A Walk to Remember

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Love brings together what peer pressure and lifestyles seek to keep apart in this coming-of-age story based on the bestselling book. Teen idol Shane West and multiplatinum recording star Mandy Moore star as two high schoolers -- she a straitlaced preacher's daughter and he an unmotivated delinquent. When events thrust him into her world, he begins an unexpected journey he'll never forget.

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A BEAUTIFUL TOUCHING FILM.......2007-07-01

THIS IS A BEAUTIFULLY TOLD STORY OF HOW LOVE CAN CHANGED EVEN SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN JADED. A FILM OF HOW ONE BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT CAN TOUCH MANY LIVES. IT SHOWS HOW NOT EVERY STORY HAS TO HAVE A HAPPY ENDING AND THAT IT TRULY IS THE JOURNEY THAT COUNTS. I LOVED IT AND SO DID MY STEPDAUGHTER. IT IS A FILM THAT REGARDLESS OF YOUR AGE IT WILL STILL TOUCH YOU . DEFINITELY A MUST SEE.

Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake (Matthew Bourne)

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Not a fan of the choroegraphy, but can't knock the idea
Swan Lake Experience
And You Think Ballet is Not For YOU - Think Again!
Brilliant Theatre

Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake (Matthew Bourne)
Starring: Adam Cooper , Scott Ambler , Fiona Chadwick , Barry Atkinson (II) , and Emily Piercy
Director: Matthew Bourne , and Peter Mumford
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ASIN: B00004CWO8
Release Date: 2000-05-23

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Swan Lake became an unexpected popular hit when radical choreographer Matthew Bourne took Tchaikovsky's traditional ballet by the scruff of the neck and reworked it with a myriad of modern influences and themes to astonishing effect. Seldom have the dark psychological riptides at the heart of so many classical ballets been so brilliantly exposed. The Prince (Scott Ambler) is a wretched and dissolute young man dominated by his mother, the Joan Collins-like Queen (Fiona Ambler). Shades of Tennessee Williams, indeed. Von Rothbart becomes a press secretary, more sinister eminence grise than hissable villain. Most startling of all, the Swan (Adam Cooper) is a muscular, emphatically masculine male.

Bourne has stressed the universality of his interpretation, which proved such a success for his Adventures in Motion Pictures dance company. And indeed this is never an overtly "gay" Swan Lake, although the electricity of the pas de deux at the height of Act 2 delivers a palpably homoerotic charge. Its universal threads--as Bourne suggests, the need to be held and understood is common to us all--are synthesized in the utterly moving conclusion as the Swan cradles the lifeless Prince and raises him to a better place. Swan Lake becomes a human, rather than simply romantic, tragedy. --Piers Ford

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Matthew Bourne, director and choreographer of Adventures in Motion Pictures--a maverick new modern dance company based in London--brings a new twist to an old classic with this production of "Swan Lake." Taking advantage of the public's preoccupation with the ups and downs of the royal family, Bourne has set his story in the modern era and has cast all the swans--including the Odette/Odile role--as males. Boutne's creation brings great ballet to an audience it has never before reached, and for cognoscenti offers a new view of the breadth of possibilty in Tchaikovsky's well-loved score. "Swan Lake" enjoyed a sold-out run in London and a subsequent critically acclaimed and public-adored Broadway stint.

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swan lake dvd.......2007-05-20

I found the DVD of Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake excellent material and I have some friends queuing up to borrow the DVD. It arrived on time as promised by Amazon and the DVD was well worth the cost and the wait.

Not a fan of the choroegraphy, but can't knock the idea.......2007-05-18

Bourne's swan lake is an interesting twist on the traditional version. The choreography (especially for the swans) is very modern. Theatrical choreography is used throughout the show, which does have many good moments...but I can't say that I'm an overall fan of Bourne's choreography in this show. His Nuctracker is simply amazing though! When I saw Swan Lake live, I had the same feelings about it as I do about the video, but the "live" aspect at least allowed me to watch what ever I wanted to watch in the seen, and just made things more exciting all the way around.

