My fun little blog detailing all things pop culture...well, the interesting bits. I'll be covering music, television, film, and other similar areas of interest. I'll try to post at least once a day. Look for about 50% information, 50% opinion...but this is NOT a gossip blog. I am not Perez Hilton!

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

What's new on DVD and CD - 9/30/08

Here are this week's DVD and CD releases.

My picks for DVD:
  • Iron Man - The biggest (and most pleasant) surprise of the summer.  No one really expected this film to be as good or as successful as it was.  The credit goes to director John Favreau and star Robert Downey Jr. for making a film that is truly a big, fun and NOT dumb action flick.
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall - This Judd Apatow-produced film is the funniest I've seen all year.  Jason Segel, who both wrote the film and stars in it, creates a character that you can both laugh at and sympathize with.  Add a terrific supporting cast (Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell) and a beautiful Hawaiian setting, and you've got a truly excellent romantic comedy anyone can enjoy... provided you can handle a WHOLE lotta Segel.
Also new to DVD:

Taxi to the Dark Side

Bigger, Stronger, Faster

An Autumn Afternoon

Pulse 2: Afterlife

Possession

Chapter 27

Kenny

Aria - The Animation: Season 1

My Name Is Earl: Season 3

Numb3rs: Season 4

Deadliest Catch: Season 4

Sports Night: 10th Anniversary Collection

Beauty and the Beast: The Complete Series

Popeye the Sailor: 1941-1943, Vol. 3

Voltron: Volume 6

When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions

Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil

A Haunting In Connecticut

A Haunting In Georgia


My picks for CD:
Jack's Mannequin: "The Glass Passenger" - The very long-awaited follow-up to JM's first album, "Everything in Transit," JM mastermind Andrew McMahon has crafted an album filled with beautiful indie-pop-rock songs sure to please both old and new fans alike.  While much of the album deals with McMahon's very public battle with leukemia, the prevalent attitude is one of hope and faith; this an upbeat album about very dark things.

Also new on CD:

Ben Folds - “Way to Normal”

Jennifer Hudson - “Jennifer Hudson”

T.I. - “Paper Trail”

Bleeding Through - “Declaration”