THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17th, 2009

STAR TREK (2009)

Special Features

  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurettes
  • Commentary
  • Gag Reel
  • and more!

Star Trek
is a great summer movie. Sure, it’s got plotholes so big that entire featurettes are dedicated to them. But, it works as an emotional connect that doesn’t require much of the audience to use their brain. We need these Wicker Films to allow for smaller films to seep into the consciousness. Also, it helps to get Simon Pegg’s face in front of Middle America.



BRUNO

Special Features

  • Commentary
  • Featurettes
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Interviews

Bruno tried to be great. Everyone was riding that Post-Bruno buzz and trying to see if the latest in reality cinema could top the Kazakh reporter. What happened was a compromised film that ran too short and with too many flat jokes. For ever CG urethra screaming at a focus group, you had a Psychic session that went on too long. Hell, the only moment that really felt genuine was Harrison Ford telling the energetic Austrian to fuck off.

IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA: A VERY SUNNY CHRISTMAS

Special Features

  • Featurettes
  • Sunny Sing-Along
  • Deleted Scenes


It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas is one of the best episode of the series. If you want to see it, then shell out the extra cash for this uncensored special. Nearly triple the runtime of a normal episode, this Christmas special comes at you fully uncensored. You’ll see how Frank made his fortune. You’ll see the young Mac and Charlie go apeshit on Santa. You’ll see more shit that I don’t want to spoil for you.

OBSESSIVE DVD NERDS, I BESEECH YOU!

The
Chewer
Nation has been having fun with the little monthly challenges I’ve
thrown down. I’ve got a new one that just might take us through the end
of 2009. What I want us all to do is to review The Criterion
Collection
. But, there’s a catch. The number of words you can use will
be determined by the spine number.

Due to length, click on the titles to access the spine specific reviews.

1. Grand Illusion
2. The Seven Samurai
3. The Lady Vanishes
4. Amarcord
5. The 400 Blows
6. Beauty and the Beast
7. A Night to Remember

8.
The Killer

9.
Hard Boiled
10. Walkabout

11. The Seventh Seal
12. This is Spinal Tap
13. The Silence Of The Lambs
14. Samurai I: Mushashi Miyamoto
15. Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
16. Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
17. Salo or The 120 Days of Sodom
18. The Naked Kiss
19. Shock Corridor
20. Sid & Nancy
21. Dead Ringers
22. Summertime
23. Robocop
24. High and Low
25. Alphaville
26. The Long Good Friday
27. Flesh for Frankenstein
28. Blood for Dracula
29. Picnic at Hanging Rock

30. M

31. Great Expectations
32. Oliver Twist
33. Nanook of the North
34. Andrei Rublev
35. Diabolique
36. The Wages of Fear
37. Time Bandits
38. Branded to Kill
39. Tokyo Drifter
40. Armageddon
41. Henry V
42. Fishing with John
43. Lord of the Flies
44. The Red Shoes
45. A Taste of Cherry
46. The Most Dangerous Game
47. Insomnia
48. Black Orpheus
49. Nights of Cabiria
50. And The Ship Sails On
51. Brazil
52. Sanjuro
53. Yojimbo
54. For All Mankind
55. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
56. The 39 Steps
57. Charade
58. Peeping Tom
59. The Night Porter
60. Autumn Sonata
61. Monty Python’s The Life of Brian
62. The Passion of Joan of Arc
63. Carnival of Souls
64. The Third Man
65. Rushmore
66. The Orphic Trilogy
67. Blood of the Poet
68. Orpheus
69. Testament of Orpheus
70. The Last Temptation of Christ
71. The Magic Flute
72. Le Million
73. Cleo from 5 to 7
74. Vagabond
75. Chasing Amy
76. Brief Encounter
77. And God Created Woman
78. The Bank Dick
79. W.C. Fields – Six Short Films
80. The Element of Crime
81. Variety Lights
82. Hamlet
83. The Harder They Come
84. Good Morning 
85. Pygmalion
86. Eisenstein Box Set – The Sound Years
87. Alexander Nevsky
88. Ivan the Terrible – Parts I and II
89. Sisters
90. Kwaidan
91. The Blob
92. Fiend without a Face
93. Black Narcissus
94. I Know Where I’m Going
95. All That Heaven Allows
96. Written on the Wind

and so on and so on.

