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Blu-ray Review: Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Dec 2, 2009, 10:31 pm
Now Available to Own Photo Slideshow Read Jen's Reviews of Space Buddies; Air Bud addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; More than any other studio and undoubtedly because they were the ea...
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DVD Review: Rethink Afghanistan (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Dec 2, 2009, 10:20 pm
... that should be of main concern. When a child is in jeopardy, no matter how broke a parent may be, if those precious few seconds wherein a life can continue or end depend on ... Michael Moore...
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DVD Review: Official Rejection -- Two-Disc Rejection Collection Edition (2008)

Jen J. posted an article on - Dec 1, 2009, 8:15 pm
Now Available to Own Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Back in 2008, a Park City, Utah sized ski mountain of 2,051 film submission packets were sent to Robert Redford'...
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Blu-ray Review: Fight Club -- 10th Anniversary Edition (1999; 2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 29, 2009, 5:55 pm
Now Available to Own Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; The idea of an unreliable narrator is a fascinating literary device that seems to play best in the realm of cinema a...
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Blu-ray Review: The Kevin Smith Collection (Clerks; Chasing Amy; Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 28, 2009, 3:13 pm
Now Available to Own Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Aside from hilarity, one of the side effects not addressed on the box of The Kevin Smith Collection amidst the phone...
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Blu-ray Review: It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 26, 2009, 5:22 pm
addthis_pub = 'littlemissfroggerNow Available to Own Read Jen's Review of Season 4 on DVD Photo Slideshow If TV was high school and the programs that aired on every network were member...
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Blu-ray Review: Rocky: The Undisputed Collection

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 25, 2009, 8:00 pm
Now Available to Own Amazon Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Being nicknamed "The Italian Stallion" was one thing but had Rocky creator Sylvester Stallone been so inclin...
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Blu-ray Review: Angels & Demons (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 24, 2009, 5:34 pm
Now Available to Own Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; As Robin said in the gleefully campy original '66 Batman, “some days you just can't get rid of a bomb.” ...
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Blu-ray Review: The Negotiator (1998)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 22, 2009, 7:12 pm
November on Blu-ray: WB Action in High Definition Also Available on DVD WB's Action Movie Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; F. Gary Gray's 1998 thriller negotia...
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Movie Review: The Messenger (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 20, 2009, 1:40 pm
Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; When you see them, you know precisely what’s coming. Likewise, when their military issued beeper goes off, they know precisely what’s ...
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Blu-ray Review: The Open Road (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 6:48 pm
Photo Slideshow Now Available to Own addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; As coach Ted Danson reasons, baseball players “don't say things like eluding” especially as an excus...
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DVD Review: Brüno (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 6:45 pm
Now Available on DVD & Blu-ray Photos addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Much like landing on that square in "Monopoly" that sends you to jail without passing go or collecting $200, as...
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Blu-ray Review: Up (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 2:50 pm
Now Available on DVD & Blu-ray Photo Slideshow View Clips from the Film addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Both onscreen as well as offscreen and via animation instead of live action-- fo...
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Blu-ray Review: Monster's, Inc. (2001)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 2:20 pm
New On Blu-ray (DVD Already Available) View Video Clips from the Release addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Children's songs warned that we should “never smile at a crocodile,” and ...
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Blu-ray Review: Adoration (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 14, 2009, 10:20 pm
Photo Slideshow Now Available on DVD & Blu-ray addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Despite the fact that nothing about the fascinating, flawed yet maligned Where the Truth Lies was conv...
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DVD Reviews: Walt Disney Treasures Wave IX -- Zorro: The First Complete Season; Zorro: The Second Complete Season (1957-1959)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 12, 2009, 9:30 pm
Now Available on DVD (For a Limited Time) Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Walt Disney didn’t do pilots, focus groups or test screenings; what he did do was commit. By ...
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DVD Review: Mickey's Magical Christmas -- Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 12, 2009, 9:20 pm
Now Available on DVD Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Unless you were forced to watch Bambi’s mother die repeatedly as the cinematic children’s version of Walken an...
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DVD Review: Whatever Works (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 9, 2009, 9:45 pm
Now Available on DVD & Blu-ray Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Although I would argue that in addition to luck, the real reason that filmmaker Woody Allen has consiste...
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Movie Review: Christmas Story (2007) -- English Dubbed Version

