New releases, 28 Dec
This is not a week to inspire much drive to get out the door to hit Best Buy. But I’m committed to you people, anyway.
Or maybe I should just be committed…
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Giftset (2-disc set) (unrated) (widescreen) (2004) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (unrated) (widescreen) (2004)
It took in $85 million when nobody was looking, though didn’t make #1. It did become the #2 and #3 movie in its first couple of weeks at the beginning of July — a tough time for anything other than a pre-planned Summer blockbuster to flourish.
Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries (2003)
Apollo is female this time, right? Doesn’t that just screw with your mind?!?
Cyber Bandits (1995)
With a title like that, you know it has to suck. IMDB mostly agrees.
Did I mention that it stars Adam Ant and Robert Hays? Woe be to this film.
The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen: Legendary Monsters (5-disc set)
He has his fans.
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
I should see the first one first, I think. but it looks spiffy. In a magnificent fit of scheduling, though, there’s a special edition of the first movie due out on DVD in two weeks. BRILLIANT! Shouldn’t they learn to have such a thing come out on the same week as the sequel? Marketing idiots.
Open Water (2004)
Shark season! I really want to see this one. Stick a couple of people alone in the ocean. Watch their fright as sharks circle for an hour. Fun fun fun.
Resident Evil: Apocalypse: Special Edition (2-disc set) (2004)
This is your special effects extravaganza movie for the week.
Tour of Duty: Season Two (4-disc set)
It seems this is a TV series set in WWII. I’ve never heard of it before. What channel is it on? Cable, I presume?
Wimbledon (widescreen) (2004)
In the middle of all this ugliness, there’s always Kirsten Dunst.
Next week: I’m still not excited.
Update: Thanks to Jason for pointing this out in the comments section: Garden State, Zach Braff’s movie co-starring Natalie Portman, is also out this week. OK, so it’s looking like a slightly better week now than it was a couple hours ago. I’m still locking myself in this afternoon to watch LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING today, though.
28. December 2004 at 11:12
I remember my brother watching ‘Tour of Duty’ years ago; it was set in Vietnam and ran for 2-3 seasons in the late ’80s.
This shouldn’t be taken as a criticism of ‘Tour of Duty’, which seems to have been a pretty good show, but does anyone else get the feeling that the entirety of ’80s TV will be available on DVD by the end of this decade?
28. December 2004 at 12:13
Garden State is another big item this week – I haven’t seen it yet, but the wife has, and liked it so much I’ll be swinging buy Best Buy today and use a gift card on it.
Regarding Ghost in the Shell 2 – there’s some discussion over at HTF about the lack of proper subtitles on it – the disc only features Subtitles for the Hard of Hearing – so the TV will display sound effects (helicopter approaching – then dialogue – type things.)
28. December 2004 at 14:45
Do we not care that the first season of the classic Twilight Zone is all in one boxed set for the first time ever this week?
28. December 2004 at 14:50
The best stuff at Best Buy this week seems to be the older stuff. I think I’m heading there to finally pick up the 3 disc Hellboy and Clerks sets, as well as Return of the King EE (since I didn’t get it for Christmas).
28. December 2004 at 15:46
Um, it’s Starbuck who’s female in the current BG, as is Boomer. Apollo’s still male.
28. December 2004 at 16:13
Robbo – Dammit. I hate DVDJournal.com. I’m killing that bookmark and finding a new release list. The TWILIGHT ZONE boxed set is truly Must Buy material.
Tom – Crap, I should have just skipped this post entirely this week.
28. December 2004 at 18:56
I like DVDTalk.com
29. December 2004 at 11:59
Ray Harryhausen – Clash of the Titans is one of the greatest films of all time. Just accept it.
29. December 2004 at 14:22
Mechanical owl?
Awww, who am I kidding? CooT rules. And I was pissed… PISSED… when it was family night at the movies in 1981 and we skipped it entirely to see some unknown piece of crap named “Raiders of the Lost Ark”… sheesh…
29. December 2004 at 15:00
could be worse. My family outvoted me and we saw “Savage Sam” instead of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” and if you ask, “Huh? what the hell is Savage Sam?” well, let’s just say it’s been a 30 year argument in my family between myself and my brother about this. He insisted that we go to this generic piece of crap Brian Keith starring Disney family western movie instead of the movie that I KNEW would be a classis (I’d read the book, see). I think I finally saw Savage Sam on VHS or DVD a few years back, but I couldn’t even touch the case, as the wound was still too painful.
29. December 2004 at 17:41
quick followup — just happened to see another reference to “Savage Sam” that referenced it as a dog movie. That WASN’T the movie my family saw instead of Willy Wonka. Some IMDB research indicates that it was the even more obscure “Scandalous John.” and that both movies came out in 1971, which means that the little brat was only 5 years old at the time, too!