Post your Criterion reviews on the CHUD message board.

THE REST OF THE DVDs THIS WEEK

All My Loving? The Films Of Tony Palmer
All You Need Is Love, Vol. 11: Go Down, Moses!
All You Need Is Love, Vol. 12: Hail! Hail! Rock ‘N’ Roll!
American Venus
Andy Barker, P.I.: The Complete Series
Avant-Garde 3: Experimental Cinema 1922-1954 (Kino)
Bad Dealings
Birdie And Bogey
Bleach, Vol. 22
Blue Murder At St. Trinian’s
Blue Seduction
Bruno
The Canyon
Carbon Copy
Code Geass Lelouch Of The Rebellion: R2, Pt. 2 (Standard Edition)
Code Geass Lelouch Of The Rebellion: R2, Pt. 2 (Limited Edition)
Dane Cook: Isolated Incident
Darwin’s Darkest Hour (National Geographic)
Downhill Racer (The Criterion Collection)
Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Box Z, Vol. 1
Drawn Together: The Complete Series – Party In Your Box
Elvis Costello: Spectacle – Season One
Epic Heroes: Kung Fu’s Ultimate Warriors (Shaw Brothers Metal Tin)
Evangelion 1.01: You Are (Not) Alone
The Exiles
Farscape: The Complete Season One
Farscape: The Complete Season Two
Farscape: The Complete Season Three
Farscape: The Complete Season Four
Farscape: The Complete Series
Franklyn
Gettysburg (The Unknown Civil War Series)
Girl Seeks Girl
Gone With The Wind (Two-Disc 70th Anniversary Edition)
Gone With The Wind (5-DVD/1-CD Numbered Limited 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition)
Greatest Battles Of The Civil War (The Unknown Civil War Series)
Hayate The Combat Butler, Vol. 3
How To Be
Humpday
In The Blink Of An Eye
Intrepid Descent
Is Anybody There?
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas
Josh Blue: 7 More Days In The Tank!
Kleinhoff Hotel
The Limits Of Control
Luxury Car
Margaret Cho: Beautiful
Melody
Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Pt. 3 (Standard Edition)
Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Pt. 3 (Special Edition)
Monk: Best Of Monk
Moonshot (The History Channel)
My Effortless Brilliance
My Learned Friend
My Sister’s Keeper
My Z-Hime: My Otome – Complete Collection (Anime Legends)
NHL: Montreal Canadiens (100th Anniversary Collector’s Set)
Official Rejection (DVD-R)
The Open Road
Penance
Prisoner: 2007 Movie
Riot On 42nd Street
Rituals
Rome: The Complete Series
Samurai Princess
Sarah’s Choice
7th Heaven: The Ninth Season
60 Minutes: The Movie Pirates – November 1, 2009 (DVD-R)
The Sopranos: The Complete Series (Repackaged)
The Spectacular Spider-Man, Vol. 5
Star Trek: 2009 Movie (One-Disc Standard Edition)
Star Trek: 2009 Movie (Two-Disc Digital Copy Edition)
The Steve Coogan Collection
Taintlight
Teacher’s Pet
Thirst
Train
2 Assassins
Vampire Party
Wagon Train: The Complete First Season
Whatever She Wants
Wild Child
WWE: Hulk Hogan’s Unreleased Collector’s Series

