(Click on the "DVD" thread icon to find threads going back to the beginning of the year...here are links to the previous four weeks: 7/3 - 7/10- 7/17 - 7/24)
Hello.
Another week, another 311 listings for you to peruse. Of those 311, only five are 300...I hope I've confused you already!
Y'know, we get hundreds of people who find these threads on a weekly basis thanks to the awesome power of the Internet and it's magic finding devices, but what I'd REALLY like is for someone to stick around, maybe register, and join in on some of the other conversations we have around here. Or maybe even start one of their own! Just a dream...just a dream....
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Without further ado...
Let's begin with a mind-expanding
PICK OF THE WEEK: John Wayne's Tribute to America (The W at Amazon) ("Swing Out, Sweet Land" - NBC, 1970) John Wayne's personal message them Vietnam war protestors - won an Emmy - as much fun as a variety show hosted by John Wayne can be - bonus material includes Wayne and Ed McMahon's Budweiser commercials - did I say "mind-expanding?" I think the Duke intended an opposite effect...but don't quote me on that!
PICK OF THE WEEK - RUNNER-UP: Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938, Vol. 1 The long, LONG wait is over - FINALLY the Fleischer-era shorts get the restoration and collection they deserve. Thanks, King Syndicate, for FINALLY getting off your keisters and letting Warner Brothers put this collection together! 60 shorts and oodles of bonuses - WORTH THE EXPENSE.
NOTABLE RELEASES FROM THE GIANT STUDIOS: The Rhinemann Exchange (miniseries, 1977) Just in time for "The Bourne Ultimatum" comes this miniseries based on - yes - another novel by Robert Ludlum - Stephen Collins, Lauren Hutton, Larry Hagman, Rene Auberjonois, Claude Akins, Roddy McDowall, Werner Klemperer - you name 'em, they're in the cast list Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (made for TV, 1991) Stacy Keach, Richard Thomas - probably coincidence, but a new documentary about the Indianapolis is airing over the weekend The Darwin Awards (2006) Joseph Fiennes, Winona Ryder The List (2006) Wayne Brady, Sydney Tamiia Poitier Lonely Hearts (Germany/USA, 2006) John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Jared Leto, Salma Hayek... isn't it cute how they managed to sneak Salma Hayek's boobs onto this cover? Played (UK, 2006) Val Kilmer, Gabriel Byrne, Vinnie Jones, Anthony LaPaglia, Bruno Kirby, Mick Rossi - now THAT'S a Who's Who there Yellow (Puerto Rico/USA, 2006)
MOST INTRIGUING TITLE OF THE WEEK: Dead Clowns (2003)
I'M SO SICK OF "GRINDHOUSE" RELEASES: Grindhouse Classics Two-Fer The Witch Who Came From the Sea (1976) and Blood Bath (1976) (Doris Roberts is in this?!)
KOCH LORBER FURN DOUBLE FEATURES: Blessed by Fire/Official Story (Iluminados por el Fuego - Argentina/Spain, 2005) (La Historia Oficial - Argentina, 1985) Love/Soundless (USA/Serbia & Montenegro, 2005) (Lautlos - Germany, 2004)
TELEVISTA KNOWS WHAT YOU NEED: Free, White and 21 (1963) Affair (Un Amour Comme Le Notre - Italy/France/Canada, 1974) It's a "masterpiece of erotic cinema," PEOPLE Sins Within the Family (Peccati in Famiglia - Italy, 1975) This cover is hilarious to me for some reason - you have to blow it up to get all the funny, though (there are probably people who wish this movie HAD been blown up) Cosmos: War of the Planets (Anno Zero - Guerra Nello Spazio - Italy, 1977) Buddy Goes West (Occhio Alla Penna - Italy, 1981) Bud Spencer Frenchman's Farm (Australia, 1987) Angel of Death (Commando Mengele, 1987) Best user review of the week There Is a Secret in My Soup (Ren Tou Dou Fu Shang - Hong Kong, 2001) Miss Continental Pageant Drag queens compete and YOU win
CHEAPO RE(RE?)LEASES FROM MAC FILMWORKS: Robo Man (Who? - UK, 1973) Elliott Gould, James Noble Dan Candy's Law (Alien Thunder - Canada, 1974) Donald Sutherland, A Bunch of Canadian Indians Cold Blood (Das Amulett des Todes - West Germany, 1975) Rutger Hauer (must be really old) Choices (1981) Demi Moore Cold Room (made for TV, UK, 1984) George Segal, Amanda Pays No Mercy (1986) Richard Gere, Kim Basinger Double Cross/No Mercy Above, with....I don't know which "Double Cross" it is! Master/Return of the Tiger (Long Xing Tian Xia - Hong Kong, 1989) (Hong Kong, 1979) Jet Li, meet Bruce Li Martial Arts Classics Oh no, they could be ANYTHING! Amazon at least offers up "Sonny Chiba" so that narrows it down a LITTLE bit Ultimate Godzilla Collection Probably not so "ultimate"
AND THE REST... Novel Romance (2007) Traci Lords, Paul Johansson, Sherilyn Fenn, Mariette Hartley Novel Romance ...more expensive version? Afghan Knights (Canada/USA, 2007) A Bunch of Canadians I Haven't Heard Of, Michael Madsen The Cradle (direct to DVD, Canada, 2007) Lukas Haas Night Junkies (UK, 2007) Vampires in love Bloodlines (direct to video, 2007) The Situation (2006) Fictional film inspired by Iraq events Whole New Thing (Canada, 2005) Trailer and info at Picture This! (comingofagemovies.com) Stealing God (2005) Secret War (direct to video, 2003)
Thanks for making it this far! We eagerly await your replies and reactions! Come back Monday for the reschedules and late adds along with Amazon's Top 24 pre-orders!
IMAX:Space Station (formerly Space Station 3D - 2002) Narrated by Tom Cruise
There's a joke there, somewhere. I'm just not clever enough to come up with one.
Yeah, it should, but we don't live in Shouldland! Ah, Shouldland, where clean-cut kids cruise Shouldland Boulevard, and the Shouldland High football team gets their optimistic asses kicked by their crosstown rival, Reality Check Tech.
Just as an FYI, The Prodigy (amazon.com) is listed on Amazon with an availibility date of 9/4/2007, but it will be out at other places on 7/31. I just happen to watch it last night, and while it was low budget and a cast of no-on-I've-ever-heard-ofs, I thought The Prodigy was a really good action-thriller.
I said before that this show should have ended when they got to Alexandria, and I think this season pretty much proved me right. There's just nowhere left for the stories to go.