Speed Racer
DVD
Sure, cars shouldn't be able to jump on demand much less pirouette like motorized shurikens. But girls don't give you kooties, either. Speed Racer is all about the life-is-racing fantasy. As in larger-than and fantastic.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
DVD
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical, this film has all the hallmarks of a Burton/Depp labor of love.
Cloverfield
DVD
An innovative flick about a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people, even better if you consider it a horror movie rather than sci-fi.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Blu-ray, DVD
Dewey Cox may have slept with 411 women, married three times, had 22 kids and 14 step-kids, starred in his own 70s TV show, been addicted to every drug known to man, but he also became a national icon and eventually earned the love of a good woman. Sound familiar?
There Will Be Blood
DVD
A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business, Daniel Day Lewis owns the lead role, as usual.
Into the Wild
DVD, HD DVD
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Doomed to a tragic end, McCandless encounters a series of characters that shape his life along the way.
27 Dresses
Blu-ray, DVD
After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young woman wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister's side as her sibling marries the man she's secretly in love with. Never saw that coming, did you?
Juno
Blu-ray, DVD
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child. Well, unusual in that whoever wrote that synopsis thinks teenage mothers are a rarity, anyway.
Battlestar Galactica: Season Three
DVD
The adventure of one of television's finest dramas continues with the complete third season of the Peabody Award-winning Battlestar Galactica. The Colonies' survivors have found their hopes of eluding their Cylon pursuers dashed by an invasion and occupation of their new home. Bummer.
Bionic Woman – Volume One
DVD
One of TV's most stunning breakout heroines was the Bionic Woman. Unfortunately, that was back in the 1970 and starred the sleepy queen Lindsay Wagner. The remake of the series, now available in as Volume One, is neither stunning nor breakout-ish. Instead, it's cliché and banal.