9th Street's Videos!: March 2010

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

New Releases, 30 March 2010

Another great week for film! We've really been on a streak lately...

AN EDUCATION

From Ragtag, the story of a young, bright woman...a charming, worldly older man in a skinny tie...stolen kisses and educational dalliances...

http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/beyond_the_multiplex/feature/2009/10/08/brit_indies/index.html

SHERLOCK HOLMES

Erm...actually...

Rollicking Guy Ritchie updating, starring Jude Law and Iron Man

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2009/12/25/2009-12-25_sherlock_holmes.html

BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX

Critically acclaimed look at the radical German group, active for 3 decades

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/a-terrorists-tale-review-of-the-baader-meinhof-complex/Content?oid=1191779

AFGHAN STAR

From T/F, a great film about the Afghanistan pop music contest

http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/07/31/afghan_star_shares_a_stark_reality/

ALVIN 2: THE SQUEAKQUEL

Do you find those vaguely humanoid, digital chipmunks slightly troubling? If the Chipettes must wear skirts, why are Alvin, Simon and Theodore not wearing any pants? Since they sound sped-up and annoying to us, do we sound slowed-down and lethargic to them? Is it really the sign of a great work of art, that it raises more questions than it answers?

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117941806.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

WE LIVE IN PUBLIC

From T/F again, director Ondi Timoner's look at a pseudo-cult, founded by a web millionaire, based on the premise of 24/7 cameras, everywhere. It's just as compelling and provocative as Dig!, her other film, also here at 9th St.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091014/REVIEWS/910149994

BECKETT ON FILM: THE SQUEAKQUEL

Did you know that playright and famous downer Samuel Beckett lived with three perky, animated rodents, who were the epicenter of his existential angst? The proof is in the plays...

(We have the first of 4 discs in the collection, which includes Waiting For Godot)

http://www.beckettonfilm.com/

http://www.filmwest.com/Catalogue/itemdetail/2088/

Have a great week everybody!

Saturday, March 20, 2010

New Releases, 23 March 2010

Celebrate the first days of Spring curled up, safe from the snow, basking in the warm glow of a fresh DVD from 9th St...

TWILIGHT: NEW MOON

(Released Saturday, 3/20)

Is Bella going to choose the hot young vampire, or the hot young werewolf? Or will she wait for the hot young mummy in Twilight 3? Or the might-be-hot young invisible man in 4? Find out now!

http://www.slate.com/id/2236144/

MAD MEN Season 3

Rave reviews! If you haven't seen this show, YOU MUST. Do you want to be like those cave dwellers who never watched the Sopranos? Didn't think so. Get on it!

http://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/tv_review.asp?ID=114

FANTASTIC MR. FOX

Wes Anderson's witty and brilliant adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic fable, played at Ragtag.

http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-11-10/film/wes-anderson-brings-wes-anderson-ndash-ness-to-fantastic-mr-fox/

THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS

Adapted from the Jon Ronson unbelievable-but-true book, a star-studded comedy

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940980.html?categoryid=3716&cs=1&query=the+men+who+stare+at+goats

RED CLIFF

Jon Woo's sumptuous new epic, with a capital E-P-I-C (the Chinese version was 5 hours long, we have that and the shorter version). Played at Ragtag

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/steven_rea/20091124_Red_Cliff.html

BROTHERS

Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhall played Afghanistan vets dueling over the wife of one of them. Winner gets the girl, loser has be in Spiderman 5

http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/62375/

THE BLIND SIDE

Sandra Bullock won an oscar for this. Based on a true, slightly racially patronizing story.

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/gridiron_maiden_zjVT2gPoN59dCthIt3SEGJ

THE T.A.M.I. SHOW

Never on DVD and unseen since 1964, an amazing concert film starring the Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, Chuck Berry, Smokey Robinson, The Supremes, the Rolling Stones and more!

(We don't usually link to IMDb reviews, but this one is pretty good, or at least long)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058631/

$5 A DAY

Lighthearted road-trip comedy, with Christopher Walken

http://reelfilm.com/tiff0809.htm#5

And to round it out, five new horror films from Lionsgate:

THE REEDS

"A weekend boating trip becomes a deadly ordeal for six twentysomething friends..."

DREAD

"Stephen and Cheryl are college students making a documentary about what people dread in life. But they had no idea their partner, Quaid, witnessed his parents being murdered by an axe-wielding lunatic and wants to make others experience his own personal horror..."

THE FINAL

"An akward student with a deadly vendetta leads a group of outcasts who plot to avenge the years of humiliation they faced from the popular students..."

ZOMBIES OF MASS DESTRUCTION

"Washington DC is being overrun with brain-eaters, and the people seem powerless to stave them off..." If they want brains, those zombies picked the wrong city.

LAKE MUNGO

A teen drowns in a lake, her family mourns the loss until they discover her secret double life...

Have a fantastic week, enjoy mother nature's extra movie time!

Sunday, March 7, 2010

New Releases, 9 March 2010

Indulge your post-Oscar mania with some of our freshest cinematic delights...

UP IN THE AIR

George Clooney fires folks in this timely and well-reviewed finger-on-the-pulse type flick

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2009-12-04-upintheair04_ST_N.htm

PRECIOUS

Beg your pardon: "Precious, Based on the novel Push by Sapphire, the acclaimed film by Lee Daniels, that Tyler Perry and Oprah slapped their Names on, the plot of which should make everyone feel Terrible"

http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/movies/06precious.html?

CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY

Michael Moore decided that since Roger & Me competely revived Flint, Michigan's auto industry, and Bowling for Columbine brought about gun control, he should take on a really big topic.

http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/59466/index1.html

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