Swan Lake Experience.......2007-05-14

I saw the live version of this production in Brisbane (April 2007) and it was truly magical and amazing. I did notice a couple of changes since the filming of the DVD. I love that Matthew Bourne's male swans portray the strength and well-known aggression of real life swans (not always easy to watch) and thoroughly enjoyed the DVD performances. It is good to have the traditional version of Swan Lake to turn to as well though, as I believe that it is important to preserve the original classical masterpieces that have inspired generations of lovers of dance.

And You Think Ballet is Not For YOU - Think Again!.......2007-05-13

If you remember the movie "Billy Elliot", Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake will be a great follow up. The last scene in Billy Elliot is of the Swan in this performance.

What Gilbert and Sullivan set out to do a century ago was to make opera popular with people who thought opera was above them. Bourne's work will have same effect on Ballet. It is truly wonderful and highly recommended.

Brilliant Theatre.......2007-03-14

Having seen this production both live and on TV it was a must to purchase the DVD. There are some critical points but, in the main, the dramatic power of Matthew Bourne's chorography coupled with the performance of Adam Cooper and his corp of male swans it is a frightening depiction of what could have been if Pepita had dispensed with his tutu's and shocked the world with a production which would,I am sure, have met with Tchaikovsky's approval. I found some of the movement a little ghose particularly the assemble work in the early scenes but the par de dur between Cooper and Scott Ambler must be seen to be believed.

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Mumford - review
Tasty Treat!....A Future Cult Classic....
The Best Romantic Comedy... Ever
Great movie, easy purchase
What Exactly Constitutes Being A Psychologist?

Mumford
Starring: Loren Dean , Hope Davis , Jason Lee , Alfre Woodard , and Mary McDonnell
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
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ASIN: 6305801142
Release Date: 2000-04-18

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Loren Dean, a pleasant, attractive actor who seems to fall seamlessly into the background of every film he's in (Gattaca, Enemy of the State, Apollo 13), is perfectly cast in Mumford as a psychologist (named Mumford) who wanders into a small town (named Mumford) and suddenly fits seamlessly into everybody's rhythms and routines. Balancing a no-nonsense approach with a keen ability to listen sincerely to everyone's problems (with the exception of a snotty lawyer, played by Martin Short), he's a friendly, approachable blank slate for all those who come to visit him. And while he's tending to the shopaholic housewife (Mary McDonnell), the pulp-fantasizing pharmacist (Pruitt Taylor Vince), and the anorexic teenager (Zooey Deschanel), no one seems to give a second thought to who the man is behind the therapeutic face, not even his slightly sardonic neighbor (Alfre Woodard). It's not until he befriends a sweetly daft computer billionaire (Jason Lee) and starts treating a chronically fatigued young woman (Hope Davis) that his past--or rather, lack of one--starts coming into play, for it turns out that Mumford is not exactly who he says he is.

Less a mystery than an affectionate, perfectly modulated character study, Mumford easily represents writer-director Lawrence Kasdan's best work in a decade. While the plot seems whimsically Capra-esque and the dialogue sometimes stilted, it's so carefully and quietly directed that its good will and gentle spirit seem to float lightly off the screen. Kasdan hasn't created such engaging characters since The Big Chill, and all are winning without seeming artificial. Most amazing is Davis, who manages to invest a woman suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome with an inner glow that slowly becomes brighter as the film progresses. And Dean, as the enigmatic Mumford, may have finally found his breakthrough role; after years as an also-ran, he finally emerges as a solid, charming leading man. After Mumford, you won't forget his name, or face. --Mark Englehart

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From Academy Award(R)-nominated writer/director Lawrence Kasdan (BODY HEAT, THE BIG CHILL) comes this endearing romantic comedy. Starring a first-rate ensemble cast -- including Ted Danson (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN), Martin Short (FATHER OF THE BRIDE), Mary McDonnell (INDEPENDENCE DAY), Jason Lee (DOGMA), and Alfre Woodard (DOWN IN THE DELTA) -- MUMFORD is sure to win your heart with its charm and wit. When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford (Loren Dean, ENEMY OF THE STATE), comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarming frankness, the town's quirkiest citizens scramble for a seat on his couch. As he lightens hearts darkened by old secrets -- including those of the beautiful and troubled Sofie Crisp (Hope Davis, ARLINGTON ROAD) -- no one realizes he's hiding a whopper of his own, or that he's fallen head over heels for one of his patients! Filled with personality disorders, surprises, offbeat alliances, and some hilarious fantasies, MUMFORD is just what the laugh doctor ordered.

