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There are 365 days in a year, and if you spent one day looking at each of the coming week's new DVD, Blu-ray, HD DVD and UMD releases in this list, you and I wouldn't be back for EXACTLY ONE YEAR. Fortunately for you, it didn't take me a year to put together this list of releases and reviews! Unfortunately for ME, it starts all over again in under a week, so without any delay let's move right to the
PICK OF THE WEEK: Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Seasons 1 & 2 (The W at Amazon) (UK, 1988-90) Later shown in the early days of Comedy Central, 30 episodes on 4 discs with lots of Clive Anderson, Stephen Fry, Mike McShane, Josie Lawrence, Tony Slattery, Peter Cook, Griff Rhys-Jones, the guy YOU really liked that I didn't include because I'm a bastard, and dozens more - I used to get confused because the host of "Survivor" looked nothing like Greg Proops
RUNNER-UP: 42nd Street Forever: XXX-Treme Special Edition Third volume of the series of vintage movie trailers boasts two hours of stag and softcore porn film teasers in glorious remastered HD/widescreen
MOVIES!
(Click on the IMDb icons to be taken to a new window with the movie/show in question's page at the Internet Movie Database!)
After Dark Horror Fest Not quite all of the "8 Films to Die For" (did they have to take SNOOP DOGG's film out?) this seems ... overpriced to me - includes these individual titles: Dark Ride (2006) Jamie-Lynn DiScala is in it - I tell you this because you're probably one of those people who feels she is "so fucking hot" Reincarnation (Rinne - Japan, 2005) The Hamiltons (2006) Wicked Little Things (2006) Unrest (2006) The Gravedancers (2006) Penny Dreadful (2006)
If you like ANY of those, you might be a good customer for: Cinema of Death Cult Epics brings "5 underground films" but fails to name any of them on the Amazon page - but if you go to their page (cultepics.com) (which also includes some fine smut), you'll find that this is a limited edition of 2500, and the five films are shorts: Adoration (Belgium/France, 1996) , Dislandia (2005), Pig (1999), Hollywood Babylon (2000) and Le Pome (France, 2005) - adds up to about an hour and a half
Color Me Kubrick (2007) Yes, the same one that opened Friday - John Malkovich
CRITERION: Series 1: Early Bergman (Torment / Crisis / Port of Call / Thirst / To Joy) The very first release on the Eclipse imprint - bare bones releases meant to expose you to the films without having to endure the lengthy Criterionization process - five early films from beloved Swede - here are some Swedish titles: Hets (Sweden, 1944) , Kris (Sweden, 1946) , Hamnstad (Sweden, 1948) , Trst (Sweden, 1949) and Till Gldje (Sweden, 1950) - more on Eclipse from Criterion's insanely large JPEG
DAME JUDI DENCH OF THE WEEK: The Judi Dench Collection Four decades of various BBC productions (click there for the list 'cause I'm LAZY) starring the Dame - separately available is: The Cherry Orchard (1981 and 1962 Versions) (UK) 2 disc set - Judi Dench in the 1981 one , and probably also in the one not in the IMDb (a Royal Shakesperian Company production, says the cover!)
SHOW OFF: HD DVD Starter Set 5 discs - "The New Orleans Concert: The Music of America's Soul," "A View From Space With Heavenly Music," "Nature's Colors With the World's Greatest Music," "A Guitarscape Planet: Muriel Anderson," and "A Stained Glass Christmas With Heavenly Carols" Blu-Ray Starter Set 4 discs - omits the Christmas one, for some reason
IMAX: Deep Sea Narrated by Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet!
