Saturday, January 9, 2010

This Week in DVD

The Final Destination: Somebody get it in writing and have it notarized.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: It would be redundant of me to mention this is based on a beloved children's book. You don't see too many movies billed as "adapted from the reviled kids' book!"

Trucker: Isn't it way too soon for an Ashton Kutcher biopic?

Chuck Season 2: My wife and I watched and enjoyed season 1, then DVR'ed almost all the episodes of season 2 without getting around to watching any of them. Then an inept FIOS employee remotely fried my box for what turned out to be no good reason. The moral of the story here? The blonde chick from "Chuck" is hot.

Super Friends Season One Volume One: Finally, we get to see the Super Friends at their gritty best, in the classic, quintessentially 1970s first season. You know, the one with Wendy and Marvin.

Taylor Hicks: Whomp at the Warfield: I only list this for two reasons. 1) It's a slow week. 2) WHOMP at the Warfield? Is "Whomp" some kind of acronym or insider term for those Taylormaniacs or whatever his fans call themselves? I'm assuming that's the case and that this is a niche release aimed only at his hardcore followers. No one who hasn't already thrown shame out the window could go to a Wal-Mart and drop a DVD named "Whomp at the Warfield" on the conveyor belt with their deodorant and light bulbs.

1 comment:

Jim McDevitt said...

Yes, the girl from Chuck is very hot. Season 2 is very similar to the first. If you liked the first season, you'll like this one. You should watch it. An additional piece of trivia: two of the season two episodes are directed by friend of the Year of Hitchcock Podcast, Norman Buckley.