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Something to Watch: DVDs

The film choice this time is a toss up between two movies. On the one hand we have an an animation: Rango, starring Johnny Depp, a comedy about a lizard in the wild west. On the other hand, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives is a live action story full of heart and its own fair share of humor. There was also supposed to be a Sci-Fi Noir film staring Antonio Banderas called Terranova coming out this week, but I haven’t found any solid information on it.

The western TV selection of the week is Robot Chicken Star Wars: Episode III. I still can’t believe they got George Lucas to do his own voiceover for these.

In Anime, Naruto: Shippuden (DVD box 7) brings us the next season in that series with more Ninja action and drama. The DVD release schedule is around a hundred episodes behind what you can watch online with the latest seasons simulcast. Finally, >Allison & Lillia DVD Generation 2 turns a simple vacation into a fight against all the people trying to kill them, complete with a liberal dose of aerial combat.

Torchwood Radio Plays this week

Starz ran episode 1 of the new season of Torchwood: Miracle Day last night, and it was good. But we have still more Torchwood goodness before they run episode 2 next Friday in the form of three radio plays they recorded right after filming ended on the new season. On Monday the 11th we get episode 1 of The Lost Files when Rhys and Gwen go to the Ivyday Nursing Home to close out his elderly uncles affairs, something isn’t quite right. In episode 2 Captain Jack and company use a submarine to try to rescue a stranded alien in the Mariana Trench on Tuesday the 12th, and it finished up on Wednesday the 13th with episode 3 at The House of the Dead, the most haunted pub in Wales. These are all run in BBC4’s Afternoon Play time slot at 14:15 GMT, but they should also be available to listen to online for six more days after each one airs. While neither Torchwood or Doctor Who, I should also mention Best Interests, Thursday at 14:15. It features a confused young man with no I.D. and a Dr. Who fixation, so I am going to have to check it out as well. Also Starz has uploaded episode 1 0f Torchwood: Web of Lies to YouTube.

Nerdcore Redoux

Again with the Nerdcore music; this time, it’s Computer Friends [Stack the Memory] by the Sniper Twins, the ultimate old-school gamer classic It Is Pitch Dark from M.C. Frontalot, and I Kissed a Nerd from the Damsels of Dorkington.

Captain America Soundtrack

Thanks to WQXR-FM, the PBS style classical music station in NYC, we can now listen to around 12 minutes or so of the new Captain America soundtrack. It got the music as part of its Movies On The Radio program, which I recommend to everyone. Thanks to the team at SFX for the heads up on this one.

Red Vs. Blue Season 9

Season 9 of Red Vs. Blue is now running, with the first 3 episodes already posted online. This is personally my favorite Machinema of all time, and while I thought they were done at eight seasons, I am very happy to be proven wrong. If this is new to you, the first 8 seasons are also posted online, so you can start at the beginning. If you are as blown away as I was by this show, you will end up getting the DVDs for your permanent collection.