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Hey, you can't always watch Oscar-winning films or critically acclaimed independents or obscure dramas
from around the world. Sometimes, you just want to turn your mind off. (I"m looking at you, horribleTransformers franchise.) Still, even when you're looking for popcorn fare, you undoubtedly prefer good
popcorn fare to bad ones. That's why the most common question I get about new movies is whether theyshould go see it in the theater or whether it's "rentable" (they might say "Netflixable" these days) or notworth bothering. The top three movies out this week are not good by any standard, but they're almostcertainly movies many of you decided were "rentable."
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THE EAGLE ($29.98 regular or $39.98 BluRay; Universal)
UNKNOWN ($28.98 regular or $35.99; Warner Bros.)
THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU ($29.98 regular or $39.98 BluRay; Universal) -- The Eagle is the most
offbeat of these films and benefits from being set in an unusual time period. If nothing else, it's not your
average bear. Channing Tatum stars as a Roman soldier desperate to restore his family honor byreclaiming the golden eagle standard lost to the barbaric Britains. Jamie Bell plays a slave whose life is
spared because of Tatum after refusing to provide sport in the arena for bloodthirsty Romans. They team
up to go toward enemy territory (for Tatum) and home (for Bell). I got a kick out of Bell being calledslave (sue me) and the manly honor and betrayals and proof of courage come at regular intervals.Nothing special, but Bell elevates any film he's in and Tatum is cast well, though the cheery finalebeggars belief.
Liam Neeson's Unknown is such a shameless ripoff of Taken you'd almost swear it's a remake. It's not,
more's the pity, since the film is lesser in every degree to that modest B movie success. January Jones
remains the perfect Hitchcock blonde born too late.
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Finally, I praised Matt Damon a few weeks ago, but even he's not perfect. The Adjustment Bureau is a
weird, unsatisfying movie based on a Philip K. Dick short story. Damon is a politician who looks poised
for great things but angels (or "case workers" as one of them dubs themselves) are there to make sureDamon stays on plan and avoids missteps like a romance with the wacky Emily Blunt. The problem?Damon and Blunt feel fated to be together and keep crossing paths, despite the best efforts of TheChairman and his minions. It's not terribly dramatic or light on its feet a la Heaven Can Wait . A little
ponderous with endless unnecessary explication, you spend the whole film wondering exactly what the
filmmaker George Nolfi was going for. When Damon delivered one especially goofy line, the person
watching with me bursting out laughing and I said, "He's doing the best he can." He laughed some more
and agreed, Damon wasn't the problem. On the other hand, my friend pointed out, Damon did agree to
make it. Fair enough. Even Damon can sometimes mess with the Plan.
Have you enjoyed any bad movies lately? Confess.
RAFFAELLO MATARAZZO'S RUNAWAY MELODRAMAS ($59.95; Eclipse) -- Criterion continues
to mine cinema history for deliriously enjoyable collections like this four movie package of Italian
melodramas. Producers looked at the worldwide success of neo-realism (which focused on the workingclass and the poor) and said, hey, why not combine that with over-the-top soapy plot twists? The resultwas journeyman director Matarazzo's biggest hits of his career. His muses were the manly AmedeoNazzari and the heaving bosoms of Yvonne Sanson. I've wached Chains , in which Sanson is plagued by a
former love turned thief who pesters her for attention when she just wants to devote herself to her car
mechanic husband and two adoring children. Just when I thought I knew where the movie was headed,
they started piling on the plot twists and turns with abandon. And over the top doesn't begin to describethe sight of her little son, arms open wide, tears running down his face and pleading with his mother notto leave their home for what he knows is a meeting with that lover. I can't wait to watch the rest,including Nobody's Children and The White Angel, which pile misfortune on two lovers across not one
but two feature films. Great fun in decent prints.
BIG TIME RUSH SEASON ONE VOLUME TWO ($19.99; Nickelodeon/Paramount) -- I really hate
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how shows for kids shows parcel out episodes for a season in multiple volumes on DVD. Just wait and
put them all out at once. It's good to teach kids a little patience. The latest in a seemingly endless string ofshows about young pop stars, this one feature four affable guys who are hockey players turned boy band(natch!). They've moved to California and attend a performing arts school while recording songs and
touring. Hi-jinks ensue. This set includes six episodes and the TV movie Big Time Concert. All hail little
sister Katie (talented Ciara Bravo), the only sane one in the bunch.
