This week, in spite of our best efforts, Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock reunite.
The Lake House
I can't tell you how much better it would have been if this film, which reunites Speed's Keanu and Sandra, were about a lake house that had to maintain a speed of 50 mph lest it blow up. Instead, it's about a magical mailbox that sends letters back and forth in time. Isn't my idea better?
Extras include additional scenes and outtakes.
Curious George
Against all odds (well, mainly a sucky trailer), this film garnered some decent reviews. Will Ferrell chimes in as the voice of The Man in the Yellow Hat and Drew Barrymore and David Cross do some nice things, too, I'm sure. Jack Johnson sings some stuff, if that does it for ya.
The kid-friendly extras will teach your child how to draw the monkey tonight. Draw the monkey. Draw the monkey! Draw the monkey. Draw the monkey! Okay. I'll stop that now.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Don't ask me why, but I actually saw this movie in the theater. Aside from a halfway decent opening credit sequence that makes good use of the song "Six Days" by DJ Shadow and Mos Def, and some really cool drifting (it's like braking, only classier), this is essentially a crappy remake of Initial D and a waste of star Lucas Black (Friday Night Lights, Jarhead) and director Justin Lin's (Better Luck Tomorrow) considerable talent.
Extras include commentary by Lin and a couple featurettes.
Lady Vengeance
Don't ask me why, but I actually missed this in the theater -- three times! Twice at festivals and once when it was actually in theaters for, like, a week. But now that this conclusion to Park Chan-Wook's vengeance trilogy, which includes the devastating Oldboy, is on DVD, you can bet I won't miss it again.
Extras include an interview with Park, commentary by NY Film Fest Director Richard Pena (Vengeance had its U.S. premiere at his fest so, sure, give him the commentary), and select scenes from the other two flicks in the trilogy.
The Notorious Bettie Page
The last time Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner collaborated on a film, the result was American Psycho. This didn't get quite that level of buzz, but the appeal of Gretchen Mol as the classic pin-up girl in a bio told through that lens is undeniable. Supporting cast includes indie darlings Lili Taylor and David Strathairn.
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