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by Kaare Kvenild |
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Best TV to DVD Release Alfred Hitchcock Presents really hit its stride here with its second season.
There are no real extras on this set, just five disks
of possibly the most creative suspense show in the
history of TV. Hitchcock, much like Rod Serling did
with "The Twilight Zone," was able to assemble
top-notch talent to participate in his television
series. Hitchcock's introductions and prologues were
always a highlight of the show. This set is worth
every penny.
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Best Animated DVD Release I know this is more than one title. But
Warner Brothers has finally caught on to how big their
DC Comics properties are. In 2006 they released ten
season sets of their DC animated properties on DVD:
"Superman The Animated Series Season 3," "Batman
Beyond Seasons 1 & 2," "Teen Titans Season 1 & 2,"
"The Batman Seasons 1 & 2," "Justice League Seasons 1 &
2," and "Justice League Unlimited Season 1." They
have four more sets coming out in 2007. These sets
are in such high demand upon release that they are often
sold out in a matter of days. Ranging in prices these
sets are a must for any fan or collector.
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Best Re-Issue DVD If you want to know why I picked "Seven Samurai," go
check out my Top 10 DVD releases of the year. I can't
say any more about that then I already have or I'll
take up about six pages. "The 400 Blows," on the
other hand, I've said nothing about. I first saw this
film in college while taking a film studies class and
it blew me away. One of the darlings of the French
New Wave Cinema, "400 Blows" follows young Antoine
Doinel as he rebels against everything that can
possibly hold an adolescent boy down: parents,
school, lack of money, you name it. This was Director
Francois Truffaut's first feature film and one of his
most memorable. We get a peak inside the life of
Antoine as he begins to rebel only to lose what
already he possessed. You can purchase "The 400
Blows" separately or in "The Adventures of Antoine
Doinel" boxed set from Criterion ($99.95) which
contains not only the special edition of "400 Blows,"
but the other films in the Antoine Doinel series:
"Stolen Kisses," "Love On The Run," "Bed and Board" and
"Antoine and Colette." See a French master filmmaker at
his best.
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Best Documentary Release OK, so this released on 12/27/2005, but if the
Grammy's can ignore albums released after Thanksgiving,
I can ignore the fact that it came out four days
before New Year! Werner Herzog documents the life of
Timothy Treadwell and his work with the wild Grizzly
Bears in the Alaskan wild. Treadwell spent 13 summers
living with the bears, and on the last day of his last
summer he and his girlfriend were killed and eaten by
one of those bears. Heartwarming, heartbreaking,
breathtaking and often hilarious, "Grizzly Man" was
robbed of an Oscar nomination last year when some
penguins got in instead (not to say that movie wasn't
deserving of its win). It also has some of the most
amazing footage of wild grizzly bears ever filmed.
This DVD also falls under the best deal of 2006 at $14.95
retail price. Check this one out, even if it's just to hear
German born Herzog's pronunciation of the word
"bears."
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Most Anticipated Releases of 2007 Where do I begin here? My most anticipated release of
2007 is the "Monsters and Madmen" set from the
Criterion Collection. A set of four films, two horror
movies starring the great Boris Karloff ("The Haunted
Strangler" - 1958, and "Corridors of Blood" - 1958)
and two sci-fi/horror gems ("First Man in Space" -
1959, and "Atomic Submarine" - 1959). I can't wait
for this set! Boris Karloff is one of my favorite
actors of all time, and what better company to put out
some of the best genre flicks than Criterion?
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