“So this one’s called the ‘glass-bottom boat’…”

Howdy friends! The big DVD this week is Argo, but we’ve got plenty to discuss beyond Ben Affleck and his striking resemblance to that guy from Die Hard.  There’s also flicks starring Keira Knightley, Ethan Hawke, John Cusack and Val Kilmer. We’ve got movies about serial killers, struggling rock musicians, capitalists, and criminals.  We’ve got small apartments and special forces.  There’s a junior high spy, a sushi girl, and even a talking cat!

The DVDs:
Argo
Anna Karenina
Sinister
Fun Size
The Factory
For Ellen
Riddle
The Package
Atlas Shrugged, Part II: The Strike
Small Apartments
Special Forces
Undefeated
Sushi Girl
Junior High Spy
A Talking Cat!?!
Snow Shark

Streaming: Check out your choices here.

One of these films went undefeated at last year’s Oscars.  If you want to know which movie it is, continue reading on the next page.  Two of these flicks co-star Dolph Lundgren.  Continue reading to find out which ones.  If you’ve given up physical media for Lent, click the link above and skip right to the streaming suggestions, but if you do you’ll never know which Oscar-nominated actor gives voice to that talking cat. Read the rest of this entry »

What? Neither one of them is black -how am I supposed to know which way to vote?

As I’m sure you noticed, today sees the DVD release of The Campaign.  What you didn’t know is that we’ve got a copy and we’re giving it away to the first lucky SOB who e-mails Vince at lance@filmdrunk.com! [UPDATE: Closed. Congrats, Matt. Sorry everyone else.] So go ahead, I’ll wait here for you.  Feel free to tell him how much you like these DVD posts and my writing in general. As for the rest of this week’s DVDs, we’ve got films starring Aubrey Plaza, Salma Hayek and Andy Dick.  We’ve got flicks about time travel, superfluous Christmas stories, and fish. There are movies about Craigslist and ballet and my friend Bernard.  There’s a sick boy, and even a Satanic ritual just in time for Halloween.

The DVDs:
The Campaign
Safety Not Guaranteed
Ruby Sparks
A Christmas Story 2
Americano
Bindlestiffs
Craigslist Joe
First Position
Reef 2: High Tide
My Friend Bernard
Polisse
Stealing Summers
Earthling
Sick Boy
Cybornetics
666: The Ritual

Want to know which film is presented by Zach Galifianakis?  (It’s not The Campaign, by the way.)  Want to know which film has Kevin Smith’s support?  Want to know which film is about a sky-diving polar bear?  The easiest way to get those answers is to continue reading.

If you’re bitter that somebody else beat you to the free DVD of The Campaign, you can still click here for the Netflix suggestions – after all, those films are practically free so its almost the same as winning a free movie.

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