Hardcover Book Releases
Coyote Destiny by Allen Steele
The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Clarence Palmer
Paperback Book Releases
The Last Stormlord by Glenda Larke
DVD Releases
2012 (PG-13)
An epic disaster film featuring about ten minutes of plot and an hour and a half of characters running for their lives. It’s impossible to suspend your disbelief so far as to find any part of this film plausible and it’s ending sucks, but it’s a great late night shut-off-your brain shout-at-the-screen with your friends flick.
Alice
Alice is a made-for-television SyFy series, though it should be noted that this is a bit better than SyFy’s normal fare, particularly due to its all-star cast. Kathy Bates play the Queen of Hearts, Star Trek’s Colm Meaney plays the King of Hearts, and Primeval’s Andrew Lee Potts co-stars as the Hatter. It’s worth renting, but if you really want to see an interesting take on Alice in Wonderland, check out Malice in Wonderland.
Cold Souls (PG-13)
Paul Giamatti plays himself is awesome dark sci-fi comedy in which David Strathairn plays a doctor who extracts people’s souls to help them lead less complicated lives.
Doctor Who: Dalek War
This compilation features “Frontier in Space” (No. 67) and the famous episode “Planet of the Daleks” (No. 68), which is one of Terry Nation’s best scripts. Both star Jon Pertwee, the Third Doctor. Keep in mind, you could have downloaded these along with basically every other Dr. Who episode at anytime over the past ten years.
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
“Remembrance of the Daleks,” featuring Sylvester McCoy, the Seventh Doctor. It’s far from the best of Dr. Who.
Gentlemen Broncos (PG-13)
A comedy from the director of Napoleon Dynamite featuring Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords. In it, an acclaimed writer rips off a kid’s idea for a fantasy novel. It’s kind of funny, but if you didn’t like Napoleon Dynamite, skip this one.
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice: The Complete Animated Series
An old Saturday morning cartoon from the nineties.
Ninja (R)
I’m not even going to go into details here, because, if you read this blog, I don’t think you’re going to pass up a movie about Ninjas, no mater how bad it is.
Ponyo
Hayao Miyazaki’s latest animated film finally hits store shelves. If you’re a Miyazaki fan, it’s a must see. If you have a kid under six, it’s a must buy. Otherwise, you should probably take a pass.
Where the Wild Things Are (PG)
Director Spike Jonze and novelist Dave Eggers put a fresh spin on Maurice Sendack’s beloved children’s book. Though it was widely criticized for targeting a much older audience than the original book, it turned out to be a decent movie.
Theatrical Releases
Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland (PG) opens this week. Initially, the trailers made it look as if were going to be an amazing movie, but the scuttlebutt around the web in the last few weeks is that it’s going to be a bomb. When I mentioned it to my brother, he was surprised that I didn’t think it was going to be any good until I asked him to name the last good Tim Burton movie he’d seen.
9? Sweeney Todd? Corpse Bride? Mars Attacks? After a minute, he reminded me how much we had both loved The Nightmare Before Christmas, but guess what? That was released thirteen years ago!
Let’s face it, Time Burton has some great branding, but he just isn’t that great of a director. He’s been resting on his laurels for years now.
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