Due to the Packers game this past monday night I was  bit late posting this weeks review, but fear not! Next week I should be totally on time with the next one. And with my recent viewing of Babylon A.D. I’ve started to be a bit reminiscent of watching another notorious studio hijacking that derailed what otherwise might have been promising film. Thus next week I will be watching and reviewing the much maligned Ralph Bakshi classic Cool World, in which the studios interferred with the project so much that Bakshi public admits to punching his producer in the mouth. Awesome!

Going to be a quick post today as there is seriously not much to recommend this week in theaters or on DVD. Babylon A.D. is my pick for theatrical new release of the week, primarily due to my blatant sci-fi fanboy nature as well as to see if the claims by director Mathieu Kassovitz that the film was ruined by the studio are true.

DVD releases are especially slim pickings this week, leading me to choosing another relatively obscure and hard to find release in Cannibal. Cannibal is based on the true story of Armin Meiwes, a man who placed an ad on the Internet requesting someone who would allow him to eat them. Remarkably, someone responded to the ad and allowed themselves to be eaten. I must I have a bit of morbid curiosity over such a tale, though I have no idea how I am going to track down this film as I can’t even find an official site for the film, let alone a trailer. Evidently the hunt is on.

As always trailers are after the break! (more…)