The Banana Splits Movie THE BANANA SPLITS MOVIE (2019) Starring Dani Kind, Steve Lund, Finlay Wojtak-Hissong, Romeo Carere, Sara Canning, Eric Bauza, Lionel Newton, Kiroshan Naidoo, Celina Martin, Richard White, Naledi Majola, Maria Nash, Lia Sachs, Keeno Lee Hector, Daniel Fox and Vash Singh. Screenplay by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas. Directed by Danishka Esterhazy. Distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. 86 minutes. Rated R. Talk about high concept. There must have

Freaky Friday FREAKY FRIDAY (2018) Starring Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Heidi Blickenstaff, Jason Maybaum, Alex Désert, Ricky He, Kahyun Kim, Dara Renee, Isaiah Lehtinen, Jennifer LaPorte, Sarah Willey, Rukiya Bernard, Joshua Pak, Lauren McGibbon, Dave Hurtubise, Gary Jones, Paula Burrows, Jag Arneja, Julius Fair, Ryan Lawrie, Gaalen Engen, Colby Wilson, Jocelyne Loewen, Georgia Klebe-McCulloch, Pendo Muema, Kris Neufeld, Brody Romhanyi, Veronica Cormier and John Mee. Screenplay by Bri

The Manor THE MANOR (2017) Starring Christina Robinson, Kevin Nash, Rachel True, Sully Erna, Michael Bennett, Tanja Melendez Lynch, Mark J. Sullivan Jr., Michael Zuccola, Eric Lutes, Tandi Tugwell, Danielle Guldin, David Tessier, Pamela Jayne Morgan, Mike Messier, Armen Garo, M. Joseph Sullivan III, Chelsea Vale, Ryan King Persaud, Edilsy Vargas and Allie Marshall. Screenplay by Michael Messier, Glenn Jeffrey, Matt O’Connor and Tom DeNucci. Directed by Jonathon Schermerhorn.

Grease: 40th Anniversary GREASE (40TH ANNIVERSARY) (1978) Starring John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Michael Tucci, Dinah Manoff, Didi Conn, Barry Pearl, Jamie Donnelly, Kelly Ward, Sid Caesar, Eve Arden, Dody Goodman, Joan Blondell, Frankie Avalon, Edd Byrnes, Dennis Stewart, Annette Charles, Susan Buckner, Lorenzo Lamas, Eddie Deezen, Alice Ghostley, Fannie Flagg, Dick Patterson, Ellen Travolta, Michael Biehn, Wendy Jo Sperber and Sha Na Na

Breakable You BREAKABLE YOU (2017) Starring Holly Hunter, Tony Shalhoub, Cristin Milioti, Omar Metwally, Alfred Molina, Isabelle Candelier, Adrian Lester, Brooke Adams, Peter O’Meara, Yumi Iwama, Caroline Aaron, Beege Barkette, Angela Church, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Tamika Sonja Lawrence, Carl Lundstedt, Siena Marino, Doris McCarthy, Adam McLaughlin, Barry Primus and Jeremy Shamos. Screenplay by Andrew Wagner & Fred Parnes. Directed by Andrew Wagner. Distributed by Sony Pictures

The Who: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 2004. THE WHO: LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL 2004 (2017) Featuring Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Simon Townshend, Pino Palladino, Zak Starkey and John “Rabbit” Bundrick. Directed by Matt Askem. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment.  minutes. Not Rated. The Who’s 1970 performance at the Isle of Wight festival is legendary in rock circles, drawing an audience of about 650,000 people. The show was often bootlegged, because at

Fall Out Boy – The Boys of Zummer Tour (Live in Chicago) FALL OUT BOY – THE BOYS OF ZUMMER TOUR: LIVE IN CHICAGO (2016) Featuring Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley. Directed by Jim Yukich. Distributed by Eagle Vision.  80 minutes.  Not Rated. Fall Out Boy have changed a lot with the times over the decade and a half or so that they’ve mostly been together (this is including the two-three year hiatus they took in the early 2010s).  They rocketed to fame in

Bryan Adams – Wembley 1996 Live BRYAN ADAMS – WEMBLEY 1996 LIVE (2016) Featuring Bryan Adams, Keith Scott, Mickey Curry, Tommy Mandel, Dave Taylor, Danny Cummings and Melissa Etheridge. Directed by Bryan Adams. Distributed by Eagle Vision.  143 minutes.  Not Rated. At this point in his career, Bryan Adams is mostly remembered for his smash hit, slightly sappy soundtrack ballads: “Heaven” (from A Night in Heaven), “All For Love” (from The Three Musketeers), “Have You Ever Love

Journey Live in Manila JOURNEY LIVE IN MANILA (2016) Featuring Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ross Valory, Arnel Pineda and Deen Castronovo. Directed by Eli Tishberg. Distributed by Eagle Rock Home Entertainment.  141 minutes.  Not Rated. Of the classic arena rock groups of the 1970s and 1980s – including Journey, Styx, Foreigner, Boston, Kansas, REO Speedwagon, etc. – most are now on the nostalgia tour circuit.  However, of those bands, none have their original band lineup.  Mor

Beauty and the Beast – 25 Anniversary Edition BEAUTY & THE BEAST – 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION (1992) Featuring the voices of Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers and Richard White. Screenplay by Linda Woolverton. Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.  84 minutes.  Rated G. Twenty-five years on from it’s release, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is still a bright star in the history of the world’s bes

