****new release list no.183

THIS FRIDAY, SEPT 12th: come help celebrate Ken’s birthday (the last of the 30’s – yikes!) with an evening soiree that will begin around 6:30 in Four Star’s outdoor screening patio and culminate with a screening of the reggae western THE HARDER THEY COME at 8pm. All are welcome. No donations for the screening, and definitely no presents, except your presence. Kids are super welcome. There’ll be popcorn and some drinks and snacks; feel free to bring some other eats if you wantsta eat.

What do EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE, KING OF NEW YORK, BASIC INSTINCT, RESEVOIR DOGS, DIRTY DANCING, RISKY BUSINESS, SPEED RACER, and L.A. CONFIDENTIAL all having common? They are among the 45+ titles that I have ordered in the last five days on Blu-ray, the hi-def format that I am LOVING these days since I bought the player and a new TV for the store. WOW! If you are renting these things, and you know of titles available that I haven’t bought and you wish I would, please let me know!

Elitist Tina Fey (psyche, little political humor here) hires a working class woman to bear her a child after she discovers her own infertility in BABY MAMA. Then the little Juno moves in with her! Ah, shit baby. Family values are in full display in this lovable little comedy that redraws the district lines of family.

Also new this week is about a brazillion new kids movies, including four new BARBIE flicks guaranteed to make your daughter lose her mind. Also, the first batch of Halloween movies has arrived as well.

Oh, speaking of Halloween. We have decided to culminate our fall schedule of outdoor screenings with a double feature on Halloween. At 7pm, we will show CHARLIE BROWN: IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN. Kids are encouraged to come in their costumes, and we will have much big fun! Later that night we will show a scary flick for the adults, and we are taking your advice to decide what to show. Any ideas? Email them to me!

Here is the complete fall screening schedule; you can pick up a little print-out of this at the store.

September 12

Ken’s Birthday bash – come early for music and drinks

The Harder They Come

September 19

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

September 26

E.T.

October 3

Back to the Future

October 10

Breaking Away

October 17

Little Miss Sunshine

October 24

Double Feature:

7pm The Karate Kid

9pm Meet The Feebles

October 31

Halloween Double Feature

7pm Charlie Brown: It’s the Great Pumpkin

9pm TBA!!

Alrighty then, see you at the store.

Love and kisses,

Ken

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BABY MAMA.

Comedy/Romance.

Tina Fey/Amy Poehler/Greg Kinnear.

Directed by Michael McCullers.

* A business woman in her 30’s who cannot conceive, hires a young working class woman to carry a baby for her. Then, the surrogate ends up moving in with her and the family concept gets a major reworking.

THE FALL.

Adventure/Drama/Fantasy.

Cantinca Untaru/Justine Waddell/Lee Pace.

Directed by Tarsem Singh.

* Gorgeously filmed fantasy about a stunt man in the 1920’s telling a story to a young girl in a hospital. The two of them are locked into this tale as the larger story of the man’s life is being played out through the story.

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM.****ALSO IN BLU-RAY****h

Action/Adventure/Martial Arts/Comedy.

Jet Li/Jackie Chan.

Directed by Rob Minkoff.

* There’s an imprisoned Monkey King and for me, that’s all I need to know.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

Comedy/Sophomoric Romp.

Directed by Danny Roth.

* Over testosteronated high school seniors hooking up with foreign exchange students.

I’M THROUGH WITH WHITE GIRLS.

Comedy/Romance.

Anthony Montgomery/Ryan Alosio/Lia Johnson.

Directed by Jennifer Sharp.

* Quirky and realistic romantic comedy about love, life and race.

I WANT CANDY.

Comedy.

Tom Riley/Tom Burke/Carmen Electra.

Directed by Stephen Surjik.

* Goofy English comedy about a couple of young filmmakers trying to make an adult film in one of their parent’s homes.

LIGHT AND THE SUFFERER.

Drama/Sci-fi.

Paul Dano/Michael Esper.

Directed by Christopher Peditto.

* Two rag-tag brother, dealing with the emotional pain of early adulthood, decide to leave the east coast and head to California to start a new life (hmm, sound familiar anyone?). A few sketchy decisions lead them into a relationship with an alternative life force that may be some sort of alien. This film was actually made before Dano hit it big with LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, and is only just now making it to DVD.

SEED.

Horror/Thriller.

Michael Pare/Will Sanderson.

Directed by Uwe Boll.

* Wow, Michael Pare (EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS) has had a weird career! Here he co-stars in this horror flick about the undead and being buried alive and bloody vengeance. That kind of stuff.

SATURN IN OPPOSITION.

Drama/LGBT/Foreign (Italian).

Stefano Accorsi.

