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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones On Blu-Ray
I am still torn by this movie...it had moments, but I never felt it gelled and still feel like there was a good movie here I didn't get to see.
Now after raking in more than $770 million dollars and showing that while the script may not have worked, Harrison as Indiana does...this is the first one of the four (and counting) Indiana Jones films to head to Blu-Ray disc.
It's a two disc set and the second disc is going to be the one I still want to watch.
Aside from the film on disc one, you get the following all presented in HD. The Production Diaries, The Effects of Ind, The Crystal Skulls, a look at the Stan Winston Studio and The Return of a Legend - The evolution of the new film and a tribute to the legendary hero and his creators.
You know what I would kill for? A commentary from everyone saying who is responsible for Shia LeBouef swinging through the trees with monkeys. I mean, I place my bets on Lucas but I really want to hear him own up to it. Read More |
Touch of Evil
The 50th Anniversary Edition
I used to own Touch of Evil on VHS, then I bought it on DVD, then the restored version and (sigh) now there is the 50th anniversary version that includes the original theatrical preview, the studio cut and then the restored re-edit by Walter Murch from 1998. So, is it really necessary to have yet another release of this Welles classic? Actually...yes...
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Sarah Silverman Program
I have never understood why it took so long for Sarah Silverman to really hit her stride. Her stand-up has always been sharp but she never seemed right for Saturday Night Live (1993-94), a lot of small roles in such films as There's Something About Mary and School of Rock along with a role on the short-lived and personally missed Greg The Bunny (go ahead, check it out), she has finally managed at least a second season, and it just happens to carry her name in the title.
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Me And Orson Welles
To be honest, and this is a hard thing to admit, I have never seen a Zac Efron film. I have nevver wallowed in the depths and brilliance of the High School Musical phenomena. Nor did I delve into the stunning remake world of Hairspray.
I would still be living an Efron free existence if it wasn't for two things, Richard Linklater and Orson Welles.
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Iron Man
Don't get mad?
Promise?
Good.
Iron Man is a better movie than The Dark Knight.
Hey...you said you wouldn't get mad! I know, I know, you lovvvvvvvvved the Dark Knight. It was guh-reat. Sure it was...but I still enjoyed Iron Man more.
Anyway, read on for the full DVD movie/special features review.
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Val Kilmer
Governor Iceman - Real Genius
Val Kilmer is an interesting man, an interesting actor who never makes the more obvious choice it seems.
Here's a not-so-obvious choice for him to make. Candidate for U.S. state governor in New Mexico.
While I hesitate about any celebrity taking a spot in office, something about Governor Batman amuses me.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
Hoffman to play the Penguin?
Ok, in my eyes P.S.H. is one of those guys you can hire to play any role including an aged, diseased ridden mongoose with a lisp and I would believe his portrayal.
Still...
I am just not sure how keen I am to see anyone playing The Penguin in the next Batman movie. It's just that he's sucha clunky character that both Hoffman and director/writer Christopher Nolan would have to find a unique anggle to make him interesting and believable in this rendition of the series.
Still...
If anyone could pull it off...but currently the whole concept still lies in the early stages of rumour as Nolan hasn't even committed to a third film in the series.
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Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton To Voice Ken?
The Rumour du jour right now is a little tid-bit about Toy Story 3 which fills me with hope despite a movie title followed by the number 3.
Toy Story 2 is one of the few sequels out there that surpasses the first one so a third film has a lot of potential of giving us a kick in the teeth but the little bits I have been able to dig out keep me interested. First, the storyline is supposed to feature all the toys having been abandoned by Andy as he heads off to College (we will see, though this seems quite likely after the events of the second film) and now news that Michael Keaton is signing on to voice Ken, the love interest of Mattel's Barbie...it is doubtful Mattel would allow him to be a villian but how awesome would that be?
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Bill Murray
Ghostbusters 3?
Time heals all wounds?
Everything old is new again?
I don't know what tired adage is more apt, but I do know that despite the pain that still lingers in the mind of a young male who sat through Ghostbusters 2..I am also willing to love Peter venkman again.
Don't tease me Bill...I've been hurt before...You know they are planning on making a fifth Indiana Jones? The hurt of the Crystal Skull still lingers, don't make me too bitter Bill...that's all I ask.
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Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed Goes East Bound And Down
I grew up thinking Jerry Reed was just a good ol' boy who sorta fell into acting...and well, hell, I was right.
The man penned songs left right and center and had both Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash singing his tunes.
Now you younger whippersnapper types may think he was just the angry coach from Adams Sandler's The Waterboy but any true car film fan will know the man as Cledus "Snowman" Snow from Smokey and The Bandit (1977).
The Snowman died of complications from emphysema, age 71.
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