The Rundown: What To Get on Blu-ray Tuesday

Feb 022010

NEW RELEASES

Zombieland

I saw a completely unnecessary blurb about this movie(reviewed here) the other day that hailed it as Superbad meets Shaun of the Dead. Ignore all the ridiculous comparisons to other movies and just know that this is a big bloody mess of pure zombie fun. If you’re still on the fence with current zombie flicks, give this a chance and throw this in the Netflix queue or head down to Blockbuster if one still exists in your area. I guarantee you’ll end up wishing you’d bought it less than 10 minutes into watching it. If you’re a DVD/blu-ray addict, then I totally endorse a blind-buy here.

The House of the Devil

This throwback (reviewed here) to early late 70s/early 80s horror is probably one of the my favorite horror flicks in recent memory. From the desaturated colors, to the music, to the funky edits it’s got all the hallmarks of the genre in old school effect. Not to mention it’s got some straight up evildoing going on, as in the Satanic kind. For you gorehounds out there this isn’t all nonsense about witches and chanting, there’s some juicy stuff going on in this little movie. The thumbnail below links to the blu-ray, but for you hardcore horror nostalgia nerds, there’s a DVD/VHS combo set right here. I really wish that had been a blu-ray/vhs combo but still very cool and I’m tempted to pull the trigger on it myself. Anyways, more Satanic cult films please!

Adam

Adam (reviewed here)is one of those films that while I know it’s got a potentially award winning performance in it, I don’t think it’s selling it’s soul to get one. Case in point, this movie went largely ignored by the mainstream and hasn’t garnered a single nomination for, well, anything. I really don’t give a damn in the longrun about who wins what, because a good movie is a good movie. This is a small, intimate little flick about a guy named Adam, who has Asperger’s syndrome. Adam’s dad just passed away, and he’s left living alone for the first time. It’s actually a really interesting character study about life with Asperger’s, and dealing with relationships and emotional distress. It’s sort of unique, and deals with subject matter that hasn’t really been covered yet in a movie extensively, I highly recommend it. This is also a perfect date movie, and is coming out just in time for you softies out there. Unfortunately it’s not on blu-ray, but still worth a buy on DVD for you high def junkies.

NEW TO BLU-RAY

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

It’s kind of strange that although this movie features some of the weirdest, trippiest visuals you’ll ever see, it’s really one of Terry Gilliam’s most accessible movies. If you haven’t seen it and want to see Johnny Depp act insane, along with Benicio Del Toro for a couple of hours then pick it up, it’s finally on blu-ray.