Hello all, how’s everyone out there in DVD land?
Anyhoo, it’s April, and there’s been a bunch of good DVDs put out on there. Here’s the ones you should invest in:
1. Children of Men — Next to The Departed, the best movie of 2006. An amazing, beautifully-directed road trip through hell on earth. In a future where the human race has mysteriously become infertile, scruffy bureaucrat Theo Faron (Clive Owen) shepherds a miraculously-pregnant young girl through the nightmarish, war-torn streets and country of an Orwellian England. Michael Caine has a delicious, scene-stealing part as a pot-smoking professor. The DVD has a couple good featurettes and commentary by an entertaining professor. AMAZON
2. Blood Diamond – Previously reviewed. Leonardo DiCaprio’s ferocious performance as a Rhodesian mercenary powers this above-average thriller. DiCaprio’s Danny Archer helps Djimion Honsou’s mild-mannered fisherman Solomon Vandy search for his kidnapped son, in return for the location of a enormous, rare pink diamond hid by Vandy–as forces from all sides converge on both of them. A solid thriller with an important message. DiCaprio and Honsou both gathered Oscar nominations. The special edition DVD has a couple featurettes and commentary by director Edward Zwick. AMAZON
3. The Shield: Season Six — If you haven’t caught up with this intense, incredible series, now’s the time to get into it. Michael Chiklis’ Vic Mackey is the most corrupt, violent, amoral and brutal cop television’s ever seen–and you’ve got to try your hardest not to root for him (a little) as he scams, kills and survives on the bullet-laden streets of L.A. with his fellow “Strike Team” members (David Rees Snell, Walton Goggins, Kenny Johnson). This season sees the introduction of Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker to the cast as an IA detective determined to bring him down, only adding to a stellar group of supporting actors. There’s commentary and deleted scenes on most episodes. AMAZON