(PRACTICALLY) DIRECT TO DVD RELEASE OF THE WEEK: Funny Money (2006) Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller - wow, out in four theatres and pulled a WHOPPING $2,844 - which makes it an automatic surefire MUST SEE
RUNNER-UP: Sex Sells (Widescreen Unrated Edition) (2005) Mockumentary about a porn studio stars Priscilla Barnes, Mark DeCarlo, and Adrian Zmed with a 42" penis - wait, what? Sex Sells In case you were wondering what a R rated edition looked like
MOST POINTLESS SEQUEL OF THE WEEK: Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006) Third one, in case you're counting - look for the fourth later this year
MORE DIRECT TO DVD: Pervert! (2005) When your lead actor is Mary Carey, you probably know what to expect El Cortez (2006) Lou Diamond Phillips El Cortez (Grocery Pkg) What the heck is a "Grocery Pkg?" Comeback Season (2006) Ray Liotta, Glenne Headly Roman (2006) Lucky McKee, Nectar Rose, Kristen Bell La Casa Loca (2007) Latino tries to fit in at white Midwestern college - my sides, they are esplitting Premium (2007) Confessions of a Thug In case you ever wondered what a gangsta rap MUSICAL would be like...
MOVIES NOT IN THE IMDB: Waiting for the Passion "volatile male character study of a college student who wants to leave America to escape the turbulent relationships he has with both his father and brother" - remastered from 16mm, I guess 7 a.k.a. JUNGLE SPIRIT (Germany, 2007) Only Germans could tell the story of Malaysian hostages taken by the Japanese in WWII - I think I've got that right - www.7-junglespirit.com
NOT UFC: Ultimate Versus (USA/Japan, 2000) "The battle to be waged: Good versus Evil in the pursuit of a beautiful woman who holds the power to grant eternal life. But what Prisoner KSC2-303 cannot remember is whether he is the personification of good or the very essence of darkness."
VROOM: Jeremy Clarkson presents Heaven & Hell Clarkson hosts "Top Gear," a car show I don't get - this DVD about cars shows people driving the best, and destroying the worst
TV!
(The tv.com icons contain entire new windows containing episode information, if only you'll click on them!)
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - Volume 1 (1976) Episodes 1-25 of Norman Lear's satirical soap which was so controversial that none of the three major networks would air it. So it was syndicated! Later spun off "Fernwood 2Night."
Mo'Nique's F.A.T. Chance - Competitions 1 & 2 (Oxygen, 2005-6) Plus-sized pageant - winner gets all she can eat (just kidding, fatties) Sleepers (made for TV, 1991) Cold war era comedy aired as a "Masterpiece Theatre" episode in the US
Midsomer Murders - Set Eight (ITV, UK, 1994) Three more mysteries - The Maid in Splendour, The Straw Woman, Ghosts of Christmas Past (episodes 33-35)
People Places & Plants 46 episodes of the gardening show I never heard of - on five discs
One Foot in the Grave - Season 1 (BBC, 1990) Amazon wants you to think of it as a British "Curb Your Enthusiasm" - I am instead curbing my own enthusiasm - yes, a whopping SIX episodes One Foot in the Grave - Season 2 (BBC, 1990) Hold onto your hats: another six episodes
MINISERIESESES: Origins of the Mafia ("Alle Origini Della Mafia - miniseries, France/Italy, 1976) 5 part miniseries covers 400 years of history of the family Chronicles of Narnia - Silver Chair (BBC, 1990) Well...it's a Chronicle of Narnia and it's got Tom Baker in it, how bad can it be? Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (Sub) (Network Ten/ITV miniseries, Australia/UK, 2005)
"LEGENDARY" MEANS "ON THE VERGE OF PUBLIC DOMAIN:" Comic Legends - Groucho Marx & Redd Foxx Separate stand-up performances from...probably just long ago enough to be public domain Dick Van Dyke - In Rare Form Compilation of his 1958-9 appearances on "The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom"
WE'LL KEEP COLORIZING THEM UNTIL SOMEBODY DECIDES IT'S A GOOD IDEA: Little Rascals in COLOR! Box Set Before you complain, they include black&white versions for you, too. Includes: Little Rascals: Best of Our Gang Includes "uncut" (racist, say some) "Kid from Borneo" (1933) , "Hide & Shriek" (1938) and three more shorts Little Rascals: Best of Spanky Five more uncut shorts, including "Shrimps for a Day" (1934) and "Choo-Choo!" (1932) Little Rascals: Superstars of Our Gang And five more, including "Free Wheeling" (1932) and "For Pete's Sake!" (1934)
Three Stooges: Triple Whammy include "Live & Hilarious" disc (a compilation of rare live TV appearances) along with the next two: Three Stooges: Greatest Routines 35 bits hosted by Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy - hopefully not entirely colorized Three Stooges: Extreme Rarities No help at all, although Curly's first appearance is hyped on the sticker - colorized AND black&white versions
Swing Parade of 1946 (1946) The Three Stooges are the high point of this musical, so that's probably why this is being marketed as another Stooges DVD - colorized and black&white
DODGY IMPORT OF THE WEEK: Rome Adventure (1962) Troy Donahue, Angie Dickinson, Suzanne Pleshette
STALLONE OF THE WEEK: Lock Up (1989) Back in print!!!!!