ALSO OUT NOW:
THE CLOSER SEASON SIX ($39.98; Warner Bros.) -- As the July 11 premiere of the seventh and
final season of The Closer approaches, you can catch up with Season Six, highlighted by Brenda (Emmy
winner Kyra Sedgwick) gunning for the job of Police Chief of the LAPD and episode four, "Layover."
Useful tip: never pick up a flight attendant while transporting a prisoner.
THE ROMANTIC ENGLISHWOMAN ($24.95; Kino) -- This woefully underappreciated drama
features a top-notch cast -- MIchael Caine and Glenda Jackson in the leads -- a script by Tom Stoppard
and Thomas Wiseman from Wiseman's book and perhaps the best reviewed work of director JosephLosey after The Servant and his cult hit The Boy With Green Hair. It's a mystery why some movies fall
off the radar. perhaps this overdue release with bring this story of a novelist fantasizing about cheatingon his wife a wider audience. It's like The Seven Year Itch, but smart and funny rather than obvious anddumb.
MARPLE: THE PALE HORSE ($29.99; Acorn) -- Hmm, where to start? As just a movie, the 89
minute Miss Marple adventure starring Julia McKenzie is decent fare for those who love their British
cozies. This DVD release includes another TV movie made in the 1990s from the same novel and thatstars Jean Marsh and Andy Serkis among others. It's a nice bonus but hardly compensates for the veryexpensive price for what amounts to a single TV movie in a long-running series. I've given up hopingsomeone would come to their sense and deliver the Christie and Poirot shows in some sort of reasonableorder and at a reasonable price. As for shoehorning Miss Marple into a Christie mystery in which shedoesn't appear, well worse crimes have been committed.
ONE NIGHT ONLY: THE A.I.M.S. GALA ($19.95; MVD) - This curio of a concert features decent
visuals and sounds, as well as some gems -- mainly Elvis Costello and Chrissie Hynde on three songs and
a four song set by Chris Rea, then close to the peak of his UK fame; followed by an all-star ramblethrough some oldies led by Ian Dury, Phil Collins, Eddy Grant and the like. It all happened because BillWyman decided to do a talent search. He went to five or so cities with professional recording equipmentto record the best bands he could find and then give them copies of the masters to do with what theycould. The Royal Albert Hall concert was held to celebrate this, feature the five best bands and raise somemoney for charity. None of the bands made big waves, but it was a nice effort and the music's not bad. Abonus documentary features the performances of the five bands which were unknown then and remainso now.
LIVING IN EMERGENCY ($27.95; First Run Features) -- The only surprise about this critically
acclaimed documentary film is that it wasn't made sooner. The work of Doctors Without Borders is
shown through this look at four volunteers -- two new recruits and two veterans and all of them dealing
with the stress and rewards of providing desperately needed medical care in high-risk areas like Liberiaand the Congo. First, check out this film. Then, for more information on the group and its work, visittheir website.
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE ($39.92 regular and $49.99 BluRay each;
Warner Bros.) -- As the July 15 finale of the Potter film series approaches, Warner Bros. continues tostuff and I do mean STUFF these Ultimate Editions with every imaginable geegaw you can think ofexploring the world of Potter and how these movies were made. Until Pottermore.com launches on July
31 with sneak peeks for a lucky few, this is where Potter fans will gorge themselves.
UNDER THE HAMMER ($49.99; Acorn) -- The creator of Rumpole of the Bailey -- John Mortimer --
had less success with this light drama set in the world of auction houses. Richard Wilson and Jan Francis
star as the appraisers at Klinsky's with a love for fine art...and perhaps each other? This set contains allseven episodes, most notable for the usual profusion of top-notch actors in guest spots offered on BritishTV, like John Gielgud, Rosemary Harris, Ian Carmichael and many others.
