This week you will find 271 DVDs, 32 Blu-ray and one UMD coming out this Tuesday, 11/25 (except where I have a date to indicate that it's a little bit later). I had a LITTLE bit more free time to prepare the list this week, and I'm sure it (doesn't) shows!
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You know the routine: hover for price, click for Amazon page, click IMDb or tv.com logo for more information, observe links to trailers or websites, click, click, click, laugh, tip the author.
PICK OF THE WEEK I scraped the bottom of the barrel and guess what I found there? Crimson Force (The W at Amazon) (SciFi, 2005) C. Thomas Howell AND Jeff Fahey?! Sign us up! More info at Image (image-entertainment.com)
Space Chimps (2008) Voices of Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels, Patrick Warburton, Kristin Chenoweth, Kenan Thompson, it goes on and one...and they're all (mostly) animated chimps. Wow...this or "Meet Dave?" - what a tough choice! Space Chimps [Blu-ray]
Slap Shot 3: The Junior League (direct to DVD, Canada, 2008) Oh no...no no no no no no. Leslie Nielsen no. Old Hanson Brothers no. Cameos by Mark Messier and Doug Gilmour no no no. www.slapshotjuniorleague.net no. No no no no no. Too early for Reg Dunlop to spin in his grave no. The movie industry: LEARN TO SAY "NO!"
My Big Break (2008) - Ten years of Hollywood life distilled into just under two hours - www.mybigbreakmovie.com - rescheduled a few times (11/30)
The Nutty Professor (The Nutty Professor 2: Facing the Fear - direct to DVD, 2008) Animated - Jerry Lewis IS amongst the voices...but I still think you should avoid it
Still Life (Sanxia Haoren - China/Hong Kong, 2006) Trailer at Amazon, or at New Yorker Video (newyorkerfilms.com)
CLASSIC MOVIES OF THE WEEK Misty (1961) Yeah, the one about the horse Sounder (1972) Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield
BOXES AND COLLECTIONS OF NOTE OF THE WEEK David Lynch The Lime Green Set Ten discs - if you're a Lynch fan at all, you probably have most of this (and a tough decision to make) - rescheduled from last week Pink Panther Ultimate Collection Nine discs of films, nine discs of cartoons - if you REALLY like "Pink Panther" ....well, it would be hard to believe you didn't already have most of this separately anyway. The Ron Howard Spotlight Collection A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Cinderella Man and Backdraft
Donnie Yen Collection, Vol. 2 Dark City, Holy Virgin vs. Evil Dead, Cheetah on Fire and Hero Against Heroes (I'm sure none of those are their original titles)
Girls in Chains I believe it's actually Schoolgirls in Chains (1973) ...if you care Psychic Killer (1975) More info at Dark Sky (catalog.darkskyfilms.com) Madhouse (There Was a Little Girl - Italy, 1981) More info at Dark Sky The Mahabharata (Belgium/Australia/USA/Sweden/Portugal/Norway/Netherlands/Japan/Ireland/Iceland/Finland/Denmark/UK/France, 1989) Wow, it took fourteen countries to put this nearly three hour film together? More info at Image Urban Legends (1998) More info at Eclectic DVD (mvdb2b.com) Dirty Cop No Donut (Spec) (direct to video, 1999) "Special Edition" cut is 40 minutes longer, for those of you fortunate enough to catch it on VHS - all zero of you Raging Hormones ] (1999) Cult favourite, or so I heard the LAST time I listed it (August 2007)
NOSTALGIC TV OF THE WEEK Red Skelton - The Ultimate Collection - 8 DVD Set - Authorized by the Red Skelton Estate - OVER 16 HOURS! Have you ever met one of those really, really creepy Red Skelton superfans? They have, like, a dozen of his paintings throughout their house and they always seem to be wearing a sweatshirt with an airbrushed portrait of Skelton in clown makeup on the chest, and....well...this set may contain even too much Red Skelton for them. There, I said it.
More nostalgic TV can be found in the "Alpha Video" section below...
TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK Half Broken Things (made for TV, UK, 2007) More info and trailer at BFS (bfsent.com) Maiden Voyage: Ocean Hijack (made for TV, 2004) Casper Van Diem - in calling it the "worst film ever?" the IMDb review writes: "Worse still, you can't even fast forward to the sex scenes, because there aren't any. An appallingly dreadful film." Profoundly Normal (CBS, Canada, 2003) Kirstie Alley, Delroy Lindo Future is Wild (UK, 2003?) I think it's a few episodes stitched together into a feature? Animated - a little more info at Image Santa and Pete (CBS, 1999) James Earl Jones, Hume Cronyn (Hint: not Pete), Flex Alexander, Tempestt Bledsoe - more info and trailer at Vanguard
First off, a release with an INSANE amount of preorder activity over at the big A... Daryl Hall & John Oates- Live at the Troubadour I mean, yeah, *I* like Hall & Oates too....but not as much as some of these other people, I'm thinking. Anyway, I THINK this is just the concert DVD - and the price is okay, but still you might want to head over to Shout! Factory (shoutfactorystore.com) and get their 2 CD + DVD set instead Hall & Oates: Live at the Troubadour [Blu-ray] Previews at Shout! Factory
I'd like to say "hi" to Sean Shannon if indeed he is still stalking me - sorry, "she" - sorry - sorry. The Medúlla Videos [Region 2] It is undeniably Bjórk Medulla DVD Björk - same thing, different distributor, correct region?
Some of these other ones are probably also imports and I just neglected to notice - if you've been following these lists for a while now (did I mention yet we go back to January 2007? Click on the "DVD" thread icon) you can probably spot them yourself, even
Can I stop right here and say there's a suspiciously large number of releases, almost all musical, which were rescheduled for MONDAY? Normally those wouldn't get caught because I go Tuesday to Tuesday, but there's so many here, I'm going to include the stuff which WAS showing a Tuesday release, but was backdated just before press time.
EVERYTHING HERE IS COMING OUT 11/24 (except one) AND ARE NOT A PART OF MY OFFICIAL COUNT FOR THE THREAD TITLE OKAY THANKS BYE (Follows are: 11 DVD, 6 Blu-ray)
First, here are the long-awaited releases of questionable quality and public domain-ed-ness from Alpha Video, in no particular order except in the way Amazon gave 'em to me. If you're REALLY interested in getting more information, click on the oldies.com "O" next to each title.
HELP ME HELP YOU Finding My Way: To Authentic Living A "30-minute conversation on philosophical issues relevant to crafting a truly meaningful life" between Dr. Hubert Dreyfus and a 13 year old (12/1) Finding My Way: To Compassionate Living A "a 40-minute conversation on issues at the heart of the matter for all religious believers and spiritual seekers" between Dr. Dominic Crossan and a 13 year old (12/1) The Secret World Of Wellness Compilation of three earlier releases - China, Rome and India Outcome-Driven Innovation® - A Tool for Strategic Growth For those of you who really think "innovation" is something that can be learned from a DVD...it's your lucky week (11/30)
What the? Who the? Huh? That's gotta be the dumbest thing I've ever seen. If you give it as is, it gives away what's inside the wrapping! If you don't want to give the surprise away, you have to go through the extra effort of removing the outer wrapper (or is it just a sleeve?) that you paid extra to have on there!
And you can't give it for Hanukkah or Kwanzaa because it clearly says it's wrapped for CHRISTMAS!
EDIT: And the Iron Man logo is on the wrapping paper! WHY IS THIS MAKING ME SO ANGRY?!
(edited by SchippeWreck on 21.11.08 1605) "It's magic! We don't need to explain it!"
I've actually seen this, it was on one of the movie channels over several weeks. Not bad, not Cowboy Bebop-level good, but not bad.
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Originally posted by Eddie FamousBubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040: Complete Collection
I've actually seen this, it was on one of the movie channels over several weeks. Not bad, not Cowboy Bebop-level good, but not bad.
I never could get into it, great animation and everything. I guess I'm too much of a fan of the original BG Crisis.
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Originally posted by Eddie FamousBubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040: Complete Collection
I've actually seen this, it was on one of the movie channels over several weeks. Not bad, not Cowboy Bebop-level good, but not bad.
I never could get into it, great animation and everything. I guess I'm too much of a fan of the original BG Crisis.
Aren't the two stories essentially the same? Just differently animated?
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Darn, no A&E icon. I thought it was ok, I'll keep watching it. At least cable shows will run the full 10 episodes and not get cancelled after 2-3 based on ratings. That Vera Farmiga rape scene was really hard to watch.