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Olympic Hangover ? Come by for a little pick me up!

The week of March 5th, 2010

So now what to do now? So many medals. So many people in town. Time for a breather. Time to catch up on all those New Releases you’ve been missing while you were otherwise occupied. We have several Oscar-nominated flicks already, but you only have a couple of days to catch up on those before the big night, this Sunday. Speaking of, our monthly Feature Section has (almost) every winner of the Best Picture Academy Award. Lots to watch, lots to debate. I mean, Gladiator. Really ?

If Oscar stuff ain’t your bag, you can check out some of the great new titles that have been showing up lately. Leading the way: Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Informant!’ So very, very entertaining and Matt Damon is in top form in this sort-of true story. Just as fun and just as different is ‘Black Dynamite’. What Tarantino and Rodriguez did for Grindhouse era flicks, Michael Jai White does for Blaxploitation ones. And entirely spot on. Rounding out the fun is Spike Jonze’s ‘Where The Wild Things Are’. People will end up somewhat divided on this one, but few films have ever captured what it is like to be a child like this one has.

There are a pair of fashion-related New Releases, ‘Coco Avant Chanel’ and ‘The September Issue’, to add to our growing number of films and documentaries related to the world of design and couture. And stuff.

Don’t forget we also make with the Hollywood stuff too: ‘Law Abiding Citizen’, ‘Sorority Row’, and Richard Kelly’s ‘The Box’. That’s a lot of people up to no good. And while not Hollywood at all, the master animator Hayao Miyazaki’s amazing ‘Ponyo’ has finally been released here, courtesy of the Walt Disney Company.

And as always, some new television fare has come our way: Edie Falco as the pill-poppin’ title character in ‘Nurse Jackie’, a whole bunch of folks who ‘Flash Forward’, and a couple or series of the always popular British drama ‘Midsomer Murders’.

Lots to fill that Olympic-sized hole in your heart. As always, click on the picture boxes below to find reviews, articles, and other fun treats related to that title.

The Informant
(Widescreen)
Rated: R
Also available on informative Blu-ray! No lie!