We don’t plan on doing a weekend review this week, as “Transformers” is still the big release. Expect a review of the new “Harry Potter” movie next week, and the final novel just over a week after that.
First, the DVD releases:
- Ah! My Goddess Season 2, Vol. 2
- The Astronaut Farmer
- Beauty and the Beast – The Second Season: The third and final season was pretty short.
- Bewitched – The Complete Fifth Season
- Extras – The Complete Second Season: I picked up the first season based on the recommendation of a trusted friend, and really enjoyed it. I’ll definitely be picking this up.
- Frankie and Annette MGM Movie Legends Collection: Includes “Beach Blanket Bingo,” “How To Stuff A Wild Bikini,” “Beach Party,” “Bikini Beach,” “Fireball 500,” “Thunder Alley,” “Muscle Beach Party” and “Ski Party.”
- Hustle: Complete Season Three
- The Joan Collins Superstar Collection: Includes “The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing,” “Rally ‘Round the Flag, Boys!,” “The Sea Wife,” “Seven Thieves” and “Stopover Tokyo.”
- Kansas City Confidential: Part of the MGM Film Noir series.
- The Last Mimzy
- My Super Sweet 16 – Season 1 and 2
- Napoleon Dynamite Flippin’ Sweet Collector’s Set: Complete with Bobblehead versions of two characters.
- The Stranger: The second of three MGM Film Noir releases this week.
- Super Sweet 16 – The Movie
- Sweet Land – A Love Story
- Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara: This Criterion Collection set includes “Pitfall,” “Woman in the Dunes” and “The Face of Another.”
- Thunderpants: How they signed Ned Beatty, Stephen Fry, Paul Giamatti and Rupert Grint to this project is beyond me. Here’s Amazon’s product description: “An 11-year-old boy’s amazing ability to break wind leads him to fame as he fulfills his ambition of becoming an astronaut.”
- Wild Tigers I Have Known
- The Woman In The Window: Another MGM Film Noir. The next Warner Bros. collection of Film Noir is due July 31.
Here are the HD DVD releases:
I haven’t seen any of these releases, so I’m passing on this week’s pick of the week. Were I to go strictly by reputation, I’d go with “Extras,” “Three Films by Hiroshi Techigahara” and “Napoleon Dynamite” in that order.
What?
You haven’t seen Napoleon Dynamite? You lucky bastard.
Re: What?
No doubt. There’s 2 hours I wish I could have back.
The Joan Collins Superstar Collection
It’s hard for me to think of Joan Collins as an actual superstar. To me, she’s just an aging Hollywood figure who had a not-so-nice book written about her.
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