Achtung Baby!

Criterion + Blu-Ray

A Criterion "Chungking Express" Blu-Ray? Yes, please!

the 80's are back

Transformers: The Movie – 20th Anniversary Special Edition | Venom | TMNT| Voltron: Defender of the Universe Vol 1 |  She-Ra | Scarface: Scarred for Life | Ultimate Ghost 'N Goblins

Who asked for this? : Disney planning Adventures in Babysitting remake

versatile emergence

[ Jordi Savall - Les Pleurs - "Tous les matins du monde" soundtrack ]

When the year began I had the following titles on my "movies I want on dvd that aren't on dvd":

- Metropolitan
- Kafka
- Zentropa
- All The Mornings In The World ( Tous les matins du monde )
+ La Double vie de Véronique

As of tomorrow its 2 down, 3 to go with the official release of "Tous les Matins du Monde".

+ Ebert's review

anton + dvd

+ Directors Label Vols. 4-7 trailer ( features a snippet of Fiona )

ANTON CORBIJN (volume 6) is a name synonymous with many of the most iconic images of the last 25 years, from his massively acclaimed photography, the worldwide exhibitions of his work, his classic and highly sought after books, eye-catching album cover designs and videos for the likes of NIRVANA, METALLICA and most recently THE KILLERS. His long-term relationships with DEPECHE MODE & U2 are well documented, and his recent book of portraiture U2 & I is now on its third print run.

Celebrating Lost being on DVD

+ oceanicflight815.com - everything we have found so far
+ Lost Season 2 Poster
+ LOST PRODUCERS PLAN BLOCKBUSTER FINALE
+ Stuff from the DVD
+ how to find Easter Eggs in the UK Lost Site
+ "THE Island" Oceanic Logo a Clue?
+ "48 are left"
+ LOST Links: Ultimate Resource
+ The lost numbers blog
+ Washington Post review of the dvd set reveals one of the easter eggs.

About the other Sin City DVD release

"... when people watch DVDs, they complain 'oh, the only thing about home entertainment is you miss that audience experience.' Well, the best audience is in Austin, especially for a movie that was made there. We showed the premiere with the actors there in a 1500-seat theater, and they would go crazy and Sin City got a big reaction. I recorded the audience in 5.1 so if you're watching the DVD and you want to see it with an Austin audience on premiere night, you just click a button and they're all there going 'aaaah!' so it's really cool."

+ The Sin City director discusses a deluxe DVD and the forthcoming sequel.
+ Robert Rodriguez On Sin City DVD and More
+ Frank Miller's Sin City Library Set 1 HC
+ MILLER'S 300 PICKED UP BY WARNER BROTHERS

Thunder! Thunder! Thundercats F*%k!

Lets celebrate the release of Thundercats on DVD with some bloopers.

DVD's in August

July marks the 10 anniversary of "Clueless", so here comes  Clueless: The "Whatever" Edition
on 8/30.

Extras include the featurettes "The Class Of '95" (looking at the cast then and now), "Creative Writing" (director Amy Heckerling talks about creating the world of Clueless), "Fashion 101" (how the filmmakers invented the trend-setting fashions that defined the movie), "Language Arts" (director and cast give the 411 on the groundbreaking slang), "How To Play The 'Suck n Blow' Game," "Driver's Ed" (get behind the wheel with the cast and crew), "We're History" (stories from the cast and crew on the making of Clueless) and two trailers. \ via DavisDVD

Also in August: no extras SIn City, HOUSE M.D. Season One and The Mambo Kings SE.

last weekend's dvd trilogy

Back in the 80's, before "American Psycho", Christian Bale ( soon to be forever linked with Batman)  was in "Empire of the Sun". This may be my favorite Spielberg film. There was a sequel to the book the movie was based on: The Kindness of Women. I've always wanted to read it. How does that boy from Empire become the sick pervert from Crash? Random Fact: The screenplay was by Mr. "Shakespeare in Love" himself, Tom Stoppard. 

