We’re here to keep you informed on hot choices for renting or buying new DVD releases. Released this week: Cheaper by the Dozen 2, Transamerica, London, One Last Thing, Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey, The Devil’s Miner, The Goebbels Experiment, Julie Johnson, Who Gets to Call it Art?, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Chipmunk Adventure, Samurai Jack Season 3, Boston Legal Season 1, Deadwood: The Complete Second Season, Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan: The Complete First Season and Mash Season 10.
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Here’s what is getting released today on DVD:
Film:
Transamerica – Felicity Huffman in the best role of her life. A tough part about a transgender who is doing her best to finish her transformation and finds out that she’s a dad. Toby gets into trouble and has no other choice, but to call her from New York to get out of jail. Sabrina’s counselor won’t sign off on her operation until she meets with her son. She drives him across country, introduces him to her mom and dad and along the way finds her maternal instincts. Touching low-budget film, a little slow at times, but worth it for the quality and depth of characters. Check out our past review on Transamerica.
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 – If you enjoyed Cheaper by the Dozen 1 then Cheaper by the Dozen 2 will be okay. Steve Martin and his crew isn’t as funny as they were the first time around. The storyline is there, but something is missing. The family decides to go to their cabin in the woods, which is a run down shack that’s been around for years. In competition with his high school rival, Bakers against the Murtaughs, which family is going to win the summer competition? It doesn’t matter who wins or loses, it’s about family and love. Pretty well the same story as before, except the kids are all a little older and they go on vacation.
Film: Limited Release:
London – London (Jessica Biel) is having a going away party, she is headed to New York to start a new life. Syd (Chris Evans), her ex-boyfriend, gets pissed off cause she didn’t report to him about taking off. He decided to crash her party, but chickens out of talking to her and holds up in the bathroom with a pile of cocaine and Bateman (Jason Statham), an Englishman he had just met. The two snort the night away discussing life, love, sex and a little S&M, all along Syd is trying to build up the strength to talk to London.
One Last Thing – Dylan (Michael Angarano) finds out he has a terminal illness and makes his last request, on national TV, to spend a sultry weekend with a supermodel. Mom isn’t to comfortable with his last wish and is having problems with coming to terms with loosing her son. A film that looks like it could have a happen ending, but “bittersweet” in the end.
Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey – Heavy-metal fan Sam Dunn puts together a full documentary of the world of “Metal”. He approaches such subjects as sex, religion, violence, drugs and death. Interviews with Black Sabbath, Dee Snider, Lemmy, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie and others. If your a metalhead, then this is film is an owner.
The Devil’s Miner – Two very young brothers work in the silver mines of Cerro Rico, mines that date back to the sixteenth century. The children show us what it’s like to be a devote Catholic and superstitious about the devil who controls the mines and either keeps them safe or destroys their lives. They must work to earn money for the clothes on their backs and any education they get. In the poverty stricken way they live, if they don’t get an education, then they have no chance at a happy and fulfilling life.
Obscure:
The Goebbels Experiment – Kenneth Branagh narrates this WWII diary of Joseph Goebbels, the man who shaped the propaganda and public opinion of the Nazis. Devoted to Hitler and the Third Reich, he finds a home, a place of acceptance and feeling like he belongs. Great insight to the inner workings of the Nazi party, Joseph leaves nothing out of his diaries.
Julie Johnson – Lili Taylor and Courtney Love stars in a film about an odd friendship and a housewife coming to terms with her true self. Julie is taking night classes and finds that she has a worth past the everyday drudge of taking care of the house and kids. She finds a friend in Claire and begins to experience different feelings about herself, sexuality and life.
Who Gets to Call it Art? Here is a documentary about the art scene in the 1960’s and a pivotal icon for contemporary art, Henry Geldzahler. Includes plenty of works from Geldzahler and pieces from other artist that he respected and loved.
Family/Animated:
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Chipmunk Adventure – Awwwwe, the singing trio Simon, Theodore and Alvin meet their match with three lovely female chipmunks in a around-the-world hot-air balloon race. It’s the chipmunks, what’s not for the kids to love? Really, young kids love it.
Samurai Jack Season 3 – A TV animated serious about a Japanese samurai who must save the world from evil. Season 3 all for you.
TV:
Boston Legal Season 1 – Boston Legal is night time soaps with lawyers as the characters and the courtroom as the stage. Just like Days of Our Lives, sex, violence, love, romance, users, bastards, unethical, ethical and good vs evil.
Deadwood: The Complete Second Season – It’s a rough and tumble HBO series that kicks a little butt and uses the F word like its common practice. Deadwood is definitely a man’s man show, it’s for the big boys who loves them some Westerns and plenty of gritty, whisky drinking, non-bathing guys and gals. The only problem I see with Deadwood is the dialogue, it’s uncomfortable to listen to such a Shakespeare way of speaking with so much profanity and believe this is how it really was.
Mash Season 10 – It’s Mash Season 10, are you going to make me say more?