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*Spirited Away - Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Miyazaki's Spirited Away) (Garber review) **** 1/2
Upset by her family's move to the suburbs, a 10-year-old girl is led into a parallel universe by her parents -- who are magically transformed.
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*Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Garber review) *****
We had the remarkable experience of viewing the film in its English-language form, while in Paris, and we thought sadly that many of the visual and language puns would, in fact, be lost on our fellow audience members. . .
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Amazon dot com *****
Amazon.com is our tried-and-true source for books, kitchen equipment, DVDs and more. We love their fast shipping and reasonable prices, too!
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Bringing Out the Dead (Keyes review) *
If Hieronymus Bosch, the 16th-century Dutch painter, were alive today, he would love Bringing Out the Dead. Heck, he probably would have made it.
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Canada's national DVD chart -- Friday, July 16, 2004 *
The Globe and Mail's weekly list. . .
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Canada's national DVD chart -- Friday, July 9, 2004 *
The Globe and Mail's weekly list -- for Friday, July 9, 2004.
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Canada's national movie chart -- Friday, June 4, 2004 *
Friday, June 4, 2004: This week's DVD sales in Canada
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Chicago gets a little class back **** 1/2
A song deleted from the theatre release is the jewel of this disc, writes WARREN CLEMENTS
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Daredevil vs. Spider-Man (Animated Series) DVD ** 1/2
It doesn't take a genius to figure out why this suddenly popped up on the shelves.
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Dead Like Me (Garber review) *****
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen anything good on television, it seems. Well. . . anything television-like that has been good. You see, today’s DVD review is from a television series, but most of us have not yet seen it on the tube.
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DVD rentals a click away *
A handful of enterprising computer geeks in Ottawa have launched a new company, called Zip.ca, that could save movie renters in this country millions of dollars a year.
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DVD rentals online ASAP ****
We've all cursed the local video store when faced with paying yet another late fee...
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DVD rentals tops for first time *
Movie renters turned to DVD first and VHS cassettes second last week, marking the first time disc rentals have outpaced tapes in the U.S. market, the Video Software Association said.
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Entertainment world wary of Microsoft *
CinemaNow Inc., the Internet-based movie service, is a rarity in Hollywood — a company that eagerly embraces Microsoft Corp. technology and relies on it exclusively to transmit, protect and display the movies it rents to customers.
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Futurama on DVD *****
I'll admit that Futurama is one of my all-time favourite cartoon shows, and I considered throwing myself into a suicide phone booth (the way that Bender and Fry met) when the series got cancelled, but the arrival of this timely DVD has given me a new lease on life.
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Groundhog Day DVD (Garber review) *****
Groundhog Day is not only one of the best comedies of the 1990s, but also one of the best comedies of all time. It's a truly original movie concept.
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Ice Age (Keyes review) ****
Animated feature about a sabretooth tiger (voice of Denis Leary), a sloth (John Leguizamo) and a mammoth (Ray Romano) try to return a lost infant they discover during the Ice Age.
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Kid surfers make waves among Canada's advertisers *
Canadian youth are now spending more time surfing the Internet than vegging in front of the TV, an Ipsos-Reid poll released Tuesday says.
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Minority Report (Garber review) *****
Minority Report Wins Majority Support: Minority Report, Spielberg's latest, is an action-packed blockbuster film, depicting America 50 years hence, where future crimes can be detected before they're actually committed. Tom Cruise stars as John Anderton, a police chief who becomes the Justice Department's number-one suspect.
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Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle -- Hauru no Ugoku Shiro (Garber review) *****
Director Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away) again creates a world apart from our own, yet jarringly resonant of the terra firma we know. A brilliantly haunting feature-length animated adventure-of-the-spirit. Five stars.
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Moulin Rouge (Keyes review) **** 1/2
Moulin Rouge is remarkable, a brilliant piece of work that sets a new high bar for movie musicals.
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New DVDs: He Tarzan, she Jane, you watch *
On one vine, Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan is romancing Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane. On another, Andie MacDowell as Jane is deciding whether to swing away with Christopher Lambert as Tarzan. On a third, Bo Derek -- well, best to leave that one alone for the moment.
