DVD Verdict reviews: THE HUNTING OF THE PRESIDENT, FRIDAY THE 13TH: FROM CRYSTAL LAKE TO MANHATTAN, and more!

Today, DVD Verdict posted reviews of THE BARYSHNIKOV COLLECTION: THE
NUTCRACKER, DIAL M FOR MURDER, FRIDAY THE 13TH: FROM CRYSTAL LAKE TO
MANHATTAN, GAMERA LIMITED EDITION BOX SET, THE HUNTING OF THE PRESIDENT,
THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS, THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE, and THE UNTOUCHABLES:
SPECIAL EDITION:


THE BARYSHNIKOV COLLECTION: THE NUTCRACKER (reviewed by Sandra Dozier,
overall score 80/100):
"I'm not typically a fan of ballet, but I can watch Baryshnikov in
practically anything. His control and ability to catapult himself as
though he were lighter than the air he's moving through are a feast for
the eyes. I was constantly shaking my head in wonder at his
athleticism."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/ba...nutcracker.php

DIAL M FOR MURDER (reviewed by Dan Mancini, overall score 90/100):
"Alfred Hitchcock's talents as a filmmaker were countless, but his
ability to dictate -- almost at a moment's notice -- the character with
whom his audience identifies, and his penchant for using that talent to
express moral ambiguity by playing our emotional reactions to
storytelling conventions against our ethical sensibilities, is perhaps
the most singular and potent of them."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/dialmformurder.php

FRIDAY THE 13TH: FROM CRYSTAL LAKE TO MANHATTAN (reviewed by Patrick
Naugle, overall score 95/100):
"Friday the 13th usually stayed pretty consistent throughout. The
filmmakers knew exactly what the fans wanted -- nubile teenagers, icky
death scenes, and multiple angles of Jason walking through the woods as
if he were on a cross-country trek of terror. During the course of eight
movies, the plot hardly ever deviated form the norm: teens head to a
summer camp to party, teens smoke and have sex, teens go home missing
vital organs and appendages. It may not have been cinematic rocket
science, but the filmmakers always gave fans what they wanted."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/friday13thboxset.php

GAMERA LIMITED EDITION BOX SET (reviewed by David Ryan, overall
score 86/100):
"Even though he was a friend to children, Gamera never quite got his
message of child-friendly Japan-defending through to the Japanese
military establishment. They just kept on shooting at him, and treating
him like a pariah, even though he was repeatedly saving Nippon's
collective bacon from a series of monsters who were decidedly not
friends to children."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/gameraboxset.php

THE HUNTING OF THE PRESIDENT (reviewed by Eric Profancik, overall
score 75/100):
"Hunting teaches you that with enough power and influence, any law can
be bent and any person can be attacked."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/huntingpresident.php

THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS (reviewed by Dan Mancini, overall score 88/100):
"Sugarland Express comes off at first pass as a low-key and inauspicious
debut feature, and one not particularly Spielbergian. But take a closer
look and you'll find the themes of parental separation and emotionally
stunted adulthood so often revisited during the director's prolific
career. It's just that, in this inaugural theatrical outing, those
themes are presented sans the high-octane action and extra-terrestrials
that would come to define Spielberg's career."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/sugarlandexpress.php

THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (reviewed by Michael Stailey, overall
score 96/100):
"From the opening Max Fleischer-inspired flashback -- complete with
hilarious homages to Fred Astaire and Josephine Baker -- to the film's
final heartfelt frame, Belleville's world is a lush, intricately woven
tapestry in which not one millimeter of real estate is left undeveloped.
Drama, mystery, comedy, satire, and social/political commentary populate
its landscape."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/tr...belleville.php

THE UNTOUCHABLES: SPECIAL EDITION (reviewed by Mitchell Hattaway,
overall score 95/100):
"After a little more than 17 years, The Untouchables is still just
as powerful and entertaining as ever. If you're looking for facts
and historical accuracy, you can always watch an Oliver Stone
film. Heh-heh."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/untouchablesse.php

Mike Jackson
Editor & Webmaster, DVD Verdict
www.dvdverdict.com

DVD Verdict