Pop Critics » what to rent http://popcritics.com Reviewing popular culture so you don't have to Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:48:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 What to rent: New DVD releases for 5/27/08 http://popcritics.com/2008/05/27/what-to-rent-new-dvd-releases-for-52708 http://popcritics.com/2008/05/27/what-to-rent-new-dvd-releases-for-52708#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 12:45:48 +0000 Mike http://www.popcritics.com/?p=3485 What to Rent article last week because the titles available were just so sad that I couldn't bring myself to do it. Case in point: The wife and I hit Blockbuster this weekend to find a few movies, and the newer stuff out there was pretty sad. This week isn't exactly better, but it's got a few interesting new movies that could be worth your time.]]> I skipped the What to Rent article last week because the titles available were just so sad that I couldn’t bring myself to do it. Case in point: The wife and I hit Blockbuster this weekend to find a few movies, and the newer stuff out there was pretty sad. We left with Mr. Brooks and The Brave One. Still haven’t watched either.

This week isn’t exactly better, but it’s got a few interesting new movies that could be worth your time.

Rambo (2008)

The latest sequel, which I still haven’t seen yet, arrives with a smorgasbord of offerings. There is the Blu-Ray edition, the Widescreen edition, the Rambo: Complete Collector’s Set (All four films), Rambo 1-3 on Blu-Ray and Rambo: Special Edition with Digital Copy.

A lot of hubbub for a movie that didn’t receive the greatest reviews. I sort of want to see it just because.

Grace is Gone

A film starring the wonderful John Cusack in which he plays the father of two girls who have lost their mother in the war over in Iraq. It received so-so reviews, but almost anything with Cusack in it is worth it to me.

The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 2: 1937-1939

If you like the Three Stooges, I can’t imagine you wouldn’t like this 415 minute collection of their stuff from 1937 to 1939. Nyuk nyuk nyuk!

Blu-Ray Releases:

  • Dragon Ball Z – Dead Zone/World’s Strongest (FUNimation)
  • Dragon Tiger Gate (Tai Seng)
  • Rambo (Lionsgate)
  • Rambo (Box Set) (Lionsgate)
  • Rambo III (Lionsgate)
  • Rambo: First Blood Part II (Lionsgate)
  • Strauss: Die Fledermaus (Opus Arte)
]]> http://popcritics.com/2008/05/27/what-to-rent-new-dvd-releases-for-52708/feed 4 What to rent: New DVD releases for 4/29/08 http://popcritics.com/2008/04/29/what-to-rent-new-dvd-releases-for-42908 http://popcritics.com/2008/04/29/what-to-rent-new-dvd-releases-for-42908#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:31:44 +0000 Mike http://www.popcritics.com/?p=2837 Nothing spectactular comes out this week, although Amazon does have some sweet deals on various TV shows on DVD.

There’s actually only one movie I’d fee comfortable recommending this week, so all-in-all, it’s a yawner of a Tuesday.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

This movie has an 8.2 rating on IMDB, and a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, won two Golden Globes and had a total of 35 wins in various festivals and award shows.

Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he’d only visited in his mind.

I really want to see this one, I heard it’s unbelievably magical and inspiring. Can you imagine “blinking” out your memoirs? (buy)

Various TV shows

Amazon has some pretty amazing deals going if you want to order your favorite series on TV.

Cheers: The Complete Ninth Season comes out as well.

You can see more releases over on Amazon.com.

Blu-Ray Releases

  • 27 Dresses (Fox)
  • First Knight (Sony)
  • The Golden Compass (New Line)
  • Motley Crue: Carnival of Sins (Warner Music Group)
  • Mozart: Die Zauberflote (Opus Arte)
  • Ocean’s Eleven (Warner)
  • Ocean’s Twelve (Warner)
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