My prediction last week that The Avengers will be the movie of the summer seems to be coming true. Not much to get excited about this week except that Tim Burton nearly had a success with Dark Shadows. After thinking it over, I decided that he's a bad fit with the writer Seth Grahame-Smith (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies). The movie had too many of the same kind of jokes and not enough soapiness. But otherwise, it looked terrific, and it got pretty close. Not even the DVDs and Blu-Rays this week are exciting, but at least we know that good stuff is coming later in the summer (A Blu-Ray of Johnny Guitar was just announced!) My interview with Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote or co-wrote Raiders of the Lost Arkand The Empire Strikes Back, ran in the Examiner this week, and that was a talk I thoroughly enjoyed. Also, I found the link for my superhero post that ran on Fandango.com (posted below) if you're curious. Next week I'm going to Cannes for just a couple of days, and I probably won't get the newsletter out on time, but I will try to send it out later on, when I return. I'm very excited!
NEW MOVIES:
Dark Shadows ***
Darling Companion **1/2
NEW ON DVD & BLU-RAY:
Bird of Paradise (Kino) **1/2
Maniac Cop (Synapse) ***
Miss Representation (Virgil Films) ***1/2
Mother's Day (2012) (Anchor Bay) **1/2
Murder Obsession (Raro) **1/2
The Vow **1/2
San Francisco Examiner Links:
Dark Shadows (Review)
The Avengers (Review)
Sound of My Voice (Review)
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Review)
The Raven (Review)
Common Sense Media Links:
God Bless America (Review)
Dark Shadows (Review)
ReGeneration (Review)
The Raven (Review)
Safe (Review)
Las Vegas Weekly Links:
n/a
Greencine Links:
Movies.com/Fandango:
The Tech Hive: Now Streaming
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"Eddie, what kind of a movie is this?" - Martin Landau as "Bela Lugosi," Ed Wood
ALEX QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"Know who doesn't have to say 'please'? Kings!"
| DVD OF THE WEEK |
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| Ed Wood (1994) Read Jeffrey's review Buy DVD |
Thanks and have a great weekend!
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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