I Heart Movies: RA: Renters Anonymous – October 13th, 2009
New Releases
Drag Me to Hell – 6.6/10 – Trailer
Starring Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Loma Raver, Dileep Raver, Adriana Barraza, David Paymer, Reggie Lee
Christine Brown is responsible for loans in a bank and expects to be promoted to the open position of assistant manager after dealing a big contract. However, the new hire Stu Rubin is a collusive coworker that scheming against Christine to be selected by the manager Mr. Jacks to the position. When Mrs. Ganush, an old gypsy with appearance of witch that has been evicted by the bank, requests a third extension of her mortgage, Mr. Jacks tells Christine that it is her call. Christine denies the loan to prove her boss that she can take tough decisions. Mrs. Ganush begs for the loan but Christine shames the woman calling the security. In the night, Christine is stalked by Mrs. Ganush in the parking lot and they struggle. Out of the blue, Mrs, Ganush removes a button from Christine’s coat, curses it, returns the button to her and vanishes. Later, while going home with her psychologist boy-friend Clay Dalton, they pass by the fortune teller Rham Jas, and Christine decides to consult him. He advises her that Christine has the fiend Lamia, the Black Goat, upon her. When Christine is haunted by the dark spirit during the night, at home, she tries to fix the situation releasing the loan of Mrs. Ganush.
Special Features:
- 2.40:1 Widescreen with Dobly Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0
- Both Rated and Unrated Director’s Cuts
- Production Video Diaries
Blu-ray Features:
- 2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0
- Both Rated and Unrated Director’s Cuts
- Production Video Diaries
- D-Box Motion Control
- BD-Live – My Scenes Sharing
- Digital Copy of the Unrated Director’s Cut
Recommendation: Rent (Sam Raimi knows how to do horror right)
Land of the Lost – 6.9/10 – Trailer
Starring Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Anna Friel, Jorma Taccone
On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant and a redneck survivalist. In this alternate universe, the trio make friends with a primate named Chaka, their only ally in a world full of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures.
Special Features:
- 1.85:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0
- Deleted Scenes
- Commentary with Brad Siberling
- A Day in the Life of a Big-Time Movie Star
Devil’s Canyon Gift Shop Commercial and Tour
Blu-ray Features:
- 1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0
- All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
- Dr. Marshall’s Food Diaries
- This is not a Routine Expedition: Making of
- Bradley, Side and Marty: A Conversation iwth the Kroffts
- D-Box Motion Control
- BD Live Enabled
Recommendation: Rent (maybe? I think it looks like a funny lazy sunday film)
The Proposal - 6.7/10 – Trailer
Starring Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Malin Akerman, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T Nelson, Betty White, Oscar Nunez, Aasif Mandvi
On the verge of being deported and losing the high-powered job she lives for, the controlling Margaret announces she’s engaged to her unsuspecting, put-upon assistant Andrew (Ryan Reynolds). After proposing a few demands of his own, the mismatched couple heads to Alaska where they have four short days to convince his quirky family and a very skeptical immigration agent that their charade is real.
Special Features:
2.35:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1- Alternate Ending
- Deleted Scenes
- Commentary with Anne Fletcher and Peter Chiarelli
- Set Antics: Outtakes and Bloopers
2-Disc Special Features:
- All of the features of the Single Disc DVD, plus:
Digital Copy of the Film
Blu-ray Features:
- 2.35:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- All of the features of the 2-Disc DVD, plus:
- Digital Copy of the Film (SD)
Recommendation: Rent (for the ladies)
American Violet
Starring Nicole Beharie, Will Patton, Michael O’Keefe, Tim Blake Nelson, Xzibit, Charles S Dutton, Alfre Woodard
Nicole Beharie (The Express), Will Patton (Entrapment, The Postman), Charles Dutton (TV’s Roc, Mimic) and Alfre Woodard (TV’s Desperate Housewives, Primal Fear) star in this gripping true-life story. Falsely accused of distributing narcotics in a school zone, Dee Roberts (Beharie) is offered a deal she can’t refuse: plead guilty and accept a 10-year suspended sentence. The alternative: risk serving 16-to-25 in jail. Realizing a conviction would ruin her life, Dee decides to fight back. Suing the DA for racial discrimination, Dee battles impossible odds in a case that will not only change her life but the laws of Texas as well.
