Genre Watch – May 2010 (Week of 05/09 – 05/15)

Posted by Vault Master on May 7, 2010

Egads! Has it really been two months since my last Genre Watch post? Wow…. I am so sorry! Truthfully I sort of did that on purpose in order to conquer my addiction to buying and collecting movies. I need every penny I can get right now, and the last thing I need is to be faced with temptation. Sweet, cinematic temptation. [Sigh] Anyway, this is kind of a slow week for genre releases, with a strange focus on “tidal wave” films as well as a sensible fixation on Robin Hood movies. Let’s take a gander at what’s new, shall we?

(All DVDs and Blu-ray discs that are mentioned in this article hit store shelves on Tuesday, May 9th. All theatrical films mentioned here will be released in theaters on Friday, May 15th, 2010!)

VAULT MASTER’S TOP DVD & BLU-RAY PICKS:

Daybreakers [DVD & Blu-ray] – Ahhh… finally a film that breathes new life into the tired genre of vampire films without making it gay. In this entertaining sci-fi / horror movie, vampires have conquered the world and harvest humans for blood. However, blood supplies begin to run low, resulting in chaos in vampiric society, where everyone is degenerating into bat-like monstrosities. Then in steps Willem Dafoe as a vampire hunter with a cure, who teams up with a vamp scientist to stick it to the blood-drinking powers that be. The Blu-ray comes with audio commentary by the directors, the original theatrical trailer, a poster gallery, four “making-of” featurettes, and an early short film from the Spierig brothers. The DVD has most of the same extras, except for three of the featurettes, the short film, and Bonus View animatics comparisons that are exclusive to the Blu-ray release. Daybreakers doesn’t offer up anything truly new or groundbreaking, but it is quite enjoyable, and features some fantastic action scenes and performances. (Sam Neill is one evil bastard!) I definitely recommend this one, so give it a whirl!

Legion [DVD & Blu-ray] – God is mad at humanity and sends down a plague of angels to sow death and destruction and eradicate a child that could very likely save the human race. Michael the arch-angel disagrees with the rest of the heavenly host, and comes down to Earth in a mortal form to protect the child and kick some angelic ass. The concept here is great, but the execution is quite lacking. The human characters are given awkward moments to deliver each of their little backstories, and the plot is a bit too derivative of far better movies (e.g. Terminator and Dogma) Still, there’s enough here to justify watching, including some cool angel-on-angel violence! The Blu-ray disc of Legion contains three featurettes, a digital copy of the film, “Bringing Angels to Earth” picture-in-picture option, movie IQ quiz, and Blu-ray Live exclusive content. The DVD release only contains the aforementioned three “making-of” featurettes.

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THIS WEEK’S CULT BLU-RAY RELEASES:
* Daybreakers
Legend of the Tsunami Warrior
* Legion
Megafault
Tidal Wave

THIS WEEK’S CULT DVD RELEASES:
The Abyss (Special Edition)
Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes
* Daybreakers
Disposal of a Corpse
Essential Arthouse: Kurosawa Collection
Flesh for the Beast Media Mix
Hansel & Gretel
Huntik: The Complete Season
Kid With the Golden Arm
Legend of the Tsunami Warrior
* Legion
Malice in Wonderland
Maneater Triple Feature (Croc / Sea Beast / Swarm)
Prince of Thieves
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Samurai Harem: Complete Collection
Snatched! Curse of the Pink Panties 2
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Tidal Wave
Tsunami Beach Club
Xenosaga: The Complete Series

THIS WEEK’S NEW THEATRICAL RELEASES:
Robin Hood – Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe team up again to bring us the legend behind Robin Hood. Well, at least that’s what the trailer tells us. Personally, this looks to be a rehash of “Gladiator” set in an entirely different time period. Maybe this is all leading up to some uber-awesome time travel / quantum leap film where Russell Crowe appears across the ages to battle tyranny? Probably not, but a guy can dream.



