DVD Releases - Tuesday December 14th
Published December 15, 2004
Return Of The King - Extended Edition
Return Of The King disappointed me some, truth be told. Hopefully the lack of balance and shit like that will be sorted in the course of these four motherfucking hours.
As with the other EE's, there's two discs of extras, although I don't know if any of them discuss the homosexual longing going on between Sam and Frodo. I mean, come on, could it be any more evident? I imagine if Sam wrote Frodo Baggins up and down his willy it'd scarcely increase the visibility of his desires. Freud said that spiders were really symbolic of vaginas, y'know? So I'll leave it to your good selves to debate that Shelob scene, when Sam beats the spider away from his beloved Frodo. "Stay back womanhood, with your tempting caverns of wonder. He's mine!"
And so on.
Well, here's the full run-down for Tuesday December 14th
200 American (2004)
Studio: Wolfe Video
Rated: Not Rated
3 (2004)
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Rated: Not Rated
The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom - Suze Orman (1998)
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Rated: Not Rated
Acapulco A Go-Go (1967)
Studio: Studio Latino
Rated: Not Rated
All Night Long (1981)
Studio: Universal Studios Home Video
Rated: R
America's Sexiest Bartenders
Studio: Image Entertainment, Inc.
Rated: Unrated
Angel Tales - Vol. 4: Sweet New Life (2004)
Studio: Bandai Entertainment
Rated: Not Rated
Animal Love (1996)
Studio: Image Entertainment, Inc.
Rated: Not Rated
The Duke Says - What this is, is Ulrich Seidl's award-winning documentary about folks who are so close to their pets that they don't need human interaction of any damn sort. I ain't seen it, but if it's as good as that recent Channel 4 doc about the married couple who shag their horses, then it'll be amazing.
Antonia Kidman Yoga: The Power and Style of Ashtanga (2004)
Studio: Wellspring
Rated: Not Rated
Bad Inclination (2004)
Studio: Media Blasters
Rated: Not Rated
The Ben Stiller Collection (1994)
Studio: Universal Studios Home Video
Rated: PG-13
The Duke Says - What we need, of course, is a box devoted to the flicks Stiller directed. Here, we get one of them, the worst, Reality Bites, and three flicks featuring his acting talents. Mystery Men and Meet The Parents are fantastic, but I ain't seen Along Came Polly. What The Ben Stiller Collection needs to be is Cable Guy (which he directed), Zoolander (directed and starred) and Mystery Men, alongside the Parents flick and Dodgeball. Oh well.
Best Motoring: VTEC Club (2004)
Studio: Image Entertainment, Inc.
Rated: Not Rated
The Best of Suze Orman Collection: Gain Control of Your Money (2003)
4-Disc Gift Set
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Rated: Not Rated
The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Rated: PG
The Duke Says - No extras on this Penelope Spheeris number. For sure, it's an alright hour and a half, but you do wish she'd give us a few more shockingly debauched music flicks, is what. And why the hell haven't the Decline Of Western Civilization flicks been released on DVD yet?
The Duke (Aaron McMullan to his parents and the clergy) is a Northern Irish writer, performer and insomniac currently residing in London. He is the creator of Mondo Irlando, wherein his scribblings and hollerings can be found. He is currently working towards the completion of his first novel, and his debut "punk / country / folk / whatever" album has recently been released by Ex Libris Records . You can also pop by His MySpace Page and maybe have a coffee and a biscuit.
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- Published: December 15, 2004
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I'm a sucker for annotated lists of cool shit, so you've signed yourself up one more (at least) dedicated reader here.
I'm surprised (amazed?) that the Scorcese collection doesn't include Mean Strets. Mean Streets = Masterpiece.
I need to add Zoolander to my Netflix list -- always heard good things about it.
Eric Berlin
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Shelob, Frodo & Bilbo - Steely Dan would be cast aside.
Neat reviews, Duke - did The Yakuza Papers help you in your travails?
hey folks.
No, The Yakuza Papers helped not one damn jot, even though there's like six thousand of them.
Matt, thanks for the Godzilla details. Sounds cool as hell.
And Eric, it is somewhat odd that Mean Streets hasn't mde either of the boxes (i thought it made the first region 1 affair, but may be wrong. certianly not on the region 2 edition). There was a sepcial edition of it released not so long ago, i'm pretty sure, or was scheduled, anyhow, with a scorsese commentary. That'd be worth looking out for. And yes, Zoolander is brilliant.
Yakuza is Japanese, not Korean. Korean is dogs. You not call Yakuza dogs, or Yakuza make you sorry you born.
Maybe the Duke intended to call dem dogs dogs
But, even the Korean mafia are called Yakuza - ref crimelibrary
The Korean yakuza are a powerful presence in Japan, despite the fact that Koreans suffer discrimination in Japanese society. Although Japanese-born people of Korean ancestry are a significant segment of the Japanese population, they are still considered resident aliens. But Koreans, who are often shunned in legitimate trades, are embraced by the Japanese yakuza precisely because they fit the group's "outsider" image. The man who paved the way for Koreans in Japanese organized crime was the Korean yakuza godfather Hisayuki Machii.
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I'll chime in here with one:
Godzilla Tokyo SOS: A sequel to 2002's Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, this one has just about everything. Even Mothra. It's fast, has a surprsing amount of human drama, and it even has 21-minutes of bonus footage! Sony gets better with these discs every release. As for the video and audio, well, you'll just have to wait for my full review (end shameless plug).