7.21.2009

get yr release on


There - now you don't need to see Zack Snyder's
wretched Watchmen adaptation. And you're welcome.


U.S. and region 1 releases>>
- Coraline (I can't see footage or stills from this stop-motion fantasy directed by Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas collaborator without seeing a girl who broke my heart a couple of years ago. Am I sad, or what?)
- Global Metal (a fun-lovin' look at metal worldwide, if that's how you think people should live their lives)
- The Great Buck Howard (John Malkovich as a goofball, aging stage magician and hypnotist who finds fame again with one apparently amazing performance)
- Made in U.S.A (Criterion Collection directed by Jean-Luc Godard)
- 2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her (Criterion Collection directed by Jean-Luc Godard)
- The Watchmen (right-wing scumbag Zack Snyder's stunted interpretation of Alan Moore's comic series)

Multi-region and other foreign releases>>
- All's Right With the World (Taiwanese version, all region) (well-received doc on living in poverty in the shadow China's "unique" brand of capitalism at work HK)
- Battle Creek Brawl (HK version, all region) (one of young Jackie Chan's first forays in America and action-drama)
- The Bunker (UK PAL) (Anthony Hopkins is Hitler! Susan Blakely is Eva Braun!)
- Bunsinshaba (Korean version, region 3) (teen bullies suffer the curse of Bunsinshaba!)
- The Evil Twin (Korea version, region 3) (South Korean period-piece-horror from 2007)
- The King and the Clown (Korea version, region 3) (2005's highly popular, gender-bending, "taboo-breaking" comedy-drama set in the regin of King Yeon-San)
- She's On Duty (Korean version, region 3) (a "21 Jump Street"-style comedy by way of So-Ko, set in an all-girls school...and that means schoolgirl unis!)
- World of Silence (Korea version, region 3) (South Korean serial killer-thriller from '07)

Region 1 Blu-Ray>>
- Coraline
- Midnight Express (featuring an early, Oscar-winning script from Oliver Stone)
- The Watchmen

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