Pretentious Film Major Ben broadcasts from the Ritz East red carpet Philadelphia premiere of Think Like a Man. With the Think Like a Man DVD set to hit stores tomorrow, we take this chance to revisit Ben’s coverage and the chats he had with one of the film’s stars, Michael Ealy, as well as another actor from the film, as well as the man who wrote the book it’s based on, Steve Harvey. Which one of the movie’s stars admitted they don’t know what the word “pretentious” means? Watch our red carpet coverage to find out!!
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Disc of the Week: January 11th
In this weekly feature, I will be taking a look at the new home video releases and telling you which ones you should take a look at and which ones you shouldn’t waste your hard-earned cash on. I’m going to make it easy for you by choosing one (yes, one) movie that’s worthy of being added to your collection as well as one TV series that’s great for all of you television junkies out there and a documentary to get your facts straight. The next section will be filled with a few second choices which also will be worth checking out if you missed them in theaters. At the end will be a list of everything else that either I haven’t seen, or isn’t worth your time. Alright, here we go!
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Raging Bull (30th Anniversay Blu-ray/DVD Combo) |
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| If you don’t know already, Raging Bull stars Robert De Niro as boxer Jake LaMotta. The film is a powerful tale of a man spiraling downward. Directed by the master himself, Martin Scorsese is at the top of his game here. The film is shot through beautiful black-and-white, which only highlights the brutality of the ring. What’s more, De Niro’s performance is arguably his best as the self-destructive boxer. Raging Bull explores a dark place in the human psyche which stays weith you well after you watch it. Definitely one of the best films of all time, a true classic that should be enjoyed in stunning HD. | |||
| Blu-Ray? Yes | Special Features? | ||
Doc of the Week |
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Louis C.K. Hilarious |
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| This isn’t technically classified as a documentary, but who’s keeping track, right? After Sundance, the crowds raved about how funny this film was. I was confused. This is supposed to be the premier independent film festival in the world - what’s so special about this comedy special? Well, Louis C.K. is hilarious. (That title makes it so easy I couldn’t resist.) Trust me, you will laugh your head off during this stand-up film. | |||
| Blu-Ray? No | Special Features? | ||
TV Set of the Week |
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All in the Family (Season 8) |
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| The sitcom at its finest. Revolving around Archie Bunker, a “lovable bigot.” Not only is the show classic comedy, it also took on more political relevance than any mainstream show before it. So, if you’re looking for laughs, and a bit of nostalgia, go with All in the Family. | |||
| Blu-Ray? No | Special Features? | ||
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The Social Network |
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| It must be a good week for home video if The Social Network isn’t the Disc of the Week. The film serves as the creation myth for one of the most incredible ideas in recent history, Facebook. Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher have crafted an engaging, emotional film that truly captivates you, while not neglecting the finer details of the legal issues regarding the company. However, Jesse Eisenberg makes the movie, giving his best performance to date as Facebook’s intrepid founder Mark Zuckerberg. You must see this film for many reasons: A) It’s fantastic. B) Its Oscar buzz is only getting louder. and C) Oh come on! Just go buy it already. (And if you want to see it on the big screen, it returned to select theaters this past weekend, so you best be getting on that soon.) | |||
| Blu-Ray? Yes | Special Features? Audio Commentaries, Feature-Length Making-of Documentary, Featurettes | ||
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Army of Shadows |
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| Army of Shadows is Jean-Pierre Melville’s thriller set during World War II, and featuring the French resistance. Never released in the US until 2006, this stunnning restoration is now on Blu-ray thanks to the Criterion Collection. So, if you have any interest in film noir, the French New Wave, or great films in general, definitely check this out, I now I will be. | |||
| Blu-Ray? Yes | Special Features? HD Transfer of the 2004 Restoration, Audio Commentary, Interviews, On-Set Footage and Interviews, Two Shorts, Booklet | ||
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Piranha 3D |
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| Looking for some good family fun this week? Well, you’ll have to wait. Piranha 3D is a celebration of gratuitous sex and absurd violence. | |||
| Blu-Ray? Yes | Special Features? | ||
| Title | Blu-ray? |
| Alien from the Deep | No |
| All in the Family (Season 8 ) | No |
| Alpha and Omega | Yes |
| Alred Hitchcock (10 DVDs) | No |
| Army of Shadows | Yes |
| Ben 10 Ultimate Alien (Volume 1) | No |
| Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff | No |
| Dances with Wolves | Yes |
| Endangered (10 DVDs) | No |
| ER (Season 14) | No |
| Funny or Die Presents (Season 1) | No |
| Gabriel Iglesias: I’m Not Fat… I’m Fluffy | Yes |
| Greek (Season 3) | No |
| Halloween Night | No |
| Hot in Cleveland (Season 1) | No |
| How to Get Ahead in Advertising | No |
| John Wayne: America’s Legendary Hero (10 DVDs) | No |
| Louis CK: Hilarious | No |
| Love Hurts | No |
| Magic Man | No |
| NASA | No |
| Once Upon a Time in America | Yes |
| Piranha 3D | Yes |
| Raging Bull (30th Anniversary Blu-ray/DVD Combo) | Yes |
| Robinson Crusoe on Mars | Yes |
| Rules of Engagement (Season 4) | No |
| Sordid Lives: The Series | No |
| Stonerville | No |
| The Chainsaw Sally Show (Volume 1) | No |
| The Deep (10 DVDs) | No |
| The Endless Summer | Yes |
| The Great Debaters | Yes |
| The Last Brickmaker in America | No |
| The Social Network | Yes |
| The Temptations (miniseries) | No |
| The Three Stooges: Collector’s Edition | No |
| The Universe: 7 Wonders of the Solar System (Blu-ray 3D) | Yes |
| There’s Nothing Out There | No |
| WWII: Hell on Earth and Thunder Above It | No |
Cinedork.com Podcast - Jan 5th - Best of 2010 (Part Deux)
Merry Christmas! Part Two of our two part recap of the best start of a decade ever.
