Cooper’s Dream

Wiggum’s Dream

For lack of anything better at this second … here’s a list of the next 20 movies that Netflix is sending my way.

01. “The Sea Inside”
02. “A Room With a View”
03. “Touching the Void”
04. “The Cider House Rules”
05. “Alphaville”
06. “Paradise Lost: Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills”
07. “Paradise Lost 2: Revelations”
08. “War-Gods of the Deep”
09. “House of Flying Daggers”
10. “Duel”
11. “Touch of Evil”
12. “The Barbarian Invasions”
13. “Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical”
14. “Gypsy”
15. “Auntie Mame”
16. “How to Marry a Millionaire”
17. “Titanic” (1953)
18. “The Lair of the White Worm”
19. “Blood Feast”
20. “Color Me Blood Red”

I watched John Cameron Mitchell’s “Shortbus” last night. It tells the story of New Yorkers looking for love and connection in the post 9/11 city. You might have heard of this movie because it features sex … graphic, in your face sex. I must confess that even in the confines of my home, I felt dirty and sorta pervy watching this film. The film wastes no time in hitting you in the face with it either. I guess the opening sequence was devised just to slap you and say “Yes, we are going to show you a little bit of everything.” I do feel like I need to watch “Shortbus” again now that the initial sex shock is past me and I can totally focus on the characters. The movie, to me, is somewhat of a downer. I have read some reviews that talk about the “uplifting” ending, but I came away with more a down feeling when the credits rolled. It’s like Justin Bond says at one point, “It’s just like the 60’s … only with less hope.”

And on a totally shallow note, I will say that my major disappointment with the movie is that the super cute Peter Stickles (he plays Caleb) wasn’t nearly naked enough.

So, take a guess who spent the evening obsessively checking his dvds to see which ones are anamorphic widescreen and which ones aren’t now that a new 16:9 Flat Panel LCD HDTV is now on is way?

Sounds like there gonna be some fun stuff coming out this year. Rumors are floating around on the ‘net that Lionsgate will be putting out 1987’s much requested (and very out of print) “The Monster Squad.” There are also rumors that Anchor Bay will be putting out a 2-disc special edition of my favorite Dario Argento movie “Tenebrae.” It’s also rumored that Kenneth Branagh’s “Hamlet” will be out before the end of summer. We know for sure that Anchor Bay is putting out a new 2-disc edition of “H.P. Lovecraft’s Re-Animator,” that great cult flick from the 80’s. Classic Media will be dropping more classic monster lizard mayhem onto disc. And in television news, we finally get “Twin Peaks: The Complete Second Season” (yes!) next month and “The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete First Season” in June.

This gives me a bigger boner than you can possibly imagine!!! Yeah!

Since January 16th (next week!) is fast approaching, I pre-ordered the “Doctor Who: The Complete Second Series” DVD set today.
Mmmmm, TARDIS!

Series Two Episodes:
“The Christmas Invasion
“New Earth”
“Tooth and Claw”
“School Reunion”
“The Girl in the Fireplace”
“Rise of the Cybermen”
“The Age of Steel”
“The Idiot’s Lantern”
“The Impossible Planet”
“The Satan Pit”
“Love & Monsters”
“Fear Her”
“Army of Ghosts”
“Doomsday”

Do-do-do. Have I mentioned how much I love Netflix? Here’s what’s gonna be sliding my way over the next few weeks.

01. “Visiting Hours”
02. “Marathon Man”
03. “Straw Dogs”
04. “Experiment in Terror”
05. “Fear”
06. “Open Your Eyes”
07. “Horror Express”
08. “Horror Hotel”
09. “Audrey Rose”
10. “The Killing Hour”
11. “House of Games”
12. “The Night of the Hunter”
13. “Logan’s Run”
14. “The Saddest Music in the World”
15. “I’m Not Scared”
16. “Barbarella”
17. “Through a Glass Darkly ”
18. “Scotland, PA”
19. “An Everlasting Piece”
20. “Wag the Dog”

From DavisDVD.com:
Paramount Home Entertainment has at long last announced the Region 1 release of Twin Peaks: The Second Season. Due on April 10th, 2007 the set will include all twenty-two episodes remastered in high definition with new fullscreen transfers, remixed Dolby Digital 5.1 and original 2.0 tracks. Extras are to be announced.

Most of you know that I heart Dr. Phibes. He’s the coolest. Now, I must say that I REALLY, REALLY heart Dr. Phibes. He threatened to buy me the Complete First Series of the new Doctor Who for Christmas … and he so followed through on that threat. I got home Saturday afternoon and found an amazon.com box on my porch. Inside that box was lots of British nerdy joy!

So, Dr. Phibes …  know that I heart you big time. And if you ever need a house boy or sex slave or someone to just wash your dishes or mow your lawn, I’ll be there for ya ’cause you rock.

So, down in the dumps boy needed some dvd distraction …

Black Christmas (1974)
Widescreen (1:85)
5.1 Audio
Two newly-discovered original scenes with a new vocal soundtrack
“The 12 Days of Black Christmas” featurette
Interview segments with Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder
Midnight screening Q&A with John Saxon, Bob Clark, and Carl Zittrer

The Venture Bros.: Season One
13 episodes on two discs
Commentaries by cast and creators
Show pilot: The Terrible Secret of Turtle Bay
Bonus episode: “A Very Venture Christmas”
Behind the scenes of the live-action movie
Deleted scenes

And don’t forget that one week from now will be the release of “The Simpsons: The Complete Ninth Season.” Whoo-hoo!!!

From davisdvd.com comes some exciting news!

Paramount Home Entertainment has finally revealed artwork and a release date for their upcoming and highly anticipated release of the second and final season of “Twin Peaks.” Newly posted listings by several Region 2 online retailers reveal that Twin Peaks: Season Two will be split into two halves, with the first three-disc boxed set due on January 31st, 2007 (happy birthday to me!) and the final half of the series due in April 2007. No official details have been released quite yet, but we do know that the episodes have been completely remastered by David Lynch with new high definition fullscreen transfers and remixed 5.1 tracks (possibly DTS). In the meantime, Amazon Germany has posted a first look at the packaging for the set.

It also appears, via Amazon Germany, that a Twin Peaks: the Complete Mystery is due in October 2007. Whether this the complete first two seasons combined together – including a high-def remastered pilot episode that was missing from Artisan’s 2001 box set – is as yet unknown. Stay tuned.

dugpa.com is also reporting this and saying that the U.S. release will have a May to June timelime. Maybe at some point there will be a Region 1 release of the original pilot episode. That would make life nice!