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 7, 2009, 7:20 pm
Now Available on DVD Trailer addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; AKA: Joulutarina; En julberättelse Thanks to Christmas carols and television specials, by the time children who celebrate ...
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TV on DVD: Traffik -- 20th Anniversary Edition (1989)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 6, 2009, 9:20 pm
addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogNow Available from Acorn Media Steven Soderbergh's Oscar Winning Remake Since it's only been nine years since Steven Soderbergh's quadruple Oscar winnin...
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DVD Review: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) -- Double DVD "Scrat Pack"

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 6, 2009, 2:45 am
Now Available on DVD & Blu-ray Photo Slideshow Celebrate Ice Age addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; AKA Ice Age 3; Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs In 2008 and 2009 respectively, the mos...
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TV on DVD: The Haunted Airman (2006)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 6, 2009, 1:48 am
Now Available to Own Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; If there’s one thing the BBC loves more than a miniseries or a new crime and punishment television show, it’s ad...
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TV on DVD: Peanuts 1970's Collection, Volume 1

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 4:22 pm
Now Available to Own Read Jen's Review of Peanuts 1960's Collection addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; With Schroeder's confession that, “like everybody else, I've sold o...
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Blu-ray Review: The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Nov 2, 2009, 10:00 pm
Now Available on DVD & Blu-ray See the Original Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Like Mifune was to Kurosawa, Rowlands was to Cassavetes, and De Niro and Di Caprio are t...
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DVD Review: TCM Spotlight: Esther Williams, Vol. 2

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 30, 2009, 4:00 am
Now Available on DVD Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Titles Included: Thrill of a Romance; Fiesta; This Time for Keeps; Pagan Love Song; Million Dollar Mermaid; Easy to...
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DVD Review: Fermat's Room (2007)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 28, 2009, 9:44 pm
Now Available on DVD addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Barring a fictitious title such as “Who Wants to Be a Nobel Prize Winner,” if you were asked to choose a game show for which a qu...
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TV on DVD: Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) -- 40th Anniversary 6-Part Documentary (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 28, 2009, 9:40 pm
Now Available on DVD & Blu-ray addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Despite the fact that I grew up in the same state from which Python member Terry Gilliam hailed before a continental change...
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TV on DVD: Angel and the Badman (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 28, 2009, 9:38 pm
Now Available On DVD (The Remake & The Original) addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Let's face facts, Pilgrim: if you're saddled with an originally-made-for-television remake of a c...
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DVD Review: Criminal Ways (2003)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 26, 2009, 9:10 pm
Available on DVD 10/27 addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Original Title: The Wannabes Have you ever wondered just what exactly has come of some of the adorable yet artistically challenged...
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Blu-ray Review: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 25, 2009, 6:19 pm
Available on 10/27 Photo Slideshow View the First 6 Minutes of the Film Read Jen's Review of Tinker Bell addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Robin: Aren't you one of those guys? Q...
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TV on DVD: Midsomer Murders -- Set 13 (2006-2007)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 23, 2009, 6:40 pm
The Detectives Return On Acorn DVD Get Caught Up Read Jen's Review of Set 12 addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Obviously one could argue that nobody leaves the deceptively old-fashion...
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Blu-ray Review: The Proposal (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 23, 2009, 2:02 am
Now Available to Own Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger' Something's Gotta Give, North to Alaska AKA While Guy Friday's Green Card Was Taming Prada's Shrew Vete...
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DVD Review: Nightmare (2005)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 23, 2009, 2:01 am
Photos Now Available on DVD addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; According to Nightmare's naïve co-writer and first time filmmaker David Bank, the film was made specifically for fellow ...
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Blu-ray Review: Wallace and Gromit: The Complete Collection (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 9, 2009, 8:00 pm
Now Available on DVD & Blu-ray (Along With Their Newest Title: A Matter of Loaf and Death) addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Like many Italians, I too often have a craving for cheese. But...
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DVD Review: Disney Animation Short Film Collection -- Classic Short Films Volume 7: Mickey's Christmas Carol (1993)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 9, 2009, 8:00 am
Now Available to Own Previous Titles in the Series: 6 Classic DVDs From the Disney Animation Collection addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Most would surely join Ebenezer Scrooge in sayin...
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Movie Review: Peter and Vandy (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 9, 2009, 5:01 am
Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; For singletons, it used to be the grandmothers we'd have to worry about at key holiday events when inevitably we'd be put on the s...
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DVD Review: PVC-1 (2007)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 9, 2009, 4:01 am
Photo Slideshow Now Available on DVD addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Before it became standard operating procedure on the real-time Fox hit series 24 that made us overlook lapses in l...
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DVD Review: Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving -- 10th Anniversary Edition DVD Gift Set (1999)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 9, 2009, 3:13 am
Now Available on DVD addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; The things we do to technology. For example, I'm writing this review on a relative's backup eMac that has a tendency to rese...
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TV on DVD: Fringe -- The Complete First Season (2008-2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 1:35 am
Photo Slideshow Now Available on DVD & Blu-ray View Video Clips from the Series addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger Late into the premiere season of J.J. Abrams' most recent smash hit Fri...
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TV on DVD: The Mentalist -- The Complete First Season (2008-2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 8:50 pm
Photo Slideshow Now Available on DVD addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; One inadvertent side effect of the pop culturally aware banter that fills any given episode or advertisement of USA...
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Blu-ray Review: Away We Go (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 9:30 am
Photo Slideshow Now Available on DVD & Blu-ray addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Now that we've arrived in the fall aka the Oscar bait time in the calendar of film studios as Holl...
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TV on DVD: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia -- Season 4

