Is The Bucket List on Your List?

Hiya boys and girls, Joey here with the weekly dvd report. This week has a fair amount of variety, ranging from old men laughing in the face of death to Naomi Watts crying in the face of death to Hayden Christensen "jumping" away from potential death to a certain Boleyn girl's famous death, among other things. Let's begin with the PICK OF THE WEEK, which is probably the least entertaining of the bunch this week, but by far the best film of the week:

-Funny Games

This is a real tough movie to sit through, and it's essentially the art house version of the new film The Strangers, but it's incredibly well made, features a fantastic performance by Naomi Watts, and is an exercise in filmmaking unlike almost anything I've ever seen before. If you can sit through it, you'll be rewarded (or tortured).

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Next up is a far happier film, though more standard issue by far than Funny Games. It's The Bucket List, and if you like well produced Hollywood fluff, you'll love this. Jack gets to be Jack, Morgan Freeman is reliable as always, and it has some great moments in it. Nothing in the film is revolutionary, but it does its job quite well.

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Also out this week is the unique horror film The Signal, which is not exactly a zombie movie, but not exactly not. It's not amazing, but it's far from bad. The Other Boleyn Girl gives a slightly hip take on an old piece of history, but it is nowhere near as good as the actors in it try to make it. I love Scarlett and Natalie, but this was a little hard for me to sit through. The Grand is an improv poker movie with some big stars, but if you're a stickler for plot it's not for you. Take that as you will.

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Finally we come to two films that are about as worthless as they come. Jumper is big, loud, and boring. Doug Liman misfired in a big way with this one. More offensive however, is Larry the Cable Guy's Witless Protection. He's fine as a comedian, but as an actor, wow....nothing more needs to be said. Avoid at all costs.

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My "vintage" pick for this week is perhaps one of my favorite cartoons ever. It's The Jungle Book, and if you haven't seen this movie in a while, pick it up and you'll be singing about the bear neccesities in no time!

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So what do you guys have your eyes on this week?