DVD Tuesdays-09/06

This is a new weekly post. Every week I will do reviews on the DVD's coming out that Tuesday and post the article Monday night/Tuesday morning. As for any movies that I haven't seen, I will watch them & update the post as I watch them. This week we have the following films:

Hanna (2011)- Action | Crime | Mystery- Starring: Oscar nom Saoirse Ronan (Atonement), Eric Bana (The Time Traveler's Wife), Oscar winner Cate Blanchett (THe Aviator), Tom Hollander ( "American Dad!") & Olivia Williams ("Dollhouse"). Directed by: Joe Wright (The Soloist). Written by: Seth Lochhead & David Harr ("MI:5") Plot: A 16-year-old who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anqgem9eN38&ob=av3e DVD Features: Review: I haven't seen it yet. Rating: TBA Watch with: TBA

Everything Must Go (2010)-Comedy/Drama-Starring: Emmy nom Will Ferrell ("SNL"), Rebecca Hall (The Town), Stephen Root ("Children's Hospital"), Oscar nom Laura Dern (Rambling Rose), & Michael Peña (30 Minutes Or Less). Directed by: Dan Rush. Written by: director Based on the short story "Why Don't You Dance" by Raymond Carver. Plot: When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2kXUY7SmkE DVD Features: behind-the-scenes featurette; Will Ferrell featurette. Review: Haven't seen it yet. Rating: TBA Watch with: TBA

Xmen: First Class (2011)- Please watch my video review here-http://moviemavenmemoirs.blogspot.com/2011/07/xmen-first-class.html

The Good Wife S2-Cerebral Drama-Awards: 1 Emmy win: Supporting Actress (Panjabi). Starring: Emmy winner Julianna Margulies (ER), Chris Noth (Sex & the City 2), Emmy winner Christine Baranski ("Cybil"), Matt Czuchry (The 19th Wife-TV), Emmy winner Archie Panjabi (Code 46), Makenzie Vega (The Family Man), Graham Phillips (Evan Almighty), & Josh Charles (Weakness). Guest stars include: Alan Cumming, Titus Welliver, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Peil, Michael Ealy, Dreama Walker, Kim Shaw, Anika Noni Rose, Mamie Gummer, Kate Burton, Edward Herrmann, Corbin Bleu, Elizabeth Reaser, Frederick Weller, Kelly Bishop, Michael J. Fox, Lili Taylor, David Paymer, Miranda Cosgrove, Michael Boatman, Ana Gasteyer, Mykelti Williamson, Leelee Sobieski, & Tim Guinee Plot: Julianna Margulies stars as Alicia Florrick, the titular woman scorned, in the second season of this critically acclaimed drama that tracks the comeback of a politician's wife in the wake of his very public sex scandal. Instead of burying her head in the sand, Florrick returns to her former job as a defense attorney and sets out to save others from injustice. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d24oEVBHHpM DVD Features: deleted scenes & making-of featurette. Review: So I just finished the 2nd season, and yes, it was amazing. This show keeps getting better & better. A bit of a cliffhanger ending so it's good the 3rd season is premiering September 25th. Intelligent, suspenseful, wonderfully written, thought-provoking, and well-acted. This season has 3 basic plots going on throughout: a love triangle, court case of the episode(s), & Peter's political career. A few things about the season w/o giving away spoilers: the whole will they won't they plot resolves itself, a new partner at the firm complicates matters, Peter's run for office, you find out more about Kalinda, and a few good characters switch over to the bad side, & Eli Gold gets interesting. One of the best shows on TV. I've been dying for a good courtroom drama for a while. This one delivers that and more. If you've never seen it, watch it & catch up. Rating: "Epic" Watch with: "Canterbury's Law" & "Damages".

Parks & Recreation S3- Goofy, Quirky, Witty- Awards: 4 Emmy nods: inc Comedy Series & Lead Actress Starring: 5X Emmy nom Amy Poehler ("SNL"), Aziz Ansari (30 Minutes or Less), Sundance Grand Jury Prize nom Paul Schneider (Pretty Bird), RASHIDA JONES ("Web THerapy"), Aubrey Plaza, Indie Spirit nom Adam Scott (The Vicious Kind), & Emmy nom Rob Lowe ("The West Wing"). Plot: As she continues fighting to make a difference in her hometown, ambitious but woefully inept bureaucrat Leslie (Poehler) inadvertently leaps from one painfully awkward situation to another in this sidesplitting sitcom about government inefficiency. Meanwhile, Leslie's co-workers Tom (Ansari), Mark (Paul) and Ron (Nick) occupy themselves with romance, rivalries and more foolish schemes. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLMEGsGwULY Review: I'm still on S1. It's funny so far, but I will have to update this when I finish S3. Rating: TBD Watch with: "CTRL"

