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Moriarty's DVD Shelf! New Release Tuesday for July 11th!!

tits by Henry Jones Jr.	Jul 10th, 2006 08:02:36 AM
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Yi Yi by Brendon	Jul 10th, 2006 08:10:32 AM
What's on the disc(s)? The film's a masterpiece. I hope Brighter Summer Day isn't too far behind. http://filmick.blogspot.com
Weed by DonnieDorko	Jul 10th, 2006 08:23:20 AM
Is there a second season coming? It sure was great though.
Those picks are all well and good, and... by Shermdawg	Jul 10th, 2006 08:24:18 AM
we may even pick up a few of those suggestions, but, we all know the main reason we will head out to our favorite dvd retailers tomorrow will be securly hidden between your picks. That my friends, is most likely the greatest bad mainstream adult movie since Showgirls. Yes, so bad it will be good. (I haven't seen it, and I know nonew of you had the balls to see it in the theaters either, check the gross on it) None other than the extended cut of Basic Instinct 2. Enjoy teh boobage. I think I'll pass. ;)
Dennis Miller's a right wing fascist nowadays by I Dunno	Jul 10th, 2006 08:26:20 AM
What the hell happened to him? The Matador looks interesting but it has Greg Kinnear in it and I can't abide that. And finally, the slutty, big breasted girl on Reno 911 is hawt in a 'last call, you don't have to go home but you can't stay here' kind of way.
Basic Instinct 2!!!! by BigTuna	Jul 10th, 2006 08:30:59 AM
It comes out today. Can't wait
The Matador by Kung Fu Hustler	Jul 10th, 2006 08:35:00 AM
Moriarty -- watch it now! Drop whatever you have planned for the day and pop the DVD in (if you already have it). It could end up as my favorite movie of the year (it was released in 2006 in my area, not sure if it came out last year in NY/LA). Pierce is fucking fantastic, but I loved the work by Greg Kinnear and Hope Davis.
How long until... by DocPazuzu	Jul 10th, 2006 08:46:36 AM
...zfisk/homewrecker pops in to decry the insidious Jewish lies in that Protocols documentary and that because Mori is 95% of all talkbackers (including me) that its mention is all part of a gay/jew conspiracy supported by AICN? 10... 9... 8... 7...
What about by Bob_Loblaw	Jul 10th, 2006 08:52:27 AM
Pink Floyd - Pulse? Comes out tomorrow and has been 12 years in the making.
Good list, thanks. by brycemonkey	Jul 10th, 2006 08:53:46 AM
I'll check out Tristam. And the Matadore is good, for me it just needed 'something' more to make it great. Don't ask me what though...
And yes... by DocPazuzu	Jul 10th, 2006 08:55:43 AM
...The Matador is great. Furthermore, Maureen O'Hara was teh hot back in the day.
Isn't "Pulse" by CarmillaVonDoom	Jul 10th, 2006 08:59:47 AM
the 15th or so time 'Pink Floyd' has released a variation of Dark Side of the Moon live or otherwise? I'm sure this one is cleaned up though. And cheap at $60? PASS
Lord of the Rings DVDs...AGAIN by Reynard Muldrake	Jul 10th, 2006 09:05:22 AM
http://lordoftherings.net/inde x_400_hv_limiteddvd.html WTF are they doing? I haven't seen a post about this anywhere, so maybe no one will notice, but I figure this is the most relevant. Why can't they just release the "super special documentary" separate so I won't feel like a homo for even thinking about buying the movies again for a...third time. WTF. At least put in some more deleted scenes for more extendedness and bloopers and some shit. Eff this. Release the documentary separate PJ, don't become another George Lucas.
CarmillaVonDoom by Bob_Loblaw	Jul 10th, 2006 09:06:47 AM
Really, Amazon has it listed for $16, not $60. Maybe you should stick to your Nickelback CDs.
