THE WEEK OF JANUARY 26th, 2010
WHIP IT
directed by. Drew Barrymore
20th Century Fox
Special Features
- Alternate Opening
- Deleted and Extended Scenes
Whip It has only strengthened my fetish for dumpy looking Roller Derby chicks. Drew Barrymore does her best with a female empowerment movie that could’ve easily turned into a lackluster work. Ellen Page and Alia Shawkat keep the film centered as the young dreamers from Abilene that desperately hope to escape their rural surroundings. Kristin Wiig shows up to show America that she can act.
THIS IS IT
c. Michael Jackson and a ton of dancers
Special Features
This is It is proof that corpse-fucking is still legal in California. I shouldn’t be so mean. I’m sure that all quickly edited post-mortem celluloid throwdowns aim to have the heart of this picture. Needless to say, the parts that work are the same entertaining pieces from MJ’s pre-molestation adventures. Everything in the modern era comes across as an old man trying to recapture the magic of his youth.
I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL
c. Jesse Bradford, Geoff Stults, Traci Lords and Henry Matt Czuchry
Special Features
- Deleted Scenes
PARIS, TEXAS: CRITERION COLLECTION
d. Wim Wenders
c. Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Stockwell, Nastassja Kinski, Hunter Carson and Bernhard Wicki
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Wim Wenders (with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
- Audio commentary featuring Wenders
- Video interview with Wenders by German journalist Roger Willemsen
- Excerpts
from a 1990 documentary on Wenders, featuring interviews with Wenders,
cinematographer Robby Müller, composer Ry Cooder, actors Harry Dean
Stanton, Dennis Hopper, Peter Falk, and Hanns Zischler, novelist
Patricia Highsmith, and director Samuel Fuller - New video interviews with filmmakers Allison Anders and Claire Denis
- “Wim Wenders Hollywood April ’84,” a segment from the French television program Cinéma cinémas, showing Wenders and Cooder at work on the score
- Deleted scenes and Super 8 home movies
- Gallery of Wenders’s location-scouting photos
- Behind-the-scenes photos by Robin Holland
- Theatrical trailer
- PLUS:
A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Nick Roddick, interviews
with Stanton, writer Sam Shepard, and actors Nastassja Kinski and Dean
Stockwell, and excerpts from Wenders’s book of photos Written in the West
Paris, Texas is one of those arthouse films that really seems to be mainstream friendly. Taking its relaxed nature from Sam Shepard’s expert screenplay, you get a nice change of pace for Wim Wenders. Some would accuse Wenders of trying to entertain a more American audience. I just admire the fact that he got the best performance of Dean Stockwell’s life captured on film. Harry Dean Stanton is always a champ and his sullen face belongs in HD. Study this and more when you pick it up this week.
New movies to watch instantly
New TV to watch instantly
INSTANT VIEW/ON-DEMAND/HULU/GOOGLE VIDEO SHUT-IN CINEMA
For
the premiere Instant View sub-section, I’ve decided to cobble together
the best of what you might’ve missed at the video store. If you have
any legit suggestions to share, post them in the Talkback below.
Below,
I’ve included some decent documentaries that have made their way to
Netflix/Hulu. Give them a viewing and let me know what you thought.
Whether
or not this becomes a mix and match of the latest cool instant view
material is up to the readers. I’ve toyed with doing basic list
updates, giving you guys a chance to pick a film to show others. Hell,
just keep it legal and I’m open to whatever you find. Also, if you just
want to bitch about the shitty video quality of the Starz flicks on
Netflix Instant View…that works too.
The Color Purple (1985)
Click the link to watch it over at Netflix Instant View
(membership required)
The Free Option via HULU
loudQUIETloud: A Film about The Pixies (2006)
with some commercial interruption
COMING SOON TO YOUR HOME THEATER
-
When a
Group of Medical Students Go on a Ski Trip They Discover That Navigating the
Slopes Is the Least of Their Problems in this A HORROR HOOT THAT HAS BECOME A
WORLDWIDE SENSATION
Get ready for the film that
shocked Sundance, rocked
American horror fans out of their seats with DEAD SNOW. When a
group of medical students take a sex-and-booze-fueled ski vacation to a remote
cabin in the scenic Norwegian Alps, they uncover a dark secret from World War
II. After arriving at a remote cabin and unpacking their beer and ski gear, the
students are visited by a suspicious hiker, who tells them that during the war,
Nazis occupying the area were driven by the locals deep into the mountains and
were presumed to have frozen to death there. But the vacationers discover that
there’s indeed something stirring out there, and it’s not long before they are
confronted by a battalion of uncontrollable, unstoppable and extremely undead
Nazis.
