New Release Tuesday and 1/2 !

I was looking through this weeks releases and there is not much worth covering, so I want to cover the good ones from last week that I didn't cover and 2 from this week.

Cursed Unrated Version : Kevin Williamson (the writer of Scream) and Director Wes Craven team up to bring us this modern teen-scene look at werewolves. Christina Ricci (who is very attractive in a way I just can't put my finger on) stars as a sister taking care of her younger brother after their parents die. A accident occurs (or is it) and they are both attacked by a werewolf and take on the curse. This is a interesting movie, and tries to scare you but also injects loads of humor and bloody eye-candy (created by SFX great Rick Baker). We even get to see Scott Baio play as himself. This is a definite see, but make sure you get the unrated version and not the PG-13 version. The disc contains 4 very entertaining featurettes.

Hostage : When you see Director Florent Siri's credits you see that his last job was directing the Splinter Cell video games. This might make you wonder about a feature film, and one that doesn't star a spy sneaking around. Rest assured, he does a good job with a great use of set design and lighting. Bruce Willis gives a solid performance as a retired hostage negotiator who is now a police chief in Ventura Co CA. He faces a major dilemma when a family is taken hostage in a house belonging to a accountant with ties to the mob, and then his own family is taken hostage by those same mob guys. This is a very good adaptation from the book by Robert Crais.

Also make sure to check out these other release:
The Jacket: Very moody film, but if you have seen Tim Robbins in Jacobs Ladder then you have seen this one already.
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Dangerous : Um Ok,,
OZ-Season 5 : One of the best shows on HBO comes back for another 3-disc set.

This week:

The Pacifier : Super tough guy Vin Diesel goes for his softer side in this PG kids-friendly Disney movie. Diesel is a Navy Seal who is sent to protect the family of a scientist, and of coarse then the mother must go out of town and leaves Vin to watch the kids all alone. Is this any way for Riddick to behave. It is a cute movie and Diesel has fun with it, even though it seems forced at points. The dvd has deleted scenes, bloopers and 3 featurettes.

Race With The Devil : This movie was released in 1975 and I remember being scared outa my pants watching this one night on late night TV as a kid. Peter Fonda stars in this tale of 2 couples out camping in their big RV and stumble across a satanic ritual in the woods. The rest of the movie is them running from these people, trying to get to safety. It also has one of the best surprise shock ending of its time.