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Mumford - review.......2007-08-10

I enjoyed this movie, probably because I work in the field of Mental Health and could identify with a lot of the characters. Not such a stretch from reality, folks! But the movie was amusing and cute. Enjoyed it a lot.

Tasty Treat!....A Future Cult Classic...........2007-07-16

I loved this little movie!
I liked Loren Dean...he's new to me...maybe he's from the Walken family? ie: I love Chris, Nick Cage, Jason Leigh, Depp. When I see them in the credits, I don't expect someone who'd only like John Wayne movies, to give it a thumbs up; but I'm pretty sure to give it two of 'em! This is one of those high-five, two-thumbs-up reviews. Those who don't like it, go see your own kind of "boxed-set" flick. As for the reviewer, who mentioned the flashing of boobs..huh? They'd probably try to shield their kid's eyes from Dolly Parton, in 9 to 5, or Betty Boop...c'mon!..instead of cartoon depictions, it was only human characterizations of the cartoon aspects of society. Truth in jest...irony...satire...Not blatant, but understated, for those of us who don't need to be hit over the head to have a point made. More's not enuff of these movies, for me. The whole family can watch and be entertained, at different levels. Smart Movie Making. Keep 'em coming.

The Best Romantic Comedy... Ever.......2007-05-26

Mumford is one of those movies that no one really knows about, but everyone who's seen it loves it. It's a great romantic comedy full of bright, colorful- and very eccentric- characters. And it has one of the best twists in any movie I've seen in years.

Great movie, easy purchase.......2006-11-04

I was trying to introduce my boyfriend to this movie, but Netflix sent a broken copy with a horrible skip right near the denouement - that horrible dvd kind of skip where it just jumps back to the beginning of the disk... Anyway, I got on Amazon and ordered the movie right then, and in a few days, it was ours. This is a great movie, and it is wonderful having Amazon there to save the day!

What Exactly Constitutes Being A Psychologist?.......2006-10-15

MUMFORD is a delicious little film from 1999 written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill, Grand Canyon, The Accidental Tourist, Silverado, etc) who as usual poses some interesting questions as to our contemporary take on concepts. It is a quiet, beautifully acted ensemble film that wears well indeed.

Mumford (the underused Loren Dean) is a man with a variegated past who settles into a little town by the name of Mumford, decides he will listen to people talk, be a sounding board for folks who are in need of communication in this basically non-communicative world, and becomes a 'Psychologist' in every sense of the word - the good sense. The manner in which he listens to the many people within the little town is mesmerizing and insightful and the citizens he encounters and assists are varied and beautifully sculpted vulnerable human beings. The fine cast includes Hope Davis, Jason Lee (in one his finest roles), Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, Zooey Deschanel, Martin Short, David Paymer, Kevin Tighe, Ted Danson, Jason Ritter and even more.

The dialogue is introspective, healing, edgy, and entertaining and the overall feeling left with the viewer at the end of the piece is one of wishing more 'Mumfords' would be around our neighborhoods - or rather that we all could become 'Mumfords' with a little conviction and concern for our fellow beings. This is a Kasdan concept movie that touches our hearts while it stimulates our brains. Grady Harp, October 06

Mozart - Cosi Fan Tutte / Gardiner, Roocroft, Gilfry, English Baroque Soloists

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Better Heard than Seen
An inspired Cosi
The rare thing - a PERFECT video
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Mozart - Cosi Fan Tutte / Gardiner, Roocroft, Gilfry, English Baroque Soloists
Starring: Amanda Roocroft , Rosa Mannion , Rodney Gilfry , Rainer Trost , and Eirian James
Director: Peter Mumford
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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ASIN: B00006J9OU
Release Date: 2002-10-29

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Better Heard than Seen.......2007-06-28

This is a wonderfully sung and performed COSI FAN TUTTE. The problem is the video quality it terrible. On your HDTV it is like watching the opera from behind an annoying screen. The picture is blurry and anything but crisp. Details are lost, and the better your TV, the more annoying this is. My recommendation is to skip the dvd and get the cd of this performance.

