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05.05.08 by Widge @ 11:54 pm An ongoing attempt to make sense of the onslaught of new swag that people want you to buy. Should you? I'll try and help.
The classic Brit comedy One Foot in the Grave hits with two more series from BBC Home Video. Richard Wilson plays Victor Meldrew, a pensioner who has got so much bad luck in his life that Murphy just lets Victor call him "Mur." Annette Crosbie plays his long-suffering wife and Angus Deayton, formerly of Have I Got News For You? is in the cast as well. Six issues come on each two-disc set and there's decent features for a Region 1 BBC release: the third season comes with the 1991 Christmas Special, "The Man in the Long Black Coat," and the fourth season comes with the 1993 Christmas Special, "One Foot in the Algarve." Each set also comes with a commentary on one episode from creator David Renwick and actor Wilson. (Click here to buy Series 3 and click here to buy Series 4, both from Amazon.) Categorized as: Headsup
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04.27.08 by Widge @ 11:52 pm An ongoing attempt to make sense of the onslaught of new swag that people want you to buy. Should you? I'll try and help.
The cool thing about Comedy Central putting out scads of comedy albums is that even a shut-in like myself who never goes to comedy clubs and doesn't watch television can suddenly find himself confronted with new comedy. Such is the case with Dov Davidoff (and his disc here, The Point Is...) who I had never heard of before but now won't forget because A) he has a really cool name and 2) the dude is actually quite funny. He reminds a bit of Bobcat Goldthwait in that his material comes from all over the place and his delivery is deceptively manic which hides how thoughtful (and sometimes hilariously wrong) it is. Fans will want to grab this, people who aren't fans will want to give it a try. (Click here to buy it from Amazon.) Okay, here's the title of this audiobook. Check this out. Storming Las Vegas: How a Cuban-Born, Soviet-Trained Commando Took Down the Strip to the Tune of Five World-Class Hotels, Three Armored Cars, and Millions of Dollars. That title of this book by John Huddy is the best goddamn title you will hear this week. Is there anything about that which doesn't draw you in? It's summons up an image of Tom Clancy rewriting Ocean's Eleven and getting Michael Bay to direct the damn thing. Blackstone Audio has it unabridged read by Stefan Rudnicki. And get this: it's not even like Ocean's in that they only had an hour or so to get in and get out. This assault on Vegas took place over sixteen freaking months. In-sane. The book clocks in at thirteen and a half hours across eleven discs. (Click here to buy the audiobook; click here to buy the book, both from Amazon.) Categorized as: Headsup
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04.22.08 by Widge @ 11:46 pm An ongoing attempt to make sense of the onslaught of new swag that people want you to buy. Should you? I'll try and help.
You know what's odd? From the three actors who make up the core of the Harry Potter films, I would never have thought Daniel Radcliffe would be the one who steps up the most and preps his post-Potter career. I know that sounds counterintuitive but, honestly, Potter acting-wise is given nothing interesting to do until Book 5. But Radcliffe is setting himself well: another step in that process is this BBC flick where he plays the son of Rudyard Kipling, who goes off to World War I in order to get away from his family. David Haig (who wrote the play) reprises his stage role as Kipling the father. This BBC Home Video release comes with an interview with Radcliffe, Haig, and Kim Cattrall as well as deleted scenes. Fans of Kipling will probably want to rent, as will fans of Radcliffe. (Click here to buy it from Amazon.) Categorized as: Headsup
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04.20.08 by Widge @ 11:56 pm An ongoing attempt to make sense of the onslaught of new swag that people want you to buy. Should you? I'll try and help.
The well-adjusted television proto-family gets the first season treatment from Shout Factory. That's right, it's Father Knows Best--a window on a simpler time of television sitcommery, where Mom and Dad knew what was up and could dispense with wisdom as needed, and all the kids were relatively normal and well-behaved to a point. Fans of the show will want to snag it because it's pretty stacked: new interviews with the actresses who played the daughters, home movies from Robert Young, behind the scenes color footage from the show, a pilot episode from Young's next series Window on Main Street, and also a special episode that they filmed for the U.S. government to promote savings bonds. Oh, and twenty-six episodes of the show across four discs as well. (Click here to buy it from Amazon.) Categorized as: Headsup
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04.14.08 by Cosette @ 11:41 pm An ongoing attempt to make sense of the onslaught of new swag that people want you to buy. Should you? I'll try and help.
I've always had an appreciation for the Upright Citizens Brigade. The first episode of their TV series, featuring "The Bucket of Truth," is probably one of the funniest comedy bits I've ever seen. So it's no surprise that this quartet of maniacs do improv and do it well. And then they drag their friends into it with ASSSSCAT from Shout Factory. Somebody in the audience throws out an idea, and a monologist talks on it. Then from there they spin into crazed sketches featuring sex, drugs and a talking cactus. But don't worry: he's friendly. If you like comedy, then this is at least a rental. If you're an UCB fan, you might want to snag a copy for yourself. It's even funnier than the Bravo ASSSSCAT special they did with folks like Tina Fey, if that can be believed. Here you've got Chad Carter, Sean Conroy, Andrew Daly, Horatio Sanz, Will Arnett, Ed Helms, Jen Kirkman, Thomas Lennon, Paul F. Tompkins and Kate Walsh along for the ride. (Click here to buy it from Amazon.) Categorized as: Headsup
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