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Babies $16.99 $22.99
House: Season 6 $39.99 $47.99
Marmaduke $19.99 $24.99
The Vampire Diaries: Season One $37.99 $47.99
Parenthood: Season 1 $29.99
Brothers and Sisters: Season 4 $39.99
NCIS: Los Angeles – Season 1 $39.99
TV on DVD Sale
$17.99
Breaking Bad: Season 1
Breaking Bad: Season 2
$24.99
How I Met Your Mother: Season 4
Dexter: Season 4
House: Season 5
The Tudors: Season 3
Mad Men: Season 1
Mad Men: Season 2
The Office: Season 5
$29.99
Family Guy: Volume 8
$34.99
Mad Men: Season 3
$39.99
True Blood: Season 1
True Blood: Season 2
Heroes: Season 4
$4.75 DVD Sale
Edward Scissorhands
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
Big Daddy
Steel Magnolias
sale
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Sons of Anarchy: Season Two $36.99 $44.99
The Middle: Season 1 $32.99
House: Season 6 $37.99 $47.99
Marmaduke $19.99 $26.99
The Vampire Diaries: Season One $39.99 $44.99
Parenthood: Season 1 $29.99
Brothers and Sisters: Season 4 $39.99
NCIS: Los Angeles – Season 1 $39.99 $44.99
Flash/Forward: The Complete Series $44.99
TV on DVD Sale
$19.99
Lost: Season 5
House: Seasons 2-5
Criminal Minds: Seasons 3-4
The Big Bang Theory: Seasons 1-2
Fringe: Season 1
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Seasons 1-4
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Sons of Anarchy: Season 1
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Blazing Saddles
The Corpse Bride
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The Blair Witch Project
Hard Candy
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Deep Blue Sea
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The Score
$19.99
Anchorman
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Oliver Stone Collection
Martin Scorsese Collection
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THE REST OF
THE DVDs THIS WEEK
The Alien Time Machine: Encounters From Another Dimension
Apache Rifles
Art Of The Cross (Kultur)
Art Of War (Kultur)
Batons, Bows And Bruises: A History Of The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (With Bonus CD)
Beatdown
Black Blood Brothers: The Complete Series
Brainjacked
Brothers And Sisters: The Complete Fourth Season
The Capone Investment
Cinevardaphoto
Clear Lake, WI
Dick Barton Special Agent Collection
FlashForward: The Complete Series
For My Wife …
Four In The Morning
French Film
Girls On The Road
Harry Brown
Hell Is Sold Out
House: Season Six
iCarly: iSpace Out
Ikki Tousen Dragon Destiny: Complete Series
The Jeff Koons Show
The Judy Garland Show, Vol. 5
Lonesome Dove: The Series – The Complete Season One
Lorna The Exorcist
Made For Each Other
Marmaduke
Marple: Series Five
The Middle: Season One
Mon Amour
Naruto: Uncut Season Three, Box Set Vol. 2
National Geographic: National Parks Collection – Glacier National Park
NCIS: Los Angeles – The First Season
9th Company (Standard Edition)
9th Company (Collector’s Edition)
Once An Eagle
One Piece: Season Three, 2nd Voyage
Parenthood: Season One
Point Of Terror
Pokemon Elements, Collection 1
A Quiet Little Marriage
Red Riding: 1974/1980/1983
Sons Of Anarchy: Season Two
Squeal
Surprise Surprise
Thriller (USA 1960s): The Complete Series
Tormented
Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?
UFC 115: Liddell Vs. Franklin
Uppercut Man (Mya)
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season
The Waiting Room
Water Wars
BLU-RAY: IT’S
GETTING CHEAPER
Beatdown
Black Blood Brothers: The Complete Series
Carnivorous
The Evil Dead (Limited Edition)
Flesh Eater (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
Harry Brown
House: Season Six
Marmaduke (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
NCIS: Los Angeles – The First Season
9th Company (Standard Edition)
9th Company (Collector’s Edition)
Red Riding: 1974/1980/1983
Sons Of Anarchy: Season Two
Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season
section by: Justin
Clark and SCOTT!
