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, West Side Story Feature

  • United Artists
  • Cinema Greats Collection 1, 2, and 3
United Artists Cinema Greats 1, 2, and 3. 12 Angry Men, A Bridge too Far, Judgement at Nuremberg, Paths of Glory, Rocky, The Great Escape, Thomas Crown Afffair, West Side Story, A Fistful of Dollars, Dr. No. The Magnificient Seven, The Pink Panther


Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The Party

The Party Review



A film extra gets invited to a wild Hollywood A-list party when he was supposed to be fired.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: NR
Release Date: 11-JAN-2005
Media Type: DVD


Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Drive-In Movie Classics 50 Movie Pack

Drive-In Movie Classics 50 Movie Pack Review



Time to get the popcorn and lean back the recliner for 50 drive-in classics that will take you back to a golden era of over-acting and cheesy special effects. Find the best and worst of undiscovered Drive-in cinema featuring box office legends and complete unknowns.


Monday, October 24, 2011

Passin' It On - The Black Panthers' Search for Justice

Passin' It On - The Black Panthers' Search for Justice Review



Passin' It On - The Black Panthers' Search for Justice Feature

  • The Black Panthers' Search For Justice. A gritty and soulful film, Passin' It On is the story of a man in search of justice who is wronged by the nation with which he is at odds. Part indictment, part redemption tale, this film offers startling insight the Black Panther Party's role in a social revolution, and the New York police department and the FBI's devious targeting of one
A gritty and soulful classic film, PASSIN’ IT ON is the story of one man in search of justice who is wronged by the nation with which he is at odds. Part indictment, part redemption tale, the film offers startling insight into the role of the Black Panther Party in a social revolution, and the New York Police Department and the FBI’s devious targeting of one of the organization’s most fervent leaders--Dhoruba Bin Wahad (born Richard Moore). Emerging from the Bronx ghettoes and a life of petty crime, Dhoruba dived headfirst into the Black Power movement, serving breakfast to school children with one hand while wielding a gun with the other. Amid a national program of FBI-led appression against the Panthers, Dhoruba was framed on the flimsy evidence of the wounding and grotesque disfigurement of two police officers and sent to prison. After trials and mistrails, incarceration and eventual acquittal 19 years later, a still-impassioned Dhoruba, whis attorneys, and other Panthers finally tell this incredible tale of race, revolution, and redemption. "A visually compelling film that speaks of a movement, not only a man" (NPR), PASSIN’ IT ON bristles with poetry and the exhilarating recollections of a true American political prisoner. DVD Features: Follow-up Interview with Dhoruba Bin Wahad in Ghana; Interview with Author & Activist Kathleen Cleaver; Filmmaker Interviews; Former Black Panther Jamal Joseph Interview; Filmmaker Biographies; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection


Saturday, October 22, 2011

Inspector Clouseau

Inspector Clouseau Review



The world's favorite Pink Panther super-sleuth is back and at it again in this outrageous comedy caper, starring Alan Arkin as the beloved but brainless Inspector Clouseau. When a nation's in trouble, criminal masterminds don't stand a chance against the French detective with a knack for recklessinvestigation. Tension is building at Number Ten Downing Street when it's discovered that the money stolen in the Great Train Robbery is merely operating capital for a bigger criminal plan. Never to fear, Clouseau is here! The bumbling detective sets out on a clumsy crusade to catch the crooks.But the case takes a riotous twist when Clouseau's face is seen masquerading from Swiss bank to Swiss bank for the heist of the century. Will Clouseau manage to save the day, or will the case of mistaken identity end his crime fighting forever?


Friday, October 21, 2011

Jungle Book (Jetlag Productions)

Jungle Book (Jetlag Productions) Review





Features include:

•MPAA Rating: UNRATED
•Format: DVD
•Runtime: 48 minutes


Thursday, October 20, 2011

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

TV Double Feature - Four Star Playhouse - The Bomb/Go Ahead & Jump

TV Double Feature - Four Star Playhouse - The Bomb/Go Ahead & Jump Review



The Bomb --Directed by Blake Edwards Guest Stars: David Niven (as) John Dehner (as) Margaret Sullavan (as) Margaret Sheridan (as) Go Ahead & Jump Eddie, a cab driver, picks up a sad looking fare and brings him to a hotel where he witnesses the man being humiliated by his ex-wife. When the man asks to be taken to the middle of the biggest bridge, Eddie uses some every day, hard-nosed psychology, and a little lie, to make the man see that life is worth living


Monday, October 17, 2011

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Black Panther Yakuza New Chapter (Japanese Drama, English Sub, 3DVD Digipak)

