SPEND YOUR MONEY!
NEW RELEASES
*Blu-Ray prices are in BOLD
BLUE
Knight and Day $13 $22.99
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice $17.99 $24.99 $29.99
Twilight Saga: Eclipse $15.99 $19.99 $24.99 $24.99 $29.99
Destination Forks: Real World of Twilight $9.99
Fantasia / Fantasia 2000 $19.99 $27.99
Videos/Performances from The Twilight Saga Vol. 1 $19.99
Twilight Saga: New Moon $19.99 $24.99
Twilight $19.99 $24.99
Vampires Suck $14.99 $22.99
$10
The Dark Knight
Ninja Assassin
$13
Valkyrie
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
TV on DVD SALE
Nothing Much This Week———————————————–
NEW RELEASES
*Blu-Ray prices are in BOLD
BLUE
Knight and Day $17.99 $19.99 $24.99
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice $17.99 $22.99 $26.99
Twilight Saga: Eclipse $15.99 $17.99 $24.99 $19.99 $26.99 $31.99
Up $14.99
Fantasia / Fantasia 2000 $22.99 $29.99
Lost: Season 6 $29.99
Alien Anthology $94.99
Going the Distance $19.99 $27.99
Avatar: Collector’s Edition $19.99 $29.99
True Blood: Season 1 $39.99 $49.99
The Pacific $59.99 $69.99
Parks and Recreation: Season 2 $29.99
Vampires Suck $14.99 $22.99
DVD Sale
$3.49
Bullitt
Caddyshack
Heartbreak Ridge
Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay
$13.99
The Karate Kid (2010)
$14.99
The Last Airbender
$19.99
Toy Story 3
Disney’s A Christmas Carol
$34.99
Star Wars Trilogy (1977-1983) aka The Classic Formula
Star Wars Trilogy (1999-2005) aka Lucas pissed in your Coke
$17.99 or 2 for $22.99
Public Enemies
9
Coraline
Inglorious Basterds
It’s Complicated
Couples Retreat
The Bourne Ultimatum
$19.99
Meet the Parents
$22.99
Up
$29.99
The Karate Kid (2010)
The Last Airbender
$39.99
The Clone Wars: Season 2
Lost: Season 6
TV on DVD SALE
$14.99
Heroes: Season 3
The Office: Season 5
House: Season 5
Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.5
$16.99
The Shield: Season 7
Rescue Me: Season 5
$17.99
One Tree Hill: Season 6
Two and a Half Men: Season 6
$22.99
The Clone Wars: Season 2
Video
Sales
Target
Epic Mickey: $49.99, Collector’s Edition: $69.99 (Wii)
Wii Party: $42 (Wii)
Toy Story 3: $42 (360/PS3/Wii)
Shaun White Skateboarding: $42 (360/PS3)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1: $42 (360/PS3/Wii)
GoldenEye 007: $42 (Wii)
Castlevania – Lords of Shadow: $42 (360/PS3)
Your Shape – Fitness Evolved: $42 (Kinekt)
Golden Sun – Dark Dawn: $32 (NDS)
Marvel Super Hero Squad: $32 (Wii)
Wii Play: $32 (Wii)
My Sims – Sky Heroes: $32 (360/Ps3/Wii)
Create: $32 (360/PS3/Wii)
Tangled: $32 (Wii), $27 (NDS)
Michael Jackson Experience: $22 (Wii/PSP)
Supets Scribblenauts: $22 (NDS)
Club Penguin: $22 (NDS)
Sonic Colors: $22 (NDS)
Super Mario DS: $22 (NDS)
Petz Nursery 2: $22 (NDS)
Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2011: $59.99 (360), $49.99 (Wii)
Power Gig: $149.99 (360/PS3)
Best Buy
Epic Mickey: $49.99, Collector’s Edition: $69.99 (Wii)
– Buy Epic Mickey, get 50% off on all games marked with an *
Create: $39.99 (Wii) *
Marvel Super Hero Squad: $39.99 (Wii) *
Toy Story Mania!: $39.99 (Wii) *
New Carnival Games: $39.99 (Wii) *
Decal Sports 3: $29.99 (Wii) *
Sonic Colors: $49.99 (Wii) *
Lego Harry Potter: $49.99 (Wii)*
Sims 3: $49.99 (Wii) *
Call of Duty – Black Ops: $49.99 (Wii), $29.99 (NDS)
Smack Down VS Raw 2011: $39.99 (Wii), $39.99 (PSP)
GoldenEye 007: $49.99, w/controller: $69.99 (Wii), $29.99 (NDS)
– Free $20 Best Buy Gift Card with the purchase of any 2, or free $5
Best Buy Gift Card with the purchase of any game marked with an ***
Babysitting Mama: $49.99 (Wii) ***
Crafting Mama: $29.99 (NDS) ***
Cooking Mama 3 Shop and Chop: $29.99 (NDS) ***
Cooking Mama Cook Off: $19.99 (Wii) ***
Cooking Mama World Kitchen: $19.99 (Wii) ***
Gardening Mama: $19.99 (NDS) ***
Cooking Mama: $19.99 (NDS) ***
Cooking Mama 2: $19.99 (NDS) ***
– Free $10 Best Buy Gift Card with the purchase of any game marked with an ****
