This week's pick, like usual, was a bit tough to make, but here goes. This week I pick: 13 Going on 30. Not the typical Draven99 fare, but I loved this film. It is Jennifer Garner's first shot at carrying a film as the star, and while not a great film per se, it is a lot of fun. It aspires to be Big, and succeeds on its own. It doesn't hurt that I have been a fan of Jennifer Garner ever since I first saw her during the first season of Alias.
This movie follows a young girl who wishes she were grown up, she wakes up and she is 30. Of course, this leads to much hilarity as she deals with the adult world, and brings a level of child like wonder to it. You will be able to make many parallels to Big, but it is so light hearted and enjoyable that it doesn't matter. Garner brings a wonderful charisma to the screen.
There are a few other titles of note this week:
- Abbott & Costello Volume 3: Another set of comedy classics, these sets are great and must haves for any comedy fan.
- The Black Hole: Disney's moderately successful into more grown up sci-fi material following the success of Star Wars. Fun, but not so great.
- Hidalgo: decent adventure movie with Viggo Mortensen.
- Garage Days: Alex Proyas' tale of a rock band on the climb. I haven't seen this, but looks good to me!
- Zombi 2 (25th Anniversary Special Edition 2-Disc Set): The unofficial sequel to Dawn of the Dead (which was released as Zombi in Italy), in restored gory glory. (Supposed to come out last week, but got postponed to this week for some reason)
- There are a few notable TV releases as well:
- Knight Rider Season 1: I loved this series as a kid, now I must own it!
- Sliders Seasons 1 and 2: A good series, but I didn't watch it much, I may revisit it now.
- Star Trek: TNG the Picard Collection: A set of 7 episodes from the series.
That's it for this week, obviously there are others out there, but these are what I chose to focus on. I hope you all find something to you taste.
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