Disc of the Week: January 4th - Blow Your Holiday Money Edition
In this weekly feature, I will be taking a look at the new home video releases and telling you which ones you should take a look at and which ones you shouldn’t waste your hard-earned cash on. I’m going to make it easy for you by choosing one (yes, one) movie that’s worthy of being added to your collection as well as one TV series that’s great for all of you television junkies out there and a documentary to get your facts straight. The next section will be filled with a few second choices which also will be worth checking out if you missed them in theaters. At the end will be a list of everything else that either I haven’t seen, or isn’t worth your time. Alright, here we go!
Everything Else |
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| Movie | Blu-Ray? | |
| 24 Cowboy Classics | No | |
| 25 Family Classics | No | |
| 25 Fright Night Classics | No | |
| 1981 | No | |
| Backdraft | Yes | |
| Battlestar Glactica (Season Four) | Yes | |
| Big Love (Season Four) | No | |
| Bitter Feast | No | |
| Camille | No | |
| Catfish | Yes | |
| Coraline (3D) | Yes | |
| Dinner for Schmucks | Yes | |
| El Mariachi and Desperado | Yes | |
| Ever After: A Cinderalla Story | Yes | |
| Gun | Yes | |
| Hope Floats | Yes | |
| Howl | Yes | |
| iCarly (Season Two, Volume Two) | No | |
| Ishtar | Yes | |
| Jamie Kennedy: Uncomfortable | No | |
| Jr. Detective Agency | No | |
| The Last Exorcism | No | |
| The Lena Baker Story | No | |
| Let Me Die Quietly | No | |
| Machete | Yes | |
| Mama Flora’s Family | No | |
| Monster Mutt | No | |
| My Dog Skip | Yes | |
| The Ricky Gervais Show (Complete First Season) | No | |
| Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends (Complete Series) | No | |
| The Supreme Swordsman (Shaw Brothers) | No | |
| The Sword of Swords (Shaw Brothers) | No | |
| Top Chef: D.C. (The Complete Season) | No | |
| UFC 121: Lesnar vs Velasquez | No | |
| A Walk in the Clouds | Yes | |
| WolvesBayne | No | |
Cinedork Podcast - January 3rd - Best of 2010 (Part 1)
WE ARE BACK! New Podcasts! New people! New topics! More of the same dirty jokes you expect from us. This week we discuss our feelings of love and hate about the year of 2010 and all the shitty things it brought us. (Jersey Shore, I’m looking at you…)
Disc of the Week: November 30th
In this weekly feature, I will be taking a look at the new home video releases and telling you which ones you should take a look at and which ones you shouldn’t waste your hard-earned cash on. I’m going to make it easy for you by choosing one (yes, one) movie that’s worthy of being added to your collection as well as one TV series that’s great for all of you television junkies out there and a documentary to get your facts straight. The next section will be filled with a few second choices which also will be worth checking out if you missed them in theaters. At the end will be a list of everything else that either I haven’t seen, or isn’t worth your time. Alright, here we go!
