DVD/Bluray: Little Voices & Lion Roars
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 11:00AM 
It's time to talk about this week's big DVD/BluRay releases and a few from last week since we neglected to mention them. The big one is of course Pixar's hit Inside Out which you were surely reminded of this Halloween weekend -- popular group costume! It's likely to end 2015, once Star Wars 7 & Hunger Games 4 arrive, as the fifth most ginormous hit. It's also looking like a good bet for a Best Picture nomination with the box office being so rough for more traditional Oscar types.
Tim and I both highlighted Inside Out in our halfway year in reviews (Tim's / Mine) because it's delightful, and moving, and a true return to form. Are you eager to revisit it?
It's all about the little voices in your head. But only five of them? I've got at least nine. Which begs the question...
Other New Releases
• Best of Enemies - documentary (Amir's Review)
• Digging For Fire -from the prolific Joe Swanberg
• End of the Tour - Won very strong reviews but little public interest
• Max - did you know heroic military dogs can get PTSD?
• Pixels - Adam Sandler vs video games (Tim's Review)
• Seymour an Introduction - documentary (Glenn's Review)
• She's Funny That Way - a comedy via Peter Bogdanovich
• Southpaw - Jake Gyllenhaal vs his demons + abs/guns
• Vacation - the sequel meant to reignite the franchise
Curio Pick: The most compelling of the non Pixar new releases is surely the big cat epic Roar (1981), the infamous cult movie starring mom & daughter Tippi Hedren & Melanie Griffith, both of whom were injured (along with many other cast & crew) on set. What is it with Tippi Hedren and violent animals? See also: The Birds.
DVD, Inside Out, Roar, Tippi Hedren, cats, polls, zoology
Reader Comments (9)
Hmmmm, with End of the Tour and Steve Jobs both underperforming, it's almost as if people might not always be interested in spending two hours with difficult straight white guys just because they're talented! But I doubt Hollywood will think of that.
I think Inside Out is based on theory that there are only those 5 main emotions and other emotions are combinations of two or more like melancholy is sadness and joy. And I think lust would be joy and a physical sensation like taste is, plus some kind of rational decision (that Riley represents, even if in the film there was no lust obviously and she was not making a lot of decisions at all since she was confused).
DJDeeDay - They may notice the diminishing returns, but they will continue to make the movies, because the stories of difficult white guys are the stories that NEED TO BE TOLD.
"She's funny that way" is such a bummer - I was really rooting for it, but there's just not a lot there.
"Roar" is really singular but a tough watch. Everyone on screen seems so visibly in danger at all times that you almost begin to forget how film works. Really loses that border between fiction and reality. No one can finish a line of dialogue without a big cat interrupting them, every shot gets disrupted because the cats will just wander in front of the camera, etc. It's a miracle they even tried to edit anything together from it at all.
If anyone's interested, Wild Tales, Saint Laurent, and some other really good movies are on sale for $14.99 this week on Amazon.
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I wish I could say I loved The End of the Tour. Lots to like. I couldn't vibe with it though. Found their portrayal of Wallace so intensely depressing at all times; like a big bright sign saying, "I will commit suicide eventually."
DIGGING FOR FIRE!!!!
"Max - did you know heroic military dogs can get PTSD?"
I'm imagining a harrowing scene where the dog barks his war memories to his therapist and I can't stop laughing.
Hey, THE HILLS HAVE EYES PART II had a dog flashback way back in the day, so it's not that far of a stretch.