We generally don’t talk about Bluray/DVD sales around here, but this one is too good NOT to talk about it.  You probably heard me talk a few months ago about how I got some Criterion DVD’s for really cheap at Barnes and Noble.  Well, it looks like they’re at it again.  Over at DVD Talk, you’ll find a thread talking about Barnes and Noble having a 50% off sale on all Criterion Blurays and DVDs.  You’ll also find ways to get them for an extra 10% off and even an extra $5 off that!  The sale will start on November 10th.

I know that we always talk up Criterion discs, but I also know that they tend to be significantly more expensive than regular DVDs.  Well, if you’ve been tempted to try the waters on some of our past recommendations, you aren’t going to get much of a better chance than this to build up your library!  This much advance notice should hopefully give you a chance to save up some money ahead of time and not abuse your wallet.

Let us know if you’d like us to give you some ideas on good films to pick up and we’ll be happy to give you some options in the comments!  The DVD Talk thread will be good for that as well. 

Our series on Wes Craven continues.  How could we do a series without a Freddy movie?  The answer is, we can’t.  We also have a great discussion about Roman Polnaski.

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This episode, we kick off our series on Wes Craven with The People Under the Stairs.

JC Hutchins

 

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It’s not very often that we get to speak with someone of the caliber and credentials this individual brings.  This was easily the scariest interview I’ve ever done, but the hard work and sleepless nights are worth it.  I had the chance to sit down and talk with D

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The world premiere of Lars von Trier’s Antichrist this year at the Cannes film festival is now the stuff of legends. Critics who had attended this first ever screening were disgusted, shocked, terrified, angry, excited, bewildered but most importantly…buzzing. This very buzz on the internet the day of release was splitting people into two sides. Those who boasted about how they supported more edgy cinema welcomely hollered “BRING IT ON!”. Those whose favorite movies consist of the filmographies of Tim Burton and Ron Howard sat back and shook their heads in disgust. Those in the middle? The ones who can enjoy both Werner Herzog and Preston Sturges? They were just confused about what side to support. But now as the film has screened more and now finally awaits its theatrical exhibition, it comes the time to seriously examine it. What made Lars von Trier make this particular film? His excuse was that this film was the answer to his years of depression. But are talking foxes, smashed genitals, cut-off clitorises and satires of Baz Luhrman really an answer to depression? Well, it’s probably just as much of a response as jerking off a horse, wearing the skin of a dead deer, licking a compound fracture and wearing a cheese helmet.

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Dave’s Score:  8/10 

Whether you like or dislike a film made by Joel and Ethan Coen, you have to admit that every film they make is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.  If you’ve listened to our podcast very long, you know that I have a theory that a Coen Brothers film is going to fit into one of two genres:  we have their gritty noir films like Fargo, Miller’s Crossing and No Country for Old Men, and then we have their absurd films like The Hudsucker Proxy and O Brother, Where Art Thou?  Yes, Barton Fink crosses both quite sublimely, but most of their films fit into one of the two categories.  A Serious Man is gloriously absurd.  As with the crossing of downhome southern Christianity with Homer’s The Odyssey in O Brother, A Serious Man crosses 50’s suburban Jewish culture with the Biblical story of Job.  I know, it’s abstract, but it works!

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We finish our series on David Fincher and have a debate about Panic Room.  We spend an obscene amount of time talking about what we saw this week and….welll….we sing a little bit.

Our thanks to Paul and Storm for giving us a drop (even if Dave did a crappy job of recording it) and letting us use one of their songs after the show ends.  They are currently on tour with Jonathan Coulton.  If they come near you, you REALLY need to catch their show.  I’m working on the bootleg of their set as well and will post it when finished.

 

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We get back into our David Fincher series and talk about arguably his most popular movie, Fight Club.  We also give you a couple DVD reviews before they come out and have a great time in general.

Many thanks to Jonathan Coulton for giving us a drop.  You can find all his music at his website.  If you’d like to know what his live show is like, you can download the entire show in one convenient .zip file from his concert in Denver that I recorded.  If he’s coming to your neck of the woods, I can’t recommend you catch him enough.  You’ll have a great time.

 

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