monitorTHIS! - December 2008/January 2009 - (Page 7)

Remember when we loudly trumpeted the DVD arrival of the fifth and final season of this incendiary HBO drama? You are getting very sleepy… we had no idea the whole shebang would be released like a month later… did we mention you were getting very sleepy? Luckily, enough people slept on the entire run of The Wire that this will be a great Christmas present. The fans swear by pretty much every episode and arc. In Stores December 9 HBO The Wire—The Complete Series in stores nov 25 Wanna feel old? The Vans Warped Tour is now the same age as its average customer—a very, very lucky 13. It’s been a fascinating evolution, but we’ll save the retrospectives for the 20th anniversary DVD. For now, feast on live performances from Avenged Sevenfold, Bad Religion, Circa Survive, Coheed and Cambria and Killswitch Engage, plus interviews with Alkaline Trio, Paramore, Chiodos, Escape the Fate and more. In Stores December 2 Image entertaInment Vans Warped Tour ‘07 hat c an y ou say when a blatant Indiana Jones knockoff supersedes the actual Indiana Jones in quality? While Kingdom of the Crystal Skull seemed to crib indecipherable plot points and CGI from the Mummy playbook, director Stephen Sommers delivered another entertaining, broad comedy-thriller, keeping the series vital with fresh faces Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh and Maria Bello. Actual dialogue uttered: “I hate mummies. They never play fair.” What’s not to love? unIverSal The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor W Anna Faris, everyone agrees, is a bright young comedic talent. Anna Faris, everyone agrees, has been wasted in the mostly crappy Scary Movie series. The minds behind The House Bunny recognized this, and smartly attempted to give Faris her own Legally Blonde-style breakout, to moderate success. Here she plays a ditzy exiled former Playmate who takes an unpopular sorority under her wing. Hey, it beats The Girls Next Door. In Stores December 23 SOny The House Bunny Not enthused about Keanu Reeves headlining the remake of this 1951 classic? Revisit the original, a unique and captivating sci-fi saga of humanoid alien Klaatu, a Christ-like being who arrives on Earth with a message of peace and is met with violence. Enjoy an interactive theremin feature (seriously, as popularized by composer Bernard Herrmann) as well as commentary from director Robert Wise, a short story reading and a zillion featurettes. In Stores Now 20tH Century FOx The Day the Earth Stood Still The Coen Brothers have been doing surrealist comedies (in between groundbreaking melodramas) for so long now that they’ve managed to integrate players from both their old (Frances McDormand) and new schools (George Clooney, Brad Pitt). The resulting Burn After Reading is a hilarious, if pointless, spoof of CIA thrillers and all the intrinsic red tape. John Malkovich and Tilda Swinton round out an exceptional cast. In Stores December 23 unIverSal StudIOS Burn After Reading [ dec 08 / jan 09 + monitorthis! + 7 ]

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