Mary Louise Parker by biscuit turner	Jul 10th, 2006 09:11:56 AM
Seems like half the guys I know, me included, have crushes on Mary Louise Parker. Why isn't she a bigger star? Anyway, looking forward to Weeds. And Dad gets the Grand Prix reissue for his birthday.
bryce by Kung Fu Hustler	Jul 10th, 2006 09:13:08 AM
Just curious -- what more did you think it needed? I liked the 'smallness' of it -- more character-driven than plot-driven. I appreciate your perspective, just honestly curious what would have elevated it for you.
Wait a minute, we're NOT trying to take over the world? by brokentusk	Jul 10th, 2006 09:17:59 AM
Guess I didn't get the e-mail.
WEEDS: Season 2 - September 2006 by brokentusk	Jul 10th, 2006 09:24:08 AM
As far as I remember that's when it's being released Donnie. I can't wait - such a great series (that got better and funnier as it moved along).
SWEET!! There are pictures now... by Hideo Kojima	Jul 10th, 2006 09:28:34 AM
It certainly helps my drug-riddled brain comprehend what DVDs Mori is talking about... this truly marks the shift from Harry to Mori in regards to the DVD column... huzzah!
Yeah Kung Foo... don't get me wrong. by brycemonkey	Jul 10th, 2006 09:37:07 AM
I liked it a lot it played out quite intimately like a small play almost. I dunno. Perhaps it was slightly disjointed? Peraps when Peirce's character turns up the wife was a bit unrealistic (funny but unrealistic)? For me, all the stuff up to and in Spain was great. It just lost a little bit after that. Like I say, it's difficult for me to nail down. Perhaps I should rewatch it and see if I like it better/worse.
Sorry, 'Fu'... by brycemonkey	Jul 10th, 2006 09:45:04 AM
bad manners by me.
Where is Fernwood 2-Night/America 2-Night? by Declan_Swartz	Jul 10th, 2006 09:46:34 AM
David Steinberg Show sounds good, but where is Martin Mull and Fred Willard's great series? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00 75505/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00 76976/ TV Land re-ran Fernwood a few years back. Alan Parker fans would would enjoy them on DVD.
Yeah, I can see that bryce... by Kung Fu Hustler	Jul 10th, 2006 10:01:38 AM
Up to that point, the wife seemed fairly typical. Just suddently accepting a hitman in her life could be seen as unrealistic -- I just kind of accepted that this couple had a tragic hole in their life and were willing to accept things perhaps they never would have considered before. But I'm much more forgiving than most when it comes to suspending disbelief. Anyway, thanks for the honest response.
Tyrone Power looks like Clooney on that cover by LilOgre	Jul 10th, 2006 10:10:03 AM
I thought it was a joke at first.
Aah, thanks brokentusk by DonnieDorko	Jul 10th, 2006 10:10:35 AM
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So there's nothing good coming out this week...? by googamooga	Jul 10th, 2006 10:13:09 AM
In other words? I might pick up Grand Prix, as I've been wanting that, but otherwise, this week is dead. Oh, BTW, Bill Maher is a huge a-hole, who needs to realize no one likes him and we all wish he'd die a horrible, painful, death.
Grand Prix rules! by Uncapie	Jul 10th, 2006 10:30:09 AM
When I was in Cannes in '98, it was one week before the Grand Prix, so I ended up taking the train to Monte Carlo and walked the route. Amazing piece of history there. It'll be interesting if they added in the "Making Of" that they filmed in '66. It showed how they filmed the car crash sceens. Incredble, creative stuff. Plus, it has Maurice Jarr'es great soundtrack. the acting is first rate all around. All interesting characters. Plus, the beautiful Eve Marie Saint! They could never make this movie today.
brendon/steinberg by duanejones	Jul 10th, 2006 11:18:29 AM
how do you say "roger that" in taiwanese? _yi yi_, and edward yang, are both brilliant. any news on yang's next flick? and i may have to swallow all of my extremities and bite down hard to get through mr. steinberg's "variety" show, if only for some choice early bits from the sctv cast members i idolize so (no one more than m. flaherty...). i still remember the sctv production of "peter pan" with j. candy imitating divine as our eponymous hero(ine) and marty short's captain hook being an imitation of...that's right. david steinberg. "captain hook/that's MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE....!" i can still hear him say "booga booga!". that, and "ed...and jawnnny...and dawk..."
