Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings
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CD-ROM (07 March, 2002)
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When it comes to vast, kingdom-spanning ambition, you can't do better than Microsoft's Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. Microsoft went all out to create this real-time strategy game, and it fairly hums with gorgeous graphics, sophisticated AI, and challenging scenarios for the novice and experienced player alike.

The point of the game is to shepherd your fledgling civilization to world domination, using war, trade, and exploration. You start with the bare minimum to get going, and you've got to balance your people's needs with your desire to be a little Napoleon. The Age of Kings gives you a ton of new units and technologies to enrich your strategic options. Each scenario is placed accurately within history, but you're also free to create your own.

The multiplayer format is robust, allowing up to nine players to share a world. When battles commence, you can take control of every aspect of your workers and soldiers, sending them running for shelter in the town center, ordering them to defend a watchtower, or setting their combat stance to "aggressive" for free-for-all sword smashing fun. When you're not fighting, find your idle peasants with a mouse click and send them back to work chopping trees, rounding up sheep, fishing, or mining gold and stone.

As you acquire more resources, you can improve your soldier's gear and skills, start to trade more efficiently, and make life better for everyone in your empire. You can choose from 13 groups to manage, from the Japanese to the Teutons and Franks. Each group has unique units and special characteristics, making this a game that changes every time you play it.

If all this sounds complicated, it is. New players may be intimidated by the range of choices, but the teaching scenarios are very helpful in conquering the controls. Age of Empires II is a sophisticated, gorgeous successor to the wildly popular original. It's a real feather in Microsoft's cap--a world-building game that will hold you captive. --Therese Littleton ... Read more

Features

• Players can use garrisoning, military formations, and advantages in direction facing add interesting tactical choices. Units are also smarter, with new artificial intelligence (AI) options like Guard, Patrol and Follow as well as multiple aggression levels. Also boats will be able to ram or board enemy ships to capture them.
• Players can improve the economy of their civilization through expanded trade and diplomacy options. In addition to gathering resources, they can trade at their own market or use trading routes with their allies. A market-based economy gives new options for players to buy, sell, and speculate on resources.
• Gamers command one of 13 mighty civilizations. These include Franks, Japanese, Byzantine and the raiding Viking, Mongol and Celt civilizations. Each civilization has unique attributes, buildings and technologies as well as a particular combat unit based on its historical counterpart.
• Production queues, improved navigation points and chas more than 100 nodes, larger than one player could possibly complete in just one game.
• Experience intense single and multiplayer game play. Enhanced historical campaigns, a random map generator and a scenario and campaign editor offer players extensive replay value.

Reviews (374)

Best game in the world
Even though I dont have the game my friend has it. Its the funist game ever in the history of age of empires.If you by it
I bet you'll have it for ever!

IT WAS OKAY
This game was fun for awhile, but I enjoy faster paced strategy games better. (Stronghold, C&C)The graphics were great for their time, but show their age now.The sound is pretty good.The gameplay, as mentioned above, is not my style, so I didn't like it much.Overall a 3 out of 5.

Still a fun one.
I admit, AOE is now kind of an oldie, but it's still a fun game.I played Age of Mythology in a store once, but I still like this one better.Granted, there are some annoying aspects to Kings, such as replanting farms one at a time.Also, if you use a group of villagers to do a task, you have click each one at a time to spread them out.The Conquerors expansion corrects all this (see my review).You can get both Kings and Conqs in the Gold Edition.The games are old enough that they should work on just about every computer.For parents, the blood and gore is so miniscule it's nothing to worry about.This is an easy game to learn, and a fun one to play.Check it out! ... Read more

Asin: B00002NDRY
Subjects:  1. Two (II)    2. AoE2 (AoE)    3. ageofempires ageofempires2    4. Computer Games    5. Action    6. Strategy (Strategic)    7. Historical (historic) Recreation (Recreations)    8. Military (Wargames   

