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Coming Soon - May 2007 DVD & Cinema Releases
Australian DVD & Cinema Releases-May 2007
In Cinemas May 2007
NB* This is not a list of everything coming out. Just the DVD’s I’m tempted by.
DVD Releases May 2007-04-24
May 2nd
On DVD May 2007
A new Special Edition of this Dustin Hoffman classic with some nifty interviews and making of documentaries.
Airwolf Season 2 -
Tacky Blue Thunder rip off that JD is sentimentally attached because of the teaming up of Jan Michael Vincent with Ernest Borgnine.
Columbo Season6 & 7-
The super cool PI returns to dazzle with his brilliant mind and word play.
Autopsy-Life and Death-
New series from the man who gave us Anatomy for Beginners and the exhibition of inside the human body.
May 3rd
Cheers Season 6
Frasier Season 6
Eddie Murphy Raw- 10 Disc Set ( Includes Raw, Golden Child, Boomerang, Trading Places, Best Defence, 48 Hrs, Another 48Hrs, Coming To America, Harlem Nights) -
48 Hrs, Trading Places, Harlem Nights and Raw still amuse, the rest show the swift decline of a great james Brown impersonator.
May 4th
The Professionals-Dossier 4-
The UK action series sees a new season of hard hitting and intelligent espionage drama .
Weeds Season 1-
What appears on the surface to be one dimensional, recycled TV humour exposes a dramatc and emotional core that has John Doe hooked. Yummy Mummy too.
Here’s one of the many hilarious pieces of social commentary within the show called Weeds.
May 9
Marie Antoinette-
JD was really let down by Director Sophia Coppolla's (Virgin Suicides, Lost In Translation) latest film..It looked gorgeous but he has a low tolerance for period pieces set to a contemporary soundtrack andteh script and perfromances were uneven.
Who Killed The Electric Car- Click on title to read John Doe's review and watch the trailer
May 16
Blood Diamond -
Still haven't seen this one yet, but the whole South African black market trade interests me enough to give it a whirl on DVD.
May 18
Catweazele-Season 4 -
Still rememeber watching this after school on ABC around the time of Monkey and Battle of The Planets., hope to revisit it soon. In the meantime here is the first 10 minutes of the pilot episode.
May 23rd
Road To Guantanamo - Click on the title to read John Doe's cinema review and see the trailer
Deja Vu - Havent seen this latest sensory assualt from Tony Scott, but Bryn over at horrophile said it was worth a look....so I will
American Dad Season 2 - The makers of Family Guy take aim at the CIA and American ignorance in this hilarious animated comedy.
Scrubs Season 5
May 30
The Descent - Click on the title to watch the trailer and read Johnny's review for this claustrophobic horror treat.
Flags of our Fathers SE - Clint Eastwoods saga of the batlle of Iiowa Jima may lose a bit of its impact on the small screen, Im still holding out for big screen double of both parts.
Highlander: The Series- (55 Disc Set)-
It wasn't as good a sthe original film but still was an improvement on teh sequels, a guilty pleasure that tempts me more than it should.
Cinema Releases May 2007-04-24
May 3rd
The Science of Sleep - Click on title to read JD's synopsis and view the trailer
Spiderman 3
May 10th
The Page Turner -
A beautiful, tense looking French thriller that promises some textured emotional horror.
Here's a taste of the under lying menace with the trailer.
May 17th
Zodiac - Read John Doe's synopsis by clicking on the title
Deliver Us From Evil - Click on the title to read Bryn's Horrorphile fantastic review of this important documentary
Into Great Silence
Breach- Despite Ryan Phillipe in the cast this Chris Cooper starring true story of an American agent who sold secrets to the Russians during the cold war has got good buzz behind it.
Heres the tightly wound trailer for Breach
Reno 911 Miami-
A TV show that my girlfriend got me into, doesnt warrant a big screen film but that doesnt change the fact it will be hilarious with its dead pan cops satire.
See the Reno 911 Miami Trailer here
May 31
The US vs John Lennon-
Documentary about John Lennon's days of protest and attempted world changing. Looks like a good compendium piece to the movie Imagine
Trailer for the US vs John Lennon below
The Tube Blog
I found The Descent to be more or less absolute rubbish from the point it turned from setup, tension and suspense to a swarm of bat-freaks. Not to mention the sudden and almost baffling turn by the main wimpy chick who goes all Rambo... really had high hopes for this, but was horribly disappointed by the time the credits rolled...
Looking forward to re-visiting Weeds, awesome show, and I remember Catweazle, too!!
I saw Deja Vu a couple of months back, and I agree with Bryn - worth a watch. Rightly expect the Tony Scott barrage, but as a fan of "messing with time" flix, I found that this mixed it's theories of time-travel causality, which kinda baffled me a little. Aside from that, a really good little flick.
Make sure you review it when you see it... I'm really interested to know which way your thumbs gonna be pointing... I've given up guessing!!!
Film & TV on DVD
You can read my review for The Descent by clicking HERE if you'd like to know what I saw in it.
I am absolutely dying for Season 3 of Weeds, the second series cliff hanger accomplished its mission.
Tony Scott is incredibly hit and miss for me, I like Last Boyscout and True Romance....my favourite of his is The Hunger, Revenge was OK and so was Beverly Hills Cop 2. The rest are varying degrees of painful, culminating with the mutilated Domino.
My main problem with Deja Vu is Denzel washington, he just tries so hard onscreen and carries zero presence.. (I do like Mo Better Blues, Devil In A blue Dress and Glory)...still Im gunna give it a chance because Ima sucker for time travel theories....Have you seen PRIMER?, its the best quantum paradox film IMO.
Film & TV on DVD
The Tube Blog
Haven't seen Primer, must look into it - never actually heard of it.
I did watch "What The Bleep Do We Know" recently - fantastic doco about quantum theory, spirituality and just plain weird stuff.... really really good!
Film & TV on DVD
You can read my review for Primer HERE, if your interested.
What the Bleep.... was a fun hodge podge of theories and hypotheticals, a little subjective at times but I enjoyed it too.
The Tube Blog
Read your Primer review - I can't believe I didn't hear about that film! Comparisons to Pi and Cube, and a miniscule budget and indie weekend crew... man, it's a recipe for a killer... gonna hunt it down as a high priority...
Thanks once again...
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I was surprised with Blood Diamond... it was shockingly watchable.
Horrorphile
I agree that horror is the most subjective to differing opinions after comedy. Makes it all the more interesting I guess ....
Film & TV on DVD
I think you will get alot out of Primer, enjoy.
Hi Cib,
It surprised me when Airwolf was released ahead of a lot of other shows, still a great chopper though....
I have had mixed reviews on Blood Diamond, some friends hated it, while others thought it was good...Im still working up the courage to watch what looks like a PC message film....
Bryn,
You know Im with you, fuckin hate Scream, nearly destroyed the genre completly...its an ok comedy parody, but in no way frightening...