| | Ghost In The Shell DVD (5 Customer Reviews)
DVD. Japanimation. Hit animated feature film by Mamoru Osh ii. In Engl & Japanese w/ subtitled. Bio, mking-of spec. & promo trailer. Another visually sensational animated film from the producers of the acclaimed "Akira."
Major Motoko Kusanagi is a beautiful cyborg who works for Section 29, Japan's secret police force, in the year 2029. Motoko's supervisor, Aramaki, orders her to find Puppet Master, a sinister computer terrorist created by a rival organization.
Helping her is fellow cyborg Bateau and the almost entirely human agent Togusa. Because their prey has the ability to hack into the minds of his enemies, the evil villain must be stopped as soon as possible.
But as the tough cops close in on their target, Motoko realizes that she and Puppet Master seem to have a lot in common. The makers of "Akira" present another milestone Japanimation epic in this futuristic odyssey about an elite half-cyborg female agent sent out to apprehend a cyber-genius data thief who is plundering the very contents of people's minds. Contains nudity and violence. The Collector's Edition includes a special 30-minute documentary on the making of the film. Shown at the 1996 Berlin and South by Southwest Film Festival.
Released theatrically in New York City March 29, 1996.
Produced by Kodansha in association with Bandai Visual and Manga Entertainment.
James Cameron, who directed such science fiction movies as "The Abyss" and both "Terminator" films, had this to say of "Ghost in the Shell": "Stunning... the first truly adult animation film to reach a level of literary and visual excellence... an important visionary work."
Voices: Richard George (Bateau); Mimi Woods (Major Motoko Kusanagi); William Frederick (Aramaki); Abe Lasser (Puppet Master); Christopher Joyce (Togusa); Mike Sorich (Ishikawa); Ben Isaacson (Nakamura); Hank Smith (Minister); Steve Davis (Diplomat); and Phil Willimas (Willis).
Copyright 1995 Masamune Shirow/Kodansha Ltd./Bandai Visual Co., Ltd./Manga Entertainment. English Language Version Copyright 1996 Kodansha Ltd./Bandai Visual Co., Ltd./Manga Entertainment Inc. Ghost In The Shell Reviews: "...Richly imagined....Slick and visually dazzling..."
-- Kim Newman, Sight and Sound "...A knockout vision of a machine-run cityscape..."
-- Steve Daly, Entertainment Weekly "...[With] a Disney-bashing level of detail, prolonged musings about the human soul and an eye-saucering hard line in action..."-- Ceri Thomas, Total Film "Sublimely realised, intellectual ponderous, cheesy fun."
-- Kevin Maher, Uncut Ghost In The Shell Movie Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  the best anime has to offer.
one of the best of all time. that is all i can say. you are not a true anime fan if you do not own this movie.
Submitted by brandesbd (illadelph,PA,USA) 
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this anime is superior to most. the story is excellent and the animation is glorious. a story to rival akira, but not quite.
Submitted by chrisasadler (west midlands, uk)
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For fans of anime, it doesn't get much better than this. "Ghost" is the one that started it all in America. Superb artwork, superb story. Can't wait till they make Ghost in the Shell 2 into a movie!
Submitted by a reviewer (Springfield, IL)
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Masterfully executed, superbly rendered. This is as close to top-flight anime as can be found. I do miss the Shirow Masamune touch, but admittedly, this may not have garnered the accolades it did if it was left too close to the manga.
The video transfer is excellent. No discernable line noise, colour-banding issues, or panning stutter. The colour is vibrant; the contrast solid.
The audio is also very good. My only issue was during a moment between Batou and Kusanagi on the boat just prior to sensing the "ghost". The english voice talent made the scene too confrontational instead of quiet introspection as the japanese script seemed to call for.
I can't wait for the continuation.
Submitted by mataal (Scarborough, Ontario, Canada)
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This movie will blow you away with fast paced action, mind-altering psychological rumifications and awesome graphics that keep you on the edge of your seat.
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Ghost In The Shell DVD Region 1
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Single Side - Single Layer
Anamorphic Widescreen -
1.85
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1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - Japanese
Additional Release Material:
Alternate Scenes: Deleted Scenes/Outtakes
Featurette: THE MAKING OF GHOST IN THE SHELL
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Interactive Menus
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A highly acclaimed, animated samurai sword-and-sorcery epic. Jubei, a masterless ninja for hire. He joins forces with a powerful female ninja, Kagero, after the rest of her ninja team is destroyed by a powerful man-monster. With extraordinary fight scenes and stunning animation NINJA SCROLL is Yoshiaki Kawajiri's masterpiece.
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| | Princess Mononoke DVD (1997) Widescreen
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A beautifully realized tale of civilization versus nature, PRINCESS MONONOKE is a true epic by Japan's master animator Hayao Miyazaki. While protecting his village from a rampaging boar-god, the warrior Ashitaka (Billy Crudup) is cursed with a rapidly spreading scar that threatens to end his life. Seeking a cure and a reason for the animal-god's attack, he journeys into the sacred depths of the Great Forest Spirit's realm. On the edge of this once serene forest, however, the Tatara clan have begun to destroy the surrounding land to produce iron. In retaliation, San (Claire Danes), the adopted daughter of the wolf-god Moro (Gillian Anderson), has begun raiding the Tatara fortress to stop their encroachment. Soon Ashitaka is caught in the middle and must stop the war between the humans and the forest dwellers before they destroy each other.
