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New Releases<\/h5>\n
Unfortunately, none of those interesting titles are new releases. From this sad bunch, the only movie I might even consider as rental material is the Luc Besson-scripted sci-fi actioner ‘Lockout<\/strong>‘. Or, as everyone else refers to it, ‘Escape from Space York’. Guy Pearce stars as a Snake Plissken wannabe who must rescue the President’s daughter (the perpetually-kidnapped Maggie Grace) from a space prison taken over by the inmates. The movie was a big ol’ flop at the box office, but looks like it could be silly guilty pleasure fun. <\/p>\nOtherwise, what do we have? Will Ferrell does a fully Spanish-language comedy in ‘Casa de Mi Padre<\/strong>‘. Other than the gimmick that this one’s in Spanish, it looks like every other dopey Will Ferrell comedy. Meh. The Farrelly brothers finally dump their long-threatened, modern-day reboot of ‘The Three Stooges<\/strong>‘ onto a world that absolutely does not and will not ever want it. Blech. Lasse Hallstrom serves up more attempted Oscar bait in the awkwardly titled ‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen<\/strong>‘. Yawn. <\/p>\nClassics<\/h5>\n
Now this is more like it. Warner Bros. pulls out all the stops for a brand new restoration of the Technicolor classic ‘Singin’ in the Rain<\/strong>‘, available in either one of those ridiculously oversized box sets (this one packaged with an umbrella) or a standard keepcase edition. I think I’ll go for the latter, unless some retailer out there gets a Digibook exclusive. If anyone finds information on that, please let me know. <\/p>\nIn dark and gritty contrast to the bright and colorful musical splendor of ‘Rain’, Warner also gives Martin Scorsese’s first breakthrough motion picture ‘Mean Streets<\/strong>‘ the Blu-ray treatment. I would not recommend playing these two movies as a double feature. Then again, that might be perversely fascinating. <\/p>\nOlive Films has obtained the licensing rights to a couple of major classics: the Gary Cooper Western ‘High Noon<\/strong>‘ and the original sci-fi chiller ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers<\/strong>‘. I’d be a lot more excited for both of these if Olive had a better reputation for the quality of its discs. <\/p>\nMeanwhile, Criterion adds Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Down by Law<\/strong>‘ to the Collection. I’ve never really warmed up to Jarmusch’s minimalist deadpan schtick (though I do love his ‘Broken Flowers’) and I really can’t stand Roberto Begnini, so the combination of the two doesn’t appeal much to me. Honestly, I can’t even remember if I’ve already seen this one. Most of the director’s early movies tend to blur together in my memory.<\/p>\nGuilty Pleasures<\/h5>\n
Between Warner and MGM, we get a perfect trifecta of ’80s action cheese this week. Steven Seagal proves that he’s ‘Hard to Kill<\/strong>‘, Chuck Norris roundhouse kicks his way through a ‘Code of Silence<\/strong>‘, and Patrick Swayze goes a-huntin’ redneck baddies to avenge his ‘Next of Kin<\/strong>‘. Look for all of these to turn up in your local Best Buy’s bargain bin shortly. <\/p>\nJackie Chan in his prime was an amazing performer to watch, and both ‘Project A<\/strong>‘ and ‘Operation Condor<\/strong>‘ are great entertainment \u2013 in their original forms. Sadly, Echo Bridge insists on crapping the badly dubbed and edited versions onto video in North America. I can’t recommend that anyone support this miserable company.<\/p>\n—<\/p>\n
‘Singin’ in the Rain’ and ‘Mean Streets’ are must-haves for me. I’ll put the Jarmusch title on my wish list, and approach both of the two Olive Films discs with caution. What will you buy this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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