An inspired Cosi.......2006-06-07

There are several excellent productions of Cosi available on DVD. Because the opera can be interpreted in different ways (that's one of its joys), I don't think there's a "best production" out there. This one, though, is my personal favorite. It's conducted by John Eliot Gardiner who says of Cosi that no other Mozart opera has such an unmistakable sound, one he can only describe as "feminine." It's the opera I put on when I need to nourish the soul. The "Addio" quintet, followed by the "Soave sia il vento" trio is almost too much beauty to bear in so short a time. Heavenly Amadeus music, always with that tinge of indefinable sadness, just like life.

This production has lush sets and costumes, sparkling conducting (on period instruments) and first-rate performances by the six ensemble players. I love how it shifts gears in Act II. Up until then it's all hilarity and fun. Then it stops you in your tracks as you realize Fiordiligi is truly in crisis. Amanda Roocroft communicates this both in her singing and her acting. You feel deeply for her.

As the sisters, Fiordiligi and Dorabella, Roocroft and Rosa Mannion's voices blend perfectly; this is essential because they sing together throughout the opera. Rainer Trost is a perfect Mozart tenor - sweet-voiced and expressive. His moving interpretation of Ferrando's two arias "Un' aura amorosa" and "Tradito, schernito" goes straight to your heart. Rodney Gilfry is wonderfully arrogant as Guglielmo and his rich baritone voice is a treat for the ear.

Finally, there are some great directorial choices - from the sisters fending off the "foreigners" with upended tables in the hilariously-staged "Alla bella Despinetta," to the ensemble dropping out of character as they begin the final chorus (an inspired choice since the audience knows it's false cheerfulness at that point anyway).

The rare thing - a PERFECT video.......2006-05-08

Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" has never been as ubiquitous in the operatic repertoire as Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, or Magic Flute, despite having perhaps the most beautiful score and the best libretto (by da Ponte). Ostensibly, the story is simple: two sisters (Fiordiligi and Dorabella) are engaged to two young men (Ferrando and Guglielmo). The men, egged on by a sinister Don Alfonso, decide to "test" their sweethearts' love by disguising themselves as soldiers and switching partners. The women do not pass this love-test, and thus the title of the opera: Cosi fan tutte (all women are like that). But this summary of the plot only scratches the tip of the iceburg that is Cosi fan tutte.

In the 19th century the opera was decried as wicked, because it dared put forth the idea of "free love" way before the 1960s. It stubbornly refused to be traditionally romantic. It's a comedy that becomes profoundly uncomfortable to watch, as the sunny frivolous, fake "romances" between the main characters turns into something entirely ambiguous and mysterious, something no one can explain, not even da Ponte or Mozart. The ending has no real sense of resolution, and thus is been the bane of stage directors. How does one end an opera that has no real ending? The moral and emotional ambiguity of Cosi fan tutte, however, makes it perhaps Mozart's richest and deepest work. I think the score is his most beautiful. The da Ponte libretto is by turns biting, funny, romantic, cynical, cruel, and humane. A performance that can express all the complexity of this work is rare, so that's why it's so special when it does happen, as it does here in this wonderful video.

John Eliot Gardiner is a conductor of the HIP movement, meaning he believes in using period-style instruments, tuning, and singing practices. The appogiaturas that mid-20th century German conductors so insistently stamped out are restored, as is vocal embellishments of the arias. The HIP movement was controversial when it first started; now most "unHIP" performances have incorporated some HIP practices, such as a the proper restoration of appogiaturas. (Although if one listens to the 1930s broadcasts and early recordings of Mozart one can hear the appogiaturas -- why they were so ruthlessly erased by mid-20th century conductors has always been a minor mystery to me. It mostly hinged on a few ambiguous letters Mozart wrote, that suggested he wanted his arias sung come scritto. Nowadays people acknowledge that those one or two letters were probably not meant to be taken literally.)

