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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (Special Edition)

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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

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Chevy Chase
Beverly D'Angelo
Juliette Lewis
Johnny Galecki
John Randolph

You know exactly what you're getting in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation: another goofball, slapstick comedy of chaos and catastrophe with Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) and family. This time, there's no traveling involved: Clark and Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) prepare for a nice Christmas with the kids (played by none other than Juliette Lewis and Roseanne star Johnny Galecki), when their home is invaded by backwoods cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) and his brood, along with assorted other crazy and/or stuffy relatives. Complications, of course, are inevitable. The film is preceded by National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) and National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) and followed by National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation (1997). Directed by Jeremiah Chechik, who went on to do Benny & Joon and the Sharon Stone remake of Diabolique. --Jim Emerson

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Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume One

Sales Rank:151
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

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Director(s):

Abe Levitow
Arthur Davis
Chuck Jones
Constantine Nasr
Friz Freleng

Actor(s):

Mel Blanc
Arthur Q. Bryan
Vincent Price
Stan Freberg
Billy Bletcher

For years, animation buffs have waited impatiently for the Warner Bros. cartoons to appear on DVD. The Warner shorts never commanded the budgets and prestige of the Disney and MGM films, and won fewer Oscars than they deserved. But decades after the best ones were created, they remain the quintessential Hollywood cartoons: brash, fast-paced, aggressively funny and uniquely American. Virtually everyone in the U.S. under the age of 60 grew up on these films, in theaters and on TV. The 56 cartoons in the set (out of a studio output of over 1,000) were transferred from good prints--which means the viewer can see dust, scratches, and occasional mistakes by the cel painters. The films are all presented uncut, in defiance of the killjoys who have insisted on censoring alleged "violence" in the versions shown on television. Warner Bros. is obviously testing consumer response with this set. Although the erratic selection includes many classics, purists will argue (correctly) that it offers neither a fair representation of the directors' oeuvres, nor anything approaching a coherent history of the characters or studio style. (Nearly half the films were directed by Chuck Jones; only three are by Bob Clampett, and there's nothing by Tex Avery or Frank Tashlin.) But it seems petty to carp about omissions and biases when the discs offer excellent, uncensored prints of some of the funniest films ever made in the U.S.--or anywhere else. (Rated G, suitable for all ages: cartoon violence) --Charles Solomon

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Primeval: The Complete Series 1 and 2

Sales Rank:501
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

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Director(s):

Andrew Gunn
Cilla Ware
Jamie Payne
Nick Murphy

Actor(s):

Douglas Henshall
James Murray
Andrew Lee Potts
Lucy Brown
Hannah Spearritt

Primeval was created by Britain's ITV as a big-budget primetime Saturday rival to the success of the BBC's Doctor Who. But unlike some efforts to buy big ratings, there's actually a lot of entertainment throughout the series. The crux of the show surrounds a series of strange creatures from both the future and the past who appear to be roaming around in the present day. So what's going on? And what can be done about the dinosaur-esque creatures, big insects, and assorted parasitic life forms that are suddenly roaming the Earth? That's where professor Nick Cutter and his team come in, and the fun really begins.

A surprisingly human action-drama, Primeval clearly draws influence from Doctor Who, and while it never really threatens to rival it, it is nonetheless a good show in its own right. The special effects are suitably smart, but, more importantly, there's also a half-decent script at the heart of things, and that really does help lift the show.

