Combustible Celluloid: New Reviews - March 2, 2012

A couple of bits of good news today. First, a quote of mine was used in a new trailer for Battle Royale (one of the greatest movies ever made). You can see it here. My name is in pretty small type, but my quote is "gloriously sick and twisted." Then, on Wednesday, I'll be moderating a Q&A with director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, Wall-E, John Carter) at the Apple Store in San Francisco. (If you go, please don't tell me. I'll be nervous enough!) I had a weird week, so I didn't get a chance to update Combustible Celluloid, but I'm still providing links to my blog and other sites. (I'll be updating Combustible later today.) On a side note, there are three great DVD and Blu-Ray releases this week: Scorsese's Hugo, Louis Malle's Vanya on 42nd Street, and Fritz Lang's The Spiders. Finally, happy birthday to my brother!

NEW MOVIES:
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax *** [SF Examiner]
Project X *** [SF Examiner]
Interview: the 'Project X' stars [SF Examiner]
Gone [Common Sense Media]
Project X [Common Sense Media]
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie [Common Sense Media]
Jeff's blog with all reviews

NEW ON DVD & BLU-RAY:
Hugo ****
I Melt with You *1/2
The Spiders (Kino) ***1/2
Vanya on 42nd Street ****
Justice League: Doom [Common Sense Media]

RECENT FEATURES:
Interview: the 'Project X' stars [SF Examiner]
Interview: Oren Moverman
Interview: Rachel McAdams
Interview: Ti West
Interview: Elizabeth Banks
2011: The Year's Best Films
Interview: Dee Rees on 'Pariah'
Year's Best DVDs and Blu-Rays
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
Interview: Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender
Interview: Simon Curtis
Interview: Werner Herzog
Interview: John Cho
Interview: Roland Emmerich

REFERENCES:
See above.
Links:
San Francisco Examiner
Common Sense Media
The Las Vegas Weekly
The San Jose Metro
Greencine Guru

MOVIE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"Machines never come with any extra parts, you know. They always come with the exact amount they need. So I figured, if the entire world was one big machine, I couldn't be an extra part. I had to be here for some reason." - Asa Butterfield as "Hugo Cabret," Hugo


ALEX QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"Snorunt [the Pokemon] is 'versing' the ninja."

DVD OF THE WEEK

Horton Hears a Who! (2008) Read Jeffrey's review Buy DVD

[Note: Regarding DVD reviews, if I have placed the name of the distributor in parentheses after the link, that means I received a review copy of said DVD.]