New Releases, 24 February 2008 (and more!)

Happy late February everybody! It's New Movie Time! Hurrah!

WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
Comedy from Barry Levinson starring Sean Penn, DeNiro, Bruce Willis in a lovely hebrew beard and lots of others
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/bal-to.what17oct17,0,1022519.story

BREAKING BAD Season 1
Critics loved Breaking Bad, the story of a science teacher whose life goes crappy, and they were the only ones who watched it. See it before it's cancelled!
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01172008/tv/tour_de_pants_821226.htm

CHRIS & DON: A LOVE STORY

Documentary tells the tender story of the romance between writer Christopher Isherwood and painter Don Bachardy

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/17/DDPT11OSQB.DTL&type=movies

SEX DRIVE Unrated & Cream-Filled
Comedy tells the tender love story of Ian, who "has to make a decision: stay home and stay a virgin or drive 800 miles to lose it with an online hottie." Guess what he chooses.
http://movies.tvguide.com/sex-drive/review/294812

THE HAIRDRESSER'S HUSBAND
Also a movie concerned with sex, but of the mature, French variety
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE1DC1238F93AA25755C0A964958260

(The following came out last week, but they're here so why not talk about them while we're at it? Fine.)

THE CHANGELING
Terrible things happen to Angelina Jolie over the course of Clint Eastwood's film, such as little-boy-kidnapping and wrong-little-boy-finding
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/23/DDEC13MFBM.DTL&type=movies

CHOKE
Latest delicacy from the refined pen of Chuck Pahlaniuk
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20228529,00.html

RELIGULOUS
If you believe in some sort of god Bill Maher thinks you're dumb and sets out to prove it. Often funny comedocumentary from the director of Borat
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081002/REVIEWS/810020306

BODY OF LIES
Political-Action-Thriller with Russel Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio
http://www.reelviews.net/php_review_template.php?identifier=1365

FLASH OF GENIUS
Greg Kinnear stars as the man who invented the windshield wiper! We swear it's not as boring as it sounds! Look below--it got really good reviews!
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/bal-to.sragow03oct03,0,3867038.story

Once again, everyone have a fantastic, cinema-filled week!

New Releases, 10 February 2009

Tons of new films, only a little bit late for New Movie Tuesday!

W

For any of you not sick of our last president, Oliver Stone made a movie about him

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081015/REVIEWS/810150285

BLINDNESS

What would happen if everyone in the world suddenly went blind?  What if one woman still had the power to see?  What if bananas were bright purple, instead of yellow?  Blindness answers two of these questions.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/381516_blindness03q.html

FROZEN RIVER

Wildly acclaimed film, favorite of Ragtag and Citizen Jane Film Fest

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1828471,00.html

NIGHTS IN RODANTHE

About an adult romance between Richard Gere and Diane Lane.  Watch it with your lady, she'll think you're sensitive and mature.  And maybe a little lame.

http://events.charlotteobserver.com/reviews/show/30874-review-nights-in-rodanthe

MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA

Oh snap, it's the new Spike Lee joint!  His version of Saving Private Ryan.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080925/REVIEWS/809250306

SOUL MEN

Oh snap, it's the new Malcolm Lee joint!  Bernie Mac and Samuel L. Jackson play aging soul singers.

http://www.reelviews.net/php_review_template.php?identifier=1388

CHOCOLATE

Oh snap, it's the new Prachya Pinkaew joint!  The director of Ong Bak makes another hot kung-fu flick.

http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/movies/06choc.html

LIVING ROOM CINEMA

Collection of short film ranging from experimental to narrative to documentary.  Looks pretty great.

http://www.homemovieday.com/livingroomcinema/

TIM & ERIC AWESOME SHOW GREAT JOB Seas 2

If these guys made a film about George W. Bush I'd watch it.

http://www.timanderic.com/

BLU RAY:

SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO, TRANSSIBERIAN & RESERVOIR DOGS

RERELEASES:

BATMAN Spec. Ed. (Keaton), BATMAN RETURNS 

Have a great week folks!

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!