SPEND YOUR MONEY!

NEW RELEASES

*Blu-Ray prices are in BOLD BLUE
 
American Dad: Volume 5                               $29.99  
Book of Eli                                                     $16.99   $24.99   
When in Rome                                                $17.99  $24.99 
Family Guy: Volume 8                                     $32.99  
Youth in Revolt                                               $19.99   $24.99   
The Hurt Locker                                              $12.99  
Invictus                                                            $12.99 

$7.99 DVD sale

Law Abiding Citizen  

$12.99 DVD sale

Angels & Demons
District 9
Zombieland
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

BLU-RAY sale

$9.99

Law Abiding Citizen
Hancock
Rudy
Seven Pounds
The Last Samurai
Training Day
The Assassination of Jesse James

$12.99

2012

$14.99

Angels & Demons
District 9
Zombieland
The Boondock Saints II
Troy
The Departed
The Hangover

$22.99

Invictus
Ninja Assassin
Edge of Darkness
Sherlock Holmes
Shutter Island
Alice in Wonderland

RECENT RELEASE SALE

Alice in Wonderland (2010)                             $17.99 

Shutter Island                                                  $16.99  
Edge of Darkness                                           $12
Sherlock Holmes                                            $12
Ninja Assassin                                                $12

TV on DVD Sale

$19.99

House: Seasons 4 & 5

$39.99

Planet Earth: The Complete Series
Band of Brothers

Lost: The Complete Season 5       $29.99   $39.99 
Life: The Complete Series             $39.99   $49.99 

FATHER’S DAY DVD Sale

$5

World War II: 15 Film Collection
Unforgiven
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Heartbreak Ridge
Dirty Harry
Edward Scissorhands
The Shawshank Redemption
The Birth of Freedom

$8.99

Dirty Harry: 4 Film Collection
Lethal Weapon: 4 Film Collection

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NEW RELEASES

*Blu-Ray prices are in BOLD BLUE

American Dad: Volume 5                               $29.99  
Book of Eli                                                     $17.99   $25.99   
When in Rome                                               $17.99  $25.99 
Family Guy: Volume 8                                     $32.99  
Youth in Revolt                                               $17.99   $24.99   
The Hurt Locker                                              $12.99   $17.99   
Alice in Wonderland (2010)                              $24.99   
Avatar                                                             $14.99   $19.99 
From Paris with Love                                      $14.99   $19.99 

$4.49 DVD Sale

Snatch
Black Hawk Down
21
Talledega Nights
Kung Fu Hustle

2 for $20 DVD Sale

Pirates of the Caribbean At World’s End
Ed Wood
Pulp Fiction
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
No Country for Old Men

more titles to be found in-store or online.

$14.99 BLU-RAY sale

Tai-Chi Master
The Empress and the Warriors

$19.99 BLU-RAY sale

Public Enemies
Crazy Heart
Edge of Darkness
Legion
Shutter Island
Invictus
Sherlock Holmes
Ninja Assassin
Caddyshack
Assault on Precinct 13 (remake) *BEST BUY GETS EARLY RELEASE
In Bruges (buy this) *
Alpha Dog*

BLU-RAY BOXSET BOFFO BLOCKBUSTERY BALLBUSTER
alliteration all up in this bitch

Spiderman Trilogy             $49.99
The Godfather Collection   $54.99
The Bourne Trilogy            $59.99
Band of Brothers               $59.99

Video Game Sales Update

Target

Xbox 360 Arcade system $199.99+FREE $30 GC.
PS3 250GB system w/MLB2010 $349.99 (msrp)
Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy (Wii): $49.99 + FREE Just Dance game.
Modern Warfare 2 (360, PS3): $49.99

$37:

Battlefield Bad Company 2 (finally, a good drop!)
Split/Second
Splinter Cell Conviction
2k Sports MLB 2K10
Prince of Persia Forgotten Sands
Iron Man 2

$29:
Sims 3: Ambitions Expansion Pack
Sims 3

Best Buy

Fat Princess Fistful of Cake (PS3): $9.99
Pixel Junk Monsters Encore (PS3): $9.99
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Wii)l $29.99
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (360, PS3): $39.99
Iron Man 2 (Wii): $34.99
Iron Man 2 (360, PS3): $39.99
Sonic Sega All-Stars Racing (360, PS3, Wii): $29.99
Sonic Sega All-Stars Racing (DS): $19.99
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (360, PS3): $39.99

