I know you are going to Watchmen. No matter how much I beg and plead you won’t listen. Fine, you’ll have to deal with that kind of neurotic decision making on your own time. Unfortunately, every studio seems terrified of releasing anything to compete against Watchmen, leaving only a few tiny Independent releases like The Black Balloon and Cherry Blossoms to compete against it. Both have been well received, but neither involve epic tales of the deconstruction of the American superhero. So there’s that.

On DVD though, there is a wealth of good to great films being released. And considering Let the Right One In is getting released this week, it would normally be easy to select which film to recommend. Yet, the week is so good it has to go up against Synechdoche, New York, Charlie Kaufman’s brilliant directorial debut, and another of my favorites of the past year. So pick up both, in any order you choose, but just make sure you pick up both, because they are fantastic. And if you do have a bit of spare pocket change try and rent Role Models. Its far better then I thought it would be, and definitely worth your time.

As always trailers are after the break!

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Finally a week in which I have plenty of options to choose from! The last several have left me grasping at straws in order to supply even a halfway decent recommendation, both DVD releases and theatrical releases are giving me a few options to pass on.

In theaters this week is the latest work of genius from Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York, which I’m sure will leave everyone scratching their heads while simultaneously praising it. So you know, a typical Charlie Kaufman film, only this time on a far grander scale.

As for DVD releases I had a bit more of a struggle in trying to choose which film to recommend. As you can probably imagine Hellboy II: The Golden Army was calling to me, but while I loved Hellboy II, I have instead decided to go in another direction and select a film I haven’t seen yet, and no one else has either. This particular film has taken seven years to make, and is just beginning to make a run as a midnight movie here in the US, and for those of you living in the Minneapolis metro area, you will be able to see it at The Uptown Theatre on November 22nd. It should be a great midnight show, so hopefully you will be in attendance. But for those of you who can’t wait, The Flaming Lips: Christmas on Mars will be released on DVD this Tuesday.

As always trailers are after the break!

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