No comments about Children's Bible Stories: The First Easter.

2 comments about Easter Egg Morning.

1. This is a great movie for the family to watch on Easter Morning. The songs are catchy and the entertainment is great.



2. For family and children on Easter morning. The voice and songs of pop music superstar Bobby Goldsboro highlight this sparkling animated tale of the Easter bunny's most exciting adventure ever.
   
   Animated (Marketplace 364/1)

4 comments about Shamans of Siquijor: The Healers (Home video version).

1. GENRE Documentary
   LANGUAGES English, Cebuano with English subtitles
   DVD Region 0 NTSC (compatible with most players worldwide)
   
   SUBJECTS
   Siquijor, Philippines, healers, herbal medicine, alternative medicine, shamanism, anthropology, Asia, Catholicism, animism, spirituality, faith, Visayas, Holy Week, Easter, Sorcery, documentary, ethnography
   
   INDIVIDUAL USE RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS
   This purchase is for individual home use only, and does not include any public-performance rights of either a paying or non-paying nature. SHAMANS OF SIQUIJOR: THE HEALERS is protected by United States copyright law. Duplication, reproduction, alteration, television broadcast or cablecast, internet webcasting/filesharing, loaning for a fee, leasing, sublicensing to others or use for public exhibition or commercial purposes (i.e. charging admission) is strictly prohibited without written permission from R. Brillantes.
   
   - from the author



2. Brillantes smartly leaves out voice over narration that often steers a documentary towards a particular point of view. Instead, the filmmaker gives space to people's words and actions to tell the story. One of the main characters of this film is the island of Siquijor itself which is shot both beautifully and truthfully, without romanticizing the setting. This is an excellent introduction to a rich and little known topic that will leave you asking more questions.



3. The SHAMANS OF SIQUIJOR is a fascinating film! Particularly adept, is the way we watch the healers and the hopefulls participate, without any intrusive overview. It's as if we've come upon the village ourselves, and met up with this fascinating old (but not ancient, as it includes Catholicism) culture of faith. I found the mix of the indigenous and the Catholic especially interesting. The real people who come from all over the world, including the rural US, are absolutely fascinating. Brillantes knows how to let the story unfold.



4. This was defective and only played for less than 25 seconds.

5 comments about The Judy Garland Giftset (Meet Me in St. Louis, The Harvey Girls, Easter Parade).

1. A must see for any Judy Garland fan. Home of The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe - a classic!!



2. Absolutely loved it !! I love any movie with Judy Garland in it!



3. Movies often have a long history BEFORE the cameras roll. "THE HARVEY GIRLS" was originally envisioned as a straight Western, with the likes of Lana Turner (a thorn in Judy Garland's side at MGM), Joan Crawford, and Clark Gable. It was turned around as a musical; similar in its Americana, homespun/folsky spirit to Rodgers & Hammerstein's "OKLAHOMA!" With Judy Garland in, Clark Gable was OUT as her love interest. Because Judy had sung the ballad "You Made Me Love You" to Gable's photo in "BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938" as an adolescent, it was thought that audiences would not accept an onscreen romance between Garland and Gable; never mind that she was now a beautiful, grown woman. Never mind, really, because John Hodiak fills the bill nicely as resident hunk Ned Trent.
   The plot premise is slight and a bit weird, but Judy Garland, regardless of how silly the plots of her films at MGM often were, was always best playing women who wanted to get a lot of adventure out of life. Her character of Susan Bradley says here in this film, "The Constitution guarantees the pursuit of happiness, but it's up to me to do the pursuing!" Susan has traveled all the way to Sandrock ("the bare and blistered end of creation") to answer a marriage ad. When the ad turns out to be a joke of Ned Trent's, she decides to stay and work as a Harvey Girl waitress. All the girls have come to town "On The Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe"-- which won Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren an Academy Award for "Best Song Of 1946." Several girls are quickly and easily frightened out of town by cheap and obvious scare tactics. Judy, Cyd Charisse, and Virginia O'Brien are the only original three ladies tough enough to tackle the Wild West, and Majorie Main is always good for laughs.
   The Harvey House Restaurant is right across the street from Ned's saloon/brothel, where a very young and beautiful Angela Lansbury is Em, the hooker with a heart of gold. Judy and Angela are rivals for Hodiak's affeections. (Angela is the Bad Girl, Judy is the Good Girl). A cat-fight/brawl between the "Good Harvey Girls" and the "Bad Saloon Girls" is thrown in for good measure.
   Angela Lansbury's singing voice is dubbed in here; especially ironic since Angela later went on to win a record four Tony Awards for her roles in the Broadway musicals "MAME," "DEAR WORLD", "GYPSY", and
   "SWEENEY TODD."
   Virginia O'Brien has one fun song titled, "It's Too Darn Mild In The Wild, Wild West." O'Brien is seen in the first half of the film, and is absent entirely from the second half. This is because, as the late director George Sidney points out in his cheery, amiable, but meandering walk down memory lane of a DVD audio commentary, she went off to have a baby. There is even a mini "THE WIZARD OF OZ" reunion here. Ray Bolger is also in the cast as meek blacksmith Chris Maul. He appears in production numbers and dances with Judy. Ray and Judy worked together again on Judy's 1964 TV Variety Show.
   A look at the deleted but huge production number "March Of The Doagies" strongly suggests that the best musical sequence in the film was left on the cutting-room floor!! Bursting with the vibrant Technicolor hues from a sadly vanished age of Cinema, "THE HARVEY GIRLS" is too slight and lightweight on plot to succeed or be considered as a great Musical or Western, but it does entertain, nevertheless, in its own merry way.



