A look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons…
Trailers of new release movies are generally available on the official site links.
Spielberg and his minions have driven all traces of weirdness from theaters this week, under the guise of “Christmas spirit.” We weirdophiles will have to cower in our hovels this week, regroup, and return to the cinemas in 2012.
IN “DEVELOPMENT“:
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story: Tells the shocking true story of “Weird” Al Yankovic, from his days as an accordion-loving outcast to his multi-platinum “Eat It,” as his career magically survives alcoholism and sex with Madonna. Our favorite line from the trailer? “I’m the weird one!” Reminder to readers: on this site, we occasionally include notices for films that don’t actually exist.
NEW ON DVD:
Columbiana (2011): A young woman (Zoe Saldana) grows up to be an assassin after witnessing her parents’ murder. Thinking it was an ordinary action movie, we passed over this one when it played theaters (even though it came from mildly weird director Luc Besson); we just now noticed the Amazon editorial review says it contains “a dash of oddball surrealism.” We prefer a lot more than a dash, but in a slow week we’ll take what we can get. Buy Colombiana
Love Exposure (2008): Shion Sono’s 4 hour (!) comedy epic involves Roman Catholicism, candid panty photos, and a butt-kicking, man-hating schoolgirl. Thanks to Olive Films, who really earn our respect lately by releasing this and Skidoo in the same calendar year. Buy Love Exposure
NEW ON BLU-RAY:
Columbiana (2011): See description in DVD above. Includes an UltraViolet digital download. Buy Colombiana [Blu-ray]
FREE (LEGITIMATE RELEASE) MOVIES ON YOUTUBE:
Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973): Gaseous vapors turn an embryo into an eight-foot sheep monster. Distributor Something Weird calls it “one of the weirdest, wackiest, oddballest monster movies ever made” (and they should know). Watch Godmonster of Indian Flats free on YouTube.
What are you looking forward to? If you have any weird movie leads that I have overlooked, feel free to leave them in the COMMENTS section.