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Notable New Releases

Black Dynamite
This blaxploitation parody looks hilarious and has gotten great reviews for its spot-on take on the genre.

Extras include:

  • Commentary
  • Deleted Scenes
  • 'Lighting The Fuse' Making-of Featurette
  • The 70's: Back in Action
  • The Comic-Con Experience


Law Abiding Citizen
Didn't look great but everything I've heard suggests it's actually a pretty fun over-the-top revenge flick.

Extras include:

  • Commentary
  • The Justice of 'Law Abiding Citizen'
  • Law in Black and White - Behind the Scenes
  • Preliminary Arguments - Visual Effects Progressions
  • The Verdict - Winning Trailer Mash-Up


Hunger (Criterion Collection)
Michael Fassbender's fearless performance has been earning rave reviews and I can't wait to check out the story of political prisoner Bobby Sands.

Extras include:

  • Steve McQueen interview
  • The Making of Hunger
  • Michael Fassbender interview
  • 'The Provos' Last Card?' 1981 News Program
  • Booklet - a 16-page illustrated booklet containing Chris Darke's essay 'On The Threshold'

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Revanche (Criterion Collection)
Oscar-nominated drama from Austria that looks really good.

Extras include:

  • Interview with Director Gotz Spielmann
  • The Making of 'Revanche'
  • Foreign Land - Gotz Spielmann's debut short film
  • Booklet - a 12-page illustrated booklet containing Armond White's essay 'Revival of the Fittest'


Lola Montès (Criterion Collection)
A dramatization of the life of the notorious courtesan and showgirl, played by Martine Carol. Haven't heard of it but willing to check out anything that Criterion releases.

Extras include:

  • Commentary by film scholar Susan White, author of The Cinema of Max Ophuls
  • Cineaste de notre temps - in this installment of the French television series Cineaste de notre temps, many of Max Ophuls' collaborators discuss working on Lola Montès
  • Max by Marcel - in this 2009 short film, Max Ophuls's son, Marcel pays tribute to his father and discusses his role as an assistant director on Lola Montès
  • Martine Carol Hair Tests
  • Booklet - a 28-page illustrated booklet containing Gary Giddins' essay 'Loving Lola'


Ran Blu-ray
Kurosawa's version of King Lear is a must see and I can't wait to own it in high-def. It is part of Liongate's new StudioCanal Collection, which is giving Criterion a run for its money with three great releases of classic films this week.

Extras include:

  • AK - full-length documentary capturing behind-the-scenes footage from the set of Ran
  • Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate
  • The Samurai documentary
  • Art of the Samurai documentary


Contempt Blu-ray
Brigitte Bardot in Blu. Yes please.

Extras include:

  • Introduction by Colin MacCabe
  • 'Once Upon A Time There Was...Contempt' Documentary
  • 'Contempt...Tenderly' Featurette
  • The Dinosaur and the Baby - an hour-long conversation between veteran directors Fritz Lang and Jean-Luc Godard
  • Conversation with Fritz Lang
  • Booklet - an 18-page booklet inside the keepcase contains a lengthy essay about Contempt by film studies professor Ginette Vincendeau


The Ladykillers Blu-ray
If you've only seen the Coen Bros. version, check out the original with Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness.

Extras include:

  • Introduction by Terry Gilliam
  • Commentary with film historian Philip Kemp
  • 'Forever Ealing' Documentary
  • Interview with Allan Scott
  • Restoration featurette
  • Interview with Ronald Harwood
  • Interview with Terence Davies


Cabin Fever Blu-ray
Eli Roth's debut is a lot of fun. Plus its got Shawn from Boy Meets World!

Extras include:

  • Commentary
  • Beneath The Skin: The Making of Cabin Fever
  • Eli Roth short films
  • Pancakes!

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