3/31 DVD Releases

Three releases tomorrow, but are any worth your time?

Marley & Me - The Owen Wilson-Dog comedy comes out tomorrow, and though i didn't see it nothing about the trailers makes me want to.
VERDICT: SKIP IT

Seven Pounds - Will Smith is a great actor, I also haven't seen this one, but it doesn't look terrible. Plus none of my friends that saw it had anything bad to say.
VERDICT: RENT IT

Slumdog Millionaire - Though I don't think the movie was quite as good as everyone else does, it is still worth watching at least once.
VERDICT: RENT IT

3/27 Theatrical Releases

Three movies this weekend, and only one looks to be a winner.

12 Rounds - I was impressed by the previous works of the director/producer of this movie when they first showed them at the beginning of the trailer (Die Hard 2 and Speed). But then I saw the trailer. Man does this look bad. Like 88 Minutes meets Untraceable to me.
VERDICT: SKIP IT

The Haunting in Connecticut - If this wasn't rated PG-13 it could be about 6 kinds of awesome. But it is, so it wont be.
VERDICT: SKIP IT

Monsters vs Aliens - Dreamworks has a good track record on their movies, so there is no way that this will be bad. The only problem is YES its a kids movie, so if I end up seeing it it wont be til a late show.
VERDICT: WATCH IT

Where the Wild Things Are Trailer

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/wherethewildthingsare/


WATCH and be AMAZED

3/24 DVDs

While Twilight came out on Saturday, and we can all guess what my verdict would have been on that. Only 2 new releases come out tomorrow.

Bolt - I didn't see the movie, but it honestly can't be terrible.
VERDICT: RENT IT

Quantum of Solace - Though I will not be buying it, and was marginally disappointed in it. There are a lot of you out there that will buy it because you're Craig fans (which I'm not).
VERDICT: SKIP IT

3/13 Release Dates

This is a big weekend man. Spring Break starts and THREE new movies come out into theaters.

They are:

Last House on The Left - The Remake train continues and it's finally stopped at something that NEEDED remaking. While I enjoy the original Last House, man does it have problems. If I was going to watch any of the three that come out this weekend it would be this one.

Miss March - I LOVE Whitest Kids You Know. So when I found out that two of them were making a movie, I was very excited. Then I saw the trailer, and I cried a little bit inside. This movie looks like six different kinds of terrible. Skip it at all costs.

Race to Witch Mountain - The Remake train is pulling overtime this weekend, but this remake didn't need to be made. Skip.


We can officially dub this weekend, "If you Haven't seen Watchmen at least once, then don't see any new releases" weekend.

3/10 DVD releases

Lots of good titles are coming out tomorrow, i hope you saved up.

Cadillac Records- Though I never saw the movie, and don't intend to, a lot of people I know that saw it did like it. So if you want to see it:
VERDICT: RENT IT

Happy-Go-Lucky - Again, I never saw it, but it did get a lot of noms durign the award season so it should be worth a viewing.
VERDICT: RENT IT

Let the Right One In - One of my favorite films of 2008 is being released, and it gets designated as my Pick of the Week, ONLY because it wasn't in near as many theaters as Milk was.
VERDICT: BUY IT

Milk - My favorite of 2008, and a must see for all people. I don't care if you hate homosexuals, you still need to watch the movie.
VERDICT: BUY IT

Rachel Getting Married - Another movie I didn't see that got a lot of noms during award season.
VERDICT: RENT IT

Role Models - I never saw it and it looked a little entertaining, definitely not worth spending $20 on though.
VERDICT: RENT IT

Synedoche, New York - Charlie Kaufman + Phillip Seymour Hoffman, is an equation you cannot go wrong with. I plan on watching this very soon.
VERDICT: RENT IT

Transporter 3 -Being a fan of Luc Besson and the first Transporter film I am obligated to watch this in the future, though if you're not a fan you won't like this.
VERDICT: RENT IT

It's finally here

Tomorrow is a day I've been looking forward to for about four years. GASP! Someone that read Watchmen BEFORE they saw the trailer with The Dark Knight!? Like I said, about 4 years before The Dark Knight even came out.

I'm very excited about the film, even though I am well aware of all the changes made. Though I'm not happy about a lot of them, I'll deal with it because ITS STILL WATCHMEN.

For those of you that have never read the book, and still don't know what its about, here's a very brief summary:

There were superheroes in America for many years, then in 1977 heroes were outlawed. Now in 1985 one of the former heroes is killed, and the other former heroes want to find out why (well one of them at least).

Keep in mind the movie takes place in 1985 and it is an ALTERNATE timeline, IE: Richard Nixon is still President and he's in his 5th term in office.

I'm looking forward to the movie, and I suggest you see it too.

Getting DVDs for Cheap Part 2

Continuing my series on getting DVDs for cheap I bring you another place to get them at good prices (sometimes).

Book Stores

If you can find a book store, like the Barnes and Noble here in Tuscaloosa, they have some good deals from time to time.

I say time to time because 90% of their DVDs are more overpriced than UA Tuition.

But like now they have two GIANT sections of DVDs for either $4.99 and $9.99. With a LOT of good titles. Like I was in there the other day and got Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing, The Devil's Backbone and Vanishing Point for $10 each.

You've got to keep an open eye though for some of their deals. Like I managed to get the entire series of Firefly on sale for I think $30, though it was regularly priced at $45 or $50.

Don't be afraid to look in the movie section of the book store the next time you're in there, you might find something worth buying.

If you're going to write a movie review....

...for something like a newspaper or a website that gets read by a lot of people, even if it's not read by a lot of people.

And what you're reviewing is based on another source (a book, a comic, an older movie), you should NOT mention the source material.

You're not writing a compare and contrast of the source and the adaptation.

You're not reviewing the source material.

You ARE reviewing the adaptation.

Though its okay for you personally to not like something because it isn't like the source material, its not okay to be "Reviewing" the adaptation and say it isn't good/or you were disappointed because its nothing like the source.

Like the Thomas Harris novel Hannibal and the film Hannibal. While the movie is very close to the book, there are still A LOT of differences. But if I was writing a review for it I wouldn't mention the book (except for maybe how it is in fact based on a book), nor (in my personal opinion) it's superiority. I would talk about the movie, what worked, what didn't work, and how much I enjoyed it, because I do.

Or The H.G. Well's novel The War of the Worlds, and the Steven Spielberg movie War of the Worlds. I LOVE The War of the Worlds novel, and despise the Spielberg movie (my hatred for Spielberg aside). If I was going to write a review for the Spielberg movie I wouldn't even have to mention the differences from it and the novel to talk about how much I think its awful/hate/loathe/have disdain for it.

3/3 DVD Releases

Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective - Seriously?
VERDICT: SKIP IT

Australia - I never saw this movie, and don't know anyone that did. Though I don't think it looks that appealing, to you it might.
VERDICT: RENT IT, if you're interested

Beverly Hills Chihuahua - Trust me, you don't want to see this.
VERDICT: SKIP IT

Kind of a lame week for releases if you ask me.