Every Tuesday, Laura sits down for a talk with Todd Brashear, founder of Wild and Woolly Video. Todd, a devoted film buff, runs down the week's new DVD releases, including gems you may have missed the first time around. It's a look at what is hot and what is new.
Todd reviews new DVD releases such as Harry Brown, Marmaduke, 9th Company, Red Riding 1974 Trilogy, several TV shows and Leonard Cohen’s Bird On A Wire.
Todd Brashear from Wild and Woolly admits to some clunkers in this week’s new DVD releases, but also turns us on to some great indie flicks like City Island, Ajami and Dungeon Masters!
Cemetery Junction, Me and Orson Wells, Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, Dark and Stormy Night, Dexter: Season 4, and HBO’s Temple Grandin are expertly reviewed.
Back from vacation, Todd, in a relaxed manner, reviews what’s new on DVD including Death At A Funeral, The Joneses, Louie Bluie, Town Called Panic and Date Night.
Chrystal fills in for Todd and nearly outshines him with her reviews of Diary of A Wimpy Kid, A Prophet, Ghost Writer, and Kick-Ass.
Sheila Berman from the local film making competition 48 Hour Film Project tells us all about this year’s festival. Chrystal from Wild and Wooly reviews Repo Men, The Art of The Steal, Operation Endgame, and the Clash of The Titans remake.
Todd reviews the new biopic about Joan Jett’s first band called The Runaways and also reviewed is Cop Out, The Losers, Look Around You, and Galaxy of Terror.
Todd reviews The Greatest with Pierce Brosnan, Bounty Hunter with Jennifer Aniston, Chloe with Liam Neeson, and Ben Stiller’s new film called Greenberg.
Todd reviews The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo now on DVD based on the book that everybody is reading right now including me so I asked him not to reveal too much and he obliges. Also reviewed is the new doc on The Doors called When You’re Strange, Brooklyn’s Finest, and A Single Man.
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, The White Ribbon, Don McKay, The Crazies, Hot Tub Time Machine and the making of The Rolling Stones’ Exile On Main Street are reviewed.
Wild and Wooly turns 13 and we talk about the upcoming celebration at Headliners on Friday, June 25th with Roky Erickson and more. New on DVD we have A Romantic Comedy, Remember Me, The Last Station, and The Green Zone.
Tracy Heightchew from the Louisville Film Society tells us about the Flyover Film Festival this weekend at the Ky. Center For The Arts. Todd reviews a couple of videos including Shutter Island.
Alice In Wonderland with Johnny Depp is out as well as a new BBC nature doc. called Life. Also, Wild & Wooly now carries players for movies of “other regions” which Todd explains what that means for us. And The Wolfman is now out on DVD as well.
Todd Brashear was a member of the influential band Slint and has been busy working on a 20th Anniversary re-issue of their famous album Spiderland and also a documentary due out at the same time. He talks about that plus reviews what’s new on DVD such as The Road, True Blood: Season 2, The Mystery Team, and Dear John.
Crystal Glover fills in for Todd and gives us the lowdown on Lebowski Fest 2010, Wild and Wooly’s 13th Anniversary Party, and what’s new on DVD including Invictus, Valentine’s Day, Extreme Measures and The Messenger.
Todd reviews new on DVD such as Daybreakers, Legion, Daria, North Face, and Edge of Darkness.
Allergy season is discussed a bit plus new films are reviewed on DVD such as Leap Year, Nine, Tooth Fairy, Tetro, William Cunsler: Disturbing The Universe, and the re-issues of Rock ‘N’ Roll High School and Dr. Zhivago.
Todd and guest host Kyle Meredith talk derby to each other then movies. It’s Complicated, District 13: Ultimatum, 5 Minutes in Heaven, The Descent 2, and The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassis are reviewed.
Todd tells about seeing AC/DC recently plus reviews what’s new on DVD such as Crazy Heart, Lovely Bones, Young Victoria, Mammoth, 44 Inch Chest, and Last One.
Happy Birthday to Todd! He rocks! He also reviews what’s new on DVD such as Defendor, Slammin’ Salmon, and Pirate Radio.
Reviews of Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, The Killer, An Education, The Baader-Meinhof Complex and Sherlock Holmes.
Todd’s longtime friend and Louisville musician Will Oldham aka Bonnie Prince Billy stop by during our Spring Membership Drive. We give away his new CD and talk about the new album plus Todd does his usual reviews. Brothers, Men Who Stare At Goats, Blindside, The TAMI Show, Mad Men Season 3, The African Queen, Bigger Than Life & The Fantastic Mr. Fox are released on DVD.
Good stuff this week now on DVD such as Astro Boy, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Did You Hear About The Morgans, The 4th Kind, Broken Embraces, Ninja Assassin, and The Princess & The Frog. Twilight 2 gets it’s own release this Saturday!
Todd talks about the Oscars for a bit then we get down to the new films on DVD such as 3 kid films released this week plus Boondock Saints: 2, Capitalism: A Love Story, Up In The Air, and Precious based on the novel Push by Saffire.
Todd returned from Austin, Texas with a few tales to tell plus he reviews several new films on DVD including 2012, Gentlemen Broncos, Ponyo, and Where The Wild Things Are.
Besides Todd’s past jobs which are discussed he also reviews a new zombie film called Dead Snow, Nurse Jackie: Season 1, Cirque du Freak – The Vampire’s Assistant, The Box, The September Issue, Everybody’s Fine and The Informant!.
Todd reviews the new Chris Rock doc. called Good Hair, Coco Before Chanel, Law Abiding Citizen, and Black Dynamite.
Todd braves drastic weather conditions to give us reviews on Couples Retreat, Step Father, Bronson, The Time Traveler’s Wife, a new doc. called Coal Country, and the Coen Brothers’ film A Serious Man that was nominated for Best Picture this year.
Todd shares his theory and feelings about Jennifer Aniston plus reviews new DVDs such as Amelia, New York I Love You, Love Happens, House of The Devil, and Zombieland. The 2010 Oscar nominees are also discussed.
Todd reviews a lot of stuff including Surrogate, Whip It, Saw VI, This Is It, Soul Power, Bright Star, The Boys are Back, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, and The Rockafire Explosion which causes some controversy about pizza parlors that the audience gets involved in.
