How to Spend $20
By Eric Hughes
May 11, 2010
For people who miss the funny Steve Martin: Father Of The Bride / Father Of The Bride 2 (Double Feature) Just two weeks ago, I praised Nancy Meyers for her recent filmography, which includes Something’s Gotta Give, The Holiday and her latest pet project, It’s Complicated. Though the Meryl Streep vehicle’s home media release provided a nice platform for addressing what she did in the 2000s, it’s difficult to address Meyers’ Hollywood contributions without discussing Father of the Bride and its charming sequel, Father of the Bride: Part II. Both are being released today on DVD in a two-pack bundle. A remake of the 1950 movie of the same name, Father of the Bride had Steve Martin and Diane Keaton playing parents to Kimberly Williams-Paisley’s character, Annie, who is 22 and opts to marry affluent computer consultant Bryan MacKenzie – despite the fact that they’ve known one another for just a few months. Among the calamities: The wedding ends up ballooning to astronomical costs, George (Martin) spends time in the slammer after preemptively breaking into a package of hot dog buns and an obnoxious wedding planner (Martin Short) takes over every aspect of the ceremony – deeming the wants and needs of Annie’s family practically useless. Father of the Bride is a delight, and in my book is about as good as romcom gets. As expected, Father of the Bride’s sequel isn’t nearly as good as its predecessor. Its story follows an unusual twist where both a mother and daughter find themselves pregnant at the same time. Of course, this leads to the hilarious situation where a niece and her aunt end up sharing the same birth year. Disc includes: N/A For people who enjoy dry humor: Daria: The Complete Animated Series Back in the days when MTV (formerly Music Television – but don’t call it that) actually played music videos, it also carried an impressive slate of original programming and animated cartoons*. It was a grand time, really. We hadn’t even been exposed to peeps like Spencer Pratt and Snooki yet. Instead, the cabler had shows like Daria, itself a spinoff from the crass and contentious Beavis and Butt-head. The series, which debuted in 1997, lasted for five seasons on MTV, including two made-for-TV movies that aired in 2000 and 2002. The second movie served as the show’s de facto series finale.
Received well for its criticism of all things pop culture, the series was best known for skewering then-current pop music like Britney Spears (and her carbon copies) and the healthy contingent of boy bands. It’s an interesting thing, really, as the music videos that would have been playing around scheduled episodes of Daria were, well, pop. Daria was doing to MTV what 30 Rock would later do to NBC in placing a critical eye on the network that carried it. *Did I just type that?
Disc includes: “Freakin Friends” music video by Mystik Spiral, Daria Day Intros featurette, Top Ten Video Countdown Hosted by Daria and Jane featurette, Mystik Spiral Spin-Off Script featurette, cast and crew interviews May 11, 2010
Blu-ray Better The Devil You Know Bollyrobics: Dance Like Bollywood Stars Bon Jovi: Live at Madison Square Garden Dawn Of The Dead / George A Romero's Land Of The Dead Daybreakers Doomsday / End of Days The Edge Edge of Darkness Fletch / Bruce Almighty Giant Panda Hang 'Em High High Anxiety Hiromi Kandra: Hiromi In Love History Of The World, Part I Hulk / Doom Back-To-Back Action Inside Man / Children of Men Back-To-Back Action/Adventure Jarhead / Friday Night Lights Back-To-Back Drama The Karate Kid The Karate Kid / The Karate Kid Part II The Karate Kid Part II Legend of the Tsunami Warrior Legion M (Criterion Collection) The Magnificent Seven Collection The Man In The Iron Mask Marked For Death Megafault Monsoon: India God of Life Robin Hood: Men In Tights Rock 'n' Roll High School Rundown / Spy Game The Strangers / The Thing Tidal Wave U-571 / Waterworld DVD The Abyss (Special Edition) Better The Devil You Know Bon Jovi: Live at Madison Square Garden Carly Simon: Live from Martha Vinyard Daria: The Complete Animated Series Daybreakers The Deadliest Warrior: Season 1 The Edge Edge of Darkness Father Of The Bride / Father Of The Bride 2 (Double Feature) The Fresh Prince of Bel Air: Complete Fifth Season Giant Panda Hell's Kitchen: The Complete Second Season History Of The World, Part I The Karate Kid The Karate Kid / The Karate Kid Part II (Double Feature) The Karate Kid Part II Legend of the Tsunami Warrior Legion M (Criterion Collection) The Magnificent Seven Collection (Set) Megafault Monsoon: India God of Life My Wife & Kids: Season 2 Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City Raising the Bar: The Complete Second Season (Widescreen) Robin Hood: Men In Tights Rock 'n' Roll High School Signs / The Village / The Sixth Sense (Triple Feature) Spy Kids Collection (Triple Feature) The Strangers / The Thing (Double Feature) Swords Life On The Line: The Complete First Season Thirtysomething: The Complete Third Season Tidal Wave Toy Story (Special Edition) Toy Story 2 (Special Edition)
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