From Russia with Love
Director: Terence Young
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VHS Tape (17 October, 2000)
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Directed with consummate skill by Terence Young, the second James Bond spy thriller is considered by many fans to be the best of them all. Certainly Sean Connery was never better as the dashing Agent 007, whose latest mission takes him to Istanbul to retrieve a top-secret Russian decoding machine. His efforts are thwarted when he gets romantically distracted by a sexy Russian double agent (Daniela Bianchi), and is tracked by a lovely assassin (Lotte Lenya) with switchblade shoes, and by a crazed killer (Robert Shaw), who clashes with Bond during the film's dazzling climax aboard the Orient Express. From Russia with Love is classic James Bond, before the gadgets, pyrotechnics, and Roger Moore steered the movies away from the more realistic tone of the books by Ian Fleming. --Jeff Shannon ... Read more

Features

• Color
• Closed-captioned
• NTSC

Reviews (141)

THE MOST INTELLIGENT OF THE BOND SERIES
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE is Bond with a brain...reverse the numbers and give 007 a 700 IQ.This is the most intelligent of the Bond films, holding up for 40 plus years.Sean shines:ending a catfight at a gypsy camp (complete with a belly dancer), creating havoc on the Orient Express and throughout Istanbull.Pedro Armendariz is delightful as Kerim Bay and Robert Shaw, one of the most sinister and evil Bond villans.Terrance Young masterfully directs the action and credit Matt Monroe with the first bonafide Bond theme song.

One of the Best
From Russia with Love is arguably the hardest edged Bond film out there.The plot is a straight shooting spy thriller, and it has nary a trace of the cuteness that permeates later entries in the series, with the exception of a cheesy girl-fight.In this installment, Bond is off to Istanbul to meet an absolutely stunning Soviet Intelligence officer who has promised to deliver a Lector decoding machine to him in exchange for helping her defect to the west.Unbeknownst to Bond and his lovely partner, the terrorist organization SPECTRE is manipulating them both.

Historically, From Russia fits interestingly between Dr. No and Goldfinger.Although Dr. No introduced us to James Bond, From Russia gave us many of the other elements we are familiar with today.We have the first appearance of Q, the big introduction of the gadgets in the form of Bonds attaché case, and the first pretitle sequence.Also, while the effects and scope of From Russia are well beyond that of Dr. No, they are still a far cry from the brash, brassy, over-the-top sense of fun that marked Goldfinger and the later Connery adventures.

Many would argue that From Russia is all the better for it.In addition to the film, we are given two first rate documentaries that give us the skinny about what went happened around the production.My favorite tidbit: apparently the complex plot was at one point labyrinthine.The producers scaled it back dramatically to achieve a coherent picture.This one is not to be missed by the serious Bond Fan.

This movie rocked!
This is the most realistic, true to life (because some of the characters were based on real people) Bond film ever made. The 50s cold war setting only makes it more real. It was one of the first Bond films I saw, and have seen it at least a dozen times since then.

Connery as usual is flawless and I thought Robert Shaw was very good as the henchman, though Rosa Klebb isn't the best or most intimidating villain out there, even if she does have a poisonous knife coming out of her shoe. This film is not very exaggerated, and is more tense and intriguing, especially the section on the train(One of those times when Bond's gadgets really helped). This is a very good quality because some of the other Bond films are a bit over the top in my view. A classic spy story in the middle of the cold war, the only bad point being the climax, or lack of one. Overall very good. ... Read more

Asin: 6303651461
Subjects:  1. Feature Film-action/Adventure   

The VHS-C format assures full compatibility with your home VCR with the included cassette adapter. Also included are an AC adapter, battery, lens cap, shoulder strap, and A/V cable. ... Read more

Features

• MiniDV
• 16x optical, 400x digital, zoom with digital image stabilization
• Monochrome EVF
• Built-in light
• 7 programmed AE modes; also includes AC adapter, battery, cassette adapter, lens cap, shoulder strap, and A/V cable
• VHS-C camcorder