That’s it for this week b-movie fans! I sincerely apologize for the lack of updates to this blog, but I intend to give it more attention from now on. Stay tuned for next week’s edition of The B-Movie Film Vault’s Genre Watch, which boasts a flood of bargain basement DVDs, as well as (first time!) DVD releases for Gamera and The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (!!!!), and the Blu-ray debut of the space-dragon/Beowulf epic, “Outlander!” Theatrically, the only films you’ll have to pick from are Shrek Forever After (supposedly the final film in this series) and MacGruber, which is essentially a stupid Saturday Night Live parody of MacGyver, now stretched into a feature-length film. If neither of those float your boat, you can always go see A Nightmare on Elm St. or the amazing Iron Man 2! Enjoy your weekend everyone; I’ll see you next week! – Vault Master

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Genre Watch: March 2010 (Week of 03/14 – 03/20)

Posted by Vault Master on March 18, 2010

Greetings cult movie fanatics! My apologies for not posting anything for the last two weeks. I got caught up in getting ready for Monster Mania Con XIV during the first week of March and then left for the convention this past weekend. It was an amazing event and I walked away with a lot of cool collectibles, and many fond memories. You can read all about my adventures at Monster Mania XIV HERE! In any case, here is what you can expect to hit store shelves and theaters this week:

(All DVDs and Blu-ray discs that are mentioned in this article hit store shelves on Tuesday, March 16th. All theatrical films mentioned here will be released in theaters on Friday, March 20th, 2010!)

THIS WEEK’S NOTABLE DVD & BLU-RAY RELEASES:

Astro Boy [DVD & Blu-ray] – A brilliant scientist named Dr. Tenma (Nicholas Cage) creates a robot in the image of his deceased son, Toby. Powered by a special “blue energy” and giving the thoughts and emotions of Tenma’s dead son, “Astro Boy” must save Earth and the fantastical floating paradise of Metro City, from the evil President Stone. Both the DVD and Blu-ray disc contain the same extra features, which include: two all new animated sequences (Astro vs. the Junkyard Pirates), and six featurettes that cover Astro Boy’s leap from comics to the screen. I never really saw the appeal of this anime character, but the movie looks kind of cool; I think I’ll have to give it a look sometime.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XVII [DVD] – Mike, Joel, and the Bots are back to riff on four more bad movies in this awesome collection, which contains these great episodes: The Crawling Eye (First episode of Season One!!!), The Beatniks, The Final Sacrifice (ROWSDOWER!), and Blood Waters of Dr. Z (a.k.a. ZAAT)! Not one to disappoint, Shout! Factory has loaded up this boxed set with some pretty cool extra features including a special intro to The Crawling Eye by Joel, the “Mystery Science Theater Hour” wraps for The Beatniks, brand new interview with Final Sacrifice star Bruce J. Mitchell (ZAP ROWSDOWER!), “The Main Event: Crow vs. Crow at Dragon-Con 2009″ featurette, Blood Waters of Dr. Z photo gallery, original trailers and promos, and (most likely) a set of four mini-posters for each movie in the set! File this under must own and order yourself a copy today before the price goes up, or worse yet, before it goes out of print!

Ninja Assassin [DVD & Blu-ray] – An orphan named Raizo (Korean pop-star “Rain”) is taken in by a ninja clan and trained in their deadly arts. However, Raizo decides to leave the clan, making him enemy number one, leading to numerous and bloody ninja battles full of CGI blood. The DVD comes with deleted scenes from the film, while the Blu-ray boasts deleted scenes, exlusive BD-Live content, and three featurettes (Training Rain, The Myth and Legend of Ninjas, The Extreme Sport of a Ninja). I heard a lot of negative stuff about this movie, but now that it is available methinks its time to give it a rental!

Pontypool [Blu-ray] – This pseudo-zombie film finally makes its Blu-ray debut! Stephen McHattie plays a radio DJ in the tiny Canadian town of Pontypool where a sudden “language infection” is turning people into mindless killers. It’s a very original horror film, and I highly recommend it, if only because of Stephen McHattie’s fantastic performance. The new Blu-ray release of course offers superior audio and video quality, and comes with these cool extras: Audio commentary by director Bruce MacDonald and screenwriter Tony Burgess, the original theatrical trailer, a teaser trailer, stills gallery, “Pontypool: The Radio Drama!,” and two short horror films entitled “Eve” and “Dada Dum.”

Quatermass 2: The 1955 BBC Television Version [DVD] – Professor Bernard Quatermass battles aliens that have infiltrated the British government in this classic serial from 1955! I believe this is the first time it has ever been available (in the U.S. at least), and as of my typing this, the entire 188-minute serial is sold out at Amazon! Craziness! If you are a fan of British sci-fi or enjoy old school sci-fi serials, this is a must own!

Vengeance Trilogy [DVD] – DVD collection featuring Park Chan-wook’s Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, and Lady Vengeance. This is a whopping eight-disc set and comes packed with awesome special features including audio commentaries, multiple documentaries and featurettes, trailers, photo galleries, a collectible booklet, and more!

