I am suffering through yet another weak of tepid interest in theatrical new releases. Sure last week had Burn After Reading, but as it stands now it seems that right now their simply isn’t much worth getting excited about in theaters. Unfortunately, it looks like it might be another week or two before the big guns start getting rolled out for Oscar season. As for this week, Battle in Seattle at least looks possibly interesting, though I would be far more interested if it was a documentary on the subject of the 1999 WTO protests rather then a reenactment filled with Hollywood stars. But at least it isn’t a Dane Cook movie.

As for DVD releases, their is a clear winner in this department. It is a movie that I enjoyed quite a bit when I watched it in the theater, but have been eagerly awaiting the inevitable release due to its infinite quotability. This movie drips trendils of awesome wherever it goes. Chuck Norris kneels before this movie. This movie, is The Foot Fist Way. Meditate on that.

As always trailers are after the break!

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It is weekends like this one that almost make me wish for the simpler time when maybe one good movie was released in theaters. As it so happens, this weekend their is enough interesting movies being released that I won’t possibly be able to watch all of them. Especially if my girlfriend continues her obsession with Jack Black and drags me to some movie about Pandas.

But for those of us who will once again be avoiding the multiplexes? First up is the documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster which focuses on the steroid culture that seems to be pervading our culture here in the US. It is a fascinating film that examines the true side effects of steroids as well as the moral arguments for and against using steroids. I highly recommend it.

Next is the French thriller Roman de Gare, which unfortunately has one of the worst trailers you will ever see, punctuated by the terrible American voice over so that English speaking audiences won’t be scarred off by the thought of actually having to read subtitles during a movie.

Or maybe if you don’t want to watch a documentary or French thriller you can watch Stuart Gordon’s latest masterpiece, Stuck. Word of warning, it is incredibly gory as well as being incredibly good, which shouldn’t come as much of a shock to Re-Animator fans. If you can handle Stephen Rea’s fibula jutting out of his leg for 45 minutes, you must go see this movie.

Finally we get to the movie I am most excited about this weekend, The Foot Fist Way. I have been addicted to the trailer for a good solid three months and now I finally get the chance to see it. It will be awesome. Word of warning the trailer is totally not safe for work.

As for DVD’s there are two that, at the very least, are worth renting. These movies are The Grand and The Signal. The Grand has the distinction of being the first film to be mentioned in Rummaging through the Old Maids as both a feature film release to watch and now as a DVD to watch. So that must mean it is good.

The Signal is an interesting horror film experiment involving three directors who decided to each film one act of the film. It results in some fairly drastic style changes during the course of the movie, but the film still manages to be both unique and interesting even with the occasional hiccups.

As always trailers are after the break!

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