FIRST TIME ON DVD (I THINK): School for Scoundrels (School for Scoundrels or How to Win Without Actually Cheating! - UK, 1960) Probably a zillion times better than the 2006 one Old Boyfriends (1979) If this is really it (Anchor Bay is a little light on the details), this may be the MOST ECLECTIC CAST OF THE WEEK - but probably wasn't back in the seventies Heartbreak High (The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats - USA/Canada, 1981) John Vernon, Norman Fell, Robert Forster - put me in, coach Tempest (1982) Dust Devil: The Final Cut (1992) Director's cut restores about 16 minutes The Pickle (1993) Wow, my college roommate LOVED this movie. I....did not love it as much. Danny Aiello
EASTER IS COMING: The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo - Italy/France, 1964) Jesus, the revolutionaire - directed by an atheist
MORE FURN FILMS: Fernando de Fuentes: The Revolution Trilogy (Let's Go With Pancho Villa, El Compadre Mendoza, Prisoner 13) (Vmonos con Pancho Villa - Mexico, 1936) , (Mexico, 1934) and (El Prisonero Trece - Mexico, 1933) on three discs Hundra (Spain/USA, 1983) Tribe of fighting women is whittled to one, who must go on a quest to....have a child? Soundtrack by Ennio Morricone! Woyzeck (Hungary, 1994) Little Dieter Needs to Fly (France/UK/Germany, 1997) Goddess of 1967 (Australia, 2000) The Lost Steps (Los Pasos Perdidos) (Argentina/Spain, 2001) Shutter (Thailand, 2004) Think "The Ring" - scheduled for a crappy USA remake in 2008 Woman Is the Future of Man (Yeojanuen Namjaui Miraeda - South Korea/France, 2004) Written and directed by Hong Sangsoo Sadomaster (direct to video, Argentina, 2005) The Great Match (Spain/Germany, 2006) Comedy about tribal groups attempting to watch a football match Men at Work (Kargaran Mashghoole Karand - Iran, 2006) Four men try to tip over a rock for 75 minutes. In Farsi! Candy (Australia, 2006) Abbie Cornish, Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush
SPAGHETTI WESTERNS FROM BLUE UNDERGROUND: Bullet for the General (El Chuncho, Quien Sabe? - Italy, 1966) Gian Maria Volont, Klaus Kinski Texas Adios (Texas, Addio - Spain/Italy 1966) Franco Nero Keoma (Italy, 1977) Also Franco Nero
ONE MORE DOCUMENTARY: N Is a Number: Portrait of Paul Erdos (1993) Huh, I always spelled it "Pal" - turns out it's Pl Erds, but ALL of them were a fascinating mathematician
INSANELY EXPENSIVE DOCUMENTARY OF THE WEEK: The Perfect Life (2006) A look at Harlem youths in second grade, then ten years later
ALPHA VIDEO (mostly public domain releases, I'm guessing - see more information at Oldies.com): One nice thing is their site has good one line descriptions for me to plagiarise... 10 Violent Women (1982) "Good girls turn bad and end up in a women's prison with a sadistic warden." Directed by Ted V. Mikels! 