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Man, what I would give if every long-running game series was as well-handled and adaptable as Metroid. There hasn’t been a bad game in this series since Metroid 2, and Other M doesn’t seem to be the combo breaker in that regard. Team Ninja wouldn’t have been my first choice to carry this series’ torch, but they know action, and when they set their minds to it, they know atmosphere. Not that any of you saw it (addendum: you fucking pussies), but I have to imagine the same sick genius mind over there who came up with the gothic cathedral made of flesh and bone near the end of Ninja Gaiden II had a field day designing for this game. Unfortunately, their grasp on story lies somewhere between Michael Bay and a chimp with the Downs, and there’s more of a cinematic focus on that than there has been in games past. Thankfully, most of this seems to be sequestered off in cutscenes so, long as you have a sandwich and, depending on how bad it gets, a gun with a single bullet on hand, you’ll be fine.
OOOHHHH: ON THE DLC TIP
BIOSHOCK 2: MINERVA’S DEN
2K Marin
XBox Live, Playstation Network
8/31
$9.99/800 MS pts
As if Bioshock 2 didnt already have a problem trying to follow up one of the greatest FPSes of all time, now theyve got new single-player DLC coming out on the heels of Ken Levine’s Bioshock Infinite reveal. It’s the 2010 of video games. It’s not a bad game, but if this wasn’t coming out, I’d have forgotten this game actually happened. And it was only 6 months ago. Which is sad, because there’s actually a surprising amount of content being thrown in here, including a new protagonist, a new brand of Big Daddy, and an entirely self-contained story involving a sort of undersea UNIVAC controlling Rapture behind the scenes.
DEAD RISING: CASE ZERO
Capcom
XBox Live
8/31
400 MS pts
Case Zero is meant to not only serve as the bridge between Dead Risings 1 and 2, but as DR2‘s demo. I hate that its going to cost me money to find out if the multitude of things that punched balls about Dead Rising 1 got fixed or not almost as much as I hate the fact that game developers have almost single-handedly made me goddamned tired of zombies over the course of the last year and a half or so, but the idea is sound.
ROCK BAND TUESDAY
Country Pack 04 ($14.99/1200 MS pts)
- Dierks Bentley— What Was I Thinkin’
- Eric Church – Hell on the Heart
- Jamey Johnson – Women
- Josh Turner – Would You Go With Me +
- Keith Urban – Days Go By +
- Lady Antebellum – Lookin’ For a Good Time
- Laura Bell Bundy – Rebound
- Reba McEntire – Fancy +
- Sugarland – It Happens +
$1.99 per track
+=Available for Lego Rock Band
Except for Fancy (screw you, Reba McEntire’s great), his whole pack reads like the soundtrack to Dante’s descent into the inferno to me, but the country stuff has sold well, and the lily must occasionally be gilded with suck so that stuff like that Ministry pack from a while ago can happen. So, enjoy, whoever you are with genuine interest in this. Your love of twangy pop music is but a means to an end.
In a perfect world, that end involves more Neko Case.
Music
Section by Jeb D.
DREAM ATTIC
Richard Thompson
Of all the musicians who emerged in the 60’s, there’s barely a handful who remain interesting, much less relevant. But Thompson, who founded Fairport Convention at the age of 17, played onstage with Hendrix and Page, and recorded essential albums both on his own and with ex-wife Linda, is arguably the only one of his era, save possibly Dylan himself, who remains at the top of his game. At a time when even Van Morrison is settling for the low-hanging fruit of jazz and R&B standards, Thompson continues crafting brilliant, stunning songs on such topics as love and loss, working men and gangsters, Burning Man and mass murderer Sidney Wells, and the death of everything from the world economy to old friends. And make no mistake: while the Fairport heritage often has him mislabeled as a “folkie,” there’s nothing twee or simpering about Thompson’s hard-edged rock or his powerful ballad writing; if anything, he’s a little too comfortable with world-weary cynicism and arching a lyrical eyebrow at human folly (the Wall Street tycoon narrating “Money Shuffle” is none too subtle: “If you’ll just bend over a little / I think you’ll feel my financial muscle / Spread it wide, wide as you can / To get the full benefit of my plan“). His decision to record this album of all-new material in live performance encourages him to loosen up and stretch out on guitar more than he typically does in the studio; there aren’t any epic eight-minute “Calvary Cross” workouts here, but virtually every song on Dream Attic is bedecked with jaw-dropping runs, and solos that break down and reassemble song structures with breathtaking ease. His keen ear for a world of musical influences shows up in things like the mad atonal soprano sax solo on “Money Shuffle,” and the plaintive Celtic fiddle that caresses the melody of “Among the Gorse, Among The Grey.” With catchy, memorable songs, a great band (including multi-instrumentalist Pete Zorn and amazing drummer Michael Jerome), and blazing Stratocaster in hand, Thompson live is an unmissable experience.
