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Empire Magazine Aus w. Serenity DVD Joss Whedon Firefly

This special copy of Empire magazine is still in it's plastic,
unopened. The articles are as follows:

Top 100 Biggest Movies
Interview with Joss Whedon on Serenity
Stealth, Cinderella Man, Little Fish Articles
Serenity review, as well as reviews of Red Eye, Stealth, Cinderella Man
and Little Fish

The special promo disc for Serenity which is only available with this
magazine contains:

Serenity Trailers - International & U.S. Versions
Starfury Convention - Serenity Cast Appearance and Q&A
Serenity Photo Gallery
Firefly Episode - 'The Train Job'
Buffy & Angel - Complete Seasons Trailers


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This Is Spinal Tap Criterion DVD R0 RARE Out Of Print

The only way to rate this film properly is by giving it an "11". This
is the all-time mother of all rockumentaries. Forget Biography, Behind
The Music or Lifetime's Intimate Portrait - this is what it's all
about. This Is Spinal Tap made a minor dent in the Heavy Metal armor of
the youth culture when it hit theaters in 1984. Over the years, that
dent has become bigger and bigger, as Spinal Tap has gone on to become
a major cult phenomenon on video - metal might be dead, but Tap lives
forever.

The Criterion Collection furthers its high standard of DVD production
to new heights with each disc it releases, and they didn't disappoint
with this one. Even the animated menu screens are well thought out - we
get hellfire lying at the bottom of the screen, licking and spitting at
the onscreen options. The disc looks wonderful for a non-RSDL,
non-anamorphic transfer. The film fits nicely at 82 minutes on one
side. The supplemental side isn't as stellar, but overall it looks
fine. The amount of supplemental material makes up for it - more on
that in a second. The sound is the original 2.0 stereo (Dolby Digital
on DVD) and it works fine. Some might have liked a remastered DD 5.1
track, just to open up the "live" portions a little more, but then that
might have screwed with the idea that this is a "documentary". In its
original stereo, it is just about perfect. Audio and video-wise, this
is a well-rounded disc.

As for the features: you get two separate audio tracks - one with
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer (not the useless
one of the band 'in character' on the re-release DVD), and another
track, almost equally funny, featuring Rob Reiner and some key talent
behind the camera (also not available on the re-release DVD). These
both run the length of the film, and can be found on the movie side.

The highlight of this disc, though, is the supplemental section. Can
you believe that there are so many extras, you actually have to flip
the disc over just to see them all? There are the hilarious promotional
trailers showing an Octoberfest celebration that has absolutely nothing
to do with the movie. There's also the original 20-minute demo reel
that features some of the better bits of the film, shot with different
supporting actors, and some scenes that didn't even make the theatrical
release. This was put together to raise money for the production, and
it gives a completely different look to some of the characters. They
also throw in a fake commercial for a best-of album Heavy Metal
Memories and the video for Hell Hole. Both look real, real funny. Last,
but certainly not least, we have about an hour of scenes that didn't
make it. Did you hear that? A whole hour of material that didn't make
the final cut! Can you believe it? It's all really funny, but some of
the funnier bits are the more in-depth scenes with Billy Crystal's
ranting mime, and some great character work by Bruno Kirby as a
chauffeur that can't get enough of Frank Sinatra.

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