The production of Cosi fan tutte is proof that "traditional" does not equal stodgy. The cute (perhaps too cute) beginning has Don Alfonso (Claudio Nicolai), Guglielmo (Rodney Gilfry), and Ferrando (Rainer Trost) walking down the aisles of the Theatre du Chatalet and onstage. The men are in period-style costumes, and the stage is filled with white curtains. As the men end their discussion about the constancy of women, the curtains part and we are in a sunny, pretty Meditteranean garden, with a terra-cotta floor. Fiordiligi is playing with her clothes, suggesting her youth. The sets remain simple throughout the opera, but they always suggest a happy, sunny place, that contrasts more and more with the emotional complexity of the story as the opera progresses.

The main idea of Act 1 is to emphasize the immaturity of the lovers. The sisters are barely distinguishable from each other, both in costumes, voice, and personality. Gardiner explains in his notes that although it's been traditional to cast Fiordiligi as a soprano and Dorabella as a mezzo to contrast and differentiate the sisters, the original Fiordiligi and Dorabella were singers very similar in range and type. Besides, the main concept in this production is that Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Guglielmo, and Ferrando are all very immature and juvenile, with very little sense of self. (Reminiscent of the lovers in Midsummer's Night Dream.) They rhapsodize about love without any idea of what love actually is. Throughout the performance, things seem light and happy and giggly, and it only gradually creeps up on you that this is no longer funny, that the emotions are real, and that the silly, indistinguishable foursome have become complex individuals, with emotions that can't be erased by Don Alfonso and Despina's almost cruel prattle at the opera's conclusion.

Gardiner assembled a young, good-looking cast, that fit into the concept of the immaturity and inexperience of the lovers. Don Alfonso is an elderly gentleman, and the fact that he's cruelly meddling in the emotional and sexual lives of these young people suggests his need to compensate for his own lack of emotional depth. Amanda Roocroft and Rosa Mannion have voices that are lighter than usual for this opera. Roocroft can't quite negotiate the fiendishly difficult "Come scoglio" and "Per pieta" as well as some Fiordiligis I've heard (most recently Dorothea Roschmann in the excellent, if very different video from Berlin), but I love her light, bright, youthful sounding voice, as well as Rosa Mannion's. If you have an allergy to fast vibratos than you might take issue with Roocroft and Mannion, but I don't. The men (Rodney Gilfry and Rainer Trost) are more well-known than the women, and they sing marvellously. "Il core vi dono" and "Fra gli amplessi" (the two sublime duets between the "switched" lovers in the second act) have the requisite beauty and poignancy. The many ensemble pieces demonstrate how well all the performers are able to blend their voices into a harmonious, beautiful whole. Despina (Eirian James) is an energetic and spunky Despina, and she suggests that her cruel shenanigans are borne out of a servant's resentment. Like Don Alfonso, she always remains slightly detatched from the lovers, as if she's watching a baseball game.

At the end of the opera, Mozart's happy C-major chord plays, and the characters are all smiling, except Fiordiligi is still holding onto Ferrando's hand, and Dorabella and Guglielmo are holding hands as well. Finally Fiordiligi holds hands with Guglielmo, and the lovers are all lined up, holding hands. They're supposed to go back to their original lovers, but they can't break the bonds that they formed with their "fake" lovers either. All of them are smiling. What are they smiling about? Their newfound love? Or relief that the game is over? A perfectly ambiguous ending to this opera.

An absolute delight!.......2006-04-07

Loved every minute of this performance! I will only add that the voices were all stellar - incredible range required for Mozart - and the blending of Manion's (Dorabella) and Roocroft's (Fiordiligi) sopranos skilled and delightful. I was fascinated with Dorabella and Fiordiligi: difficult to distinguish in the beginning and gradually allowing their different natures to emerge along with differences in costuming. This production, like all of Gardiner's, is excellent; anyone wanting scan and pan with lots of closeups is missing a genuine treat!