Asin: B00005K2Q1
Subjects:  1. Camcorder (Camcorders)    2. VHS    3. VHS-C   

GameShark Video Game Enhancer
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CD-ROM
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You have video games. Now move on to the next level with video game enhancement. Every time you get stuck on a level, can't beat a difficult boss, or run out of ammunition, GameShark can help. By getting into the codes that game developers use to test their games, GameShark can provide you with such things as infinite health, infinite lives, all weapons, all characters, all vehicles, and more. The GameShark is even compatible with the new portless 9000 series PlayStation. The unit comes preloaded with more than 1,500 codes, and you can always get updated codes from the manufacturer. ... Read more

Reviews (30)

OLD GAME CODES ARE USELESS!!!
These game codes are from 1999, and ANY or ALL games made AFTER 1999, aren't on this Gameshark!!! DON"T BUY THIS GAMESHARK for the price. The 2002 Gameshark is 5.0 {up to date}. This Gameshark is 3.0 , USELESS!!! { the 3.0 etc. is on the back of the box , on a white sticker}

O.K...just follow the directions...
This product is great for beginner gamers...as long as you follow the directions...if you don't...then you will MESS UP YOUR SAVED GAME!!! But, if you pay attention...and don't try to get around the rules...then this could be a great product! the gameshark is good if...you are stuck in your game and con't win even with the help of a walkthrough...you just like to cheat...you are an experienced gamer who just wants to see what its like to take the easy way around...ect...ect...ect...

awsome
eveyone else is lying because this thing kicks... and i just love it because it is really [dang] cool. I reccomend this because it helps out a lot. ... Read more

Asin: B00004ZEEH
Subjects:  1. Video Games    2. Sony Playstation (Play station)    3. PSX (PS1 PSOne PS (1 one I)    4. Cables (Cable)    5. Adapters (Adapter)   

Nintendo 64 Console with Two Controllers: Atomic Purple
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Electronics
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Nintendo first dabbled in video games during the industry's early years of the mid-'70s. Generations of successful gaming console releases through the years led to the much-hyped 1996 launch of Nintendo 64, a system that represented a giant evolutionary leap in video game technology. Within the first three days of launch, hundreds of thousands of gamers hunkered down with Mario 64, considered by many to be one of the greatest video games ever created. Even today, the system's excellent design continues to host an ever-expanding library of breakthrough games.

Nintendo 64's popularity among younger gamers is no surprise. Well-respected games featuring such long-lived and much-loved personalities as Mario (of arcade classic Donkey Kong fame), Zelda, and Banjo-Kazooie are easy to learn and offer enormous replay value. But times are a' changin' and the system's ever-growing library of titles has expanded into every genre of games imaginable, including games better suited for older gamers. In fact, some of the most acclaimed--in some cases, groundbreaking--games available on any platform today are packed onto N64's old-school cartridges.

Under the system's hood, its appeal to the young certainly didn't produce a less mature gaming machine. On the contrary, the 64-bit system boasts impressive graphics, stereo sound, and numerous accessory enhancements, including a high-resolution pack that boosts graphics to awe-inspiring resolutions.

Start your library with Goldeneye 007, Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, and Star Wars: Episode One Racer--these titles represent a decent start to any N64 cartridge library.

With the recent launch of Sega's Dreamcast system, Nintendo 64 is being left behind as the leader in video game technology. And with newer game systems featuring CD-based games, the system's expensive cartridge format is proving itself an archaic and unconventional storage format. But, at a sub-$110 recommended retail price for a console with two controllers, innovative accessory enhancements and a great library of games keep the system's rabid fan base satisfied, if not eager for Nintendo's next evolutionary step. --Eric Twelker ... Read more

Reviews (123)

The Nintendo that didn't have a fair go
Nintendo will never be out-done, just out-priced.