I’M HAVING FUN NOW
Jenny And Johnny
Take Rilo Kiley, keep the smarts and ramp up the power pop by about 100%, and you’ve got some idea of what Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice have cooked up here. The chiming guitars and bracing harmonies remind me of the recent collaborations between Matthew Sweet and Susannah Hoffs, with the added benefit of fresh original material. I’m Having Fun Now reads like an album title that’s either too ironic or too on-the-nose, but the material falls prey to neither, subverting easy expectations and leavening the sunny pop with arch observations and touches of acid: “God, it makes me queasy when you smile,” “I need to be committed today,” neither of which the sort of thing you expect from such summery sounds. And hearing Lewis, on “Big Wave,” break down the various economic failures of The Governator and his foes in the California legislature, in her soaring, soulful wail is, trust me, something that few lyricists or singers could even come close to pulling off– much less have you singing along with. There’s the added bonus of the album being layered enough to reward repeated listenings: it’ll take me at least three or four more to sort out the various snake references.
FAMILIAL
Philip Selway
The Radiohead drummer, inspired by his mother’s passing, and the realization that he’s the same age as the current Prime Minister, decided that time really was slipping away, and that it might be now or never for a solo album. Radiohead fans will recognize the instrumental textures, though they’re deployed with a bit more restraint here, and some of the most affecting singing comes against the slow instrumental build of tracks like “The Ties That Bind.” That’s just one of several songs here which focus heavily on the responsibilities inherent in maturity, and raising a family (“I want to shield you from my mistakes,” he sings to his child). I’d never heard Selway sing before (not sure if he ever has), but I like his closely-miked, slightly cracked falsetto, somewhat reminiscent of Sam Beam; and he has nice occasional vocal support here from Lisa Germano. He sometimes stretches his melodic gifts beyond their breaking point (“Broken Promises” and “All Eyes On You” are among the tracks that almost drift out of memory before he’s even finished singing), but at its strongest, the album’s a moody, thoughtful essay on the mixture of doubts and delights that comes with getting on in years.
JUNKY STAR
Ryan Bingham
The guy who helped The Dude finally snag Oscar returns with his first new album since anyone figured out who he is (hint: not your CMT-approved country hunk). Lead single “Depression” is as bleak and stark as its title, and there’s not a lot of good times on songs like “Lay My Head On The Rail” or “Self Righteous Wall,” but maybe this is not the time or place for that: this is an album that speaks more clearly to what’s happening to “real” life in America than anything I’ve heard in quite some time. There are familiar tropes here (the “Hard Worn Trail,” the “Wandering,”), but Bingham makes them feel like truisms, not cliches; the characters and places in the songs are as lived-in and and world-weary as Bob Dylan’s face. The spare instrumentation leaves room for Bingham’s voice, a ragged instrument that conveys more lifetimes of experience than his 29 years would suggest. He’s a subtler singer than Steve Earle, and a sharper lyricist than John Mellencamp, but if either of those guys appeal to you, Bingham’s worth getting to know. The Amazon download version, by the way, includes his Oscar-winning song “The Weary Kind” as a bonus track.
Other Noteworthy 8/31 Music Releases
Goo Goo Dolls, Something For The Rest Of Us. If these guys had known they were going to be around this long, do you suppose they’d have come up with a less goofy name? It certainly sounds like nothing’s changed over the years, so there’s that: big guitars, sweeping hooks, wistful vocals… and maybe just a bit too much adolescent confusion in the songwriting of a guy who’s got forty well in his rear view mirror at this point.
Heart, Red Velvet Car. Well, this is a good thing: Less “These Dreams” or “What About Love?”, more “Barracuda.” Maybe it’s the years of fighting that women of “a certain age” need to do to survive in the music business, but much of this album’s a feisty return to the band’s fem-Zep form of the 70’s, with the harmonies darkened just enough by the passage of time. “WTF” may be a painfully “now” choice for a song title, but the tune itself slams along with more rock and roll verve than either Plant or Page has managed in years.
Micky Dolenz, King For A Day. Mike Nesmith’s gifts as a songwriter never completely escaped the shadow of The Monkees, and the same can be said of Dolenz’ singing: he’s got a natural white-soul voice, and had things broken differently, he might have given Mitch Ryder a run for his money. But that’s not what’s called for when taking on the introspection and melodic precision of the Carole King songbook; the fact that Dolenz’ voice is past its peak doesn’t help, and the arrangements now and again make Rod Stewart’s “Songbooks” sound positively subtle.
