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Movie Review: DUNE PART TWO
Blu-ray Review: THE MOON
Blu-ray Review: DIVINITY
Blu-ray Review: APOCALYPSE TETRALOGY
Bluray Review: THE MARSH KING'S DAUGHTER
DVD Review: INTO THE ABYSS
Blu-ray Review: THE EXPENABLES 4
4K Blu-ray Review: THE CREATOR
4K Blu-ray Revew: TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.
Blu-ray Review: FOG CITY
4K BR Review: OPPENHEIMER
Blu-ray Review: BLUE BEETLE
Movie Review: THE MARVELS
Blu-ray Review: TALK TO ME
4K Blu-ray Review: SCREAM 3 steelbook
Blu-ray Review: THE CRIMSON RIVERS 2
4K bluray review: THE BLOB 4K steelbook
Blu-ray Review: ON THE SILVER GLOBE
Blu-ray Review- BABYLON 5: THE ROAD HOME
Blu-ray Review: GOD IS A BULLET
Blu-ray Review: SKY PIRATES
Blu-ray Review: SISU
Blu-ray Review- HOLLYWOOD DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES
Movie Review: COLONIALS
4K Blu-ray Review: NIGHTBREED
Movie Review- MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE- DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
Blu-ray Review: STONE COLD
Blu-ray Review: ONE RANGER
Blu-rayReview: THE FLASH
blu-ray Review: MAD HEIDI
4K Blu-ray Review: THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE
4K Blu-ray Review: DRAGONSLAYER steelbook
4K Blu-ray Review: STREETS OF FIRE
Blu-ray Review: A MAN CALLED OTTO
Blu-ray Review: THE CRIMSON RIVERS
4K Blu-ray Review: THE ITALIAN JOB (1969)
4K Blu-ray Review: EVENT HORIZON
4K Blu-ray Review: CLOVERFIELD steelbook
4K Blu-ray Review: ACCION MUTANE
4K Blu-ray Review: WINGS OF DESIRE steelbook
Blu-ray Review- DOCTOR WHO: THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN
Blu-ray Review: SAMPO
Movie Review- AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
Bluray Review: HALLOWEEN ENDS
4K Blu-ray review: HIGHLANGER Director's Cut steelbook
4K BR Review- STTMP The Complete Adventure
Blu-ray Review: MOONAGE DAYDREAM
Blu-ray Review: NO ESCAPE
Blu-ray Review: GINGER SNAPS TRILOGY
Blu-ray Review: I'M DANGEROUS TONIGHT
Blu-ray Review: THE INVITATION
Movie Review: HALLOWEEN ENDS
Movie Review: HELLRAISER (2022)
Blu-ray Review: AFTER BLUE
DVD Review: DEUS
Blu-ray Review: WOLF HOUND
Movie Review: PREY (2022)
Blu-ray Review: CRIMES OF THE FUTURE
Movie Review- THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER
Blu-ray Review: THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT
Blu-ray Review: FIRESTARTER (2022)
Movie Review- TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Movie Review- JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION
4K UHD review: LIFEFORCE
Blu-ray Review- WYRMWOOD: APOCALYPSE
Blu-ray Review: BELLE
DVD Review: THE KING'S DAUGHTER
Blu-ray review: PROJECT GEMINI
Movie Review: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Blu-ray Review: SETTLERS
Movie Review: THE NORTHMAN
Blu-ray Review: HOUSE OF GUCCI
Blu-ray Review- GHOSTBUSTERS AFERLIFE
Blu-ray Review: LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
Blu-ray 4K Review- RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY
Movie Review- SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Blu-ray Review: RAGING FIRE
Movie Review: THE MARIX RESURRECTIONS
4K Blu-ray Review: NO TIME TO DIE
DVD Review: THE FLOOD
Blu-ray Review: DOCTOR WHO Season 24
Blu-ray Review: CANDYMAN (2021)
Blu-ray Review- DOCTOR WHO: EVIL OF THE DALEKS (import)
Movie Review: DUNE Part One
Blu-ray review: ELVIRA'S HAUNTED HILLS
Blu-ray Review: THE COLONY (2021)
Movie Review: ETERNALS
Movie Review: NO TIME TO DIE
Movie Review: HALLOWEEN KILLS
Blu-ray Review: THE GREEN KNIGHT
Blu-ray Review: FAST VENGEANCE
4K Blu-ray Review: BLACK WIDOW
Blu-ray Review: F9 THE FAST SAGA
Blu-ray Review: DOCTOR WHO Season 8 (1971)
4K Blu-ray Review: PROSPECT
Blu-ray Review: SPARE PARTS
blu-ray Review: SIBERIA (2021)
Blu-ray Review: DOORS (2021)
Blu-ray Review: THE UNHEALER
Blu-ray Review: VOYAGERS
Blu-ray Review: TIMELINE (import)
Blu-ray review: KING KONG (1976)
4K UHD Blu-ray review: PERDITA DURANGO
Blu-ray Review: PYSCHO GOREMAN
DVD Review: SKY SHARKS
DVD Review: WILLY'S WONDERLAND
Blu-ray Review: EVENT HORIZON Collector's Edition
Blu-ray Review: SPUTNIK
Blu-ray Review: PUMP UP THE VOLUME
Blu-ray Review: MONSTER HUNTER
Blu-ray Review: SOUTHLAND TALES
Blu-ray Review: SHADOW IN THE CLOUD
Blu-ray Review: SPACEWALKER
Blu-ray review: THE IPCRESS FILE
DVD Review: STRANDED ON MARS
Blu-ray Review: TENET
DVD Review: SKYLINES
Blu-ray Review: POSSESSOR UNCUT
Blu-ray review: FLASH GORDON
Movie Review: TENET
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This DVD in review article looks at the best aand favorite DVDs I reviewed in 2006 in addition to mentioning those I wish I had seen and owned.
 
