A slow week for DVDs, as the studios wisely allow us time to pay off our credit cards before unleashing the next flood of hot discs.
The DVD of the week is, beyond doubt, that for the best movie I’ve seen in a number of years, Snakes on a Plane. Damn, I loved that movie. Due to financial distress, I’ve been cutting way back on my DVD purchases, but this is a must buy, especially since it features a commentary track with the director and Samuel L. Jackson. Man, you just know that listening to Jackson talk about this movie is going to be worth $16 right there. There are also featurettes on the blog fury that erupted during the film’s production; a making-of featurette; a gag reel, the goofy music video from the end credits, and more. I can’t believe they didn’t release this for Christmas, but it’s here now. Help support a film that should have done better at the box office.
The Covenant It’s The Craft for those who wanted the stars to be pretty boys rather than pretty girls.
Dark Places Murder thriller from 1973 starring Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom and Joan Collins.
The Darkroom DTV Horror flick with Lucy Lawless and Reed “Homicide: Life on the Street” Diamond, although their roles aren’t as big as their prominence on the box art would suggest. Scripted by Mark Altman.
How Awful about Allan Fondly remembered 1970 telepic suspenser starring Anthony Perkins and Joan Hackett. It’s nice to see TV movies like this getting a release.
Million Dollar Mystery Fans of VH1’s I Love the ’80s will want to check out this film, which is memorable for the Glad Bags tie-in ad campaign promising some lucky winner an actual million dollars. Like the later Rat Race, this is basically a rip-off of It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, with various zany characters running around and trying to find a fortune. Rich Hall and Eddie Deezen are some of the bigger names among the ‘star’ cast. Anchor Bay seems to have screwed the pooch on this one, as the DVD cries out for a documentary covering the whole ad campaign fiasco. However, extras seem non-existent.