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THE WOMEN IN CAGES COLLECTION ($24.97 regular or $39.99 BluRay; Shout) -- The name says
it all, doesn't it? Shout presents the goofiest, most enjoyable trio of b movies in ages. They all star Pam
Grier and they all feature women...in cages. The Big Bird Cage, The Big Doll House and Women In
Cages , to be exact. Proto-feminist subtext. Uh, maybe. Big Doll House in particular includes generous
extras, including a making-of documentary. The perfect gift for Quentin Tarantino? Nope, he probablyowns original prints and will buy this the day it comes out anyway.
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popcorn fare to bad ones. That's why the most common question I get about new movies is whether theyshould go see it in the theater or whether it's "rentable" (they might say "Netflixable" these days) or notworth bothering. The top three movies out this week are not good by any standard, but they're almostcertainly movies many of you decided were "rentable."
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THE EAGLE ($29.98 regular or $39.98 BluRay; Universal)
UNKNOWN ($28.98 regular or $35.99; Warner Bros.)
THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU ($29.98 regular or $39.98 BluRay; Universal) -- The Eagle is the most
offbeat of these films and benefits from being set in an unusual time period. If nothing else, it's not your
average bear. Channing Tatum stars as a Roman soldier desperate to restore his family honor byreclaiming the golden eagle standard lost to the barbaric Britains. Jamie Bell plays a slave whose life is
spared because of Tatum after refusing to provide sport in the arena for bloodthirsty Romans. They team
up to go toward enemy territory (for Tatum) and home (for Bell). I got a kick out of Bell being calledslave (sue me) and the manly honor and betrayals and proof of courage come at regular intervals.Nothing special, but Bell elevates any film he's in and Tatum is cast well, though the cheery finalebeggars belief.
Liam Neeson's Unknown is such a shameless ripoff of Taken you'd almost swear it's a remake. It's not,
more's the pity, since the film is lesser in every degree to that modest B movie success. January Jones
remains the perfect Hitchcock blonde born too late.
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Finally, I praised Matt Damon a few weeks ago, but even he's not perfect. The Adjustment Bureau is a
weird, unsatisfying movie based on a Philip K. Dick short story. Damon is a politician who looks poised
for great things but angels (or "case workers" as one of them dubs themselves) are there to make sureDamon stays on plan and avoids missteps like a romance with the wacky Emily Blunt. The problem?Damon and Blunt feel fated to be together and keep crossing paths, despite the best efforts of TheChairman and his minions. It's not terribly dramatic or light on its feet a la Heaven Can Wait . A little
ponderous with endless unnecessary explication, you spend the whole film wondering exactly what the
filmmaker George Nolfi was going for. When Damon delivered one especially goofy line, the person
watching with me bursting out laughing and I said, "He's doing the best he can." He laughed some more
and agreed, Damon wasn't the problem. On the other hand, my friend pointed out, Damon did agree to
make it. Fair enough. Even Damon can sometimes mess with the Plan.
Have you enjoyed any bad movies lately? Confess.
RAFFAELLO MATARAZZO'S RUNAWAY MELODRAMAS ($59.95; Eclipse) -- Criterion continues
to mine cinema history for deliriously enjoyable collections like this four movie package of Italian
melodramas. Producers looked at the worldwide success of neo-realism (which focused on the workingclass and the poor) and said, hey, why not combine that with over-the-top soapy plot twists? The resultwas journeyman director Matarazzo's biggest hits of his career. His muses were the manly AmedeoNazzari and the heaving bosoms of Yvonne Sanson. I've wached Chains , in which Sanson is plagued by a
former love turned thief who pesters her for attention when she just wants to devote herself to her car
mechanic husband and two adoring children. Just when I thought I knew where the movie was headed,
they started piling on the plot twists and turns with abandon. And over the top doesn't begin to describethe sight of her little son, arms open wide, tears running down his face and pleading with his mother notto leave their home for what he knows is a meeting with that lover. I can't wait to watch the rest,including Nobody's Children and The White Angel, which pile misfortune on two lovers across not one
but two feature films. Great fun in decent prints.
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put them all out at once. It's good to teach kids a little patience. The latest in a seemingly endless string ofshows about young pop stars, this one feature four affable guys who are hockey players turned boy band(natch!). They've moved to California and attend a performing arts school while recording songs and
touring. Hi-jinks ensue. This set includes six episodes and the TV movie Big Time Concert. All hail little
sister Katie (talented Ciara Bravo), the only sane one in the bunch.