Criminal Minds S6 -Crime Drama/Mystery- Awards: 2 Emmy noms: Stunt Coordination. Starring: Shemar Moore (Diary of a Mad Black Women), Matthew Gray Gubler (Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel), Thomas Gibson (Dharma & Greg), Kirsten Vangsness ("Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior"), A.J. Cook ("Law & Order: SVU"), Paget Brewster ("American Dad!"), & 3X Emmy nom Joe Mantegna (The Starter Wife (TV)). Plot: When JJ gets a big job offer, the Behavioral Analysis Unit wonders if they might be losing an important member of the team. The sixth season of this popular CBS drama also features a string of murders that bring up old memories for agent Rossi (Mantegna). He soon suspects the attacks are linked to an unsolved case that has bothered him for 25 years. The BAU team later must track down a serial killer who targets married couples. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxomqF7n4bc&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLE560EF64D2B46E41 DVD Features: deleted scenes; gag reel; making-of featurette; & behind-the-scenes featurette. Review: I'm still on S5, but this show is still going strong and still manages to surprise me. I will update once I've seen S6. Rating: TBD Watch with: "Law & Order: SVU"

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)-Horror-Awards: Saturn winner: Best Music. Starring: Ashley Laurence ("ER") & Doug Bradley (An Ideal Husband). Directed by: Tony Randel. written by: Peter Atkins Plot: For Kirsty Cotton (Laurence), the nightmares never end. Still fresh in her fevered memory are her father's skinned corpse, the evil machinations of her uncle Frank's reanimated body and the unspeakable perversity of the Cenobites. But the worst is yet to come. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5imt_VH5qU. Review: I've only seen the 1st film, but I will watch this one and update. The first one scared the crap out of me. This second one has the leads from the first film which seems promising. I know this film got released in 1988, but it is now coming to DVD. Rating: TBD Watch with: Hellraiser (1st)

Community S2-Comedy-Starring: Joel McHale (Spy Kids 4D), Gillian Jacobs ("The Good Wife"), Danny Pudi ("Cougar Town"), Yvette Nicole Brown ("Family Guy"), Alison Brie (Scream 4), Donald Glover (Mystery Team), Emmy winner Chevy Chase ("SNL"), Ken Jeong (Zookeeper), & Jim Rash ("American Dad!"). Guest starring: Betty WHite, Drew Carey, Rob Corddry, Steven W. Bailey, Patton Oswalt, George Takei, Hilary Duff, Andy Dick, LeVar Burton, Enver Gjokaj, Stephen Tobolowsky, Josh Holloway, & Anthony Michael Hall. Plot: The unpredictable misfits of Greendale Community College -- including snarky suspended lawyer Jeff (McHale), pop culture know-it-all Abed (Pudi) and perpetual wet blanket Britta (Jacobs) -- return for more wacky lessons in love, life and friendship. In the second season of this ensemble sitcom, the gang takes a new anthropology class and disgraced Spanish teacher Señor Chang (Jeong) enrolls as a student. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLA5qBZw9ic DVD Features: outtakes; deleted scenes; storyboard animatic; cast evaluations & season one remix. Review: The funniest comedy on TV right now. Smart & clever with an amazing ensemble. Why isn't this show getting more awards? It's brilliant. Some awesome things about S2 w/o spoilers: pop-culture references, paintball, zombies, stop-motion animation episode, D&D, & Pulp Fiction. Rating: "Epic" Watch with: "Family Guy"

Animal Factory (2000)-Crime Drama-Starring: 2X Oscar nom Willem Dafoe (Shadow of the Vampire), Indie Spirit nom Edward Furlong (American Heart), Mark Boone Junior ("Sons of Narchy"), Oscar nom Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), & Tom Arnold ("Franklin & Bash"). Directed by: Steve Buscemi Written by: John Steppling ("Cracker:Mind Over Murder") & Edward Bunker based on his novel. Plot: After receiving a long prison sentence for drug trafficking, Ron Decker (Edward Furlong) must learn to cope with life on the inside. Luckily, he befriends Earl Copen (Willem Dafoe), an ex-gang leader with considerable influence among the other inmates. Although Earl protects Ron and shows him the ways of prison life, Ron still must bear witness to the harsh cruelty and violence that surround him. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyYhbwI9ayI Review: Haven't seen it yet. Very curious because of the director. Rating: TBD Watch with: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior S1-Crime Drama mystery-Starring: Oscar winner Forest Whitaker (Last King of Scotland), 2X Emmy nom Janeane Garofalo ("The Larry Sanders Show"), Kirsten Vangsness ("Criminal Minds"), & Beau Garrett (TRON: Legacy) Plot: spinoff drama series that follows a new team of FBI profilers. Bringing wildly divergent skills and personalities to the table, the unit cracks some of the agency's toughest cases. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/user/CBS1stAvenue?blend=22&ob=5#p/u/0/sEBbH4OC0JU. DVD Features: deleted scenes & gag reel Review: I've only watched the pilot. It pissed me off so much that I stopped watching. So did everyone else evidently because it got cancelled after only 1 season, and not even a full season. I'm going to watch the rest of it just because I'm such a fan of the original show. I will update after I finish and let you all know if my mind has changed. Rating: TBD Watch with: "Criminal Minds".

Tune in next Tuesday September 13th for another "DVD Tuesday" post. Stay tuned for more vlog posts & blog posts to come.