DVD Day: March 30th, 2010
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?? Sherlock Holmes
I’m a Sherlock Holmes fan/snob, so I was pretty worried about this flick. It ended up better than I thought it was going to be, but it’s wasn’t much of an actual Sherlock Holmes tale — more about action set pieces than an actual mystery to solve. On the other hand, Jude Law did make an outstanding Watson.
? Alice in Wonderland
The Disney one. Probably came out on DVD before, but here it is again, just in case.
? The Killer
On Blu-ray and on DVD. Shockingly, this is the first time — other than the long out-of-print Criterion ones — that The Killer has been on anamorphic widescreen on DVD. I’m upgrading my copy later today.
? Strike Witches
An anime starring young teenage girls who are also military planes and are highly sexualized. So… naked teenage plane girls. Whee.
? I Sell the Dead
Merry/Charlie from Lost is a 19th century graverobber who has to deal with zombies, vampires, and more. Guest-starring Ron Perlman… of course.
? High Kick Girl
I’ll just let the trailer speak for itself.
? Lupin the 3rd: Episode Zero: First Contact
I love Lupin the 3rd, but I don’t particularly need to know how the gang got together. If you do, here’s the 2002 TV special that covered it.
? Bigfoot
A Bigfoot movie from Troma, listed entirely for the benefit of Bigfoot-obsessed, frequent TR collaborator Chris Cummins.
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