It's another light week because we should all be out there enjoying summer instead of inside watching DVDs - but hey, sometimes you gotta stay in where the air is conditioned, and you want NEW DVDs to watch - not them OLD ones!
So here's another 140 DVDs AND 31 Blu-rays and 7 "digital" titles if you'd rather download something to watch on the pooter. They're all coming out Tuesday except where noted with a date that isn't 7/10.
TV OF THE WEEK
Not a lot, but what we DO have is QUALITY!
The top seller of the week IS... Adventure Time: Complete First Season (The W at Amazon) (Cartoon Network, 2010) This show is apparently a MONSTER for Cartoon Network - will anybody here confess to having watched it so I can learn why?
Doctor Who: Ep. 47 - The Krotons (BBC, 1968-9) The Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Jamie and Zoe meet the Gonds - and later, the Krotons Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks (BBC, 1974) SPOILER ALERT: The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and Sarah Jane don't actually kill the daleks
Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series (Deluxe Edition) (ABC, 1966-71) Second edition of the 131 DVD, 1225 episode behemoth - all that differs from the original "limited edition" is this one isn't numbered, it doesn't include the Frid autographed postcard, and it's three hundred bucks less than the "collectors" are charging but nonetheless still THE MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM OF THE WEEK
Alice: The Complete First Season (CBS, 1976-7) With MEL! FLO! VERA! And...uh..oh yeah, ALICE! From Warner Archive (3 DVD-Rs) (7/12)
TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK The Note III (Notes from the Heart Healer - Hallmark, Canada, 2012) Genie Francis, Ted McGinley
ITALIAN TV MOIE OF THE WEEK My House Is Full of Mirrors (La mia casa è piena di specchi - RAI, 2010) Sophia Loren - YouTube trailer at Vanguard Cinema (vanguardcinema.com) (7/11)
Margaret (Blu-ray/ DVD Combo) (2011) Anna Paquin, J. Smith-Camerson, Jean Reno, Jeannie Berlin, Allison Janney, matthew Broderick, Mark Ruffao, Matt Damon - includes theatrical and "extended" cuts and apparently the story of the editing (this film was filmed in 2005!) could be a movie in itself - no standalone DVD version available Margaret (digital release)
CURIOSITY OF THE WEEK Song of the South (1946) Claims to be the never-released-on-DVD-because-someone-may-think-it's-racist Disney flick, but I have no idea how you release a Disney movie when you're not Disney without it being a bootleg, so hurry up and order it before Disney makes Amazon squash it (7/15)
STANDALONE DIGITAL RELEASES OF THE WEEK Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (UK, 2011) Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, Kristin Scott Thomas (digital purchase) (DVD/BD AND digital rental coming 7/17)
Silent House (USA/France, 2011) Elizabeth Olsen IS (digital purchase) (DVD/BD coming 7/24)
Twins Of Evil (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) (UK, 1971) Peter Cushing, Damien Thomas, Dennis Price, David Warbeck, Madeleine Collinson, Mary Collinson (twin Playmates of the Month for October 1970) - More info on this release at Synapse Films (synapse-films.com)
Senna [Blu-ray] (UK, 2010) Doc/bio on Brazilian F1 driver (the great) Ayrton Senna - I've listed this a few times; we'll see if it actually gets released Tuesday or pushed back AGAIN
The Smurfs [Blu-ray] (2011) Didn't this already come out? Welll...here it is again
Kassim the Dream (2008) Kassim Ouma's journey from Uganda to the Junior Middleweight Championship of the World - more info on this DVD at Zeitgeist Films (zeitgeistfilms.com)
All In: The Poker Movie (2009) Kenny Rogers (WHAT), Chris Moneymaker, Matt Damon, Phil Hellmuth Jr., Annie Duke, Frank DeFord (ugh), Chris Ferguson, "Amarillo Slim," Howard Lederer, Doris Kearns Goodwin (sure, why not), Mike Sexton, Ira Glass, Daniel Negreanu - apparently has new edits to bring you all the way up to "Black Friday" 2011
Good Morning President (Gutmoning peurejideonteu - South Korea, 2009) More info on this DVD in English and trailer (probably not in English) at Pathfinder Pictures (ww.pathfinderpictures.com)
Making Plans for Lena (Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser - France, 2009) Chiara Mastroianni, Marina Fois, Marie-Christine Barrault, Jean-Marc Barr - more info on this DVD in English at Zeitgeist Films (zeitgeistfilms.com)
Sophie's Revenge (Fei Chang Wan Mei - South Korea/China, 2009) (English subsite available) and more information on this DVD in English at Pathfinder Pictures
WARNER ARCHIVE OF THE WEEK/RED SKELTON OF THE WEEK A Southern Yankee (1948) Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl, George Colouris, Lloyd Gough, John Ireland, Minor Watson (DVD-R) (7/12) Watch the Birdie (1950) Red Skelton, Arlene Dahl, Ann Miller, Leon Ames, Pam Britton, Richard Rober (DVD-R) (7/12) The Yellow Cab Man (1950) Red Skelton, Gloria De Haven, Walter Slezak, Edward Arnold, James Gleason (DVD-R) (7/12) The Clown (1953) Red Skelton, Jane Greer, Tim Considine (DVD-R) (7/12) Half a Hero (1953) Red Skelton, Jean Hagen (DVD-R) (7/12) The Great Diamond Robbery (1954) Red Skelton, Cara Williams, James Whitmore, Kurt Kasznar, Dorothy Stickney (DVD-R) (7/12) Let's face it - anybody who would be interested in these films already HAS all these films...safely ensconced in a vault hidden behind a weird painting of a clown
COLLECTION OF NO GREAT SHAKES OF THE WEEK Christian Bale 3-Film Collection American Psycho (uncut version - whatever that means), 3:10 To Yuma, Velvet Goldmine
Paraiso (2009) No info! No, wait, here's a blog (paraisothefilm.blogspot.com) (rescheduled from 5/15?)
