NEW RELEASES
SPIDERMAN 3
d. Sam Raimi
c. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Hayden Church, Topher Grace
Spiderman 3 came out and received an overall negative review from most people. While it was not the best movie you could have went to see at that time, I think a lot of its bad ratings came due to the excellence that the second movie in the series achieved. I was more impressed with Spiderman 3 than most, however, because overall I enjoyed the movie. I felt that Sandman was a very good character had, while he needed more screen time, had a great character arc. I did feel that Venom was something that did not need to be in this movie, though. I do applaud the casting of Topher Grace, since I felt that the movie needed someone like Tobey Maguire to show the fight of good versus evil that Peter Parker faced in himself in comparison to someone similar to him. A large man, like the comics portray would not really have worked with the story Raimi was working with. It was pretty evident that Raimi did not care about the Venom character, and maybe just Sandman would have made the movie a bit tighter and better paced. The evil Peter Parker scenes were spectacular though, and the singing and dancing was just awe-inspiring. I liked the movie, although it was very far below the levels the second movie set up for itself. You can get this in a single disc or a two-disc special edition.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Bloopers
- Photo Galleries
- Snow Patrol Music Video
- Audio Commentary with Director Sam Raimi and Cast Members Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, and Bryce Dallas Howard
- Audio Commentary with Producers Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad and Grant Curtis, Editor Bob Murawski and Special Effects Supervisor Scott Stokdyk
The 2-Disc includes the above plus:
- Featurette: Grains of Sand – Building Sandman – details the challenges Sony Pictures Imageworks faced in creating the iconic villain
- Featurette: Re-Imagining the Goblin – plores the changes in the New Goblin character from page to screen
- Featurette: Covered in Black – Creating Venom – follows the cinematic creation of Spider-Man’s archrival
- Featurette: Hanging On…Gwen Stacy and the Collapsing Floor – where stunt coordinator Scott Rogers explores the logistics of the dangerous stunt performed by Bryce Dallas Howard
- Featurette: Fighting, Flying & Driving – The Stunts – wherein Stunt Coordinator/2nd Unit Director Dan Bradley and Stunt Coordinator Scott Rogers provide a behind-the-scenes peek at the various “gags” in the film
- Featurette: Tangled Web: The Love Triangles of Spider-Man 3
- Featurette: Wall Of Water – where the viewer is taken into the creation of one of the biggest stunts in the film
- Featurette: On Location Cleveland – The Chase on Euclid Avenue
- Featurette: On Location New York –From Rooftops to Backstreets
- Featurette: The Science of Sound
- Featurette: Inside The Editing Room
- Theatrical TV Spots From Around the World
License to Wed (Widescreen and Full-Screen)
d. Ken Kwapis
c. Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, John Krasinski
One of the few things I liked about a movie I reviewed last month called A New Wave was the acting of John Krasinski. I really felt that with a better story, surrounded by better actors, he could become a star. Well, in this movie he gets one of the criteria I mentioned. With Robin Williams, who, despite his bad taste in movies, is a pretty damn good actor, Krasinski has someone he can work with and maybe learn something from. Mandy Moore is a pretty solid actress too when given the right project (see Saved). This movie did not get good reviews and may not be the right story I hoped Krasinski would find, but if he can help improve a movie like A New Wave, I really would not mind seeing what he can do when acting alongside decent actors. It might be worth the rent to watch his performance. The DVD looks like crap though, considering the lack of any decent extras.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Additional scenes with optional commentary by director Ken Kwapis
- "Ask the Choir Boy"
Captivity
d. Roland Joffe
c. Elisha Cuthbert
Roland Joffe (SUPER MARIO BROTHERS!!!!!) tries his hand at Saw. Well, at least he tries to mimic it from what the trailers make it look like. Actually, I have no idea what the movie is actually about. The only thing I know is that the movie posters caused a lot of controversy, as they showed Elisha Cuthbert in various degrees of duress, or death, or something. IMDb says this about the movie: “A man and a woman awaken to find themselves captured in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them psychologically mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed.” I have a question that maybe someone can answer for me: How can a Rated R movie have an actress nominated for Best Actress in the TEEN’S CHOICE AWARDS? Shouldn’t the actress be in a movie that the majority of teens are allowed to see without adult supervision? Maybe I just don’t understand the criteria. Maybe I just don’t care. You get to pick between Rated and Unrated editions, and each has a different ending. Collect them all!
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Deleted Scenes
- “Making of Captivity”
- “On the Set Look”
TELEVISION ON DVD
SCRUBS – THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON
TWIN PEAKS – THE DIFINITIVE GOLD BOX EDITION (COMPLETE SERIES)
LOONY TUNES, GOLDEN COLLECTION – VOLUME 5
MY SO CALLED LIFE – THE COMPLETE SERIES
CSI MIAMI – THE FIFTH SEASON
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 COLLECTION, VOLUME 12
MAGNUM P.I. – THE COMPLETE SEVENTH SEASON
ANGEL – COMPLETE SERIES COLLECTOR’S SET
BLEACH – SEASON ONE BOX SET (ORIGINAL AND UNCUT)
FAMILY AFFAIR – SEASON 4
OCTOBER ROAD – THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND – THE COMPLETE SERIES
THE OUTER LIMITS (THE ORIGINAL SERIES) – VOLUME 3
THE HD REVOLUTION
FACE/OFF [HD-DVD]
OTHER DVDs TO SPEND YOUR DOUGH ON
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