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Harry's DVD Picks & Peeks - 1st wk of 2010: Food from the Sky, John Wayne in Vietnam & Bakshi's Mighty Mouse


Hey folks, Harry here and Yes, I did take a break at the start of this year. I decided to relax and enjoy the period between New Year’s and my wife’s birthday. That said, I’m back on path – and will be knocking out the 3 weeks I owe you good people. Sorry I disappeared for a bit. Sometimes it is necessary. This is the first column of the year and there’s some good stuff on here, but the week was light. Once again the titles and the pics link to Amazon where you can learn more on the title in question and you can purchase it, if you wish, which would give a bit back to this column. For which I thank you for. Here ya go:

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010





CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS

The Sony Imagework CG Animated films have traditionally been the wicked stepchildren of Pixar’s wicked step-children, DREAMWORKS and FOX – in the realm of animated fare. But CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS changed that for me. The animation is lush, the style is unique and the story has a cartoonish whimsy that really stands a part from the other houses. That said. I really truly do not find the film appetizing, all that food hitting the ground, causing damage, call me old fashioned, but served on a plate is the way to go. This was a very strong year for Animation!





THE FINAL DESTINATION

If you’re a fan of this series – then this is everything you could expect from THE FINAL DESTINATION in 3D. That said, the characters are written with the express purpose of being killed badly for your edification. That said, it is all pretty forgettable and helps make horror look like a basement genre to be ever so slightly ashamed of.





10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU

A wonderfully silly romantic comedy set in the High School years – back at the beginnings of both Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles’ careers. Specifically, Heath is pretty damn awesome here, as is the crazy young Joseph Gordon-Levitt. This is one of those films that I’d forgotten about, but when it arrived, my wife Yoko began giddily giggling and demanding that it instantly go into the Blu Ray player. After rewatching it, I agree – this is a fun giddy little movie that is pure happiness.





MIGHTY MOUSE: THE NEW ADVENTURES – The Complete Series

Now, if you don’t know why you should all be getting this… I’ll try to help. First off, this was put together by Ralph Bakshi and unleashed upon children, who too often don’t get what they deserve, but this was a kiddie dream. Bakshi put together a team of animation talent that is quite impressive. He landed John Kricfalusi, long before he created Ren & Stimpy. He captured Andrew Stanton of Pixar fame, Bruce Timm of the animated DC Hero properties and The Simpsons’ Jim Reardon. The result was this amazing series. Do not let this escape your attention!





THE GREEN BERETS (Blu-Ray)

I find it kind of amazing that before APOCALYPSE NOW, PLATOON, DEER HUNTER, CASUALTIES OF WAR… that THE GREEN BERETS would hit BluRay. Only BORN OF THE FOURTH OF JULY is in High Def… But this is the pro-American involvement in Vietnam film. It is actually more brutal than you’d expect. Lots of main characters get wiped out, it’s manipulative rah rah propaganda, but it is fun. John Wayne, Aldo Ray, George Takei, Bruce Cabot… well they rule. And though the sun is rising from the wrong direction… you know what, if anyone could make that happen, it’d be John Wayne.





TRUCKER

Fantastic Film. If I had a vote in the Academy, I’d nominate Michelle Monaghan for Best Actress & then vote her to win the award. She plays an amazing character – a truck driving lady, who doesn’t like being tied down to anything. She had a kid with a guy back in her young, carefree days. He’d agreed to raise the kid and not involve her. But he’s dying of cancer and is now asking for her help – with a kid that hates her. She is brilliant in the role. Also, Nathan Fillion plays a great “Best Friend that wants more” character – that isn’t hammy in the least. Michelle is seriously great here!

Coming up next: THE HURT LOCKER, MOON, 20th Season of SIMPSONS, IN THE LOOP, FAME, HALLOWEEN 2, 8 ½ BluRay, THE BROTHERS BLOOM, CLIFFHANGER BluRay, LAST ACTION HERO BluRay, BIG FAN, THE BURNING PLAIN, HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW, Urban Action Collection, Billy Jack BluRay, and much more!

