Now I know I should be suggesting people go support Independent film by watching The Class at The Uptown this weekend, but I have to admit I’m not all that excited about the movie. I’ve heard from a wealth of people that it is fabulous and I know I will watch it eventually, but it just isn’t the movie I am excited to see this weekend. No, that movie would be Tom Tykwer’s new film The International. Now I’ve heard from a wealth of people that the film is less than good but I don’t care. I’ve loved nearly every one of his films and at this point in time he is to me a must see director, no matter how awful the reviews or the trailer is.

On DVD the selections are a bit eclectic between the big budget blockbusters being released and the smaller Independent films.  While I would avoid the blockbusters, Changeling is worth a watch, even if it is a half hour too long, Flash of Genius looks interesting and for those of you who really have been dying to watch that one movie where Dakota Fanning gets raped and was a big hit at Sundance but never got a decent theatrical release, Hounddog is now on DVD. But my selection this week is Choke, a film based on the book by Chuck  Palahniuk and starring Sam Rockwell. I saw it at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival last year in a tiny and packed theater, crammed uncomfortably in the first row that was almost underneath the screen, yet I still enjoyed it quite a bit. Which is saying a lot because I didn’t really enjoy the book at all.

As always trailers are after the break!

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Forgive me if my mind is somewhere else today. It is difficult to select new releases to recommend when I have recently received word that Bruce Campbell, The Chin himself, will be coming to the Twin Cities for the opening of My Name is Bruce. Which means I will get to meet him. This, along with meeting the Coen Brothers a few weeks ago, really makes me so much cooler then any of you. In my mind.

Anyways, it is slim pickings once again for DVD releases on Tuesday. I’m tempted to pick The Happening, which I actually did enjoy, but decided I’d pick a film I wanted to see but only had a split-second release in theaters. That movie being Boy A.

For theatrical releases it seems as if somewhere close to two dozen films are being released this weekend. While Flash of Genius, Appaloosa, Religulous and A Girl Cut in Two all look interesting enough for me to watch at some point, this week I am recommending a movie that I have already seen, enjoyed quite a bit and am quite confident most people will not like at all because nothing really happens in it. This movie is better known as Blindness.

As always trailers are after the break!

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