[DVD] Tuesdays with Mell 10/29/2013 RIPD, Monsters University, Byzantium & more

This week: Lost souls, monsters, vampires & ice cream.

RIPD 2013 Scifi Cast: Jeff Bridges, James Hong, Ryan Reynolds,  Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker. Directors:

Robert Schwentke, David Dobkin, Writers: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi. Plot:  A hotshot detective who was killed in the line of duty joins a supernatural police force that protects the living from the malevolent souls who have escaped judgment in this adaptation of the popular Dark Horse comic book. Trailer Watch with: Beetlejuice, MIB

Monsters University 2013 Animated Prequel. Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Dave Foley. Director: Dan Scanlon Writers: Daniel Gerson, Dan Scanlon, Robert L. Baird Plot: Take a trip back in time to when star Monsters, Inc. employees Mike Wazowski (Crystal) and James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (Goodman) were just two promising young students at Monsters University in this frightfully fun Disney/Pixar prequel. Watch with: Monsters Inc, Tory Story,

Byzantium 2012 Horror Director: Neil Jordan. Writer: Moira Buffini. Starring: Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, Caleb Landry Jones,  Jonny Lee Miller. Plot: Lavish yet decadent tale of a blood-sucking mother/daughter duo (Arterton & Ronan) whose dark 200-year history threatens to catch up with them at a run-down hotel on the English coast. Trailer  Watch with: Interview with a Vampire

Free Samples 2012 Comedy Starring: Jess Weixler, Jesse Eisenberg. Director: Jay Gammill. Writer: Jim Beggarly
 Plot: Jillian (Weixler), a sardonic, bitter, verbose, hungover, law-school dropout, has a really bad day working on an ice-cream food truck as a favor to a friend. She treats her bizarre customers with the utter lack of respect she thinks they deserve, but the day turns out to be an important one for her as an old relationship comes crashing down, while another one might just be starting up. Trailer Watch with: Clerks

All Hallows' Eve 2013 Horror Director & Writer: Damien Leone Plot: An unsuspecting babysitter experiences pure terror after finding an unmarked videotape in a child's bag of candy, and discovering that it contains shocking scenes of torture and murder. At the center of the horror dwells a sadistic clown who has a gruesome trick in store for anyone who dares to watch the tape to its bloody end.  Trailer Watch with: The Ring & V.H.S.