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THIS WEEK’S CULT BLU-RAY RELEASES:
* Astro Boy
The Fourth Kind
Gunslinger Girl: Complete First Season
Gunslinger Girl II: Teatrino
* Ninja Assassin
* Pontypool
Twilight Saga: New Moon (Available on Saturday, March 20th)

THIS WEEK’S CULT DVD RELEASES:
The Aborted
* Astro Boy
Blood Feud
Blurried Realities: American Zombie / The Hole Story / American Shopper
Challenge the Dragon
Cinema Insomnia: Super Wheels
D.C. Sniper
Death Journey
Do Not Disturb
Eugene
The Fourth Kind
Hot Rod Girls Save the World
The Italian Zombie Movie Double Feature
Mean Johnny Barrows: Uncut Director’s Edition
* Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XVII
Night of the Jackals
* Ninja Assassin
* Quatermass II – 1955 BBC Television Version)
Shogun’s Ninja (16 x 9 Widescreen version)
The Sky Has Fallen
Slayers Revolution: Complete Fourth Season
South Park: Season 13
Twilight Saga: New Moon (Available Saturday, March 20th)
* Vengeance Trilogy

THIS WEEK’S NEW THEATRICAL RELEASES:
Repo Men – Wow, Hollywood has gotten to the point where they are starting to remake recent movies. I can understand retreads of films like The Crazies that are dated and can definitely be improved upon, but what the hell is the point of remaking a movie that is only two years old? In any case, this redo of Repo! The Genetic Opera features Jude Law and Forest Whitaker as gun-toting futuristic repo-men who reclaim organs from people that have failed to keep up on their payments. Naturally, Jude Law’s character ends up getting a heart from his company, but can no longer do his job (probably because he’s now just like the “clients” he reaps organs from), and ends up getting chased by his former employers. I really don’t have any major interest, but it looks like it could be a decent movie. Had this been a remake of the 1984 Emilio Estevez classic, Repo Man, I probably would give it a go, but as it stands, this movie is just going to be a future DVD rental for yours truly.

This is the biggest release slate of cult movies we’ll see for a while guys and gals, because the next few weeks are looking pretty bare. Next week’s DVD highlights include Volume 4 of the immensely popular After Dark Horrorfest (yes, there are once again, eight movies to die for) and Red Cliff a period piece set in China during the “Three Kingdoms Period.” Theatrically you can look forward to Dreamworks’ latest CGI family film, How to Train Your Dragon and the new (hopefully funny) time travel comedy, Hot Tub Time Machine. Check back next week for yet another edition of the fiendishly useful B-Movie Film Vault Genre Watch! – Vault Master

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Genre Watch: February 2010 (Week of 02/21 – 02/27)

Posted by Vault Master on February 24, 2010

Egads! I can’t believe this month is just about over, can you? Greetings once again cult movie lovers; here is the final batch of genre releases for the month of February 2010. This is actually an OK week for us, with a good variety of DVDs & Blu-rays plus one (hopefully) good remake in theaters. Here’s what we get:

(All DVDs and Blu-ray discs that are mentioned in this article hit store shelves on Tuesday, February 21st. All theatrical films mentioned here will be released in theaters on Friday, February 27th, 2010!)

THIS WEEK’S NOTABLE DVD & BLU-RAY RELEASES:

The Crazies [Blu-ray] – Bill Lustig’s Blue Underground DVD label releases one of George Romero’s few non-zombie films on Blu-ray, just in time for the snazzy-looking Hollywood remake. A military cargo plane carrying a deadly virus crashes near a small town, leading to mass hysteria, murder, and major societal breakdown. Will the military manage to keep the “Trixie” virus contained? Will a small group of survivors struggle through the blockades to freedom? You’ll just have to watch and see! The Blu-ray boasts an all new high-def transfer taken from the original film stock (so there’s no reason it shouldn’t look more amazing than Blue Underground’s already impressive DVD release) and comes with these features: Audio commentary by Director George A. Romero, TV Spots, Trailers, and an interview featurette entitled The Cult Film Legacy of Lynn Lowry. Suspiciously missing from the Blu-ray (as far as I’ve seen) are the poster & still gallery and George Romero biography that were on the previous DVD release of The Crazies. It’s not like the movie and other extras take up the entire disc, so what gives?