Nintendo started off making small hand held electroic games before creating the 8 bit system in the 80's. And when they released the Super Nes they had the 2 greatest home video game systems of the day. Sega never stood a chance because they rushed things just to compete with nintendo, where as nintendo took there time when releasing systems to make sure they where the best they could be. Only the people whose mothers bought them a Sega instead of a NES or SNES where the ones who would defend the Sega systems. But the segas where slow, graphics wernt as good and the sound was as bad as the game play handling.

Nintendo had completly beaton Sega in the market of games. But sega brought out an attachment for the Genises/Mega drive that allowed you to hook on a CD ROM drive to the machine. And nintendo decided to make an even better one to attach to the SNES. If you look on the bottom of a SNES console, you will see where it would attach. The CD Rom for SNES was being developed by Nintendo and Sony. But arguments arose between Sony and Nintendo and Sony seperated themselves from Nintendo and went solo on the project that eventualy became the Playstation!

The playstation was only twice as powerfull as the SNES. The snes was 16 bit, the PS was 32 bit. So ninetendo developed a 64 bit system, twice as powerfull as the playstaion, better graphics, better controll, and better potentiol.

But when the 64 was released, it did not get the fair attention it should have. Why? Because of the CD's Sony used. Not because they where better, not because they where slower, not because they where more fun...no... it was because people where buying them ripped / copied / burnt / bootlegged for a small price. And this still goes on today. That was the biggest reason why Sony was having more succsess then nintendo. Because those CD rom games where able to be copied and the cartridge of the nintendo was not.

The PS games only surpassed with slightly better sound, the 64 could play high quality sound, but it was up the games developer on wether or not to use up space on the game with sound or not. That is about the only advantage the PS had, sound, particuly just music. Some people say the controllers of the PS where better then the N64, but I preffer the 64, it did take some time to adjust to it, but that is personaly taste rather then anything.

The nintendo 64 suffered a blow when more game developers wouldnt make games for the 64 anymore because it was easier to put them on a CD and develop them that way, then to program them for cartridges. So, that is not nintendos fault, that is the game developers fault for being lazy and just wanting to make quick games instead of decent and good games.

Nintendos team called RARE where the ones who always pushed the boundry on games. Just like they did with Donkey Kong Country on the SNES, they broke new ground by not just using the full potintiol of the system, but by finding ways to go beyond it's full capabilty! They released one of the best games on the 64 called "Golden Eye". The James Bond game was the 1st to use the full potentioal of the 64's capability. The game is amazing and still hard to beat by todays standards. The game did not even need the expansion pack the 64 soon offered.

The best games where coming from the game developers who put the effort into making the great games, and the playstaion never had anything as fun to play as the 64 offered. The graphics where so much smoother, the game play was so much more responsive and the fun was there. One of the first games I compared was WWF ATTITUDE. And pretty much like I said, the PS version took longer to load, wasnt as responsive, the graphics where horriblly blocky, and the only thing that was better was it had more sounds from the commentators. And maybe some of the entrance themes where longer. But apart from that, nothing (maybe video footage) but that was never apart of what you where playing which is what counted and the PS was the thumbs down, but because of people able to buy copied games, the PS became popular that new comers to the sytem THOUGHT it was the better system. It isnt.

These days the battle goes on between Nintendo, Sony & Microsoft. But I know for sure, Nintendo will always supply quality games, games worth playing, games using full potentiol of the systems capability, and most important...respect.

nice thing to have
THIS N64 IS COOL BECAUSE IT HAS A PLAIN CONTROLER AND A NICE CONTROLER PLUS THE SYSTEM OF N64 AND IF YOU KEEP BUYING GAMES YOU WILL END UP WITH A WHOLE COLLECTION OF GAMES ANDA SYSTEM OF N64. SOME OF THE GAMES FOR THE N64 ARE THINGS LIKE THIS: SUPER SMASH BROS., HEY YOU PIKACHU, STAR FOX, PAPER MARIO, SUPER MARIO 64,AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

