Speed Racer
DVD
Sure, cars shouldn't be able to jump on demand much less pirouette like motorized shurikens. But girls don't give you kooties, either. Speed Racer is all about the life-is-racing fantasy. As in larger-than and fantastic.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
DVD
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical, this film has all the hallmarks of a Burton/Depp labor of love.
Cloverfield
DVD
An innovative flick about a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people, even better if you consider it a horror movie rather than sci-fi.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Blu-ray, DVD
Dewey Cox may have slept with 411 women, married three times, had 22 kids and 14 step-kids, starred in his own 70s TV show, been addicted to every drug known to man, but he also became a national icon and eventually earned the love of a good woman. Sound familiar?
There Will Be Blood
DVD
A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business, Daniel Day Lewis owns the lead role, as usual.