New Shit This Week

DVDs:

Buy:

No Country For Old Men - One of the best films of 2007 and winner of the Best Picture award from the Academy Awards, No Country is also the best film from the Coen Bros., who are among the best filmmakers in America. It's filled with great writing, great performances and the type of amazing visual moments that will make sure the film lasts forever. Not only will I buy this film, I will be buying it on Blu-Ray as soon as possible.


Rent:

Into The Wild - Sean Penn's masterpiece is a bit too long to be worth a purchase (it's not the longest movie I would own, but it seems like it's much longer than it is). It's a near-great movie but the message is a bit muddled and some characters stay too long while others leave too soon.

Dan In Real Life - Yet another solid comedy from Steve Carell. This one isn't quite as wacky as his usual fare, but it's still a well-thought out and well-acted film.

Hitman - Supposedly this is the best movie ever to be me made based on a video game. I'll have to wait and see on that, but my friends rave about it.

Things We Lost In The Fire - The Oscar contender that disappeared off the face of the earth, this one should be worth a look.

Bee Movie - The most hyped cartoon of the 21st century, Bee Movie wasn't nearly as good as it's marketing campaign. It's still worth a look, but it's no classic.

August Rush - The buzz on this one is that it's a sappy mess of a musical and not worth a look. I'm still curious, though.


Skip It:

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium - A lame-ass kid's movie with a lot of great actor's trying to make the best of a junk story.

Awake - This is the type of movie aimed at my demographic, but I have no interest in seeing it. The main reason is the stars, as Hayden Christiansen and Jessica Alba are far and away the worst actor and actress of their generation and the reviews for the film were atrocious as well.

Nancy Drew - Not even close to being aimed at my demographic, I'm at least psyched that nepotism didn't carry the day and make Emma Roberts a star.


CDs:

Buy:

Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash - The best album of the year so far, though not by much. Malkmus weaves clever lyrics in between brilliant guitar solos and other instrumental slices.

The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia - The former lead singers of The Screaming Trees and The Afghan Whigs unite to create the third best album of the year so far (Vampire Weekend is #2), a gloomy but hooky alt rock monstrosity.