N64 ROCKS!!!!
I love the Nintendo 64. The N64 has some of the best games like super mario 64 and the legend of zelda the ocrina of time. If you like the older systems, then you need to pick up a N64 because it is awesome!! ... Read more

Asin: B00003E4EB
Subjects:  1. Video Games    2. Hardware    3. Game Systems    4. Nintendo 64 (Nintendo64)    5. N64    6. Console   

The World Is Not Enough
Director: Michael Apted
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VHS Tape (16 May, 2000)
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In his 19th screen outing, Ian Fleming's superspy is once again caught in the crosshairs of a self-created dilemma: as the longest-running feature-film franchise, James Bond is an annuity his producers want to protect, yet the series' consciously formulaic approach frustrates any real element of surprise beyond the rote application of plot twists or jump cuts to shake up the audience. This time out, credit 007's caretakers for making some visible attempts to invest their principal characters with darker motives--and blame them for squandering The World Is Not Enough's initial promise by the final reel.

By now, Bond pictures are as elegantly formal as a Bach chorale, and this one opens on an unusually powerful note. A stunning pre-title sequence reaches beyond mere pyrotechnics to introduce key plot elements as the action leaps from Bilbao to London. Bond 5.0, Pierce Brosnan, undercuts his usually suave persona with a darker, more brutal edge largely absent since Sean Connery departed. Equally tantalizing are our initial glimpses of Bond's nemesis du jour, Renard (Robert Carlyle), and imminent love interest, Elektra King (Sophie Marceau), both atypically complex characters cast with seemingly shrewd choices, and directed by the capable Michael Apted. The story's focus on post-Soviet geopolitics likewise starts off on a savvy note, before being overtaken by increasingly Byzantine plot twists, hidden motives, and reversals of loyalty superheated by relentless (if intermittently perfunctory) action sequences.

Indeed, the procession of perils plays like a greatest hits medley, save for a nifty sequence involving airborne buzz saws that's as enjoyable as it is preposterous. Bond's grimmer demeanor, while preferable to the smirk that eventually swallowed Roger Moore whole, proves wearying, unrelieved by any true wit. The underlying psychoses that propel Renard and Elektra eventually unravel into unconvincing melodrama, while Bond is supplied with a secondary love object, Denise Richards, who's even more improbable as a nuclear physicist. Ultimately, this World is not enough despite its better intentions. --Sam Sutherland ... Read more

Features

• Color
• Closed-captioned
• Dolby
• NTSC

Reviews (450)

Never to much Bond
have all the bonds movies on DVD, but every time I see one on tv I catch myself watching them. Yes, some are better than others, but all and all it's still Bond and The World Is Not Enough is no expection. I enjoyed it start to finish just like every Bond.
Pierce Brosnan's at the top of his game and I hope to see him in a few more movies, but who ever they pick to be the next Bond I'm sure will be good. I would give this movie ten stars if I could!

Easily the Worst of the Brosnan Bond ...
I'm not going to spend too much time on this film, it's really the weakest of the Brosnan 'Bond' filmsand infinitely forgettable against a much better body of work.Hell, when you have this many films in a franchise, the bar's set high.

So ... no ... go rewatch 'Goldeneye' because 'The World Is Not Enough's not really that great.What makes this work notable (or in my mind, infamous),is maybe the biggest casting mistake in the last twenty-five years.

Denise Richards plays a bilingual nuclear physicist.

Yes ... THAT Denise Richards.Yes, you heard me right ... a bilingual nuclear physicist.I would say that it has to be seen to be believed, but I just couldn't make myself buy into it.THE CHICK FROM 'WILD THINGS' IS PLAYING A BILINGUAL NUCLEAR PHYSICIST!!!I honestly think I could have delt better if I took the cast of 'Baywatch' and put each of them in all the supporting roles.

