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According to History.com, NASCAR was founded on this day back in 1948. I don’t know much about auto racing, but I have watched a couple of movies (from 1978) with some burning rubber:
The Driver vs. Zero to Sixty
I like Ryan O’Neal. Or, at least I like him in Barry Lyndon, that being my second favorite Kubrick film. I also like Isabelle Adjani, particularly for her wild-eyed performance in Possession. Not only are they both in The Driver, but there is some top-notch car chasing to behold as well. While the plot is your basic tenacious cop vs. cool as ice criminal situation, it’s the no-nonsense action and hard-edged tone that make it worth watching.
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I’ve come across a few articles that point out obvious similarities between The Driver and the more recent Drive, which I haven’t seen yet. They are both about a getaway driver for hire, I know that much. The one comparison that readily came to mind (based on the movies I’ve seen) is The Transporter, but the style is totally different. Here’s a scene from the film where Ryan O’Neal trashes the car of some prospective clients:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b-Mg27nyQ0[/youtube]
Zero to Sixty is probably most notable for being the last movie that Denise Nickerson appeared in. She played Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and acted in a number of television programs before retiring from the business at twenty-one. The movie is about a wacky car repo team, with Nickerson and Darren McGavin in the lead roles. Joan Collins also has a small part. I found this clip of Collins engaging in a cat fight on the 80s TV show Dynasty, which makes me want to watch the whole series:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxZV8HZElKo[/youtube]
New Blu-ray and DVD Releases
Blank City
Directed By: Celine Danhier
Genres: Documentary • History • Media Documentary • Social History
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjzRPRBQngo[/youtube]
J. Edgar
Directed By: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio • Naomi Watts • Armie Hammer • Dermot Mulroney • Josh Lucas
Genres: Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Drama • Political Drama
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlZXdCdOhLo[/youtube]
The Son of No One
Directed By: Dito Montiel
Starring: Al Pacino • Channing Tatum • James Ransone • Ray Liotta • Katie Holmes
Genres: Crime • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller • Drama • Police Drama • Thriller
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuVwb9nLZ20[/youtube]
Honey 2
Directed By: Bille Woodruff
Starring: Katerina Graham • Randy Wayne • Seychelle Gabriel • Gerry Bednob • Lonette McKee
Genres: Dance Film • Drama
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OchVVwxVub4[/youtube]
World on a Wire
Directed By: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Klaus Löwitsch • Barbara Valentin • Mascha Rabben • Karl Heinz Vosgerau • Wolfgang Schenck
Genres: Crime • Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Foreign Language Film • Made-for-Television • Science Fiction
Studios & Franchises: The Criterion Collection
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvlQ8TQsmQA[/youtube]
Anatomy of a Murder
Directed By: Otto Preminger
Starring: James Stewart • Lee Remick • Eve Arden • Joseph Welch • Brooks West
Genres: Courtroom Drama • Drama
Studios & Franchises: The Criterion Collection • Academy Award Best Picture Nominated • 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die • They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9cjcvqBQM0[/youtube]
Café de flore
Directed By: Jean-Marc Vallée
Starring: Vanessa Paradis • Kevin Parent • Hélène Florent • Evelyne Brochu • Joanny Corbeil-Picher
Genres: Drama • Ensemble Film • Foreign Language Film • Period Film
Studios & Franchises: 2011 AFI Film Festival
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3HAgq7aQOk[/youtube]
Bad Actress
Directed By: Robert Lee King
Starring: Beth Broderick • Chris Mulkey • Whitney Able • Vincent Ventresca • Andrew Levitas
Studios & Franchises: Strand Releasing
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d76F66RHDgo[/youtube]
Track 29
Directed By: Nicolas Roeg
Starring: Theresa Russell • Gary Oldman • Sandra Bernhard • Christopher Lloyd • Colleen Camp
Genres: Drama • Psychological Drama
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2mwNtywYQA[/youtube]
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Directed By: Sean Durkin
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen • Sarah Paulson • John Hawkes • Hugh Dancy • Brady Corbet
Genres: Drama • Psychological Drama • Psychological Thriller • Thriller
Studios & Franchises: Fox Searchlight Pictures
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_k3wCsOgqk[/youtube]
Tower Heist
Directed By: Brett Ratner
Starring: Ben Stiller • Eddie Murphy • Casey Affleck • Alan Alda • Matthew Broderick
Genres: Caper • Comedy • Crime • Crime Comedy
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4KXF7NWFRE[/youtube]
London Boulevard
Directed By: William Monahan
Starring: Colin Farrell • Keira Knightley • Ray Winstone • Anna Friel • David Thewlis
Genres: Crime • Crime Drama • Drama • Gangster Film • Post-Noir • Romance • Romantic Drama
Studios & Franchises: IFC Films
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8coTFc5Vwg[/youtube]
War of the Arrows
Directed By: Han-min Kim
Starring: Hae-il Park • Seung-yong Ryoo • Moon Chae-won • Mu-Yeol Kim • Gi-woong Park
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Foreign Language Film • Period Film • Thriller
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-od9F5mKmY[/youtube]
The Way
Directed By: Emilio Estevez
Starring: Martin Sheen • Deborah Kara Unger • Yorick Van Wageningen • James Nesbitt • Emilio Estevez
Genres: Adventure • Adventure Drama • Comedy Drama • Drama • Road Movie
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnTpJEFlj5g[/youtube]
Retreat
Directed By: Carl Tibbetts
Starring: Jamie Bell • Cillian Murphy • Thandie Newton • Jimmy Yuill • Marilyn Mantle
Genres: Psychological Thriller • Thriller
Studios & Franchises: 2011 Fantastic Fest
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfVrto8_jxM[/youtube]
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These are scheduled to be released by Warner Archive (here’s the official site):
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Scorpion Releasing is putting out a series of horror movie DVDs hosted by wrestler/actress Katarina Leigh Waters. Here’s what’s scheduled for today:
Mark of Cain (1986)/Thrillkill (1987) as a double feature
I believe this is the introduction to each of the DVDs, if you’re curious:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G0_GOwBuHg[/youtube]
Also coming out today from Scorpion is the curiously titled The Sidelong Glances Of A Pigeon Kicker (AKA Pigeons). I don’t know how many people have actually seen the film, but maybe it’s worth checking out just to say that you’re one of them.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QECfqQJOk4I[/youtube]
SPECIAL BIRTHDAY RECOGNITION(S)
Today is Alan Rickman (66) and Jennifer Love Hewitt‘s (33) birthday today. Since they are both international sex symbols, I’ll leave you with these tribute videos taken from YouTube (probably not work safe) that showcase their primal charms:
FOR THE LADIES
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knyCUp3JofU[/youtube]
FOR THE GUYS
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj3ICv5Wfpo[/youtube]
(It’s Ellen Page‘s birthday, too. This is a video featuring clips from Whip It!, which may be her greatest cinematic achievement.)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAvHVpzBkIU[/youtube]