50s TV Comedy Double Feature: The Life of Riley / Our Miss Brooks 2 Episodes of each - Oldies.com Arizona Thunderbolt aka Arizona Mahoney (1936) Battle Beyond the Sun (reworked from Nebo Zovyot - Soviet Union, 1960 by Roger Corman for USA audiences, 1962) - partly directed by (a pseudonym of) Francis Ford Coppola! Blonde Comet (1941) "A female auto-racing champion joins forces with her staunch rival to combat a plan to sabotage the big race." Cold Harbor (2003) "Four brothers visit the beach home of their estranged father after a suicide note is discovered there." Corpse Grinders (1972) "Lowlife cat food manufacturers grind humans into pet food producing horrifing unforseen side effects." Corpse Grinders 2 (direct to video, 2000) Totally unnecessary sequel to above James Dean: Classic Television Collection Includes "Hill Number One" ("Family Theatre" episode, 1951 ), "I'm A Fool" ("General Electric Theatre" episode, 1954 , "Bells of Cockaigne" ("Armstrong Circle Theatre" episode, 1953 ) and "Sentence of Death" ("Studio One" episode, 1953 ) The Doll Squad "A Cape Canaveral space mission is sabotaged by terrorists. A group of beautiful, but deadly spies seek out those responsible using an arsenal of secret weapons." The Firetrap (1935) "Insurance investigators are on the trail of a con man implicated in arson and robbery." Frontier Doctor Volume 2 (1958-9) Rex Allen stars IS Arizona doctor Bill Baxter - four episodes Jack Hoxie Double Feature: Gold / Gun Law (1932 & 1933) Inside the Lines (1930) "German spies infiltrate Gibraltar during World War I." King Kelly of the USA (1934) "Screwball comedy satirizing a crazy European Kingdom." Omoo Omoo the Shark God (1949) "A curse follows a group of people who have violated a sacred idol." Phantom in the House (1929) "A man is blamed for a murder that was actually committed by his wife." The Range Rider Volume 5 (1951-3) Five more episodes Rolling Home (1946) "An old man and his beloved steed save the day for a poor church and a greedy selfish woman." Sky Racket (1937) "An heiress and a Federal agent are on a mission to roust a gang of ruthless gangsters." Tarzan & The Green Goddess (edited from 1935 serial "The New Adventures of Tarzan" - 1938) How can you tell she's green? It's in BLACK & WHITE Ticket to Paradise (1936) "An amnesiac - mistaken for a criminal - runs off with a young woman." Valley of Wanted Men (1935) "Three bank robbers escape from prison and try to recover their missing loot." What Price Crime? (1935) "A government agent goes undercover as a prize-fighter to gain the trust of a firearms smuggler." Wives Under Suspicion (1938) "A district attorney who believes all killers should get the electric chair is driven by jealousy to plot his wife's murder."
CRAFTS: Crafty Fun More like Crafty Title, AM I RIGHT
FIX YOUR BROKEN HEAD - WITH DVDs: Inner Peace for Busy People Joan Z. Borysenko, Ph.D. The Power of the Mind to Heal Joan Z. Borysenko, Ph.D. (I'm sure the fact that the above are to be released on April Fool's Day is just coincidence)
CUBA: Live Yumuri y Sus Hermanos - I don't know who Yumuri is, but he looks like a SEXY Cuban man Knock Out - Bamboleo Dance Lessons - Bailar Salsa a lo Cubao
"Whose Line" was at its best when Paul Merton was on, though Tony Slattery was a delightful fop whenever he appeared.