Congo by nEo4EvEr	Jul 10th, 2006 12:24:04 PM
is a better movie about a talking ape...AMY rules!
You're Right... by Rebeck	Jul 10th, 2006 12:25:27 PM
Dennis Miller isn't a fascist, he's just a fucking idiot. That's about all the time I can waste on his ignorant ass.
Mary-Louise Parker by SydBarretsMyDad	Jul 10th, 2006 12:44:26 PM
Sexiest...Woman....on the Planet.
Is the Masters Of Horror that wasnt aired on DVD? by SydBarretsMyDad	Jul 10th, 2006 12:45:19 PM
I know there was one that wasnt aired for some reason. Which one was it and is it available yet?
libs do love that fascist card... by Silver Shamrock	Jul 10th, 2006 01:11:38 PM
whihc is fine by me if they can't argue on substance, just name call. Mori is right, Maher does have good writers, my fav: New Rule: The more complicated the Starbucks order, the bigger the asshole. If you walk into a Starbucks and order a "decaf grande half-soy, half-lowfat, iced vanilla, double-shot, gingerbread cappuccino, extra dry, light ice, with one Sweet-n'-Low and one NutraSweet," ooh, you're a huge asshole.
YES NEW FUCCONS by calami-shami	Jul 10th, 2006 01:52:54 PM
im gonna piss myself!
The Matador is just like KISS KISS BANG BANG... by DanielKurland	Jul 10th, 2006 02:09:02 PM
In the aspect that both were fantastic movies that were just overlooked and dropped off the radar of everyone (Well, Brosnan got a Golden Globe nomination...). See both of these now, they're great, fun movies.
i challenge by jezza	Jul 10th, 2006 02:26:59 PM
a reviewer to talk about 'a cock and bull story' without making reference to the source material being "famously regarded as un-adaptable" (or similar). and you're normally one of the good ones, mori.
Fascists and the Protocols by Charles Martel	Jul 10th, 2006 02:28:40 PM
Just to add a comment: fascists (and Nazis, who were not the same) were NOT right-wing. They were offshoots of socialism/Marxism. Read F. A. Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom." And the Protocols of Zion were a Tsarist invention to justify pogroms. Just a little history! Sorry, back to talking about movies . . . Oh, and I just got the Criterion Newsletter that said "Kicking and Screaming" is coming out in August. I know it's a faulted movie, but I first saw it my senior year of undergrad, so I guess it simply resonated with me. Love that film, and love the fact that Criterion is putting it out.
Charles Martel by DocPazuzu	Jul 10th, 2006 02:46:40 PM
Fascism had it roots in heretical socialism to a certain extent, but also in the dissatisfaction of WWI veterans and conservatives disillusioned with liberal democracy's ability to curb marxism. Read Robert O Paxton's The Anatomy of Fascism as well as The Appeal of Fascism by Alastair Hamilton. Fascism has elements of socialism in its rhetoric but virtually none in its practice. It's a thoroughly right-wing, populist phenomenon.
Dennis Miller isn't a fascist, he's a sellout by Homerific	Jul 10th, 2006 03:04:17 PM
He spent the 80's & 90's making fun of Reagan, Bush Sr., and Clinton. He ripped politicians on both sides of the aisle. Now he's just another rightwing chickenhawk that won't admit a single Bush mistake. 15 years ago he would have ripped Bush a new one and done the same to the Dem that will follow Dubya. He's nothing but a washed up sell out now that can't keep a show on the air for more than a season.
The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion by GuyLombardo	Jul 10th, 2006 03:31:01 PM
Is this film simply a campain to discount the belief that no Jews were harmed in during the making of 9/11 or that the Jews are not happy America has been dragged into a Holy War fighting for Isreal?
