Combustible Celluloid: The Weekly Newsletter of the Online Film Magazine - April 6, 2012

It's a bit of a quiet week... which may be explained by the new, totally unnecessary 3D re-release of Titanic. I guess nobody wanted to go up against that juggernaut. And, to be sure, American Reunion doesn't have much of a chance. But Goon is a really funny hockey comedy (too much Seann William Scott for one week?) And for those who make it over to the Kabuki this week, This Is Not a Film is a one-of-a-kind experience, so daring it had to be smuggled out of Iran on a flash drive baked inside a cake. On DVD, I was quickly sucked into the lovely Being Elmo much more easily than I was War Horse. And Chinatown, now on Blu-Ray, is always worth seeing. Now we prepare for the onslaught that is Friday, April 13, with more than a dozen new movies opening. Yikes!

NEW MOVIES:

American Reunion **

Goon ***

This Is Not a Film ****

Titanic (reviewed in 2D) ***

NEW ON DVD & BLU-RAY:

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (Docurama) ***1/2

Chinatown ****

LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (Warner) ***

Pokemon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram (Viz Media/Warner) ***

Pokemon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom (Viz Media/Warner) ***

War Horse (Dreamworks/Touchstone) **1/2

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Interview: Rachel McAdams

Interview: Ti West

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REFERENCES:

Reviews of American Reunion and Goon also appeared in the San Francisco Examiner.

Links:

San Francisco Examiner

Common Sense Media

The Las Vegas Weekly

The San Jose Metro

Greencine Guru

MOVIE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"Let me explain something to you, Walsh. This business requires a certain amount of finesse." - Jack Nicholson as "Jake Gittes," Chinatown

ALEX QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"I think Santa Claus is watching a movie that never ends."

DVD OF THE WEEK

Offside (2007) Read Jeffrey's review Buy DVD

Thanks and have a great weekend!

Jeffrey M. Anderson