DVD Verdict reviews: MARCH OF THE PENGUINS, THE POLAR EXPRESS: SPECIAL EDITION, and more!

Today, DVD Verdict posted reviews of BURIED ALIVE IN THE BLUES, DEATH TO
THE SUPERMODELS, HAPPY ENDINGS, HONDO, JERRY LEWIS: THE LEGENDARY JERRY
COLLECTION, MARCH OF THE PENGUINS, MCLINTOCK!, MISSION HILL: THE
COMPLETE SERIES, THE POLAR EXPRESS: SPECIAL EDITION, STEALTH, and THE
TALES OF HOFFMANN: CRITERION COLLECTION:


BURIED ALIVE IN THE BLUES (reviewed by Neal Solon, overall score
85/100):
"They've played with the Rolling Stones, Canned Heat, Bob Dylan, Big
Brother and the Holding Company, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and
John Mayall, among others. The question, then, is how do these players
fare without all of the deceased legends that they backed? The answer,
not surprisingly, is that they manage."

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

DEATH TO THE SUPERMODELS (reviewed by Mitchell Hattaway, overall
score 30/100):
"The gags in this movie give gross-out humor a bad name. The women
in the cast give hot chicks a bad name. It's the kind of the movie
that, when it's over, makes you wonder if there is any reason to go
on living."

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

HAPPY ENDINGS (reviewed by Brendan Babish, overall score 80/100):
"Now, imagine a sex scene with Tom Arnold that is not disgusting, or
even disturbing, but actually sweet. Well, imagine no more my friends,
because that scene is here."

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

HONDO (reviewed by Ryan Keefer, overall score 86/100):
"If you've not see a Wayne western before, or are fairly new to them,
this may be the film for you. It's emotional, dramatic, action packed,
and features a supporting cast that provides quality work and makes a
good story even better."

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

JERRY LEWIS: THE LEGENDARY JERRY COLLECTION (reviewed by Patrick Naugle,
overall score 75/100):
"Ask anyone south the age of thirty if they've seen a Jerry Lewis movie
and most likely they'll look at you as if your nose had been glued on
backwards and upside down."

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

MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (reviewed by James A. Stewart, overall
score 90/100):
"Obviously, what you see in the resulting 80 minutes is penguins, and
lots of them -- penguin closeups, penguin long shots, penguin overhead
shots, penguins diving into the water, penguins getting out of the
water, penguins grabbing a towel and building a warm fire..."

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

MCLINTOCK! (reviewed by Ryan Keefer, overall score 88/100):
"An enjoyable film with witty dialogue and some of the usual Wayne strut
the American viewing public has grown to expect. Any Wayne fans will
enjoy having this film on their shelves."

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

MISSION HILL: THE COMPLETE SERIES (reviewed by Mac McEntire, overall
score 88/100):
"Although it's only been a few years, I was concerned that it would
already be dated. Sure enough, the show is a product of its time, but in
a good way. Hidden behind all the laughs and the craziness are themes of
change and growing up, and that includes the kind of growing up we all
must do even in our 20s."

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

THE POLAR EXPRESS: SPECIAL EDITION (reviewed by Ryan Keefer, overall
score 84/100):
"The irony seems to be that the film's computer-generated characters may
be what detract from any satisfying experience. There's no tangible
connection to be made from such artificial settings. Or to put it
another way, maybe I just don't believe."

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

STEALTH (reviewed by Mike Jackson, overall score 63/100):
"Each of the pilots is given the chance to wax philosophical about the
nature of war, about good people doing bad things to achieve good ends,
that sort of thing. It's just filler, something to pass the time and
use less budget than flying and blowing shit up. They're about as
convincing as arguments in a high school civics class, and about as
successful at making the movie look smart as putting glasses on a dog.
Groucho glasses."

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

THE TALES OF HOFFMANN: CRITERION COLLECTION (reviewed by Joe Armenio,
overall score 87/100):
"One could say, in fact, that among Powell and Pressburger's films,
Hoffmann is to The Red Shoes (1948) what Scorsese's Casino is to
Goodfellas: both Hoffmann and Casino are lavish, mannerist exaggerations
of the previous film's thematic, stylistic, and tonal preoccupations."

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

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