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04.16.05 by Widge @ 11:56 pm Time for Part 2. Here's yer DVD goodness...    TV DVD of the Week: The Greatest American Hero: Season One. Oh shut up. It was the early 80s. If we craved superheroes we had to watch something when Incredible Hulk wasn't on. What were we supposed to do, watch Manimal? So shut up! This Anchor Bay release comes with a slew of interviews with pretty much everybody they could lay hands upon, plus the startling revelation that is the unused Greatest American Heroine spinoff pilot. Go ahead and read that sentence again. It won't change. (Buy it from Amazon.) DVD of the Week: The Motorcycle Diaries. If you had no other reason to love this movie, just remember this: watching Jorge Drexler get up and hand Antonio Banderas his musical ass at the Oscars. Nothing against Banderas, but you just gotta love justice. This Universal release does bring a decent amount of bonus to the table, including deleted scenes, a convo with the author, Alberto Granado, a making-of featurette, an interview with Mexican go-to actor Gael García Bernal, and a talk with the composer, too. (Buy it from Amazon.) Foreign Film of the Week: Man on the Tracks. A guy who's driven trains for a career suddenly winds up committing suicide by laying down in front of one. Ah, but did he commit suicide? And if so, why make such a mess for his co-workers to clean up? These are the some of the questions that make of the mystery of this Facets Video release, a 1957 Polish film. The investigation leads us down conflicting stories, all of which demonstrate how people deal with being replaced and outdated, as well as having their individuality threatened, if not totally erased. Kind of like working at this site. (Buy it from Amazon.) Categorized as: DVD and Recommendations
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04.16.05 by Widge @ 5:17 am Each weekend, Needcoffee.com's staff of whackos will wrack our brains to give you interesting and new things to do over the weekend. Books, movies, whatever. We'll throw them out, you do with them what you will. And hey...if you have something you want to recommend--whatever it is--drop us a line. Incidentally, we've provided links where we can for you to buy the stuff or find out more if you're interested, courtesy of those Amazon types, in the US, the UK and Canada. Hey, come on, we can't be totally selfless in this, can we? Okay, books and music first...    Book of the Week:The Comics Go to Hell by Fredrik Stromberg. Ah, Satan. What a guy. This Fantagraphics release takes a look at the many incarnations of Old Man Splitfoot we've seen over the years. And while "Comics" is in the title, it doesn't just stop with Mephisto and Belasco and whatnot. Stromberg goes back to medieval times to talk about how he's appeared, along with how he's been the foil for whackos with capes, been played for laughs, or just how he's interpreted around the globe. It's a quick but informative little read. (Buy it from Amazon.) Categorized as: Recommendations
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04.10.05 by Widge @ 5:09 am Time for Part 2. Here's yer DVD goodness...    TV DVD of the Week:Coupling: The Complete Series 1-4. Did the American version scare you off? Aw, don't be like that. The original is freaking hysterical. This BBC release comes with the four seasons they've created to date--all twenty-eight episodes. It also comes with a decent amount of extras: a slew of audio commentaries with both cast and crew, interviews, outtakes and deleted scenes, a making-of featurette and more. If you're unfamiliar with the Giggle Loop and the Sock Gap, you need to get educated. In a hurry. DVD of the Week:The Specials. The funniest superhero flick in existence until we got The Incredibles, this crazed ensemble piece is from the scribe behind the Dawn of the Dead redo. The Specials are the seventh best supergroup in existence and as a result, they don't get a lot of respect. They're out to change all that...good luck. This Anchor Bay release comes with two audio commentaries, deleted scenes and classic lines like "You're twelve-steppin' me to death here, bitch!" Ah, what bliss. Foreign Film of the Week: All About Lily Chou-Chou. Home Vision brings you this odd Japanese film about teenage alienation and tragedy. Odd? Because it started life as an Internet novel written as posts to a BBS...a BBS that everybody could get in on. You also have to be patient, lest the film end up alienating you as well. Still, if you can relate to the young cruelty it might be a compelling watch. This comes with a well-done making-of docu, a bio and filmography of writer/director Shunji Iwai, and a music video. Categorized as: DVD and Recommendations
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04.09.05 by Widge @ 4:11 am Each Thursday (or Friday, since some weeks we seem to be running behind on everything), Needcoffee.com's staff of whackos will wrack our brains to give you interesting and new things to do over the weekend. Books, movies, whatever. We'll throw them out, you do with them what you will. And hey...if you have something you want to recommend--whatever it is--drop us a line. Incidentally, we've provided links where we can for you to buy the stuff or find out more if you're interested, courtesy of those Amazon types, in the US, the UK and Canada. Hey, come on, we can't be totally selfless in this, can we? Okay, books and music first...    Book of the Week:The Humor of Healing by Dr. Donald A. Johnson. Humor is necessary, especially when you're dealing with medical situations. Dr. Johnson, in this re-issue of his book by Badger Books, takes several aspects of the medical profession and relates numerous funny anecdotes for each. Everything from funny stuff like CPR performed with a plunger to odd stuff like the introduction of women to the medical community. Anatomy classes where women were barred from being around naked male corpses...ah, the good old days, right? A funny look at a serious subject. Categorized as: Recommendations
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04.01.05 by Widge @ 12:37 pm Each Thursday (or Friday, since some weeks we seem to be running behind on everything), Needcoffee.com's staff of whackos will wrack our brains to give you interesting and new things to do over the weekend. Books, movies, whatever. We'll throw them out, you do with them what you will. Incidentally, we've provided links where we can for you to buy the stuff or find out more if you're interested, courtesy of those Amazon types. Hey, come on, we can't be totally selfless in this, can we?    Book of the Week:The Great Mortality by John Kelly. Hey, all right! Nothing like reading about a massive pandemic to really spice up your weekend, right? Well, okay, it's not exactly light reading--but it's definitely worth checking out, as the author gives you a well-done look at the event that handed Europe its collective ass during the medieval period. Covering everything from a straight relation of the story to alternate theories as to what happened (that don't include the bubonic plague--wild), it's all here in this HarperCollins release. (Buy it from Amazon.) Categorized as: Recommendations
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