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Posted by DVD Verdict on 01/16/38 11:48
Today, DVD Verdict posted reviews of AVENGER: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION,
DAY OF THE ANIMALS, FUNKTIONAL FITNESS, GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE
COMPLEX: 2ND GIG (VOLUME 4), THE GOEBBELS EXPERIMENT, OH! CALCUTTA!,
SAIYUKI RELOAD GUNLOCK (VOLUME 1), STATES OF CONTROL, 10TH DISTRICT
COURT, and VIDAS SECAS:
AVENGER: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (reviewed by Mac McEntire, overall
score 80/100):
"I'll leave it up to you to decide for yourself whether robot servants
made to look and act like little girls are creepy, but you should know
going in that this series places a lot of emphasis on the dolls. Just
why these girl-robots are so important and why they're such a source of
constant drama in everyone's lives is beyond me."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/avengercoll.php
DAY OF THE ANIMALS (reviewed by Bill Gibron, overall score 80/100):
"While the technical aspects of this release are substandard at best,
Girdler delivers one of the better examples of environmental evil in the
genre's brief bonanza. Whether you believe that Something is Out There,
or that this truly is the Day of the Animals, this fright-flick
flashback is a lot of fun."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/dayanimals.php
FUNKTIONAL FITNESS (reviewed by David Johnson, overall score 90/100):
"All in all, it's a solid fitness disc, made strong by a variety of
workouts, a charismatic instructor, and an innovative incorporation of
drum solos to augment the workouts."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/funktionalfitness.php
GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX: 2ND GIG (VOLUME 4) (reviewed by
Adam Arseneau, overall score 94/100):
"As in the first season, the ultimate goal of the Individual Eleven is
to engineer and orchestrate a stand-alone complex; a self-perpetrating
explosion of events that spiral through society without any clear origin
or traceable route."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/gits2ndgigvol4.php
THE GOEBBELS EXPERIMENT (reviewed by Mike Jackson, overall score
83/100):
"There's no context, no outside opinion, no contradiction, no
corroboration. It's simply one man's thoughts...about himself. The
viewpoint makes The Goebbels Experiment distinctive, but not
particularly engaging."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/goebbelsexperiment.php
OH! CALCUTTA! (reviewed by Brett Cullum, overall score 76/100):
"Any serious Broadway buff should include the very first nudie musical
in their collection. Take it from a guy who has trodden the boards
without a costume, we owe a lot to these brave men and women who stood
defiantly naked and sang a number without pants."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/ohcalcutta.php
SAIYUKI RELOAD GUNLOCK (VOLUME 1) (reviewed by Kerry Birmingham, overall
score 70/100):
"For a series with such heavy subtext, everything is kept consistently
low key and bubblegum-bright; even mortal peril fails to inspire any
sort of urgency for the characters, who return to comic bickering almost
instantly."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/saiyukireloadgunlockvol1.php
STATES OF CONTROL (reviewed by Dennis Prince, overall score 91/100):
"Frankly, there's much going on in States of Control, far beyond what
many of today's viewers expect when sitting down to the usual big-screen
bombast, and the result here is refreshing and much appreciated."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/statescontrol.php
10TH DISTRICT COURT (reviewed by Joe Armenio, overall score 85/100):
"Depardon seems to be saying that the purpose of a trial is not to
discover the truth but to enforce hierarchy."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/10thdistrictcourt.php
VIDAS SECAS (reviewed by Steve Evans, overall score 80/100):
"This is hard-core arthouse material, as arid and bleak as Bergman,
so know what you're in for before parting with a suggested retail
price of $30."
FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/vidassecas.php
Mike Jackson
Editor & Webmaster, DVD Verdict
www.dvdverdict.com
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