I'll never quite understand why some holiday-specific films wait an entire year before they come out on DVD. I mean, I guess I understand it: no one's likely to buy a Christmas film in the middle of April, I suppose. Still, it seems...suboptimal, somehow. Anyway, if you missed Hop last year, you finally have the chance to catch it on Blu-Ray now, as it came out last...on Friday of last week, for some reason.
Oh, and there are a bunch of other movies that are probably far more worthy of your time than Hop. Although, looking at the list below...maybe not.
 | 1. Hop This actually came out on March 23rd, something like a year after it was originally released. Time to celebrate the birth of Jesus by watching a movie where a CGI bunny poops out eggs! |
 | 2. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close I'm tempted to watch this just to check out how awful it might be, but then...nah! Why bother. |
 | 3. A Dangerous Method Cronenberg is always worth watching, and I like all of the actors involved, but we'll see how much I dig this one. It looks a little reserved. |
 | 4. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Man, if kids nowadays are going to remember this tripe as their childhood, I don't really have a lot of hope for the future. Well, there's that and then there's the rising shorelines and global climate change and an economy that'll eventually topple in on itself. But nope, the Chipmunks films are still the worst. |
 | 5. In the Land of Blood and Honey ...and rape. They probably should've thrown that on to the end of the title. Blood and Honey and Rape. Might've affected the box office, though. |
 | 6. The Broken Tower James Franco stars in yet another low-budget experimental thing about blah, blah, blah. |
 | 7. Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel I hear this will be streaming on one of the various streaming services very soon, so I won't go out and buy it, but I'm still madly interested in watching it. |
 | 8. South Park In television DVDs, we have: South Park: Season 15, Eureka: Season 4.5, I, Claudius 35th Anniversary Edition, Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXIII |
 | 9. A Night to Remember In older films getting a new release, we have A Night To Remember, No Man Of Her Own, Assault On A Queen, and Casablanca: 70th Anniversary Edition |
Don't sound too cynical now, Rorie. haha
3 weeks until Ghost Protocol comes out on Blu-Ray.
I, Claudius? I watched that in high school. What a great series. I might actually track that one down.
Another Mystery Science Theater 3000 release and still no Pumaman. :(
Makes sense to release Hop close to Easter.... I guess. A Dangerous Method is in the Netflix queue.
I'm kinda interested in Blood and Honey, and the badness of Extremely Loud makes me want to watch it to see what all the fuss is about. Buuuuut, I did just get my imported copy of Weekend, so I'll probably just watch that and wait for the other two to hit the bargain bin.
Don't blame the Chipmunks films, Rorie. Blame the parents that allow this shit to keep happening.
last two weeks have been good its expected there had to be an off week soon but damn does this week suck
How can women stand kissing guys with a pushbroom like that? I've been told that even just my chin stubble irritates them to no end
Will pick up A Dangerous Method at some point since it's Cronenberg.
Hadn't heard about that Corman doc until now, and I'm so excited! I hope it gets at least a little into his personal life. I actually read his autobiography, and that dude got into some crazy shit. (even separate from all the films)
I am kind of dreading having to see some clips from Eli Roth though. Dude doesn't get it!
Yeah A Dangerous Method was pretty decent but far more reserved than it should have been made all the more shocking that the man in control is Cronenberg. It's almost like Cronenberg's film from last year should have been The Skin I Live In but somehow it just wasn't.
Edit: It's A Night to Remember (1958) about the Titanic, not A Night to Remember (1942) about wacky murder-solving adventures.