DVD Review: Orlok The Vampire 3D

There is nothing more exciting than to sit down to watch a good horror flick with a bowl of hot buttered popcorn and a tall glass of cold coca-cola and trying to keep from spilling it all when a scary scene comes up making you jump. I have loved horror movies since I was a kid, unfortunately it is not a taste in movies that my husband I share so I have to stay up at night alone if

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DVD Review: Supervan

Laser Blasting and solar powered! Watch out – It’s One Mean Machine! 70’s Exploitation cinema at it’s best!

Supervan is an exciting action packed film. Clint Morgan (Mark Schneider) defies his father by making a decision on his own. He decides to take the chance when he gets to enter his Van into a contest. He has the van customized like no other van has ever been. He has it equipped with lasers and a plush interior and the van

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DVD Review: Wish Me Luck Series 1

This 2 Volume Boxed DVD set, Wish Me Luck Series 1 is based on the true stories of female intelligence agents behind Nazi line. It has a great cast including, Kate Buffery, Jane Asher, Julian Glover, Michael J. Jackson, Warren Clarke and Jeremy Northam. Filmed on location in Britain and France Wish Me Luck boasts strong female characters, tension filled plots and historical authenticity.

On Disc 1 there are 4 episodes starting in England in 1942 where Liz Granger living in Dover with her 5 year

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DVD Review: Armchair Thriller Set 2

If you are a thriller lover like I am then this DVD set, Armchair Thriller Set 2 is for you. No one can do a good thriller like the Brits do. This set will surely keep you on the edge of your seat. The suspenseful plots trace the stories of desperate people trapped in dire situations. The grimly riveting tales are based on novels by acclaimed authors.

These tales feature superb acting, eerie ambiance and twisting plots. The excellent casts include Michael Feast, Renee Asherson, and

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DVD Review: The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Collection

This is an 11 volume DVD set of  The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Collection which hits the streets on DVD on March 16, 2010. Filled with suspense and psychological depth, we have these 17 feature length mysteries which are based on Ruth Rendell’s bestselling fiction. The stars included are Colin Firth, Honeysuckle Weeks, James D’Arcy, James Calls, Amanda Redman among others. This series had aired on public television in the 1990’s.

Rendell combines plots with a keen understanding of the motivations and machinations of the human mind.

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DVD Review: I Am Virgin

How would you expect one man to feel if suddenly he finds himself surrounded by 6.8 billion sex-crazed women and they all want him? In this DVD, I Am Virgin the guy who is a virgin and wants to save his virginity until he finds the right one to be with to spend his life with finds himself in this position.

The major problem is that the world has been infected by a virus transforming everyone into horny sex-crazed vampires forcing Robby, played by Adam Davis

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DVD Review: Traffik – Remastered 20th Anniversary Edition

I know that many would argue that the definitive movie about the illegal drug trade is the 1971 blockbuster The French Connection. I however disagree. In my mind the ultimate one was the 1989 British made for TV mini series Traffik. This six one hour episode series was terrifying in its stark reality of a very dark and murky world.

In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of its creation Acorn media has now released Traffik on DVD. The two DVD boxed set contains all six

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DVD Review: The New World

When I saw this DVD I kind of knew a little about the subject the film was about. As a woman I know what it is like worrying about your biological clock ticking and worrying that your time might be up for bearing a child of your own. I didn’t have my first child until I was 27 years old and I lost them, I was pregnant with twins. When I got pregnant again I gave birth to a son on my 28th birthday. It

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Movie Preview: Daybreakers

It is no secret in my home that I am a huge fan of horror movies. To me it is so exciting to sit in front of my TV at night with a bag of microwave popcorn and a huge glass of coca cola in the dark and watch a good horror movie. If it doesn’t make you jump a few times during the show it isn’t as much fun. With all this said it is easy to understand when a good movie with these

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DVD Review: Smiley's People - John Le Carre

John Le Carre followed up his hit novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy with another equally enigmatic one Smiley’s People. Set several years later it once again has George Smiley as the main character. Following Smiley’s unmasking of the Mole, Gerald, George found himself once more on the outside.

His call to action comes after an old and trusted ex spy turns up very dead on Hampstead Heath. The Circus has changed following the Bill Haydon fiasco, and all contact with the enemy, double agents, or the

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