BLU-RAY: IT’S GETTING CHEAPER

Best Of Travel: Australia And New Zealand
Bruno
Chasing Amy
Clerks
The Cunning Little Vixen
Darwin’s Darkest Hour (National Geographic)
Elvis Costello: Spectacle – Season One
Fight Club (10th Anniversary Edition)
Franklyn
Galaxy Quest
Gone With The Wind (3-BD/1-CD Numbered Limited 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition)
Is Anybody There?
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas
Kevin Smith: 3-Movie Collection (Clerks/Chasing Amy/Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back)
Leon: The Professional
Lords Of The Street
Moonshot (The History Channel)
My Sister’s Keeper
Nature: Amazing Places – Africa
Nature: Amazing Places – Hawaii
The Open Road
Rome: The Complete Series
Scenic Walks Around The World: Historic Pathways (Reader’s Digest)
Scenic Walks Around The World: Our Dramatic Planet (Reader’s Digest)
Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season
Sex, Lies, And Videotape
Star Trek: 2009 Movie (Three-Disc Digital Copy Special Edition)
Star Trek: 2009 Movie (Three-Disc Commemorative Replica Limited Edition – Amazon Exclusive)
Tsubasa: Season One

SPEND YOUR MONEY!

NEW RELEASES


*Blu-Ray prices are in BOLD BLUE

Star Trek (2009)  $15.99 $22.99 $24.99
Twilight                 $17.99 $22.99  $24.99

Gone with the Wind: 70th Anniversary Edition $16.99 $34.99 

Bruno                        $16.99  $25.99

My Sister’s Keeper    $16.99  $25.99
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas   $16.99

$14.99 TV ON DVD SALE

Gilmore Girls Seasons 2-7
Two and a Half Men Seasons 1-5
Moonlight: The Complete Series
Nip/Tuck Season 5, Part 1
Entourage Seasons 1-5

$18.99 TV ON DVD SALE

Grey’s Anatomy Season 5
How I Met Your Mother Season 4
Smallville Season 8
Dexter Season 3




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NEW RELEASES

*Blu-Ray prices are in BOLD BLUE

Star Trek (2009) $14.99 $22.99 $23.99  $39.99
Up  $15.99 $23.99
Bruno $15.99  $25.99
Borat  $4.99 
My Sister’s Keeper $17.99 
Hulk Hogan: Unreleased $19.99 
How to Be  $16.99
Gone with the Wind  $16.99
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas $17.99
Dane Cook: Isolated Incident  $12.99


BLU-RAY BONANZA!


Star Trek Next Generation: Motion Picture Collection  $44.99
Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection $64.99
Gone with the Wind Gift Set  $56.99
Death Race  $24.99
Galaxy Quest  $24.99
Wanted  $19.99

300  $19.99

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines  $9.99
Stargate  $9.99
2010  $14.99
Independence Day  $17.99
X-Men  $17.99
X-Men 2  $17.99
X-Men The Last Stand  $17.99
Apocalypto  $19.99
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan  $19.99
Star Trek IV The Voyage Home  $19.99
Star Trek The Undiscovered Country  $19.99
Star Trek First Contact $19.99
Fight Club  $16.99
The Polar Express in 3D  $24.99
Elf  $19.99
A Christmas Story  $19.99

TV on Blu-Ray Sale


Rome: The Complete Series  $84.99

Christmas DVD Sale

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) $12.99
Barbie’s A Christmas Carol  $12.99
White Christmas  $14.99
It’s a Wonderful Life  $14.99
Nothing Like the Holidays  $14.99
Mickey’s A Magical Christmas  $14.99
Mickey’s Christmas Special (2000s) $14.99

TV on DVD Sale

Rome Complete Series  $64.99
Castle Season 1  $17.99
Desperate Housewives Season 5  $24.99
Brothers and Sisters Season 3 $24.99
Dirty Sexy Money Season 2  $17.99
Scrubs Season 8  $17.99
Grey’s Anatomy Season 5  $24.99
Private Practice Season 2  $24.99
Ugly Betty Season 3  $24.99
Gossip Girl Season 1  $14.99
Big Bang Theory Season 1  $14.99
Nip/Tuck Season 1-4 & Season 5 part 1  $14.99
Smallville Season 1-7  $14.99
Supernatural Season 1-3  $14.99
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1  $14.99
Two and a Half Men Seasons 1-5 $14.99
Sex and the City Seasons 1-6 Part 2  $14.99
John Adams  $19.99
True Blood Season 1  $34.99