DVD Rentals: 8/8

Inside Man- Another Spike Lee joint here. Missed this one when it hit theaters, so I was excited to peep it on DVD.  Overall, a very solid, exciting, bank heist movie.  Lee sprinkles his allusions to racism on this project in a very comical and interesting way.  Denzel is the man, per usual, and Clive Owen has some very upstaging moments.  This is a very good piece of American cinema from one of it’s more gifted directors.  Good action, twisty plot, good acting and looks very polished.  Didn’t bowl me over in WOW factor, but was definetely cool.

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Brick- I don’t think my feelings on this gem need to be reissued, but this movie bowled me over.  Original, smart, thrilling and oozing with coolness, this movie captivated all aspects of me.  Spotty audio still occured with me, as they say their lines so quickly, but this movie kicked my ass.  The DVD has some cool, but slim extra features.  Hopefully he does a special edition.  Definetly check this out if you like original concepts or are a fan of detective movies.

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 DVD RENTALS:8/2

V For Vendetta-Already reviewed this flick. Obviously consult the review but for a brief synopsis of the review: I was impressed and entertained. This movie was really stylistic and had some very cool undertones. Definetely worth checking out if your in the mood for some cool action and actually intriguing storyline. Hugo Weaving as the voice of “V” is totally one of the better voice acting roles I’ve heard and Natalie Portman really doesn’t hold much back. Worth a watch for fans of action movies, good story-line and thrilling situations.

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ALSO RELEASED THIS WEEK:The Shaggy Dog

DVD RELEASES 7/25

The Benchwarmers- I popped this in not expecting much and essentially that’s what I got. Nothing much. And no offense to Adam Sandler, but anything from Happy Madison Productions really isn’t terrific anyways. I enjoyed the novelty value of Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore but preferred his other projects more a la Wedding Singer and even his role in Spanglish. The Benchwarmers is a movie in the same mold as Grandma’s Boy about arrested development in older men, this time on the field of baseball. Rob Schneider(Deuce Bigalow) actually wasn’t terrible in this. Just the entire movie felt flabby and messy, and really pointless while trying to speak about bullies and nerds. Jon Heder(Napoleon Dynamite) reprises his role as Napoleon essentially. Talk about capitalizing on a fad. A few funny characters, few laughable moments (Carlos the Dominican), but otherwise don’t waste your time. This one definetely missed the strike zone. Oh yeah…I went there.

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