K-Mart

-Arcade system and Blur for $219.99 (save $39.99)
-Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (360, PS3): $39.99
-Splinter Cell: Conviction (360): $39.99
-Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360, PS3): $39.99
-Buy UFC Undisputed 2010 ($59.99) get a FREE UFC DVD (UFC Ultimate Knockouts 7 or UFC Best of 2008) ($9.99 or $14.99 value)
-Buy Split/Second ($59.99) get PURE FREE ($19.99 value)
-Black wireless controller $39.99
-Wireless Headset $49.99

Wii
-Buy a Wii system ($199.99) and Wii Fit Plus w/ Balance Board ($99.99),
get a $25 Nintendo gaming coupon (good towards Toy Story 3, Super Mario
Galaxy , New Super Mario Brothers , or Mario Kart)
-Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands $29.99
-Just Dance $29.99
-Red Steel 2 with MotionPlus $39.99

-Buy Toy Story 3 ($29.99) get a FREE Toy Story for DSi case ($4.99 value)

THIS WEEK’S DVD REVIEWS at CHUD

Did you miss a review this week? A lot of titles go unnoticed during the hectic news days around the site.

Click here to discover some of the latest DVD reviews.

THE REST OF THE DVDs THIS WEEK

Adopted
Air Bud: World Pup (Special Edition With Bonus Sports Bag)
American Dad! Vol. 5
Animals
Autopilot
Avatar The Last Airbender: Book Three – Fire, Vol. 4
Banned In America, Vol. 1
The Best Years: The Complete Second Season
The Blind Menace
The Book Of Eli
Boston Girls
Buffalo Bushido
The Cartel
Circle Of Pain
Collapse
Communion
Control Alt Delete
The Curse Of Father Cardona
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
Day Of Vengeance
Divided Heaven
Everwood: The Complete Third Season
Family Guy, Vol. 8
Happy Tears
Here’s Lucy: Season Three
Horror Hospital
The Horseman
Johnny Bravo: Season One
Katsura Funakoshi: Whispering Gaze (New People Artist Series)
Leave It To Beaver: Season Three
Lewis Black: Stark Raving Black
MacGyver: The TV Movies
Mary And Max
My Three Sons: The Second Season, Vol. 2
My Three Sons: The Second Season, Vols. 1 & 2 (Value Pack)
Mystery Train
Raffles: The Complete Collection
The Roommate
Sanctuary: The Complete Second Season
The Secret Life Of The American Teenager, Vol. 4
Sex Positive
Shades Of Gray
Shock-O-Rama Horror Collection: Screaming Dead/Shock-O-Rama/Bacterium/Bite Me!
Sister’s Keeper
Slaughter Island
Terror Inside
Trial And Retribution, Set 4
UFC 112: Invincible
Unthinkable
When In Rome (2010)
Witchblade: The Complete Series Digitally Remastered (Animated)
X: The Complete Series
Yo Gabba Gabba! Clubhouse
Youth In Revolt

BLU-RAY: IT’S GETTING CHEAPER

American Bandits: Frank And Jesse James
The Book Of Eli (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack)
Circle Of Pain
Control Alt Delete
Darkman
Flash Gordon
The Horseman
Mary And Max
Mystery Train
Sanctuary: The Complete First Season
Sanctuary: The Complete Second Season
Showgirls (15th Anniversary Sinsational Edition) (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack)
The Stepfather (1987)
Strange Bedfellows
Supernatural: The Complete First Season
Unthinkable
Vengeance Trilogy: Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance/Oldboy/Lady Vengeance
When In Rome (2010)
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Youth In Revolt

VIDEO GAMES

section by: Justin Clark and SCOTT!

