Movie of the Week: Superman Unbound

It's a fact that I like cartoons. Animated features are always cool to check out, and Netflix has a bunch so you can always go there. But over the past few years, DC Comics and Warner Brothers have been putting out some great straight to dvd movies. They offer more than the live action market which is just Batman, Green Lantern, and soon the new Superman movie. Most of these animated movies are retellings of popular trades released some time ago. Like the Batman: Year One series or several other Superman stories.

What I like about these is that you can just jump right in. No bullshit explaining who Superman is or what he can do. They expect you to know that by now, and no, not every straight to dvd movie is a sequel to the last. So you don't have to have seen that one. They are much like an animated tv show, only in a 90 minute chunk.

Superman Unbound is based on the Superman: Brainiac story. It brings in Supergirl, the city of Kandor, and of course the villain Brainiac. While the trailer below is a bit silly, what with the "Welcome to Erf" line, it is an over all enjoyable experience. So if you enjoy DC Comics, or their movies, or even watched their cartoons as a kid, you'll like Superman Unbound! Go rent it, or wait for it to eventually come on Netflix.

Silver Linings Playbook Review Podcast

"After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own." - IMDB.

Silver Linings Playbook stars Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, and the return of Chris Tucker. This won some awards, got nominated for others, and was received pretty well. I just came out on DVD so you should pick it up and check it out. Tune in on this Sound Board filled episode and see what the guys had to say.

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Movie of the Week: Sonic The Hegdehog: The Movie

Let me start with a story. For those of you who don't know, I'm a huge Sonic the Hedgehog fan. I fell in love with the character when my dad traded our Nintendo and games in and got the Sega Genesis with two games to start; Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse and the original Sonic The Hedgehog. Not long after that, I got Sonic 2, Sonic 3(This as a Link To A Video Of Me Playing Sonic 3!), Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bead Machine, Sonic Spinball, Sonic and Knuckles and so on. I bought the comics and stayed up late to watch the sneak peak of the cartoon on TGIF on ABC introduced by Jaleel White (at the time I didn't make the connection that it was introduced by the guy who voiced the cartoon Sonic). I even drew pictures on Sonic and my teacher bought me stickers cuz he was on them. I was hooked, and had everything Sonic I could. And one day, at the mall with my mom, we were at the games store Babbage's and there it was. The Sonic The Hedgehog: The Movie on VHS. It was $10. I but no matter how much I begged, my mom wouldn't get it for me. I was told "next time." But there was no next time. It was the last one when I was at that store the last time, and when we went back it was gone. We checked the Suncoast Videos, not there. Blockbuster video to rent it, not there. I always kept an eye out for it but I never did find it.

Years went by, the internet came into houses. And I found that I could buy it! From $18 on dvd to over $100 still sealed VHS copies. Being that I'm currently unemployed, I can't afford to buy it but I found it entirely online on youtube! Awesome. I linked it below so you can watch it too.

This is amazing. As a huge fan of Sonic, I was so excited to see that it was the same style of art from the Sonic CD anime intro and outro videos. Localisation to US edited the VHS version of the film, but the DVD and version below are unedited. Including Sonic getting hit in the balls, Tails grabbing some tits, and Sonic giving Metal Robotnik the finger. If you enjoy anime and old school OVA style stuff, you'll like this. It's over the top, silly, funny, dumb, great action, and just my childhood wrapped up into a blue ball of "Fuck Yeah."