I took a sabbatical last week, mostly since there wasn’t much hitting shelves worth talking about. Now I’ve returned to get hyped over pretty awesome movies.  Hit the jump to see what’s hit DVD and Blu-ray in the last two weeks: Read the full story

This week on DVD and Blu-ray I get to re-watch one of the best TV shows of the last decade, see below: Read the full story

Given the critical respect/financial disrespect of the wonderful, geek-friendly romantic comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, here’s a list of my top 10 financial disasters that should have been anything but:

10. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (dir. Terry Gilliam)

Released on March 10, 1989. Here we follow the tale of the Baron, off to round up his crew of heroes so that he can return to save a small town that’s under attack by the Turkish Sultan — or something like that. The film is a fantastical children’s tale with all of these ridiculous elements put together. The studio didn’t like the Gilliam-ness, and Gilliam didn’t like the studio-ness (a common tale in the auteur’s long career). The film’s budget was $47M. Its domestic gross was $8M.

9. EDtv (dir. Ron Howard)

Released on March 26, 1999. Who knew that a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey could flop? This is one of those movies that I enjoyed immensely when it first came out. It is funny and cute when it needs to be. Even though people like to call it the poor man’s Truman Show — which it technically is — I still love it. The film’s budget was $80M and its domestic gross was $22M.

8. Swept Away (dir. Guy Ritchie)

Released on October 11, 2002. I know this is a film that was pretty much panned by critics, and it definitely isn’t any Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels or Snatch, but I liked it. I personally found Cast Away to be an overall boring movie, but once you insert this love story with having the two people left on this island alone I was loving it. I loved how the stuck up rich blonde girl and the working seaman got along over all the time together on the island and they go from a relationship of needing each other to actually wanting each other. Then eventually when a shift in the importance of one to the other happens, we see the true nature of people. The film’s budget was $10M and the film’s domestic gross was $600,000.

7. Hudson Hawk (dir. Michael Lehman)

Released on May 24, 1991. Bruce Willis plays this charismatic thief who loves swing music. I know that this movie is overall a bad movie, but it’s one of those bad movies that I love to watch and if you love movies you will be with me laughing ear to ear at the ridiculousness of the film. Every time I see it on TV I have to stop and watch it and see things like Willis and his partner, played by Danny Aiello, rob an art house while singing Swing on a Star. It’s fantastic stupidness. The film’s budget was $65M and the domestic gross was $17M.

6. A Good Year (dir. Ridley Scott)

Released on November 10, 2006. Russel Crowe and Marion Cotillard fall in love in France. It’s two opposites who keep bumping into each other end up falling in love. Romantic comedies, when done well, are one of my favorite kinds of movies to watch. Crowe is so likable that even through the first half of the movie when he’s being an annoying prick to everyone you like him. The film’s budget was $35M and its domestic gross was $7M.

It’s time once again to remind all of you that DVDs have come out and that I’m ridiculously addicted.  Are you?  Then this is what you need: Read the full story

I guess this week is payback for the awesome week that was last.  So let’s sift through what’s there this week: Read the full story

I’m a day late, but I’m sure you all don’t mind. These DVD and Blu-rays are still sitting on the shelves. Check out what I recommend below. Read the full story

Every Tuesday a sign pops up in the sky and the moon looks like a big Blu-ray disc. Since the sign is up it’s time for me to go spend copious amounts of money on movies that ‘normal’ people will look at me with odd stares: Read the full story

This past week we were all treated to Phillip Noyce‘s latest spy film Salt.  While I enjoyed myself with it, our very own Jordan Raup didn’t.  To make him feel all better about himself I decided to cook up this list of my Top Ten Spy Films.  Check it out below: Read the full story

Another week, another stack of DVDs to work our way through. Read the full story

It’s once again time for us to see what we can find on the shelves at the local DVD stores. Read the full story