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 | | 9. Wizard of Oz-70th Anniversary | | | Starring: Bert Lahr Billie Burke Director: King Vidor Victor Fleming | | Format: DVD Release Date: 9/29/2009 |  | The Wizard of Oz - 70th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition (1939) - DVD Review By: The Masked Movie Snobs - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 9/29/2009 7:43 PM | | It's intimidating to sit down to write a review of The Wizard Of Oz. I put it right up there with reviewing The Beatles or Huck Finn. What do you say that hasn't already been said? How do you find an angle on something in its seventh decade? For full disclosure, I have to admit that this movie has been in my Top 5 films ever since I was probably five- or six-years-old. Movies have come and gone and this film has never wavered. When we got a VCR, it was the first film I taped off of TV and watched and rewatched. When it was released on VHS, I had the deluxe edition. And back again for another version for the 50th Anniversary. In 1999, I was put my money down for a bare bones DVD version for the 60th Anniversary. Just back in 2005, I purchased the three-disc Collector's Edition on DVD. Now, Warner Bros. has gone into full Oz-mode again for the 70th Anniversary of the film. read the full review | |
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 | | 10. Wizard of Oz-70th Anniversary (Blu-ray) | | | Starring: Jack Haley Margaret Hamilton Director: King Vidor Victor Fleming | | Format: Blu-Ray DVD Release Date: 9/29/2009 | | The Wizard of Oz (70th Anniversary - Ultimate Collector's Edition) (1939) - Blu-Ray DVD Review By: El Bicho - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 10/5/2009 9:37 PM | | One way to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz is the Ultimate Collector’s Edition on Blu-ray. This adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is one of the all-time classics in the history of cinema, and will win you a bet against nay-sayers who confidently claim there’s never been a remake as good as the original film. Shot in sepia-toned black and white, young Kansan Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) lives on a farm with her aunt and uncle, dreaming of a chance to break away, as the song goes “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” During a tornado, she receives a bump on the head and then finds herself, her dog Toto, and her house, which landed on and killed the Wicked Witch of the East, in the magical Land of Oz, vividly brought to life by Technicolor. read the full review | |
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 | | 11. Coraline | | | Starring: Dakota Fanning Teri Hatcher Director: Henry Selick | | Format: DVD Release Date: 1/3/2010 | | Coraline - DVD Review By: Chris Cabin - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 7/10/2009 4:48 PM | |
Remember The Nightmare Before Christmas? The holiday classic is invariably credited to its producer and story writer Tim Burton, but the film was actually directed by New Jersey native Henry Selick, an animator on Pete's Dragon and The Fox and the Hound who met Burton when they both worked at Disney in the '80s. Selick finally returns to the world of stop-motion animation once again, which he used solely in both Nightmare and the 1996 Roald Dahl adaptation James and the Giant Peach, with Coraline, another adaptation of a cryptic children's fable, this one written by literary goth overlord Neil Gaiman. read the full review | |
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 | | 14. Dinosaurs-3rd and 4th Seasons | | | | Format: DVD Release Date: 5/1/2007 | | Dinosaurs - The Complete Third and Fourth Seasons - DVD By: Sombrero Grande - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 5/1/2007 2:42 AM | | Dinosaurs ran on the ABC network for four seasons in the early 1990s. The elaborate brainchild of Jim Henson, it showcased “live” anthropomorphic dinosaurs living a caricature of our modern suburban lifestyle. Part The Simpsons, part The Flintstones, and part The Muppet Show, Dinosaurs took familiar elements and fused them together into a family sitcom that was unlike anything anyone had seen before or since.
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 | | 25. Hannah Montana the Movie | | | Starring: Miley Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Director: Peter Chelsom | | Format: DVD Release Date: 8/18/2009 | | Hannah Montana: The Movie - DVD Review By: Sean O'Connell - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 8/7/2009 7:48 PM | |
Hannah Montana: The Movie acted as my official introduction to the identity crisis that is Miley Cyrus and her pop-music-powered alter ego. I have two boys, after all. The farthest we've ventured down Disney's empowered-female food chain is Kim Possible (which, for the record, deserves its own live-action film adaptation in the vein of Tomb Raider, yet better). But now, at least, I understand the hoopla surrounding this spunky, cool, and charismatic young performer. Her overly produced musical anthems aren't my cup of tea, but I get why so many people line up to drink what she's serving. read the full review | |
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 | | 29. Speed Racer (Widescreen) new! | | | Starring: Emile Hirsch Director: Andy Wachowski Larry Wachowski | | Format: DVD Release Date: 11/10/2009 | | Speed Racer - DVD Review By: Sean O'Connell - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 1/30/2009 4:47 PM | |
Speed Racer currently leads a race it won't want to win. Right now it's the summer's most irrelevant blockbuster, the first missed opportunity of a still-developing season that hasn't yet entered turn one. Even worse, Racer now sits in the pole position for the undesirable title of Year's Goofiest Movie. Andy and Larry Wachowski, creators of the Matrix trilogy, contradict themselves from the start. The brothers have written and directed a live-action adaptation of the 1960s anime series that fails to keep a foot in reality. Speed Racer doesn't break new ground; it clings to cartoonish boundaries established by Wile E. Coyote as he pursued that pesky Road Runner. read the full review | |
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 | | 38. Night At the Museum-Battle of Smithsonian coming soon! | | | Starring: Amy Adams Hank Azaria Director: Shawn Levy | | Format: DVD Release Date: 12/1/2009 | | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - DVD Review By: Bill Gibron - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 11/20/2009 6:42 PM | |
Shawn Levy has no soul. Perhaps put another way, he is one of the few filmmakers working today who lacks the requisite motion picture magic to make his fantastical ideas sing. Now that's nothing new to anyone who's seen his hamfisted hackwork in such incoherent remake comedies as Cheaper by the Dozen and The Pink Panther. He's also the Nachos, Flanders Style of visionaries, unable to bring a lick of wonder to his tedious kid flick Night at the Museum. Now he's back with another baffling, sure-to-be crowd pleaser, and while Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian has much better effects than the prior outing, the story -- and some of the casting -- seems geared toward destroying any amount of visual goodwill accrued. read the full review | |
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 | | 41. Wizard of Oz-70th Anniversary | | | Starring: Jack Haley Ray Bolger Director: King Vidor Victor Fleming | | Format: DVD Release Date: 9/29/2009 | | The Wizard of Oz - DVD Review By: David Bezanson - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 9/18/2009 5:43 PM | |
The Wizard of Oz is a classic film from an era when American studios were confident and breaking ground (within the discipline imposed by the Hays Office). Stuffed with now-familiar tropes -- the yellow brick road, the wicked witch, the emerald city -- and a supply of often-quoted lines, famous songs, and gags, the film is probably as entertaining now as it was in 1939. Oz was groundbreaking in a number of ways, most obviously in its visual impact. Movies in color had been made for a while, but most films in 1939 were still in black and white, so the gimmick of beginning in BandW and shifting to Technicolor was very effective. Some of the special effects were advanced at the time (and are still one of the movie's strengths). read the full review | |
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