A nice round 333 listings grace this week's version of the "new for the coming week" DVD list that I find myself compelled to put together. They are pretty loosely organised this time around, mostly because there weren't a lot of big groups this week.
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PICK OF THE WEEK: Body Rock (The W at Amazon) (1984) Lorenzo Lamas + breakdancing = AUTOMATIC
FIRST ON DVD: A Wedding (1978) Directed by Robert Altman DishDogz (2005) Marshall Allman, Haylie Duff, Luke Perry 52 Pick-Up (1986) Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret Criminal Law (1988) Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon Stone Cold (1991) YES. Brian Bosworth, Lance Henriksen Sleepover (2004)
TELENOVELAS: Amor del Bueno (Peru/Venezuela) Azul Tequila (TV Azteca, 1998) Don't know how many of the 80 episodes made it onto the 8 discs in this set
The Mapmaker (UK/Ireland, 2001) Mapmaker finds a body while charting a holiday location The Honeymooners (Ireland/UK, 2003) Romantic comedy has nothing to do with the US TV series
SOFTCORE RELEASE OF THE WEEK: Laure (Italy/France, 1976) "The uncensored erotic odyssey" written by, directed and starring Emmanuelle "Emmanuelle" Arsan
Originally posted by CRZBreach (Widescreen Edition)
Good flick. Chris Cooper was awesome, but it just felt like the movie left something out (I don't think they delved enough into Hanssen's psyche, I guess).
Originally posted by CRZMasters of Horror - The Screwfly Solution (Showtime, 2006)
I read this short-story in my Sci-Fi Issues class this past spring. It wasn't bad, but of the stories we read, I thought "Mimsy were the Borogoves" would've translated best to film.
Originally posted by CRZMasters of Horror - The Screwfly Solution (Showtime, 2006)
I read this short-story in my Sci-Fi Issues class this past spring. It wasn't bad, but of the stories we read, I thought "Mimsy were the Borogoves" would've translated best to film.
Originally posted by CRZMasters of Horror - The Screwfly Solution (Showtime, 2006)
I read this short-story in my Sci-Fi Issues class this past spring. It wasn't bad, but of the stories we read, I thought "Mimsy were the Borogoves" would've translated best to film.
It did.
It was called The Last Mimzy
Out earlier this year in theatres.
Duh, that's right. My bad. Do you know how close the movie was to the original story?
Originally posted by CRZMasters of Horror - The Screwfly Solution (Showtime, 2006)
I read this short-story in my Sci-Fi Issues class this past spring. It wasn't bad, but of the stories we read, I thought "Mimsy were the Borogoves" would've translated best to film.
It did.
It was called The Last Mimzy
Out earlier this year in theatres.
Duh, that's right. My bad. Do you know how close the movie was to the original story?
Hrrmmm
Well, in a way, you could say that the short story is a sub-set of what happens in the film...
And in a way you could say that it is completely different.
In the film, the crazy scientist sending the boxes of toys back to the past is doing so for a reason. The film is set in and around the Pacific Northwest and there is an environmental message to the film as well as a lot of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy thrown in.
(The psychologist in the story is replaced by the boy's teacher, a Buddhist who dreams the future. Every time he does his equally spiritual girlfriend bugs him for the lotto numbers. This I found hilariously real.)
There are also some out-right changes. In the story, there is Mr. Bear and a bizarre anatomically (sort-of) correct doll. In the movie those two dolls get combined into one character a bunny rabbit called Mimzy that creates an additional connection between Lewis Carroll and the story.
Also the boy develops the ability to control insects by whistling which is not in the book at all.
I liked the film quite a bit although in places the film echoes E.T. to its detriment. And I love Michael Clarke Duncan but he's no Peter Coyote.
Originally posted by CRZZzyzx (2005) Indie thriller
I thought that this was Zyzzyx Road, the $30 grossing movie, but IMDB lists them as two different things. Weird. I'll bet "Zyzzyx Road" had to change it's name because of "Zzyzx". Who would have thought that they'd make two different movies about a road named after an unincorporated town located off of I-15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas? Hollywood really is out of ideas.
Originally posted by TonyComstockASHLEY AND KISHA: FINDING THE RIGHT FIT is not educational. But if you watch it and learn a thing or two, that's okay with me!
Fair enough! I have a strict policy NEVER to argue with actual executive producer types about DVDs I haven't actually viewed, because they always know whereof they speak, whilst I'm talking out of my ass. ;-) It brings a sense of order to my world just knowing that you Google your own stuff just like everybody else does.
Originally posted by TonyComstockASHLEY AND KISHA: FINDING THE RIGHT FIT is not educational. But if you watch it and learn a thing or two, that's okay with me!
Fair enough! I have a strict policy NEVER to argue with actual executive producer types about DVDs I haven't actually viewed, because they always know whereof they speak, whilst I'm talking out of my ass. ;-) It brings a sense of order to my world just knowing that you Google your own stuff just like everybody else does.
Originally posted by TonyComstockASHLEY AND KISHA: FINDING THE RIGHT FIT is not educational. But if you watch it and learn a thing or two, that's okay with me!
Fair enough! I have a strict policy NEVER to argue with actual executive producer types about DVDs I haven't actually viewed, because they always know whereof they speak, whilst I'm talking out of my ass. ;-) It brings a sense of order to my world just knowing that you Google your own stuff just like everybody else does.
He googles pretty deeply too. It was on page 5 of the results. (Number 42 I think - hey GREAT number.)
Originally posted by TonyComstockASHLEY AND KISHA: FINDING THE RIGHT FIT is not educational. But if you watch it and learn a thing or two, that's okay with me!
Fair enough! I have a strict policy NEVER to argue with actual executive producer types about DVDs I haven't actually viewed, because they always know whereof they speak, whilst I'm talking out of my ass. ;-) It brings a sense of order to my world just knowing that you Google your own stuff just like everybody else does.
He googles pretty deeply too. It was on page 5 of the results. (Number 42 I think - hey GREAT number.)
I had to know. ;)
That's Page 1 when you look at 100 per page like I do, though!