Movie of the Week
X-Men: Days of Future Past*
A dark, difficult storyline gets translated magnificently to the big screen. This is a redemption story on a grand scale, and Singer has completely redeemed the franchise (not that First Class was a slouch). Sure, there were a few too many characters with nothing to do, but overall this is the comic book movie that we all deserved this summer. Read my review at College Movie Review.
WIDE RELEASE
Blended
LIMITED RELEASE
• Alphaville (1965) – Angelika Dallas
• Chinese Puzzle – The Magnolia
• Cold in July – The Magnolia
• The Immigrant – Angelika Dallas, Angelika Plano
• Palo Alto – Angelika Dallas, Angelika Plano
• This is Where We Live – Angelika Dallas
Blu-ray Pick
The Monuments Men
It doesn’t succeed as a complete film, but rather as a series of WWII vignettes. The pairings of Jean Dujardin & John Goodman and Bob Balaban & Bill Murray give the film its best scenes. Matt Damon and George Clooney, whose mugs you saw front-and-center on the posters, are essentially non-factors.
New Releases
• 3 Days to Kill (32%)
Read my review at College Movie Review.
• About Last Night (69%)
• Grand Piano (81%)
• The Great Flood (100%)
• In Secret (41%)
• Like Someone in Love (81%)
• McCanick (13%)
• Pompeii (28%)
• Raze (47%)
• The Right Kind of Wrong (12%)
• Stay (21%)
• Vampire Academy (10%)
TV
• Call the Midwife (Season 3)
• Nikita (Season 4)
• Warehouse 13 (Season 5)
New to Blu-ray
Nosferatu the Vampyre