The second season finds Cutter and his team once again dealing with creatures quite literally out of their time. But this time, Primeval has a few more tricks up its sleeve. Because while the convention for much of season 1 was that the creatures that faced Cutter and his crew were arriving from the past, this time round there are monsters from the future to worry about too. Cue the likes of a woolly mammoth on the motorway, and a raptor-esque chase around a shopping center. The show then blends in some twisty narratives surrounding the characters themselves, which--while not particularly intricate or surprising--do keep up the fun, and it does its best to throw as much at the screen as it can. Primeval is very good fun, worth rewatching, and suitable for family viewing too. --Jon Foster

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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Three-Disc Collector's Edition+ Digital Copy and BD Live) [Blu-ray]

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Simon Andreu
John Bach
David Bowles
Warwick Davis
Liam Neeson

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The Christmas Collection

Sales Rank:228
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The Happiest Baby on the Block - The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Baby Sleep Longer (DVD)

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Do you learn better by watching rather than reading? Here is a chance to see how to transport your baby from screaming into serenity...in minutes. Watch as, step-by-step, Dr. Karp teaches new parent how to switch on their baby's powerful calming reflex. English and Spanish In "The Happiest Baby" Dr. Karp reveals a treasure sought by new parents for centuries... the "calming reflex" (the automatic "off-switch? for any baby?s crying). No wonder thousands of Los Angeles parents, from working moms to superstars like Madonna and Michelle Pfeiffer have turned to Dr. Karp to learn his secrets for making babies happy. Elisabeth Bing author and co-founder of Lamaze International "The Happiest Baby on the Block is fun, fascinating and convincing. I highly recommend it to all new parents." (Running time - 38 minutes.) The DVD also contains 3 bonus chapters: 1) Dr. Karp answers 25 questions from parents about calming babies and helping them sleep. 2) A Spanish dubbed audio track of the entire 38 minute teaching video. 3) Three tracks of calming white-noise sound that is an extraordinary mix of womb sounds and a newly designed pulsation that babies love (even though it sounds a little odd to the ears of an adult) Each track can be played individually, played in sequence or repeated for hours to gently guide your baby into a deep level of relaxation. This video is designed in NTSC not PAL or SECAM. It is meant for use in most countries in the Western Hemisphere as well as Japan, South Korea, Greenland, Guam, Samoa, and the Philippines.

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Little Einsteins: The Christmas Wish

Sales Rank:189
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MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)

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Get ready to celebrate the season with Rocket, June, Leo, Quincy and Annie in their first-ever holiday adventure! It's Christmas Eve, and Santa Claus has left some amazing surprises under the tree for everybody. But Annie's present is missing, and it's up to the team -- and YOU -- to find it. Travel through a winter wonderland filled with candy canes, and climb to the top of the tallest mountain! Dance with June to the unforgettable music of "The Nutcracker Suite"; meet friendly reindeer; rescue a toy prince and much more! So join the Little Einsteins for fun, friendship and laughter, and discover the true meaning of holiday magic.

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The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

Sales Rank:186
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

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Patricia Neal
Richard Thomas
Edgar Bergen
Ellen Corby
Cleavon Little

A true television classic, The Homecoming was the second movie (after 1963's Spencer's Mountain) based on Earl Hamner's autobiographical writings about love, pride, faith, and survival in rural America during the Great Depression. The Homecoming introduced the Walton family, a 1930s mountain clan living a hardscrabble existence that forces patriarch John Walton (Andrew Duggan) to seek work, far from home, in the city. When John fails to return home, as promised, on Christmas Eve, his iron-willed wife Olivia (Patricia Neal) keeps a lid on their children's worry. Oldest son John-Boy (Richard Thomas), who privately dreams of becoming a writer but worries about disappointing his parents, is dispatched to find his dad. Graceful yet harder-edged than the subsequent TV series The Waltons (which recast several characters and ran for nine years), The Homecoming reveals, albeit understatedly, much about the pain of poverty even as the family draws strength and closeness through endurance. --Tom Keogh

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The Clique

Sales Rank:143
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

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Elizabeth McLaughlin
Ellen Taylor Marlow
Sophie Anna Everhard
Bridgit Mendler
Samantha Boscarino

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Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Sales Rank:243
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

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Actor(s):

Dave Goelz
Richard Hunt
Jerry Nelson
Marilyn Sokol
Jim Henson

Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 11/04/2008 Run time: 100 minutes Rating: Nr

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