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by Darryll
Jan 19th, 2010
06:39:35 PM
7 titles
by CaseyMcCall
Jan 19th, 2010
06:41:34 PM
10 Things I Hate About You
by birdy birdman
Jan 19th, 2010
06:45:55 PM
Woah, I must pinch myself.
by SoylentMean
Jan 19th, 2010
06:48:23 PM
So, Cloudy was alright?
by beastie
Jan 19th, 2010
06:49:39 PM
Holy shit, a DVD column?!
by D.Vader
Jan 19th, 2010
06:51:18 PM
And, that's it?
by SoylentMean
Jan 19th, 2010
06:51:21 PM
That cover for The Green Berets is awesome
by D.Vader
Jan 19th, 2010
06:52:31 PM
Has anyone seen the poster for Hausu?
by SoylentMean
Jan 19th, 2010
06:55:07 PM
10 things I hate about you
by alan_poon
Jan 19th, 2010
06:59:05 PM
Sorry, but....that's it? Did the page load correctly?...
by FlickaPoo
Jan 19th, 2010
07:02:59 PM
harry dude they announced new spider-man director
by drturing
Jan 19th, 2010
07:03:07 PM
...if Harry has a kid it'll be eighteen years before the next...
by FlickaPoo
Jan 19th, 2010
07:07:10 PM
The Final Destination review...
by symon
Jan 19th, 2010
07:08:15 PM
The Final Destination review...
by symon
Jan 19th, 2010
07:08:15 PM
....and I am a moron.
by symon
Jan 19th, 2010
07:11:07 PM
Elwey and the Tree Weasels
by Teh Suk
Jan 19th, 2010
07:20:41 PM
Elwey and the Tree Weasels
by Teh Suk
Jan 19th, 2010
07:20:44 PM
Cloudy
by thefreeagents
Jan 19th, 2010
07:27:51 PM
consider me a simpleton
by Kammich
Jan 19th, 2010
07:29:45 PM
That Said...
by Wrath4771
Jan 19th, 2010
07:38:12 PM
Trucker...
by nemov
Jan 19th, 2010
07:43:54 PM
Cloudy with a chance of meatballs
by red_weed
Jan 19th, 2010
07:49:44 PM
Halloween 2- the best american horror
by TheJudger
Jan 19th, 2010
07:52:54 PM
Halloween 2 had some good bits
by SoylentMean
Jan 19th, 2010
08:00:50 PM
The Green Berets
by dukeroberts
Jan 19th, 2010
08:13:48 PM
The "Halloween 2" DVD nearly killed me.
by The Reluctant Austinite
Jan 19th, 2010
08:34:23 PM
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
by Series7
Jan 19th, 2010
08:34:45 PM
Also the animation in Cloudy
by Series7
Jan 19th, 2010
08:36:38 PM
Wait......Harry doesn't get an Academy vote?
by Series7
Jan 19th, 2010
08:38:02 PM
So is Cloudy worthy of a blind buy?
by SoylentMean
Jan 19th, 2010
08:39:30 PM
F-Bomb Count (theatrical run)
by Series7
Jan 19th, 2010
08:47:33 PM
The Green Berets cover
by Gungan Slayer
Jan 19th, 2010
08:50:26 PM
TheJudger...
by Darth Mulder
Jan 19th, 2010
08:50:34 PM
I want to see Zombie do an original again, that's super...
by SoylentMean
Jan 19th, 2010
08:55:48 PM
More F-bomb count
by Series7
Jan 19th, 2010
08:56:45 PM
Soylent Mean
by Kaiser Soze
Jan 19th, 2010
09:11:20 PM
Wow, sweet sweet memories. . .
by Nice Marmot
Jan 19th, 2010
09:52:03 PM
If Harry was serious about this "weekly" column...
by LoneGun
Jan 19th, 2010
09:58:00 PM