Jillian 2011: $39.99 (Wii) ****
Glee Karaoke Revolution: $59.99 (Wii) ****
Michael Jackson Experience: $49.99 (Wii) ****
Fit: $39.99 (Wii) ****
Disney Sing It Pop Hits: $39.99 (Wii) ****
Sing It Party Hits: $49.99 (Wii) ****
Assassin’s Creed – Brotherhood: $59.99 (360/PS3)
Splatterhouse: $59.99 (360/PS3)
Fallout New Vegas: $59.99 (360/PS3)
NBA2K11: $59.99 (PS3)
Red Dead Redemption: $49.99 (360/PS3)
Red Dead Redemption – Undead Nightmare: $19.99 (360/PS3)
Bioshock 2: $19.99 (360/PS3)
PES2011 – Revolution Soccer: $49.99 (360/PS3)
Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2011: $69.99 (360/PS3), $49.99 (Wii)
Rapala Pro Bass Fishing: $59.99 (360/PS3)
K-Mart
Get a $15 Gaming Coupon with the purchase of any software game $39.99 and up (360/PS3/Wii)
Epic Mickey: $49.99 (Wii), get a $20 gaming coupon w/purchase
Golden Sun Dark Dawn: $34.99 (NDS), get a $10 gaming coupon w/purchase
TOYS R US
– Buy a game marked with an *, get any other Wii game 50% off
Epic Mickey: $49.99 (Wii) *
Donkey Kong Country Returns: $49.99 (Wii) *
– Save $10 on ALL Kinect or Move games
– Buy a game marked with an **, get any other 360 or PS3 game 50% off
Call of Duty – Black Ops: $59.99 (360) **
Assassin’s Creed – Brotherhood: $59.99 (PS3) **
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit: $59.99 (PS3)
– Free $15 Gift Card when you buy any game marked with an ***
EA FIFA Soccer 11: $59.99 (PS3) ***
EA Tiger Woods PGA Tours II: $59.99 (PS3) ***
EA MMA: $59.99 (360) ***
EA Madden 11: $59.99 (360) ***
EA NBA Jam: $49.99 (360) ***
EA Active 2: $99.99 (PS3) ***
– Buy 1, Get 1 for only $5 on all NDS games priced $29.99-$34.99 (see store for details)
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Alarm
American Fetish
Birdy The Mighty: Decode, Pt. 1
Birdy The Mighty: Decode, Pt. 2
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story
La Braconne (The Poacher)
Cairo Time
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (Ultimate Fan Pack)
Fantasia/Fantasia 2000: Two Movie Collection (Special Edition)
Floored
Going The Distance (2010)
Hair High
Have Gun Will Travel: The Fifth Season, Vol. 1
Hell Girl: Three Vessels, Collection 2
Iron Man: Extremis
Knight And Day
Life In Flight
Liverpool (Kino)
Looney Tunes Super Stars: Foghorn Leghorn And Friends – Barnyard Bigmouth
Looney Tunes Super Stars: Tweety And Sylvester – Feline Fwenzy
The Lucy Show: The Official Third Season
The Lucy Show: Three-Season Value Pack
Lulu (2002)
Mark Street: Selected Films, Vol. 2 – Tales Of Urban Fascination
Michael Douglas Film Collection
New Faces
Parks And Recreation: Season Two
Paul Mellon: In His Own Words
Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (Deluxe Edition)
Shadowland
The Sicilian Girl
Sid & Marty Krofft’s Saturday Morning Hits
Soldiers Of Fortune: The Complete Television Series
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Disney 2010)
The Special Relationship
A Touch Of Frost: Season Fifteen
Valhalla Rising
Vampires Suck
Voodoo Cowboys
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Walt And El Grupo
BLU-RAY: IT’S
GETTING CHEAPER
Cairo Time
Fantasia/Fantasia 2000: Two Movie Collection (Special Edition) (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
Floored
Going The Distance (2010) (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
Kill Zone (Ultimate Edition) (Dragon Dynasty)
Knight And Day (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Holiday Gift Set)
Knight And Day (Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy Combo)
Make-Out With Violence
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Disney 2010) (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Disney 2010) (Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy Combo)
Space: 1999 – Season One
Vampires Suck
Music
Section by Jeb D.
