Now available on DVD

The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Dir. Kim Ji-Woo. 2008. N/R. 130mins. Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jung Woo-sung.
Replace Clint Eastwood’s soul-crushing stares with slapsticky high jinks set in 1930s Manchuria and this is what you get. Based on The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, this is equal parts camp and action. On DVD and On Demand.

John Wayne: The Ultimate Collection
Various dirs. and years. 20hrs 14mins. John Wayne, Henry Fonda.
Twenty Westerns, three comedies, three adventure flicks and one documentary combine forces (like Voltron) to make the seminal collection of Wayne’s best (and sometimes not so best). On DVD.

The Last Song
Dir. Julie Anne Robinson. 2010. PG. 107mins. Miley Cyrus, Greg Kinnear, Liam Hemsworth.
Good-girl-gone-bad(ish) Miley Cyrus makes a desperate attempt to go dramatic. Hot boys and after-school special life lessons abound. On DVD and On Demand.

Me and Orson Welles
Dir. Richard Linklater. 2009. PG-13. 114mins. Zac Efron, Claire Danes.
Aspiring teen thespian learns the triumphs and tribulations of 1930s show biz while working under Orson Welles. In history books, this may be known as Efron’s first legit stab at acting. On DVD and On Demand.

Nanny McPhee
Dir. Kirk Jones. 2006. PG. 97mins. Emma Thompson, Colin Firth.
Just as the sequel hits theaters, the original tale of hideously-ugly-yet-astoundingly-nice-nanny-turns-bad-kids-around reaches DVD. On DVD and On Demand.

Temple Grandin
Dir. Mick Jackson. 2010. PG. 103mins. Claire Danes, Catherine O’Hara, David Strathairn.
Claire Danes elevates an already-above-average biopic with her gripping portrayal of a young woman coming of age with autism and fighting to bring her considerable animal-husbandry skills to the world. On DVD and On Demand.

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