This week on Blu-ray and DVD, J. J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg team up for an old-school monster movie, and Arnie’s breakout role gets a reboot.
New This Week:
Super 8
Conan the Barbarian
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Sarah’s Key
The Devil’s Double
Carjacked
The Family Tree
Prep and Landing
The Rainbow Tribe
Meet the Browns: Season 3
New on Blu-ray:
Three Amigos!
12 Angry Men
Rushmore
The Birth of a Nation
Way Down East
Helldriver
Kristin’s Rental of the Week:
This week’s pick is an easy one. For classic action and effects that take you back to your childhood, don’t miss the J. J. Abrams / Steven Spielberg collaboration, Super 8.
About Post Author
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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.