That said, I look forward to THE FINAL DESTINATION.
by LoneGun
Jan 19th, 2010
10:04:17 PM
I refuse to watch "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs"
by Toe Jam
Jan 19th, 2010
10:04:36 PM
Fighting Soldiers from the sky...
by MCVamp
Jan 19th, 2010
10:05:50 PM
Fighting Soldiers from the sky...
by MCVamp
Jan 19th, 2010
10:07:51 PM
Meatballs was a lot of fun
by Nasty In The Pasty
Jan 19th, 2010
10:25:50 PM
Wrong again, Harry. In Green Berets the sun SETS in the wrong d
by jrb
Jan 19th, 2010
10:42:04 PM
SETS in the wrong DIRECTION
by jrb
Jan 19th, 2010
10:42:48 PM
BAKSHI...
by bernard
Jan 19th, 2010
11:34:57 PM
FINAL DESTINATION
by frank cotton
Jan 20th, 2010
12:01:38 AM
Things I learned today,
by DigitalDong
Jan 20th, 2010
12:34:29 AM
Actually ... you COULD see the sun set...
by ReportAbuse
Jan 20th, 2010
01:08:03 AM
guess nooobody got him a calender for christmas
by Tregeek
Jan 20th, 2010
01:16:07 AM
Point taken, ReportAbuse
by jrb
Jan 20th, 2010
01:23:12 AM
Green Berets
by TakingScorpiosCalls
Jan 20th, 2010
02:13:54 AM
cloudy with a chance...
by Fortunesfool
Jan 20th, 2010
03:17:12 AM
cloudy with a chance...
by Fortunesfool
Jan 20th, 2010
03:18:54 AM
Last Action Hero blu-ray?
by Mr Gorilla
Jan 20th, 2010
05:17:35 AM
harry please do something about this...
by billyhitchcock1
Jan 20th, 2010
05:18:50 AM
on topic...
by billyhitchcock1
Jan 20th, 2010
05:25:31 AM
Halloween 2:
by Scratchmonkey
Jan 20th, 2010
05:42:52 AM
Harry, WOW
by enough22
Jan 20th, 2010
06:19:57 AM
I want a DYI Apocalypse Now
by Spandau Belly
Jan 20th, 2010
06:26:52 AM
6 fucking titles?
by BangoSkank
Jan 20th, 2010
06:48:42 AM
Mighty Mouse
by holidill
Jan 20th, 2010
07:08:13 AM
Token review column
by moondog65478
Jan 20th, 2010
07:23:55 AM
Green Berets...
by Judge Briggs
Jan 20th, 2010
08:00:16 AM
10 Things I Hate About You...
by yourSTEPDADDY
Jan 20th, 2010
08:11:21 AM
Stiles is sooo fucking hot!!! But you only like this because -
by Professor_Monster
Jan 20th, 2010
08:17:03 AM
Mighty Mouse on DVD?
by Nuking the Fridge
Jan 20th, 2010
08:26:20 AM
Cloudy
by Papa Lazaru
Jan 20th, 2010
08:32:40 AM
I like my bitches dressed skimpy...
by Oprah_Duke
Jan 20th, 2010
08:34:49 AM
Oh yeah in case anyone cares
by Series7
Jan 20th, 2010
08:47:28 AM
WOW
by Series7
Jan 20th, 2010
08:48:11 AM
Smokin Aces 2
by Papa Lazaru
Jan 20th, 2010
09:03:32 AM
Well the original director
by Series7
Jan 20th, 2010
09:09:10 AM
I see.
by Papa Lazaru
Jan 20th, 2010
09:13:04 AM
Brothers Bloom
by kafka07
Jan 20th, 2010
09:13:10 AM
Meatballs "Did the animal with a voice box gag first"?
by Nasty In The Pasty
Jan 20th, 2010
09:30:09 AM
Never got the brouhaha over MM snorting
by Dingbatty
Jan 20th, 2010
09:58:21 AM
Behind
by Therealumlaut
Jan 20th, 2010
10:03:06 AM
Weekly
by SpookyOtaku
