New Releases, 27 January and 3 February 2008

Hows about a double dose of rental goodies, folks?  Eh?

February 3:

NICK & NORA'S INFINITE PLAYLIST

If you're between 14 and 20 this will be the most important film in your life for a few months.  If not, you may still like it!  Who knows!

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20230109,00.html

ZACK & MIRI MAKE A PORNO

As the titles get more descriptive, my job gets easier.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid%3A695064

BOTTLE SHOCK

About the rise of Napa Valley wine making, starring a rarely sober Alan Rickman

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080804/REVIEWS/627245841

THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES

From the book that everybody read comes the film a few people saw and maybe some will rent.  

http://www.reelviews.net/php_review_template.php?identifier=1370

THE SINGING REVOLUTION

About a little known episode in the life of Che Guevera, who was actually the first member of Menudo!  (Just kidding, Yugoslavia.)(Or Croatia.  One of those over there.)

http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/12/14/movies/14revo.html

DAYS AND CLOUDS

From Italy, wildly acclaimed film of indescribable beauty (I haven't seen it)

http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/movies/11days.html

MADAGASCAR 2

Those wacky animals head to Africa, and let's hope they stay away from Darfur!  And Zimbabwe!  And the Congo, and Nigeria, and Liberia, and the Sahel, and Somalia, and...maybe they shouldn't have gone to Africa.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/bal-to.madagascar07nov07,0,3896939.story

January 27:

VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA

Woody Allen took a film crew to Spain and came back with all kinds of hotness, including Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz types of hotness

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/14/DD62124RD6.DTL&type=movies

PRIDE & GLORY

Edward Norton plays a cop in a family of cops in this thriller.  Jordan P. gives his goatee a disgusted two thumbs down

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/bal-to.pride24oct24,0,7434702.story

LAKEVIEW TERRACE

Samuel L Jackson terrorizes the honkies that move into his neighborhood, which is what Fox News warned us would happen if Obama was elected

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/REVIEWS/809180303/1023

ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED

Critically lauded doc about Roman Polanski and...you know, that whole...thing

http://chicago.metromix.com/movies/movie_review/movie-review-roman-polanski/519758/content

ROCKNROLLA

Guy Ritchie's follow up to Swept Away and divorcing Madonna

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20231543,00.html

GIRLS ROCK!

Empowering doc about a rock camp for girls, a favorite at T/F

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/354000_limited07.html

THE ROCKER: BORN TO ROCK

Rainn Wilson (Dwight from the Office) plays a down and out drummer who longs to rock once again

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0823/p25s01-almo.html

SHARKS IN VENICE

The following review came from the site Mr. Satanism's Video Picks for Perverts.  In it, he calls Sharks star Stephen Baldwin a big loser.  That's right Stephen Baldwin, MR. SATANISM thinks you're a loser.  Ouch.

http://www.mrsatanism.com/movies02/sharksinvenice.htm

Have a wonderful week everybody!