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Just in at Done Dirt Cheap DVD
Posted by simon in New Releases on August 26th, 2009
It’s time to look at this week’s new releases..
This week we’re all about speed at Done Dirt Cheap as the DVD & Blu-Ray releases of Fast & Furious and Race to Witch Mountain hit our shelves!
Fast & Furious
Fast & Furious comes screaming onto our screens in a cloud of tire smoke. Strangely enough, one critic seems to think it’s a bad thing that: “The dialogue resembled bad ’80s porn with extreme overacting and cheesy one-liners.” Hey, that sounds pretty cool to us.
Let’s face it – you aren’t watching this one for strong dramatic content! If you were a fan of the others, you can pick this one up with confidence. Better yet – they have reunited the original cast (good to see Jordana Brewster get work again).
Race To Witch Mountain
In Race to Witch Mountain a Las Vegas cabbie (Dwayne Johnson aka The Artist Formerly Known as The Rock) enlists the help of a UFO expert to protect two siblings with paranormal powers from the clutches of an organisation that wants to use the kids for their nefarious plans.
Dwayne Johnson seems to have adopted family flicks as his raison d’etre recently. We’re not sure if it’s marginalising his star persona or if he is trying to emulate the (cough) success of Hulk Hogan. But either way, it’s a fun ride with a few laughs. Grab this one for the whole family.
A few other releases this week – Blankety Blanks Part 1 & Part 2 finally come to DVD (one, or rather – two, for the nostalgic amongst us!) and Graham Kennedy goes Coast to Coast!
PS. Don’t forget our Fast & Furious competition where you can win a great pack of DVDs!
John Hughes: 18/2/1950 – 6/8/2009
We’re a sad bunch at Done Dirt Cheap DVD this month, following the sudden death of one of our favourite directors and writers – John Hughes.
For any children of the ‘80s John Hughes is a certified legend. In case the name doesn’t ring a bell, we’re sure his movies will: Sixteen Candles; The Breakfast Club; Weird Science; Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; Planes, Trains & Automobiles and Uncle Buck.
Plus he also wrote National Lampoon’s Vacation; National Lampoon’s European Vacation; The Great Outdoors; Home Alone; Dennis the Menace; Flubber; Maid in Manhattan and Drillbit Taylor.
Phew.. I’m out of breath just listing those.
So.. for our Friday post we thought we would pay tribute to the man with some of our favourite scenes.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
The Breakfast Club
Home Alone
Some locations from his movies..
And last, but not least, a little fan montage…
He really was a legend. But he was also a kind spirit, as detailed over at Alison Byrne’s wonderful Blog, We’ll Know How We Get There
We may not have had the close relationship with him that Alison did but he was an integral piece of our growing up. Thank you John for those many wonderful moments and movies.