Welcome back! Well, to some of you, anyway. To the rest of you, glad you decided to stop by and I hope that this humble column helps you navigate the stacks of new releases each week. My goal is to point you toward titles of interest and warn you away from those films that seek to do nothing but leech away your time and give you nothing in return.
This week brings a load of new releases, including a bunch of new television titles — they just keep coming as more and more new seasons get underway for the 2008 fall season. Time to catch up on what you missed last season! In addition to the television titles and movies listed below, there is a whole mess of re-releases and new editions coming out, as well as a new compilation television set of a classic science fiction franchise. I am sure you will likely want to add a number of these to your personal collections, just like me.
Pushing Daisies: The Complete First Season. I cannot wait for the second season of this series to begin. Frankly, I am just ecstatic the show is coming back at all, I was sure the writers' strike was going to kill it. The show is magical, mysterious, romantic, hilarious, and unlike anything else on television. It stars Lee Pace as a pie maker who has the ability to bring people back to life with a touch, but if he touches them again, they are dead for good. The romance is an interesting one, as the woman he loves died, he brought her back, but can never touch her again. There is also the detective that he works with to make money solving murders. It needs to be seen to be believed. (BUY, RENT, SKIP)
Torchwood: The Complete Second Season. I have only seen a handful of episodes from the first season, but I really like what I have seen from this Doctor Who-spawned series about an organization that investigates the supernatural. I need to finish off the first season and get started on this one. (BUY, RENT, SKIP)
Made of Honor. I am sure there are people out there who will really like this movie. I am not one of them as I find my initial fondness for the movie slipping slowly away into the void. As much as they want you to believe the contrary, there is not a lot of heart beneath the shallow veneer. It is possible to make a likable rom-com using the formula, but this is not it. (BUY, RENT, SKIP)
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