That Minimum Wage Episode of 30 DAYS by Frijole	Jul 10th, 2006 03:42:30 PM
...was a bunch of horseshit. Hey brightguy! 1) There is no good reason for adults with high school diplomas to work minimum wage jobs. Minimum wage jobs are for retirees and teenagers 2) Yeah, you're going to fuck yourself royally if you go to the emergency room every time you have a cold 3)The whole moving into an apartment thing was an added expense with deposits and all that... Well duh, that's a HUGE hassle... It's also one that people who can keep to a lease don't have to deal with every month (more like once every two or three years), so it was an unrealistic burden as well. The whole thing just smacks of being so self righteous. It's really just manipulative, cloying crap.
Dennis Miller? Come on... by Mattapooh	Jul 10th, 2006 05:59:00 PM
Motherfucker does cell phone commercials, how can you even take him seriously? Let's go back to the master and obvious Christ figure Bill Hicks for a quote: "Once you do a commercial, you're off the artistic role call forever."
fascist sellouts and minimum wage slaves by omarthesnake	Jul 10th, 2006 06:03:45 PM
1. Yes, to the person who called Dennis Miller on his panderrific turn to the right. He's lost his edge, lost his audience, and lost his relevance. The people who used to like him hate him, and the people who used to hate him still hate him. He tried to hitch his wagon to the rightward swing of the pendulum, and now he's stuck without his centrist street cred. And heck, his routine has just plain gotten old and tired. But Maher isn't liberal, he's libertarian, unless he's changed (and i'm not bothering to rent that DVD to find out). And Frijole, get over your bad self. No, Morgan didn't really have to live like that, but a lot of people DO. And a lot have to deal with minimum wage even though they're supposedly better than that. he's showing the trouble the underclass has to suffer through, and because that makes you uncomfortable you pretend he's full of crap and no one ever has to live like that. Pathetic deluded head-in-the-sand contrarian.
Dennis Miller has always been a piss-poor comedian by beamish13	Jul 10th, 2006 06:23:36 PM
Turning into a neo-con artist just makes me detest him even more. I remember cringing while watching him attempt to host the MTV Movie Awards...
matador sucked and so did libertine by skiff	Jul 10th, 2006 07:21:52 PM
I rented these both one night what a shitty night at the movies it was don't waste your time. BORING
Maher and Miller by Mr Brownstone	Jul 10th, 2006 07:54:38 PM
are both mediocre stand-ups who managed to prolong their careers way past their sell by dates by adopting smug stances for the left and right. I think they're both tired jack asses.
man i hate it.... by jrclanto	Jul 10th, 2006 07:59:47 PM
when they change the DVD cover art from the 1 sheet. That Matador box looks fucking stupid. Plus they're trying to make it look like something it's not. Putrid.
Masters of Horror covers by Gwai Lo	Jul 10th, 2006 10:31:23 PM
Always thought the old designs looked kind of ugly, so if they are re-doing them all like they just did Homecoming (and maybe releasing them in a box set) I'd be happy. So far I only bought Cigarette Burns/Dreams in the Witch House on a single disc for 10 bucks, so I wouldn't be all that pissed off at having to replace those.
Omar is correct by SuckLeTrou	Jul 11th, 2006 12:59:04 AM
Mori writes: "Bill Maher
Miller, fascist? by dmichael1971	Jul 11th, 2006 01:48:39 AM
I love how liberals throw that word around so much these days. Bush and Rumsfeld are fascists, now even Dennis Miller is a fascist. No, people, Hitler and Mussolini were fascists. Too bad you guys didn't live under their rule, you wouldn't throw that word around so easily.
Bill Maher by BabatuFerguson	Jul 11th, 2006 02:34:05 AM
calls himself a libertarian, but has never really been one. He's a supporter of PETA, gun control, strong environmental restrictions on property rights, minimum wage legislation, affirmative action, government schools, an active foreign policy, and campaign finance reform -- all of which are anathema to most libertarians. It's possible that a libertarian might take non-libertarian stances on one or two of those issues and still maintain some semblance of libertarian cred, but not all of them. He even used to support the war in Iraq, although finally came to his senses. When Harry Browne ran as the Libertarian candidate for president in 1996 and 2000, Maher voted for Ralph Nader instead -- largely the opposite of a libertarian. Maher agrees with libertarians about legalizing drugs and prostitution, privatizing social securitiy, and ending corporate welfare, but that's about it -- and that's not much.
