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01-27-2012

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The Netflix Stream: Week of January 22nd, 2012

The Netflix Stream: Week of January 22nd, 2012

All right, I’ll level with you – I’m a little scared this week. Netflix loses a huge amount of programming from the BBC, including a few favorites of mine. ‘Doctor Who’ is on the list at Instant Watcher, which is usually a reliable source. Yet on the Netflix page, the availability section shows “Streaming, Blu-ray and DVD.” If the show were leaving the stream, it should say “Streaming until x/x, DVD and Blu-ray.” So, I have my fingers crossed, because I’ve had a hankering to watch Seasons 1 through 4 again, and finish by bawling along in my room at the last half hour or so of ‘The End of Time’. So crazy good.
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Sundance Journal: ‘The Raid’

Sundance Journal: ‘The Raid’

Each year, a few movies at Sundance go on to become exceptionally hyped when they eventually receive distribution and hit big screens everywhere. Although ‘The Raid’ has been in the festival circuit for a few months now, it’s one title that, when it gets distributed, I’ll take pride in saying, “I saw that at Sundance.”
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‘Alcatraz’ 1.03 Recap: “I Know What Happens Next”

‘Alcatraz’ 1.03 Recap: “I Know What Happens Next”

Last week, Aaron wasn’t so entranced with the two-episode premiere of Fox’s new supernatural/sci-fi/mystery procedural thriller ‘Alcatraz’. I liked it better than he did. Since Aaron’s off at Sundance this week, and he didn’t express much interest in covering the show further, I figured I’d throw together a quick recap of this week’s episode.
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Weekend Movies: Wolves, Ledges and Katherine Heigl

Weekend Movies: Wolves, Ledges and Katherine Heigl

The odd thing about this weekend’s releases is that the movie with the thinnest plot is almost certainly going to be the most entertaining of the bunch. Let’s be honest, watching Liam Neeson fist-fight a pack of wolves in the Alaskan wild sounds a lot more entertaining than any Katherine Heigl or post-’Avatar‘ Sam Worthington movie. (Yes, I find ‘Avatar’ entertaining.) The only thing more interesting would be a movie where Neeson fist-fights a pack of Heigls and Avatars.
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Now Playing: A Suicidally Bad Caper Flick

Now Playing: A Suicidally Bad Caper Flick

I’ve wanted to give Summit Entertainment the benefit of the doubt, but the studio can’t seem to release worthy genre films. ‘Source Code‘ and ‘50/50‘ seem to be flukes in an otherwise crappy track record. For each good release, we get a ‘Twilight‘, a ‘Push‘ and a ‘Furry Vengeance‘. I had hoped that ‘Man on a Ledge’ would be one of Summit’s rare goodies, but it ended up being garbage – just like the studio’s last release, ‘The Darkest Hour’.
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01-26-2012

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Best Videogames of 2011: ‘Bastion’

Best Videogames of 2011: ‘Bastion’

I’ve been playing videogames for 25 years now, since back when my dad first set me up in front of the Atari 400. With all that time invested, I find that very few games manage to surprise me. ‘Bastion’ is one that did.
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Sundance Journal: ‘Black Rock’

Sundance Journal: ‘Black Rock’

I let myself get my hopes up really high for ‘Black Rock’. I mean, tremendously high. I love Mark Duplass, who wrote the movie. I love Katie Aselton, who directs and stars in it. My high expectations for the film were definitely factored into my final thought: This movie sucks.
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New to VUDU: Week of January 22nd, 2012

New to VUDU: Week of January 22nd, 2012

In all the hoopla around this week’s Oscar nominations, several highly-acclaimed films from last year were (perhaps unfairly) ignored and left completely out of the running. One of them hit Blu-ray and streaming this week. Despite its lack of awards recognition, the movie still looks like a very worthy rental.
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Corrected ‘West Side Story’ Blu-ray Still Incorrect

Corrected ‘West Side Story’ Blu-ray Still Incorrect

It should be a welcome development when a major home video studio owns up to a mistake it made on a Blu-ray title and moves quickly to implement a correction and exchange program. I don’t want to sound ungrateful or anything, but maybe it might have been a good idea to actually fix the error while doing so. Just a suggestion.
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01-25-2012

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Sundance Journal: ‘The End of Love’

Sundance Journal: ‘The End of Love’

Within mainstream cinema, Mark Webber is probably best known for his role as Stephen Stills in ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World‘. For those of you with your fingers one the pulse of indie cinema, you might know him from his many smaller films. It may not really be the case, but it seems like he appears in three movies at Sundance each year – which actually is the case this year. Of those, Webber not only stars in ‘The End of Love’, he wrote and directed it too.
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