DVD Reviews

BLOODFEST BRITISH STYLE

BLOODFEST BRITISH STYLE

November 25, 2018
DVD
ULTRAVIOLET (2000) BBC MINI SERIES, 6 EPISODES Joe Ahearne, Director/Writer Palm Pictures The best, freshest vampire tale since Bigleow's Near Dark, only with that famous English restraint, and no cool Cramps tunes. The story goes that vampires, referred to here as Code Vs, and humans have co-existed for years, but with the current human trend towards self-destruction on a global level the vampires have organized to protect their food supply. In six one-hour episodes we meet the CIB team…
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Amélie’s Retro Hell

Amélie’s Retro Hell

September 15, 2018
DVD
THE BEST OF ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN Three-Disc Set Rhino Retro Vision Leave it Rhino to capture the very essence of the LAUGH-IN experience by virtue of the packaging alone. Designed after the show's signature Joke Wall (including punch-out doors that reveal cast pictures), the attractive CD set gooses the memory circuits at first sight. The collection does not disappoint, serving up six giddy hour-long episodes from 1968-1970 with splendiferous menu designs and exclusive interviews with cast members Gary…
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CATCHING UP WITH WALTER TROUT

CATCHING UP WITH WALTER TROUT

October 17, 2004
DVD
Walter Trout is a bluesman to the core. Inspired to play live blues by a chance meeting with Duke Ellington and cured of destructive drinking and drugging by a close encounter with Carlos Santana, Trout plays live over 300 days a year. In Europe he can barely walk down the street without being noticed, but in America, home of Brittany Spears, he's happy filling up the Coach House on a good night, and his fans are happy to have…
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TAKING A CHANCE Victor D. Infante interviews Amber Benson

TAKING A CHANCE Victor D. Infante interviews Amber Benson

July 17, 2001
CD
Before all the hullabaloo began about BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER moving to UPN, and the subsequent furor over the titular character's apparent demise (yeah, right) the Internet was alight with discussion over Amber Benson's new independent film, CHANCE. More to the point, fans were abuzz about the fact that she was funding it out of pocket, with a little help from her fans. Little Willow, who runs the Amber Benson fan site THE ESSENCE OF AMBER soon after began promoting the…
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