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06.06.07 by Widge @ 12:26 am Dave McKean is amazing. I've mentioned getting a chance to see his videos before. And what did I say? I wanted a McKean films DVD. The Neil reports that I'm going to get my wish, apparently. A DVD of his stuff should be ready by San Diego. Rock. On. And looking on Amazon...what do I see? I think this is it, available now to pre-order! Badass! Mr. Gaiman was also nice enough to point out this Squidoo lens where a bunch of YouTubes of McKean films are posted (that's where I got the one above, the lovely "The Week Before"). His very cool interp of Shakespeare's Sonnet 138 comes after the break. Categorized as: DVD
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05.02.07 by HTQ4 @ 12:55 am  Film: Written by Tab Murphy, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, Henry Mayo, David Reynolds, based on the novel Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs Features:
Released by: Disney Home Entertainment My Advice: Skip it. Categorized as: DVD and Reviews
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04.27.07 by HTQ4 @ 8:35 pm   Film: Written by Thomas Lennon, Ben Garant, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on characters by Gordon Buford Features:
Released by: Disney Home Entertainment My Advice: Rent it Categorized as: DVD and Reviews
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04.01.07 by Dindrane @ 8:51 am  Film: Based upon the manga by Osamu Desaki and Akio Sugino Features:
Dindrane's Anime Warnings:
Released by: ADV My Advice: Get it.  In this science-fiction anime version of Moby Dick, it's the year 4699, and a young researcher named Dew is collecting daily data on an icy planet known as Windmill. Dew is told that his duties are complete, and he is due to be reassigned to a new mission, which is downloaded directly into his cybernetic parts. Just as he's receiving the information, however, the frozen peace of the ice world is broken, as a giant white shape, apparently some kind of massive robotic ship, blasts up through the ice, and abducts Dew. The next time we see him, his cyborg-like human structure is being rebuilt by strange machines he does not seem to recognize: he is apparently inside the giant white ship, and a voice announces to him that he is now joined to them. But how? And why? And what can Our Hero do to rescue himself from… whatever awaits him at the hands of the strange aliens? Meanwhile, we meet Lucky, a stowaway out of Nantucket, traveling to find the mad Captain Ahab who is needed on Lucky's home planet. Ahab and his men are "whale hunters," scavengers who recycle finds from derelict ships. Categorized as: DVD and Reviews
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04.01.07 by Widge @ 1:52 am  Yes, those of you paying attention have noticed a new one has hit--we've got a spare copy of the recent platinum edition of Disney's Peter Pan, and you can win it. But you must go here and do that thing. Categorized as: Contests and DVD
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03.28.07 by ScottC @ 11:50 pm  Film: Directed by Stewart Bird and Deborah Shaffer Features:
Released by: Docurama. My Advice: Rent It. Early in the last century, a new labor union began. They accepted everyone who was members of the working class: blacks, women, immigrants. They weren't interested in working within the system like the AFL or the Teamsters. They wanted to change the world, and make it so the workers benefited from American prosperity, not the few heartless robber barons that ran the monopolies and the government that aided and abided them. Whether they were singing in solidarity or busting the heads of some strike busters, they were a force to be reckoned with. But while the organization bickered over the impact of the Russian Revolution, the authorities struck back and used patriotic sentiment and the sweeping powers generated by The Great War. The organization was mortally crippled, but their legacy lives on. They were the International Workers of the World, the I.W.W. They were The Wobblies. Categorized as: DVD and Reviews
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03.16.07 by Widge @ 5:10 pm  It's coming out May 15th...and the way everyone loves the film, you know you're going to want to snag a copy. So why not do it through us? Pre-ordering makes the price $25 from Amazon (that's the price as I write this; you save $10), and we get the usual kickbacks. Yes, we're whores. But at least we're upfront about it. Categorized as: DVD and Headsup
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03.16.07 by Widge @ 6:27 am  Sloshing through the swamp of pop culture so you don't have to. We bring you ideas for how to waste your weekend. Of course, special thanks go out to Clutch for letting me use their absolutely badass song, "Promoter (of earthbound causes)" as my theme music for this. Buy Blast Tyrant, which is where you can find "Promoter". Buy their latest album, Pitchforks and Lost Needles. Send them love and coin. BTW, you iTunes subscriber types can nab this feed here. Or if you want to do something else with it, the feed feed is here. Categorized as: DVD and Podcasts and Recommendations
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03.11.07 by HTQ4 @ 6:00 am  Film: Written & Directed by Jeff Abugov Features:
Released by: Columbia Tristar. My Advice: Rent it to see it at least once. Have you ever wondered about how there got to be so many human beings on such a tiny little planet? Well, wonder no more! This documentary by an alien anthropologist (Pierce), takes a look at just what makes these simple creatures tick, and more importantly, what makes them tick so often. He follows one human female, known among other of her species as Jenny (Electra), and one human male, also known as Billy (Astin) and follows their relationship from courting to sexual intercourse to marriage to the birth of their resulting offspring. As you will see, there is much more to a human relationship than meets the ocular nerve endings. Categorized as: DVD and Reviews
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03.08.07 by Widge @ 1:40 am  That's right...Charlize, we love ya (and your exploding ball bearings were cool)...but we bet most people would opt for this instead. We yanked it out of the Needcoffee.com Swag Closet, and you might yank it out of your mailbox...if you win. So go do it. Please note: "Exploding ball bearings" is not, in fact, a sexual innuendo. Categorized as: Contests and DVD
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