Find Some Rare and out of Print DVD Movies that you probably thought you'd never see again, Torana has scoured the web to find some of the true Classics that have been lost or forgotten. Recently we were made aware of the DVD release of Michael Jacksons Captain Eo and were fortunate enough to have ordered the last copy before the "recall" of the DVD's due to complications relating to the Authenticity and Quality of the Production. The recall was justified but we're still glad to have been able to jump at that one, because it is such a Rare DVD to get hold of, The Official Re-Release of Captain Eo may be some time to come, and it is a particularly personal treasure. We Hope you like the selection of Great Movies that we've found on DVD, The Ones that make the list Do So because of the Readily Available Quantity and Source of the Movies... Max Headroom, The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock, SlipStream, and many obscure but awesome movies will be found on this page, So Do Come back from time to time to check out any New Discoveries...
did not translate into ratings. The show was cancelled after 14 episodes (an unaired episode is included in this set). Decades later, society has caught up to the show that was ahead of its time. The series is set "20 minutes into the future" in a dystopian landscape where instead of a chicken in every pot there is a TV in every homeless tent. Evil and corrupt television executives, in consort with advertising agencies, will literally kill for ratings. In the pilot episode, intrepid investigative reporter Edison Carter (Matt Frewer) discovers his own network is behind blipverts, a potentially lethal brand of advertising that compresses a 30-second commercial into three seconds, causing more-vulnerable viewers to explode. Carter survives an attempt on his life by network goons, but not before Bryce (Chris Young), the network's resident boy genius, downloads Carter's memory into a computer to see what he knows of the scheme. A star is born: Max Headroom (Frewer again), who escapes into the system and pops up at will onscreen to offer wisecracks ("You know how you can tell our network president is lying? His lips move.") and Mork-like societal observations. In one episode, he confuses Missile Mike, a gun-toting character in an ultra-violent children's show, for an actual rampaging killer. "Who introduced [kids] to this?" Max asks. Meanwhile, Carter, with invaluable assistance from his newsroom controller Theora (Amanda Pays reprising her role from the British movie) and incorruptible producer (Jeffrey Tambor), uncovers venal conspiracies such as an attempt to legalize a vicious sport that exploits children so it can be broadcast. It's frightening at times how prescient this show was. This set's bonus features are exhaustive but are missing some key Max-abilia. The British pilot that started it all is absent, as is Frewer from a cast reunion. But talking heads segments with the show's creators, writers, and designers offer a thorough, inside retrospective look at the series. Welcome back, Max. Boy, do we need you now. --Donald Liebenson |
Tales of the Gold Monkey DVD Box Set... Tales of the Gold Monkey had such a promising start, the Pilot movie was a huge hit and won acclaim justifiably, it was a great (Fresh) Story that was played quite well by the characters, and the overall plot was a sustainable convention. This pittered out after a few months, and characters were replaced, Actors changed and it seemed to go downhill fast from there, but still a Great memory of Action, adventure, international intrigue, and exotic ambience combine in Tales Of The Gold Monkey. This 22-hour long series is set in a backwater corner of the South Pacific a young American adventurer, Jake Cutter, and his ragtag group of friends become involved in death-defying hi-jinx, transporting people-on-the-run in a well-worn Grumman Goose seaplane. Broadcast by ABC in early 80s, the series became a massive hit following in the wake of Raiders of The Lost Ark . Set in 1938, this series captures the ambiance and character of a mysterious romantic era. Stephen Collins heroically tries to keep up with the (Indiana) Joneses as rakishly charming soldier of misfortune Jake Cutter, who works as a pilot for hire on the South Pacific island of Boragora in 1938. Comparisons with Raiders of the Lost Ark are inevitable, but according to the series retrospective included as a bonus feature on this six-disc set, producer Don Bellisario (Quantum Leap, Magnum P.I., and NCIS) pitched this to the networks before Indy ever cracked his whip. It was only after Raiders became such a colossal hit that ABC saw gold in Monkey. >>Order Your DVD Collection Box set of "Tales of the Gold Monkey" and relive the excitement<<
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|  SlipStream With Mark Hamill and Bill Paxton... Explores a Strange story, and well produced tale of futuristic Bounty hunter/Cops tracking down an escapee who has an intriguing but dark secret. The flying scenes with a Myriad of Different ultralight Aircraft is kind of mesmorizing and definitely make Slip Stream a very different movie... >>Order DVD Here<< |