Dead Snow [DVD & Blu-ray] – Finally, this hilarious and fun zombie action / comedy comes to DVD & Blu-ray for non-Blockbuster Video consumers! A motley crew of friends go up to a secluded skiing cabin and run afoul of an army of flesh-eating zombie Nazis! Hilarity and over-the-top violence ensue! I rented this film a few months back and it was definitely far more entertaining than I could have imagined. I am quite excited that it is finally available and highly recommend this foreign zombie film. Both the DVD and Blu-ray (which naturally has better picture and sound) apparently have the same exact extras, which include trailers, outtakes, and no less than five making-of featurettes that chronicle the film’s creation, its troubled shoot, and its eventual screening at the Sundance Film Festival.

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead [Blu-ray] – Lloyd Kaufman’s irreverent and highly unpolitically correct horror/comedy/musical which follows a dorky fast food employee named Arby, who takes up a position at a newly christened fast food shop that was built atop an ancient Indian burial ground. This film is sleazy, offensive, repulsive, and I freakin’ love it! The Troma crew makes no apologies for its antics and dishes out the sort of jokes, sex, and gore that we’ve come to expect from them. The new Blu-ray release of Poultrygeist features serviceable audio and video (c’mon guys, this is really the best you could do for your first official Blu-ray release?), but makes up for that with a buttload of extras. Check out this review from Blu-ray.com to get the skinny on the impressive list of special features!

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THIS WEEK’S CULT BLU-RAY RELEASES:
The Box
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant
* The Crazies (1973)
* Dead Snow
Ichi the Killer
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
* Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Sorority Row

THIS WEEK’S CULT DVD RELEASES:
The Alcove
Beyond Sherwood Forest
Bleach, Vol. 25
Blood for the Muse [The Omega Edition]
The Box
Brides of Blood
The Caretaker
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant
Dairugger Collection One
* Dead Snow
Fernando Arrabal Collection 2
Horror of the Blood Monsters
The Internecine Project
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths [Single disc and 2-disc editions]
The Last Grenade
Maria-Holic: Complete Collection
Meteor Apocalypse
The Mikels’ Bloodbath Collection
Quickies
Ryuji the Yakuza
Satan’s Sadists
Sorority Row
Spaghetti Western Bible, Vol. 4: Trinity
Taxi Hunter
Tower of Druaga: Part Two – The Sword of Uruk

THIS WEEK’S NEW THEATRICAL RELEASES:
The Crazies – A viral outbreak in a small town turns victims into crazed (almost zombi-like) killers. The military quickly moves in and cordons off the town and puts the warring populace under quarantine. Naturally the sh*t hits the fan and normal survivors find themselves fighting a two-front war against their bloodthirsty neighbors and a trigger-happy military. This movie looks like it’ll be fun and scary and I expect it to be far superior to the 1973 George Romero classic. (Especially if they actually use Gary Joules’ “Madworld” in the soundtrack.) Hell or high water, you can bet I’ll be seeing this on Friday.


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Defendor – SON OF A BITCH! This is only playing in Los Angeles with no word on a wider release. That really ticks me off because this looks like a great spoof of superhero films. Woody “I was awesome in Zombieland” Harrelson plays a simple-minded fellow who dresses up as a superhero at night and sweeps the streets in search of the elusive (and fictional) villain, Captain Industry. I want to see this movie so badly, but only you lucky folks in LA will get the chance to enjoy it this weekend. For that, you get my envy and my loathing.


Well that’s it for this month b-movie fans. Next week ushers us into the month of March which can come in like a lion and go out like a lamb or vice versa. And according to what I’ve read, the cult movie releases are charging in like a (Nemean!) lion! Next week boasts a damned good list of DVD & Blu-ray releases (The Wraith gets a nice Special Edition DVD; Clash of the Titans hits Blu-ray as does The Neverending Story) and Tim Burton’s odd-looking Alice in Wonderland arrives in theaters to enchant (i.e. give nightmares to) a whole generation of children! That’s it for this edition of Genre Watch, so check back next week for the full list of flicks that you cult movie fans will drool over! – Vault Master

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Genre Watch: February 2010 (Week of 02/14 – 02/20)

Posted by Vault Master on February 17, 2010

Greetings b-movie fans and a Happy (belated) Valentine’s Day to you! This week is pretty rough all around, with barely anything worth mentioning coming to DVD and Blu-ray. Theatrically, your newest choice is Leo DiCaprio’s new mystery/thriller, so you may just want to fall back on last week’s new releases or just wait until The Crazies comes out next Friday. Here’s what’s new:

(All DVDs and Blu-ray discs that are mentioned in this article hit store shelves on Tuesday, February 16th. All theatrical films mentioned here will be released in theaters on Friday, February 19th, 2010!)

