DVD Releases: April 24, 2007

In 1958 Louis Malle made French noir classic Elevator to the Gallows and soon steamrolled his way to Hollywood after conquering French cinema. Some of his most loved films include the Brooke Shields classic Pretty Baby, My Diner with Andre, and the under appreciated, but heavily awarded, Atlantic City.
Louis Malle got his start working as a cameraman on documentaries, and now The Criterion Collection gives you a chance to own 5 of his best documentaries including Phantom India, a film that Malle called one of his most personal films ever. The best part? All 5 films are about $55 dollars.

One word: Bigfoot.
The truck?
No, the sasquatch.
I love it. Can we get John Lithgow?
John Lithgow? Yeah I think so.
Let’s make a movie!

That’s how I imagine the pitch for Harry and the Hendersons went about 20 years ago. Now it’s back with a special edition. Perhaps a DVD release of the TV show isn’t far behind? Is that asking to much?

Moral Orel is one of those shows that are funny, but it sort of hits a note and stays there. I’m just suggesting that you buy it so Adult Swim will think they should release Squidbillies on DVD for some reason. Squidbillies is easily the best 15 minutes on TV.

Alejandro Jodorowsky is a director whose films deserve to be seen. El Topo is one of the best “Westerns” ever made, yet it’s success is mired in its arthouse exhibition past, but now we not only get El Topo but The Holy Mountain and Fando y Lis. These movies are amazing. I can’t say enough about them. They are simply three of the most ground breaking films ever made.

DVD Releases: March 20th. 2007

It's been far too long since the Care Bears Movie has been available on DVD. Ok, I couldn't even say that with a straight face, but this little slice of 1980's nostalgia has to appeal to someone due to it being the 25th Anniversary of the Care Bears and all. One reason to consider owning it? How about a score by NRBQ, John Sebastian, and Carole King! Still not selling you? Ok, how about Harry Dean Stanton as the singing voice of Brave Heart Lion!

Ed Wood sure could make a shitty movie, and now you can shell out 10 bucks and see six of these shitty movies in the comfort of your own home. That's a cost of $1.66 per shitty movie! This set give you some of Tor Johnson's fines acting! You get Glen of Glenda, Jail Bait, Bride of the Monster, The Violent Years, Night of the Ghouls, and the worst (best?) movie ever made: Plan 9 from Outer Space! But the real treat of this disk looks to be the bonus feature The Ed Wood Story.



I can't tell you how amazingly scary and funny Re-Animator is. Is it a zombie movie? A rip off of Frankenstein? Whatever it is, it's pretty great. Anchor Bay looks like the did a pretty good job putting this together. It's two disks, with the first being a widescreen transfer and two audio commentaries by Director Stuart Gordon and members of the cast. The second disk is full of deleted scenes, extended scenes, a seventy minute documentary, and a bunch of trailers.