The Weekender: Good Fences Make Good ‘Neighbors’

Movie of the Week


Neighbors
Can a raunchy comedy be this respected? Can Dave Franco be funnier than James Franco? Is Zac Efron finally finding his career path? Can we just give Rose Byrne her own comedy already? All these questions and more will answered in the the first action alternative of the summer.

WIDE RELEASE
Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return
Mom’s Night Out

LIMITED RELEASE
Belle – The Magnolia, Angelika Plano
Godzilla (1954) – Angelika Dallas
The Hornet’s Nest – Angelika Dallas
Stage Fright – Texas Theatre

Blu-ray Pick

Ace in the Hole
Ace in the Hole [The Criterion Collection]
Billy Wilder’s darkest film features a career-best performances from Kirk Douglas (you heard me) as an amoral journalist who exploits a trapped miner’s rescue so he can make it into the biggest story of his career. Shockingly, it’s even more relevant today. It’s an ugly film, but a brilliant one.

New Releases
The Art of the Steal (47%)
Broadway Idiot (63%)
Generation War (63%)
Simon and the Oaks (53%)
Still Mine (93%)
Veronica Mars (77%)

TV
Rookie Blue (Season 4)

Comedy
Lewis Black: Old Yeller – Live at the Borgata*

New to Blu-ray
Amistad
The Big Red One
The Bridges of Madison County
Countess Dracula
Death Occurred Last Night
The Deep End
The Longest Day
Memphis Belle
Revenge of the Nerds
Speed 2: Cruise Control
The Terminal*
Weekend at Bernie’s
The Women (1939)*

*recommended

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