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Meet the Parents / Meet the Fockers |
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| This week it’s time to laugh. And with Little Fockers coming out this Christmas, why not revisit these two very funny films? In Meet the Parents, Gaylord “Greg” Focker (Ben Stiller) prepares to propose to his girlfriend Pam (Teri Polo), but is interrupted by her sister’s wedding. While meeting her parents Jack (Robert De Niro) and Dina (Blythe Danner), he can’t get anything right, leading to a series of hilarious slapstick misadventures. In its sequel Meet the Fockers, the now-engaged couple introduces their parents to each other, with the eponymous Fockers portrayed by Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand. This series, directed by Jay Roach, is great for a good laugh over the holidays. | |||
| Blu-Ray? Yes | Special Features? HD Transfers | ||
Everything Else |
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| Movie | Blu-Ray? | |
| Alarm | No | |
| American Fetish | No | |
| The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story | No | |
| Cairo Time | Yes | |
| Destination Forks: The Real World of Twilight | No | |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Ultimate Fan Pack) | No | |
| Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement | No | |
| Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 | Yes | |
| Going the Distance | Yes | |
| Have Gun Will Travel (Season 5, Volume 1) | No | |
| Kill Zone | No | |
| Knight and Day | Yes | |
| Life in Flight | No | |
| Liverpool | No | |
| Looney Tunes Super Stars: Foghorn Leghorn | No | |
| Looney Tunes Super Stars: Tweety & Sylvester | No | |
| The Lucy Show (Season 3) | No | |
| Meet John Doe (70th Anniversary) | No | |
| Meet the Parents | Yes | |
| Meet the Fockers | Yes | |
| New Faces | No | |
| Parks & Recreation (Season 2) | No | |
| President’s Photographer: 50 Years Inside the Oval | No | |
| Roger Corman Collection: Escape from Prison | No | |
| Shadowland | No | |
| The Sicilian Girl | No | |
| Sid & Marty Krofft’s Saturday Morning Hits | No | |
| The Sorcerer’s Apprentice | Yes | |
| Space: 1999 (Season 1) | No | |
| The Special Relationship | No | |
| Standing Ovation | No | |
| Valhalla Rising | No | |
| Vampires Suck | No | |
| Waking Sleeping Beauty | No | |
| Walt & El Grupo | No | |
Because this is a new feature, I am always ready to change to meet the demands of you, the readers. If you disagree with any of my choices or have a suggestion for the future of this article series, please leave a comment below.
Disc of the Week: November 16th
In this weekly feature, I will be taking a look at the new home video releases and telling you which ones you should take a look at and which ones you shouldn’t waste your hard-earned cash on. I’m going to make it easy for you by choosing one (yes, one) movie that’s worthy of being added to your collection as well as one TV series that’s great for all of you television junkies out there and a documentary to get your facts straight. The next section will be filled with a few second choices which also will be worth checking out if you missed them in theaters. At the end will be a list of everything else that either I haven’t seen, or isn’t worth your time. Alright, here we go!
Everything Else |
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| Movie | Blu-Ray? | |
| A Lure: Teen Fight Club | No | |
| Ancient Aliens (Season 1) | No | |
| Avatar 3-Disc Collector’s Edition | Yes | |
| Bee Gees: In Our Own Time | Yes | |
| Best Worst Movie | No | |
| Buster Keaton: Sherlock Jr. / Three Ages | Yes | |
| Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Yes | |
| Children of the Corn (2009) | Yes | |
| Coopers’ Christmas | No | |
| Crowley | Yes | |
| Disney’s A Christmas Carol | Yes | |
| Don’t Look Back | No | |
| The Endless Summer | No | |
| The Extra Man | Yes | |
| Gangland (Season 6) | No | |
| Ghost Machine | Yes | |
| The Gunslingers | No | |
| Heroes (Series) | No | |
| IMAX: Deep Sea 3D | Yes | |
| IMAX: Space Station 3D | Yes | |
| IMAX: Under the Sea 3D | Yes | |
| It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Sunny Christmas Giftset | No | |
| The John Cena Experience | No | |
| The Kids Are All Right | Yes | |
| The Last Airbender | Yes | |
| The Lightkeepers | Yes | |
| Lottery Ticket | Yes | |
| The Complete Metropolis | Yes | |
| Modern Times | Yes | |
| Monte Walsh | No | |
| Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol | Yes | |
| Mutiny on the Bounty | Yes | |
| The Night of the Hunter | Yes | |
| The Office: Digital Shorts Collection | No | |
| Open Season 3D | Yes | |
| Opposite Day | No | |
| Peanuts Holiday Collection | Yes | |
| The Polar Express 3D | Yes | |
| Spider-Man | Yes | |
| Spider-Man 2 | Yes | |
| Special Ops | Yes | |
| Staunton Hill | Yes | |
| The Tournament | Yes | |
| The Twilight Zone (Season 2) | Yes | |
| Walking Vengeance | No | |
| The World at War | Yes | |
Because this is a new feature, I am always ready to change to meet the demands of you, the readers. If you disagree with any of my choices or have a suggestion for the future of this article series, please leave a comment below.
DVD Podcast - Nov 2 - The Goonies, Toy Story 3, and The Pacific!
The Goonies, Toy Story 3, and The Pacific!
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