New DVD Day: 6/5/07

Two newcomers this week...



Kill me. Kill me now. Please, Eddie, just...just stop. And by saying that, no, I am not advocating another shitty Dreamgirls-style bid for maturity. Anyone wanna bet five bucks this is probably even worse than The Adventures of Pluto Nash?



Another silly Grudge-inspired PG-13 horror film. Sadly enough, I count The Grudge (the American version starring Buff...er, Sarah Michelle Gellar) as a not-quite-guilty pleasure. Thankfully, that and The Skeleton Key seem to be my only clear lack of good sense when it comes to PG-13 horror.

New DVD Day: 5/29/07

This week's only notable release:



I don't know any Lecter fan who's actually subjected themselves to this wretched-looking prequel. Ugh.

Wow, that's all for this week? Pretty pathetic. We don't usually cover re-issues or boxsets except for special occasions, but I'm pretty sure the new Katharine Hepburn Collection will be a lot more kick-ass than fucking Hannibal Rising. Even if all the films in it are obscure and I've never seen any of them. At the very list, I suppose they'd be interesting.

New DVD Day: 5/22/07

Hey, I'm ripping off my own self! New DVD Day, a total thievery of New Movie Day, will pop up every Tuesday to talk about new DVD releases.



Amidst all of the controversy surrounding Mel Gibson's booze-fueled, Jew-bashing rant, I think there was a little movie he opened too, and now it's on DVD.



Clint Eastwood's excellent drama about the Japanese side of the Iwo Jima conflict during World War II gets the two-disc special edition treatment. It's also available in a boxset with Clint's American point of view flick Flags of Our Fathers, and while Letters is the better, more celebrated film, both are definitely worth seeing.



A documentary on the late, great racing horse Barbaro.



Steven Soderbergh's unsung 40's-esque political drama didn't do much for critics or ticket buyers, but when I went to rent it at Blockbuster today, it was all checked out.



Legendary actor Peter O'Toole got an Oscar nomination for this mixed-age romance film.



This adaptation of the first novel in the popular kid-lit series honestly looks like it has nothing going for it.



I've never seen this and it's already one of the worst movies I've ever seen.