Jetpack Dreams
By Mac Montandon
Softcover, 261 pages ($16.95)
For more than 75 years, the rocket-powered jetpack---with its futuristic promises of freedom and flight---has been a staple of science fiction and pop culture, from Buck Rogers to James Bond. The author goes on a wide-ranging odyssey in search of this elusive invention and why it somehow, in real life, never quite made it off the ground. Fun, funny, fascinating, full of colorful characters and spiked with unexpected drama, “Jetpack Dreams” soars to places that might surprise you.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
The Sherlock Holmes Collection
DVD ($29.99)
Long before the current hit movie starring Robert Downey Jr., the character of Sherlock Holmes was very much alive and well. These five episodes (the only ones in existence) of the celebrated 1960s BBC television series about the dapper super-sleuth, now available in America for the first time on DVD, feature the late, great Peter Cushing in some old-school cloak-and-dagger involving murders, cannibals and---ah, yes---a certain legendary hell-hound that roams the lowland moors around the estate of the Baskervilles.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
Becker: The Third Season
DVD ($39.99)
TV’s crankiest doc (Ted Dansen) finds a lot more to complain about in these 24 episodes of the popular CBS sitcom from 2000-2001, including a bad case of insomnia, a high-school graduating class unimpressed with his commencement address and a getaway cruise that turns out to be something other that just what the doctor ordered.
—Neil Pond, American Profile
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The Art of the LP,
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Our Patchwork Nation,
Death at a Funeral,
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GAMETIME - Battlefield: Bad Company 2
If there's one thing missing from the amazingly popular Modern Warfare 2 and the Halo series, it's that thrill you get when you know that the building keeping you safe isn't indestructible. Only the Battlefield: Bad Company series seems willing to jump onto this particular trend and even improve upon it with the new Bad Company 2. Just think about it: one stray shot from a tank or a jerk with a grenade launcher can send your shelter tumbling down on top of you.
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Cop Out,
Big League Ballparks,
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Jason & The Argonauts,
Setlist: The Very Best of…,
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Game: ‘Aliens vs. Predator’
Anyone who has ever seen any of the Alien or Predator films is well aware of how violent and graphic they tend to be. This trend is continued in Rebellion's "Aliens vs Predator" for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC -- a "reboot" of the video game series of the same name. Being a big sci-fi and horror fan myself, I can stomach most of the carnage, but I highly recommend that anyone who has a weak stomach or is too young to stay far away from this game.
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Extraordinary Measures,
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The Karate Kid/The Karate Kid II Collector’s Edition,
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