We have gotten a lot of really awesome stuff in lately! Check out today’s haul:
Classic westerns from Sam Peckinpah: The Wild Bunch in the 2 disc special edition and The Ballad Of Cable Hogue.
Cult-comedy favorites like The Blues Brothers, Cheech and Chong’s Up In Smoke, Repo Man, The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension and Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas in the Criterion Collection edition.
Cult-horror classics, too! Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive, An American Werewolf In London and some serious madness in From Beyond. And let’s not forget the camp sci-fi classic Robot Monster, featuring a … gorilla in a space helmet! We also have The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection Volume 2 featuring Dr. Cyclops, Cult Of The Cobra, The Land Unknown, The Deadly Mantis and The Leech Woman.
And that’s not all! Get a little mystery in your life with the amazing The Boys From Brazil or perhaps you’d prefer Fargo or maybe American Psycho?
Whatever floats your boat or blows up your skirt, we’re sure to have something for you, so come on in and see us!
I decided to make a shelf on our Wall O’ Cool of some of my favorite musical comedies. These are movies that feature lots of laughs and tons of tunes to lift your spirits.
First up is The Blues Brothers , a classic starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as Jake and Elwood Blues. After Jake is released from prison, he and brother, Elwood pay a visit to the orphanage where they were raised by nuns. They learn that the place is gonna close unless they come up with $5000. The brothers decide to get their band together to play a concert and save the place. Hi-jinks ensue!
The movie that created all the best quotes of the 90’s for me, Wayne’s World. Full of musical references, babelicious Tia Carrere as Wayne’s rock goddess, Rob Lowe as a douchy bad guy, and two basement dwellers with their own public access cable show. Excellent!
A major guilty pleasure for me, but I adore it anyway, Camp. The story of a bunch of kids at a musical theater summer camp. There is a strange love quadrangle, drunk teachers, treachery, poison, cross dressing and Broadway hits in between. If you like watching Glee, you’ll love this movie.
Airheads was a movie I had forgotten about until I caught some on TV one day. I had to rent it and watch the whole thing again. It stars Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi and Adam Sandler as three wannabe rock stars who decide to hold a radio station hostage with fake guns in order to get their demo tape some air play. Good jokes and fun for the head bangers of the early 90’s.
Another good one is Detroit Rock City. In 1978 a high school band who adores Kiss tries to scam their way into a concert while battling their way through numerous obstacles. Hilarious coming of age movie with a killer Kiss soundtrack.
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist is a great “night in the life” flick that has Michael Cera doing his schtick as the sweet, but shy, guy alongside gorgeous Kat Dennings. The two meet clandestinely and spend the night trying to find out where their favorite indie band, “Where’s Fluffy”, is playing their mystery show. There are sweet moments, funny moments and some really gross ones too. Great date movie.
One of Jeremy’s favorites, Empire Records, a film that takes place during a 24 hour period in an independent record store. The staff is crazy (Liv Tyler, Rory Cochrane, Anthony LaPaglia, and Renee Zellweger) and the clientele is not much better. Before the day is over they will have to find a way to keep Empire from being taken over by the chain store, Music Town. Good music all the way through and an adorable Maxwell Caulfield (Grease 2) as Rex Manning, the fading pop star who is signing autographs for his aging fans that day.
Lastly we have The Commitments. This cool film is about a guy who wants to put together a soul band in Dublin, Ireland. The climb to the top is humorous and heartfelt. Real musicians throughout the film and awesome covers of songs like “Mustang Sally”, “Try a Little Tenderness”, and “In the Midnight Hour.”
Come on down, grab a laugh, sing a song, buy some movies!!!!