Tuesday, October 27, 2009

New Releases, 27 October 2009

OOOoooooOOOOooOoooOoOooohhh...it's a spooky halloween list, full of comedies and children's movies and period pics.  

WHATEVER WORKS
New Woody Allen, with Curb Your Enthusiasms' Larry David in a rare age-appropriate Woody-surrogate role
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1905522,00.html

ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS
Those wacky glacier buddies are at it again, see if that squirrel thing finally gets his nut!
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090629/REVIEWS/906299995

TRANSFORMERS 2
Those wacky car-robot-aliens are at it again, in Egypt and under the ocean.  Plus a li'l Megan Fox for the guys, and a li'l Shia "the beef" LaBoeuf for the ladies...
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20286964,00.html

CHERI
Sharon Stone is up to some Victorian high-jinks, seducing gentlemen and setting heads a-turning and spats a-spatting
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/25/MVNT18CL7S.DTL&type=movies

ORPHAN
The lone horror film to come out this week, about a young girl who seems plagued by tragic "accidents"...
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090722/REVIEWS/907229993

IL DIVO
Critically lauded, "Fellini-esque" film about a shifty and corrupt Italian politician, if you can imagine such a thing
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937270.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&query=Il+divo

NOTHING LIKE THE HOLIDAYS
Debra Messing is celebrating the holidays with her man's crazy Latino family.  Not that being crazy has anything to do with being Latino.  Forget I said anything. 
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2008-12-11-nothing-like-the-holidays_N.htm?csp=IMDBreviews

BUNUEL: DEATH IN THE GARDEN
Seldom-seen Bunuel classic from 1956, about gold-diggers.  Literal gold-diggers.  Miners.
http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=120

FOOD MATTERS
New documentary that covers the question of what we should eat.  Please please please be Hardee's...
http://www.sunfood.com/buy/4/58/DVD-Food-Matters-by-James-Colquhoun.aspx

DR. BRONNER'S MAGIC SOAPBOX
Doc about a crazy huckster who peddled soap and put his crazy rants on the bottle.  Looks pretty entertaining
http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/movies/29bron.html

INGLORIOUS BASTARDS (1977)
The movie that Tarantino's wasn't really based on.  Pulp war classic.
http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/08/13/inglorious/index.html?CP=IMD&DN=110

SCANNERS (1981)
Cronenberg's thriller about powerful psychics trying to take over the world, and the powerful psychic trying to stop them
http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/classic/scanners.shtml
http://www.horrorreview.com/old/egscanners1981.html

Have a happy holiday, and remember--don't eat anything that's not in a bag that says 3 Musketeers on it.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

New Releases, 13 October 2009

Hey y'all, we just gots some movies what's never been watched, and I think y'all really need to pitch in and rent them ifyouknowwutI'msayin

LAND OF THE LOST
Time-and-space traveling goofstravaganza with Will Ferrell and whatshisface from Eastbound & Down, lovingly based on the tv show
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090603/REVIEWS/906039993

THE PROPOSAL
Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock hate each other, but then have to PRETEND TO BE MARRIED!!!  What a lark!  Oh, I hope they don't fall in love at the end, it would ruin the realism of the whole thing.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/film-review-the-proposal-1003984186.story

EVERY LITTLE STEP
Heavily acclaimed documentary about the revival of A Chorus Line.  If you have even a little interest in musical theatre, you will love this film.  If you hate musical theatre, watch out--you may be converted.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/07/MV1I16V9D5.DTL&type=movies

DRAG ME TO HELL
Sam Raimi is back in Army of Darkness form with this quirky horror flick.
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/may/29/entertainment/et-drag29

AMERICAN VIOLET
Heart-touching film starring Alfre Woodard, who deals with a wrongful conviction.  Based on a true story, and don't miss rapper Xzibit in his largest dramatical role to date!
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20272454,00.html

ADORATION 
New film from Atom Egoyan, which is all you need to know--it will be very, very good
http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/movies/08ador.html

Y'all come back next week, right?  Have a good'un!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

New Releases, 1 October 2009

It's a short, sweet, funny-looking list of movies this week, everybody.  If it were a dog, it would be a pug.  If it were a poem, it would be a limerick.  If it were a mustache, it would be a rainbow-colored Hitler mustache with twisty curlicues at the ends.

ANVIL: THE STORY OF ANVIL
Billed as a "real-life Spinal Tap", this film looks at the long-struggling heavy metal band Anvil, still plugging away in middle age.  Great reviews, played at Ragtag.
http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=135902

YEAR ONE
Jack Black teams up with Michael Cera to spoof prehistory and biblical times in one fell swoop.  
http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/movies/19year.html?ref=movies

NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF OZPLOITATION!
Another great, quirky doc, this one about the Australian exploitation genre and its heyday
http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/day_for_movies_97eAgGciG7GMriN1OihFAJ

IMAGINE THAT
Imagine that Eddie Murphy's daughter can pick flawless stock picks.  It's easy if you try.  You can call Eddie Murphy a dreamer.  But he's not the only one.
http://movies.tvguide.com/imagine/review/297741

MY LIFE IN RUINS
Red hot follow up to My Big Fat Profitable Greek Wedding, with some romance and scenery added in FOR NO EXTRA CHARGE!!!!!  We must be CRAZY to offer this deal!!!  Rent now!
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/story/1080248.html

Have a great week everyone!