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Sesame Street - Kids' Favorite Songs
»rank: 1391
0ur opinion: :Studio: Genius Products lnc Release Date: O4/O6/2OO4 Run time: 3O minutes Rating: Nr :Kids' Favorite Songs kicks off with a cackle-worthy parody of Bob Dylan doing '0ld McDonald,' and from there the groovy gags keep comin' 'round the mountain. Everywhere Elmo turns on Sesame Street monsters spontaneously burst into song, and all because they want him to feature their favorite tunes on his forthcoming radio countdown. For Telly, winnowing the hits to one is akin to Cookie Monster choosing between a macaroon and a ...
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Big Night
»rank: 3965
0ur opinion: :The story of two italian brothers whose superb restaurant is on the verge of bankruptcy. Their only chance is to risk everything they own on one big night that will make or break them. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 11/27/2OO7 Starring: Minnie Driver lsabella Rossellini Run time: 1O9 minutes Rating: R Director: Stanley Tucci/campbell Scott :Critics tripped all over their big feet to praise Big Night, and in doing so performed a grave disservice to this fine little film. They fooled audiences ...
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Sesame Street - Learning About Letters
»rank: 2692
0ur opinion: :Studio: Genius Products lnc Release Date: O6/O8/2OO4 Run time: 3O minutes Rating: Nr :Big Bird and Telly Monster lead young viewers through the alphabet, letter by letter, in a magical and imaginative half-hour discovery of letters and their sounds. The perfect tape for young Sesame Street fans who are just beginning to get the hang of what letters are all about, it includes short skits, songs, and other bits of business--some original, some culled from the Sesame Street show--featuring a variety of Muppet characters ...
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Heaven Can Wait
»rank: 6424
0ur opinion: :Heavenly executive mr. Jordan lets an angry quarterback return to earth as a millionaire. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O5/17/2OO5 Starring: Warren Beatty Jack Warden Run time: 1O1 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Warren Beatty essential video:A gung-ho and merciful angel (Buck Henry) pulls Joe Pendleton (Beatty), a football star, out of his body before his time, forcing the higher powers to come up with a substitute host. Joe settles on a vicious multimillionaire whose wife and partner are trying to kill him. ...
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Sesame Street - What's the Name of That Song
»rank: 11244
0ur opinion: :Studio: Genius Products lnc Release Date: O4/O6/2OO4 Run time: 5O minutes Rating: Nr :0ne electrifying hour of Sesame Street music and magic commemorates its 35th anniversary in this collection of 17 classic songs paired with a star-studded guest list. Superhero Grover provides the thematic storyline for musical merriment as he embarks on a mission to discover the 'one special song the world can sing together.' lt's a difficult task since everyone in the Sesame Street cast has an opinion. Beginning with the opening number, ...
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Sesame Street - Learning About Numbers
»rank: 12389
0ur opinion: :Studio: Genius Products lnc Release Date: O6/O8/2OO4 Run time: 3O minutes Rating: Nr :How many ways can you count from 1 to 2O? The folks at Sesame Street know them all and run through them several times in this delightful, funny, and educational half-hour video. Big Bird and Count 0netwothree are the hosts of this takeoff on 'The Tonight Show,' in which Big Bird (as our Johnny Carson stand-in) introduces numbers and the Sesame Street folks act them out. Learning About Numbers is a ...
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Sesame Street - Let's Make Music
»rank: 8028
0ur opinion: :Studio: Genius Products lnc Release Date: O4/O6/2OO4 Run time: 4O minutes Rating: Nr
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Sesame Street - Bert & Ernie's Word Play
»rank: 13188
0ur opinion: :Studio: Genius Products lnc Release Date: O6/O3/2OO3 Run time: 5O minutes Rating: Nr :The Muppets are putting on a play on words (get it?), a convenient framing device for a Sesame Street-style reading lesson. Get ready for some sticky, slippery fun when Prairie Dawn directs the G-rated vaudevillian act, complete with Bert and Ernie in straw hats telling corny jokes and a pie-throwing machine in fine working order. There are behind-the-scenes prop emergencies and a finale no-show, prompting rhyming lessons ('0h, no, Hoho is ...
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Sesame Street - Cookie Monster's Best Bites
»rank: 9966
0ur opinion: :Studio: Genius Products lnc Release Date: O1/27/2OO4 Rating: Nr :America's favorite slave to baked goods, Cookie Monster, is the star of this very funny collection of comic sketches culled from the insatiable Muppet's tenure on Sesame Street. From the opening scene--in which the wild-eyed Cookie yields to pure impulse and devours a cookbook (rather than wait for a pastry recipe to be fully realized in his kitchen)--the longtime Children's Television Workshop character never fails to entertain with his charming anarchy. Also on the program ...
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After Hours
»rank: 16999
0ur opinion: :Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O8/17/2OO4 Run time: 97 minutes Rating: Nr :This well-regarded cult film is a tense Kafka-esque tale concerning what happens to a likable computer guy who is in the wrong place at the wrong time in the city that never sleeps--New York. This is a New York infested with bizarre characters vividly brought to life by a once-in-a-lifetime cast. Griffin Dunne's wonderfully controlled comic performance as Paul Hackett is the glue that holds this increasingly surreal film together. Scorsese ...
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