RevolutionHOMETHEATER.com Email Newsletter Van Helsing Reviewed By Bill Warren Rating: One-and-a-half Stars Well, at least it's not dull. And the production design by Allan Cameron is admirably twisted and gothic. The plentiful special effects, supervised by Ben Snow and Scott Squires, with animation supervised by Daniel Jennette, are state-of-the-art sensational.
But ye gods, it's an abusive movie. Every scene is an epic event, all sounds are deafening as is the score. It's so action-packed it's exhausting, and I, for one, left with a headache. Big, action-packed summer movies can be great fun; "Van Helsing" is almost the opposite of fun. http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/movies/revs/van_helsing.shtml Win an Integra Receiver & DVD-Audio/SACD player this month... One lucky reader will be adding an Integra DTR-7.4 "Net-Tune" equipped receiver and a DPS-8.3 progressive scan DVD-Audio/SACD combo player to their home theater this month. Enter here... http://www.audiorevolution.com/audiorevolutioncontest The Linn UNIDISK(tm) 1.1 Universal Digital Disc Player 'True Convergence' with Compelling Audio and Video Performance Regardless of Format The UNIDISK 1.1 player is the world's first 'true convergence' pitch accurate source component and unites a comprehensive range of disc formats. 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The latest addition to the flagship Ultima series from Revel, the Sub 30 replaces the Sub 15 and LE-1 power amplifier combination. The Ultima Sub 30 is powered by a massive internal amplifier, and includes two 15-inch drivers. One powered and one passive to maximize acoustic output while retaining a relatively small footprint. The Ultima Sub 30 is the ideal subwoofer to compliment the Ultima Salon, Studio, or Gem loudspeakers. For more information go to www.revelspeakers.com School of Rock "School of Rock" is a movie with a bit of magic to it - not "Harry Potter"-style magic, but rather the magic that happens when everything comes together in just the right way. This is all the more impressive as the magic is slow to work - the beginning of "School" looks so standard issue that it's amazing to see it come to life and more surprising still to find it gradually overcoming its potential for saccharine convention to be actually funny and winning. Click below... http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/dvd/revs/school_of_rock.shtml Big Fish A truly remarkable film that combines Tim Burton's bizarre and wonderful reality-twisting imagination with a heartfelt story of a son's inability to reconcile his father's past with the stories he is known to tell. "Big Fish" is one of Burton's best films because it takes us back to the Burton of old, the one who showed the world in a different way to illustrate how each of us can see the same world differently, while planting within it the ever-present realities of family relationships. 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