Category: Reviews (Page 111 of 120)

…Walt Disney Pictures has temporarily allowed “Pooh’s Grand Adventure” out of the Disney vault for your purchasing enjoyment.

There are very few latter-day sequels to Disney classics that I’m willing to put my stamp of approval on, but this is one of them…and that’s mostly because it features two of the original “Pooh” voices: John Fiedler as Piglet, and Paul Winchell as Tigger. (If you didn’t hear, the actors both died in 2005…within a day of each other, eerily enough.) Also, however, this was at least a theatrical release, instead of one of those crappy straight-to-video pieces of crap like, say, “Bambi 2002.” The big thing about this DVD that will suck in “Pooh” purists even if they don’t want to embrace the film itself is that, as a special feature, Disney has included the Academy Award winning short, “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day.”

Be sure to grab “Pooh’s Grand Adventure” quickly if it’s the kind of thing that tickles your fancy at all. It won’t be long before it’s put back in its slot in the Disney vault…right next to that original version of “Song of the South” that Walt used to play at parties.

Out on DVD this week:

1) Munich – BUY: It’s a real shame that this film was released when it was, going up against other nominees like “Brokeback Mountain” and “Crash” at the Oscars, because it would have had a much better chance any other year.

2) Grandma’s Boy – PASS: Ever wonder why gamers get such a bad rep? This is it.

3) The New World – PASS: I’m not even going to waste my time coming up with something witty to say about this movie. It sucked… real bad. Period.

4) Rumor Has It – RENT: I haven’t gotten around to checking this one out yet (it’s sitting on top of my DVD player as we speak), but I’m confident that it’ll be worth checking out at least once for the cast alone.

Also out this week are special editions of “Ronin,” “The Poseidon Adventure,” “The Towering Inferno,” and “Earthquake,” as well as new season releases of “Scrubs,” “The West Wing,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “That 70s Show,” and “The Golden Girls.”

Out on DVD this week:

1) Family Stone – RENT: For those who were expecting a family comedy, I feel your pain, but that doesn’t make this movie bad. In fact, it’s one of the better family holiday films out there.

2) Last Holiday – PASS: Queen Latifah has made ONE good movie. This isn’t it.

3) Delicatessen – RENT: Before Hollywood went all nuts on making sick and twisted films like “Saw” and “Hostel,” the French were already doing it… except they find it funny!

Also out this week is a re-issue of “Wyatt Earp,” season six of “King of the Hill,” a whole slew of classic shows on DVD (including “I Love Lucy” and “Leave it to Beaver”), and the made-for-TV version of “United 93.”