This Week on HD DVD and Blu-ray: January 15, 2008
Posted by Johnny Mercedes Categories: Lionsgate, New Line, Adaptation, Documentary, Drama, Independent, Religious, Satire, Comedy, Home Entertainment, New Releases,
Alright, yes—this article should have been written yesterday. But despite my lack of punctuality, I’ve decided to go ahead and post it anyway as part of a New Year’s resolution to write more. And this is a slow time for film in general, so I think I deserve a reprieve.
To be perfectly honest, little jumps out at me this week. We have the hilarious, slightly esoteric The Ten, helmed by some The State alumni and starring, well, just about everyone. Is there anything else worth mentioning? Could Girls Gone Wild: Baby Bash—Live and Uncensored be the best Blu-ray title this week? That seems a bit sad, doesn’t it? Don’t worry, HD DVD patrons—if you were looking for some girl-on-girl action, hold out until February 12th when it releases in your format.
I can’t wait for these sluggish few weeks to pass.
Check out the full list of high-def releases after the jump.
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Winona Ryder Comes Clean
Posted by Johnny Mercedes Categories: Celeb News, Celebrity Controversy, Upcoming Releases,
In late 2001, Ms. Ryder was caught walking out of a Saks Fifth Avenue with around $5,000 worth of merchandise. Now, nearly six years later, she is speaking out for the first time about her notorious shopping spree.
The actress claims to have been under the influence of a prescribed pain medication during the ordeal — Oxycodone, specifically — and was having a hard time making sound decisions:
Two months prior to that, I broke my arm in two places, and the doctor…was giving me a lot of stuff, and I was taking it at first just to get through the pain. And there was this weird point when you don’t know if you are in pain but you’re taking it. It isn’t a reckless [state], like you’re out of your head. It’s just confusion.
Then, Ryder just shut down and never released a statement, merely pleading not guilty
in court and letting it ride out:
The attention was what was embarrassing. It was the December after Sept. 11…So much attention was being paid to me, when we had just been attacked, and there was all this really important news going on.
And although the actress admitted to wrongdoing, she claimed not to feel any tremendous sense of guilt.
However, Ryder says that had someone been hurt, the ordeal would have played out much differently.
So what is she up to now? Well, after a career lain practically dormant for years, Ryder is about to return to the business in full force with at least three films coming this year alone.
One can’t help but applaud Ryder for finally spilling her guts — she was obviously ashamed and, being in public eye, didn’t know how to articulate her regret. I also question whether the public would have been ready to look past the shoplifting at any point before now. However, I find it interesting that this catharsis coincides with her return to Hollywood, rather than a genuine desire to unload her burden.
Whatever the case, Winona is back. We’ll see her first in the upcoming ensemble comedy The Ten.
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