jason segal

Classic Crime Collection - Street Justice (Murder Inc., The French Connection, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, The Seven-Ups)
$29.98
This is a great dvd set if you like crime movies. My favorite is the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Great value.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Three-Disc Unrated Collector's Edition)
$26.98
This movie I have had to watch over and over! Jason Segel is SO FUNNY! The whole movie kept my attention and it was laugh after laugh! You have to get the unrated version and watch the other version, not the theaterical. This dvd gives 2 versions of the film. I love the scene where he is doing yoga and attempting a head stand! Hysterical! This Jason Segel is a big break out star from this movie and I really look forward to seeing him in more films.

The Terminal Man
$9.99
This is an excellent movie which deserves to be on DVD, with commentary by Crichton, Hodges and/or Segal. They are all still with us as of 4/2008 (Sadly Ms. Hackett is not).

This is a superior film with brilliant set design and costuming. From the sterility of the Hospital (known only as "Babel" from the subtly placed and nearly nearly invisible emblems), to the mind-numbing anonymity of the staff uniforms, few films are as well dressed as this. Only the dissenting staff, Dr's Ross and Manon, show any hint of individuality in their work apparel. Ironically it is Benson the patient, supposedly insane, who displays the most humanity of all, with the possible exception of Dr Ross. Segal was brilliant, and severely under-utilized in the film. Perhaps the filmmakers thought that necessary, in order to emphasize the dehumanization of the hospital and its staff. But a bit more contrast could have been provided IMO. Still, the film is excellent nonetheless.

Today's society however, with its short attention span, will likely be permanently disappointed. To those who complain that this film is "slow" (and they are legion); I would say to either learn some patience, or simply avoid the film and go back to your action/adventure.

While made in the early 1970's, it is highly relevant to today's world as well. Replace the "wires in the brain" with today's over-prescribed Ritalin, SSRI's, and other similar drugs, and you will see the point.

Please, please, release this underrated gem on DVD with all the extras. There are many like myself who will buy it. Thank you!

D.P. (1985) [VHS]
$24.95
During the late 1970s until the early 1990s, afterschool specials were regularly seen for a teenage audience. This short subject film about an African German male orphan in post World War II Germany. The boy feels alone and isolated until somebody tells him about an African American soldier who looks like him. The boy thinks that he is his father. Despite the obvious truth, the soldier loves him like his own regardless of who really is his father. It's a heartbreaking story and I hope I got the ending right. I brought to school and gave it to high school teachers for reading class. We should bring back afterschool specials.