Black Panther Yakuza New Chapter (Japanese Drama, English Sub, 3DVD Digipak) Review



The drama has an original storyline, which begins with Tatsuya joining the Dragon Heat tournament after being accused of a murder


Saturday, October 15, 2011

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

The Pink Panther Strikes Again Review



Peter Sellers is "in top form" (Cue) in this zany adventure that finds the accident-prone InspectorClouseau using some of his most outlandish disguises ever. With "ferociously funny karate encounters" (Time) with the enigmatic Cato (Burt Kwouk) and dangerous intrigue with a sexy Russian spy (Lesley-Anne Down), this hysterical comedy will strike your funny bone! Driven over the edge by the maddeningly incompetent Clouseau, former Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) commandeers a doomsday device and threatens to destroy the world. His only demand? Clouseau's death! But thanks to his nemesis' dumb luck, the assassins hired to kill him can't seem to finish the job - although Clouseau may do it himself by tripping over his own two feet!


Thursday, October 13, 2011

The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation

The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation Review



The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation Feature

  • The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation tells the gripping story of Robert King Wilkerson, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, men who have endured solitary confinement longer then any known living prisoner in the United States. Politicized through contact with the Black Panther Party while inside Louisiana's prisons, they formed one of the only prison Panther chapters in his
The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation tells the gripping story of Robert King , Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, men who have endured solitary confinement longer then any known living prisoner in the United States. Politicized through contact with the Black Panther Party while inside Louisiana s prisons, they formed one of the only prison Panther chapters in history and worked to organize other prisoners into a movement for the right to live like human beings. This feature length movie explores their extraordinary struggle for justice while incarcerated in Angola, a former slave plantation where institutionalized rape and murder made it known as one of the most brutal and racist prisons in the United States. The analysis of the Angola 3 s political work, and the criminal cases used to isolate and silence them, occurs within the context of the widespread COINTELPRO being carried out in the 1960 s and 70 s by the FBI and state law enforcement against militant voices for change.

In a partial victory, the courts exonerated Robert King of the original charges and released him in 2001; he continues the fight for the freedom of his two brothers. The ongoing campaign, which includes a civil case soon to come before the Supreme Court, is supported by people and organizations such as Amnesty International, the A.C.L.U., Harry Belafonte, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield of Ben and Jerry s Ice Cream, Ramsey Clark, Sen. John Conyers, Sister Helen Prejean, (the late) Anita Roddick, Bishop Desmond Tutu and the ANC. Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox have now endured as political prisoners in solitary confinement for over thirty-five years.

Narrated by Mumia Abu-Jamal, The Angola 3features interviews with former Panthers, political prisoners and revolutionaries, including the Angola 3 themselves, and Bo Brown, Geronimo (ji Jaga) Pratt, Malik Rahim, Yuri Kochiyama, David Hilliard, Rod Coronado, Noelle Hanrahan, Kiilu Nyasha, Marion Brown, Luis Talamantez, Gail Shaw and many others. Portions of the proceeds go to support the Angola 3.


Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Biography: Blake Edwards - Calling the Shots (A&E DVD Archives)

Biography: Blake Edwards - Calling the Shots (A&E DVD Archives) Review



After six decades in Hollywood, his name is synonymous with sophisticated, cutting-edge filmmaking.

One of the most successful directors of his generation, he masterfully blends sophistication with slapstick. From the madcap antics of the TV show Soap to the bumbling brilliance of Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther films, Blake Edwards has been the driving force behind an incredible succession of unforgettable comedies. Yet Edwards's skill behind the camera extends to drama as well, with such classics as Days of Wine and Roses.

BIOGRAPHY® draws on the memories of those who know him best to tell Blake's story, illuminating his lonely childhood, chronicling his long marriage to actress Julie Andrews, and showcasing his many famous films. Filled with clips and candid interviews with Blake and his closest colleagues, this is the definitive portrait of a Hollywood legend.


Monday, October 10, 2011

Kobujutsu: Ancient Japanese Weapons Martial Art

Kobujutsu: Ancient Japanese Weapons Martial Art Review



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Sunday, October 9, 2011

The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection, Vol. 1: Pranks in the Pink

The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection, Vol. 1: Pranks in the Pink Review



This prized collection of the first 27 theatrical shorts featuring the Pink Panther includes the brilliant, Oscar®-winning* The Pink Phink as well as the only two cartoons (Sink Pink, Pink Ice) in which the mischievous feline speaks! *1964: Animated Short Subject