Review: Tom's DVD collection

My DVD collection. A veritable melting pot of old and new DVDs, each hand-picked by me that are deemed worthy of a place on my sacred shelf of films, television and even a bit of standup.
Here I rate each and every DVD, with a star rating and five words or less. Let's go.

The Collection
1. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls ****
Painfully funny
2. Liar Liar ****
Heartfelt yet hilarious
3. Knocked Up ****
Perfect RomCom
4. Superbad ****
crude, funny, infinetely rewatchable
5. Borat ***+
Funny, but only in company
6. The Nightmare Before Christmas ****
Beautiful
7. Corpse Bride ***
Not as good as "Nightmare..."
8. Airplane! ****+
Never gets old
9. School Of Rock ***
Good, but not that good
10. Harvey ****+
Pure imagination and genius
11. Dodgeball ***
Funny but tedious
12. Shaun Of The Dead *****
Best. Comedy. Ever.
13. Anchorman ****
Great jokes, great story.
12. Talledega Nights ***+
Not as good as Anchorman
13. Blades Of Glory ***
" " Talledega Nights
14. Digimon: The Movie **+
The door to my childhood...
15. Monty Python's Life Of Brian ***
Overrated
16. Monty Python and the Holy Grail ****
Beats "Life Of Brian"
17. Napoleon Dynamite ***+
Just, good.
18. Garden State *
Why, JD, Why?
19. Daredevil ***
Fun and exciting
20. Casino Royale ****
It's just plain awesome
21. V For Vendetta *****
Mindblowingly perfect
22. War Of The Worlds (2005) **+
Meh.
23. [Can't make out the title from the picture]
[Bet it was crap anyway]
24. Donnie Darko****+
Teen angst at its best.
25. A Scanner Darkly ***+
A great, underrated film
26. Pan's Labyrinth ****
Yet to meet a hater
27. Cloverfield ****
Not scary, but damn cool
28. Children Of Men -
As yet unwatched
29. Muse: Absolution Tour ****
A great gig
30. Muse: Hullaballoo *****
45min documentary extra, awesome gig.
31. Muse: HAARP DVD ****+
Where's Bliss?
32. The Bill Bailey Collection *****
Fine, fine standup
33. Jimmy Carr: Comedian ****
Outrageous, but brilliant
34. Lee Evans XL ***
Good, but annoying
35. Magicians ***
Funny, despite what "they" say
36. That Mitchell and Webb Look-Series 1 ****+
Best sketch-show since "Big Train"
37: The Two Faces Of Mitchell and Webb (Live Show) **+
Small budget flop
38-41. Peep Show: Series 1, 2, 3, 4 *****
Outstanding
42. Family Guy: Stewie Griffin- The Untold Story ***
It's just 3 episodes!
43. Family Guy: The Freakin' Sweet Collection ****
Now that's more like it
44. Family Guy: Blue Harvest ****
A great, great spoof
45-50. Family Guy: Series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ****
Many an hour wasted watching
51-52. American Dad Vol 1 & 2 ****
Just as good as FG
53. Doctor Who: Season 3 Volume 4 ****
John Simm MAKES the show
54. Gavin and Stacey Series 1 ****
Best britcom right now
55. Extras Series 2 ****+
I love it
56. Futurama Season 4 ****+
Superb humour and amazing characters
57. The Office: The complete series 1 & 2 ****+
Ellen Page likes it, too
58-59. Heroes Season 1 parts 1&2 ****
As good as Lost? No
60. Spaced Season 1 ****
brilliant

Absent/On loan:
Doctor Who Season 3 Volume 3 ****
Hot Fuzz ****

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