TOY STORY 3: THE VIDEO GAME
Disney Interactive
360, PS3, PC, Wii, DS, PSP
6/15
MSRP: $49.99; $29.99 DS and PSP

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Well, it’s a Disney movie tie-in. Set your expectations for low. Having said that, Disney does seem to have put an effort into this one to keep the kids entertained for more than 4 hours on a lazy Saturday. For one thing, assuming the rugrats haven’t sold it by then, there will be DLC on the PS3 with mini-games that will be compatible with the Playstation Move. The other thing is that you can play the game as a straight forward version of the movie, or you can play in the Toy Box, which is exactly what it sounds like: the pre-school room from the film made into an open world game where you can do missions, or just mess around with all the toys to your hearts content. I could mention that you could actually buy every toy in the game in real life for less than the cost of the game itself, but then I’d have to mention how I had to go to school in blizzards wearing a potato sack, fight grizzlys with my Trapper Keeper, and drag the pelts uphill both ways or something.

OOOOOHHH: ON THE DLC TIP

FINAL FANTASY IX
Square Enix
Playstation Network
6/15
$9.99

I don’t know if it objectively supplants number 6 as the best game in the series, but for this fan’s money, FF9 is certainly my favorite. The innocence, quirkiness, and fun of the 8- and 16-bit titles, the solid gameplay of the 32-bit titles, and the last completely endearing cast of characters this series would ever know. It didn’t sell nearly as well as its predecessors the first time around. PS3 owners: CORRECT THAT MISTAKE.

BULLET HELL GUNDEMONIUM COLLECTION
Sony Online Entertainment/Rockin’ Android
Playstation Network
6/15
$14.99; $5.99 separately

See that screenshot to the right there? I want you to stare at it for 30 seconds. I’ll wait.

If you slowly and unconsciously smiled the smile of the criminally insane, this set is for you. If you looked around that screen, plotting the intended course of the bullets, had yourself a little “blind spot” moment like in Pitch Black, this set is for you. If you thought about tilting the screen on its side, you probably imported this shit last year, but still, this set is for you.

If you experienced any of the above, and are female, I love you.

If you couldn’t stop staring at the cutesy anime character, click here.

Thank you for your time and cooperation.

ROCK BAND TUESDAY

Ozzy Osbourne Pack 01 ($9.99/800 MS pts)

• Crazy Babies
• Diggin’ Me Down
• I Don’t Wanna Stop
• Let Me Hear You Scream
• No More Tears
• Soul Sucker

$1.99/160 MS pts per track

Once again, Rock Band becomes the platform of choice to debut new music from established artists. Perfect timing since it was getting about that time where I start forgetting Ozzy Osbourne made music. It may not be particularly good music, but I can’t deny there’s a bit of my heart that smiles because that trollish incoherent son of a bitch is still around. Of course, for everyone else who couldn’t give a damn, they were kind enough to stick Crazy Babies and No More Tears in there so you could remember the glory days. Give your RB character a blond wig and have him fail to successfully brood in front of a piano in his honor.

MUSIC
Section By Jeb D.

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
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Yeah, he’s even older than I am, and can come off as an old-school rock n roll cliche onstage, but Petty’s also the kind of standup guy who thinks about his fans, and isn’t prepared to take shit from corporations or lawyers. I guarantee that Reprise would have loved for him to deliver a whole set of “Refugee” and “Listen To Her Heart” soundalikes, but Petty seems to have been caught up in the rootsier, down-home sound of his recent Mudcrutch reunion album, and Mojo‘s a nice reminder that he grew up listening to not only The Byrds and The Hollies, but the Stones, Animals, and Allmans. Bluesy guitar pervades the album, rather than pop jangle, and if Mike Campbell remains one of the most underrated guitarists in rock, keyboardist Ben Tench really shines, varying the song textures. I’ll grant you it’s not quite as consistently hooky as Petty’s been in the past, but overall, I’d call it his best since Wildflowers. And the album opener is about Thomas Jefferson’s affair with a slave woman: now that’s rock n roll.

Antifogmatic
The Punch Brothers
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Traditional instrumentation is never a barrier to good contemporary thinking, or intriguing songwriting. Two albums in, I already find this band at least as satisfying as Nickel Creek. From the frenzied breakdown that kicks off “Don’t Need No” to the wry fuckup’s confession of “Next To The Trash,” the album matches instrumental mastery with verbal wit, culminating in the lovely benediction of “This Is The Song (Good Luck).”  And just so you don’t think they’ve forgotten where all this stuff came from, they can tell you everything you need to know about “Rye Whiskey.” There’s also a “deluxe edition”: a bonus CD of instrumentals, plus a live DVD, which I haven’t seen, but I’d strongly suspect it’s worth the few extra bucks.

