Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Blue's Top 5 of 2008
Bit late, but hey, the way they release these now you have to live in Los Angeles to see everything the year it's released. It was a pretty poor year in terms of volume of good movies, so I only made a top 5. #6 is actually quite good, Ché, but I believe in keeping to real numbers(six is a man not a number).
Without further ado:
5.) Speed Racer - Loved/Hated it when it was released, this film has grown on me a great deal. Just a lot of fun, and the editing technique adapted from the cartoon has been blowing my mind since I first saw it.
4.) In Bruges - My best hope for this was a not-too-horrible Guy Ritchie ripoff, instead it turned out to be a flat-out brilliant movie not at all derivative.
3.) Doomsday - If you're a John Carpenter fan, this is the culmination of 20 years of anticipation of Carpenter one day reachieving the heights of his Escape From New York.
2.) The Wrestler - I'm so very glad Darren Aronofsky chose to do this instead of that stupid Noah's Ark movie he was talking up. A return to form after the lackluster The Fountain. Mickey Rourke in a defining role.
1.) The Dark Knight - I expected this to be good based on Batman Begins, to my shock and surprise it was so much more. This film articulated the themes of the comic to a greater extent than the comics ever have. A masterpiece.
Without further ado:
5.) Speed Racer - Loved/Hated it when it was released, this film has grown on me a great deal. Just a lot of fun, and the editing technique adapted from the cartoon has been blowing my mind since I first saw it.
4.) In Bruges - My best hope for this was a not-too-horrible Guy Ritchie ripoff, instead it turned out to be a flat-out brilliant movie not at all derivative.
3.) Doomsday - If you're a John Carpenter fan, this is the culmination of 20 years of anticipation of Carpenter one day reachieving the heights of his Escape From New York.
2.) The Wrestler - I'm so very glad Darren Aronofsky chose to do this instead of that stupid Noah's Ark movie he was talking up. A return to form after the lackluster The Fountain. Mickey Rourke in a defining role.
1.) The Dark Knight - I expected this to be good based on Batman Begins, to my shock and surprise it was so much more. This film articulated the themes of the comic to a greater extent than the comics ever have. A masterpiece.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Blu Ray Releases for 02/24/09 Previewed Briefly By Blue
* Akira (Honneamise) - The Citizen Kane of anime, this was transferred to a digital source in a restoration a few years ago so it should look pretty spectacular. I'm a bit over anime but this one is a must buy. A release like this by itself would make the worthwhile, but wait, we're not done yet!
* The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Blue Underground) - Dario Argento's first giallo is also one of his best, and probably the best entry point into his filmography. Can't wait to see Blue Underground's transfer of this. Now bring on Deep Red and Tenebre!
* The French Connection II (Fox) - Unfairly criticized sequel to the wildly popular first film. It's just different, really, and people wanted more of the same. John Frankenheimer, one of my favorites, directed this. Personally I thought this was a better movie than the original, but I doubt many will agree with me.
* The French Connection (Fox) - William Friedkin's classic. Like I said above, the sequel imo is a better movie but this is easily the more entertaining one. The transfer for this one has been heavily heavily mucked about with by Friedkin, much to the dismay of many online. Basically he desaturated the colors(the real explanation is much more complicated and cool sounding, but these previews are meant to be brief, dammit) and people are saying they look too pastel-like. I guess we'll see. If this were the only release this week I'd get it, but with so many pricey discs showing up that I want, I'll put this off for another time.
* Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (Fox) - The final of four Futurama dtv movies. A shame, the series has really grown on me from my initial dismissal of it as a tepid Simpsons spinoff. Now it's probably my favorite animated tv show of all time.
* Hurricane on the Bayou (Image) - IMAX documentary about Hurricane Katrina narrated by Meryl Streep. People(crazy people) say that the Republicans were behind the Katrina disaster to disenfranchise black people in Louisiana. You'd think though that if the Republicans really had weather controlling powers, they'd pull those out right about now.
