THE SPECIAL EDITION: 06.30.09

• Featurettes
• Commentary
• Photo Gallery
• Deleted Scenes

Two Lovers was the film that finally broke Joaquin Phoenix’s brain. The film is a mature tale from underrated director James Gray, thus marking the third joint venture between Phoenix and the director. It’s a simple tale about a young man who is forced to move back in with his parents. Somehow, he moves to other apartments where he screws Vinessa Shaw and Gwyneth Paltrow. Naturally, it’s a fantasy picture minus any Orcs or Goblins. If you skip it, I won’t be surprised.

PARKER LEWIS CAN’T LOSE: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON

Special Features

• Featurette
• Episode-Specific Commentaries

The early 90s on
FOX was youth culture central. The kids from West Beverly High held
court, as all other shows were designed to buff the primetime darlings
and offer new venues for the various kid actors that were too ugly for
feature films. Parker Lewis Can’t Lose
was born as a 1990 filler program that could combine the style of
Ferris Bueller with the budget of primetime schlock. This is the show
that introduced America to Corin Nemec and Abraham Benrubi. Plus, it
gave us another venue for Timothy Stack to somehow keep working.

The
DVD release is surprisingly decent when compared to some of Shout
Factory’s other TV on DVD offerings. The featurette is a nice look back
at the show and the people that are still willing to talk about it on
camera. What makes the set are the episode-specific commentaries that
spotlight the showrunners’ vision for this show about a teenager
getting what he wants. The actors that played the Lewis family also get
an episode commentary, but that’s mainly a chance for the gang to pat
themselves on the back. If you ever cared about a show that you haven’t
seen in 15 years, then you’ll want to buy this release.

OBSESSIVE DVD NERDS, I BESEECH YOU!

The Chewer Nation likes to make long-winded lists that can turn even the strongest mind into an Autistic pile of mush. Therefore, I beseech you to make a list for the month of July! I want to see the worst DVDs ever made. List them, provide reasons and do what you will. I know that I can harness your collective mental spark plugs to inspire some modicum of film discussion.

I’ll start.

1) Colossus: The Forbin Project

Post your videos, your links, your essays, your mad ramblings on the CHUD message board.

• Apollo 11: A Night to Remember (BBC)
• Blue Murder, Set 4
• Cinemad: Almanac 2009
• Do The Right Thing (20th Anniversary Edition)
• Eastbound And Down: The Complete First Season
• The Education Of Charlie Banks
• Eureka: Season 3.0
• The IT Crowd: The Complete Second Season
• Lookin’ To Get Out! (Extended Version)
• The Lucille Ball Specials: Lucy Gets Lucky/Three For Two
• Midnight Blue Collection, Vol. 6: Porn Stars Of The 80’s
• Midnight Blue Collection, Vol. 7: Porn Stars Of The 90’s
• Monster X Strikes Back: Attack The G8 Summit
• MonsterQuest: Season Three, Set 1
• Muhammad Ali: In His Own Words
• Nostradamus: 2012 (The History Channel)
• Number 10
• Parker Lewis Can’t Lose: The Complete First Season
• rip! A Remix Manifesto
• Serious Charge
• Stargate Atlantis: The Complete Fifth Season
• Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li
• The Swiss Family Robinson
• They Call Me Bruce? (25th Anniversary Edition)
• Tokyo!
• Transmorphers: Fall Of Man
• The True Story Of The Fighting Sullivans (The History Channel)
• 12 Rounds
• Two Lovers
• Wholphin, No. 8
• Women In Prison Triple Feature: Women In Cell Block 7/Escape From Hell/The Hot Box

   
BLU-RAY: THE DISC THAT WALKS LIKE A MAN

• Do The Right Thing (20th Anniversary Edition)
• Flawless
• Home Front
• How The Earth Was Made (The History Channel)
• Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li
• Tokyo!
• Transmorphers: Fall Of Man
• 12 Rounds
• Two Lovers

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