Posted by tabernacle2002 on 03/21/06 13:34

DVD Verdict wrote:
> Today, DVD Verdict posted reviews of CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: MIDNIGHT SUN,
> THE CONFESSOR, EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED, FAQS, JOHNNY BELINDA, A
> LAWLESS STREET, MAN IN THE SADDLE, MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS: GRAHAM
> CHAPMAN'S PERSONAL BEST, PAUL MOONEY'S ANALYZING WHITE AMERICA, QUEEN:
> THE MAKING OF A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, and SOUTH PARK: THE COMPLETE
> SEVENTH SEASON:
>
>
> CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: MIDNIGHT SUN (reviewed by David Johnson, overall
> score 90/100):
> "All the lavish costuming was in place, the make-up, the hairstyles (my
> favorite: one of the singers seemed to have inserted shovel handles into
> her coiffure), the lighting -- all accounted for and as overwrought as
> you could possibly desire."
>
> FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/cirquedusoleilmidnightsun.php
>
> THE CONFESSOR (reviewed by Mitchell Hattaway, overall score 60/100):
> "Maybe I have a point here, or maybe I'm just trying to do anything I
> can in order to avoid having to write yet another review about yet
> another lifeless, boring, pointless thriller, I'm not sure. Well, I am
> actually sure about the latter, but...aw, hell, let's just get this
> over with."
>
> FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/theconfessor.php
>
> EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED (reviewed by Brett Cullum, overall
> score 87/100):
> "Oddly enough, where Schreiber fails in this directorial debut is in the
> climax. It's meant to be a heart-wrenching moment where everything
> clicks into place, but Everything is Illuminated becomes a misnomer,
> because everything just slightly glows."
>
> FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/everythingisilluminated.php
>
> FAQS (reviewed by Brett Cullum, overall score 85/100):
> "FAQS is so concerned with its own political message the characters
> often spout lines that sound like activist philosophy, rather than
> something real people would say."
>
> FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/faqs.php
>
> JOHNNY BELINDA (reviewed by Joel Pearce, overall score 83/100):
> "Like so many films, it wants to be all things for all people, but it
> does a better job than most performing an impossible balancing act."
>
> FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/johnnybelinda.php
>
> A LAWLESS STREET (reviewed by Paul Corupe, overall score 79/100):
> "With an emphasis on drama and historical ties rather than the usual six-
> gun justice, A Lawless Street is a captivating tale of political
> maneuvering in the Old West, complete with back-door deals, hired
> gunmen, and carefully plotted deceptions."
>
> FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/lawlessstreet.php
>
> MAN IN THE SADDLE (reviewed by Paul Corupe, overall score 77/100):
> "De Toth's flair for composition and color has the image popping off the
> screen in many scenes, and you can see the esteemed director's
> thumbprint throughout the film, enough to recommend this film to any
> viewer fond of striking cinematography."
>
> FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/maninsaddle.php
>
> MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS: GRAHAM CHAPMAN'S PERSONAL BEST (reviewed
> by Ryan Keefer, overall score 76/100):
> "In this version of his 'Personal Best,' the surviving cast members
> recall him fondly (fellow Python Michael Palin said Chapman was called
> 'late' because the other members always had to wait for him)."
>
> FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/mpfcchapmansbest.php
>
> PAUL MOONEY'S ANALYZING WHITE AMERICA (reviewed by Neal Solon, overall
> score 75/100):
> "Mooney is obviously quite intelligent, and many of the bits in his act
> are insightful. Others, however, paint white people with the same broad
> strokes that have historically been used to perpetuate stereotypes and
> prejudice against American minorities. Mooney clearly feels that
> turnabout is fair play."
>
> FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/analyzingwhiteamerica.php
>
> QUEEN: THE MAKING OF A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (reviewed by Brett Cullum,
> overall score 90/100):
> "But the interesting thing about Queen: The Making of A Night At The
> Opera is how it shows Mercury was not a solo act at any point of the
> album. He would lay down a basic skeleton of an idea, and the other
> three would flesh it out. Queen was always a collective, even when one
> of them wrote the song."
>
> FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/makingnightatopera.php
>
> SOUTH PARK: THE COMPLETE SEVENTH SEASON (reviewed by Bill Gibron,
> overall score 95/100):
> "Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who combine to form South Park's sinister
> soul, would like nothing more than to see the individuals and issues
> they attack simply dry up and blow away. There is no reverence from
> these amiable assassins."
>
> FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/southparkseason7.php


Okay here is what I Don't Get about South Park!

We now have season #7 coming out on DVD yet everytime they announce new
epsodes coming out on Comedy Central all I ever seem to see is the same
repeated episodes Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and Over and
Over again!!!


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