THE CRITERION COMPLETION PROJECT (160 out of 500)
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
Collection
be determined by the spine number.
Due to length, click on the titles to access the spine specific reviews.
1 – 100. The First Hundred
101. Cries and Whispers
102. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise
103. The Lady Eve
104. Double Suicide
105. Spartacus
106. Coup de Torchon
107. Mona Lisa
108. The Rock
109. The Scarlet Empress
110. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday
111. Mon Oncle
112. Playtime
113. Big Deal on Madonna Street
114. My Man Godfrey
115. Rififi
116. The Hidden Fortress
117. Diary of a Chambermaid
118. Sullivan’s Travels
119. Withnail and I
120. How to Get Ahead in Advertising
121. Billy Liar
122. Salesman
123. Grey Gardens
124. Carl Theodore Dreyer Boxset
125. Day of Wrath
126. Ordet
127. Gertrud
128. Carl Theodore Dreyer: My Metier
129. Le Trou
130. The Shop on Main Street
131. Closely Watched Trains
132. The Ruling Class
133. The Vanishing
135. Rebecca
136. Spellbound
139. Wild Strawberries
140. 8 1/2
144. Loves of a Blonde
147. In the Mood for Love
150. Bob le Flambeur
151. Traffic
153. General Idi Amin Dada
157. The Royal Tenenbaums
160. A Nous La Liberte
175. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
177. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
180. I Am Curious…Yellow
186. Stolen Kisses
187. Bed and Board
188. Love on the Run
189. The White Sheik
190. Throne of Blood
191. Jubilee
197. Night and Fog
198. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
199. Schizopolis
247. Videodrome
267. Kagemusha
281. Jules and Jim
422. The Last Emperor
and so on and so on.
Post your Criterion reviews on the CHUD message board.
The Abbott And Costello Show: The Collection
Act Of God
Action Man Collection: Action Man/Peking Blonde/The Big Game/The Day Of The Wolves
The Adventures Of Robin Hood (Collector’s Embossed Tin Packaging)
Alone In The Dark II
B-Girl
Blade Of The Immortal, Vol. 3: No Virtue In Forgiveness
Blade Of The Ripper (Mya)
Bonekickers
The Boys Are Back
Bridget’s Sexiest Beaches (The Travel Channel)
Bright Star
British Cinema Drama Collection: The Rough And The Smooth/The Scamp/Grand National Night/Kill Me Tomorrow
The Burns And Allen Show (Collector’s Embossed Tin Packaging)
Callan, Set 2
Carnera: The Walking Mountain
Copyright Criminals
Daido Moriyama: Stray Dog Of Tokyo
Daytime Drinking
Dead At The Box Office
Desirable Teacher (Mya)
Dirty Jobs, Collection 5 (The Discovery Channel)
Doctor Death
Drive-In Grindhouse: Psychedelic Fever/Summer School/Up Yours/The Farmer’s Other Daughter
The Escapist
Fireball
First Films: Milos Forman/Philip Kaufman – Black Peter/Goldstein
Five Element Ninjas (The Shaw Brothers Kung-Fu Collection)
Frontier Of Dawn
Frontline: The Card Game (PBS)
Fuel
George Shrinks: Zoopercar Caper
Give ‘Em Hell Malone
Give Me Your Hand
Goodbye Gemini
The Great Epochs Of European Art: The Art Of The Ancient Greeks And The Art Of The Romans
Hello Goodbye
Holla If You Hear Me Kill You
I Heart Jonas
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny, Vol. 2
IMAX: Wild Ocean
In A Day
Inspector Lewis: The Complete Set (PBS)
Island Of Desire
The Last Stage
Little Ashes
Little People Big World: Season Two, Vol. 1 (TLC)
Lost City Raiders
The Lucy Show (Collector’s Embossed Tin Packaging)
Magic Knight Rayearth: Season One (15th Anniversary Edition)
Maz Jobrani: Brown And Friendly – Live From Hollywood
Mermaid
MI-5, Vol. 7
Michael Jackson: This Is It
Mickey Rooney: The Long And The Short Of It
