New releases, 24 Jan 2006
This list comes courtesy of the folks at DVDJournal.com. See the full list there. See my highlights here:
The Aristocrats (2005)
It’s the dirtiest joke in the world, and you’re going to hear it over and over and over again. Sarah Silverman supposedly steals the show, but I think her real break came from “Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.”
Backyardigans: Polka Palace Party
Because who doesn’t look a good computer animated polka DVD?
Benjamin Franklin: PBS
John & Abigail Adams: PBS
For all you history nuts. . .
Flightplan (widescreen) (2005)
Jodi Foster stars in a movie that never really gained traction. Looked interesting, though.
Hill Street Blues: Season One (3-disc set)
I never saw an episode of this in my life. I’m not about to start, but it is a noteworthy release, as one of the top dramas of the 80s and one of the late comers to DVD.
My Big Fat Independent Movie (2-disc set) (2005)
I’m guessing it’s a spoof movie. It’s almost perfectly timed, but the new special edition of MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING is coming out next week, not this week.
Repo Man: Special Edition (1984)
This will make a lot of people happy. It’s another movie I never saw.
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Alec Baldwin
Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade
I hate Alec Baldwin off-screen, but when he hosts SNL, there’s a glimmer of hope for the show. And his chocolate Christmas goodies sketch still goes down as one of my all-time favorite SNL bits.
Next week: The third season of MI-5, a couple of PINK PANTHER releases, CORPSE BRIDE, new X-FILES packages, and a ton more.
January 24th, 2006 at 11:06 am
FLIGHTPLAN “never gained traction?” It was the number one movie in the country for like four weeks straight or something like that.
January 24th, 2006 at 6:37 pm
Time Tunnel v1 is also out. Now, why the heck a show that lasted a whopping one season can’t just put them all in one set, particularly given that the later shows were clearly the worst and I can’t imagine good sales on them alone.
Now, Time Tunnel is definite Irwin Allen cheese, but I was just the right age (6ish) to appreciate it…not to mention that it had an episode set on the same month/day as my birthday early on. And the Halley’s Comet episode certainly gave me what the Brits seem to term the “watching Dr. Who from behind the couch in fear” experience, as it appeared the comet was coming through the tunnel.
January 26th, 2006 at 10:26 am
Baldwin is better on SNL than he is anywhere else. How many other SNL hosts have had a best-of DVD made about them?