“Serenity” DVD:
The major coolness is the audio commentary by Joss Whedon. It’s some good, good stuff. The other extras are a little too scrimpy for my taste especially since Universal knows how rabid the fan base for the show/movie is. There are a few featurettes and some deleted scenes. Whoo. [That’s said with sarcasm.] I imagine the reason for the so-so extras goes back to the fact that the movie wasn’t a smash hit in theatrical release.
Spring Street Cafe in Sylva:
Went and had dinner with Michelle and a few folks from the OITM Yahoo Group. Spring Street has good food and it was made even better last night with what went down. My $20 entree apparently had a smaller portion of meat than they normally do, so it was gonna be discounted to $16. Then, one of the ladies with a similar meat dish to mine didn’t like her portion (she said the meat part was just “bad”). I told them mine was just fine ’cause it was, but the waitress came back and said we would both be discounted to $8 for the entree. Yow! My $30 meal (with drinks) ended up being $15. So, there’s some holiday cheer for me.
Christmas Weekend Movies coming from Netflix:
“The Old Dark House” Directed by James Whale (1932)
“White Zombie” Directed by Victor Halperin (1932)
“Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages” Directed by Benjamin Christensen (1922)
Kenneth Branagh’s “Hamlet” on DVD next year:
Yes! The four-hour, epic movie version of “Hamlet” directed by Kenneth Branagh will finally see the light of day on dvd next year. The movie features excellent performances from Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Julie Christie and Kate Winslet (amoung many, many others). The movie also holds a special place in my heart ’cause I got to see it in 70-MM in it’s theatrical run. Spectacular!
“Wolf Creek” in Theaters:
Hmmmmm. Might have to check out “Wolf Creek” as it’s been getting more good reviews than bad. I still find it interesting that a horror movie is being released on Christmas day. I think the last horror offering that got a major Chritsmas release was the super crappy “Dracula 2000.”