- "When he produced Crash in 1973, legend has it that one publisher marked in her notes, "writer beyond psychiatric help"

- About "Crash"..Ballard himself called it "the first pornographic book based on technology"

- "My Wife is a Gangster" became the first Korean film to ever be sold to a U.S. studio for a remake. [ review ]

- Imagine "Miss Congeniality" spliced with "The Godfather", with the fight sequences of "Charlie's Angels" thrown in, and you'll have a pretty good idea what to expect in "My Wife is a Gangster".

Shinichiro Watanabe is such a genius. The standout on this volume is an episode in which an opium crop is burned during a Samurai stand off. Wackyness ensues.

+  Complete Guide to anachronisms in Samurai Champloo.

80's nostalgia - cartoons

Coming in August: ThunderCATS: Season 1, Volume 1
Coming in July: The Best of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
According to this, a classic cartoon special from the 80's will see the light of day: He-Man/She-Ra Christmas Special. ( another review of it here )
Already out and I didn't even know: M.A.S.K ( Hell, even C.O.P.S is out on DVD )
Now all that is left to come out is Silverhawks! I've yet to meet anyone who remembers Beverly Hills Teens which came out way before 90210.

[ The Killing Moon ]

To celebrate the release of Donie Darko: Director's Cut today...

[  Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (The Life At Brian's Sessions Version) ]

DD:DC dvd release

Fucking finally: Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut is set to street on 2/15.

The final list of supplements for the 2-disc set is as follows: audio commentary with writer/director Richard Kelly and director Kevin Smith, Donnie Darko Production Diary with optional commentary by DP Steven Poster, They Made Me Do it Too: The Cult of Donnie Darko featurette, storyboard-to-screen video, #1 Fan: A Darkomentary  featurette and a director's cut theatrical trailer. { source }

DVD's on my Radar

Yep. a Luc Besson double shot. Maybe Family Guy: Freakin' Sweet Collection as well.

US (December 1993 )

Ah, the early 90's, when Seinfeld was king and US magazine was not a piece of a trash I would not even use to pick up dog crap with.
+ Quicktime Trailer for Seinfeld DVD's

DVD gazing

Something's Gotta Give: Best part of this dvd is having the Spider-Man 2 trailer in sorrund sound. I'm still bitter about Scarlett Johansson losing to Diane Keaton at the Golden Globes.



The Matrix Revolutions: I could not even get through a second viewing, I just skipped to the Superman vs Captain Marvel like fight at the end. All the cool flying reminds me of Dark City. Did anyone else notice the homage to Akira's Neo-Tokyo explosion? Anyways, this movie just proves again what a colossal fluke The Matrix was. I am curious about their screenplay for Alan Moore's "V for Vendetta" and what their next movie is going to be. As far as the extras, I am midly interested in the Matrix Online game that's hyped on here.



21 Grams: Director Alejandro González Iñárritu is 2 for 2 as far as making films about loss and suffering. This movie is sort of like an acutely depressing Pulp Fiction (style-wise). I would of much rather have seen Sean Penn win an Oscar for this. Naomi Watts will forever be Jet Girl in my heart.



Next one I'm watching is Cheaper By The Dozen, although I may feel like watching some serious Steve Martin, as in The Spanish Prisoner.

The DVDs of January

the D

U2 SlaneCastle DVD

DVD: U2 Go Home - Live From Slane Castle
Slane Castle, Ireland
September 1st 2001

Audio: PCM & 5.1 DTS
Date of release: November 17th 2003

Content of DVD

"Unforgettable Fire" documentary (28 mins.) with bonus track
Complete show from September 1st 2001 at Slane Castle, Ireland (106 mins)

· Elevation
· Beautiful Day
· Until The End Of The World
· New Year's Day
· Out Of Control
· Sunday Bloody Sunday
· Wake Up Dead Man
· Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
· Kite
· Angel Of Harlem
· Desire
· Staring At The Sun
· All I Want Is You
· Where The Streets Have No Name
· Mysterious Ways
· Pride (In The Name Of Love)
· Bullet The Blue Sky
· With Or Without You
· One
· Walk On

Bonus Tracks: The DVD will include a 30-minute documentary about U2's day at Slane and commentary and maybe some special features.