THE BEGINNING
Black Eyed Peas
Let’s face it, plenty of great pop music relies on the annoyance factor; in a way, that’s what a pop hook often is. Sometimes, it’s a melody you want to bathe in over and over; other times it’s an aural itch that you have to keep scratching, even when it does no good. So here we are, with the latest from the band that seems to annoy more people than any other working today. While I’d never call them subtle, I do like the fact that, once past the opening invocation of “I’ve Had The Time Of My Life” (which is truly enough to make you want to turn the damn thing off and throw it out the window right there), there’s less of a sense that they’re pushing for a hit; given the more relaxed tone, I won’t be surprised if “Whenever” or “Someday” deliver. I’ll admit that an entire album of auto-tune is usually enough to defeat me, and by the time we get to the assortment of “bonus tracks” that Amazon provides, my mind truly began to wander. But taken in small doses, stuff like “Love You Long Time” and “Don’t Stop The Party” are first-rate floor fodder.
THE WEIGHT’S ON THE WHEELS
The Russian Futurists
It opens with a catchy duet between songwriter/bandleader Matthew Hart and Ruth Minnikin that helps set the tone: adult, slighly twee pop, with light dance grooves and tunes that will lodge oh-so-immovably in your cortex; “I’m feeling good about my chances tonight,” indeed. “100 Shopping Days Till Christmas” is a down-to-earth bit of timeliness, “Register My Firearms? No Way!” is ironic Tea Party romance at its finest, and “To Be Honest” is a sly bit of self-examination. The production is nicely jam-packed and effectively layered, with the odd guitar or keyboard part peeking its head out now and again, before sinking back into the plush mix. If Crowded House had come up today instead of twenty years ago, they might have sounded something like this. Not-so-pure pop for us no-longer-so-“now”-people.
NORTHERN AGGRESSION
Steve Wynn And The Miracle 3
Steve Wynn may be trying to set some kind of record, having now led something like a half-dozen different bands, with no sign of stopping: given the relative obscurity in which they labor, I admire his persistence. This latest outing (the fourth) from The Miracle 3 might be his most effective slice of rock and roll since the glory days of The Dream Syndicate. Lacking a Karl Precoda or Paul Cutler to lean on, Wynn concentrates on a tighter, more focused approach to the clash of guitars, from the Stones-y shuffle of “The Other Side,” to the chunk-a-chunk funk of “We Don’t Talk About It;” from the churning psychedelia of “Colored Lights” to the oddly affecting “The Death of Donny B,” an uncredited song that Wynn found on an old anti-drug film, The Miracle 3 (guitarist Jason Victor, drummer Linda Pitmon, and bassist Dave DeCastro) provide Wynn with what might be the tightest backing he’s ever had. If they lack the expansiveness of The Dream Syndicate, there’s as much punch and variety as Wynn’s Baseball Project at its best (is it an in-joke that the album even leads off with the words “When I slide, I slide“?). The album closes out on the strong one-two punch of “On The Mend”‘s screaming guitars, and “Ribbons and Chains,” which genially revisits Wynn’s Lou Reed obsession.
THE FABULOUS MISS D: THE KEYNOTE, DECCA, & MERCURY SINGLES 1943-1953
Dinah Washington
Washington’s importance lies in her ability to move from the world of jazz standards where Ella and Sarah held court, into the burgeoning field of R & B, where she became a jukebox staple in the black communities in the south and major urban areas during the 40’s and 50’s. Though she would go on, after this period, to have crossover hits and become an even bigger star, the sides on this set (beautifully remastered) give a picture of the downhome grit and humor that the youthful Washington (barely twenty when the first of these records was cut) brought to a jazz vocal scene that was (is) often too willing to smooth out its rough edges: from “Salty Papa Blues” to “My Man’s An Undertaker,” the sly Miss D pulls no punches.
Other Noteworthy 11/30 Releases
Black Swan Soundtrack. Darren Aronofsky, hot ballet babes and cold, cruel death… clearly a job for Clint Mansell.
Soulja Boy, The DeAndre Way. Dude says he deserves a Grammy. And why not? Look at the people that are already winning the damn thing.
Christette Michele, Let Freedom Reign. The dance grooves are fine, the diva pipes in place, and you know it’s a proper “album,” not just a random collection of singles, because it’s got Part 1’s and Part 2’s, and a couple of “skits.” Useful line of the week: “I suck at doing anything right.”
