I Review DVDs

DVD Title: The Incredibles
DVD Release Date: March 15, 2005
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, Dominique Louis.
ASIN: B00005JN4W
Rating:
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DVD Review: Pixar’s computer-generated animated adventure about retired superheroes, blends action, humor and even a touch of earnest emotion to create a higher level of entertainment. Mr. Incredible, and his wife, Elastigirl, live uneventful lives in the suburbs with their children, all with superhero powers themselves. When a mysterious woman tempts Mr. Incredible out of seclusion and into a new world of superhero adventure, it reconnects him with his family, as they learn to become “The Incredibles.”

DVD Title: The Squid and the Whale
DVD Release Date: March 21, 2006
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, Halley Feiffer.
ASIN: B000CS464G
Rating:
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DVD Review: “The Squid And The Whale” is a terrific film exploring the fall-out from a mid-80s divorce. The way this film shows us the damage done to two young boys caught in the middle of this divorce is unblinking. Both boys suffer different kinds of psychological damage in the process of the family’s breakup. Although the story is told from the children’s point of view, it very revealing of the adults. This film has the ring of truth to it and it gets all the seamy little details right; the jealousy, the envy, the pain of loss, the petty disputes over property.

DVD Title: Mean Girls
DVD Release Date: September 21, 2004
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler.
ASIN: B0002IQJ8W
Rating:
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DVD Review: “Mean Girls” might appear to be another teen comedy, but this perceptive picture is both surprising and funny. With colorful characters and snappy performances, “Mean Girls” is a rare laugh-out-loud film. Lindsay Lohan stars as Cady, a girl raised in the African bush country by her zoologist parents. She thinks she knows about survival of the fittest, but the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters public high school for the first time and encounters psychological warfare and unwritten social rules that teenage girls face.