RA: Renters Anonymous – September 30th, 2008

Posted by Trevor
September 30, 2008

This Week: September 30th, 2008

New Releases

Iron Man – 8.1/10 – Trailer
Starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard
During a field test of his latest and greatest weapons in Afghanistan, Tony Stark is kidnapped by a group of terrorists and forced to build one of his top secret weapons.  Oh yea, during the attack he had shrapnel embedded near his heart and thus has an electromagnet installed in his chest in order to keep the shrapnel from piercing his heart.  Instead of building the weapon, he decides to build him self a suit of armor to escape.  After seeing how easily his weapons have reached the evil masses, Tony decides that instead of continuing building weapons, he will turn himself into the ultimate weapon and become a superhero.  Thus enters Iron Man and all of his shenanigans.  This had the great mix of sarcastic humor and action thanks to Robert Downey Jr. 

1-Disc Special Features:

2-Disc Special Features:

Blu-ray Features:

Special Editions

To promote the Iron Man release there will be a few special collector’s editions of the film.
First we have the Steelbook Edition of the film which will be the 2-Disc DVD but in a special metal tin.
Available at: Futureshop (Canada), FYE (USA) for rougly the same price as the 2-Disc DVD

Next we have the Collector’s Gift Set which will come include either the 2-Disc DVD or Blu-ray film plus a mini bust of the Iron Man helmet and a $50 giftcard for Slideshow Collectibles.  The Blu-ray version will also come with 2 Iron Man comic books.
2-Disc DVD version is available at Best Buy (USA) for $39.99 USD
Blu-ray version is available at Best Buy (Canada) for $44.99 CDN
It may be possible for both countries to receive both versions but as of this point it doesn’t look like it.

Also at Best Buy Canada you’ll be able to purchase the normal Blu-ray version with the 2 comic books that come with the gift set for $29.99

Recommendation: Buy

Forgetting Sarah Marshall – 7.7/10 – Trailer
Starring Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Bill Hader, Paul Rudd, Liz Cackowski, Jonah Hill
Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) is deeply in love with his television star Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell) but then to the surprise of Peter, Sarah breaks up with him, while he’s naked.  After the suggestion of his step-brother, Peter decides to take a personal vacation in Hawaii.  Unfortunately while he’s checking in, he see’s his ex-girlfriend with her new rockstar boyfriend.  Now he has to spend his vacation trying to get over his ex-girlfriend while seeing her everywhere he goes.  This was another hit for producer Judd Apatow and a first big hit for writer/star Jason Segel (you may know him as Marshall from How I Meet Your Mother).  If you want one of the greatest comedies of the year, this is it.

1-Disc Special Features:

3-Disc Collector’s Edition Special Features:

Blu-ray Features:

Recommendation: Buy

Re-Releases

Can’t Hardly Wait (10 Year Reunion Edition) – 6.5/10
Starring Ethan Embry, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Lauren Ambrose, Seth Green, Peter Facinelli, Charlie Korsmo
Its high school graduation, and like all seniors they want to party. So 500 high school seniors look forward to a party, while in the meantime a boy wants to get a girl he’s loved for years that just broke up with her boyfriend and one head-case that wants revenge on a lifelong bully. So the party comes, things develop. People have sex, drink, and go along with most of the guidelines of a high school graduation party

DVD and Blu-ray Special Features:

Recommendation: Rent

Daredevil (Director’s Cut) (Blu-ray) – 5/10
Starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell
Fate deals young orphan Matt Murdock a strange hand when he is doused with hazardous waste. The accident leaves Matt blind but also gives him a heightened “radar sense” that allows him to “see” far better than any man. Years later Murdock has grown into a man and becomes a respected criminal attorney. But after he’s done his “day job” Matt takes on a secret identity as “The Man Without Fear,” Daredevil, the masked avenger that patrols the neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen and New York City to combat the injustice that he cannot tackle in the courtroom.

