April is almost done. The major releases usually
start pouring out at the start of May when the summer
hits. Things are about to really start to pick up the
pace.
First, the genre releases:
- House
of
Flying Daggers: This is one that I haven’t seen
yet, but I love
the genre. - Maximum
Overdrive: Stephen King directed Emilio Estevez.
That’s enough to
peak my curiosity.
Now, the non-genre releases:
- Dynasty
–
Season One: I never watched this series. Of
course, I was very
young at the time. - The
Errol
Flynn Signature Collection: I’ve got the Hitchcock
signature
collection, and I’m very impressed with the price and
presentation.
It’s a nice series of collections; Flynn fans should
be pleased with
this one. - Meet
the
Fockers: This was an amusing movie, though I
probably won’t buy it
myself. - That
70’s Show
– Season Two: One of the few sitcoms that I can
still watch.
Finally, the pick of the week. Miracles
– The
Complete Series: This set includes 7 episodes that
didn’t make it
to broadcast. I admit I didn’t watch many of the
episodes the first
time around, but was fairly impressed by what I did
see. Thanks to
DVD collectors, the rarities and unpopular can still
make it to the
fans. Let’s hope that releases like this are
successful, so we can
hope that things like American Gothic will
find their way
onto the format.
Miracles – cool!
Just wanted to toss my 2 cents in. Though it got canned rather quickly, a Canadian station was kind enough to broadcast it, so us internet-types were lucky enough to see them. If the show piqued your interest at all, at least rent the DVDs – the other episodes are pretty darn good, and You Are My Sunshine is really damn disturbing – I’m shocked they were going to show it on network TV.
Anyhow, you’ll enjoy it.
Maximum Overdrive
Fiziko, I take from your curiosity that you haven’t actually seen Maximum Overdrive?
CityTV used to run it occasionally late at night, which is where I caught it on several occasions – it’s a highly derivative horror film that’s only notable for the soundtrack (produced by ACDC and spawning the hit “Who Made Who”), some novel deaths and being directed by Stephen King.
That said, I enjoy it – it’s a fun film that deserves its cult classic status. However, if you don’t like Dawn of the Dead or The Green Goblin (those who’ve seen it understand – I was afraid of that truck) you might want to rent first. It’s one of those “so bad it’s good” films that aren’t well known for a reason.