Release Dates Mar 24 2008 @ 11:59 pm
DVD Releases for March 25th, 2008
Eclectic release week, satisfying your need for uncompromising horror, controversial drama, or comic bizarreness.
The Mist
The Mist - MovieZeal rating - 5 out of 5 stars
Stephen King adaptations over the past few decades have been both numerous and crappy. Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile) has been the only director to really deliver the master of horror to the silver screen with any kind of competency. This one, however, is difficult to recommend. As you can see from the rating above, I’ve accorded it masterpiece status, but it is not an easy film to watch. Take 1 part monster movie, 1 part religious cultism, and toss in the most uncompromising ending to grace a studio picture in a long time, and you have one of the most powerful films of last year. If you see it, be sure to approach with fear and trembling.
Recommended if you liked IT, Pet Semetary, or Dreamcatcher (well, just pretend that last one was actually good)
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner
The controversy surrounding this film made more of a splash than the film did itself. The two young leads and their families fled Afghanistan amid concerns that they would be targeted by the Taliban because of the inclusion of a rape scene. They claimed they had no foreknowledge of the scene; Dreamworks and director Marc Forster said otherwise. Regardless, the adaptation received a lukewarm critical reaction, perhaps because of the love lavished on the source material.
Recommended if you liked Finding Neverland but wished it had been set in Afghanistan
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Wristcutters: A Love Story - MovieZeal rating - 3 out of 5 stars
Say what? Similar to last week’s Southland Tales, you’ve never seen anything quite like this. Apparently, when you commit suicide, you go to a place that’s just like here, except more boring. One wristcutter attempts to find his lost love in the colorless landscape, running into a veritable carnival of quirky characters (including Will Arnett, aka Gob Bluth of Arrested Development fame).
Recommended if you like unique, bizarre black comedies about suicide and the afterlife
on Mar 25 2008 @ 8:30 am 1. Daniel said …
I’m the only person in America who didn’t read The Kite Runner, but I loved the movie. I thought it was the best story told on screen in 2007. Bold, I know.
on Mar 25 2008 @ 8:54 am 2. Evan Derrick said …
More bold than my giving The Mist 5 stars?
on Mar 25 2008 @ 11:16 am 3. Daniel said …
Hehe, dunno, actually. It came out at a busy time for me and I missed it, but you’re not the only person I know who was blown away by it.
on Mar 27 2008 @ 4:40 pm 4. Nick Plowman said …
I read half the book and thought the film was okay. I am talking about The Kite Runner by the way. It was powerful, but not as good as I had hoped. I would buy it on DVD though.