 
 

BEST Single disc:

2046

AEON FLUX

DELICATESSEN

NIGHT WATCH

UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION

V FOR VENDETTA

VITAL

The best single disc are based mostly on how I loved the movie ansd sometimes the extras that were included too.  Even though 2046 was released in the last week of 2005, I include it here since I saw it in 2006.  2046 is an atmospheric tale of sadness. However, one film that was released in August 2005 on DVD and watched in 2006 that I love didn't make the list unfortunately is OLDBOY.
 
VITAL is a powerful and moving film from Tartan Asia Extreme and many of the films from Tartan Video (not just the Asia Extreme range come highly recommended like THE RED SHOES, MAREBITO, and LADY VENGEANCE).  Some films really challange the viewers and some might not be to everybody's tastes.  I hope Tartan finally releases TETSUO II and TOKYO FIST to the Asia Extreme range in 2007 because Shuinya Tsukamoto is one very unique director from Japan.  TETSUO is a fever dream while A SNAKE OF JUNE and VITAL are films about souls coming to life (VITAL is the beautiful one of the two). 
 
UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION is an action film that had me impressed while V FOR VENDETTA was an action drama that left me wanting to watch it again and again.

 

BEST Multi-disc DVDs:

THE BEST OF YOUTH

EVENT HORIZON Special Edition

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN Director's Cut

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 2- DEAD MAN'S CHEST

The KINGDOM OF HEAVEN Director's Cut is hands down the most impressive DVD of the year with two discs of very interesting discs on the making of the film while the first two discs provide the version of KINGDOM OF HEAVEN that should have been released in theaters because the extra 45 minutes make it a better and different film that makes wonder why Ridley Scott did a two and half hour version in the first place.
 
BEST OF YOUTH is a six hour Italian mini-series that was presented a feature film in the USA.  BEST OF YOUTH has it's ups and downs as you experience the lives of one family and the people they get involved with over the course of four decades as you see history through their eyes and experience the hapiness and sadness they endure.  Definitely one of my favorites of 2006.
 
EVENT HORIZON has an impressive set of extras from deleted scenes and featurettes on the making of the film.  Too bad a lot of the cut footage was lost that prevented a Director's Cut of this underrated sci-fi horror film reaching new dimensions.
 
HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE is the best animated film I saw and the English dub track is even better than the original Japanese audio track.


BEST Box sets:
 

CHARLIE CHAN Volume One

CHARLIE CHAN Volume 2

JAMES BOND ULTIMATE EDITION Volume 4

MR. MOTO Collection Volume One

20th Century Fox did a bang-up job on restoring the CHARLIE CHAN and MR. MOTO films to DVD.  The second volume fo MR. MOTO comes out next month while more Chan is certain since Fox spent $2 million on restoring the Chan films.
 
I only went through volume 3 and 4 of the JAMES BOND ULTIMATE EDITIONS, but Volume 4 is picked due to three of my favorite James Bond films being in that volume and that same volume not having transfer mistakes like volume 3 (the cropping of GOLDENEYE and the orange on black in the title sequence of LIVE AND LET DIE).

BEST TV on DVD:

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Season 2.5

THE NEWSROOM Season 2

NIGHT STALKER

THE TIME TUNNEL Volume One

THE TIME TUNNEL Volume 2

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA is one of the best shows on TV and big plus for the extended version of PEGASUS.
 
THE NEWSROOM gets an inclusion for it being on of the best satire series ever despite the season 2 and season 3 sets being Non-Anamorphic and lacking close captioning.  It is an utter brillaint show period.
 
THE TIME TUNNEL sets have great transfers and so do THE VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.  THE TIME TUNNEL has great extras like the extended TV pilot (on volume 1) and the unaired 2002 pilot and THE TIME TRAVELLERS TV movie (on volume 2).
 
NIGHT STALKER was a great new take on Kolchak that unfortunately didn't find an audience.  Shows that almost made the list and are great sets to watch to discover a show are PRISON BREAK Season 1, SURFACE, THRESHOLD, and THE UNIT.
 
Shows I'm glad that made it to DVD are FOREVER KNIGHT Season 3 and POLTERGEIST THE LEGACY Season 1 despite having no extras (sorry the music videos for FOREVER KNIGHT don't count and too bad legal reasons prevented the delted scenes from being included).
 
DVDs I didn't get to see and don't own But are worth menitioning include:
 
FORBIDDEN PLANET 50th Anniversary SE
 
SUPERMAN 2- THE DONNER CUT
 
MIAMI VICE Unrated Director's Cut
 
Various Warner Bros. box sets (mostly the latest Humphrey Bogart Collection)
 
CACHE
 
Remastered BLADE RUNNER Director''s Cut DVD