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| Category | Animation DVDs, Playstation Portable Movies, UMD Video Videos, Thriller, Mystery, Science-Fiction/Fantasy, Anime/Japanimation, Robots/Cyborgs, Japan, Future/Futuristic Worlds | | Director | Rintaro | | Art Director | Shuichi Hirata | | Composer | Toshiyuki Honda, Rin Taro | | Music | Kimura Atsuki, Minako "Mooki" Obata | | Producer | Katsuhiro Otomo, Shuichi Hirata, Yuka Imoto, Kei Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Nakura, Kouki Okada | | Screenwriter | Katsuhiro Otomo | | Story | Osamu Tezuka |
Animated; Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; English Soundtrack; French Soundtrack; English Subtitles; Spanish Subtitles; French Subtitles; DVD Included This animated Japanese film from Rintaro (X) and Katsuhiro Otomo (AKIRA), based on the 1949 manga by Osamu Tezuka, takes place in the futuristic city of Metropolis. A struggle between the robots and the human population of the city, who once coexisted peacefully, has now exploded into a violent revolution. An investigation conducted by private detective Shunsaku Ban and his nephew Kenichi leads to an outlaw scientist named Dr. Laughton. The scientist was hired by the ruler of Metropolis, Duke Red, to create a superhuman robot-girl, Tima, to succeed him as the next ruler of Metropolis. However, Duke Red's jealous bastard son, the Rock of Marduk, cannot stand the idea of a robot taking the throne and he sets out to destroy Tima. What ensues is a frantic race as Kenichi and Tima flee the Rock through the underground tunnels, dilapidated alleys, and skyscraping towers (called the Ziggurat) of Metropolis, aided by a nurturing trash-collecting robot, Fifi.
Combining classic cartoon drawing with modern computer animation techniques, METROPOLIS plays on the sharp contrast between flat, round characters, and deep, undulating, digital backgrounds. A blimp-submarine vessel roves through Metropolis, sometimes propelled through a watery medium, other times gliding on a monorail or floating through mid-air. The detail of the city's decor is breathtaking, from the moldings and colorful facades of the momentous buildings to the shiny marble floors and leather furnishings of some of the city's sleek interiors. A New Orleans jazz soundtrack adds an element of playful mystique to the film, though the blaring rendition of "I Can't Stop Loving You" that plays as the towers come crashing to the ground in the hellish apocalyptic finale only enhances the shocking, warlike chill that permeates the film. Theatrical Release: January 25, 2002 (Limted) Metropolis Reviews: "METROPOLIS, a hallucinatory tour de force of color, perspective and scale, virtually encapsulates the history of Japanese animation..."-- A. O. Scott, New York Times "...Beautiful....The film is often a sci-fi's dream come true, and the illustrative style is quite classy..."
-- David Hunter, Hollywood Reporter "...METROPOLIS is an exhilarating reminder of how remarkable Japanese anime can be. An outstanding cinematic achievement and a masterpiece of modern animation..."
-- Ken Hollings, Sight and Sound "...METROPOLIS has an impeccable anime pedigree and a unique retro style....Much more than just a curio..."
-- Emma Rowley, Total Film "...A surprisingly thoughtful and challenging adventure that looks into the nature of life and love....If you have never seen a Japanese anime, start here. If you love them, METROPOLIS proves you are right..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Metropolis DVD UMD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame -
1.33
Widescreen -
1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - Japanese, English, French
Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese,
Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish - Optional
Subtitles - Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Greek,
Purchase Metropolis Movie To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Serj Tankian Elect The Dead CD (2007) Limited Edition; Special Edition
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The Special Edition version of ELECT THE DEAD includes a linen wrapped hardbound book-style case, a bonus disc, a 48-page color booklet containing artwork & poetry, and a code to unlock additional content.
That System of a Down had become one of metal's most popular, creative, and ambitious acts by 2007 was no secret, and was underscored by the appearance of ELECT THE DEAD, the solo debut by System lead singer and lyricist Serj Tankian. Like his music with System of a Down, Tankian's solo work is highly progressive, blending metal, industrial, acoustic passages, and jazz and classical flourishes in one bone-crushing, carnivalesque mindwarp.
Opener "Empty Walls" crosses crunching metal with the drama of an operatic aria (vintage Queen is a clear touchstone for Tankian), while "Sky Is Over" rides a dirgey, yet catchy chorus, and "The Unthinking Majority" continues Tankian's relentless political and social critique. Tankian performed nearly all the instrumental and vocal tracks himself making this complex and unclassifiable labor of love all the more impressive.
