Thanks to Netflix sending out the wrong film from my queue I am a bit behind the eight ball when it comes to choosing which film to review for next week. Thus I see no other recourse then to fall back on one of the most insane and passionate film makers working today, Werner Herzog. A director who got shot during an interview and refused to stop. A director who tried to drag a ship over a mountain. A director who plotted to assassinate his leading man.

Thus I am going to review one of his slightly lesser known modern films, one based on a true story and starring Tim Roth and Udo Kier. Yes, next week’s film is Invincible.

Did I mention that he is a director fascinated by insanity in penguins?

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…)