Bachelor Party 2 / 2008 Fox / 104 Minutes / http://www.fox.com /  Bachelor Party is a 1984 film that featured a young Tom Hanks, where Rick Gassko, a party animal, decides to actually settle down and marry eir girlfriend Debbie Thompson (Tawny Kitaen). As one can guess from the title, Rick’s friends decide to throw Rick one last party. Debbie, the insecure wife, believes that Rick cheats on eir,…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 6/ 2008 Lionsgate / 384 Minutes / http://www.lionsgatedvd.com / Practically anyone that was born between 1976 and 1990 had some love for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at some point during their childhood. I was born in 1983, and I know that, outside of Ghostbusters toys, TMNT toys (movies, cartoons, and anything else that could be sold to me) were the thing which I played…
Jillian Michaels – 30 Day Shred / 2008 Lionsgate / 60 Minutes / http://www.jillianmichaels.com / Continuing with the week of firsts, this is the first fitness DVD that we at NeuFutur have had the chance to review. The story line behind this is funny – I had originally thought that Jillian Michaels was Jillian Hall, performer for the WWE. While it would not be outside the realm of the possibility,…
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Go To The Movies –Funny We Shrunk The Adults / 2008 Paramount / 66 minutes / http://www.paramount.com / The second of our two Alvin and the Chipmunks reviews, this iteration of “Go To The Movies†has a total of three episodes present. For individuals that have a partial collection and want to know what episodes are present, this collection has “Back To Alvin’s Futureâ€, “Biggerâ€, and…
Alvin and the Chipmunks:  The Chipmunk Adventure / 2008 Paramount / 76 Minutes / http://www.paramount.com / After the success that the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie had in the movie theaters last year, it is not a surprise that Paramount would release “The Chipmunk Adventure†on DVD now. The film is celebrating its 21st birthday this year, originally being released in 1987. This means that this feature is animated, and…
Sweeney Todd 2-Disc Special Edition / 2008 Warner Bros / 116 Minutes / http://www.dreamworks.com / It has been over 70 years since the last film adaptation of Sweeney Todd was made, and considering how short the period is between remakes of films nowadays(take, for example, The Hulk, which only took 5 years to cycle around), I think Warner Brothers and Dreamworks were okay to make a new version of the…
Enchanted / 2008 Disney / 107 Minutes / http://www.wdig.com / Enchanted is an interesting film, because of the different styles of filmmaking that Kevin Lima, the director, used in the creation of the film. This means that there are live-action segments, computer generated-segments, and traditional animation all present during the film. This film also marks the first time that Walt Disney had moved back to traditional animation after decreeing that…
No Country For Old Men / 2008 Paramount Vantage / 122 Minutes / http://www.video.com / No Country For Old Men is a movie that has been lauded numerous times all throughout the media, and has been given four Academy Awards, among its other wins (British Academy of Film Awards, Golden Globes). The Coen Brothers (Blood Simple, Fargo) adapted the film from a similarly-named Cormac McCarthy novel. Â The film itself is…
Suburban Shootout / 2008 Acorn Media / 171 Minutes / http://www.acornmedia.com /http://five.tv/suburbanshootout / It has been about two years since Suburban Shootout was first aired in the United States, but chances are that this comedy is not something that has been forgotten in the months since then. This set captures all eight of the episodes from the first series. It provides individuals with a great backdrop for the events that…
The Kite Runner / 2008 Dreamworks / 127 Minutes / http://www.kiterunnermovie.com / Individuals that have focused on the New Yok Times Bestseller list know that this work, written by Khaled Hosseini, charted pretty high after it was released all the way back in 2003. Readers of NeuFutur, both print and online, may also know that we covered and reviewed the soundtrack for the 2007 film, created by Alberto Iglesias. As…
South Park – Imaginationland / 2008 Comedy Central / 67 Minutes / http://www.comedycentral.com / It may just be me becoming a heartless bastard, but I have felt that in the last few years that South Park has gotten a lot more preachy. It may have been the addition of Norman Lear to the writing staff, it may be Matt and Trey getting older, but this really feels to be the…
Lil’ Bush : Resident of the United States Season One / 2008 Comedy Central / 132 Minutes / http://www.comedycentral.com / Throughout President Bush’s 7 years in office, Comedy Central has taken it quite often to the administration. Long-time viewers to the network may remember “That’s My Bushâ€, a live-action show that detailed President Bush’s time in office. Sadly, that show was canned after only a short time on the air,…
Into The Wild / 2008 Paramount Vantage / 148 Minutes / http://www.intothewild.com / http://www.paramountvantage.com / Into The Wild is a film adaptation of the Jon Krakauer book that in turn details the story of Christopher McCandless, an individual struck with wanderlust that ultimately drove eir to set up shop in Alaska. Ultimately dying there, this story (and film) looks to probe McCandless’ soul to see what made eir tick. The…
Things We Lost In The Fire / 2008 Dreamworks / 118 Minutes / http://www.thingswelostinthefire.com / http://www.dreamworks.com / This Image-award nominated film showcases the talents of Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro in this film that showcases that out of grief, some form of happiness can be created. The film itself is about Berry’s character and eir family taking in a friend of Berry’s deceased husband, as both groups look to…
Rosemary & Thyme: The Complete Collection / 2008 Acorn / 1100 Minutes / http://www.acornonline.com / Rosemary & Thyme was a show that ran on ITV for three series, finally closing up shop in August 2007. The show has an interesting premise: while the places in which they are in are typically idyllic, Laura Thyme and Rosemary Boxer eventually find themselves in the middle of a crime scene. The two are…
Blue Murder Set 2 / 2008 Acorn / 275 Minutes / http://www.acornonline.com / After the release of the first set of Blue Murder back in June of 2007, Acorn felt that the resulting sales were enough to merit the release of the second set of Blue Murder. Please note that this Blue Murder is not the Canadian television show that completed around 50 episodes, but rather is a reality-type of…
Sands of Oblivion / 2008 Anchor Bay / 94 Minutes / http://www.anchorbayent.com / Individuals may have seen Sands of Oblivion when it was first shown on the Sci-Fi channel. The basic premise of the movie is that legendary producer Cecil B. DeMille created a replica of ancient Egypt for eir The Ten Commandments. After everything wrapped up, DeMille ordered everything made for the movie to be demolished, instead of placed…
Strawberry Shortcake: Big Country Fun / 2008 Fox / 44 Minutes / http://www.strawberryshortcakedvd.com / When I was a child, I was familiar with Strawberry Shortcake but did not watch any of the shows or available materials. I was surprised when I received “Big Country Fun†in the mail, due to the fact that the character design was much different than it was about twenty years ago. The characters are renovated…
Walk The Line: Extended Cut / 2008 Fox / 153 Minutes / http://www.foxhome.com / Most of America (or at least a good segment of the populace), watched Walk The Line. This story, about the earlier days of Johnny Cash, was given a number of accolades. The original (2006) edition of the DVD sold incredible amounts, with over three million copies of the original editions sold on the first day of…
Triple H: The King of Kings / 2008 WWE / 360 Minutes / http://wwww.wwe.com / Anyone that has watched WWE programming in the last 12 years or so has seen Triple H in one form or another. Whether it was as the snooty blueblood Hunter Heartst Helmsley, the anti-authority DX member, or the ultimately-dominant “King of Kingsâ€, Helmsley has been a major part of WWE storylines since eir debut. Since…