Movie of the Week
Men, Women & Children
Jason Reitman made three of my favorite movies of 2000s. He followed those up with the bitingly funny Young Adult. But between this and Labor Day, he’s not having a good year. But I still hold out hope that this will be a well-acted, well-written study of detachment in the age of social media.
WIDE RELEASE
• Addicted
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day
• Dracula Untold
• The Judge
LIMITED RELEASE
• Kill the Messenger – The Magnolia
• Pride – Angelika Dallas, Angelika Plano
• Pump – Texas Theatre
Blu-ray Pick
Edge of Tomorrow
This is the kind of big, loud entertainment I searched for all summer, but didn’t find in the likes of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Godzilla and the other blockbusters. Tom Cruise continues to defy his age and be one of the most magnetic screen presences. Emily Blunt proves she’s one of the top 5 actresses in Hollywood at this point. And it strikes the right balance of humor and darkness. This is the one to see. This is the one to get.
New Releases
• The Grand Seduction (60%)
• A Million Ways to Die in the West (33%)
• Million Dollar Arm (62%)
• Obvious Child (88%)
• Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (76%)
• To Be Takei (90%)
TV
• Adventure Time (Season 4)
• American Horror Story: Coven
• Bates Motel (Season 2)
• The Following (Season 2)
• Hemlock Grove (Season 1)
• Houdini
• In the Flesh (Season 2)
• Rick & Morty (Season 1)
• Sharknado 2: The Second One*
• Vikings (Season 2)
New to Blu-ray
• Billion Dollar Brain
• Duck, You Sucker!
• The First Power
• It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
• The King and I
• Mulholland Falls
• Nekromantik
• The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter
• Oklahoma!
• Topkapi
• True Confessions
*recommended