* Kill Switch (Momentum) - Steven Seagal movie of some kind.
* The Matador (2008) (City Lights) - Not the Pierce Brosnan movie, but about an actual Matador. Never heard of it.
* Neil Young: Archives Volume One - (1963-!972) (Warner Music Group) - Eh, Neil Young. I mean, I like that one song of his, Heart of Gold, but really when he had his big comeback with Pearl Jam I really seriously did not get it. I still don't. He's not a good guitarist, he's not a terribly great songwriter("keep on rockin in the free world" wtf??!!) and he wasn't that big a deal back in the 60s/70s, was he? Eh. Eh! Whatever.
* Ronin (MGM) - LOVE this movie. The third Must-Buy for me on this list, and I'll buy this one over the others if I have to choose. Probably DeNiro's last good movie, and John Frankenheimer's last great one. Just all-around perfect thriller.
* Vanishing Point (Fox) - Classic 70s car-chase movie referenced in Tarantino's Death Proof.
* What Just Happened (Magnolia) - Another casualty of the "movies about Hollywood tend to suck" curse.
* The Who: Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 (Eagle Rock) - Eh. Music blu ray, pass.
* The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Blue Underground) - Dario Argento's first giallo is also one of his best, and probably the best entry point into his filmography. Can't wait to see Blue Underground's transfer of this. Now bring on Deep Red and Tenebre!
* The French Connection II (Fox) - Unfairly criticized sequel to the wildly popular first film. It's just different, really, and people wanted more of the same. John Frankenheimer, one of my favorites, directed this. Personally I thought this was a better movie than the original, but I doubt many will agree with me.
* The French Connection (Fox) - William Friedkin's classic. Like I said above, the sequel imo is a better movie but this is easily the more entertaining one. The transfer for this one has been heavily heavily mucked about with by Friedkin, much to the dismay of many online. Basically he desaturated the colors(the real explanation is much more complicated and cool sounding, but these previews are meant to be brief, dammit) and people are saying they look too pastel-like. I guess we'll see. If this were the only release this week I'd get it, but with so many pricey discs showing up that I want, I'll put this off for another time.
* Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (Fox) - The final of four Futurama dtv movies. A shame, the series has really grown on me from my initial dismissal of it as a tepid Simpsons spinoff. Now it's probably my favorite animated tv show of all time.
* Hurricane on the Bayou (Image) - IMAX documentary about Hurricane Katrina narrated by Meryl Streep. People(crazy people) say that the Republicans were behind the Katrina disaster to disenfranchise black people in Louisiana. You'd think though that if the Republicans really had weather controlling powers, they'd pull those out right about now.
* Kill Switch (Momentum) - Steven Seagal movie of some kind.
* The Matador (2008) (City Lights) - Not the Pierce Brosnan movie, but about an actual Matador. Never heard of it.
* Neil Young: Archives Volume One - (1963-!972) (Warner Music Group) - Eh, Neil Young. I mean, I like that one song of his, Heart of Gold, but really when he had his big comeback with Pearl Jam I really seriously did not get it. I still don't. He's not a good guitarist, he's not a terribly great songwriter("keep on rockin in the free world" wtf??!!) and he wasn't that big a deal back in the 60s/70s, was he? Eh. Eh! Whatever.
* Ronin (MGM) - LOVE this movie. The third Must-Buy for me on this list, and I'll buy this one over the others if I have to choose. Probably DeNiro's last good movie, and John Frankenheimer's last great one. Just all-around perfect thriller.
* Vanishing Point (Fox) - Classic 70s car-chase movie referenced in Tarantino's Death Proof.
* What Just Happened (Magnolia) - Another casualty of the "movies about Hollywood tend to suck" curse.
