Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Happy Birthdays All Around!

Happy Birthday to:

The great Tom Selleck

The lovely Katherine Ross

The guy typing this

And unfortunately this.  Why do I have to share a birthday with this?

New Release Tuesday

A great looking Formula One racing movie from director Ron Howard that features the true story of the 1970s rivalry between racing rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.  This stars Mrs. Gauntlet’s favorite Chris Hemsworth so we will be watching this soon to see if he takes his shirt off.

This is a nice follow up to the hit animated feature.  I enjoyed this a lot because it very funny throughout the movie and I liked the introductions of all the new food monsters like Tacodille.  The kids enjoyed it.

I have checked the show out a few times and was mildly entertained.  I have never seen any of the movies but this really scored with audiences so I going to give this a rental.  I just hope the best parts were not on the trailer.

The History Channel has been producing some very good movies and TV shows of late with Kevin Costner’s Hatfield and McCoy’s being the best of the bunch.  I feel like Bonnie and Clyde was worthy of an update but this just seemed to air without much fanfare and I missed it.  It did come out at a busy time of the year (December 8).  Maybe it will score on home video.

This looks really bad but I guess some people think Sly, Arnold, and Bruce Willis still being in action movies seems bad too.  I quote Arnold from Conan, “Then to hell with them!” (Use of Austrian accent helps here too).





Friday, January 24, 2014

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Coming to Blu Ray!


Screen Archives is releasing a limited edition of one of my favorite Clint Eastwood movies on February 11th.  It is limited to 3000 copies and it is a bit pricey but well worth it for this great buddy, crime flick.  I have never seen this artwork before so I am going to assume it is new and it looks great.

Special Features are: Isolated Music Track / Audio Commentary with Film Historians Lem Dobbs, Julie Kirgo, and Nick Redman / Original Theatrical Trailer.

Also stars Jeff Bridges (nominated for an Oscar for this role), George Kennedy, Geoffrey Lewis, Catherine Bach, and Gary Busey.    Directed by Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate).

Get it from here: Screen Archives   I got mine ordered.

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