So, the inevitable finally happened. Those who have followed the life of System of a Down and its lead vocalist and lyricist Serj Tankian have wondered for years when he would finally issue his debut offering. Tankian, whose political and aesthetic activity keep him wildly busy, has become an identity that cannot be contained by the trappings of a band. System's 2005 two-part offering Mezmerize/Hypnotize, produced by Rick Rubin, was a creative high point and perhaps a pinnacle for a band whose individual members had different directions they needed to explore outside that collective. These guys did it right; they came up from the underground. They started with a well-circulated three-song demo -- it reached Australia and New Zealand -- and word of mouth that scored them their deal in America. They made records their own way, and went on an indefinite hiatus before those divergent interests lessened the
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| | Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - The Complete Epic Series DVDs (1979)
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In 1979, producer Glen A. Larson (Battlestar Galactica, The A-Team) revived the character of Buck Rogers (originally created in 1928) for a television pilot for NBC. The result got a theatrical release, only to appear a year later on television as a prelude to a series starring Gil Gerard as the astronaut who goes on a space mission, only to awaken 500 years later on a severely different Earth and be chosen to aid a special defense organization due to his superior piloting skills. In the second season, Buck becomes a crew member on the Seacher, a spacecraft on the mission of finding lost tribes of Earth on other planets. Buck's robot assistant is voiced by cartoon legend Mel Blanc. This 5-DVD set includes all 32 episodes and the original pilot movie.
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| | Neverending Story DVD (1984)
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In director Wolfgang Petersen's charming fantasy, Bastian (Barrett Oliver), a lonely schoolboy alienated from his father and bullied by his classmates, retreats to an attic where he becomes engrossed in a book entitled THE NEVERENDING STORY. It is the tale of a magical kingdom appropriately named Fantasia, since it is a world born of human fantasies. However, as humanity loses faith in the power of imagination, the once-thriving Fantasia is being destroyed by great storms of Nothingness. Dangerously ill herself, Fantasia's youthful empress (Tami Stronach) sends the young warrior Atreju (Noah Hathaway) on a quest to find a cure for the kingdom. After encountering flying dragons, swamp monsters and a vast assortment of other strange creatures, the young hero discovers that only a human boy can save Fantasia, at which point Bastian is drawn, literally, into the pages of the story.
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English
| | Tron DVDs (1982) Anniversary Edition; Collector's Edition; Widescreen
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A video game designer trying to prove a big time executive stole his idea is sucked into a corporation's mainframe where programs are personified counterparts of their writers and "users" are subjects of religious faith. A well-crafted and scripted metaphor, TRON benefits from breakthrough computer animation.
Closed Captioned; Additional Footage; Bio/Filmographies; Soundtrack English; Director's Comments
| | 100 Feet DVD (2008) Widescreen; Subtitled
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When a woman serving time for the murder of her husband is granted early release on the condition that she remains under house arrest for the remainder of her sentence, her past strikes back with a supernatural vengeance in this thriller from director Eric Red (UNDERTOW and BAD MOON). Marnie Watson (Famke Jansen) was suffering under the brutal hand of her husband Mike (Michael Pare) - a violent New York City cop - when she struck back in self-defense. In the aftermath of that tragedy, Mike was dead and Marnie convicted of manslaughter. Now released from prison and outfitted with an electronic ankle bracelet the will alert authorities to her location at all times, Marnie is given strict orders to remain in her house until her sentence is served in full. As Marnie begins to serve her time, her late husband's partner observes from a patrol car parked across the street - eager for the moment she violates her probation and he can lock her up for good. But there's something else in the house with Marnie, and now the woman who thought her nightmare was finally over is about to discover that it's only just begun. Marnie's husband is just as evil in death as he was in life, and he's determined to strike back at the woman who killed him with savage ferocity.
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| | Evil Dead (1979) Widescreen
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Director Sam Raimi's first film has achieved legendary status since its 1982 release, and for good reason. Though perhaps not as widely seen as its two sequels, EVIL DEAD 2 and ARMY OF DARKNESS, THE EVIL DEAD is arguably the best of the three. It is the story of five college-age friends who travel to a cabin in rural Tennessee where the stumble upon the Book of the Dead, an ancient tome bound in human flesh and inked in blood. After unwittingly awakening the unspeakable terror told of in the book, each of the friends is transformed into the evil dead, one by one, except for Ash (Bruce Campbell). So, Ash is left with no other way to survive than to dismember the living corpses of his sister, girlfriend, and two of his friends. Shot on a shoestring budget, the film boasts some impressive camera work and extremely over-the-top gore effects as well as a sense of humor much more subtle than the tongue-in-cheek aesthetic of the two sequels.
Widescreen; English Soundtrack; Dolby Digital 5.1re; 3" Mini Umd DVD
| | Gundam Wing: The Movie - Endless Waltz (1996) Subtitled
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Taking place one year after the GUNDAM WING television series, ENDLESS WALTZ finds both the Earth and the colonies at peace. With all conflict seemingly resolved, the Gundam pilots have sent their Gundams into the sun. Unfortunately, one of the colonies seizes this opportunity to kidnap a high ranking official to help kickstart their plans of world domination. The special edition DVD also includes both the unedited OVAs as well as the feature film.
Animated; Standard Screen; English Soundtrack; English Subtitles; Dolby Digital 5.1re; Japanese Soundtrack
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This computer animated film picks up where the Playstation FINAL FANTASY VII video game left off. Cloud, the hero of the game, has retired into seclusion, but when a mysterious and lethal disease known as Geostigma begins to spread across the planet, and three powerful, villainous children appear, he reluctantly emerges to face the new and mysterious threats. Featuring some of the most spectacularly lavish computer graphics ever created, ADVENT CHILDREN continues the complex and compelling tradition that has made the Final Fantasy series one of the most popular games of all time.