Nitpicking doesnt change the fact..........2005-08-17

that this is the best overall COSI on the market. Cosi is very much ensemble and this dvd is filmed that way. Those who want alot of closeups and editing may find this disappointing. I liked the filming scheme of this dvd because it was written and composed specifically as an opera of relationships, and viewing the reactions of those characters not necessarily singing at the moment is important. The denouement of this version of the opera is peerless in dvd format.The quality and matching of voices is also unmatched on any other current dvds of this opera. Trost & Roocroft are consistently excellent and the orchestra is dead on. I have viewed every COSI dvd offered online, and it is my sincere opinion that this version is the best overall. Try it!

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Rodney Mullen!
Just read the review please.

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Starring: Daniel Gonzalez , Gerson Mosley , Rodney Mullen , Chad Fernandez , and Chet Thomas
Director: Matt Hill
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Release Date: 2002-03-12

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Rodney Mullen!.......2006-05-08

Good Skate vid. Skating is good from Jayme Fortune. Gershon has a good part. Chet Thomas has some amazing hardflips. Danny Gonzalez has fun on his board with tricks you won't normally see in a video. Mumford grinds a lot. Same with Chad Fernandez. Rodney has the best part with amazing skating. I don't know how he lands some of his tricks. Definately worth buying for the Rodney part. Some extras with a nice Am montage showing some kids riding globes like Wilt, Lutzka, Ramondetta, DJ chavez. its fun to see where the kids ended up nowdays.

Just read the review please........2003-03-13

The DVD doesn't have any extras really, but that's okay. The whole Globe team is just great, but Rodney Mullen's part is absolubtly mind blowing. No one in the world can do what he can do on a skateboard, and if you havn't seen his part in Opinion, you absolubtly have to. Its not the best skate video ever made from a presentation standpoint or even a skating standpoint (except for Rodney's part) but its still definitely a must see video.

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Lots of fun - feel it the next day!
Great purchase!
Bootcamp Rocks!
Great Challenging Workout!

Barry's Bootcamp 5 Day Academy

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Body Sculpting Strength Training
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Bonus: The Original Bootcamp Treadmill Workout

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You can now get THE BEST WORKOUT IN THE WORLD just like Hollywood celebrities do at Barry's Bootcamp's L.A. fitness studios, combining both strength training and fat blasting cardio with the revolutionary 5 DAY ACADEMY series! This intense workout is designed to give you a strong and sexy body which will help you excel in all aspects of your life.

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Lots of fun - feel it the next day!.......2007-07-14

Great DVD's! You need minimal equipment to use, just free weights and an aerobic step. It's really just like having a person trainer, and I should know as I am one! The 5 DVD's give you a great variety and the trainers are motivating without being "pushy" or annoying. My boyfriend who is not as fit as I am also enjoys the DVD's and finds them to be just the right tempo but still challenging. I like the cardio only option, and also the "play your own music" choice. The sound/lighting on the DVD is of a professional quality even though it is a live class. Seeing the other class participants working out motivates me (if they can do it, I can do it!) and super hot instructors keep the mood light and positive. Also the packaging was really cool and makes this set an ideal gift. The ONLY issue I had was getting the DVD's in a timely manner. Apparently for an unknown reason my set was not shipped. I had to call the seller for details, and the individual who I needed to speak to was not working that day, so I left a message. To my surprise I was called that day AND I was giving the cell phone number of that person so I could call with any questions. My order was shipped to me next day, the customer service was superb, and I would defiantly buy another set should they come out with a new series!

Great purchase!.......2007-07-11

This workout is advanced. I put it in the same league as Cathe & P90X. I would purchase it for the weights portion alone. It's a five day rotation & tough. It's not often I have to take "breaks" working out, but this gets me winded every time. I don't have a treadmill so can not comment on the treadmill workout. The other aerobic section on each DVD is high impact plyometrics. I LOVE that you can choose no music in the background. Having to listen to banal music over & over kills me. This way, I put on whatever music I like & go.

Bootcamp Rocks!.......2007-06-17

I've taken classes at both So Cal locations and can tell you this DVD set covers it all! It's the next best thing to being there!!

