Walk Hard -,
John C. Reilly stars as country singer Dewey Cox in this mock-biography that ruthlessly skewers Walk the Line and Ray. Spanning from early childhood when he accidentally cuts his brother in half during a machete fight gone awry, to t💮he final song of his career, Walk Hard crams i𓄧n all the stereotypes like drug use and overcoming sensational odds from other overblown biopics without feeling like a lame spoof film.
And like every comedy being released now, ꦕthe DVD is unrated, meaning a few extra minutes are edited back in that were somehow too naughty originally. Other features include a bunch of deleted scenes, musical performances and making ofs.
Like last week’s musical-slasher, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Paramount has also cancelled the HD-DVD version of arguably one of the best movies to come out of Hollywood in years and without a Blu-ray release in sight. While we’re left with standard def 1 and 2-disc flavors of Blood, we d༒o get an egomaniacal, Oscar-winning Daniel Day-Lewis clawing his way to the top of an oil monopoly, juiced solely on competition and one mighty mustache.
Over the course of the lean 160 minute runtime, Day-Lewis clashes with a corrupt preacher, ditches his son on a train and sc💞reams about his love for milkshakes. Extra features on the 2-disc set are lean - 15-minute making of, trailers, a deleted scene and curiously, a silent film from 1923 chronicling the oil business.
The Water Horse -,
The true story of a boy and his beast, The Water Horse features that adorable little British kid from Millions raising an egg that inevitably becomes the Loch Ness monster. While Horse is a heartwarming family dramedy and not thewe wished it was, it does have the honor of not. Hell, if you have any young kids around, this’ll 🐻probably entertain them during your poker game, cock fight or whatever it is grownups do.
Extras include some deleted scenes and a crapload of making-of featurettes. The Blu-ray release comes w🌳ith one of those “virtual” games that are standard on children’s DVDs now.
Other notable releases this week:
Robert Redford, Meryl Streep and Tom 𓆉Cruise ge🌳t all preachy about wars in the Middle East.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen -,
Visionary director Terry Gilliam dazzles us visually in this cult fave about Munchausen and his many tall tꦉales.
Arno♔ld Schwarze♔negger, clones, the future, ‘nuff said.
No, this isn’t the sequel to “P.” A scary parking attendant st🌳alks a wealthy businesswoman in a parking garage. Boo!
🤡A lame remake of the 80s horror classic of the same name, Ving Rhames, Nick Cannon and Mena Suvari (what happened t🎉o her?) are terrorized and/or eaten by zombies.
Apr 8, 2008