* The Who: Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 (Eagle Rock) - Eh. Music blu ray, pass.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Blu Rays for 02/17/09 Previewed Briefly By Blue
* Body of Lies (Warner) - Ridley Scott directs a Tony Scott movie. That's usually fairly bad news, as when he did GI Jane. Russell Crowe is interesting, as is DiCaprio, but this looks generic as hell.
* Capote (2005) / In Cold Blood (Two-Pack) (Sony) - One is a good movie, the other is an outright classic. Dunno if you can get In Cold Blood separately, but it should look pretty spectacular on blu ray. Rightly considered one of the best achievements in cinematography.
* Changeling (2008) (Universal) - Starring Angelina Jolie and her funny hat. Melodrama from Clint Eastwood, it sounds like he's on autopilot on this one. Pre 1950 Hollywood is hard to dramatize well, only really Chinatown and LA Confidential did it well.
* Gandhi (Sony) - This Gandhi guy, I don't get it. So what if he starved himself to make political points. YAWN! Just kidding. Ben Kingsley's signature role. If only they'd shot Weird Al's planned sequel.
* High School Musical 1-3 (Box Set) (Walt Disney) - The perfect gift for anyone you hate in your life.
* High School Musical 3 (Walt Disney) - Go away.
* High School Musical: Remix (Walt Disney) - Die.
* How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (MGM) - This movie is probably about someone buying and giving away copies of the High School Musical box set.
* Kramer vs. Kramer (Sony) - Dustin Hoffman vs Meryl Streep in a knockdown, drag-out, battle for the ages! Nah just kidding they just play a married couple that get a divorce. One of those "real life" dramas that BORE THE LIVING FUCK OUT OF ME. Though in fairness I haven't seen this since I was like 5.
* The Midnight Meat Train (Lionsgate) - No, not gay porn. This is an adaptation of one Cliver Barker's Books of Blood short stories. It's fairly faithful, with some story padding to make it feature length. Kind of generic all in all. I was lucky to see it in the theater because Lionsgate buried it's release. Rental, at the most.
* One Long Night (Vivendi Visual) - Dunno what this, not interested in looking it up.
* The Passion of the Christ (Definitive Edition) (Fox) - Catholics and Christians in general annoy the hell out of me, and this movie is a good example why. See, Scorsese made a BRILLIANT movie about Jesus on the cross 20 years ago called The Last Temptation of Christ. In that movie, Jesus has doubts about whether he is the son of God, which apparantly is the worst thing ever to Christians. So in right wing The Passion of the Christ, Jesus goes through lots of horrific punishment and torture stoically, content in his sure knowledge that he's the son of God and that he's sacrificing for the sake of humanity. But the thing is, if you know 100% positively you're the son of God and you're going to heaven for sure, etc, where is the sacrifice in that? I far prefer Scorsese's version, where Jesus is not sure and sacrifices himself anyway. Because that actually IS a sacrifice, it actually requires him giving something up.
* Quarantine (Sony) - American remake of [Rec] which is sadly unreleased here still. It would've been nice to see that as a supplement on this blu ray, but no go. Rental.
* Capote (2005) / In Cold Blood (Two-Pack) (Sony) - One is a good movie, the other is an outright classic. Dunno if you can get In Cold Blood separately, but it should look pretty spectacular on blu ray. Rightly considered one of the best achievements in cinematography.
* Changeling (2008) (Universal) - Starring Angelina Jolie and her funny hat. Melodrama from Clint Eastwood, it sounds like he's on autopilot on this one. Pre 1950 Hollywood is hard to dramatize well, only really Chinatown and LA Confidential did it well.
* Gandhi (Sony) - This Gandhi guy, I don't get it. So what if he starved himself to make political points. YAWN! Just kidding. Ben Kingsley's signature role. If only they'd shot Weird Al's planned sequel.
* High School Musical 1-3 (Box Set) (Walt Disney) - The perfect gift for anyone you hate in your life.
* High School Musical 3 (Walt Disney) - Go away.
* High School Musical: Remix (Walt Disney) - Die.
