Welcome back! Well, to some of you, anyway. To the rest of you, glad you decided to stop by and I hope 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.
Full disclosure: I have not seen many of these titles, and what follows are not necessarily reviews, but opinions based upon what I know of the titles I pluck from the new release lists I peruse. The opinions I give based on the new releases are my own, and my recommendations are based on my personal interest. In any case, I hope you enjoy and perhaps find something you like or a title to point me towards.
Sick Girl. I have not seen this film, but I think I really want to. The cover alone wants to creep you out. It features a young girl holding a gun and covered in blood. Alongside the image is the tagline: "Say hello to Izzy, then say goodbye." It is about a a girl with issues. Her parents are dead and she is raising her brother by herself. Her way to deal with things? Find people to torture and kill. The problem escalates when she sees her brother picked on at school. It looks like it could turn into some twisted film in the vein of the current wave of extreme French horror. One can hope.
House: Season Five. Definitely one of the more entertaining shows on television, the latest season arrives to give you some time to catch up before the start of the new season. The years have seen our primary character go through a number of phases while retaining the characteristics that endeared him to us in the first place.
Smallville: The Complete Eighth Season (also Blu-ray). Color me surprised that this series is still going. A few years ago I was ready for it to end, and I was sure that they said it was going to end. However, plans changed when The WB went away and they wanted some recognizable names for the launch of CW. It seems to have reinvigorated the series as this past season was pretty good, and thankfully they toned down the boring Lana Lang stuff. It will be interesting to see where they go this season.
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Article comments
1 - Nick
Chris, great post as always. I agree with your comments about Smallville, they seem to have dragged the story on beyond reason (the characters aren't even in Smallville anymore, they've moved on to Metropolis). Makes me miss the kryptonite mutant monster of the week from the first season. :) But I've been watching it this long, I'm curious to see how they eventually wrap it up and turn Clark into Superman.