I want to hear more about HOMECOMING by lotharius3rd	Jul 11th, 2006 05:06:17 AM
It's been all over this site for the past few weeks and I don't know shit about it, aside from the fact that it's Joe Dante directing. That's enough for me to rent it, but I would really like to see a review of this thing. And yes, WEEDS is by far the best show on TV right now next to LOST. It is absolute brilliance. Is it just me, or does Mary-Louise Parker become exponentially hotter with each decade of passing time. I remember being annoyed by her in FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, but she's a tentpole in this show. WTF!
Omar by Frijole	Jul 11th, 2006 07:00:53 AM
No, I didn't say that there aren't people that have to live like that. I simply said that the show trumped up the hardships (between frivolous emergency room visits and factoring in a monetary harship, moving into a new apartment and paying deposits, that people regardless of income don't have to deal with on a monthly basis- and treating it as par for the course and a regular expense. I also said that there is NO reason that someone with a diploma and the ability to work 40 hours a week has to/needs to work a minimum wage job to begin with. Pretty simple but you seem to have read it with some kind of tinted glasses.
The problem with Matador by bingo the clown	Jul 11th, 2006 09:22:47 AM
It's basically 3 movies: a hit man dealing with losing his abilities, a friendship between a hit man and an ordinary guy, and a husband and wife dealing with the loss of their son. And while each of these would make a good movie on its own, they don't really gell together here.
Dennis Miller is not a right wing mouthpiece by homer40	Jul 11th, 2006 11:18:44 AM
You have to be a total liberal ahole to think Miller is a right wing mouthpiece. Throughout his career Miller has called it like he sees it, and he is a total individualist, not beholden to any particular party or philosphy. If more people were like Miller, who can look at any issue based upon its merits as opposed to whether Cindy Sheehan would agree, our country would not be so divided. Things have become so polarized in this country. When I was in law school I lived with someone who worked for Lee Atwater and a staffer for Nancy Pelosi, and we all hung together and could discuss political issues in a racous but civilized way. It is a shame that these times are passed. And I have to say that while most of my friends who are republicans still have no problem having a beer and arguing about politics, my democrat friends, once they determine that you don't agree with them wholeheartedly, simply refuse to discuss the issues at all.
Fernwood 2Nite by R H S C	Jul 11th, 2006 11:59:13 AM
Glad to see another fan of this show out there. You would think that with the interest in the Christopher Guest films, this would get a DVD resurrection. Kate and Allie makes it to DVD, wake me up when Mr. Belvedere calls.
bingo by Kung Fu Hustler	Jul 11th, 2006 01:08:00 PM
I thought those three elements went together perfectly, but to each their own. Moriarty -- will you review the movie once you watch it? I'm curious on your take.
Homecoming by homer40	Jul 11th, 2006 03:12:57 PM
IMHO this was the best of the Masters of Horror series. There is a good review in today's new DVD section on the NYtimes online. This was a provocative, funny, ultimately moving masterpiece. As the Times noted, it had more sheer goodness in it than any dozen major Hollywood films released last year.As he did with Gremlins, Dante has taken a basically tired genere (zombies) and exploded it in genuinely interesting ways. As someone on the wall about the Iraq war, I nonetheless enjoyed this insanely anti-war tract, which made me think about and reconsider my opinions. You can't ask for more than that from a one hour horror flick.
Protocols . . . by pewterschmidt	Jul 11th, 2006 03:25:17 PM
What's weird about this book is that you can, more or less, replace its references to the "Zionists" with just about any organized group you're paranoid about and it still sounds convincing. It's been done with Masons, Communists, even Wiccans in place of the Zionists. Some sort of conspiracy-theory archetype going around I guess. It's fuccan nuts.
Beware Megadon !! by Phantom_24	Jul 26th, 2006 10:11:49 PM
Grabbed it yesterday from C City, and the box informed me I was in for 70 minutes of CGI coolness, only to find 20 freakin' minutes of cool digital bits !!!

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