The series follows Magnum on his various adventures,
involving clients, guests staying on the estate, or plots
involving his days in Vietnam. Magnum requires assistance
occasionally from his friends, TC, Rick, Asst. D.A. Carol
Baldwin, his buddies in Naval Intelligence; even Higgins
lends a hand from time to time. Begin the sixth season of
Magnum P.I. with more amazing action and adventure at every
turn. Highlights in this season include Higgins announcing
his leaving “Robin’s Nest”, a two-hour premiere involving
Magnum traveling to London only to uncover clues to his
unsettling dreams and a security leak aboard a Nuclear
Submarine putting Magnum deep into the depths of Naval
corruption. The stories are all great in this season which
is a surprise seeing as this is the sixth season. Most shows
are dead at this point. To me, this show never really gets
old. Magnum is just good prime-time entertainment! This DVD
season presents all 20 episodes on five discs with Full
Frame format and Dolby sound. There is a detailed episode
summary for each disc and a teaser bonus episode from season
seven. Colorful packaging and entertaining picture discs
round out this great collection.
ROCKFORD FILES: Season Three - Universal
Jim Rockford, an ex-con pardoned for an
armed robbery he didn’t commit, is a private investigator
specializing in closed cases. He is sometimes assisted by
his father Joseph (a.k.a. Rocky), his best friend Sgt.
Dennis Becker of the LAPD, his lawyer/girlfriend Beth
Davenport, and his former cell-mate Evelyn “Angel” Martin.
Written by Brian Washington. If you like Cop shows from the
seventies, this is the show for you. Running from 1974 to
1980, Jim Rockford has entertained millions with his
adventures in solving crimes that were thought to be
unsolvable. James Garner is priceless in his role with
supporting cast members including Joe Santos and Noah Beery
make this team an absolute hit. The stories are clever and
full of action and suspense. Highlights in season include
“Piece Work” involving Rockford with gun-runners, “New Life,
Old Dragons” combining the CIA with $500,000 dollars in
stolen payrolls and “Dirty Money, Black Light” involving
Rockford’s father receiving cash in the mail from the mob.
Some of the guest stars in this season include Ron Rifkin,
Burt Young and Veronica Hamel. The DVD contains all 22
episodes on five discs presented in Full Screen format with
Dolby digital sound. The packaging is attractive with an
episode guide on the inside cover. Extras include an episode
from the upcoming season four.
ROMEO + JULIET - Fox
This ambitious undertaking, adapting
William Shakespeare’s classic tale of star-crossed lovers
and setting the story in a glossy music-video style in 1990s
Florida. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the famous
lovers kept apart by rival industrialist families. Bookended
by newscastsers reciting Shakespeare’s prose as their copy,
this clever glam updating of Romeo and Juliet is one of the
most unusual adaptations of the Bard’s work in the history
of cinema. The stylish and colorful sets earned the film an
Oscar nomination for art direction. John Leguizamo gives a
memorable performance as a devilish Tybalt. This latest
installment, the Music Edition, provides numerous extra
features that focus on the music for this film. Also
included are interviews with the composers on the project.
This is an outstanding version, particularly if you enjoyed
the music from the film.
STRANGER THAN FICTION - Sony
One morning, a seemingly average and
generally solitary IRS agent named Harold Crick begins to
hear a female voice narrating his every action, thought and
feeling in alarmingly precise detail. Harold’s carefully
controlled life is turned upside down by this narration only
he can hear, and when the voice declares that Harold Crick
is facing imminent death, he realizes he must find out who
is writing his story and persuade her to change the ending.
The voice in Harold’s head turns out to be the once
celebrated, but now nearly forgotten, novelist Karen “Kay”
Eiffel (Emma Thompson), who is struggling to find an ending
for what might be her best book. Her only remaining
challenge is to figure out a way to kill her main character,
but little does she know that Harold Crick is alive and well
and
inexplicably aware of her words and her
plans for him. Included in the bonus features on this DVD
are deleted scenes, funny on-scene moments, and behind the
scenes featurettes.
THE ALICE FAYE COLLECTION - Fox
Here are four not-to-be-missed musicals
from the glory days of the genre, all featuring the
indisputable charms of Alice Faye: That Night in Rio,
Lillian Russell, On The Avenue, and The Gang’s All Here. Her
girl next door looks combined with a sultry singing voice
made Alice Faye one of Hollywood’s biggest stars in the
Golden Age of Cinema. These musicals represent some of her
finest work. All dvd’s include bonus features. This is an
incredible set and simply not to be missed.
CONFETTI - Fox
British actor Martin Freeman first came
to the public’s attention with his turn as the jaded and
smitten Tim in Ricky Gervais’s television mockumentary The
Office. Freeman returns to the mockumentary format for
Confetti, taking a leading role alongside a host of British
actors, many of whom are also making the transition from
television to the big screen. The film revolves around three
couples who have reached the final stages of a magazine
competition to find the most unique and originally themed
wedding; the prize is a multimillion dollar house. Jessica
Stevenson from Britcom Spaced plays Freeman’s other half,
and their rivals are a tennis-obsessed couple played by
Stephen Mangan and Meredith MacNeill, and a naturist duo
brought to life by Robert Webb and Olivier Colman. This dvd
includes a couple of not to miss extra features including
three different alternate endings.
GHOST: Special Edition - Paramount
After renovating their expensive loft in the TriBeCa
section of Manhattan, Molly (Demi Moore) and Sam (Patrick
Swayze), a young successful yuppie couple, are walking home
one evening when Sam is tragically gunned down by a street
mugger. Molly goes into a deep depression, but, unknown to
her, Sam has come back as a ghost in order to protect her
from danger--although he isn’t yet aware who or what means
her harm, and he has a lot of learning to do in order to
make himself known to her. He teams up with an unwilling
psychic, Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg), and together they
try to convince a very skeptical Molly that Sam was actually
murdered and has returned spectrally to complete some
unfinished business. Moore and Swayze and are excellent as
the couple, and Goldberg won an Oscar for her portrayal of
the wild and wacky psychic. Ghost is considered by many to
be one of the most romantic films of the 1990s.