Blu Ray Releases For 01/06/09 Previewed Briefly By Blue

* ABBA: The Movie (Universal Music) - Finally something for FNORD. A documentary by Lasse Hallstrom(later the director of Chocolat) from 1977 about ABBA's first world tour. Pass.

* The Absolute Best of Ghost Hunters (Image) - Surprisingly longer than a minute.

* An American Carol (Vivendi Visual) - Conservatives prove once again they don't have a sense of humor or any human decency, as the filmmakers exploit famously non-partisan historical figures such as George Washington, and the tragic death of non-"Real Americans" on 9/11 to press their dubious claim of being correct about everything ever, and that it's just simple-minded short sightedness that makes anyone believe anything else.

* Appaloosa (Warner) - This movie is odd. On one hand so much of what I heard about it sounds dull, on the other tons of people are in love with its old-fashioned take on Westerns. Rental.

* Babylon A.D. (Fox) - I saw this in the theater because I was bored as hell, and this didn't help. Generic plot, generic set design, generic actors. Frankly the story didn't even make much sense.

* Bangkok Dangerous (Lionsgate) - Nicholas Cage in a bad Asian film. Really this wouldn't be as reviled if it actually starred an Asian actor, but then again that asian actor wouldn't have been paid as much.

* Caligula (Image) - The capper to Malcolm McDowell's Trilogy of Twats, ending the cycle begun with If... and continued in A Clockwork Orange, this movie is seriously underrated, though still not especially good. But it's far from the worst movie of all time. More odd than anything else, like a Pasolini movie with English actors.

* Dexter: The Complete First Season (Paramount) - Heard the show is great, I've been waiting for this to hit blu ray. Preordered it.

* Disaster Movie (Lionsgate) - These Parody Movies are an unholy abomination of Hollywood and need to be stopped.

* Eden Lake (Weinstein) - Blu says it probably sucks(actually he said he didn't know, but I'm guessing he'll think it sucks, which it almost certainly does, being a new horror movie and all).

* Friday Night Lights (Universal) - Yet another football movie, this one seems to have struck a bigger chord than most, resulting in Peter Berg having a successful directing career suddenly, and a tv show. The tv show has hot chicks in it, and stars the guy playing Gambit in Wolverine. That's all I got.

* The Last Emperor (Criterion Collection) - A better title would be the The Last Emperor...SO FAR!!! Because really China can't keep up this Communism thing forever.

* The Man Who Fell to Earth (Criterion Collection) - One of David Bowie's best movies, and that's actually saying something! Also you see Rip Torn's penis! And Bowie's(it looks odd)! Probably too arty for most sci fi fans, but I enjoyed the film.

* National Geographic: Atmospheres - Earth, Air & Water (National Geographic) - Yawn.

* Pineapple Express (Sony) - A stoner action comedy that isn't particulary funny or exciting. Decent flick though. Just not as good as promised by the awesome trailers.

* Ping Pong Playa (Image) - Never heard of it.

* Righteous Kill (Anchor Bay) - Pacino is an oddball, and DeNiro is lazy. I'm talking about the last ten years of their careers so far, not this movie, which I skipped. The premise of this seems pretty weak. These guys, in their mid-sixties, are supposed to be cops? And partners? Do they let people stay on the police force for over forty years? And be partners with someone equally as old? Pass.

* Superhero Movie (Weinstein) - ANOTHER Parody Movie. It WOULD get a pass because it has Leslie Nielsen in it, but then again he was in that horrible science fiction one years ago. No pass for you! Lame.

* The Wackness (Sony) - AKA the art of being FNORD(it's pronounced fuh-nor-d, Wildcat, not Eff-Nord). Actually this sounds like a lame indie movie. Yawn.