Bel Ami (UK/France/Italy, 2012) Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, Colm Meaney - go on, guess which one of these five ISN'T on the cover (hint: name spelled wrong on the official movie website) Oh, that trailer.
Spaceballs (25th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] (1987) Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis - Don't know if there's anything special on this BD...does there NEED to be? It's got "Spaceballs" on it! Well...when you consider it's more expensive than the Blu-ray/DVD Combo, you'd HOPE there was something more special attached to this version - trailer at MGM (mgm.com) - OK, apparently there's five hours of special features including at least one new Mel Brooks interview - that's probably enough.
Ladda Land (Soi-l?t-daa-laen - Thailand, 2011) Amazon says English, IMDb says Thai - I believe IMDb - here's a subtitled English trailer (youtube.com)
The Liquidator (Ликвидатор - Kazakhstan, 2011) Vinnie Jones IS (probably not speaking a lot of lines in Russian in this one) - English subsite at the Kazakh site! The Liquidator (digital purchase)
"ARCHIVE" RELEASES FROM SONY PICTURE ENTERTAINMENT Air Hawks (1935) Ralph Bellamy, Wiley Post, Tala Birell (DVD-R) Time Out for Rhythm (1941) Rudy Vallee, Ann Miller, Rosemary Lane, Allen Jenkins, Joan Merrill, Brenda & Cobrina, The Three Stooges, Richard Lane, Six Hits and a Miss, Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Band (DVD-R) A Tornado in the Saddle (1942) Russell Hayden, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (DVD-R) The Heat's On (1943) Mae West, Victor Moore, William Gaxton, Lester Allen, Alan Dinehart, Lloyd Bridges (DVD-R) The Nebraskan (1953) Philip Carey, Roberta Haynes, Wallace Ford (DVD-R) Wyoming Renegades (1954) Philip Carey, Gene Evans, Martha Hyer, William Bishop (DVD-R) The Crooked Web (1955) Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard, Richard Denning (DVD-R) The World Was His Jury (1958) Edmond O'Brien, Mona Freeman (DVD-R) Lord Jim (UK/USA, 1965) Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curt Jurgens, Eli Wallach, Paul Lukas, Akim Tamiroff, Daliah Lavi (DVD-R) The Looking Glass War (UK, 1969) Christopher Jones, Ralph Richardson, Paul Rogers, Anthony Hopkins, Pia Degermark (DVD-R) Oklahoma Crude (1973) George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway, John Mills, Jack Palance (DVD-R) Calendar Girl (1993) Jason Priestly IS (DVD-R) Melissa P. (Italy/Spain, 2005) (DVD-R)
COLLECTIONS OF NO GREAT SHAKES Miramax House Party Collection Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Ride, Senseless, Underclassman Adventures of Bailey: The Lost Puppy with 3 Bonus Features Bonus Features are: Bailey's Billions, More than Puppy Love and Lassie: The Painted Hills Killjoy Scarecrow: Complete Series Killjoy, Killjoy 2: Deliverance from Evil, Killjoy 3, Scarecrow, Scarecrow Slayer, Scarecrow Gone Wild - even the sub-$10 price may be too high unless you are a Tony Todd completist - hey, Ken Shamrock!
REALLY OLD FILMS FROM VCI OF THE WEEK The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (UK, 1939) Leslie Banks, Greta Gynt, Liane Linden - more info on this DVD at VCI Entertainment (store.vcientertainment.com) Highly Dangerous (UK, 1950) Dane Clark, Margaret Lockwood, Marius Goring - VCI The Long Memory (UK, 1953) John Mills, Elizabeth Sellars - VCI The Seekers aka: Land Of Fury (UK, 1954) Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Noel Purcell, Laya Raki, Inia Te Wiata - VCI You Know What Sailors Are Probably (UK, 1954) The Captain's Table Probably (UK, 1956) (None of these are yet listed at VCI, but given that they tend to list public domain "Rank" titles, I think these three are all correct) Eyewitness Probably (UK, 1956)
OLIVE FILMS OF THE WEEK Rio Grande (John Ford and Merian C. Cooper's Rio Grande - 1950) John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara - more info on this DVD at Olive Films (olivefilms.com) Rio Grande [Blu-ray] Johnny Guitar (1954) Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady, Ward Bond, Ben Cooper, Ernest Borgnine, John Carradine - Olive Films Johnny Guitar [Blu-ray] The Boogens (1981) - Olive Films The Boogens [Blu-ray] Bound (1996) Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano - directed by the Wachowski brothers...err, I mean...well...Wachowskis. I suppose some day I should watch all the non-sex scenes in this movie - this movie is no "new," Olive Films hasn't put up an entry for it on their website yet Bound [Blu-ray]
AND THE REST OF THE MOVIES OF THE WEEK
Jesus Fish (direct to video, 2008) - more info on this DVD and trailer at VCI (store.vcientertainment.com)
Girlfriend (2010) Shannon Woodward, Jackson Rathbone, Amanda Plummer, Evan Sneider
Heroes and Demons (2011?) Not in IMDb despite a cast listing of: Chris Hemsworth, Andrew Garfield, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong, Michael Sheen - Given that there are six stars listed up there and there are coincidentally ALSO six directors, I suspect it's an "anthology" of six shorts but too lazy to research further...so that's YOUR homework. More information on this DVD at Phase 4 Films (phase4films.com) - here's a YouTube trailer
Golf's Grand Design (PBS, 2012) I'm not sure there's ANYTHING about GOLF that deserves a PBS special - trailer (video.pbs.org) - hmm, this JUST aired (or is airing right now depending on when I've posted this)
The Unseen "Best of the Booth Brothers:" Spooked, Children of the Grave, The Haunted Boy, Soulcatcher, The Possessed - as seen on Chiller and Syfy...allegedly (8/13)
LEARNIN' Santana 36 Volume 36 of the "Guitar Play-Along DVD" series - sorry, "Smooth" is not included - more info and song list at Hal Leonard (halleonard.com) (8/8)
Another week is done! Well...mostly. We'll still have late changes on Monday. But until then, feel free to let me know if anything here gets you hot.
Also, if you know someone who would like to read more about new DVDs coming out this week, won't you please steer them in the direction of this thread? Thanks buddy
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I thought it was great right up to the last line when Cathy was telling her friend basically she was going to break up Jim and Pam's marriage and sleep with Jim while in Florida.