Obviously I'm not going to recommend buying a copy of this DVD.However, if you know anyone that has one, borrow it and keep your finger on the 'chapter skip' button.It's HYSTERICAL watching Richards fumble around with all the bigger words ...

Least likeable Bond
Brosnan brings a cold, souless quality to Ian Fleming's creation in "The World is Not Enough". There is something sad about a 40-ish man who has sex with anyone and everyone. He reminds me of a stray dog running around a neighborhood trying to hump any female dogs he comes across. At least Sean Connery, when he began the role, was in his early 30's, making the promiscuous behavior seem a little less pathetic. Connery didn't take himself as seriously as Brosnan does, either. He injected a bit of humor into his portrayal.
I give the film 2 stars because of the excellent chase scene, but I think it's time for a younger James Bond. Let's let Christian Bale, Jude Law, Orlando Bloom or someone else have a crack at the role. ... Read more

Asin: 6305784906
Subjects:  1. Feature Film-action/Adventure   

Tomorrow Never Dies
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
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VHS Tape (02 November, 2004)
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Pierce Brosnan returns for his second stint as James Bond (after GoldenEye), and he's doing it in high style with an invigorating cast of costars. It's only appropriate that a Bond film from 1997 would find Agent 007 pitted against a media mogul (Jonathan Pryce) who's going to start a global war (beginning with stolen nuclear missiles aimed at China) to create attention-grabbing headlines for his latest multimedia news channel. It's the information age run amok, and Bond must team up with a lovely and lethal agent from the Chinese External Security Force (played by Honk Kong action star Michelle Yeoh) to foil the madman's plot of global domination. Luckily for Bond, the villain's wife (Teri Hatcher) is one of his former lovers, and at the behest of his superior M (Judi Dench), 007 finds ample opportunity to exploit the connection. Although it bears some nagging similarities to many formulaic action films from the '90s, Tomorrow Never Dies (with a title song performed by Sheryl Crow) boasts enough grand-scale action and sufficiently intelligent plotting to suggest the Bond series has plenty of potential to survive into the next millennium. Armed with the usual array of gadgets (including a remote-controlled BMW), Brosnan settles into his role with acceptable flair, and the dynamic Yeoh provides a perfect balance to the sexism that once threatened to turn Bond into a politically incorrect anachronism.He's still Bond, to be sure, but he's saving the world with a bit more sophisticated finesse. This edition includes a separate tape on the cinematic history of James Bond.--Jeff Shannon ... Read more

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• Color
• Closed-captioned
• Dolby
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Reviews (246)

The fun never dies
A ruthless and meglomaniacal media tycoon - comparisons to Rupert Murdoch seem as apt as to Bill Gates - uses his seemingly endless wealth to engineer an Anglo-Sinowar. Though the ambitions of Carver (Jonathan Pryce) seem benign compared to the likes of Hugo Drax, Stromberg or Blofeld (he doesn't want to conquer the world, just the ratings, media and corporate worlds - the worlds that already subjugate the rest of us).However, Carver's hopes for higher ratings he'd realize on the opening of war between Beijing and London are actually a first step and mask even darker ambitions.

The sinking of a British warship - apparently by the Chinese - offers hints of Carver's machinations. Unconvinced, British admirals press for immediate retaliation against China. Only the one-time relationship between Carver's wife and agent James Bond offers M (Judi Dench) a way out that doesn't require volleys of cruise missiles.

Picking up the trail in Germany, Bond finds clues to the extent of Carver's treachery. He also meets up with a wily rival - Michelle Yeoh as high-kicking Chinese agent following the same trail.

