CURRENT ROUND-UP 14/2/06

O U T N O W : Hoping to get down to the flicks and catch both "Final Destination 3" and "Lucky Number Slevin". Saw the trailer for both and both looked entertaining. Just glad I didn't buy the 2-Disc DVD Boxset of "Final Destination" now that it's a trilogy - as I enjoyed the first two immensely.
T H E B A D : Having waited year's to get a decent copy of "DUNE : The Extended Version" the best thing I can say about it is the Collector's Metal Case - A metallic outer shell with a plastic insert. Unfortunately it's downhill from there: The disc itself is a flipper (awful!) the transfer itself is dreadful on both versions of the film and both films skip and jump. The Extended Version (TV) make's no sense what so ever and I presume that's why the Director David Lynch washed his hand's of it. The extra's give some insight's into the whole film's background - But just as it get's interesting the features end - Very frustrating indeed!
C O M I N G S O O N: Another recent trailer I ended up watching was "Ultraviolet". The director Kurt Wimmer had done "Equilibrium" which was enough to make me want to see this! Lot's of guns,explosions - The usual.
Caught the trailer for this film "Brick" recently. The trailer was so good I made an effort to find out a bit more about the film and was impressed enough to want to see it. The soundtrack's creepy and the subject matter looked chilling. Due out in March at the Cinema.

T H E G O O D :Was also very happy watching "Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride" a stunning animated film in the Ray Harryhausen tradition. A nice set of extra's fully explain just how time consuming the work was to produce this film and I had a tear in my eye by the end of it. I'm looking forward to watching "Wallace And Gromit: Curse Of The Wererabbit" and expect it to be in a similiar vein judging by the clips I've seen of it. "The Corpse Bride" is also available in a Collector's Edition with a book and postcards.
Having watched the first "Saw" I was happy to find out a few month's later that they intended on a sequel snappily titled "Saw 2 ". Again having now got an Unrated DVD version I was happy to sit down and watch this. I won't go into the plot otherwise it will spoil it for you - But if you enjoyed the first film this serve's up more of the same but slightly differently this time round. The best bit is they have just annouced pre-production on "Saw 3". This version come's with a clear-case cover so you can see the saw-blade disc inside - Similiar to the original "Saw" release. It also come's with a small set of extras which on the whole are very informative.

Managed to get to see "DOOM" at last with a brand spanking new copy on Region 1 of the Unrated Widescreen version on DVD. Has a nice cardboard outer sleeve to it and a nice little set of extras covering various aspects of the film. As a popcorn muncher it's vastly entertaining and as long as your in the mood for this type of action you'll enjoy it! I've kept my copy as I know I'll be watching it again. It certainly reminded me of "John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars" probably why I enjoyed it so much! Also in the vein of "Resident Evil" another great popcorn muncher. THE UGLY: Nothing in this current round-up (Luckily!)