My Wife Runs A Video Storeso i get to watch all these cool DVDs for freeThe Ice Harvest- February 23, 2006 John Cusak, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Randy Quaid and Oliver PlattThick Thieves. Thin IceI dont think Im going to be visiting Wichita anytime soon. It always seems to be cold and dreary there when I see it in the movies, such as in 1987s Planes, Trains & Automobiles where a creepy cabbie drove Steve Martin and the late, great John Candy around in the middle of the night to see the sights. The Ice Harvest hasnt done anything to enhance my opinion of the place, as John Cusak and...http://doriansvideostore.blogspot.com/2006/02/ice-harvest.html Happy Accidents- February 22, 2006 Marisa Tomei, Vincent DOnofrioThe future just isnt what it used to beA few years ago we paid a visit to our local video store, long before Dorian worked in the current one, and we rented this delightful little gem of an indy film because it looked like it might have some potential. It turned out to have so much potential that we ended up buying a copy, which I pulled out last night and blew the dust off of for my second viewing. Id forgotten how thoroughly entertaining it is.Its definitely a...http://doriansvideostore.blogspot.com/2006/02/happy-accidents.html Just Like Heaven- February 21, 2006 "It's a wonderful afterlife" Some time ago I had a great story idea for a screenplay- it was going to be about this guy who meets this girl and falls in love with her, and she with him, but theres a slight technicality that hinders their potential bliss- shes dead.When I saw the trailer for Just Like Heaven I knew I was doomed. I couldnt write it now, because even though this looked like a romantic comedy, Id come off like a copy cat. But now that Ive seen the movie, I know Im safe. Mine is...http://doriansvideostore.blogspot.com/2006/02/just-like-heaven.html The Weather Man- February 21, 2006 "Bring an umbrella" I KNEW IT!I just knew that the grass is always greener, just as they say, and that a guy who makes $270,000.00 a year would yearn for more. Not just more money, but something different- in spite of the fact that he has one of the coolest and easiest jobs in the world, which he happens to be very gifted at, which makes it even easier. I just knew that a guy like that would yearn for an even better job and a better life.Nicolas Cage, as Chicago Weather Man David Spritz, is on..http://doriansvideostore.blogspot.com/2006/02/weather-man.html North Country- February 20, 2006 "All she wanted was to make a living-instead, she made history" Okay, men are pigs. Well, Im not, but the men who work in this Minnesota iron mine sure are. Well, not all of them, but most of them. Woody Harrelson isn't, but he doesn't work in the mine- he plays an attorney who reluctantly defends a young woman in a landmark sexual harassment case, which is the first of its kind and ends up setting a precedent that shapes policy in thousands of companies for years to come.Based on a true story..http://doriansvideostore.blogspot.com/2006/02/north-country.html RENT- February 19, 2006 New York city, center of the universe-times are shitty, but Im sure they cant get worse"-AngelAdapted from Puccinis La Boheme (The Bohemians) into a Pulitzer and Tony Award winning stage musical by the late Jonathan Larson, and then onto the screen by Chris Columbus and Stephen Chbosky, this tale of life and love among the bohemians of New Yorks East Village transcends borders and generations. La Boheme debuted in Turin, Italy in 1896 and Larsons Rent opened almost a hundred years later, but...http://doriansvideostore.blogspot.com/2006/02/rent.html Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber- February 18, 2006 Jennifer Love Hewitt, Joseph LawrenceA fluffy showpiece for Jennifer Love Hewitt to bounce around in and show off some curves, this made for cable movie will keep the boys happy, as long as they're not James Lipton. Love Hewitt seems comfortable when doing sweet, demure and sensitive roles, ala "Ghost Whisperer", but she always seems to lack acting chops when called upon to play the scoundrel, as in Heartbreakers and this trivial boob showcase. Fortunately for her the guys get too caught up in..http://doriansvideostore.blogspot.com/2006/02/confessions-of-sociopathic-social.html Domino- February 18, 2006 "Based on a true story- sort of"Jittery, high speed saga of a beautiful bounty hunter with issues involving goldfish. It's as if Tony Scott made a really good MTV video that just happens to be two hours long, with it's rockin' soundtrack and fast fast fast pace, even when things are slow. It moves a bit too fast for me in my old age, but perhaps you'll like it if you were raised on video games (I had a hard time keeping up with PacMan). This film HAD to have been an editing nightmare but the...http://doriansvideostore.blogspot.com/2006/02/domino.html |