Susan Grangers dvd update for week of Friday, Oct. 31st
Gather round for three spooky, new, family-friendly Halloween tales: Monster Blood, A Night in Terror Tower and One Day in Horrorland, spawned by R.L. Stines best-selling Goosebumps series.
And what could be more appropriate for this weekend than The Rocky Horror Tribute Show with original cast members Richard OBrien, Anthony Head, Michael Ball, Patricia Quinn and Little Nell, among others?
A number of documentaries during the past few years have taken aim at the bad behavior of American business but Bill Haneys The Price of Sugar is different. Set in the Dominican Republic, it exposes the slave labor on which the countrys sugar industry is built. But what distinguishes it is its hero: Father Christopher Hartley, a Catholic priest who becomes a crusader in behalf of sugar cane workers.
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl is a chick flick for the pre-teen set, as a Depression-era 10 year-old is determined to solve a string of sinister robberies in her family home. Leaving the vanity of Barbie and the vacuousness of Bratz behind, this tackles gritty, relevant social issues like poverty and prejudice, while Abigail Breslin charms.
For the first time, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) is available in a Collectors Edition, featuring a never-before-seen making-of documentary. Set in an unnamed but oppressive Latin American country, Kiss was the first independent feature ever to garner the four top Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
PICK OF THE WEEK: Youll be amazed at Journey to the Center of the Earth: 3-D, packaged with four pairs of 3-D glasses. This awesome sci-fi fantasy update of Jules Vernes classic novel follows a scientist (Brendan Fraser) and his 13 year-old nephew (Josh Hutcherson) to Iceland on a quest to find his missing brother.