Styx – Live at the Orleans Arena Las Vegas STYX – LIVE AT THE ORLEANS ARENA LAS VEGAS (2016) Featuring Tommy Shaw, James “JT” Young, Lawrence Gowan, Todd Sucherman, Ricky Phillips and Chuck Panozzo. Directed by Larry Jordan. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment.  132 minutes.  Not Rated. It’s all too easy to forget, thirty-some years after Styx first officially broke up at the height of their fame in 1984, that during a ten-year period from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s,

Teen Beach 2 TEEN BEACH 2 (2015) Starring Maia Mitchell, Grace Phipps, Ross Lynch, Garrett Clayton, Mollee Gray, John DeLuca, Chrissie Fit, Ross Butler, Piper Curda, Jordan Fisher, Jessica Lee Keller, Kent Boyd, Mónica López, Raymond Alexander Cham Jr., Kayla Radomski, Kc Monnie, Tyler Mizak, William T. Loftis, Morgan Larson and Jazmín Caratini.. Screenplay by Billy Eddy & Matt Eddy. Directed by Jeffrey Hornaday. Distributed by Disney Channel.  104 minutes.  Rated TV-G. Who k

A MusiCares Tribute to Paul McCartney A MUSICARES TRIBUTE TO PAUL McCARTNEY (2015) Featuring Paul McCartney, Alicia Keys, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Jerry Douglas, Duane Eddy, Norah Jones, Neil Young with Crazy Horse, Sergio Mendes, Coldplay, James Taylor, Diane Krall, Joe Walsh, Dave Grohl and members of Cirque du Soleil. Directed by Leon Knoles. Distributed by Shout Factory.  60 minutes.  Not Rated. As hard as it is for those of us that grew up with him to believe, “The

Sofia the First – The Curse of Princess Ivy Featuring the voices of Ariel Winter, Wayne Brady, Darcy Rose Byrnes, Anna Camp, Tim Gunn, Jess Harnell, John Michael Higgins, Tyler Merna, Oliver Platt, Sara Ramirez, Sam Riegel, Gary Anthony Williams, Travis Willingham, Mick Wingert and Mandy Moore. Screenplay by Craig Gerber & Erica Rothschild. Directed by Jamie Mitchell. Distributed by Disney Junior.  60 minutes.  Rated TV-Y. Disney Junior’s Sofia the First is a favorite show fo

Doc McStuffins – Cuddle Me Lambie Doc McStuffins – Cuddle Me Lambie Disney would tell you that no one gives better cuddles than Doc’s warm and fuzzy best friend.  She’s a princess and a ballerina, and she’s always there for toys that need an extra helping of tender loving care. They must be talking about Lambie, Doc McStuffin’s furry and sweet B.F.F.!  Disney’s new DVD features several heartwarming episodes including Doc, Lambie and all the rest of the gang. Each episode teac

Mary Poppins on Blu-ray MARY POPPINS - 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION (1964) Starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermoine Baddedly, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Treacher, Reginald Owen and Ed Wynn. Screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DiGradi. Directed by Robert Stevenson. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 139 minutes. Rated G. As the story of the making of the film about the beloved Disney nanny is coming to theaters soon

John Denver – Around the World Live JOHN DENVER – AROUND THE WORLD LIVE (2009) Featuring John Denver. Directed by Barry Ehrmann. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment.  592 minutes.  Not Rated. In the twelve years since his untimely death in a plane crash – and a good 30 years on from his popular heyday – it has become all too easy to forget how huge a star John Denver was in the 1970s.  Around the World Live not only reminds us of Denver’s amazing popularity, but also of w

Barbra Streisand – The Television Specials Barbra Streisand The Television Specials (Rhino-2005) Your patience with this DVD depends on your Babs tolerance level. However, truth be told, this collection is, well, fabulous. Even if you are not a fan, the music and the voice is so dazzling that, even if you don’t convert, you’ll at the very least question your sexuality. Here are five TV specials that, if you let them wash over you, will drown you with an odd, unusual pleasure.

House of Voices HOUSE OF VOICES (a.k.a. SAINT ANGE) (2005) Starring Virginie Ledoyen, Lou Doillon, Catriona MacColl, Dorina Lazar, Jeróme Soufflet, Virginie Darmon, Marie Henry, Eric Pratt and Christophe Lemaire. Screenplay by Pascal Laugier. Directed by Pascal Laugier. Distributed by Rogue Pictures. 100 minutes.  Rated R. Released in France as Saint Ange in 2004 and then slipped straight into the video stores a year later in an English dubbed form and with a new title, House

Gumball 3000 – 6 Days in May GUMBALL 3000 – SIX DAYS IN MAY (2005) Starring Adrien Brody, Rob Dyrdek, Jodie Kidd, Tony Hawk, Momo, Chris Eubank, Maximillian Cooper, Kim Schmitz, John Docherty, Gary Lutke, Ramdane Touhami, Mourad Mazouz, Ben James, Tim Masters, Big Black, Bentley Boys, Yorgo Tloupas, Shane Slevin, Alex Roy, Richie Warren, Cliff Pedgren, Karta Healy and The Cliffs. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Distributed by Destroy Entertainment/Warner Strategic Marketing.  69