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One of the greatest Saturday morning creations has arrived on DVD in a spectacular set. Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids is the brainchild of Bill Cosby, inspired by and partially based on the comedian’s early life and subsequent comedy routines. One of the characters is named Bill, and another is Bill’s brother Russell (and…
There sure were some crazy science fiction films in the 80s. One of these was Lifeforce, which featured England going up against alien zombie vampires. In the (then) near future of 1986 a mission to explore Halley’s Comet finds some sort of structure with, among other things, 3 humanoid bodies in some sort of…
There’s a sequence early on in Cohen & Tate that makes very little sense. A family under federal witness protection is on a farm somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Of course things are going to go poorly and the bad guys are coming. So, the phone line gets disconnected as the man under witness…
Set as a prequel to The Wizard Of Oz, Disney released Oz The Great And Powerful combining elements of the original beloved film as well as the literary work that inspired it as well as a few elements from the prequel novels Gregory Maguire. To that end Oz The Great And Powerful delivers. James…
Kramer was a great character on “Seinfeld”, the whacky neighbor, a star but not the lead, and the weight of the show didn’t depend on him. When he did become the center it was funny, but not nearly as funny as when he was in a supporting role, part of the ensemble. The same can…
I liked Atlantis: The Lost Empire when it was originally released in theaters back in 2001. I enjoyed the fact it was a “ripping adventure” in the style of perhaps Indiana Jones or 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. It made money, but was not the blockbuster the studio was hoping for. Critically it got mixed…
There is a lot to like about Lilo & Stitch. There’s a female lead that isn’t a princess. The story features a great representation of family and what it means. And Stitch is a great character with wonderful physical comedy. When it was released in theaters in 2002 it proved successful, a television series and…
The Emperor’s New Groove was released theatrically in 2000 and at the time reminded me very much of Hercules from a few years earlier. The story was decent but a number of time-based anachronisms were in place. It was a bit weird and while it was a success, it wasn’t the blockbuster Disney hoped for….
Frankie Go Boom is one of those crazy comedy film with intertwined characters that seems like a good idea on paper. There’s Charlie Hunnam (TV’s Sons Of Anarchy) as Frankie, a guy hiding out from society in a camper in Death Valley. His parents (played by Nora Dunn and Sam Anderson) get him to come…
The Bubble Guppies return to DVD with Sunny Days, an interesting, if seasonally appropriately named, collection of episodes. If you’re not familiar with the show, it’s a semi-science based educational show on Nickelodeon for the Nick Jr. block of programming. The core group is a school of merpeople, their teacher Mr. Grouper, and the Bubble…