New Releases, 24 & 31 March 2009

Hello again friends, and thanks for checking in with us. Also, apologies for the missed weeks, which explains why we're "9th St Video" and not "9th St Decent Wireless Connection & Fancy Computers Inc." But let's not dwell on the past while there are movies to chat about!

Last Week:
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
New Bond film! Also on Blu Ray! Also on a special, expensive new gun that can shoot the film right into your eyeballs!
http://www.premiere.com/Review/DVD/Quantum-of-Solace-Blu-ray

BOLT
Action packed animation about a dog and a hamster finding their way back home
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1122/p25s01-almo.html

ANDY RICHTER CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE
Find out why it took Andy Richter so long to get his own show, and why when he did it only ran for 14 episodes.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/11/29/DD231361.DTL

VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS
Sexual awakening art film from the Czechoslovakian 1970s.
http://www.kinoeye.org/03/09/krzywinska09.php

WITCHES' HAMMER
Another Czech film, this one from the '60s, about a good old-fashioned witch-hunt.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064546/

BIG STAN
Rob Schneider. Once you've heard that some of you are in, some are out and nobody's changing their minds.
http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=15101&s=Reviews

GARDENS OF THE NIGHT
Two kids form a special bond after they're horrifyingly kidnapped
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/imdb/reviews/article_display.jsp?rid=10628&vnu_special_account_code=thrsiteimdbpro

THE LAST METRO
Truffaut film, much beloved. First link is a review, second a larger essay
http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/dvd_review.asp?ID=1498
http://www.criterionconfessions.com/2009/03/last-metro-462.html

LATE BLOOMERS
Tale of lesbian relationship developing in a High School which, shockingly enough, involves the girl's basketball coach.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/film/bloomers-film-review.html

CAREFUL
Some Guy Maddin awesomeness from 1992.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/carefulnrhinson_a0a8ac.htm

HAPPILY N'EVER AFTER
Animated fairytale spoof.
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117932329.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0

This Week:
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
If you haven't heard of this one yet, it's about a street dog who befriends a young hamster and wins a million chew toys on a doggy tv show.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/11122008/entertainment/movies/slumderful__138251.htm

TELL NO ONE
French film, played at Ragtag, fine and well-cast thriller
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/bal-tellnooone0718,0,395939.story

SEVEN POUNDS
In this thriller seven strangers are brought together by Will Smith, who plays a hamster with a tragic past
http://www.seattlepi.com/movies/392780_seven19q.html

MARLEY & ME
If you haven't heard of this one, it's a reimagining of Bob Marley's life as told by his pet hamster
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20248900,00.html

TIMECRIMES
Sequel to the disappointing and low-grossing "Mimecrimes"
http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=10347

THE IT CROWD
Hot new TV comedy, IT stands for I.T., tech people, you know.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/television/reviews/article_display.jsp?&rid=11731

RICKY GERVAIS: OUT OF ENGLAND
New stand-up special from the man behind The Office, Extras, The Ricky Gervais podcast and so much more
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2008-11-13-gervais-standup_N.htm?csp=34

CREMATOR
Yet another Czech film from the 60s, this one a black-comedy-horror-film about a cremator and his sick ideas
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9502E6D61231EF34BC4952DFB2668388669EDE

Have a great week folks. Don't forget to rent movies and spread love and peace and movies and movie news all around!