Tuesday, August 25, 2009

New Releases, 25 August & 1 September 2009

If you ever wanted to take a week and just sit on your couch and watch films well you're in for a treat--your time has arrived!

SUNSHINE CLEANING
From Ragtag, a sweet, touching, humorous look at a murder-scene-cleanup business
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/mar/13/entertainment/et-sunshine13

DUPLICITY
Tony Gilroy's (Bourne scripter) polished, entertaining romantic whodunit
http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/movies/20dupl.html?ref=movies

GOODBYE SOLO
Well reviewed film about a man and his cab driver
http://www.slate.com/id/2214720/

ADVENTURELAND
Teen gets summer job in amusement park; good times ensue
http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/

STATE OF PLAY
The hot Yankee remake of the riveting BBC miniseries about power and its abuse
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/movies/bal-to.state17apr17,0,7945164.story

SIN NOMBRE
Two immigrants make an odyssey to the United States.  Must-see from Ragtag
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123750034926389145.html (halfway down the page)

HEROES Season 3
See the show that makes Lost look like Mork and Mindy!  Actually, that analogy doesn't apply
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/television/1175536,SHO-Sunday-heroes21.article

FIGHTING
Don't FIGHT the urge to see this one!  It's FIGHTastic!  If you don't like it, go FIGHT yourself.
http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/04/24/in_this_new_york_story_the_gloves_really_are_off/

TROUBLE THE WATER
Great New Orleans/Katrina documentary that uses a lot of amazing home-footage
http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-08-19/film/katrina-stark-and-surreal-in-trouble-the-water/

RUDO Y CURSI
Spanish heartthrob Gael Garcia Bernal purses his lips in an Iberian pucker in this film, which played at Ragtag
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20276716,00.html

THE INFORMERS
Bret Easton Ellis screenplay, sex and drugs in LA
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/23/MVPM176BPU.DTL&type=movies

HOUSE Season 5
You really need a review for this?  Too bad--check out Hugh Laurie's novel!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gun_Seller

NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS
From the director of Hannah Takes the Stairs, a new film that acutely examines sensitive young people and their troubles
http://www.avclub.com/articles/nights-and-weekends,2719/

Have a great week of watching all of our new releases, everybody!

Sunday, August 2, 2009

New Releases, 4 August 2009

Getting tired of beautiful weather? Is the consistently high comfort level making you overproductive? Well then, just scoot your bottom down to 9th Street Video, where no film is too bad not to dodge chores for!

THE SOLOIST
Jamie Foxx and Iron Man star in this latest idiot-savant-cello-prodigy-sensitive-journalist-based-on-a-true-story-look-out-you-might-cry-a-little-bit movie
http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/04/24/soloist/index.html

MUTANT CHRONICLES
Also based (loosely) on a true story, about the war between humans and mutants in the year 2707. The weirdest part? The story it's based on is The Soloist...
http://totalscifionline.com/reviews/2085-the-mutant-chronicles

LABOR PAINS
Latest Lindsey Lohan car wreck. I try to find good reviews, but there didn't seem to be one in the entire internet. So enjoy the review below, where the "video" gets 5 magnifying glasses, but the actual movie itself only gets 1.5
http://www.dvdsleuth.com/LaborPainsReview/

HARVARD BEATS YALE 29-29
Acclaimed documentary about the famed football showdown between the ivy league giants in the late 1960s.
http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-11-19/film/harvard-beats-yale-29-29-wraps-up-the-boomer-era

OBSESSED
Idris Elba's just a brother with a sweet office gig and Beyonce for a wife, and now some crazy blonde in the office won't leave him alone! It's like she's...OBSESSED
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/21799128/review/27780324/obsessed

THE WINDOW (Argentina)
Wonderful film about an aging father waiting for his son and reflecting on life. And there's some crazy blonde who's obsessed with him! She keeps peeking in through his...WINDOW (no actual crazy blonde appears in this film)
http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/movies/06wind.html

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS Season 2
Fresh helping of the New Zealand musical duo who like to rock the party
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/16/DDSL15AVBK.DTL&type=entertainment

TIM AND ERIC Season 3
Some shows are love-them-or-hate-them, but this one goes even further--you'll either revere and cherish Tim and Eric or wish them a painful death and two hot seats in unfunny hell. Either way, worth a watch. And check out their vodka ads with Zach Galiafanakis (2nd link)!
http://www.avclub.com/articles/tim-and-eric-awesome-show-great-job-season-one,7103/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p0QtJMKt1s

Enjoy the week everybody! Don't do too much!