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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Today in DVD Releases

Posted by on Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 1:24 PM

I loved, loved, LOVED Coraline:

The animated film version of Coraline does the unthinkable: It surpasses the book in almost every way.

Annie Wagner wasn't offended by The Great Buck Howard:

The film is as inoffensive and even-keeled as its protagonist, and the only thing you’re likely to remember a week later is the single character indulgence Malkovich allows himself: a wild handshake that rolls like an earthquake and lasts so long you’d think aftershocks were involved.

(And I pretty much agreed with her.)

I wasn't crazy about Watchmen:

Watchmen leans more toward recent movies like Sin City and Zack Snyder's own 300 in its slavish devotion to the source material; if you were to freeze-frame the movie at certain points, you'd have a giant reproduction of panels from the comic. On one level, it's incredibly satisfying that the director takes comics that seriously. But on the other hand, Snyder seems to miss the point of what makes Watchmen such an amazing comic book.

There are a couple of interesting direct-to-videoish movies out today. One is Google Me, a documentary in which a guy named Jim Kileen goes out to meet every guy named Jim Kileen he can find on Google. The other is Visioneers, a mockumentary about working for a corporation starring Zach Galifianakis.

You can also rent Godard's Made in U.S.A. and 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her; Super Capers, a superhero satire movie; the snuff film thriller Skeleton Crew; Corin Nemec starring as Ted Bundy; and American Outrage, a documentary about two Native American sisters trying to keep the government from repossessing their horses.

TV shows include the first season of G.I. Joe; Charlie's Angels: Season 4; Prison Break: The Final Break; Pushing Daisies: Season 2; 5 seasons of America's Test Kitchen; and Psych: Season 3.

There's a full list of movies available today over here.

 

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Google me sounds an awful lot like the Dave Gorman Collection... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Dav…
Posted by aseth on July 21, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Pepper St. Tort Reform 2
Coraline scared the shit out of me.
Posted by Pepper St. Tort Reform on July 21, 2009 at 1:54 PM
schmacky 3
God I loved Coraline in 3-D...I don't suppose they're selling it with glasses?
Posted by schmacky on July 21, 2009 at 2:22 PM
Andy_Squirrel 4
@3 yes, yes they are 4 pair
Posted by Andy_Squirrel on July 21, 2009 at 2:32 PM
Will in Seattle 5
Personally, I thought all three were great.

Coraline, Great Buck Howard, and Watchmen.

But Pushing Daisies: Season 2 is the best choice, actually.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on July 21, 2009 at 2:32 PM
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Coraline was rather mediocre on the silver screen but I loved Watchmen and Pushing Daisies.
Posted by thunderchaps on July 21, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Badger 7
Scarecrow has all of those movies, plus the new Miyazaki Film that Disney isn't releasing until August - and a bunch of other stuff that Netflix doesn't have, and won't be getting. Seattle's independent businesses are really suffering right now, and Scarecrow is one of the best.
Posted by Badger on July 22, 2009 at 12:48 AM

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