Film Babble Blog's Listomania!

Man, whatta movie season: Mel Gibson’s Jesus complex is causing a stir, LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING became the first fantasy film best picture Oscar winner, and government research has just determined that videocassettes are going to go the way of the dinosaur - in 5 years tapes will no longer will manufactured on a global scale.

Well, I have to say this is a good thing - I mean them bulky boxes of plastic parts and spools of sticky brown tape from the ‘80s are no match for the shiny sexy digital disc of today.

Let’s not get all sentimental about those old tapes like that box in your closet full of Seinfeld episodes or movies taped off Cinemax in 1992. Let’s embrace the obviously better picture and sound of DVDs with some lists!

First up, 10 RECOMMENDED CURRENT RELEASE DVDs:

01. AMERICAN SPLENDOR 02. RUSSIAN ARK 
03. BARTLEBY 
04. SUICIDE CLUB 
05. DUMMY 
06. LOST IN TRANSLATION 
07. A MIGHTY WIND 
08. MELVIN GOES TO DINNER 
09. PARTY MONSTER 
10. SCHOOL OF ROCK 

5 RECOMMENDED CURRENT RELEASE DOCUMENTARY DVDS:

01. CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS 
02. A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE 
03. THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE 
04. WINGED MIGRATION 
05. STONE READER
06. THE CORPORATION
07. FOG OF WAR
08. THE YES MEN
09. FESTIVAL EXPRESS
10. OVERNIGHT

10 RECOMMENDED CURRENT RE-RELEASE SPECIAL EDITION DVDS: 

01. BLOW OUT (1967) 
02. ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981) 
03. JFK (1991) 
04. DAY FOR NIGHT (1974) 
05. ALIEN QUADRILOGY (1979-1997)

10 CURRENT DVDS THAT AREN’T RECOMMENDED:

01. CAT IN THE HAT 
02. IDENTITY 
03. LIFE OF DAVID GALE 
04. HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE 
05. THE HEAD OF STATE 
06. THE HULK 
07. BRUCE ALMIGHTY 
08. COLD CREEK MANOR 
09. CONFIDENCE 
10. Tie: THE IN-LAWS / IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY (Michael Douglas double feature from Hell!) 

5 RECOMMENDED TV-SERIES DVDS:

01. The Sopranos (HBO, 1999-present) 
02. Six Feet Under (HBO, 2001-PRESENT) 
03. The Office (BBC, 2001-PRESENT) 
04. 24 (2002): First season only!!!! 
05. Mr. Show (1995-1998)

More later...