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New Nirvana box set released on anniversary of Cobain's death *****
The box set "With the Lights Out" contains 81 tracks, 68 of which were previously unreleased. The box set spans Nirvana's entire career, from a recording of Led Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker" to the debut version of "Smells like Teen Spirit," plus many extras, including a DVD of rare live appearances.
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NEW ON VIDEO/DVD -- Friday, September 12, 2003 *
Star ratings were provided by Globe and Mail critics at the time of the film's theatrical release
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NEW ON VIDEO/DVD -- Friday, September 19, 2003 *
Star ratings (out of four) were provided by Globe and Mail critics at the time of the film's theatrical release.
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Not just one singular sensation -- DVD commentary from The Globe *
New DVD musicals put the dazzle in the razzle dazzle, WARREN CLEMENTS writes
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Online DVD rentals: Your movies are in the mail *
Online DVD movie rental services have delivered an extreme makeover to the industry of home video: no due dates and no late fees...
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Pact brings peace to the Seinfeld cast *
Resolution of a bitter conflict over royalties clears the way for the release of a DVD collection.
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Pixar shares take Incredibles hit from DVD sales *
CFO says massive box office successes may have shorter shelf life than other films.
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Quirky eye from the DVD guy *
WARREN CLEMENTS looks at the year's odd offerings and not-so-special features.
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Recommended DVDs: Finally, something to get animated about **** 1/2
For discs that go the extra mile, WARREN CLEMENTS recommends you find Pixar's Nemo set and a Warner Bros. tribute to Bugs, Daffy and friends.
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Sammo, Soupy, Kylie and Jacques *
WARREN CLEMENTS unearths some of the quirkier music DVDs of 2003...
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So much to see, so little time *
It's an embarrassment of riches, writes WARREN CLEMENTS , everything from classic weepies to full TV series
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The Cider House Rules (Keyes review) **** 1/2
Based on the novel by John Irving -- who also wrote the screenplay -- The Cider House Rules tells the story of Homer Wells, a child without parents who is raised and mentored by his orphanage's doctor.
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The Dead Zone ***
Never one of Stephen King's most celebrated novels, his 1979 offering The Dead Zone, has proven to be one of his most enduring.
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete First Season DVD set ***
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Some missing elements, but still a solid collection.
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The Pool (Alexiou review) ** 1/2
If you are planning to have your friends over for drinks and mindless fun, and want something on the TV that doesn't demand too much attention, than you could do worse than The Pool. Of course, you could do a lot better.
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Time to embrace the wicked witch *
The dastardly sorceress spices Sleeping Beauty, writes WARREN CLEMENTS, while an earlier Titanic hits the iceberg of melodrama.
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Video releases: On the dusty road to heaven *
To paraphrase The Battle Hymn of the Republic, it's time to trundle down to the videos where The Grapes of Wrath is stored. Fox has expertly restored the classic 1940 John Ford film of the John Steinbeck novel co-starring John Carradine, which is not to be confused with The Gospel of John or John Wayne's The Alamo, which are also out this week.
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Waking Life DVD (Garber review) *****
This highly imaginative feature-length "rotoscope" (painted images on filmed action) movie -- Waking Life -- stars the voices of Wiley Wiggins, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy and others. Directed by Richard Linklater.
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Zip.ca (Zip dot ca) *
So how cool is this? Recommended by our tech-savvy designer, Marissa and our webmaster, François!
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*Jungle Book 2 (Garber review) **
Our hero -- young Mowgli -- is back with a "sequel" to The Jungle Book, although to be truthful, in this case there never was a book, and there is barely any jungle, so two of the key elements are decidedly missing.
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Are singles ready to spin again? *
Some in the music industry are betting the DVD single may be the product that restores the '45' to its former glory
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Oregon town marks 25th anniversary of Animal House *
They put a wrecking ball through the building that was Delta House in the classic comedy Animal House, so what's left?
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