Jan 20th, 2010
10:03:09 AM
Nasty, No ,Congo did the animal w/voice box first
by Stabby
Jan 20th, 2010
10:19:27 AM
My description of UP:
by Stabby
Jan 20th, 2010
10:21:49 AM
I noticed that Rocket Robin Hood was released in November.
by Royston Lodge
Jan 20th, 2010
10:26:19 AM
There are actually people....
by Messiahman
Jan 20th, 2010
10:40:41 AM
Amen, Messiahman.
by The Reluctant Austinite
Jan 20th, 2010
10:48:31 AM
Zombie's Halloween II is awful.
by MattFini
Jan 20th, 2010
10:57:10 AM
Well said, Messiahman.
by MattFini
Jan 20th, 2010
10:58:13 AM
Rocket Robin Hood?!?!?!?!? O.M.G.
by The Reluctant Austinite
Jan 20th, 2010
11:03:02 AM
"The unratedness of it is total bullshit ..."
by Big Jim
Jan 20th, 2010
11:11:27 AM
Hey Harry here...
by ladevastation
Jan 20th, 2010
11:29:02 AM
guy dies watching Avatar...
by rben
Jan 20th, 2010
11:37:46 AM
PETERSEN!
by BranMakMorn
Jan 20th, 2010
11:43:23 AM
MARTYRS is the best horror of 09
by Gwai Lo
Jan 20th, 2010
11:55:12 AM
Nice job fitting Julia Styles head on that cover
by Knobules
Jan 20th, 2010
12:42:46 PM
I like Mighty Mouse doing blow on TV
by Geektard_Smasher
Jan 20th, 2010
12:44:41 PM
In Defense of El Rojo Grande (Harry)
by ChocolateJesusMan
Jan 20th, 2010
12:46:08 PM
10 things I hate about you
by Geektard_Smasher
Jan 20th, 2010
12:47:55 PM
ladevastation...
by billyhitchcock1
Jan 20th, 2010
12:48:15 PM
Zombie's best ideas
by lagomorph
Jan 20th, 2010
01:00:41 PM
Had to pull Halloween II from my player midway
by skimn
Jan 20th, 2010
01:28:12 PM
Fuck "Halloween 2" and the white horse it rode in on!
by The Reluctant Austinite
Jan 20th, 2010
01:36:51 PM
@ Reluctant
by lagomorph
Jan 20th, 2010
01:50:09 PM
The problem with Zombie's "vision"...
by Messiahman
Jan 20th, 2010
01:56:14 PM
Big Jim: The "unrated" version of Eurotrip was SUCH a cock-tease
by Royston Lodge
Jan 20th, 2010
01:58:18 PM
And here's my favorite Zombie quote...
by Messiahman
Jan 20th, 2010
01:59:53 PM
Not to beat a dead white horse, but--
by The Reluctant Austinite
Jan 20th, 2010
02:18:14 PM
Zombie helming CSI:Miami ?
by skimn
Jan 20th, 2010
02:37:28 PM
Judge Briggs
by TakingScorpiosCalls
Jan 20th, 2010
03:12:57 PM
Wow, don't overexert yourself on these reviews big guy...
by Little Beavis
Jan 20th, 2010
03:32:05 PM
Unfortunately, Bruno did deliver on its unrated promise
by Stabby
Jan 20th, 2010
03:41:17 PM
DAAAAAAAAAAMN!!!
by Traumnovelle
Jan 20th, 2010
04:29:33 PM
Stiles can rest her weary, giant melon
by Dingbatty
Jan 20th, 2010
04:44:06 PM
Bruce Lee and John Wayne
by Hipshot
Jan 20th, 2010
05:25:17 PM
Cliffhanger on Blu-Ray
by Nuking the Fridge
Jan 20th, 2010
06:30:47 PM
"Platoon" was propaganda?
by Sgt.Steiner
Jan 20th, 2010
06:35:01 PM
Saw Mighty Mouse at Target for 31.99
by Quake II
Jan 20th, 2010
07:37:23 PM
