Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Blu Ray Releases for 12/16 Previewed Briefly by Blue
* Bottle Rocket (Criterion Collection) - Wes Anderson's first film, and one of Criterion's first releases on blu ray. Good movie, but I'm not a big enough fan to buy it on blu ray. Waiting on Rushmore and the Royal Tenenbaums, where the higher production values may shine through a bit more.
* The Cheetah Girls: One World (Walt Disney) - Raven-Symone is fat, ugly, and untalented. There. I said it. Someone finally said it so we can all go back to reality and stop pretending that there's an actual reason this chick is successful at anything.
* Chungking Express (Criterion Collection) - Kar-Wai Wong's masterpiece, though boring as hell. Beautiful though.
* Coach Carter (Paramount) - The tensest performance in Samuel L Jackson's career as he tries his best to not constantly scream profanity, in order to maintain a PG-13 rating.
* Death Proof (Weinstein) - Supposedly you can choose between scratchy and clean versions of the movies on this disc and Planet Terror's, might be worth it for that alone. I wish it had the other trailers though.
* The Heartbreak Kid (2007) (Paramount) - Ben Stiller and the Farrelly Bros, years after There's Something About Mary, and both off their game to alarming degrees. Still, you can apparantly see Malin Akerman topless in this(she's in the Watchmen movie as Silk Spectre II).
* Hot Rod (Paramount) - Adam Samberg's attempt at movie stardom hits the SNL curse. Oh well.
* In the Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (Fox) - Uwe Boll's answer to Lord of the Rings, starring Jason Statham and Burt Reynolds. Yep. ...
* Into the Wild (Paramount) - Sean Penn's mostly-already-forgotten movie starring Speed Racer as a dumb kid who starves to death in Alaska.
* Mamma Mia! The Movie (Universal) - My sister loved it, which is evidence enough for me that it's abysmal(for proof, her favorite movies are: Man From Snowy River, Man From Snowy River 2, Gone With The Wind, Sex and the City: The Movie)
* The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Universal) - Notable for NOT being considered Brendan Frasier's worst movie of the year, but only because he made two.
* Old School (Paramount) - Will Ferrell goodness. Last good Vince Vaughn role.
* Planet Terror (Weinstein) - Fun movie, probably(and ironically) Robert Rodriguez's best movie.
* The Third Man (1949) (The Criterion Collection) - All time classic, might wait till later for the blu ray though, since I don't watch it frequently enough.
* Traitor (Anchor Bay) - A very small theatrical release over the summer, I actually managed to catch it. Traitor's a very solid, low key political thriller, with some very good performances. More of a rental though.
* The Cheetah Girls: One World (Walt Disney) - Raven-Symone is fat, ugly, and untalented. There. I said it. Someone finally said it so we can all go back to reality and stop pretending that there's an actual reason this chick is successful at anything.
* Chungking Express (Criterion Collection) - Kar-Wai Wong's masterpiece, though boring as hell. Beautiful though.
* Coach Carter (Paramount) - The tensest performance in Samuel L Jackson's career as he tries his best to not constantly scream profanity, in order to maintain a PG-13 rating.
* Death Proof (Weinstein) - Supposedly you can choose between scratchy and clean versions of the movies on this disc and Planet Terror's, might be worth it for that alone. I wish it had the other trailers though.
* The Heartbreak Kid (2007) (Paramount) - Ben Stiller and the Farrelly Bros, years after There's Something About Mary, and both off their game to alarming degrees. Still, you can apparantly see Malin Akerman topless in this(she's in the Watchmen movie as Silk Spectre II).
* Hot Rod (Paramount) - Adam Samberg's attempt at movie stardom hits the SNL curse. Oh well.
* In the Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (Fox) - Uwe Boll's answer to Lord of the Rings, starring Jason Statham and Burt Reynolds. Yep. ...
* Into the Wild (Paramount) - Sean Penn's mostly-already-forgotten movie starring Speed Racer as a dumb kid who starves to death in Alaska.
* Mamma Mia! The Movie (Universal) - My sister loved it, which is evidence enough for me that it's abysmal(for proof, her favorite movies are: Man From Snowy River, Man From Snowy River 2, Gone With The Wind, Sex and the City: The Movie)
* The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Universal) - Notable for NOT being considered Brendan Frasier's worst movie of the year, but only because he made two.
* Old School (Paramount) - Will Ferrell goodness. Last good Vince Vaughn role.
* Planet Terror (Weinstein) - Fun movie, probably(and ironically) Robert Rodriguez's best movie.
* The Third Man (1949) (The Criterion Collection) - All time classic, might wait till later for the blu ray though, since I don't watch it frequently enough.
* Traitor (Anchor Bay) - A very small theatrical release over the summer, I actually managed to catch it. Traitor's a very solid, low key political thriller, with some very good performances. More of a rental though.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Blu Ray Releases for 12/09 Previewed Briefly by Blue
* The Dark Knight (Limited Edition) (Warner) - I'm not a big fan of limited edition versions of DVDs anymore. Usually it's just some cheap junk I'll never look at again. That said I'm always tempted to get the limited edition of a movie I really like, and I was tempted by this. Ultimately passed for the regular edition, previewed below.
* The Dark Knight (Warner) - This for me is the Big One. Favorite Movie Of The Year. Yeah. Liked it more than Doomsday. I saw Dark Knight 5 times in the theater, and despite not having seen the other major awards contenders such as Slumdog Millionaire, Benjamin Button, Milk, etc I feel confident this will end up on top of the heap for me. Benjamin Button's the only one I'm sort of thinking even has a shot at beating Bats. But, Batman Begins was my favorite movie the year that came out, Prestige was #2 the year it came out, Memento was pretty damned close to the top the year it came out. I'm just a huge Christopher Nolan fan, though I still can't love Insomnia after seeing the superior original. The Dark Knight met my high expectations and surpassed them. I just didn't believe it'd be *this* good.