Blu-ray Features:

Recommendation: Pass

The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Blu-ray) – 6.9/10
Starring Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Seth Rogan, Jane Lynch, Elizabeth Banks
Andy at the age of 40 still hasn’t had sex. He lets his secret slip at a poker game with his buds from work. After the revealing all his friends are on a mission to help get him laid. Along the way Andy meets a nice mom: Trish who fall head over heels for each other.

Blu-ray Features:

Recommendation: Buy

Knocked Up (Blu-ray) – 7.8/10
Starring Seth Rogan, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann
Slobby Ben and up and coming career girl Alison meet at a bar, and end up having a one night stand. Eight weeks later, Ben is shocked when Alison meets him and reveals that she is pregnant. Despite having little in common, the two decide that they have to at least try to make some kind of relationship work for the baby’s sake.

Blu-ray Features:

Recommendation: Buy

Land of the Dead: Unrated Director’s Cut (Blu-ray) – 5.8/10
Starring Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento
he world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the evolving zombies from breaking into the city.

Blu-ray Features:

Recommendation: Pass

Dawn of the Dead (2004 Remake) (Blu-ray) – 7.1/10
Starring Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Kevin Zegers, Mekhi Phifer, Kim Poirier
Ana, a young beautiful nurse finishes her day-shift at the hospital to return home to her beloved husband, they make love and sleep together. The next day, after her husband is killed by her neighbor next door, he suddenly comes back to life. She discovers the chaos happening in her neighborhood and escapes from her home. Soon after coming to her senses in the woods, she encounters a cop and other survivors, they decide to find safety in a mall. Soon more survivors come, and they learn that if they want to stay alive, they should stick together as the world is overrun by an army of undead. Can they survive the horror in this horrific global chaos? When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.

Blu-ray Features:

Recommendation: Pass (But rent the original)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Blu-ray) – 7.9/10
Starring Marilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, Jim Siedow, Teri McMinn, William Vail
En route to visit their grandfather’s grave (which has apparently been ritualistically desecrated), five teenagers drive past a slaughterhouse, pick up (and quickly drop) a sinister hitch-hiker, eat some delicious home-cured meat at a roadside gas station, before ending up at the old family home… where they’re plunged into a never-ending nightmare as they meet a family of cannibals who more than make up in power tools what they lack in social skills.

Blu-ray Features:

Recommendation: Rent (for horror fans)

The Thing – 7.8/10
Starring Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, David Clennon, Donald Moffat, Thomas G. Waites
An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leaving no explanation for the chase. During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realises that an alien life-form with the ability to take over other bodies is on the loose and they don’t know who may already have been taken over.

Blu-ray Features:

Recommendation: Rent (for horror/scifi fans)

The Unrated Blogger’s Cut

This week I will be picking up the 3-Disc Collector’s Edition of Forgetting Sarah Marshall and the steelbook edition of Iron Man.  I’ve been waiting a long time to see Forgetting Sarah Marshall again so I’m happy that I will be able to pick it up this week and I can’t wait to see the unrated cut plus all of the extra features.  I also can’t wait to watch Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man again.

What is everyone picking up this week?

Coming up next week:
New: You Don’t Mess with the Zohan*, The Happening, The Visitor, Feast II: Sloppy Seconds
Re-releases: Sleeping Beauty (50th Anniversary), Halloween (Unrated Collector’s Edition)
* denotes separate DVD and Blu-ray releases
** denotes Blu-ray only release

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  • zakkforchilli
    Dude. Incredible. Can't Hardly Wait is my all time favorite movie. If there was a super favorite on IHM this would be it, lol. Very glad i read this blog.
  • richie_rich
    I am going to buy Iron Man tonight. I have heard nothing but good things about that movie and i cant wait to see it.
  • Honestly, I'm surprised you hadn't seen it before now. It's one of the best movies of the summer (and possibly year). It just got a little overshadowed by Dark Knight when it released a short time after.
  • richie_rich
    I was more interested in The Dark Knight at the time and kinda forgot about Iron Man.
  • versicherungsmakler
    I am going to look for Iron Man just now. GREETING FROM GERMANY!
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