Something For Everybody
Devo
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Given that they’ve spent a couple of decades goofing around with kids’ music and soundtrack projects, we might have expected these guys to make their “comeback” a quick cash-in, all synthy nostalgia. And musically, that’s not entirely unfair: the sound is familiar, with lashings of “Whip It” and “Jocko Homo” among the dance beats and warped guitar. What’s a bit of a surprise, actually, is the acuity with which their view of “de-volution” continues to be deployed three decades on, and given the current state of things, who can argue with them? Song after song paints a picture of a world where herky-jerky dance rhythms might be the only relief from a well-earned paranoia. In my particular favorite, “Don’t Shoot Me (I’m A Man)”, our hybrid-driving narrator is constantly trying to to the right thing, but finds himself targeted by the institutions he’d always thought would protect him, and he goes out on a cheerful chorus of “Don’t tase me, man!” Are we not men? Sadly, we are.

Renmin Park
Cowboy Junkies
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Given the seemingly unending flood of “comeback” albums so far this year, I’m pleasantly surprised that Michael Timmins and company are reaching somewhat out of their comfort zone for this Chinese-inspired song cycle about romance (there’s even real Chinese people on it!). Only “somewhat,” though: for every “Sir Francis Bacon At The Net” or “A Walk In The Park” that perks things up, there’s an “I Cannot Sit Sadly By Your Side”– which actually does precisely that, drifting limply out of your headphones, just like the half dozen or so albums that preceded this one. But if Margo Timmins is your drug of choice, she’s in prime seductive mode.

Other Noteworthy 6/15 Releases

Elvin Bishop, Red Dog Speaks. Bishop’s a gen-u-wine hard-livin’ bluesman, whose life has seen more than its share of downturn and tragedy, and unlike a lot of his contemporaries, he knows how to put every ounce of that into his playing. If downhome slide is your thing, dig in.

UNKLE, Where Did the Night Fall. The original “it’s not a group it’s a collective” has now released four albums in three different decades, so points for consistency. There’s a kind of a facelessness to it, though, with so many “guest” writers/performers, and for all that, it’s Lavelle’s “Ablivion” that provides the post-80’s comfort food. 

We Are Scientists, Barbara. Bright, cheerful, smart, and danceable when you’re in the mood, kinda dull when you’re not. But the lyric sheet always makes good reading.

Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere, Midnight Flyer. Second helping of soul revival from two masters of the genre: down and gritty, then smooth and easy. 

Rasputina, Sister Kinderhook. I love the fact that this rock and roll cello band is ongoing and organic: you start by thinking they probably had all the rock and roll cello players in the first place, but every time they lose one they find another. The songs? Spooky Victoriana. But, oh those cellos.

The Gaslight Anthem, American Slang. There’s nothing wrong with modeling your band on Bruce and the E Streeters. But if you’re The Hold Steady, you can transcend that influence by having a quirky original like Craig Finn in charge. These guys manage a catchy, listenable homage, but the quirk and originality are in short supply.

Pernice Brothers, Goodbye Killer. Brainy pop with occasional doses of power.

Chris Isaak, Live at the Fillmore. Sometimes Ricky Nelson, sometimes Tony Bennett, sometimes Brian Setzer…. His early, more rocking, albums remain my favorites, but the self-deprecating wit that made The Chris Isaak show such a subversive delight is always on display in the guy’s audience interaction. Plus, he sings real good, and his band is ace.

Steve Miller Band, Bingo! Lotta white blues out there this week. Most of the covers here aren’t exactly inspired choices (“Rock Me Baby,” “Let The Good Times Roll,” etc.). Back in the day, Miller balanced Boz Scaggs’ smoothy tendencies with his own particular quirkiness, which is not much on display this time. The result is smooth AOR blues just like Clapton used to make.

