DVD Verdict reviews: THE TARZAN COLLECTION STARRING JOHNNY WEISSMULLER and more!

Today, DVD Verdict posted reviews of AMERICAN STORYTELLERS, BLACK MOON:
BEHIND THE MOON, CRASH DIVE, DERRIDA, DESTINATION TOKYO, THE ENEMY
BELOW, GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES, INDEPENDENT'S
DAY, THE LEGEND OF LEIGH BOWERY, SUPER BOWL XI-XX: COLLECTOR'S SET, THE
TARZAN COLLECTION STARRING JOHNNY WEISSMULLER, TARZAN, THE APE MAN, and
THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK:


AMERICAN STORYTELLERS (reviewed by Paul Corupe, overall score 51/100):
"Talking a leisurely approach, the film gives each of the directors an
opportunity to talk at length about their careers, their influences, and
their respective visions. Because it never goes for anything more
ambitious than talking heads, the film is often only as interesting as
the anecdotes of the participants."

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

BLACK MOON: BEHIND THE MOON (reviewed by Bill Gibron, overall
score 83/100):
"Like a lot of things with this interesting, aggressive rap act, Black
Moon: Behind the Moon is just a stone's throw away from being great."

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

CRASH DIVE (reviewed by Erick Harper, overall score 75/100):
"Films like this one were made to give the public a positive,
encouraging vision of the war in an effort to boost morale on the
home front. Our boys are seen as unfailingly good and decent, the
Germans are seen as unfailingly villainous, and the good guys always
win in the end."

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

DERRIDA (reviewed by Mike Pinsky, overall score 96/100):
"Derrida's story can be summed up much like Heidegger summed up the life
of Aristotle: 'He was born, he thought, and then he died. All the rest
is pure anecdote.'"

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

DESTINATION TOKYO (reviewed by Erick Harper, overall score 83/100):
"It is important to remember, when watching it, that Destination Tokyo
isn't following cliches, it's inventing them."

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

THE ENEMY BELOW (reviewed by Erick Harper, overall score 94/100):
"What makes The Enemy Below unique and more satisfying than most such
movies is the humanity of both of the adversaries. This presentation of
both commanders as real characters is highly unusual for a film made
only twelve years after the end of the war, and in the midst of Cold War
paranoia besides."

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

GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES (reviewed by Amanda
DeWees, overall score 99/100):
"I wouldn't be a red-blooded female if I didn't note how powerfully sexy
a presence Lambert's Tarzan is: I'm hard pressed to think of another
film love scene as tantalizingly erotic as the scene in which Tarzan
prowls into Jane's bedroom."

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

INDEPENDENT'S DAY (reviewed by Bill Gibron, overall score 89/100):
"Just like everyday is Christmas for dogs, every Sundance is
Independent's Day for young filmmakers."

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

THE LEGEND OF LEIGH BOWERY (reviewed by Bill Gibron, overall
score 95/100):
"Leigh Bowery was a genius -- sick, twisted, talented, and a little
tragic, but a being of unbridled brilliance none the less. He was
performance art, from the moment he woke in the morning until the
time he hit the nightclub circuit dressed in another delirious,
decadent design."

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

SUPER BOWL XI-XX: COLLECTOR'S SET (reviewed by Bill Gibron, overall
score 90/100):
"Sure, seeing a superstar dunk over and over again, or a home run ball
sailing over the warning track time after time, is intense and exciting.
But NFL Films takes this action-packed ideal to dizzying heights."

FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/superbowl9to20.php

THE TARZAN COLLECTION STARRING JOHNNY WEISSMULLER (reviewed by Dan
Mancini, overall score 90/100):
"Like the original pulp novels, MGM's first two Tarzan films offer
charged sexual fantasies suppressed beneath a veil of violence, exotica,
and derring-do. Tarzan the Ape Man is a sort of gentle rape fantasy."

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

TARZAN, THE APE MAN (reviewed by Neil Dorsett, overall score 33/100):
"The clothing designer displays a remarkable capability for making
Bo's breasts stand out as if they're nude, even when she's in full
Victorian costume."

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

THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK (reviewed by Paul Corupe, overall score
90/100):
"I wouldn't find The Times of Harvey Milk guilty for all the cupcakes,
Ho-Hos, and Snoballs in the world."

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

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