DVD Tuesday: Singing! Kidnapping! Atheism!
I just want to...sing! | Photo courtesy of Disney
How is it that I 100% get the appeal of the Twilight books, but am completely mystified by the massive success of High School Musical 3? As far as I can see, HSM3 has only one thing going for it. Strange that an essentially clunky film like Gran Torino worked so well, while a seemingly fascinating film like Changeling fell flat. Speaking of movies not working, Body of Lies was about as disappointing as they get, huh? How on earth do you so badly waste the brilliant Russell Crowe? Choke was good, dirty fun. It's worth a rental.
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Changeling
Religulous
Body of Lies
Hounddog
Flash of Genius
Choke
Quarantine
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Dead Like Me: The Complete Collection
Teenage angst served NoCal style. | Photo courtesy of Image Entertainment
Low-budget movies go straight to video every day and rarely get a blurb written about them. Palo Alto, CA is a slight exception to that rule, though, because my dear friend Hailey Bright is in it and I am, naturally, obligated to mention it. Good to see that Gulager is still cranking out Feast movies. He was always my favorite of the Project Greenlight winners. Midnight Meat Train sounds like good family fun. Take a moment and click on the link for A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn and tell me it isn't the oddest premise for a movie you've ever seen.
Palo Alto, CA
Feast III: The Happy Finish
The Midnight Meat Train
Hobson's Choice - Criterion Collection
Faces - Criterion Collection
The Clash - Live In Tokyo
Derby
The Outsider - A Film about James Toback
A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn
Eurotic Pleasures