ALSO OUT NOW:
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Useful tip: never pick up a flight attendant while transporting a prisoner.
THE ROMANTIC ENGLISHWOMAN ($24.95; Kino) -- This woefully underappreciated drama
features a top-notch cast -- MIchael Caine and Glenda Jackson in the leads -- a script by Tom Stoppard
and Thomas Wiseman from Wiseman's book and perhaps the best reviewed work of director JosephLosey after The Servant and his cult hit The Boy With Green Hair. It's a mystery why some movies fall
off the radar. perhaps this overdue release with bring this story of a novelist fantasizing about cheatingon his wife a wider audience. It's like The Seven Year Itch, but smart and funny rather than obvious anddumb.
MARPLE: THE PALE HORSE ($29.99; Acorn) -- Hmm, where to start? As just a movie, the 89
minute Miss Marple adventure starring Julia McKenzie is decent fare for those who love their British
cozies. This DVD release includes another TV movie made in the 1990s from the same novel and thatstars Jean Marsh and Andy Serkis among others. It's a nice bonus but hardly compensates for the veryexpensive price for what amounts to a single TV movie in a long-running series. I've given up hopingsomeone would come to their sense and deliver the Christie and Poirot shows in some sort of reasonableorder and at a reasonable price. As for shoehorning Miss Marple into a Christie mystery in which shedoesn't appear, well worse crimes have been committed.
ONE NIGHT ONLY: THE A.I.M.S. GALA ($19.95; MVD) - This curio of a concert features decent
visuals and sounds, as well as some gems -- mainly Elvis Costello and Chrissie Hynde on three songs and
a four song set by Chris Rea, then close to the peak of his UK fame; followed by an all-star ramblethrough some oldies led by Ian Dury, Phil Collins, Eddy Grant and the like. It all happened because BillWyman decided to do a talent search. He went to five or so cities with professional recording equipmentto record the best bands he could find and then give them copies of the masters to do with what theycould. The Royal Albert Hall concert was held to celebrate this, feature the five best bands and raise somemoney for charity. None of the bands made big waves, but it was a nice effort and the music's not bad. Abonus documentary features the performances of the five bands which were unknown then and remainso now.
LIVING IN EMERGENCY ($27.95; First Run Features) -- The only surprise about this critically
acclaimed documentary film is that it wasn't made sooner. The work of Doctors Without Borders is
shown through this look at four volunteers -- two new recruits and two veterans and all of them dealing
with the stress and rewards of providing desperately needed medical care in high-risk areas like Liberiaand the Congo. First, check out this film. Then, for more information on the group and its work, visittheir website.
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE ($39.92 regular and $49.99 BluRay each;
Warner Bros.) -- As the July 15 finale of the Potter film series approaches, Warner Bros. continues tostuff and I do mean STUFF these Ultimate Editions with every imaginable geegaw you can think ofexploring the world of Potter and how these movies were made. Until Pottermore.com launches on July
31 with sneak peeks for a lucky few, this is where Potter fans will gorge themselves.
UNDER THE HAMMER ($49.99; Acorn) -- The creator of Rumpole of the Bailey -- John Mortimer --
had less success with this light drama set in the world of auction houses. Richard Wilson and Jan Francis
star as the appraisers at Klinsky's with a love for fine art...and perhaps each other? This set contains allseven episodes, most notable for the usual profusion of top-notch actors in guest spots offered on BritishTV, like John Gielgud, Rosemary Harris, Ian Carmichael and many others.
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starring as a detective who comes back from the dead (with a massive increase in his martial arts skills)to defeat Snakehead (poor old Julian Sands) before the bad guy rules the world. Harmless, but notparticularly good either.
THE WOMEN IN CAGES COLLECTION ($24.97 regular or $39.99 BluRay; Shout) -- The name says
it all, doesn't it? Shout presents the goofiest, most enjoyable trio of b movies in ages. They all star Pam
Grier and they all feature women...in cages. The Big Bird Cage, The Big Doll House and Women In
Cages , to be exact. Proto-feminist subtext. Uh, maybe. Big Doll House in particular includes generous
extras, including a making-of documentary. The perfect gift for Quentin Tarantino? Nope, he probablyowns original prints and will buy this the day it comes out anyway.
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