I actually enjoyed "Tomorrow" better than "The World is Not Enough" - the direction seems better paced, with action scenes that don't seem to take even the directors by surprise. Too much is kept to the end - like how much fun Jonathan Pryce should have as the baddie (are we supposed to not hate a media bigwig) or how much fun Michelle Yeoh is. As his counterpart, Yeoh is probably the biggest challenge Bond has faced in the d'amour department since Barbara Bach in "Spy Who Loved Me" (she was the one who wanted to kill him). The plot seems to come together too comfortably otherwise, with the expected showdown in Carver's stealth-catamaran.Until then, TND tosses in a bullet-proof, remote controlled BMW, a motorcycle and helicopter chase and Michelle Yeoh in a catsuit.Utterly preposterous, but definitely fun.

Awesome!
I have all the bonds movies on DVD, but every time I see one on tv I catch myself watching them. Yes, some are better than others, but all and all it's still Bond and Tomorrow Never Dies is no expection. I enjoyed it start to finish just like every Bond. Pierce Brosnan's at the top of his game and I hope to see him in a few more movies, but who ever they pick to be the next Bond I'm sure will be good. I would give this movie ten stars if I could!

Great fun, Bond style
Tomorrow Never Dies, the second James Bond film to feature Pierce Brosnan as the super suave secret agent, is one of the more fun films in the long running series.In this installment, Bond finds himself at odds with a media tycoon (Jonathan Pryce) who is attempting to jump start a world war all in the name of global domination.It's a plot that doesn't seem too different from anything else offered in many of the previous Bond films, but the premise works thanks to some slam bang spectacular action scenes and the further development of Brosnan's interpretation of the character.Also on board is Desperate Housewives' Teri Hatcher as one of Bond's former lovers, and Hong Kong action star Michelle Yeoh as a very letal secret agent who Bond teams up with.Handled with exceptional flair by director Roger Spottiswoode (The 6th Day), Tomorrow Never Dies may not be the best Bond film, but it's still one of the most enjoyable. ... Read more

Asin: 0792842731
Subjects:  1. Feature Film-action/Adventure   

GoldenEye
Director: Martin Campbell
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VHS Tape (14 August, 2001)
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The 18th James Bond adventure was a runaway box-office success when released in 1995, thanks to the arrival of Pierce Brosnan as the fifth actor (following the departure of Timothy Dalton) to play the suave, danger-loving Agent 007. This James Bond is a bit more vulnerable and psychologically complex--and just a shade more politically correct--but he's still a formally attired playboy at heart, with a lovely Russian beauty (Izabella Scorupco) as his sexy ally against a cadre of renegade Russians bent on--what else?--global domination. There's also a seductive villainous with the suggestive name of Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen), and the great actress Judi Dench makes her first appearance as Bond's superior, M, who wisecracks about 007's "dinosaur" status as a globetrotting sexist. All in all, this action-packed Bond adventure provided a much-needed boost the long-running movie series, revitalizing the 007 franchise for the turn of the millennium. --Jeff Shannon ... Read more

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• Color
• Closed-captioned
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Reviews (249)

No more faul play
I loved this movie. This film is one worth seeing. It covers James Bond going to Russia to find the hijacked 'Goldeneye', not to metion the villian is an old friend. 006,Alec Trevalyn(Sean Bean), faces off 007(Pierce Brosnan)in a gainatic dish. Also stars Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, and Joe Don Baker.

The modern day Bond classic
Pierce Brosnan's first outing as James Bond not only helped revitilize the series, but Goldeneye also became a modern day Bond classic that ranks up there with the best Bond films.Martin Campbell (Mask of Zorro, Beyond Borders, rumored to be attached to the upcoming new Bond film as well) helms this installment, as Bond finds himself against a group of renegade Russians, led by his thought dead former partner (Sean Bean).Brosnan's characterization of Agent 007 is the best since Sean Connery's; bringing a dark side to Bond's psyche while making him all the more psychologically complex.The film is unbelieveably loaded with action from beginning to end, which makes it no surprise why Goldeneye was a runaway hit when released in 1995.Judi Dench makes her debut here as well as Bond's superior M, while the rest of the cast includes gorgeous beauties Izabella Scorupco and Famke Janssen, as well as Alan Cumming, Joe Don Baker, and Robbie Coltrane.

