Two cops are investigating Lil' Slugger a phantom criminal. A series of attacks on the general public by a youth wielding a baseball bat give the cops the impression that all the... more...victims are suffering from an hysterical episode.
After the first victim's story, the police felt the overly stressed woman was having a ... more
breakdown and lied to cover-up for some crime. However, after the third and fourth attacks upon unrelated victims led to the same description of a young attacker wit...
Then darkness overcomes the heart and Lil' Slugger appears... After the first victim's ... more
story the police felt the overly stressed woman was having a breakdown and liedi o cover up for some crime. However after the third and fourth attacks upon unrelat...
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Thriller - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Timothy West, Neil Morrissey, Tara Fitzgerald, Annette Crosbie, Pauline Quirke, Rob Brydon, Denise Van Outen, John Thomson, Kevin Whately, David Suchet
Production Year: 2002 - Thriller - Director: K.C. Bascombe - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Jesse James, Rachel Skarsten, Charles Powell, Linda Purl, Kevin Zegars
Production Year: 2002 - Thriller - Director: Bharat Nalluri, Rob Bailey, Andy Wilson - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, David Oyelowo, Peter Firth, Jenny Agutter, Lisa Faulkner
Advantages: A brilliant piece of cinematic quality, story-telling and intelligence not seen often Disadvantages: Plot a little too confusing and ending leaves some questions unanswered
WHEN DARKNESS OVERCOMES THE HEART, SHONEN BAT APPEARS?
Satoshi Kon is a name that has really taken the world of anime in a completely new and original direction since his debut with 1997's Perfect Blue, a film that has generated a lot of controversy among the anime fandom. His follow-up's with Millenium Actress and The Tokyo Godfathers on the other hand have been almost unanimously praised for their dramatic and interesting stories. All of these films have been characterised by Kon's unique style that usually does not feature picture-perfect characters, but take on a more realistic and even downright ugly and perverted appearance. With these films under his belt, he then followed them by turning his attention to the most unexpected direction, television, and creating his first TV series, ParanoiaAgent (Mousou dairinin). Along ...
Advantages: distracts the children Disadvantages: not funny, humour very simple and mostly slapstick or toilet houmour.
and has ruined the image of Mr Bean for me. At first I was curious and quite excited - I had hoped the comedy would be on the same lines as the original but I was wrong.
The soundtrack is mostly orchestral with symbols, drums and flutes to emphasise dramtic turn arounds and Beans thoughts. The vocals, as the televised original series is basically mumbles and whimpers with the odd 'ooooo' sound. Another thing that irritates me is the fact that they have tried to modernise him and have given him a girl friend, not that that ever get together, lord no, what would happen to teddy, where would he sleep!? Irma Gobb is more a romantic interst whom Bean tries to impress, but rarely suceeds.
In this single DVD volume you get 8 episodes, each lasting about 15minutes in length and include; 'In The Wild', 'Missing Teddy', 'No Parking', 'Bean's Bounty ...
Advantages: great music, acting and storyline Disadvantages: only two episodes on this one dvd, and they cut the tune!
Isn't it wonderful when those child hood memories come back to you, and whats even better is when they are in snazzy updated (graphics and sound wise anyway) version, such as this dvd.
Fraggle rock, as most can remember was another genius creation from Jim Henson. For those out of the loop, or are lucky enough to be too young to remember, he's the same man who is responsible for the existence of the muppets, sesame street and of course - the fraggles!
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This DVD contains 2 episodes which are run back to back which cuts on time and makes the whole running only 48 minutes in length. What they've done with the orginal format is quite displeasing actually, although this version is less fuzzy than the vhs one they've cut down the episodes so that theres ...
Interview With Director Satoshi Kon, Multi Angle Storyboard To Screen Comparisons, Trailers, DVD Credits
Aspect Ratio
Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital 2.0
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 2.0 English Japanese
Animated
Animated
Professional reviews
Review
Dark, disturbing and utterly fantastic. (DVD World, )
A shocking, witty and supremely assured psycho-thriller. (Sight & Sound, )
The most essential Anime release of the year. (Total DVD, )
DVD Description
Two cops are investigating Lil' Slugger a phantom criminal. A series of attacks on the general public by a youth wielding a baseball bat give the cops the impression that all the victims are suffering from an hysterical episode.
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