Ronald Isley, Mr. I. One of the original soul men meets L.A. Reid, T.I., and Aretha Franklin (among others) for a funky fiftieth anniversary.
Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath. It’s a cross– the box is a cross, a black cross–get it? Cuz it’s all about “eeeevillll.” Anyway, it’s 13 CD’s, all nine of the albums Ozzy did with Sab, with a couple of radio shows about him and the band, a poster, a 100 page book, and some guitar picks. Of course, you could just buy the version that comes in a plain old coffin-shaped container… but that box!
Fugs, Tenderness Junction / It Crawled Into My Hand, Honest. Digital remastering on one CD of the two groundbreaking albums by the group that transitioned from the beats to the hippies, lampooning both and scorning the fools they allowed themselves to be governed by. Pick to click: “Out Demons Out,” recorded live during the 1967 attempt to levitate the Pentagon.
Burlesque Soundtrack. Eight new Aguilera tracks, some new Cher, not enough Stanley Tucci.
Bryan Adams, Bare Bones. Says here that Adams decided to record a new live acoustic collection of his best known songs because the fans coming to his shows demanded it! Of course, touring without a band is cheaper, too.
Sandy Denny, Deluxe Box Set. Is Jimmy Page just being an asshole again? Here we have one of the great female vocalists in the history of English music, gathering together every regular studio recording she ever made (including Strawbs, Fairport, Fotheringay, and the solo albums), live material, and even several hours of previously unreleased rehearsal and demo tapes. And after all that, we can’t get the track for which she’s best-known, her duet with Plant on “Battle of Evermore”? Ah, well. This thing’s too pricey for any but the most fanatic collector; on the flip side, there’s loads of stuff on here that not EVEN the most fanatic Denny collector would already own.
Swans, My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky. Been out for a while, but I’m just now getting round to it. Anyway, it’s clear that Gira and his re-formed, re-constituted Swans are as dark and doom-laden as ever, brutal and unforgiving (who else would title a song “You Fucking People Make Me Sick”?), but with a more open perspective: on a song like “Jim” you sense something approaching empathy, and “Eden Prison” could almost be mistaken for rock and roll. Too gloomy to be taken seriously (they’re like an American reduction of Joy Division mixed with Gang of Four, with even less of a sense of humor), but too serious to just dismiss out of hand.
SECTION
by: Justin Clark and Matt Rose
EPIC MICKEY
Disney Interactive
Wii
11/30
MSRP: $49.99
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Basically, this game sets out to fulfill the promise of Mickey Mania so many years ago, with a touch of the grim for good measure. It’s got the pedigree (Disney plus Warren Spector), it seems to have the mechanics down, and it seems to use old school Disney to grand, mature effect. And this is genuine maturity we’re talking here, not Kingdom Hearts Oh-Sephiroth’s-Back-To-Vague-Up-The-Joint-Again maturity. Once again, this is a good month to own a Wii. This is an effort that deserves rewarding.
GOLDEN SUN: DARK DAWN
Nintendo
DS
11/30
MSRP: $34.99
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Golden Sun is one of those series that’s just never clicked with me, despite objectively enjoying the puzzles, and a few of the more innovative gameplay mechanics. It’s still a really standard RPG at the end of the day, though, and the fact that this new one leans more on dialogue than the previous ones is a bit worrisome. On the flip side, I’m a sucker for cel-shading, and I’ve been looking for a decent RPG to fill the void beating Chrono Trigger on DS has left.
OOOHHHH: ON THE DLC TIP
DEAD NATION
Sony Computer Entertainment of America
Playstation Network
12/1
$14.99
Yet Another God Damn Zombie Game. This one looks like a simplified Left 4 Dead, but belies the fact that the on-screen zombie count rivals Dead Rising 2, and with an absolutely stellar presentation for what sounds like a standard run-n-gun shooter on paper. When zombies stop being played the fuck out, this sounds like it’ll be fun, creepy times.
UNBOUND SAGA
Vogster
XBox Live Arcade
12/1
800 MS pts
Anyone who’s owned or kept up with the PSP has already gone and gotten their heart broken by this game, which has all the makings of being Comix Zone 2 in all but name, but comes off as interesting and compelling as sloth porn. This release adding co-op gameplay may help stave off the boredom factor, but in a year that had both Scott Pilgrim and Shank, this thing is a non-entity.
