Obligatory DVD Release Post 8/3/2010

Plan to save the world:

Step 1: Acquire massive amounts of chicken wings.
Step 2: Realize the word "Phase" is much cooler than "Step."
Phase 1: Find cure to deadly outbreak/social anxiety-problem/whatever is ailing world
Phase 2: Place cure into chicken wings.
Phase 3: Realize "Step" makes more sense, return to original phrasing.
Step 3: Start fast food chain, begin distributing cure to world.
Step 4: Realize there could be other stuff that chicken wings can't prevent.
Step 5: Figure if the world is going to end, nobody cares about Step vs. Phase.
Alt. Phase 1: If Meteor, create massive chicken wing pile under assumed crash location.
Alt. Phase 2: Say hell with it, slap a zebra, and move to Oprah's private Island.

Things tend to get complicated in my mind......

New Releases

Kick-Ass: I suppose it would be unfair to request a renaming for this movie? It's not that I find it offensive, it's just that I think it needs to be more descriptive. For example: Kick whose "ass?" Everyone's? Seems a bit harsh, I dare say. Then if everyone's kicking everyone's ass, what do we accomplish? Not a whole lot I say (though C-SPAN will finally become interesting). I propose new title: Kick People Who Are Rather Bad, and Those Whom are Especially Bad, Right in the Ass. Too long? My Review

The Ghost Writer: Nickelodeon, you know what to do. Now's the time for you to rise up! Put Polanski in his place, and show him what it's all about! Or, you could just do something slime related, and ignore this entirely. Somehow I believe you'll opt to ignore this matter. Well, I say to you, shame. You have a chance. A once in a corporate lifetime opportunity, and you're going to pass it up. Tsk tsk tsk.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: You know, I have to be honest I'm a rather wimpy adult (though I use the word adult loosely). And I was most definitely a wimpy kid. Yet I never kept a diary. That's not to say I didn't try. No, instead I just decided my time would be better spent with Doritos, watching Toonami. Hardly worthy of a cinematic translation. Of course I could try and spice it up a bit. How about the time I lost the remote control and was stuck watching a Sailor Moon marathon because I couldn't be bothered to look for it? Ah, troubled times my dear readers. Oh well, on we go I say!

Other Releases: After.Life (Long, Ricci, Neeson), A Prophet (took long enough!), To Save a Life (you play the song, I kill you), Open House (just close the door?)

Other Goodies

Escape from New York (Blu-Ray/DVD Combo): Oh Snake Plissken, how does the world ever survive without you?

Road to Perdition (Blu-Ray): If you've yet to see this movie, just go and do it now. It's an all time favorite of mine. The cinematography and score are worth the efforts alone. Not to mention Hanks, Craig, Newman, and Law owning the screen.

Bull Durham (Blu-Ray): Classic. Enough Said.

Eclipse Series 23: First Films of Akira Kurosawa: As much as I love Kurosawa, $54 is a high price to pay for the films you're getting here. If it included stuff from Drunken Angel onward I'd be screaming "Go Go Go!" Yet, Kurosawa's early work is quite different. While good, not rock the bank good.


Alrighty, there's also TCM's Errol Flynn films collection pack coming out. So, if you're into it, take a look there. Have a good one everybody!