THIS WEEK’S NOTABLE DVD & BLU-RAY RELEASES:

Black Dynamite [DVD & Blu-ray] – Michael Jai White (star of the awful live-action Spawn movie) redeems his entire career with this hilarious parody of blaxploitation cinema! Kung-fu cop Black Dynamite fights to get “smack” off the streets and stop a madman from giving all the black men of America “Little Richards.” From start to finish this movie is a laugh riot and I can’t recommend it enough! The DVD of Black Dynamite has an audio commentary by the director and cast, deleted & alternate scenes, and two featurettes. The Blu-ray has all of those extras plus one additional featurette and BD-Live content.

Dragonball Z: Dragon Box 2 [DVD] – Season two of the popular Dragonball Z anime. This newly released set has all the episodes from season two, now newly remastered and fully uncut. The set comes with a 48-page collector’s booklet and as far as I know is otherwise barebones.

Halo Legends [DVD & Blu-ray] – This eight-episode anthology chronicles the adventures of Master Chief and his fellow Spartan warriors as they battle the invading forces of The Covenant. The DVD comes in single-disc and two-disc special editions, the latter of which contains an audio commentary by the film makers, a making of featurette, and the “Halo Evolved” featurette which chronicles the birth and rise of the Halo game series. The Blu-ray contains all of those extras, plus has an additional featurette entitled “Halo: The Story So Far.”

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THIS WEEK’S CULT BLU-RAY RELEASES:
* Black Dynamite
Claymore: Complete Series Box Set
* Halo Legends
Heroic Age: Complete Series
Ran

THIS WEEK’S CULT DVD RELEASES:
13Teen
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
* Black Dynamite
Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street Movie
* Dragonball Z: Dragon Box Two
* Halo Legends
Hellhounds
Melies Encore: 26 Additional Rare and Original Films by the First Wizard of Cinema (1896 – 1911)
Naruto Uncut Box Set: Season Two, Vol. 1
Ninja Assassins: 4-Film Set
Phantom Racer
Quiet Nights of Blood and Pain
Red Hook
Scooby-Doo: Abracadabra Doo
She’s Crushed
Spectacular Spider-Man 6
Spectacular Spider-Man 7
To Love-Ru: Collection 2
Zorro and the Scarlet Whip Revealed

THIS WEEK’S NEW THEATRICAL RELEASES:
Shutter Island – Leonardo Dicaprio stars as U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels, a federal officer that is seeking out the whereabouts of an alleged murderess that escaped the mysterious and creepy “Shutter Island.” This is supposed to be a pretty good mystery/thriller, but truthfully I have no interest in seeing it. If you need a horror or fantasy fix, you can still spend your money on Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief or The Wolfman. PS – Ben Kingsley is obviously the villain of Shutter Island. Watch the trailer and tell me otherwise.

Yeah, this is a pretty lousy weak for us cult movie fans, but fear not for next week is… slightly better! The Crazies hits the big screen (while the George Romero original makes its Blu-ray debut), the Woody Harrelson superhero comedy Defendor makes its big screen debut (in Los Angeles only?! Damn it!), and we get a decent, though still disappointing release slate of cult DVDs and Blu-rays (Dead Snow, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, et al.). Check back next week, same Genre Watch time, same Genre Watch channel to get further details! – Vault Master

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Genre Watch: February 2010 (Week of 02/07 – 02/13)

Posted by Vault Master on February 10, 2010

Hello b-movie fans and welcome to the pre-Valentine’s Day edition of The B-Movie Film Vault Genre Watch. I’d like to tell you that there’s plenty of stuff coming out that would make a great gift for the cult movie fanatic in your life, but sadly this is a lousy week for DVD & Blu-ray releases. Luckily we get two cool flicks in theaters that would be perfect date movies for folks like us. Here’s what to expect:

(All DVDs and Blu-ray discs that are mentioned in this article hit store shelves on Tuesday, February 9th. All theatrical films mentioned here will be released in theaters on Friday, February 12th, 2010!)