* How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (MGM) - This movie is probably about someone buying and giving away copies of the High School Musical box set.
* Kramer vs. Kramer (Sony) - Dustin Hoffman vs Meryl Streep in a knockdown, drag-out, battle for the ages! Nah just kidding they just play a married couple that get a divorce. One of those "real life" dramas that BORE THE LIVING FUCK OUT OF ME. Though in fairness I haven't seen this since I was like 5.
* The Midnight Meat Train (Lionsgate) - No, not gay porn. This is an adaptation of one Cliver Barker's Books of Blood short stories. It's fairly faithful, with some story padding to make it feature length. Kind of generic all in all. I was lucky to see it in the theater because Lionsgate buried it's release. Rental, at the most.
* One Long Night (Vivendi Visual) - Dunno what this, not interested in looking it up.
* The Passion of the Christ (Definitive Edition) (Fox) - Catholics and Christians in general annoy the hell out of me, and this movie is a good example why. See, Scorsese made a BRILLIANT movie about Jesus on the cross 20 years ago called The Last Temptation of Christ. In that movie, Jesus has doubts about whether he is the son of God, which apparantly is the worst thing ever to Christians. So in right wing The Passion of the Christ, Jesus goes through lots of horrific punishment and torture stoically, content in his sure knowledge that he's the son of God and that he's sacrificing for the sake of humanity. But the thing is, if you know 100% positively you're the son of God and you're going to heaven for sure, etc, where is the sacrifice in that? I far prefer Scorsese's version, where Jesus is not sure and sacrifices himself anyway. Because that actually IS a sacrifice, it actually requires him giving something up.
* Quarantine (Sony) - American remake of [Rec] which is sadly unreleased here still. It would've been nice to see that as a supplement on this blu ray, but no go. Rental.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Blu Rays For 02/10/09 Previewed Briefly By Blue
* Amadeus: Director's Cut (Warner) - One of the best movies ever made. This blu ray comes with a cd with tracks of Mozart's music from the film, as well as a digital copy(for ipods). Recommended highly.
* Boondock Saints (Fox) - When I tell fans of this movie that I saw it theatrically, their initial reaction is disbelief or envy. See, it was only released in 3 theaters in Los Angeles for a week. One of those theaters happened to be across the street from my college, and just a block away from where I lived at the time. I explain this, and they're impressed. Until I tell them I walked out. This movie is flat out shit. Far be it from me to generalize, but the people who make up the cult of this film should be immediately suspect of being complete fucking idiots. Seriously, the only relative appeal of this movie is to put the far better documentary about the making of it, Overnight, into context. When I say bad, to put this into context, it's Sean Patrick Flannery's worst movie. And the fucker was Powder.
* Chocolate (Magnolia) - From the director of Ong Bak. Remember him? Yeah so do I, vaguely. Never heard of this movie.
* Donnie Darko (Fox) - Not much info about the release in the 30 seconds I took to look. However it doesn't say Director's Cut anywhere so I'm thinking this is a good buy. See, normally Director's Cuts improve the movie. However Richard Kelly, the director of Donnie Darko, is a giant douche tool idiot(see Southland Tales). I once heard him explain the untold portions of the movie and THEY RUIN THE MOVIE. Like make a good thing bad. I saw the theatrical cut when it played briefly in LA, and this remains by far the preferable edition imo. Kelly has some talent but needs to be told no for his movies to work.
* Doom (Universal) - Say what you will, I enjoyed this movie. Is it amazing? No. But the game, while ground breaking, isn't really *that* good. The Rock's movies tend to be underrated but he's good in this and this is a pleasant time waster.
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13 / Bojack Returns (FUNimation) - Never got into Dragon Ball Z. Frankly it always came off as a strange mix of Fist of the North Star and Pokemon. I will probably be murdered for that comment. Oh well, bring it fuckers.