Great Challenging Workout!.......2007-05-06

These DVDs are a great investment to anyone who wants to get fit fast. They are challenging and you can definitely feel the areas that were worked the day after! I love them and feel awesome after my early monring workout! My favorite is the Butt and Legs workout....an awesome workout! Give it a try....I'm sure you'll be more than happy with the results. Additionally, you will need some weights and a step. I have 3s, 5s, 8s, 10s and 12s...I now use the 8s as my light weights and the 12s as my heavier weights but I suggest using the lighter ones if you are a beginner.

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Going to the Sun Road

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Going to the Sun Road
Glacier National Park

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Going to the Sun Road DVD is a great way to experience the drive in Glacier National Park. An excellent video to watch while exercising on a treadmill or stationary bicycle. A real scenic workout! "...Feels like I jogged over the Continental Divide." (Notes on DVD)

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rodney = king
The best old school skater in the world

On Video Skateboarding Winter 2002
Starring: Rodney Mullen , Louie Barletta , Fred Gall , Matt Mumford , and Danny Garcia
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ASIN: B000069LC3
Release Date: 2001-11-01

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rodney = king.......2005-05-04

i own this video and have followed rodney for many years now. let me tell you this video does justice to him. he makes so many moves that all these skaters today can't even do, look so damn easy. his combinations and control of his board make him the best.

The best old school skater in the world.......2003-02-12

If you like old school tricks you are bound to role with this video. He is my favorite skater and the best in the world to me. He does some of the most crazy tricks you have ever seen and you probibly never thought that they were possible. Well if you like old school and you like to see some crazy tricks then you should buy this tight dvd.

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Mafia! - DVD- Taking aim at Hollywood's greatest gangster films, MAFIA! is the hilarious comedy spoof that packs all the laughs you'd expect from the hit-making director of AIRPLANE! and HOT SHOTS! In this sidesplitting saga of disorganized crime's most dysfunctional family, legendary star Lloyd Bridges rules the underworld as the ruthless, powerful ... and ceaselessly clumsy ... Godfather Vincenzo Cortino. When the time comes to choose the next Don Cortino, however, a riotous rivalry breaks out between his two sons: one a war hero (handsome Jay Mohr -- JERRY MAGUIRE) and the other a raving psychotic! Also starring sexy Christina Applegate (JUST VISITING) in an outrageously funny cast -- you'll happily die laughing with this dead-on mobster movie parody that offers entertainment you can't refuse! Mumford - DVD- From Academy Award(R)-nominated writer/director Lawrence Kasdan (BODY HEAT, THE BIG CHILL) comes this endearing romantic comedy. Starring a first-rate ensemble cast -- including Ted Danson (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN), Martin Short (FATHER OF THE BRIDE), Mary McDonnell (INDEPENDENCE DAY), Jason Lee (DOGMA), and Alfre Woodard (DOWN IN THE DELTA) -- MUMFORD is sure to win your heart with its charm and wit. When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford (Loren Dean, ENEMY OF THE STATE), comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarming frankness, the town's quirkiest citizens scramble for a seat on his couch. As he lightens hearts darkened by old secrets -- including those of the beautiful and troubled Sofie Crisp (Hope Davis, ARLINGTON ROAD) -- no one realizes he's hiding a whopper of his own, or that he's fallen head over heels for one of his patients! Filled with personality disorders, surprises, offbeat alliances, and some hilarious fantasies, MUMFORD is just what the laugh doctor ordered.

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Back in Black
Starring: Adam Alfaro; Chet Childress; Kyle Leeper; Pat Rakestraw; Matt Mumford;
Director: John Lucero
Manufacturer: Black Label
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000M9BPKS
Release Date: 2006-06-30

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Showcasing the originality and diversity of the Black Label team. The video highlights the creativity of Peter Watkins, the unique style of Pat Rakestraw, Kyle Leeper smooth lines, the undeniable talent of Anthony Shultz, the power of Chaz Pineda, Matt Mumford s head smashing onslaught, Chet Childress s flowing destruction, the tech gnarliness of Chris Troy, and the good feeling vibe of Adam Alfaro. Featuring an epic soundtrack that compliments everyone s style while keeping true to what has made Black Label what it is for over sixteen years.

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