Directed by Ferzan Ozpetek.

* Accorsi, who was also in BLAME IT ON FIDEL (which I loved) plays one of a group of thirty to forty-somethings working through the complicated relationships in their lives.

TAKING 5.

Comedy/Family.

Alona Tal/Daniella Monet/Bart Johnson.

Directed by Andrew Waller.

* A couple of young high school girls, attempting to boost their “cool” factor, kidnap a world famous “boy band” to get them to play at their school. Awesome.

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THE LAST DAYS OF LEFT EYE.

Music Documentary.

Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes/Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas/Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins.

Directed by Lauren Lazin.

* The tragic story of the enigmatic rapper from TLC who died in a car accident in 2002 at the young age of 30.

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GREY’S ANATOMY: SEASON FOUR EXPANDED.

Television/Drama.

Sandra Oh/Katherine Heigl/Ellen Pompeo.

Created by Shonda Rhimes.

* Season four in the popular hospital drama focusing on young interns and their bosses.

INSPECTOR LYNLEY: SET 6. ****IN STORE ON WEDNESDAY****

Television/Drama.

Sandra Oh/Katherine Heigl/Ellen Pompeo.

Created by Shonda Rhimes.

* Season four in the popular hospital drama focusing on young interns and their bosses.

UGLY BETTY: THE COMPLETE 2^nd SEASON.

Television/Comedy/Drama.

America Ferrera.

* Season two in the show about a normal looking woman trying to make a living in the shark infested waters of the world of high fashion.

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BARBIE & THE DIAMOND CASTLE.

BARBIE PRINCESS COLLECTION.

BARNEY: BEST OF BARNEY.

CATS THE MOVIE.

EDGAR & ELLEN: MAD SCIENTISTS SEASON ONE VOL. ONE.

* This looks pretty funny. Edgar and Ellen are a brother-sister team playing pranks around the neighborhood.

THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN: ATTACK OF THE LIZARD.

* Animated tv show focusing on a young Peter Parker the mythology of his story.

SPOOKLEY: THE SQUARE PUMPKIN.

* He’s a square pumpkin, that’s not easy to be.

THE SPOOKTACULAR NEW ADVENTURES OF CASPER: VOLUME 2.

* Twelve animated Casper shorts.

THOMAS AND FRIENDS THE GREAT DISCOVERY.

VEGGIE TALES: HOLIDAY GIFT PACK.

* There’s four of them. Kids dig em. And, they’re vegetables. And vegetables are cool.

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THE BERNIE MAC SHOW: SEASON ONE.

* First copies of this silly show from the late Bernie Mac.

THE BIG LEBOWSKI: 10^th ANNIVERSARY EDITION.

* New edition of this Coen brothers favorite.

CABARET.

Drama/Musical/Romance.

Liza Minelli.

* First DVD of this Bob Fosse masterpiece.

CAN”T BUY ME LOVE.

* First DVD of this 1987 comedy.

CINDERELLA 1998.

Brandy Norwood/Whitney Houston/Whoopie Goldberg.

* All-star cast in this updated version of the classic tale. Our first DVD copy.

THE COWBOY WAY.

Woody Harrelson/Kiefer Sutherland.

* I don’t think this is Brokeback Mountain 2, but it would be an awesome cast if it was.

THE GREAT ST. TRINIAN’S TRAIN ROBBERY.

* Another of those madcap English St. Trinian comedies.

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS.

* First DVD of the allegorical tale of the great traveler Gulliver (Ted Danson).

HOUSE OF THE DEAD.

* First DVD of this 2003 zombie movie made by Uwe Boll.

INGLORIOUS BASTARDS.

* I think this is a first time DVD release for this 70’s era war film probably getting play because Tarantino is filming an updated version tentatively scheduled for a 2009 release.

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.

*First DVD of this awesome Agatha Christie flick directed by Sidney Lumet (BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD) and starring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Sean Connory, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York, and more.

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST.

* First DVD of this awesome Jack Nicholson film of the terrific Ken Kesey book.

SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL.

* First DVD of this hilarious Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor vehicle.

SHROOMS.

* This is actually a new release a few months ago, but it lives in New Additionland at Four Star. It is a horror movie about some trippers who start getting killed while on a camping drugfest trip.

SIGNAL 7.

Indie.

Directed by Rob Nillson.

* A night in the life of a batch of cab drivers, set in San Francisco, by a seriously independent film maker who has made nearly 20 independent films!

SPACE CAMP.

* First DVD of this 1986 kid’s movie about young campers shot accidentally into space.

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CONFIDENCE.

* Replacement disc of this con artist tale starring Dustin Hoffman, Edward Burns, Paul Giamatti and more.

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