As the holidays get closer, you may find yourself needing even more time to relax and unwind after a long day of holiday festivities. You can start with one of this week’s new Blu-ray and DVD releases.
New This Week:
Fright Night
Kung Fu Panda 2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Circumstance
Champions
Church: The Movie
Kill Katie Malone
The Smell of Success
Tanner Hall
Family Guy: Volume 9
Gunsmoke: Season 5, Volume 2
Spin City: Season 6
Swamp People: Season 2
Switched at Birth: Volume 1
New on Blu-ray:
* The Rocketeer
Meet Me in St. Louis
City of God
Heavenly Creatures
Velvet Goldmine
Stars and Stripes Forever
Intruder
Tokyo Drifter
Seven Chances
Branded to Kill
Fright Night (1985)
Rapture
Sherlock Holmes
Kristin’s Rental of the Week:
Pixar may have had an off year this year, but DreamWorks made up for it with Kung Fu Panda 2, a sequel that was even better than the original. It’s my pick this week.
About Post Author
kdk
kdk
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.