DVD Pick of the Week: Knowing - Page 2

Iron Maiden: Flight 666 (Blu-ray). This DVD was released about a month ago, with Best Buy getting the Blu-ray exclusively during this time. This covers the first leg of the band's massive world tour that focused exclusively (almost) on the music of the 1980s. This is a documentary as well as a concert release, with the concert comprising footage from each of the stops. I got to see this tour once on each leg, first in New Jersey at the IZOD Center and then again at Madison Square Garden.

Peanuts: 1960's Collection. This looks like a good collection of classic cartoons. This set includes A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charlie Brown's All-Stars, It's the Great Pumpkin, You're in Love, He's Your Dog, It Was a Short Summer.

Night Train (also Blu-ray). This mystery/thriller is sort of like Hitchcock put through a modern filter. The finished film is a compelling one, but certainly not up to the Master's best. It stars Danny Glover, Steve Zahn, and Leelee Sobieski as a trio who come face to face with something that could change their lives forever, but at what cost?

The Unborn (also Blu-ray). I wanted to like this movie. The trailer suggests a film that has genuine scares and a plot that offers actual menace. The final film looks fine, but the tale is not all that interesting, and borderline nonsensical. The Unborn is a ghost story that feels like a remake of a Japanese horror film with a little bit of The Exorcist thrown in. Like so many J-horror adaptations, it does not work. There are some fundamental differences between J-horror and American horror making translations a tricky proposition at best, but when you start aping the remake style in an original film you do nothing but add another layer of complexity that is not needed. In this one, a girl is haunted by a creepy little boy who wishes her harm. To tell more would needlessly confuse.

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