Miyazaki, who was personally responsible for 80,000 of the film's 144,000 hand drawings, uses the story's lush feudal setting as a character unto itself, filling the screen with vast mountainous landscapes and gorgeous wooded glens that recall his early film, NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND. The film also features battle sequences that are reminiscent of the stunning live action warfare in Akira Kurosawa's RAN. The startlingly fluid movements of these mythological characters are detailed far beyond any other hand-animated production, easily making this one of the most spectacular animated films ever made.
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This adaptation of the classic sci-fi adventure tale by H.G. Wells, directed by Simon Wells (the great-grandson of the author), stars Guy Pearce as Alex Hartdegen, an absentminded New York professor preoccupied with what passes for technology at the turn of the 20th century. However, the one thing that can distract him from his calculations is his love for Emma (Sienna Guillory), his bride-to-be. When tragedy strikes and he loses Emma, Alex uses the time-travelling machine that he's built in secret to change the present by going into the past. When that fails to alter fate, he leaps forward in time, eventually landing 800,000 years in the future, an era where humanity has splintered into two races--the docile Eloi and the ferocious Morlocks. There Alex befriends two of the Eloi (Samantha and Omero Mumba) and attempts to help them resist almost certain death at the hands of the Morlocks.
Like Pearce's character, this version of the novel is fascinated with technology and uses a daunting array of special effects. The fast-paced film was apparently not made without incident--Wells reportedly had a nervous breakdown during the shoot. Regardless of production difficulties, THE TIME MACHINE is an engaging spectacle that's anchored by Pearce and enhanced by the commanding appearance of Jeremy Irons.
Guy Pearce, Jeremy Irons, Mark Addy, Omero Mumba, Orlando Jones, Samantha Mumba - Director: Simon Wells Scientist and inventor Alexander Hartdegen is determined to prove that time travel is possible. His determination is turned to desperation by a personal tragedy that now drives him to want to change the past. Testing his theories with a time machine of his own invention, Hartdegen is hurtled 800,000 years into the future, where he discovers that mankind has divided into the hunter and the hunted. Arriving in the year 802,701, Hartdegen learns that humankind has evolved into two distinct species: The Eloi, who live above ground, and the Morlocks, fearsome creatures
| | One Hour Photo DVD (2002) Widescreen
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Viewed through our photographs, it would seem we have lived a joyous, leisurely existence. Sy Parrish (Robin Williams), who makes this observation, adversely leads a lonely life, operating a photo lab in a SavMart department store. He escapes his dreary reality through the family photos of Nancy Yorkin (Connie Nielsen) and her family. His admiration of the Yorkins becomes an obsession, as he fashions himself as Uncle Sy to little Jake (Dylan Smith). Sy's judgment becomes impaired by his unhealthy interest, causing him to lose his job of 11 years. As his final day approaches, Sy develops photographs revealing an indiscretion on the part of Mr. Yorkin (Michael Vartan). The unstable Sy now develops a disturbing, calculated plan to instill family values to the Yorkin clan.
Much of ONE HOUR PHOTO takes place inside a department store similar to a Wal-Mart, bordered in an icy blue. This cold atmosphere creates a solitary framework for the disturbed photo developer Sy Parrish, played with a melancholic detachment by Williams, working here against type. Director Mark Romanek (STATIC) has created a thriller with little violence. Instead, it is permeated with an uncomfortable fear emanating from its damaged protagonist.
Robin Williams stars in this thriller. Special DVD bonus features include writer/director/actor audio commentary, featurettes, interviews, more.
| | Sesame Street - Sesame Sings Karaoke DVD (2003)
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Your favorite characters from SESAME STREET get together to do a great selection of karaoke standards from down the years! Guests include Gloria Estefan, Destiny's Child, and Ben Stiller, with songs including "You Say Hola," "New Way To Walk," "Let's Go Driving," and "Ladybug Picnic," among many others.
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Known as the "Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele," Hawaiian native Jake Shimabukuro expands the instrument's traditional repertoire to include rock stylings that sound more like Eddie Van Halen than Don Ho. Shimabukuro continues to push the boundaries of the ukulele in his concert film MILLION MILES AWAY, which finds the virtuoso travelling from Hawaii to Tokyo to perform classical compositions with the Japanese Devil's Strings Quartet before returning home for a candlelit live performance of traditional Hawaiian ukulele music. Filmed on the 2004 RAINBOW tour, MILLION MILES AWAY also presents a selection of rehearsal takes, sound checks, and backstage footage for an intimate home-video-like atmosphere with artful black-and-white interludes.
| | Island Of Lost Souls DVD (1974) Widescreen
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Rene Cardona, Sr.'s film is based on the best seller by Jose Leon Sanchez, which relates the twenty years of imprisonment during which he lived on the Island of Lost Souls. The bruatality of the events, nakedly narrated in the book, propelled the novel to major success. Special DVD features include scene selection, bios and original theatrical trailer.
| | Crime Stories - The First Six Episodes DVDs (2006) Widescreen
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Richard Belzer hosts these first six episodes from Court TV's CRIME STORIES series, which documents the most notorious serial killers, mobsters, and criminal trials in 20th-century American history.
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In this Nickelodeon show for the information age, Carly and her best friend, Samantha ("Sam"), turn into instant celebrities when they take a routine homework assignment to the World Wide Web. As the young co-hosts of ICARLY, the duo offer an interactive experience that lets viewers become part of the act--even creating content that might be incorporated into the show! This collection presents the first volume of episodes from the teen show's second season.
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