At this point you're saying "Hey chump! It's not Halloween yet!". You're right, but it certainly is the week of Halloween. I love this time of year. Gives me an excuse to look into my neighbors house when they give me candy and the right to dress as scantily clad as I want.
Too bad I'm a diabetic and can't eat candy. I'm also a Jehova Witness and so I don't observe any holidays. Maybe talking about movies will kill the pain.
NEW RELEASES:
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Now wait! The first and second ones take place during the actually ice age, right? Well, wasn't the ige age loooooooong after the dawn of dinosaurs. So how are these eras colliding? Ugh. This is giving me a headache. I'm going to mix some aspirin and water then call it a night...
Il Divo: With this and Gommorah, this is the year for Italian crime films. That genre hasn't been popular since the seventies, but looks like they're on the up and up. In fact, I bought a few bottles of Italian wine, pizza, and anything else stereotypically Italian and started my own mafia crime syndicate! After seeing those films, I know what NOT to do and succeed in crime.
Orphan: I can't watch this film. That little girl on the cover scares me. In fact, when a customer gave me the case to rent this, my body went into shock. I used to like horror movies, but this one looks too scary.
Whatever Works: The 73 year-old Woody Allen truly shows no signs of stopping. As of right now, they just revealed that he's finishing up ANOTHER movie in London called "You Will Meet a Tall, Dark Stranger". Now here he is again with his new movie staring my homey Larry David. This movie is based on a script he wrote in the seventies he wrote for Zero Mostel. Sounds neat!
OTHER NEW RELEASES AND NEW INVENTORY
Abel Raises Cain
Battle of Britain (Blu-Ray)
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Blood, Sweat + Gears
Caspar
Chops
Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Eagles Over London (Blu-Ray)
Fados (Dir. Carlos Saura)
Fire & Ice (Blu-Ray)
Inside the Koran
The Longest Day (Blu-Ray)
The L-Word: The Final Season
Misery
Monty Python: Almost Truth
The New York Ripper (Blu-Ray)
Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie
Perestroika
Scream of Fear
Shaun of the Dead (Blu-Ray)
Something to Do With the Wall
Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Waxwork I & II
Whatever Works (Blu-Ray)
YPF
Z (Criterion)
BLOG PICK OF THE WEEK:
Man Hunt: With Valkyrie and Inglorious Basterds, the idea of finding Hitler and killing him is making a major comeback despite him being dead now for almost 65 years. While browsing around our classic film section, I stumbled upon this Fritz Lang film from 1942. The premise sounds simple enough. A British hunter goes to Germany to hunt the deadliest game of all: HITLER! While there, he gets caught and in order to leave the nation, he needs to sign that he was sent by the British government to assassinate Hitler. The whole movie is beautifully and carefully shot with expressionistic lighting that rivals what he did with his earlier German classics. Very interesting to see a German expatriate's take on the war erupting in Germany. Still made while the US was a neutral party during World War II and the American government was upset about a film that supported them entering the war. It might be a piece of propaganda, but what a great one!
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Peeking 'round the corner.MORAL OF THE WEEK:
Wear a jacket when you go out. I don't want you guys to get sick!
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