Happy end of Daylight Savings Time! Today the sun rose in Seattle at a blessed 7:03 a.m. Who cares that it’ll be down before 5 p.m.? I’m just glad it’s not dark till after 8 in the morning, at least for another month. Now the nights are longer, that only serves to allow more time for movie-watching. Let’s take a look at the latest set of releases, care of our good friends at Scarecrow Video.
Last week’s biggest release by far was Toy Story 3, which will probably be nominated for Best Picture at this year’s Oscars, and has already won the award for Most Likely to Make Grown Men Cry. That’s two things it doesn’t have in common with Centurion, in which the Romans clash with the English in a bloody fashion.
In TV on DVD, HBO’s latest WWII docuseries The Pacific is now available, as is the full series of the genre-redefining Larry Sanders Show. Also from Shout Factory is their latest Roger Corman releases Not of This Earth, and the double feature Terror Within/Dead Space. Special editions out last week include the Blu-ray debuts of The Goonies 25th anniversary edition, The Bridge on the River Kwai, White Christmas, and The Sound of Music 45th anniversary edition.
There’s a few new docs: Winnebago Man, about a ranting RV salesman whose found notoriety thanks to the power of YouTube, and Please Remove Your Shoes, about that great national joke, airport security. Fresh off their work with Vincent Moon, R.E.M.’s latest concert documentary is an epic Austin City Limits performance, Live from Austin, TX. And get ready for Warren Miller’s Wintervention later this month with the release of his ski film from last year, Warren Miller’s Dynasty.
In last week’s grab bag is I’ll Come Running, an opposites-attract romance between a Danish film star and a Texas girl, and Legendary, which somehow stars Danny Glover, Patricia Clarkson, and WWE wrestler John Cena. Speaking of crazy casts, the interconnected short film romances of direct-to-DVD Love and Distrust include Robert Downey Jr., Amy Adams, James Franco, Sam Worthington, and Robert Pattinson. And finally, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead is Hamlet meets vampires, of course.