Sherie Rene Scott, Everyday Rapture. I know, you really don’t want to listen to a Broadway cast album about “a young woman’s psycho-sexual spiritual journey,” but when the show includes songs originally done by U2, The Supremes, Judy Garland, The Band, and Mister Rogers… at the very least, you might find it useful next time you’re assembling a playlist of “Covers From Hell.”

Suzanne Vega, Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs. Good NPR girl that she is, Vega is spending the next couple of years recycling, with a series of thematically-arranged albums, re-recording her old songs, stripped down to mostly just her voice and guitar. Putting aside the question of whether this smacks more of hubris or desperation, she is a pretty good songwriter, but one of the reasons that her best-known stuff was heavy on the production is that she’s kind of an indifferent singer.

Sarah McLachlan, Laws Of Illusion. Get ready for Lilith Fair.

Foghat, Last Train Home. Foghat? No, seriously… Foghat?

THE WEEK OF JUNE 15th 2010

GROUP EDITED by: TROY ANDERSON

DVD/BR SECTION by: Troy Anderson

YOUTH IN REVOLT
Director: Miguel Arteta
Sony/Weinstein Company

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Special Features

Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Animated Footage
Audition Footage

Youth in Revolt proves that Michael Cera can pick great material, but still fails to take a role 100% of the way. While some of us might still miss his adventures living in model housing, we’ve got to break away from beloved roles and compare him to most comedic talent on the market. Sure, he’s not constantly trying to shove middlin’ tripe down our throats. The kick in the pants is that he isn’t quite there yet. Nothing can fuck up an actor’s appeal like a fanbase’s expectations of perceived talent. If you’ve read the original C.D. Payne novel, then the cinematic adventures of Nick Twisp should hold up. Regardless of my bitching, I enjoyed it.

FAMILY GUY: VOLUME 8
sprung forth from: Seth MacFarlane

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Special Features

Family Guy has proven that anything once loved by stoned college students can eventually be turned to shit. Whether it be Dave Matthews, Ultimate Frisbee or Waffle House…America has a habit of running shit into the ground. The eighth volume of this animated series offers up more uncensored episodes and related laughs at homosexual babies. I have to admit to liking the Multiverse episode, but there was a whole lot of terrible episodes offered up in this release. I still don’t get why they took an image from this volume’s worst offender and placed it on the cover. Still, it’s something to watch as you try to not stroke out in the heat.

THE BOOK OF ELI
d. The Hughes Brothers

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The Book of Eli was such a mixed bag. You had great concepts with Denzel Washington taking the concept of a Nubian Zatoichi figure to new levels. Gary Oldman shows up to cash a check in between jaunts to Hogwarts and Gotham City. Mila Kunis proves that she’s way too hot to shacking up with Kevin McAllister. Most of the time I spent with the film, I was left wondering what has happened to the Hughes Brothers. Dead Presidents and Menace 2 Society were badass, yet nothing since then has been worth a shit. I don’t fully blame the Hughes Brothers for the movie’s shortcomings, after all I have to place some blame on David Goyer. EDIT: Goyer had nothing to do with Book of Eli. He just pisses me off as a writer. Goyer has never been that strong of a writer. He’s always that guy who comes up with great ideas for movies. Blade Trinity, Batman Begins and The Unborn all had great concept that never came together. Thankfully, Batman had Nolan to bail his ass out. The Book of Eli falls underneath that banner of missed opportunity. Somewhere between Riddick and Gymkata.

SHOWGIRLS: 15th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
d.  Paul Verhoeven

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Special Features

• Commentary
• Featurettes
• Trivia
• DVD and Blu-Ray versions

Showgirls is
still pretty fantastic. I remember first sticking into the local dollar house theater to catch this as a late matinee. When you’re 14, watching Jessie Spano get railed by the guy from Dune is mindblowing. Where can one begin with this film? Sure, it was intended to be this big blockbuster that redefined how mainstream American audience viewed sex in the cinema. But, it was plagued by terrible dialogue and ludicrous set-ups. When you’re not watching the seamstress getting sexually assault, you’ve got Gina Gershon trying to eye-fuck everyone in the room. If you haven’t seen this cinematic masterpiece yet, then I don’t know what’s stopping you. It’s coming to Blu-Ray, people. A 1080p transfer so crisp that you can see beads of sweat forming on the nipples of a young dancing extra.

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