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 8:22 am
Photo Slideshow Now Available to Own addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Still Sunny with twisted glee, the outrageously original brainchild of stars Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, and ...
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Blu-ray Review: Rudo y Cursi (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 7:12 am
Photo Slideshow Now Available on DVD & Blu-ray addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Y Tu Hermano Tambien? As our postmodern narrator explains in writer/director Carlos Cuaron's feature f...
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Blu-ray Review: X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) -- Ultimate 2-Disc Edition

Jen J. posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 9:12 pm
Photo Slideshow Now Available to Own addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogge According to the refreshingly humble and self-deprecating interview with Stan Lee included on Fox's Blu-ray release of ...
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TV on DVD: Alvin and the Chipmunks -- The Very First Alvin Show

Jen J. posted an article on - Sep 29, 2009, 6:46 pm
New Titles Now Available Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; I've always had a fondness for the Chipmunks, whether they were touching our heartstrings with their famous ...
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TV on DVD: The Big Bang Theory -- The Complete Second Season (2008-2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Sep 29, 2009, 5:15 pm
Photo Slideshow Now Available on DVD addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; One of the sweetest yet sharpest situation comedies in years, creator Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady's The Big B...
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DVD Review: Easy Virtue (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Sep 28, 2009, 3:15 am
Now Available to Own Photo Slideshow addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; All film buff allegiance to Alfred Hitchcock aside but on an enjoyment scale, the idea of watching a silent version ...
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TV on DVD: The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Set 1 (1971)

Jen J. posted an article on - Sep 27, 2009, 6:40 pm
Now on DVD addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger'; Bookmark this on Delicious Print Page I'm just going to go ahead and write what I secretly know that everyone is thinking and that is,...
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TV on DVD: The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987)

Jen J. posted an article on - Sep 27, 2009, 6:20 pm
Now Available on DVD addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogger';Read Jen's Review of The Beiderbecke Affair Bookmark this on Delicious Print Page Being that Headmaster Wheeler (Keith Smith)...
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Movie Review: Bright Star (2009)

Jen J. posted an article on - Sep 25, 2009, 8:25 pm
Photo Slideshow Check Out Our Trailer & Photo Gallery addthis_pub = 'littlemissfrogge Bookmark this on Delicious Print Page As the last of the great pre-Victorian era Romantic poets, Jo...
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About Me

Jen is a life-long film buff frequently dubbed a "Walking Movie Encyclopedia.” While earning a degree in Film Studies, she joined AFI and IFP. A three-time national award-winning writer, Jen also works on the Scottsdale Film Festival and runs her site Film Intuition as well as its Review Database Blog.

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