New on DVD, Blu-ray, and Netflix Instant: July 13, 2010
New on DVD and Blu-ray:
The Bounty Hunter – (DVD and Blu-ray)
Flickchart Ranking: #8825
Times Ranked: 517
% Times Won: 34.88%
Times Top 20’d: 0
As you can probably tell by this movie leading the way, it’s a bit of a down week for new releases. There are a few solid classics and re-releases though.
Chloe – (DVD and Blu-ray)
Flickchart Ranking: #7815
Times Ranked: 249
% Times Won: 66.15%
Times Top 20’d: 0
With Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, and Julianne Moore.
Greenberg – (DVD and Blu-ray)
Flickchart Ranking: #6123
Times Ranked: 1239
% Times Won: 64.56%
Times Top 20’d: 3
Ben Stiller in a more “serious” role.
Caught in the Crossfire – (DVD and Blu-ray)
Chris Klein and his mega-acting and 50 Cent in the same DTV movie. I can see this being one of the most insanely watchable trainwrecks to come out in the last few months.
Other New Releases of Note:
– The Greatest – with Susan Sarandon, Carey Mulligan, and Pierce Brosnan
– Our Family Wedding– with Regina King, Carlos Mencia, America Ferrera, and Forest Whitaker
Classics and Re-releases:
Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 5 – (DVD)
I’ve been able to watch most of these through TCM over the last couple years. If you’re into noir, you’ll dig these. Most are less than 75 minutes, which means there is no fluff. That’s one of the major things I wish Hollywood would bring back from the old days. They were smart enough to realize when a story could only handle a 75 minute runtime and didn’t try to pad it out. I’d much rather watch a great 70 minute movie, than a decent 90 minute movie with 20 minutes of junk in it.
Films Include:
– Cornered (1945) – Starring the great Dick Powell stalking Nazis
– Desperate (1947) – A Heist goes wrong
–The Phenix City Story (1955) – A very Good “semi-documentary” about an Alabama town filled with corruption and murder
– Dial 1119 (1950) – A nut escapes from an asylum and holds a bar hostage.
– Armored Car Robbery – Exactly what the title makes it out to be, and fantastic.
– Crime in the Streets (1956) – A rival gang story that’s a bit like West Side Story but not a love story or a musical. This falls firmly under my favorite category of noir, the “Jazz Noir.” Jazz and Noir are great on their own but put the two together and the result is often perfection.
– Deadline at Dawn (1946) – An innocent man tries to clear his name
– Backfire (1950) – Another innocent man tries to clear his name
Insomnia – (Blu-ray)
Flickchart Ranking: #508
Times Ranked: 87153
% Times Won: 29.37%
Times Top 20’d: 306
A solid movie from director Christopher Nolan, perfectly timed to coincide with this week’s big new release: Inception.
Assault on Precinct 13 – (Blu-ray)
Flickchart Ranking: #1408
Times Ranked: 9321
% Times Won: 22.19%
Times Top 20’d: 3
Starring Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne.
In Bruges – (Blu-ray)
Flickchart Ranking: #748
Times Ranked: 44052
% Times Won: 62.95%
Times Top 20’d: 302
I’ve heard consistently good things about this movie but have as of yet never gotten around to seeing it.
New on Netflix:
The 28 day new release waiting window opens on Tuesday for:
- The Book of Eli – Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, Gary Oldman
(Hint – To get new releases, put your old discs in the mail on Saturday and the new movie you want should ship out on Monday)
New Additions to Netflix Instant Streaming Include:
- 2012 (Thursday) – John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet
- Yentl (Friday) – Barbara Streisand, Mandy Patinkin
- Jackie Brown (Friday) – Quentin Tarantino, Pam Grier, Samuel L Jackson, Robert De Niro
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (Friday) – Charlton Heston, and pretty much everybody else who was in Hollywood in 1965.