"One Foot in the Grave" was the inspiration for the 90s sitcom "Cosby". So it's probably a lot less like "Curb Your Enthusiasm" than they want you to think.
I once took a TV writing course from a staff writer of "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman". I was the only person in the room who had even heard of the show.
Re: "Full House" - I question the wisdom of buying any season set of a show that one can watch in reruns in perpetuity. But that's me.
Originally posted by CRZPICK OF THE WEEK RUNNER-UP: 42nd Street Forever: XXX-Treme Special Edition Third volume of the series of vintage movie trailers boasts two hours of stag and softcore porn film teasers in glorious remastered HD/widescreen
WRONG! I need this pretty badly. The movie's quite entertaining in the same way as LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT and THRILLER: A CRUEL PICTURE was... yeah, I'm a sick puppy.
PICK OF THE WEEK: Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Seasons 1 & 2 (The W at Amazon) (UK, 1988-90) Later shown in the early days of Comedy Central, 30 episodes on 4 discs with lots of Clive Anderson, Stephen Fry, Mike McShane, Josie Lawrence, Tony Slattery, Peter Cook, Griff Rhys-Jones, the guy YOU really liked that I didn't include because I'm a bastard, and dozens more - I used to get confused because the host of "Survivor" looked nothing like Greg Proops
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My local Best Buy had this on the shelf today...although it was $39.99.
Originally posted by CRZPICK OF THE WEEK RUNNER-UP: 42nd Street Forever: XXX-Treme Special Edition Third volume of the series of vintage movie trailers boasts two hours of stag and softcore porn film teasers in glorious remastered HD/widescreen
EXCELLENT! ...but I got it like a month ago.
So have you watched it? Is it as glorious as described? (It can't be. OR CAN IT?)
Already waiting for the postman to deliver my Shield, season 5. Should get here by the weekend, which leaves me three days to watch it(again) before the new season starts.
Originally posted by StaggerLeeAlready waiting for the postman to deliver my Shield, season 5. Should get here by the weekend, which leaves me three days to watch it(again) before the new season starts.
I hope you like it, because I really wanted to buy it today from my work. But 40 dollars for 11 episodes (and that's on sale as it's supposed to be 45 bucks) is probably just too much for me to justify the purchase. Actually I'm still mulling it over, and it does have commentaries on all the episodes, so that might sell me. I only wish this set was perhaps 25 or 30.
I must say that I haven't seen a week where quite this many big (as in it was in the theaters) movies have come out today. Happy Feet, Pursuit of Happiness, Turistas, Van Wilder, Children of Men. Plus continuing DVD sets of Full House, The Shield and Seventh Heaven have made this a big week for movies and a possible big headache for me working in my electronics department.
I could be mistaken, but I do not see Justice League Unlimited: Season 2 (the final JLU season, as they combined two seasons to form season one earlier).
It just came out today. Those who are fans of the work of Bruce Timm or DC comics I *HIGHLY* reccomend it.
EDIT: You see, this is where lurking comes to bite you in the ass. My apoligies, Zed.
(edited by El Nastio on 27.3.07 2255) To celebrate the passing of the Troll Amnesty (and for otherwise no reason at all), I present to you the very best of Trolling here on The W. This Troll Moment of the Week is brought to you by one of the greatest(?) Trolls to come The W;
"TopTenPro" , who brought us the following such pieces of wisdom as: br>TopTenPro: I know this is going to be banished, but there is a point I want to make. Why is there not a woman that wants to be loved as much as I want to love?"
CRZ: "Here now are the Top Ten cruel responses I could whip up to this post:" (followed by a rather funny list).
Originally posted by El NastioI could be mistaken, but I do not see Justice League Unlimited: Season 2 (the final JLU season, as they combined two seasons to form season one).
Looks like Canadians got it a week later than we did - it was in last week's list (The W).
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