Target has the Marty Stoufer Wild America series...
by SoylentMean
Jan 20th, 2010
07:42:12 PM
An underrated Vietnam era pic...
by DougMcKenzie
Jan 20th, 2010
08:13:13 PM
Waitaminute...
by JayLenoTookMyJob
Jan 20th, 2010
08:24:29 PM
10 Things I Hate About You
by Mr Spork
Jan 20th, 2010
08:28:04 PM
Dude, no one, even cartoon supermice...
by JayLenoTookMyJob
Jan 20th, 2010
08:32:27 PM
10 Things
by JayLenoTookMyJob
Jan 20th, 2010
08:36:24 PM
Quake II
by JayLenoTookMyJob
Jan 20th, 2010
08:41:48 PM
I'm back, and all i can say is
by TheJudger
Jan 20th, 2010
09:12:53 PM
damn the drink :edit:
by TheJudger
Jan 20th, 2010
09:20:50 PM
The Judger:
by Traumnovelle
Jan 20th, 2010
09:42:01 PM
I'M NEW,,,YEAH!!!
by InvaderTJ
Jan 20th, 2010
11:36:35 PM
Mighty Mouse was great in the 80s, not sure how it holds up.
by Flim Springfield
Jan 21st, 2010
01:11:33 AM
Harry, How was that Princess of Mars?
by NippleEffect
Jan 21st, 2010
01:40:39 AM
Can't believe I paid $15 to see Final Destination 3D
by MattmanReturns
Jan 21st, 2010
02:49:04 AM
i liked meatballs more than UP
by Potatino
Jan 21st, 2010
07:13:08 AM
are we getting the rest of JANUARY
by Six Demon Bag
Jan 21st, 2010
09:03:50 AM
i think i have it figured out on why the columns run late...
by Six Demon Bag
Jan 21st, 2010
09:08:24 AM
10 things I hate about you blu ray
by The_Crimson_King
Jan 21st, 2010
09:10:29 AM
"She's the Leelee Sobieski of the 00's."
by Big Jim
Jan 21st, 2010
11:20:05 AM
I've Almost Lost Total Interest In This Site
by ChestRockwell
Jan 21st, 2010
11:24:12 AM
Big Jim is that an Under The Dome reference perhaps?
by The_Crimson_King
Jan 21st, 2010
11:41:46 AM
your name I mean
by The_Crimson_King
Jan 21st, 2010
11:42:17 AM
The_Crimson_King
by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead
Jan 21st, 2010
01:12:39 PM
HOLY SHIT!
by keter
Jan 21st, 2010
01:56:29 PM
Obviously TheJudger, you can't count....
by Series7
Jan 21st, 2010
02:07:27 PM
"is that an Under The Dome reference perhaps?"
by Big Jim
Jan 21st, 2010
02:44:21 PM
Also, had never heard of Big Jim Slade until someone here
by Big Jim
Jan 21st, 2010
02:52:04 PM
Cloudy ROCKS
by teh awesome
Jan 21st, 2010
03:09:03 PM
Big Jim Slade
by skimn
Jan 21st, 2010
04:56:34 PM
Wait wait wait, Mr. T is in Cloudy ??????
by SoylentMean
Jan 21st, 2010
06:54:58 PM
Dancetothebeat and the INANE "why on Blu?" idiocy
by white_vader
Jan 21st, 2010
10:29:03 PM
Cloudy also has Bruce Campbell voicing the mayor
by skimn
Jan 22nd, 2010
10:27:52 AM
Halloween 2
by Kammich
Jan 22nd, 2010
11:14:57 PM
That said
by Jerkmeister
Jan 26th, 2010
07:27:07 AM
dancetothebeatofthelivingdead
by The_Crimson_King
Jan 31st, 2010
08:14:59 AM
GqecSfas
by TmvEqK
Feb 11th, 2010
03:06:53 PM
yTjWqX
by TmvEqK
Feb 11th, 2010
03:08:36 PM

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