* Frozen River (Sony) - Melissa Leo(from the show Homicide) was nominated for an Oscar for this movie. No doubt it's good, but the fact that Melissa Leo, while a good actress, stars in this suggests it's dreary, extremely low budget, and very indie. Which isn't a list of bad things necessarily, but who wants to own a movie like that on blu ray.
* A History of Violence (Warner) - The first movie by Cronenberg in his new film noir kind of mentality. Excellent little movie, with a great cast.
* IMAX: Grand Canyon Adventure - River at Risk (Image) - Yawn.
* IMAX: Super Speedway (Image) - Hmm this might be interesting. As long as it's not NASCAR.
* Miracle at St. Anna (Walt Disney) - Spike Lee movie about how black people actually fought in World War 2 as well. Basically by just swapping out a normal WW2 plot with black actors instead of white. Apparantly not very good either(the trailer was pretty pretentious).
* My Name is Bruce (Image) - Bruce Campbell capitalizing on his fame in non-Evil Dead 4 way. So who cares.
* Nights in Rodanthe (Warner) - Chick flick. Who cares.
* The Pelican Brief (Warner) - There's only one really good Grisham movie, and that's The Rainmaker. The Firm is okay as a thriller but Coppola's Rainmaker is really underrated. This movie sucks, and not just because of Julia Roberts. Though mainly.
* Pretty Woman (Walt Disney) - Is it Julia Roberts week? People criticize this movie for making it seem that becoming a prostitute is a glamorous thing to do. But hell, have you SEEN how hot porn stars have gotten? Girls are doing porn these days that would never have touched it before. I credit this movie.
* Raging Bull (MGM) - Hmm. I actually am not a fan of this movie. I know I should be, it's supposedly Scorsese and DeNiro's respective masterpieces, but not really feeling it. Never have. Respect it, just don't love it. BTW although I had Taxi Driver listed last week it did not come out, seems like it was a false scheduling thing.
* The Rundown (Universal) - Another movie with The Rock, and this is actually a pretty fun action movie in my opinion.
* Soul Men (2008) (Weinstein) - This movie is cursed! At least it's a convenient excuse not to watch it.
* Street Fighter (Universal) - Gloriously bad or gloriously awesome? I'm really tempted to buy this just because. The weird thing is the casting is actually decent, considering.
* A Time to Kill (Warner) - Another Grisham. I guess his new book is out this week? Sounds about right. This one's okay, but again, no Rainmaker.
* W. (Lionsgate) - I really enjoyed this, it's a seriocomic take on Bush's life and what made him want to be President, despite being completely mentally unqualified.
* The Way of War (First Look) - Cuba Gooding Jr movie I never heard of, that is direct to video. Whatever.
* When Weather Changed History (Madacy) - Weather documentary. I didn't realize there was another way of saying "boring." But here you go.
* Boondock Saints (Fox) - When I tell fans of this movie that I saw it theatrically, their initial reaction is disbelief or envy. See, it was only released in 3 theaters in Los Angeles for a week. One of those theaters happened to be across the street from my college, and just a block away from where I lived at the time. I explain this, and they're impressed. Until I tell them I walked out. This movie is flat out shit. Far be it from me to generalize, but the people who make up the cult of this film should be immediately suspect of being complete fucking idiots. Seriously, the only relative appeal of this movie is to put the far better documentary about the making of it, Overnight, into context. When I say bad, to put this into context, it's Sean Patrick Flannery's worst movie. And the fucker was Powder.
* Chocolate (Magnolia) - From the director of Ong Bak. Remember him? Yeah so do I, vaguely. Never heard of this movie.
* Donnie Darko (Fox) - Not much info about the release in the 30 seconds I took to look. However it doesn't say Director's Cut anywhere so I'm thinking this is a good buy. See, normally Director's Cuts improve the movie. However Richard Kelly, the director of Donnie Darko, is a giant douche tool idiot(see Southland Tales). I once heard him explain the untold portions of the movie and THEY RUIN THE MOVIE. Like make a good thing bad. I saw the theatrical cut when it played briefly in LA, and this remains by far the preferable edition imo. Kelly has some talent but needs to be told no for his movies to work.