Naruto: Shippuden, Box Set 1 – Season One
Neo Angelique Abyss, Vol. 1
Omnibus: Leonard Bernstein
On The Line (1984 Movie)
Painters Painting (Arthouse Films 004)
Paris, Texas (The Criterion Collection)
Parker Lewis Can’t Lose: The Complete Second Season
Pawn Stars: Season One (The History Channel)
Peanuts: You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Remastered Deluxe Edition)
Pie In The Sky: Series Two
Pokemon Elements, Vol. 7: Psychic
Pokemon Elements, Vol. 8: Dragon
Pontypool
Prom Night In Mississippi
Quiet Chaos
The Real Ghostbusters, Vol. 2
Reality-Based Personal Protection: Series 2, Vol. 1 – How To Beat Various Fighters
Reality-Based Personal Protection: Series 2, Vol. 2 – The Most Important Self-Defense Lesson Of Your Life
Rebellion
The Red Green Show: The Infantile Years – Seasons 1991-1993
RiffTrax: Plan 9 From Outer Space – Riffed Live From Nashville 2009
RiffTrax: Planet Of Dinosaurs
RiffTrax: Shorts-Tacular Shorts-Stravaganza
RiffTrax: Voodoo Man
RiffTrax: Wide World Of Shorts
Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy (The Criterion Collection)
Sands Of Destruction: The Complete Series
Satan’s Wife (Mya)
Saw VI
Secrets Of The Dead: Mumbai Massacre (PBS)
Sex Advice (Mya)
Sgt. Frog: Season Two, Pt. 1
Soul Power
Southland: The Complete First Season
SpongeBob SquarePants: Viking-Sized Adventures
St. Trinian’s
Surrogates
Switchblade Double Feature: Kokurri-San/Birthday Mail
Tears To Tiara, Collection 2
Tennessee
A Touch Of Spice
Touched By An Angel: Inspiration Collection – Faith
Touched By An Angel: Inspiration Collection – Love
Troma’s War (The Tromasterpiece Collection)
The Waltons: Movie Collection
Warszawa AKA Warsaw
Whip It
The Whitest Kids U’Know: The Complete Second Season
Worlds Apart
Wushu
WWE: The Best Of RAW 2009
WWII In HD (The History Channel)
BLU-RAY: IT’S GETTING CHEAPER
Atonement
B-Girl
Fame
Fuel
Ghajini
Give ‘Em Hell Malone
IMAX: Wild Ocean
Michael Jackson: This Is It
Paris, Texas (The Criterion Collection)
Pride And Prejudice (2005)
Rebellion
Saw VI
Soul Power
Surrogates
The Toolbox Murders
Whip It
WWII In HD (The History Channel)
SPEND YOUR MONEY!
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Whip It $17.99 $24.99
Spongebob Squarepants: Viking Size Adventures $9.99
This Is It $15.99 $24.99
Saw VI $16.99 $22.99
$19.99 BLU-RAY SALE
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Up
Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian
Angels and Demons
Public Enemies
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hangover
Terminator: Salvation
$16.99 TV on DVD SALE
SNL: The Complete Fourth Season
The Office: Season Four
House: Season Four
30 Rock: Season Two
$7.50 DVDs
Saw V
Nim’s Island
Juno
Burn After Reading
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Whip It $17.99 $25.99
Spongebob Squarepants: Viking Size Adventures $9.99
Southland: Season 1 $22.99
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell $17.99
WWII in HD $19.99
This Is It $15.99 $24.99
Saw VI $16.99 $24.99
$18.99 BLU-RAY SALE
Star Trek
Transformers
Transformers 2 : Revenge Of The Fallen
G.I Joe
Braveheart
Gladiator
Eagle Eye
$16.99 BLU-RAY SALE
Buy one of the following and get a free pizza from Papa Johns
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Supremacy
Hulk (Norton version)
Fast & Furious
Land Of The Lost
TV on DVD
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The Big Bang Theory: Seasons 1-2 $16.99 each
Entourage: Seasons 1-5 $14.99 each
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