THIS WEEK’S NOTABLE DVD & BLU-RAY RELEASES:

Dante’s Inferno [DVD & Blu-ray] – Based upon the highly-anticipated game God of War 3 err… I mean, Dante’s Inferno, this new anime feature tells the tale of a knight named Dante who charges blindly through the nine layers of Hell in order to save the innocent soul of Beatrice, the woman he loves. This animated feature is a bit of an oddity and features six different directors who utilize six different animation styles (much like the animated Batman: Gotham Knight), as well as six different DVD & Blu-ray covers. (Wait…. 6, 6, and 6…. egads! This movie is ee-vil!) Both the DVD and Blu-ray are pretty bare bones with only a Dante’s Inferno video game trailer and “five animatics” comprising the extras. My copy is on its way and I can’t wait to watch it!

Dead Tone [DVD] – A new horror film that is based on a true story (or most likely, an urban legend) about a group of prank callers who get more than they bargain for when they erroneously dial up a psychotic madman! I’ve heard a few good things about this movie, and the inclusion of Rutger Hauer in the cast has me interested enough to give it a look. (If anything, it at least seems like it’d be a worthy rental.) The film is featured in widescreen; I couldn’t find any info about the DVD extras.

The Phantom [Blu-ray] – Billy Zane stars as the titular hero (a.k.a. The Ghost That Walks) in this awful superhero flick. The movie’s main problem is that A.) The Phantom is kind of on the dull side
and should have been played by someone else and B.) Billy Zane, not Treat Williams, should have portrayed the villain, Xander Drax. Still, I find this to be an enjoyable little flick and have gladly added it to my growing Blu-ray collection! The film is featured in a gorgeous 2.35:1 widescreen transfer with 7.1 HD-Master Audio. Sadly there are no extras, but for a very low price tag ($9.99 – $14.99) this is a more than worthy purchase.

The Running Man [Blu-ray] – Ah-nuld Schwarzeneggar stars in this hilariously awesome adaption of a Stephen King novel of the same name. Arnold plays Ben Richards, a soldier with a conscience that is thrust into a life or death game show after he disobeys orders to fire on civilians. This is one gloriously cheesy film that should not be missed by Arnold fans! Besides having superior audio and video quality over the previous DVD releases, the Blu-ray features two audio commentaries, two featurettes, and a theatrical trailer. At a relatively low cost (same price range as The Phantom) you really can’t go wrong in picking this one up. “Killian! Sub-Zero is now just plain zero!”

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THIS WEEK’S CULT BLU-RAY RELEASES:
* Dante’s Inferno
* The Phantom
* The Running Man
Stargate SG-U: 1.0
The Time Traveler’s Wife

THIS WEEK’S CULT DVD RELEASES:
9 Lives of Mara
Blade of the Ripper
Bushido! The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Butchered
* Dante’s Inferno
* Dead Tone
Forest Warrior
Gabriel
Gaigaigar Season 1 Litebox
Lo
Maneater
Naruto: Shippuden, Vol. 6
Operation: Blast!
Polar Storm
Sliders: The Third and Fourth Seasons
Soul Eater: Part 1
Stargate SG-U: 1.0
Stephen Romano Presents Shock Festival
The Time Traveler’s Wife

THIS WEEK’S NEW THEATRICAL RELEASES:
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief – I can’t friggin’ wait for Clash of the Titans, so until then, I guess I’ll have to get my modern Greek mythology fix with this latest family-friendly film from Director Christopher Columbus. Percy Jackson (what a wussy name!) discovers that he is the bastard son of Poseidon (God of pools and spas!) and must somehow end a feud between Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades before the world is destroyed. This looks like a fun flick that just falls short of being epic, and I look forward to seeing it.


The Wolfman – FINALLY! Universal’s redo of the classic movie monster is here! Benicio del Toro stars as Lawrence Talbot, a nobleman that ends up succumbing to a curse that we’re all quite familiar with. With an all-star cast (Anthony Hopkins, del Toro, Hugo Weaving, et al.), effects by Rick Baker (!!!), and music by Danny Elfman, I can’t see how this movie could possibly fail. Then again…. it is directed by Joe “Jurassic Park III” Johnston…..

I hope all you b-movie gals enjoy your Valentine’s Day weekend, and I really hope that you go easy on your menfolk and approve of The Wolfman as being a proper date movie. Check back next week for yet another low dose of b-movie goodness on DVD & Blu-ray, with Halo: Legends, Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, and Black Dynamite being the biggest titles of the week. Shutter Island opens in theaters next Friday, but truthfully who even cares? I’m personally keeping a watchful eye on the 26th of this month because The Crazies hits screens and looks to outdo the George Romero original! Well, that’s all for now, so check back next week for another edition of the award-winning (not really) B-Movie Film Vault Genre Watch! – Vault Master

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