Another light week ahead. There’s usually a drought
in movie going and movie renting until Valentine’s Day
each year, and release schedules tend to reflect this.

First, the genre releases:

• Eraserhead:
  Ah,
  David Lynch. Expect the truly bizarre.
• The
  Flash –
  The Complete Series: I loved this series when I
  was in junior
  high. The bonus episode that came with the latest
  season of
  Smallville didn’t live up to those memories,
  though.
• Andromeda:
  Season 5, Collection 3: This gets a season five.
  I look at the
  shows that didn’t, and become totally confused.
• Red
  Dwarf –
  Series 7: If these were more cost effective, I’d
  have them all.
• Roger
  Corman
  Puerto Rico Trilogy: Includes Last Woman on
  Earth,
  Creature From The Haunted Sea, and Battle
  of Blood
  Island

Now, the non-genre releases:

• The
  Bad Sleep
  Well: A Criterion Collection release of the
  Kurosawa classic.
• The
  Constant
  Gardener: An art film directed by the director of
  City of
  God. Could be worth a look.
• Dead
  Poets
  Society: This is a special edition release of the
  film.
• Ferris
  Bueller’s Day Off – Bueller Bueller Edition: Spend
  the day with
  the sausage king of Chicago.
• Good
  Morning,
  Vietnam: Another special edition of a Robin
  Williams movie.
• The
  Magnificent Seven: This is a two disc special
  edition. I prefer
  the
  Kurosawa
  original.
• Red
  Eye: I saw
  many ads for this, and still don’t know what it was
  about.
• Return
  of the Pink
  Panther: Peter Sellers was in this, from the
  original
  franchise.
• Short
  Films of David
  Lynch: A collection of shorts from the very
  distinctive
  director.

Finally, the pick of the week. Ferris Bueller’s
Day Off
takes the title easily, especially since this column
is being written
by a guy who grew up in the 1980s. A true must-see.