Disturbed, Asylum. Considering that if you purchase the CD, you’ll get access to a cornucopia of special features, including instructional videos where the band teaches you how to play songs from the album, AND that the album is about to be released for Rock Band, the question of whether it’s any good is almost irrelevant.
Papa Roach, Time For Annihilation..On the Record, and On The Road. Five new tracks, nine live performances of old favorites (if that’s how one describes a song like “Hollywood Whore”).
Lyfe Jennings, I Still Believe. Well, that makes one of us.
The Weepies, Be My Thrill. The charming folk-pop harmonies and quirky songs (“They’re In Love, Where Am I?” “Not A Lullaby”) are still in place, and in a better world, “I Was Made For Sunny Days” would have been a great summer single. If you’ve only got room for one male-female duo producing pop perfection this week, then go with Jenny and Johnny. But this album’s a worthy companion piece.
Lee Perry & The Upsetters, Sound System Scratch. The man invented dub, which makes him among the most influential musicians of the late 20th century. This is a well-chosen sample, including a few rarities, and if you’re at all curious about where much of today’s turntable wizardry began, this is Lesson #1.
THE WEEK OF AUGUST 31st 2010
GROUP EDITED by: TROY ANDERSON
SECTION by: Troy Anderson
SONS OF ANARCHY: SEASON TWO
Brought forth by: Kurt Sutter
20th Century Fox
CLICK HERE TO BUY IT AT AMAZON!
Special Features
Sons of Anarchy: Season Two was when the SAMCRO crew finally saw a true threat on the horizon. The LOAN Club was moving in on their heroin operation, while taking shots at the club’s internal operations. Katey Sagal continued to prove that the Emmys don’t mean shit, as she continues to deliver the work of her lifetime as Gemma. Henry Rollins owned all this season as white supremacist AJ Weston. Yet, he continues the streak of guest actors that blow Charlie Hunnam off the map. Since LOST went off the air, Hunnam seems to have inherited that weak link in an ensemble position from Evangeline Lilly.
RED RIDING TRILOGY
Directed by: Julian Jarrold, James Marsh and Anand Tucker
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Special Features
The Red Riding Trilogy was pushed on me for months until I finally sat down to watch it. What I saw was another glowing example of Channel 4’s expert ability to adapt projects that would flounder in America. The trilogy was released on a limited screen basis to American arthouse theaters earlier this year. So, I’m expecting that the Blu-Ray/DVD bow will be the first taste for many Chewers. While there are a bulk of exclusive supplemental material on the DVD/Blu-Ray. I’d recommend checking each film out on Netflix Instant View first. Get a feel of the movies and see if they match what you’re expecting from period crime drama. That being said, if you like it…pick up the Blu-Ray. The HD transfers shine as some of the best 1080 presentations I’ve seen in 2010. Sure, 1983 holds up better since it was shot on the RED camera. But, 1974 and 1980 look amazing for being shot on period appropriate film stocks.
THE EVIL DEAD
d.
Sam Raimi
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SPECIAL FEATURES
- Brand-New Commentary from Tapert, Raimi and Campbell
- Featurettes
- and more from the last Special Edition DVD!
The Evil Dead has arrived on Blu-Ray. It looks pretty amazing, but there are still some sore spots that seem to be a part of the original film negative. The release is being touted as having a Limited Edition bonus disc of special features. However, if you already have the three-disc bound DVD Special Edition from 2008/2009, you’ve already seen those supplemental features. There is a new commentary on the first disc from the Trio of Shemps, but it’s really just more of the same. If there’s interest in a visual breakdown for the film’s Blu-Ray bow, I can work up an additional look at the title for later this week.
HARRY BROWNCLICK HERE TO BUY IT AT AMAZON!
Special
Features
- Filmmaker and Cast Commentary
- Deleted Scenes
Harry Brown proves that Michael Caine is still a badass. When a group of local hooligans rob Harry of his best friend, he decides to set things right. Using his training as a soldier, he declares war on the ignorant criminal youth of the world. The police are helpless, as Brown mows down the English criminals. Taking many cues from the works of Michael Winner, Michael Caine comes to life with a fire unseen since his work in the 1970s. As the film wasn’t released in America until April 2010, it’s still in contention for Oscar recognition for the upcoming season. If there is a film-watching deity left, I would love to see Caine getting an Oscar nomination for his senior soldier. Out of all the titles covered this week, if you have to blind buy/watch one film…make it Harry Brown.
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FYI, the first two seasons of Chuck are also $19.99 each at Best Buy this week.
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