How to Spend $20
By Eric Hughes
February 23, 2010
For people who think its about time that Carrie Fisher explores the horror-thriller genre: Sorority Row
Like a sane person, it's fairly easy for me to distinguish the good from the bad. Sorority Row? Obviously a money grabbing, clichéd, I Know What You Did Last Summer rip-off. But is it worth the dollar one needs to rent on a Redbox? Certainly. Cast members include representatives from trashy reality shows and Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's lovechild. Plus Carrie Fisher! You can't go wrong.
Additionally, props are in order for the people behind Sorority Row's trailer, which has an "oh shit!" moment unlike any I've seen in at least the past year. I can't tell you the last time I was in a theater full of people who collectively gasped in unison during a preview. Of course, I'm referring to an unlucky lady getting mistakenly impaled by a tire iron.
Disc includes: Sorority Secrets: Stories from the Set, Killer 101 featurette, Kill Switch featurette, deleted scenes, outtakes, PIP video commentary with director and cast
For people who think Matt Damon has Johnny Depp-inspired range for being in movies like The Informant! and Invictus in the same year: The Informant!
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Steven Soderbergh's The Informant! is overrated. Though The Informant! maintains a 77% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Matt Damon's Oscar-worthy performance as a doughy chubster who blew the whistle on his company's price-fixing tactics was the only thing I liked about the movie. Had the role gone to another actor, I probably would have found little to nothing to like. The Informant!, based on true events and a same-named book published in 2000, suffers from being too dry and for having a silly wit that doesn't appear enough. Even Joel McHale, who's pretty great in everything he does, is blah here.
Disc includes: Audio commentary, additional scenes
February 23, 2010
Blu-ray
Analyze This & That Set
The Box
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
The Crazies
The Damned United
Dead Snow
Dirty Harry / Magnum Force
Frantic / Presumed Innocent
Grumpy Old Men Collection
Ichi The Killer
The Informant!
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Miss Congeniality / Miss Congeniality 2
Motherhood
Nurse Jackie: Season One
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Sorority Row
The Universe: Complete Season 4
Wrong Side of Town
DVD
$9.99 (Widescreen)
Adam-12: Season Four
The Box
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
The Damned United
Dead Snow
FlashForward: Season One, Part One
Ghost Hunters: Season 5, Part 1
Howards End (Criterion Collection)
The Informant!
Lock N Load with R. Lee Ermey: Complete Season 1
Make Way For Tomorrow (Criterion Collection)
Motherhood
Mythbusters: Urban Legends
Nurse Jackie: Season One
Project Runway: The Complete Sixth Season
The September Issue (Special Edition)
Sorority Row
UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez
The Universe: Colonizing Space
The Universe: Complete Season 4
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