Archive for the ‘Cinema/Now Showing at Home’ Category
December 24th, 2009
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Author: The Hangover: Unrated Edition (Blu-Ray); Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Blu-Ray); 9 (Blu-Ray)
by Bob Grimm
The Hangover: Unrated Edition (Blu-Ray) WARNER MOVIE A- SPECIAL FEATURES B+ DVD GEEK FACTOR 8 (OUT OF 10) [image-1] I say “Boo!” to the Golden Globes for failing to nominate Zach Galifianakis for Best Supporting Actor. I’m not saying there weren’t other actors just as deserving; I’m saying that nominating Zach would’ve been subversive and funny. Oh … that’s right … the Golden Globes is the lamest excuse for awards on the planet this side of the Syracuse, New York,…
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Extract; (500) Days of Summer; Gone With the Wind: Two Disc 70th Anniversary Edition; G-Force (Blu-Ray/DVD Combo)
by Bob Grimm
Extract MIRAMAX MOVIE C+ SPECIAL FEATURES D DVD GEEK FACTOR 5 (OUT OF 10) It broke my heart to not enjoy Mike Judge’s latest film. I love Beavis and Butt-head and Office Space, and I really liked Idiocracy, the funny-as-shit movie that was mistreated by its studio and dumped onto video after a miniscule theatrical release. However, this movie just never clicks. Jason Bateman plays the owner of an extract company who is having sex issues with his wife (Kristen…
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Inglourious Basterds (Blu-Ray); Lost: The Complete Fifth Season; Terminator Salvation (Blu-Ray)
by Bob Grimm
Inglourious Basterds (Blu-Ray) UNIVERSAL MOVIE A SPECIAL FEATURES B DVD GEEK FACTOR 8.5 (OUT OF 10) Quentin Tarantino’s latest opus just got picked as one of the year’s 10 best by the National Board of Review. I love it when something this crazy gets mass critical praise. Tarantino had been talking for a long time about this one. Casting rumors included everybody from Adam Sandler to Leonardo DiCaprio, but the director eventually had to settle for a guy named Brad…
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Thirst; Public Enemies (Blu-Ray); Paper Heart
by Bob Grimm
Thirst FOCUS MOVIE A- SPECIAL FEATURES F DVD GEEK FACTOR 6 (OUT OF 10) For those of you who saw Twilight and got pissed off at the lame vampire activity, try this twisted bloodsucker film from director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy). Song Kang-ho gives a haunting performance as a priest infected with vampire blood after a transfusion. Things get difficult for him when he gets the urge to kill and eat, seeing as he’s a man of the cloth. Further complicating…
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Fight Club: 10th Anniversary Edition (Blu-Ray); Star Trek (Blu-Ray); Will Ferrell: You’re Welcome America—A Final Night With George W. Bush
by Bob Grimm
Fight Club: 10th Anniversary Edition (Blu-Ray) 20TH CENTURY FOX MOVIE A SPECIAL FEATURES A- DVD GEEK FACTOR 9.5 (OUT OF 10) One of the best films of the ’90s is 10 years old. That’s right: This fierce dark comedy that paired Brad Pitt and Edward Norton has officially been around for a decade. The movie has lost none of its sting, and director David Fincher was at the height of his visual game here. Apart from being very funny, Fight…
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Funny People (Blu-Ray); Gilda Live; Wings of Desire (Blu-Ray)
by Bob Grimm
Funny People (Blu-Ray) UNIVERSAL MOVIE A- SPECIAL FEATURES A+ DVD GEEK FACTOR 8.5 (OUT OF 10) While this film failed to set the box office afire, it still counts as the best Adam Sandler film in years, and contains both his and Seth Rogen’s best screen work yet. Sandler plays George, a famous standup comedian and actor who finds out that he’s sick, so he tries to make peace with oncoming death. He hires an up-and-comer (Rogen) to write jokes…
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Anvil: The Story of Anvil; Up (Blu-Ray); Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Blu-Ray); Chéri
by Bob Grimm
Anvil: The Story of Anvil VH1 MOVIE A- SPECIAL FEATURES B- DVD GEEK FACTOR 8 (OUT OF 10) This film opens in 1984 with the mighty Anvil, a Canadian heavy-metal band, sharing the stage with Whitesnake, Bon Jovi and the Scorpions at a big rock festival. The band wasn’t a huge success, but they had a promising future, and their work was influencing the likes of Slash, Metallica and Megadeth. The movie then jumps to 2006, with guitarist and lead…
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Labyrinth (Blu-Ray); Audition: Collector’s Edition (Blu-Ray); Fawlty Towers: The Complete Collection Remastered; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live
by Bob Grimm
Labyrinth (Blu-Ray) SONY MOVIE B+ SPECIAL FEATURES B DVD GEEK FACTOR 7 (OUT OF 10) I hadn’t seen this film in the 20-plus years since I first rented it on VHS. Jim Henson’s ambitious directorial venture away from Kermit and friends (following his equally cool The Dark Crystal) remains a true treat. A very young Jennifer Connelly plays Sarah, an imaginative teen pissed off that she has to baby-sit her little brother. When she angrily wishes for goblins to take…
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Land of the Lost (Blu-ray); Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (Blu-ray); Natural Born Killers (Unrated Director’s Cut)
by Bob Grimm
Land of the Lost (Blu-ray) Universal Movie: B Special Features: A- DVD Geek Factor: 6.5 (out of 10) When Will Ferrell’s little dinosaur comedy was released this past summer, critics were waiting in the wings with baseball bats and knives. It got clobbered, and audiences heeded the warnings, staying away in droves. Well, audiences missed a strange and funny movie. This adaptation of the classically campy ’70s TV show features Ferrell in typically bizarre form, and if you haven’t tired…
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“It’s Garry Shandling’s Show.”: The Complete Series; Trick ‘r Treat; The Shortcut; A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (Extended Edition)
by Bob Grimm
“It’s Garry Shandling’s Show.”: The Complete Series SHOUT FACTORY SHOW A- SPECIAL FEATURES A- DVD GEEK FACTOR 9 (OUT OF 10) Before Seinfeld, and before Garry Shandling’s own The Larry Sanders Show, there was this gem from the late ’80s. Set up like a standard sitcom, but with Shandling breaking the fourth wall and often conversing with the audience, the show mocked the very formula it was following. While the show was scripted, the format allowed for improvisation and just…
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