Hello! This week we have 156 DVDs and 26 Blu-rays and not too much to talk about. But that's OK!
PICK OF THE WEEK Childrens Hospital: Complete First & Second Seasons (The W at Amazon) (The WB 2.0/Adult Swim, 2008-10) Rob Corddroy and ensemble's show was originally a web series, but smashed together into 11 minute episodes for Adult Swim, who then commissioned another season - and the THIRD season will premier in June - if you recognize any of these folks from other shows you have enjoyed, you will like this one too - they all seem to run in the same TV circles
TV OF THE WEEK
The top preordered TV DVD of the week is also the #1 preorder of the week, and it is... The Royal Wedding: William & Catherine (BBC) Cheap! (Cheap don't hurt)
William & Kate: Planning a Royal Wedding (PBS, 2011) Seriously, how many DVDs of this do you need? I mean, I SLEPT through that wedding and I'm getting NONE of them!
The Unknown War: WWII And The Epic Battles Of The Russian Front (Soviet Union, 1978) 20 part documentary series hosted by Burt Lancaster focuses on Nazi vs. Soviet part of WWII, decried by historians as propaganda piece - I'd love to hear why Vivendi decided to release it on DVD now
TV MOVIES OF THE WEEK A Tale of Two Cities (miniseries, UK/France, 1989) Also aired on "Masterpiece Theatre" - more info on this DVD and trailer at BFS (bfsent.com) Unloved, The (Channel 4, 2009) More info at Channel 4 (channel4.com)
The Big Bang (2011) Antonio Banderas, Thomas Kretschmann, William Fichtner, Sienna Guillory, Autumn Reeser, Snoop Dogg, Delroy Lindo, Sam Elliott. Well then. The Big Bang [Blu-ray]
Grand Prix [Blu-ray] (1966) James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshiro Mifune, Brian Bedford, Jessican Walter, Antonio Sabato, Francoise Hardy
L'Age d'or [Blu-ray] (France, 1930) Luis Buñ's surrealist film didn't screen in America until 1979 (5/30)
Tigerland [Blu-ray] (USA/Germany, 2000) Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins Jr., Russell Richardson, Thomas Guiry, Cole Hauser The End of Poverty [Blu-ray] (2008) Happiness Is a Warm Blanket Charlie Brown [Blu-ray] (direct to video, 2011) The Almighty Thor [Blu-ray] (Syfy, 2011) I KNEW you were waiting for the Blu-ray! Patricia Velasquez, Kevin Nash (yes, Kevin Nash - as Odin, yet), Richard Grieco - yeah, the guy who plays "Thor" isn't even named on the cover - lucky Cody Deal! As always, if you're not down with that, I got two words for ya: The Asylum (theasylum.cc)
WARNER ARCHIVES OF THE WEEK Boy Friend (UK/USA, 1971) Twiggy (DVD-R) (5/27) I Love Melvin (1953) Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds (DVD-R) (5/27) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 4 disc collection of shorts, one reels, vaudeville - in short, GOLD (and crap...which is GOLD) - full list at Warner Archive (wbshop.com) (DVD-R) (5/27) Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse (DVD-R) (5/27) Savage Messiah (UK, 1972) (DVD-R) (5/27) Rose Marie (1954) Ann Blyth IS, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas, Bert Lahr (DVD-R) (5/27)
KINO PRESENTS THE DOCUMENTARIES OF NICOLAS PHILIBERT What a great bridge from the documentaries to the rest of the foreign films of the week! Louvre City (La Ville Louvre - France, 1990) More info on this DVD and trailer at Kino (kino.com) In The Land of The Deaf (Italy/France/UK/Switzerland, 1992) More info on this DVD at Kino Every Little Thing (La Moindre des Choses - France, 1997) More info on this DVD at Kino Nénette [2-Disc Set w/ Animals & More Animals] (France, 2010) (English subsite available) More info on this DVD and trailer at Kino
Hmm, actually now that I look at it, I believe you can get more info on ALL these films at the English subsite of Nicolas Philibert (nicolasphilibert.fr)
FURN FILMS Night After Night (Tapage Nocturne - France, 1979) Also known as "Nocturnal Uproar" (but not by me!) - not much more info on this DVD at Pathfinder Pictures (ww.pathfinderpictures.com) Exit No. 6 (Liu Hao Chu Kou - Taiwan, 2006) Eddie Peng, Juan Ching-Tien, Yoo Ha-na, Olivia Chen - more info on this DVD and trailer at Vanguard (vanguardcinema.com) In the City of Sylvia (En la Cuidad de Sylvia - Spain/France, 2007) Interestingly, there's a Japanese site for this one: or, if you're less adventurous just get some English info at Cinema Guild (cinemaguild.com)
Bitter / Sweet (Thailand/USA, 2009) Kip Pardue, Mamee Nakprasit (Napakpapha Nakprasitte), James Brolin, Spencer Garrett, Tata Young - more info on this DVD and trailer at Vanguard (vanguardcinema.com)
Burning Palms (2010) Adrianna Barraza, Robert Hoffman, Lake Bell, Shannen Doherty, Jamie Chung, Nick Stahl, Dylan McDermott, Rosamund Pike, Paz Vega, Zoe Saldana Burning Palms [Blu-ray]
Death Hunter: Werewolves vs. Vampires (2010?) Sam McConkey, Paulino Hemmer, Mike Lawler, Shari Wiedmann, Richard Williams - not in IMDb, but more info on this DVD AND trailer can be found at MTI (mtivideo.com)
Forget Me Not (2009) Cody Linley, Carly Schroeder, Chloe Bridges - more info on this DVD and trailer at Phase 4 (phase4films.com)
Johnny (2010) Musetta Vander, Mel Fair, Jerry Phillips, Lee Majors - looks like it should have a dove on the cover - there's a YouTube trailer at Pure Flix (pureflix.com)
Mad World (2010) More info on this DVD and trailer at Breaking Glass (breakingglasspictures.com)
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