This weeks DVD releases doesn’t see anything to exciting. Mostly just television season sets with a few notable features.

• Be Kind Rewind - Jack Black & Mos Def star as two New Jersey video store clerks that have to re-enact or all of the movies in their store after all of the videotapes get erased due to a freak magnetism accident. Directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind), “Be Kind Rewind” ends up being a bit of a letdown when compared to the filmmakers previous efforts. Although it’s not a great movie by most standards, it still exudes an innocence not found in a lot of movies these days. Definitely worth checking out, if not just for all of the re-enactments the two main characters put together for all of their customers.
• Fool’s Gold - Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson re-team after their successful 2003 outting, “How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days”. I didn’t see this one and probably won’t. Everything I’ve heard about this movie has been extremely negative.
• Californication - Season One - I caught one or two episodes of this during its initial run. David Duchovny plays Hank Moody, a successful writer dealing with the fickleness that is Hollywood. If you like your David Duchovny, and your David Duchovny being an asshole, then I’d check this one out. I have it will only get better if it’s able to stay on the air.
• Jericho - The Complete Series - This is another one I’ve never seen, but I’ve been told is addicting as hell. I think it was better known for its constant on-the-air/off-the-air status, but now that it’s “officially” over, this should be a nice package to check out over a long weekend.

Other Notable Releases:

• Super High Me
• Popeye the Sailor: 1938-1940, Vol. 2

Feedback on any of this weeks new releases would be much appreciated.

K

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This weekend see’s the release of two (depending on who you talk) pretty big summer releases. The most obvious would be the “reboot” of “The Incredible Hulk”. I’ve been psyched about this one since the announcement of Ed Norton as Bruce Banner. The credibility he brings to the film should hopefully pay off much like the casting of Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne or Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark.

The other big name release would be M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Happening” (I can’t believe I just wrote it that way). Since I’ve been an apologist of his since “Unbreakable” (very underrated), I would usually be encouraging people to rush out and see this one, but I’m not feeling it this time. The negative buzz surrounding the script when it was called “The Green Effect” seems to have stuck with the film up until now, and his last few films have fallen flat.

If you’re gonna see one, go with Hulk.

I should have reviews up for both films over the next few days.

K

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I know this is a bit late to be getting this week’s DVD releases out there, but better late than never. I’ll continue to do this every Tuesday, with more commentary as well as reviews. For now, here’s just a simple list of this week’s significant DVD releases.

• “John Adams” (HBO Miniseries)
• “The Signal”
• “Jumper”
• “The Bucket List”
• “Natural Born Killers” (Blu-Ray)

If I were to pick a movie out of this list, I’d check out “The Signal”. I never got around to seeing it in the theater, but word of mouth was great.

K

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