* Doom (Universal) - Say what you will, I enjoyed this movie. Is it amazing? No. But the game, while ground breaking, isn't really *that* good. The Rock's movies tend to be underrated but he's good in this and this is a pleasant time waster.
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13 / Bojack Returns (FUNimation) - Never got into Dragon Ball Z. Frankly it always came off as a strange mix of Fist of the North Star and Pokemon. I will probably be murdered for that comment. Oh well, bring it fuckers.
* Frozen River (Sony) - Melissa Leo(from the show Homicide) was nominated for an Oscar for this movie. No doubt it's good, but the fact that Melissa Leo, while a good actress, stars in this suggests it's dreary, extremely low budget, and very indie. Which isn't a list of bad things necessarily, but who wants to own a movie like that on blu ray.
* A History of Violence (Warner) - The first movie by Cronenberg in his new film noir kind of mentality. Excellent little movie, with a great cast.
* IMAX: Grand Canyon Adventure - River at Risk (Image) - Yawn.
* IMAX: Super Speedway (Image) - Hmm this might be interesting. As long as it's not NASCAR.
* Miracle at St. Anna (Walt Disney) - Spike Lee movie about how black people actually fought in World War 2 as well. Basically by just swapping out a normal WW2 plot with black actors instead of white. Apparantly not very good either(the trailer was pretty pretentious).
* My Name is Bruce (Image) - Bruce Campbell capitalizing on his fame in non-Evil Dead 4 way. So who cares.
* Nights in Rodanthe (Warner) - Chick flick. Who cares.
* The Pelican Brief (Warner) - There's only one really good Grisham movie, and that's The Rainmaker. The Firm is okay as a thriller but Coppola's Rainmaker is really underrated. This movie sucks, and not just because of Julia Roberts. Though mainly.
* Pretty Woman (Walt Disney) - Is it Julia Roberts week? People criticize this movie for making it seem that becoming a prostitute is a glamorous thing to do. But hell, have you SEEN how hot porn stars have gotten? Girls are doing porn these days that would never have touched it before. I credit this movie.
* Raging Bull (MGM) - Hmm. I actually am not a fan of this movie. I know I should be, it's supposedly Scorsese and DeNiro's respective masterpieces, but not really feeling it. Never have. Respect it, just don't love it. BTW although I had Taxi Driver listed last week it did not come out, seems like it was a false scheduling thing.
* The Rundown (Universal) - Another movie with The Rock, and this is actually a pretty fun action movie in my opinion.
* Soul Men (2008) (Weinstein) - This movie is cursed! At least it's a convenient excuse not to watch it.
* Street Fighter (Universal) - Gloriously bad or gloriously awesome? I'm really tempted to buy this just because. The weird thing is the casting is actually decent, considering.
* A Time to Kill (Warner) - Another Grisham. I guess his new book is out this week? Sounds about right. This one's okay, but again, no Rainmaker.
* W. (Lionsgate) - I really enjoyed this, it's a seriocomic take on Bush's life and what made him want to be President, despite being completely mentally unqualified.
* The Way of War (First Look) - Cuba Gooding Jr movie I never heard of, that is direct to video. Whatever.
* When Weather Changed History (Madacy) - Weather documentary. I didn't realize there was another way of saying "boring." But here you go.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Blu Ray Releases For 2/03/09 Previewed Briefly By Blue
* Being There (Warner) - Drama with Peter Sellars that I've never seen, but have heard is a classic. Should look good, being a Warners disc.
* Clerks II (Weinstein) - This movie was very entertaining in the the theater but lacks much rewatchability now. Mainly because the guy playing Dante is so hideously ugly and unfunny. Rosario Dawson is hot as hell though. Randall and the weird Christian kid are the funniest things in this.