* Dodgeball (Fox) - More entertaining than it had a right to be considering how much this is similar to the IMO superior Basketball. Vince Vaughn is kind of coasting in this movie, he needs to do a Made-style motormouth jackass again soon.
* Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (Fox) - This Dr Suess adaptation looked curiously antiseptic in the trailers. Can't say I'm too interested.
* Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Every movie Kubrick made after Killer's Kiss is an honest to god classic, and still this movie makes it to the top ranks. Maybe the best satire ever filmed, if only because if you read a bit about the subject, so much of it is REAL. It comes off as ridiculous exaggeration but most of the facts are accurate! That's the biggest joke of all.
* Dumb & Dumber (Warner) - Jim Carrey's best and funniest movie. Don't really need this in blu ray but still recommended if you don't already own it.
* I Am Legend (Ultimate Collector's Edition) (Warner) - I thought this movie was okay when I saw it but now - eh. It's just unimaginative Akiva Goldsman-ish schlock.
* Jet Li's Fearless (Universal) - Which one is the one where he has a dog collar? Is it this one? It's a racist stereotype to say all asian people look like(not to mention inaccurate) but it's just plain truth to say all Jet Li-starring American movies look alike.
* Lost: The Complete Fourth Season (Buena Vista) - I'm sure it looks great but I don't need to revisit this series on blu ray. I don't find the show has much rewatch value at all.
* The Mask (New Line) - Is it Jim Carrey week? Is Yes Man coming out in theaters on Friday(actually, let me check -- nope, week after. Guess they want a little extra time? Who knows). Anyway this movie is fairly good, Carrey's first movie after breaking out in Ace Ventura. And it has the first appearance of Cameron Diaz, and she's never been as hot as she is here. She's insanely hot in this movie.
* Ray Charles: Live At Montreux 1997 (Eagle Rock) - Respect for Ray Charles, but eh music blu ray.
* The Strat Pack Live in Concert (Eagle Rock) - Multiple hours of over the hill rock guitarists playing solo. The only way this could be more boring is if it were bass players.
* Super Troopers (Fox) - Funny movie, but I still prefer Club Dread. Yes, I realize that preference may one day cost me the Presidency but dammit, I must take a stand on principle!
* Tori Amos: Live At Montreux 1991/1992 (Eagle Vision) - Actually a Tori Amos concert might be blu ray worthy, just because this is probably her best period musically, also it's when she was hot.
* The Dark Knight (Warner) - This for me is the Big One. Favorite Movie Of The Year. Yeah. Liked it more than Doomsday. I saw Dark Knight 5 times in the theater, and despite not having seen the other major awards contenders such as Slumdog Millionaire, Benjamin Button, Milk, etc I feel confident this will end up on top of the heap for me. Benjamin Button's the only one I'm sort of thinking even has a shot at beating Bats. But, Batman Begins was my favorite movie the year that came out, Prestige was #2 the year it came out, Memento was pretty damned close to the top the year it came out. I'm just a huge Christopher Nolan fan, though I still can't love Insomnia after seeing the superior original. The Dark Knight met my high expectations and surpassed them. I just didn't believe it'd be *this* good.
* Dodgeball (Fox) - More entertaining than it had a right to be considering how much this is similar to the IMO superior Basketball. Vince Vaughn is kind of coasting in this movie, he needs to do a Made-style motormouth jackass again soon.
* Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (Fox) - This Dr Suess adaptation looked curiously antiseptic in the trailers. Can't say I'm too interested.
* Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Every movie Kubrick made after Killer's Kiss is an honest to god classic, and still this movie makes it to the top ranks. Maybe the best satire ever filmed, if only because if you read a bit about the subject, so much of it is REAL. It comes off as ridiculous exaggeration but most of the facts are accurate! That's the biggest joke of all.
* Dumb & Dumber (Warner) - Jim Carrey's best and funniest movie. Don't really need this in blu ray but still recommended if you don't already own it.
* I Am Legend (Ultimate Collector's Edition) (Warner) - I thought this movie was okay when I saw it but now - eh. It's just unimaginative Akiva Goldsman-ish schlock.
* Jet Li's Fearless (Universal) - Which one is the one where he has a dog collar? Is it this one? It's a racist stereotype to say all asian people look like(not to mention inaccurate) but it's just plain truth to say all Jet Li-starring American movies look alike.
* Lost: The Complete Fourth Season (Buena Vista) - I'm sure it looks great but I don't need to revisit this series on blu ray. I don't find the show has much rewatch value at all.
* The Mask (New Line) - Is it Jim Carrey week? Is Yes Man coming out in theaters on Friday(actually, let me check -- nope, week after. Guess they want a little extra time? Who knows). Anyway this movie is fairly good, Carrey's first movie after breaking out in Ace Ventura. And it has the first appearance of Cameron Diaz, and she's never been as hot as she is here. She's insanely hot in this movie.
* Ray Charles: Live At Montreux 1997 (Eagle Rock) - Respect for Ray Charles, but eh music blu ray.
* The Strat Pack Live in Concert (Eagle Rock) - Multiple hours of over the hill rock guitarists playing solo. The only way this could be more boring is if it were bass players.
* Super Troopers (Fox) - Funny movie, but I still prefer Club Dread. Yes, I realize that preference may one day cost me the Presidency but dammit, I must take a stand on principle!
* Tori Amos: Live At Montreux 1991/1992 (Eagle Vision) - Actually a Tori Amos concert might be blu ray worthy, just because this is probably her best period musically, also it's when she was hot.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
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