The CG-animated feature film continuing the storyline based on the hot Playstation game "Final Fantasy VII." Two years later the ruins of Midgar stand as testament to the sacrifices made in order to bring peace. However theworld will soon face a new menace. A mysterious illness is spreading fast. Old enemies are astir. And Clound who walked away from life of a hero to live in solitude must step forward yet again...Rated PG-13. 101 minutes.
| | Classic Albums - Nirvana: Nevermind (1991)
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Nirvana's groundbreaking 1991 album NEVERMIND raised the Seattle trio to the status of Godhead, forever changing the face of the pop music market. "Here we are now, entertain us" may have come and gone as a catch-phrase, but as an insight into a generation's bitterly restless tide, it ranks right up there with "I can't get no satisfaction." Part of the CLASSIC ALBUMS series, this release sheds new light on the production and legacy of NEVERMIND through revealing interviews with industry insiders including BLEACH producer Jack Endino, DGC Records A&R man Gary Gersh, Butch Vig, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, and Jonathan Poneman and Nils Bernstein of Sub Pop Records. With unprecedented openness, remaining band members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl discuss the production of individual songs, and tell amusing anecdotes about the band's financial struggles just before making it big. In addition, NEVERMIND producer Butch Vig invites viewers into his studio, where he dissects and examines each of the album's tracks. By isolating, examining, and reassembling each instrument and vocal track, Vig is able to recreate the manner in which the album was produced.
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| | Depeche Mode - One Night In Paris: The Exciter Tour 2001 (2001)
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One of England's most popular and influential synth pop bands, Depeche Mode's sound has progressed from a tightly structured new wave style to one that is darker, longer, and more experimental. Acclaimed video director and photographer Anton Corbijn, who has worked with the band on some of its most memorable music videos, directs this special concert video, filmed at the Paris performance of 2001's EXCITER tour. Included along with the 2-hour concert is an entire hour and a half of backstage footage and band interviews. Songs like "Dream On," "Enjoy the Silence," and "Never Let Me Down Again," sound even more emotional with Corbijn's daring visual style to complement them.
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; English Soundtrack; 3" Mini Umd DVD
| | House Bunny (2008) Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled
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Comic actress Anna Faris (LOST IN TRANSLATION, SCARY MOVIE) shines in her starring turn in THE HOUSE BUNNY, a hilarious and heartfelt tale of female empowerment. As the film opens, Shelly Darlingson (Farris) is Big Bunny on Campus at Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion. With her 27th birthday approaching, Shelly eagerly anticipates fulfilling her dream: to be centerfold of the month. But when she learns that she's being booted from Bunnyland, Shelly finds herself with no family or place to call home. Desperate for both, she lucks across the socially inept sisters of the Zeta Alpha Zeta sorority. With no hope of attracting new pledges and the consequent threat of losing their sorority, the girls of Zeta take in the bubbly Shelly as their new "house mother." Shelly immediately sets to work helping the Zetas bring out their inner glamazons, luring in boys while drawing the ire of rival sorority Phi Iota Mu. Shelly also catches the eye of Oliver (Colin Hanks), who forces her to realize that it will take more her Playboy Mansion ways to win over a good man. Plus, Shelly discovers that her social insights have transformed the Zetas into the very superficial types they once railed against. And when Hugh Hefner calls to offer Shelly her dream centerfold shoot, she must choose between returning to the family that loved her best and saving the family that needs her most. Faris (who co-produced the film) is a comic delight as Shelly, with a perfect blend of sexy charm and sweet-natured cluelessness. Supported by an excellent cast of fresh faces and seasoned veterans, THE HOUSE BUNNY is an irresistible tale of inner beauty and "sisters" sticking together.
Widescreen; English Soundtrack; French Soundtrack; Spanish Soundtrack; English Subtitles; French Subtitles; Dolby Digital 5.1re; 3" Mini Umd DVD
| | Astro Boy - Vol. 1 (2003) Widescreen
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In the 1960s, Osamu Tezuka's ASTRO BOY became the first Japanese manga to be adapted into an anime series. This 2003 version offers a modern sci-fi update while still retaining the original's classic style (as well as incorporating some of the darker elements of the 1980s remake). The series follows a superhero robot named Astro, who fights crime in the "retro-futuristic" Metro City. Originally created by research scientist Dr. Tenma in the image of his deceased son, Astro was discarded with the scientist's realization that his son could never be replaced. Later discovered by the kindly Dr. O'Shay, Astro was revived and given a robot family, while O'Shay served as his mentor in the belief that humans and robots can and should get along with each other. Astro, however, is not like other robots--in addition to his superior strength and jet-rocket arms and legs, his brain is the most advanced in the world and is capable of feeling all human emotions. Astro is a reluctant superhero, fighting to keep the peace between robots and humans, and always coming to the city's rescue against all manner of nefarious evildoers. This collection presents the series' first volume of episodes.
Animated; Widescreen; English Soundtrack; English Subtitles; 3" Mini Umd DVD
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