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!