4. There was never a more talented actress than Judy Garland! During the 40's when very few actresses could hold a picture on their own shoulders, the entire weight of THE HARVEY GIRLS was put on Judy's shoulders. She was probably the only actress to carry a picture and outshine every other person in the movie. John Hodiak, Angela Lansbury and Ray Bolger co-star, and although they give great performances, they are dim compared to Judy's. She just shines!
   THE HARVEY GIRLS is mostly noted for it's incredible and magnificent (almost 10min. long) "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" number that won an award for Best Song, but there was another number, filmed on MGM's backlot, that Judy sings entitled "March On Little Doagies," complete with flaming torches and cowboys. Unfortunetly it was cut from the movie, but fortunelty, it is included on this DVD, with yet another deleted number "My Intuition". (It's worth purchasing this DVD just to hear Judy sing "March On Little Doagies"). I had originally seen the number on "That's Entertainment!" and I knew I had to purchase the movie (it was a good decision)! I love this movie!
   I would also like to note that MGM's lovely dancing star, Cyd Charisse (in one of her early roles) plays Deborah.
   
   Note: Notice when Judy Garland, Cyd Charisse and Virginia O'Brien sing and dance to "It's a Great Big World", Judy (at 4'10") is noticeably shorter than Cyd and Virginia. Even though she has about 5" heels on and they have flats.
   
   Enjoy!



5. If you love Judy Garland and old musical romances this is the perfect movie for you.

1 comments about Easter Chipmunk.

1. I had to return the VHS 2 times at the K Mart in my town to get one with the best quality.. This is a great video where Alvin gets the wrong idea that his grandpa was the original Easter "chipmunk". He goes on shows that spoof Court TV and Sally Jessy Raphiel!

   Alvin thinks that the Easter Bunny sold out when the Easter Bunny asked for more money for Bunny Cantral! The only ptoblem is that the song in the cartoon was not done all the way through... We only hear snippets of it...

   Still... I liked the special.. The Animation was great! The colors were vibrent and much care went into making the show... I want this on DVD...

   Great show but 3 stars for video quality....

No comments about Bedbug Bible Gang: Easter Party.

No comments about Rolie Polie Olie (9 Pack) A Zoo Story / Detective Polie's Cookie Caper / The Great Baby Bot Chase / The Great Defender of Fun / Zowie Soupy Hero / A Day at the Beach / An Easter Egg-Stravaganza / Polie Magic! / Happy Hearts Day!.

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3 comments about Family Circus Easter.

1. This is one of the greatest easter movies ever!!! Along with "The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town"!!!!! It's cute and fun for the whole family. I've been watching it since i was an infant! You should definately see this cute movie with a bunch of songs!!!!

   -KC




2. To re-do the passion of Jesus Christ using the characters from the Family Circus was a bold and daring venture that only Bill Keane could pull off successfully.

   With PJ as Christ, and Billy as Judas, especially, we are shown an unexpectedly shocking and accurate crucifixion scene; Idaknow as Pilate especially shines through here.

   Kudos to Keane for keeping the TRUE meaning of Easter here!




3. I wonder what the person below me was thinking with his comments. Sometime's I wonder the state of the internet with people like that roaming around. Obviously this movie is not the way this person described it.
   
   Anyway this is a wonderful Easter movie that everyone should own! It was a family tradition in my family every year on Easter. Munching down on our chocolate, we would watch this and a bunch of other holiday classics. Pass this on to today's children.