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Monday, June 8, 2009
Noteworthy DVDs released 6/9/09
PICK OF THE WEEK
“Woodstock” Ultimate Collector’s Edition (Warner Bros.): You can’t get the whole “3 Days of Peace and Music” on home video, but a four-hour cut of the famous concert film should last you a while. This new version offers 18 new live performances, including material from the Grateful Dead, who unbelievably were not included in the original film. Also available on Blu-ray.
OTHER TOP PICKS
“Crawford” (Virgil Films): David Modigliani’s doc about Dubya’s briefly adopted hometown gets wider distribution this week, thanks to the company that just released Richard Linklater’s “Inning By Inning.”
“Gran Torino” (Warner Bros.): Clint Eastwood directs himself in what is reportedly to be his final acting role — that of a edgy old dude quick to point guns at people. It’s a stretch.
“The Jack Lemmon Film Collection” (Sony): A handful of lesser-known Lemmons, including: “Phffft!,” “Operation Mad Ball,” “The Notorious Landlady,” “Under the Yum Yum Tree,” and “Good Neighbor Sam”
NEW ON BLU-RAY
“Fatal Attraction,” “Indecent Proposal” (Paramount); “Predator 2,” “The Siege” (Fox)
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX
“Fired Up,” “The International” (Sony)
ARTHOUSE/FOREIGN
“Goddess” (Image)
DOCUMENTARIES
“Home” (2009) (Fox)
BEST OF TV
“The Cleaner” Season 1, “Perry Mason” Season 4, Vol. 1 (Paramount); “Father Knows Best” Season 3 (Shout! Factory); “The Norman Lear Collection,” “The Shield” Season 7 (Sony); “Open All Hours” Complete Series (BBC); “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” Best-of (Warner Bros.); “Z Rock” (Anchor Bay)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO
Harrison Ford and Ashley Judd in “Crossing Over” (Weinstein Co.); Alan Rickman in “Nobel Son” (Fox); Ray Liotta and Forest Whitaker in “Powder Blue” (Image); Sarah Jessica-Parker and Beau Bridges in “Spinning Into Butter” (Universal)
KIDS’ STUFF
“Bob the Builder: Truck Teamwork,” “Care Bears: Tell-Tale Tummies” (Lions Gate); “Wonder Pets!: Ollie’s Slumber Party” (Paramount); “Shaun the Sheep: Sheep on the Loose” (Lions Gate)
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It’s tacky and tacky. Also: It’s tacky.
This press release just shambled, stupidly, across our desk:
“Shaolin Cardio Kick Boxing” Workout Starring Legendary Actor and Martial Arts Expert David Carradine Coming to DVD for the First Time on Sept. 8, 2009
(MMD Newswire) June 8, 2009 — A martial arts based workout featuring Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor David Carradine entitled “David Carradine’s Shaolin Cardio Kick Boxing is coming to DVD for the first time through BayView Entertainment. Martial Arts expert Carradine utilizes the natural, simple, and graceful movements of the Shaolin Five Animals into a cardio workout routine that thoroughly strengthens the entire body. The DVD has a suggested retail price of $19.99 and will be available in stores throughout the country …
Man dies, cash register ca-chings.
