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*Jungle Book 2 (Garber review) **
Our hero -- young Mowgli -- is back with a "sequel" to The Jungle Book, although to be truthful, in this case there never was a book, and there is barely any jungle, so two of the key elements are decidedly missing.
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*My Big Fat Greek Wedding ****
While I found the film averagely entertaining, my friend loved it, and so did another friend I ran into on the way. He said, "I've seen it three times!" Perhaps my upbringing in a similarly loud Mediterranean family squelched any shocking moments of surprise for me.
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Futurama on DVD *****
I'll admit that Futurama is one of my all-time favourite cartoon shows, and I considered throwing myself into a suicide phone booth (the way that Bender and Fry met) when the series got cancelled, but the arrival of this timely DVD has given me a new lease on life.
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The Pool (Alexiou review) ** 1/2
If you are planning to have your friends over for drinks and mindless fun, and want something on the TV that doesn't demand too much attention, than you could do worse than The Pool. Of course, you could do a lot better.
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*Spirited Away - Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Miyazaki's Spirited Away) (Garber review) **** 1/2
Upset by her family's move to the suburbs, a 10-year-old girl is led into a parallel universe by her parents -- who are magically transformed.
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The Dead Zone ***
Never one of Stephen King's most celebrated novels, his 1979 offering The Dead Zone, has proven to be one of his most enduring.
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete First Season DVD set ***
ISBN:B00005JLIC
Some missing elements, but still a solid collection.
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