A body is found in an alley. It’s a badly decomposed skeleton that indicates a fall or push from a high building, and next to it is found a maggot-ridden graphic novel. (”It’s a comic book” explains one of the resident geeks on the investigative team.) I typically watch Bones anyway, because I enjoy the [...]
I just got back from visiting Madison, Wisconsin, which among other things, has much better user book and record stores than Richmond does. That means I got to browse for used DVDs, and I picked up two I wanted because of their astounding visuals. Bride & PrejudiceBuy this DVD Bride & Prejudice is a Bollywood-style version [...]
Just got home with another guilty pleasure favorite I picked up for cheap: Can’t Stop the Music, the film debut of the Village People, the Spice Girls of their time. This fictionalized version (you know it’s fake because no one’s explicitly gay, although there are plenty of suspicious glances and insinuations if you watch for [...]
KC and I really enjoy Castle, the mystery show with Nathan Fillon (Firefly) as a thriller writer who helps the police solve murders. Castle: The Complete First SeasonBuy this DVD set So since the Complete First Season DVD set has been on deep discount this week ($17 bucks or so compared to a list price of [...]
The problem, for me, with good stuff is that I put it off until I have time to enjoy it. (Mediocre stuff, that’s easy to buzz through without having to pay full attention.) Soon, I’m several weeks/issues/episodes behind. On the plus side, that means I can give myself a mini-marathon. That’s how I found myself [...]
As part of the Paramount Centennial Collection, two beloved Audrey Hepburn films have new two-disc special edition DVD sets out. (The previous films in the series were two earlier Hepburn movies, Roman Holiday and Sabrina, plus Sunset Boulevard.) I’ll be talking about Funny Face in another post. Breakfast at Tiffany’sBuy this book Watching Breakfast at Tiffany’s [...]
Funny Face is being re-released in a two-disc special DVD set as part of the Paramount Centennial Collection along with Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Funny FaceBuy this book This is my favorite Audrey Hepburn movie. I like that it’s a musical romantic comedy, with terrific Gershwin tunes. (Hepburn does a surprisingly good job with “How Long Has [...]
If you get a chance to see Charlie Bartlett, go! I just got back from a free preview, and I would have happily paid money for it on the way out. It opens this Friday, February 22, and it’s a wonderful teen comedy/drama.
It’s Ferris Bueller meets Pump Up the Volume, only with a modern, [...]
Christmas in Connecticut is my favorite holiday movie. Every time I see it, I love it more.
A Christmas StoryBuy this DVD Some people REALLY don’t like A Christmas Story. I don’t know if I feel as strongly as she does about it, but she does hit on some things that help explain why I don’t like watching the film. As a boy’s story with too much nostalgia, it doesn’t have much to [...]
I feel better for having gotten the Christmas decorating done — just a small tree with red lights and balls, plus a door wreath — so I’m relaxing with some favorite holiday movies. My choices from our library were: The MuppetChristmas CarolBuy this DVD The Muppet Christmas Carol: Bittersweet, since it was the first big Muppet [...]
This new stand-up comedy special covers dating, marriage, and divorce. You’ll get a good idea of the mood from the opening joke, which compares love to wanting to kill yourself and divorce to murder. It’s difficult, for anyone who loved Christopher Titus’ previous work, to hear about how terrible his ex and his divorce (after [...]
This series is aimed at putting out serviceable but not particularly well-known MGM musicals in remastered formats and attractive box sets. The latest volume, number three, will be available on Tuesday, April 8. Previous Sets Classic Musicals From theDream Factory Volume 1Buy this DVD I haven’t seen the previous two in person. Volume 1 contains
It’s Always Fair [...]
You’ve probably heard that 30 Days of Night is opening this weekend, based on the comic franchise of the same name. (10-Second Comic Review: clever concept, paled quickly, most memorable to me because I sold my original miniseries copies on ebay for over $100.) Movie reviews are all over the board, with horror fans seeming [...]
I was thrilled to discover that Disney had made available Condorman on DVD. I got mine by cashing in Disney Movie Rewards points, or apparently you can get it through their Disney Movie Club (a subscription service).
I have fond memories of this 1981 goofy superhero/spy spoof. It starts Michael Crawford, who went on to [...]
The adorable Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers, Definitely, Maybe) is Becks, a girl sunk under credit card debt because she’s got no self-control when it comes to shopping. She wants to write for a fashion magazine; instead, the gardening publication she works for goes under and debt collectors are calling. Confessions of a ShopaholicBuy this DVD Hugh [...]
The new Batman movie, The Dark Knight, set a new box office record, according to the New York Times. Warner estimates that the film made $155.3 million over the three-day weekend, beating the previous record-holder, Spider-Man 3, which made $151.1 million.
$18.5 million came from the midnight showings, which were so popular that they scheduled [...]
DC Comics has announced two new collections to tie in with upcoming mass media versions of some of their properties. First, The Losers is going to be a movie in April 2010, so DC is reprinting the first two volumes as one bigger, 12-issue collection at a customer-friendly price of $19.99. It’s due out January [...]
Dead Like Me was a Showtime series that ran two seasons in 2003-2004, created by Bryan Fuller (Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies). Like his other work, it combined a high-concept fantasy premise with interesting, unusual personalities. I had high hopes for seeing these characters again, but I should have realized you can’t get back what you miss [...]
Death NoteBuy this DVD If you missed seeing the live-action Death Note movie in theaters earlier this year, the DVD drops in just over a week. It’ll be available on September 16 with a list price of $24.98. You can watch it either subtitled or with a new English soundtrack dub. The bonus fetaures include the [...]
