DVD Verdict reviews: THE MEL BROOKS COLLECTION, DREAMER: INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY, and more!

Today, DVD Verdict posted reviews of A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN, CRUMB,
DREAMER: INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY, THE FACTS OF LIFE: THE COMPLETE FIRST
AND SECOND SEASONS, GLENN TILBROOK: ONE FOR THE ROAD, HOME MOVIES:
SEASON FOUR, THE MEL BROOKS COLLECTION, and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: SPECIAL
COLLECTOR'S EDITION:


A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN (reviewed by Geoffrey Miller, overall
score 84/100):
"The appeal of Peanuts has always been the incongruity of young children
with very adult personalities and problems. Charlie Brown may be barely
school age, but he has the same inadequacies and insecurities that many
of us 'grown-ups' do."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/bo...arliebrown.php

CRUMB (reviewed by Steve Evans, overall score 82/100):
"Crumb ultimately comes across as a bitter man, less deserving of our
pity than vague sadness."

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

DREAMER: INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY (reviewed by Michael Rankins, overall
score 89/100):
"It's rare that a film can be described as predictable, derivative,
simplistic, and saccharine, and also be described as a good movie.
Dreamer: Inspired By A True Story -- and yes, the latter subheading is
part of the film's official title -- is just such a rare film."

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

THE FACTS OF LIFE: THE COMPLETE FIRST AND SECOND SEASONS (reviewed by
Brett Cullum, overall score 84/100):
"It's hard to watch the show as an adult and remember how serpentine and
crushing these problems were and see it all confronted and solved in a
half-hour. All 29 episodes hide a special moral lesson aimed at teens,
and it makes the show hard to swallow when you've learned The Facts of
Life for yourself."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/fa...eason1and2.php

GLENN TILBROOK: ONE FOR THE ROAD (reviewed by Bill Gibron, overall
score 90/100):
"One can go out and purchase all the Squeeze/Tilbrook CDs they want,
but they won't offer the joy of seeing a man connect with his own
inner desire to entertain, nor will they provide the proof in
wonderful sequences of a man making music for those utterly devoted to
his designs."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/ti...fortheroad.php

HOME MOVIES: SEASON FOUR (reviewed by David Johnson, overall
score 93/100):
"What do you get when you cross a terrific show with a solid technical
presentation and a batch of interesting extras? Another must-own Home
Movies set, of course."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/homemoviesseason4.php

THE MEL BROOKS COLLECTION (reviewed by Ryan Keefer, overall score
81/100):
"In times of politically correct extremists who boycott and protest
everything, Blazing Saddles would never see the light of day in 2006.
Many of the jokes in Young Frankenstein would be trimmed or excised
altogether, and no one would see a star-laden 90 minute silent movie
nowadays."

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

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION (reviewed by Joel
Pearce, overall score 88/100):
"If what you want is a story a monkey can understand and wall-to-wall
thrills, perhaps the sequel would be a better choice. The original
Mission: Impossible is an unusual beast: a blockbuster with the heart of
a spy drama and the brain of a thriller."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/mi1ce.php

Mike Jackson
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DVD Verdict

There's a pretty embarrassing error in the Mel Brooks Collection. It
has to do with the film Brooks did NOT direct. You might want to fix
it.

Bill Coleman

Bill Coleman

"Bill Coleman" <> wrote in message
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> There's a pretty embarrassing error in the Mel Brooks Collection. It
> has to do with the film Brooks did NOT direct. You might want to fix
> it.
>
> Bill Coleman
>

Well also they say YF was the same as you can buy in discount bins, which it
isnt. At least here in the USA, IIRC, there has never been an animorphic DVD
before the one in the set. Between that & the fact that a fair number of the
included titles are 1st time releases, all animorphic and clean looking,
the score its given seems a tad low, but then again Im a fan of Mel Brooks
and the gang.

Bratboy