Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Merry Christmas - DVD Movie

The year is 1914, and as World War I continues to rage across the European countryside, four individuals stuck on the front lines find themselves faced with the unthinkable in director Christian Carion's Academy Award-nominated account of the true-life wartime event that would offer hope for peace in mankind's darkest hour. When the war machines began rolling in the summer of 1914, the devastation that it waged upon German, British, and French troops was palpable. As the winter winds began to blow...

What would life amongst the Muppets have been without their unofficial leader Kermit the Frog? That's the question posed by this made-for-TV confection, which not only spoofs the Yuletide classic It's a Wonderful Life, but also takes satirical aim at such pop cultural phenomena as Moulin Rouge and Fear Factor. The plot is set in motion when typically evil banker Rachel Bitterman (Joan Cusack) forecloses on the Muppets' famous variety theater, with the intention of building a gaudy nightclub. But...

New Wave director Yazaki Hitoshi made a great splash in 1992 with his acclaimed March Comes in Like a Lion, a beautifully pondering film about incest. But since then, Yazaki has remained low-profile, or rather no-profile save for 2000's under-the-radar Hana o Tsumu Shojo to Mushi o Korosu Shojo. Fourteen years after his groundbreaking film, Yazaki earns much-deserved accolades once more for Strawberry Shortcakes. With a commercially friendly cast, a pop-infused soundtrack, and a manga-based story...