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You wouldn't bleed so much if you stopped clawing the walls, dear. | Photo courtesy of Lionsgate
A Haunting in Connecticut gets props for casting the radiant Virginia Madsen (and bad-ass Elias Koteas), but significant demerits for wussying out with a PG-13 rating. Once again -- all horror movies should be rated R! Just like in the good old days! As perhaps the world's biggest (and only) Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller fan, I naturally queued up to see Edge of Love when it briefly played in theaters. The movie's not much, but the bathtub scene with Knightley and Miller is definitely worth the price of a rental. Did anyone else tune out like I did after the first season of Mad Men? Grey Garden offers further proof that Drew Barrymore is perhaps the worst successful actress in the universe. Leverage isn't half-bad. Tim Hutton should work more.
The Haunting in Connecticut (Unrated Special Edition)
The Edge of Love
Mad Men: Season 2
Grey Gardens
The State: The Complete Series
Leverage: The First Season
For All Mankind- Criterion Collection
Van Wilder: Freshman Year - Unrated
Journey to the Moon: The 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11
Guns N' Roses: Behind the Curtain
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Don't bother buying the new Doors DVD out today. Wait a few months and check out Tom DiCillo's excellent new Doors documentary when it hits theaters. Sure Tony Bourdain is incredibly over-exposed these days, but I still love the gruff old bastard. I say fire Tom Colicchio and hire Tony to do the next Top Chef. For those not in the know, Biggest Bang is not a BBM porn flick. It's actually about the Rolling Stones. So I guess it's a geriatric porn flick. I'm not sure if OC Babes and The Slasher of Zombietown is one movie or two. In any case, I love babes from Orange County and I certainly love zombies, so it's a win-win, right?
The Doors: From the Outside
Explicit Ills
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations - Collection Four
Take Me Home
Horsemen
1,001 Classic Commercials Collection
Biggest Bang
Every Picture Tells A Story: A location workshop with Steve Kossack
Shark Week: The Great Bites Collection
OC Babes and The Slasher of Zombietown
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