Worth the wait!
I have all the bonds movies on DVD, but every time I see one on tv I catch myself watching them. Yes, some are better than others, but all and all it's still Bond and Goldeneye is no expection. I enjoyed it start to finish just like every Bond. Pierce Brosnan's at the top of his game and I hope to see him in a few more movies, but who ever they pick to be the next Bond I'm sure will be good. I would give this movie ten stars if I could! ... Read more

Asin: 0792842723
Subjects:  1. Feature Film-action/Adventure   

SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge
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CD-ROM (24 September, 2001)
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In SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge, players take the role of SpongeBob on a quest to secure the autographs of his heroes, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. This is no simple task: SpongeBob must complete silly errands such as retrieving beauty products from the bottom of the world and fetching Kelp Kandy Bars. SpongeBob even has to borrow a time machine and travel to prehistoric Bikini Bottom to find a shell-bra outfit made of rare clams. Whether he's searching for the ultimate spatula to perfect his Krabby Patty-flipping technique at the Krusty Krab, or just hanging out with his best friend Patrick (an amiable starfish), SpongeBob's good intentions and overzealous nature usually create chaos in his underwater world. ... Read more

Reviews (26)

spongebob is the best!
this is a verry good game i won it but the 1rs boss is hard. i give i5 stars

Good Game
To me this game was fun for awhile but then it started to get HARD.I know I know,That's not a reason to quit but to me it is.But still Good Game.

SpongeBoring
This game is really boring! Do not get it! It has no point, Get patrick a gift, Whoopdiedooooo! All you do is get Mermaid man and Barnical Boy stuff! Nothing for patrick exept a lousy Autograph! ... Read more

Asin: B00005NISJ
Subjects:  1. Video Games    2. Sony Playstation (Play station)    3. PSX (PS1 PSOne PS (1 one I)    4. Action Fantasy    5. Action   

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX Maximum Remix
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CD-ROM (25 May, 2001)
list price: $39.99
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Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX: Maximum Remix is an enhanced and expanded version of the original Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX for the PlayStation. The title includes the remixed original game plus numerous feature upgrades, such as eight additional levels (20 total), new amateur, pro, and hard-core challenges, two new special characters, wall rides, and a brand-new expert mode. ... Read more

Reviews (5)

DAVE MIRRA MUST BE STUPID!!!!!!!
This [...] game isn't any [...] fun at [...] all.
If I were you I'd take this game, go to the top floor of a tall building, and chuck it out a window. It's that bad!
And by the way, I'm really a drunk fat balding 40-year-old guy who wants to remain anonymous. Don't tell my boss!

AWWWWWSOME
Tis game is sweeeeeeet!! there is a park editor if u beat the game 20 times(ive been there its PHAT)if i were u ide buy it

it is nice
I like it very much it is as fun as the firstone but the music is diffrent and so are a lot of the levels and they put new ones ENJOY ... Read more

Asin: B00005BIGF
Subjects:  1. Video Games    2. Sony Playstation (Play station)    3. PSX (PS1 PSOne PS (1 one I)    4. Ground race racer racing bike cycle   

Are you clicking yet? Play dominoes! It isn't just one game, asmany people think. There are many games and variations at many skilllevels. Domino sets vary in size and complexity, according to the numberof dots. This Double Nine set has 55 domino pieces, and each piece hasfrom one to nine color-coded dots at each end, or no dots (blank). Thepieces can be used to play 16 different games; instructions for all thegames are included. Made of a heavy white, ivory-like plastic, thepieces are 2 inches long, 1 inch wide, and .3 inch thick, and they storeneatly in their blue tin. --Richard Farr ... Read more

Asin: B00004T71O
Subjects:  1. Games    2. Classic Games    3. Strategy Games    4. Board Games