* The Cure: Trilogy - Live In Berlin (Eagle Rock) - The Cure. Don't they write Burger King jingles now?
* Friday the 13th (1980) (Paramount) - Oh man, major release for me. Cannot wait. I don't doubt that blu ray barely enhances the quality of this movie, but the previous dvds I have are all non-16x9 enhanced and I didn't rebuy them for like 7 years because I've been waiting for the next format. And this is it. Actually not my favorite in the series, but it's one of the not-horrible ones(I say that with love). uncut for the first time, too!
* Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself (Image) - And strangely, he keeps losing.
* k.d. lang: Live in London (Image) - Pass.
* Little Miss Sunshine (Fox) - Strangely, this movie is "good enough to be nominated for best picture" but The Dark Knight is not. Pfft.
* Napoleon Dynamite (Fox) - What, is it cute/obnoxious indie comedy week from Fox? Didn't they already release Juno?
* Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (Sony) - Actually really liked this movie.
* Office Space (Fox) - Modern classic.
* Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (Sony) - Here's a hint for how to tell if a rock musical sucks: none of the "rock" songs actually sound like rock and roll.
* Secret Life of Bees (Fox) - This is about spelling bees, right? I may have been misled.
* Sex Drive (Summit) - Teen sex comedy from a minor distributor. Is that a recipe for suck or success?
* Sideways (Fox) - Quirky indie comedy from Fox, you say? Pshaw! This one's good though.
* Space Buddies (Walt Disney) - The fuck?
* Taxi Driver (Sony) - Oh damn! My favorite Scorsese movie. My favorite DeNiro movie. Might wait on the blu ray though, until I feel like seeing it again.
* Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Weinstein) - Kevin Smith comedy I couldn't be bothered seeing. Starring a cast that has literally been in every other movie released this year. How's he do it?
* Clerks II (Weinstein) - This movie was very entertaining in the the theater but lacks much rewatchability now. Mainly because the guy playing Dante is so hideously ugly and unfunny. Rosario Dawson is hot as hell though. Randall and the weird Christian kid are the funniest things in this.
* The Cure: Trilogy - Live In Berlin (Eagle Rock) - The Cure. Don't they write Burger King jingles now?
* Friday the 13th (1980) (Paramount) - Oh man, major release for me. Cannot wait. I don't doubt that blu ray barely enhances the quality of this movie, but the previous dvds I have are all non-16x9 enhanced and I didn't rebuy them for like 7 years because I've been waiting for the next format. And this is it. Actually not my favorite in the series, but it's one of the not-horrible ones(I say that with love). uncut for the first time, too!
* Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself (Image) - And strangely, he keeps losing.
* k.d. lang: Live in London (Image) - Pass.
* Little Miss Sunshine (Fox) - Strangely, this movie is "good enough to be nominated for best picture" but The Dark Knight is not. Pfft.
* Napoleon Dynamite (Fox) - What, is it cute/obnoxious indie comedy week from Fox? Didn't they already release Juno?
* Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (Sony) - Actually really liked this movie.
* Office Space (Fox) - Modern classic.
* Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (Sony) - Here's a hint for how to tell if a rock musical sucks: none of the "rock" songs actually sound like rock and roll.
* Secret Life of Bees (Fox) - This is about spelling bees, right? I may have been misled.
* Sex Drive (Summit) - Teen sex comedy from a minor distributor. Is that a recipe for suck or success?
* Sideways (Fox) - Quirky indie comedy from Fox, you say? Pshaw! This one's good though.
* Space Buddies (Walt Disney) - The fuck?
* Taxi Driver (Sony) - Oh damn! My favorite Scorsese movie. My favorite DeNiro movie. Might wait on the blu ray though, until I feel like seeing it again.
* Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Weinstein) - Kevin Smith comedy I couldn't be bothered seeing. Starring a cast that has literally been in every other movie released this year. How's he do it?
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