I’ll be out of town next weekend, so this is going up
a week early. It’s a much better list than the August
30 list, anyway.
First, the genre releases:
- The
Cabinet of
Caligari: This is a remake of a great film that I
reviewed in a substandard
DVD release.
A much better edition of the original is available
from Kino Video. (I almost rewrote the review
when I watched this
one, instead of just adding that lengthy comment. I
highly recommend
this version.) I haven’t seen the remake, and can’t
comment on how it
turned out. It sounds like a dramatically different
movie, starring
Glynis Johns (the mother on Mary Poppins) and
Dan O’Herlihy
(Grig on The Last Starfighter). - The
Best of
Fractured Fairy Tales: This collects the old
segments from
Rocky and Bullwinkle. - Charmed
– The
Complete Second Season: The third season has been
announced for
release on November 15. - There are four Doctor Who releases this
week, including
Carnival
of
Monsters, Horror
of Fang Rock, The
Mind Robber,
and The
Stones of
Blood (The Key to Time Series, Part 3). - Flash
Gordon
Collection: This is the serial from way, way
back. - Fraggle
Rock –
The Complete First Season: This brings back
childhood memories for
sure. - Hammer
Horror
Series: A 2 disk set with a great price for an
eight movie set. - Lost
– The
Complete First Season: Just in time for the second
season premier. - Millenium
–
The Complete Third Season: The final year of the
Chris Carter show. - Racing
Stripes: I worked in a theater for years, and I’ve
seen three
categories of children’s movies. The smallest
category is the set of
movies so bad the kids don’t like them. The next
smallest is the one
that every member of the audience enjoys. These are
the Toy
Story type movies: the parents are just as
excited as the kids.
This looks like it belongs in the largest set. If you
ask kids how it
was on their way out, they’ll say it was great. If
you ask the
parents how it was on their way out, they’ll say
“well, the kids
enjoyed it.” - Rocky
and
Bullwinkle – Season Three: The series
continues. - Toy
Story
(10th Anniversary Edition): One of the greatest
family films I’ve
ever seen. Good, clean fun that entertains all
ages.
Now, the non-genre releases:
- Garbo
– The
Signature Collection: I love the signature
collections. The did a
great job producing these. Garbo fans will be
pleased. (I love my
Hitchcock collection.) - Macgyver
– The
Complete Third Season: This was so much fun when I
was a kid… - To
Kill A
Mockingbird: Another great film that deserved its
awards.
Finally, the pick of the week. The list of good stuff
this week is
huge, but I’ll have to go with The
Sting: This
is a movie that truly deserved its Best Picture Oscar.
It’s a great
comedy and buddy picture. It’s set in the past, so it
ages fairly
well (though the lighting in the production drives me
nuts; the lights
cast shadows in the hotel scene, for starters).
Amusing Redford and
Newman interactions, too, with some rather quotable
lines. (“I
already know how to drink.”) If you haven’t seen it,
do.