ROCK BAND TUESDAY
Lynyrd Skynyrd Pack 01 ($6.99/560 MS pts)
- Saturday Night Special X
- Sweet Home Alabama (Live) X
- Tuesday’s Gone
- What’s Your Name? X
.38 Special – Hold On Loosely X
Bad Company – Can’t Get Enough X
$1.99/160 MS pts per track
X-Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansion available for 99 cents/80 MS pts
All Southern rock all the time this week. I’m actually surprised it took this long for a full fledged Skynyrd pack to happen, but more surprised we’re stealing with substandard live tracks at this stage of the game. The .38 Special and Bad Company tracks kinda make up for it, but there’s got to be a wicked facial hair requirement for daring to pick up a mic on any of these tracks.
The Week of November 30th, 2010
GROUP EDITED by: TROY ANDERSON
SECTION by: Troy Anderson
PARKS AND RECREATION – SEASON TWO
Creators: Greg Daniels and Michael Schur
NBC/Universal
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Special Features
Parks and Recreation entered its second season with a focus that The Office has been missing for the last three and a half seasons. It’s fashionable to beat up on the Scranton crew, but Amy Poehler has found her feet with this show. Leslie Knope is a Michael Scott analogue, but she’s a knock-off that has been outperforming the original for the last year. Ditching mental retardation for warm-hearted personality, Poehler has turned Knope into the charming center piece of the best show on TV that you’re not watching. While NBC sodomizes their schedule for the Winter 2011 season, one can only hope that Parks and Recreation finds a bigger audience. That’s why I’m calling the delayed release of Season 2 as the best release of the week. For those of you with Netflix, check it out on Instant View.
FANTASIA / FANTASIA 2000
Disney
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Special Features
•
Feature length documentary Dali & Disney: A Date With Destino
explores the relationship of Disney and Dali and how this piece came to
fruition 50 years years after its inception
• The Schultheis
Notebook: A Disney Treasure – newly discovered detailed Fantasia
production notes shed light on special effects wizardry
• Disney Virtual Vault – BD Live feature
• Musicana – Walt’s inspiration for a sequel
•
Disney Family Museum – Explore the new Disney Family Museum in San
Francisco, California with Walt’s daughter Diane Disney-Miller
• Interactive Art Gallery
• Audio commentaries
• Disney View DVD Bonus
• Musicana – Walt’s inspiration for a sequel
•
Disney Family Museum – Explore the new Disney Family Museum in San
Francisco, California with Walt’s daughter Diane Disney-Miller
Fantasia is one of the greatest American animated films ever made. Fantasia 2000 was a film that I saw during its original theatrical run. The Fall Season is usually marked by the release of the Walt Disney Treasures releases, but I’ll take the recent slate of Disney offerings over the last two years of Treasures releases. The frontrunner for the WDT replacements this year are the stunning Blu-Ray debuts of both Fantasia films and Destino. While most of the Chewers are familiar with Fantasia, I’d like to draw attention to the inclusion of Destino. It was an animated short co-created by Disney and Salvador Dali that has been years in the making. The short was finally released in 2003. It was nominated for the Oscar…unfortunately, the short lost. While it’s stashed away in the special features of this Blu-Ray/DVD release, I’d recommend watching it first. Seeing something so exciting being brought to life for the first time on Home Video is a real treasure.
WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY
director: Don Hahn
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SPECIAL FEATURES
• Why Wake Sleeping Beauty? – Overview featurette
• Untold Bedtime Stories – Deleted scenes from the feature
• The Sailor, the Mountain Climber, the Artist and the Poet – Celebrating Roy Disney, Frank Wells, Joe Ranft, and Howard Ashman
• Studio Tours – Randy’s tours, Roger Rabbit studio, Oliver studio, and the tour we shot at ARL
• A Reunion – Rob Minkoff and Kirk Wise
• Walt – What would Walt do AND compare Walt’s era and this era
• 3 webisode shorts
• Gallery – Art and Photo
Waking Sleeping Beauty can be called a softball documentary by those that wanted a hard-hitting look at the Katzenberg/Eisner years. I’ve seen the film three times in the last year and I can’t even begin to describe how amazing it is to see Disney being exposed with a semi-critical light. While the film knocks around The Black Cauldron and The Great Mouse Detective to set up later films, it’s still sad to see the classic Disney style being crushed by the corporate machine. Director Don Hahn almost seems wistful, as he guides us through the various moves and shake-ups that came to define The Mouse House from 1984-1994. I loved the special focus that it gave to Ashman/Menken and their impact on Disney.
MAKE-OUT WITH VIOLENCE
directors: The Deagol Brothers
1 comment
This Special Edition seems to imply pretty harsh criticism of Fantasia 2000, which is full of brilliant pieces of animation and should absolutely not be dismissed by any fan or student of the medium.
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