I don’t know. I don’t think this is a particularly exciting week of Blu-ray disc releases. But who am I? There are a few neat titles, for sure. Hell, there’s something new again from Criterion! But none of these titles are really inspiring me to get out to the shops and buy today, if you know what I mean. Anyway, have a gander at what’s new and see if anything tickles your fancy. As always, we appreciate any Amazon purchase you make through our links.
I guess I kind of went through a Jacko phase when I was, like, nine or something. But you’ve got to give me some leeway there, as the whole world was buzzing about the Thriller album at the time. Needless to say, it didn’t last long. And here I am now, an old man in his thirties, pretty apathetic about the film This Is It and all the hype surrounding Michael Jackson‘s last recorded days. If you’re a fan, though, this is a must-buy!
I didn’t mind Surrogates. I’ll get my full review up here shortly but I’ll just tell you now that it’s pretty entertaining. I was distracted, however by the weird digital-noise-reduced look of some scenes. I don’t believe they actually were DNR’ed at all but in an effort to make humans look like robots, there’s just a lot of smoothed-over detail, which pretty much kills the thrill of high-def. Anyway, Surrogates is Philip K. Dick-lite, starring Bruce Willis in a shitty blonde hairpiece. Check it out. Have a good time with it.
Whip It looks like a lot of fun. I’ve requested a screener from Fox and am hoping to be able to review it soon (Fox always sends review discs out after the title has been released.) I’ve heard good things about this one. I really like Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore and have high hopes that the movie delivers. And as it’s a brand new film I’m certain the Blu-ray will look and sound great. Ahem…cough…lookin’ at you here, Fox!! No pressure…
Remember when I said there wasn’t anything out today that excited me? Yeah, well, I guess I was kind of lying. Because I’m actually pretty stoked to see Wim Wenders‘ Paris, Texas, new on Blu-ray today from the wonderful Criterion Collection. I really like Wenders. But more importantly, in this case, I’m in love with the cast of the film. Starring Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Stockwell and Nastassja Kinski, Paris, Texas features a quirky/cool line-up of talent David Lynch would be proud of. If you picked up Criterion’s recent perfect release of Wenders’ Wings Of Desire on Blu-ray, you owe it to yourself to grab this film that preceded it by three years.
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