DVD RELEASES: April 27th

Happy Tuesday Readers,

We hope that our April Showers bring May flowers! Although, April has been a good month for the Revue. Speaking of flowers, TRR has bloomed in many ways throughout the month. As you know, we have recently covered our first theatre revue, Fiddler on the Roof: The Farewell Tour. In addition, we covered the DC premiere of the indie horror/thriller Women’s Studies in Lorton this past Saturday. I must admit that its one of the best indie films I have seen in a long time. Be sure to look for it on Video On-Demand, May1st

With the workload steadily increasing, it was about time that I get some help. By coincidence, I found a new writer at the Kick-Ass movie screening. He has proven himself worthy to be part of the team. Would you help welcome our newest writer, Eddie, to our humble abode. Please check out his Kick-Ass & The Losers revues online and new revues in the weeks to come. 

This week’s movies, you will witness the final role of Academy Award winner Heath Ledger and learn that middle age love can be complicated…

MOVIES OF THE WEEK

Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) is cursed with a dark secret. An inveterate gambler, thousands of years ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr. Nick (Tom Waits), in which he won immortality. Centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr. Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his daughter reached her 16th birthday, she would become the property of Mr Nick. Valentina (Lily Cole) is now rapidly approaching this ‘coming of age’ milestone and Dr. Parnassus is desperate to protect her from her impending fate. Mr. Nick arrives to collect but, always keen to make a bet, renegotiates the wager. Now the winner of Valentina will be determined by whoever seduces the first five souls. Enlisting a series of wild, comical and compelling characters in his journey, Dr. Parnassus promises his daughter’s hand in marriage to the man that helps him win. In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Dr. Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles – and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all! Also starring Heath Ledger, Andrew Garfield, Verne Troyer, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law.

Special Features: Commentary with Director Terry Gilliam, Introduction by Terry Gilliam, Deleted Scene with Optional Commentary by Terry Gilliam, Behind the Mirror, Building the Monastery, Heath Ledger Wardrobe Test with Optional Commentary by Terry Gilliam, Interview with Heath Ledger, Doctor Parnassus Around the World, Cast & Crew Presentation on Stage, The Artwork of Doctor Parnassus

Two-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin star in this hilarious look at marriage, divorce and everything in between. Jane  has three grown kids, a thriving Santa Barbara bakery and an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, Jake. Now, a decade after their divorce, an innocent dinner between Jane and Jake turns into the unimaginable – an affair. Caught in the middle of their rekindled romance are Jake’s young wife and Adam, a recently divorced architect who starts to fall for Jane. Could love be sweeter the second time around? It’s… complicated!

Special Features: The Making of: It’s Complicated & Feature commentary with Producer/Writer/Director Nancy Meyers, Executive Producer Suzanne Farwell, Director of Photography John Toll, ASC and Editor Joe Hutshing, ACE

From the big screen to the small…. TV DVD are in full bloom this week. Today, we have the first season of not one but two Lifetime series, the Real American Hero gets an upgrade, and a movie biopic about one of America’s famous contemporary artists.

TV SHOWS ON DVD

For the First Time on DVD: The Complete Second Season! After Cobras countless defeats by the heroic special forces unit known as G.I. Joe, the mad supergenius Dr. Mindbender seeks to dethrone the maniacal Cobra Commander by genetically combining the DNA of the most formidable conquerors in history. The result is a threat more menacing and power hungry than Cobra Commander can ever hope to challenge: the mighty Serpentor! Armed with a new master, a new army of Battle Android Troopers and a new set of plans for world domination, Cobra seems unstoppable! That is, of course, unless General Hawk and his team of commandos have anything to say about it. Yo Joe!

Special Features:  Greenshirts: The Legacy Of G.I. Joe, Knowing Is Half The Battle: PSAs, Archival Hasbro Toy Commercials

Star-studded movie about the famous artist. Celebrated photographer and art impresario Alfred Steiglitz (Jeremy Irons) is shocked to learn that the extraordinary drawings he has recently discovered were rendered by a woman. Deciding to display the work of then-unknown artist Georgia O’Keeffe (Joan Allen) in his gallery without her knowledge, the fiercely private artist orders him to remove the collection. Once Alfred convinces her to allow him to become her benefactor and to champion her artistry, their relationship evolves as they fall deeply in love. Alfred leaves his wife for Georgia, but soon finds her rising star is poised to eclipse his light. As their relationship suffers, Alfred finds twisted ways to emotionally wound her, including taking a younger lover. Georgia’s search for solace moves her west, where she finds new inspiration for her paintings – and ultimately her own voice – in the New Mexico landscape.

 

Nicole Sullivan stars as Rita Clemens, an overworked wife, mother, and former lead singer of a Bangles cover band who has traded in a life of jam sessions and rock clubs for carpools and PTA meetings. On the verge of a full-blown identity crisis, Rita struggles to maintain romance with her husband, Jay (Richard Ruccolo), juggle the demands of her 9-year-old daughter, Shannon (Kelly Gould), and discipline her defiant teenage daughter, Hallie (Natalie Dreyfuss) and her ever-present boyfriend, Kip (Raviv Ullman). In an attempt to reconnect with her youth and with the hopes of putting some spark back in her life, Rita dusts off her guitar and forms a garage band with Kip, her nosy postal carrier Patty (Tisha Campbell-Martin) and her unemployed neighbor Owen (Ian Gomez).

Actress, comedienne, author and co-host of ABC’s THE VIEW; Sherri Shepherd stars as Sherri Robinson, a single mother who juggles caring for her six-year-old son, Bo (Brandon Khalil), and working part-time as a paralegal, while still following her dream to become a full-time comedienne/actress. Recently separated from her cheating husband, Kevin (Malcolm-Jamal Warner), Sherri finds solace and support from her girlfriends at the office: Celia (Tammy Townsend), Angie (Elizabeth Regen), and even her overbearing supervisor, Summer (Kali Rocha). Sherri s life becomes even more complicated when Kevin reveals that Paula (Kate Reinders), the 20-year-old he had an affair with, is pregnant.

What can I say, we always deliver the hits every Tuesday. Be sure to check out these DVD, wherever they are sold. Until next month, HAPPY MOVIE & TV VUEING!