Black Limousine (The Land of the Astronauts - 2010) David Arquette, Bijou Phillips, Nicholas Bishop, Carla Ortiz, Vivica A. Fox, Tom Bower, Petra Sanader, Lin Shaye - trailer at YouTube
Freak Dance (2010) An Upright Citizens Brigade film - Michael Cassady, Megan Heyn, Amy Poehler - more info on this DVD and trailer at Image Entertainment (image-entertainment.com)
Hot Ice (Hot Ice, No-one Is Safe - 2010) John Bianco (also wrote/directed), Joe Esposito, Ernest Mingione - hey, Lou Albano is in this! How is that possible when I'm pretty sure he died in 2009...well, it'd be CLOSE depending on when they filmed - mor info on this DVD and YouTube trailer at Maverick (maverickentertainment.cc)
I Kissed A Vampire (2010) Lucas Grabeel, Drew Seeley, Adrian Slade - written and directed by Chris Nolan
All The Women I've Loved (2011) Maurice Pitts, Tiffany Lloyd, Nancy Armstrong, Howard Hall, Stacy Dellafosse, Amber Harmon
Dark Nemesis (The Dark Knight - direct to video, 2011) Kyle Walsh, Aaron Farb, Debra Lopez - not much more info on this DVD at MTI (mtivideo.com) Dark Nemesis Same as above, more expensive? Dark Nemesis [Blu-ray]
Mysteria (2011) Robert Miano, Billy Zane, Danny Glover, Martin Landau, Meadow Williams, Michael Rooker
True Story Of A Woman In Jail: Continues (Zoku jitsuroku onna kanbetsusho - Japan, 1975) Sequel to "Sex Hell" (I can FEEL the searches increasing!) Zoom In: Sex Apartments (Zûmu in: Bôkô Danchi - Japan, 1980) Originally "Zoom In: Rape Apartments" but I guess that doesn't sell as well in 2012
AND FINALLY... Critical Thinking in Chess Actually, whoever was buying all those chess books years ago might be interested in this! (7/12)
That's it and that's all! Talk amongst yourselves and I'll be back Monday to bring you the late updates and final look at the top preordered tites of the week.
Originally posted by CRZAll In: The Poker Movie (2009) Kenny Rogers (WHAT), Chris Moneymaker, Matt Damon, Phil Hellmuth Jr., Annie Duke, Frank DeFord (ugh), Chris Ferguson, "Amarillo Slim," Howard Lederer, Doris Kearns Goodwin (sure, why not), Mike Sexton, Ira Glass, Daniel Negreanu - apparently has new edits to bring you all the way up to "Black Friday" 2011.
All In was originally about Chris Moneymaker, the catalyst of the recent "Poker Boom" in 2003, and was shown to some film festival in 2009 as a rough cut. The poker site domain seizures happened on April 15, 2011 ("Black Friday") and the filmmakers decided to re-do the movie to add Black Friday-related stuff.
The celebrities listed are there to blurb about how poker is an All-American game. The "core" of All In is Moneymaker's 2003 World Series of Poker main event victory plus the Black Friday fallout.
The movie's timeline goes beyond Black Friday all the way to about December 2011, if I recall correctly. By then, Full Tilt Poker was exposed by the DOJ as a "Ponzi scheme."
The filmmakers also complained about IMDb listing 2009 instead of 2012 as the movie's release. Per IMDb policy, whenever a movie is first shown to the public is year of release they list for the movie.
I wrote a review about the movie. It's an okay documentary, but it also omits the Ultimate Bet/Absolute Poker superuser scandal where some online players, like WSOP champ Russ Hamilton, could see other players' hole cards.
"CURIOSITY OF THE WEEK Song of the South (1946) Claims to be the never-released-on-DVD-because-someone-may-think-it's-racist Disney flick, but I have no idea how you release a Disney movie when you're not Disney without it being a bootleg, so hurry up and order it before Disney makes Amazon squash it (7/15)"
You can't. It's gone.
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Originally posted by Eddie Famous"CURIOSITY OF THE WEEK Song of the South (1946) Claims to be the never-released-on-DVD-because-someone-may-think-it's-racist Disney flick, but I have no idea how you release a Disney movie when you're not Disney without it being a bootleg, so hurry up and order it before Disney makes Amazon squash it (7/15)"
You can't. It's gone.
I'm still seeing it, but it really looks even more like a shady bootleg today.
The opening to this episode was Sue Sylvester venturing into cartoonish villainy (as opposed to cartoonish supervillainy, of course). Total awesome and I loved every bit of Principal Sue Sylvester, especially her war on junk food.