Special Features:
- 2.35:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
- Commentary with Tim Disney
- Telluride Film Festival Interview
- Trailer
Blu-ray Features:
- 2.35:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- All of the features of the DVD release
Recommendation: Rent
Re-Releases
Natural Born Killers (Unrated Director’s Cut) – 7.4/10
Starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr, Tommy Lee Jones, Rodney Dangerfield, Tom Sizemore
he misadventures of Mickey and Mallory: outcasts, lovers, and serial killers. They travel across Route 666 conducting psychadelic mass-slaughters not for money, not for revenge, just for kicks. Glorified by the media, the pair become legendary folk heroes; their story told by the single person they leave alive at the scene of each of their slaughters.
Special Features:
- 1.85:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
- Intro by Oliver Stone
- Commentary with Oliver Stone
- NBK Evolution: How Would It All Go Down Now?
Chaos Rising the Storm Around Natural Born Killers- Deleted Scenes
- Alternate Ending
- Charlie Rose Interview
- NBK Director’s Cut Trailer
- 44 Page Booklet
Blu-ray Features:
- 1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with Dolby TrueHD 5.1
- All of the features of the DVD release
Recommendation: Rent
The Craft (Blu-ray) – 6.1/10
Starring Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Rachel True
A new girl moves to a new city with her family to start a new life. She meets up with the girls who are very interested in the occult and together, the four of them have a seemingly unstopable power. They can do anything, from getting thier dream guys to like them to… the possibilities are limitless.
Blu-ray Features:
- 1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Commentary with the director
- Behind the Scenes of The Craft
- Deleted Scenes
- BD-Live Enabled
Recommendation: Pass
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (Blu-ray) – 7.7/10
When four boys in South Park Stan Marsh, Kyle and his stepbrother Ike Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick sees an R-rated movie featuring Canadians “Terrance & Phillip: Asses of Fire”, they are pronounced “corrupted”, and Kyle’s mom Sheila with the rest of the parents pressure the United States to wage war against Canada for World War 3! It’s all up to Stan, Kyle and Cartman to save Terrence and Phillip before Satan and his lover Saddam Hussein from Hell rules the world and it’ll be the end of the whole world.
Blu-ray Features:
- 1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with Dolby TrueHD 5.1
- Commentary with Matt Stone and Trek Parker
- Music Video “What Would Brian Boitano Do”
- BD-Live Enabled
Recommendation: Rent (a lack of special features makes this a non-purchase)
TV on DVD/Blu-ray *NEW*
- Flashpoint (Complete First Season) – DVD
- Futurama (The Complete Collection – All Seasons and Movies) – DVD
- Girlfriends (Complete Seventh “Final” Season) – DVD
- Girlfriends (The Complete Series) – DVD
- The Hunger (Complete Second Season) – DVD
- Legend of the Seeker (Complete First Season) – DVD
- Lovejoy (Complete Sixth “Final” Season) – DVD
- Lovejoy (The Complete Series) – DVD
- Married … with Children (Complete Eleventh “Final” Season) – DVD
The Unrated Blogger’s Cut
I have always enjoyed Sam Raimi’s work, from the Evil Dead series to Xena & Hercules to Spider-Man. In the first two Evil Dead films you could tell right away that Sam Raimi could create an excellent horror flick but just didn’t have the money backing him and now with a larger budget, I’m really excited to see Drag Me to Hell. Next we have Land of the Lost starring two of my favorite comedic actors Will Farrell and Danny McBride who are mind blasting in Eastbound & Down, so I am somewhat looking forward to catching the film. Let’s get this out of the way, I love Ryan Reynolds, I would have his man babies but I can not stand Sandra Bullock. So right now The Proposal is neither a rental nor a non-watcher, if someone else rents it and I have nothing to do I will probably watch it, otherwise I’ll skip it.
I’ve also added in a small new TV on DVD/Blu-ray section where I’ll try and list all of the new TV shows that will be releasing. I won’t get as in depth with the TV Shows because people don’t buy really buy these for the special features. If you guys request it though, I will add in the special features and info. I’ll also try and list if the show is on DVD and/or Blu-ray.
Coming Soon: