New Releases For The Week Of November 21st, 2010

It's that time again, kids, so HERE.  WE.  GO!

New In DVD/Blu-Ray Stores This Week

• Murder She Wrote: The Complete 12th Season - You read that right.  12TH SEASON.  And it was the final season.
• Sting: Live In Berlin - He is doing this kinda cool thing where he is doing his songs with an orchestra.  Original?  No.  But still cool.
• Deadwood: The Complete Series (Blu-Ray) - If you haven't watched any of this show, DO IT NOW.  I'm sure it looks GREAT on Blu-Ray.  Don't have the kids in the room, though.
• Batman Beyond: The Complete Series - Surprisingly, I never watched this series that much.  But, it's a Batman property, so I'm putting it here.
• Countdown To Zero - A documentary on the quest to rid the world of nuclear weapons.  Nice sentiment, but as long as there are the Irans, Iraqs, and North Koreas of the world, it won't happen.
• Joaquin Phoenix: I'm Still Here - This is the documentary (Directed By Casey Affleck) of Phoenix's "Look at me, I want to be a rapper, and I have a crazy beard" thing.
• WWE Bragging Rights - Rent this.  Don't buy it.  Unless you are THAT MUCH of a completist.

New Releases In Your Local Music Store

• My Chemical Romance, "Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys" - Concept albums are these guys' bit, so expect nothing less here.
• Ne-Yo, "Libra Scale" - Yeah, so there's THAT.  This guy is in that "don't care either way" category for me.  Could take him or leave him.
• Jessica Simpson, "Happy Christmas" - Read today that her fiance kept the engagement ring in a shoe at her house for over a month.  Question is, whose shoe?  And do you want to wear a ring that WAS IN A SHOE FOR OVER A MONTH?
• Robyn, "Body Talk" - She has been promoting this album for over three months, and the critics seem to be liking it.  Welcome back, Robyn.  Still prefer the '90s stuff.

That's all I've got this week, kids!  Enjoy the holiday weekend, and we hope to see you next week!

BB

New Releases For The Week Of November 14th, 2010

It's time again, kids to check what else hits your stores that we didn't get to on The Clubhouse With Rob & Cody live each and every Tuesday night at 8 Eastern/5 Pacific on Ustream!  So here.  We.  GO!

New In Your DVD/Blu-Ray Store This Week

• The Kids Are All Right
• A lesbian couple raises their kids, and then the kids want to meet their biological father.  Julianne Moore and Annette Bening are the couple.
• Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore
• Enjoy THAT.
• The Complete Metropolis
• What many consider to be the original science-fiction movie has had some new footage uncovered recently, and the soundtrack has also been remastered.  If you are into older films, I am told by multiple sources that the transfer looks GREAT, and is worth the cash.
• Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol
• LOVED this cartoon growing up (I refuse to acknowledge the Leslie Nielsen debacle), and do remember watching this version growing up.  I still contend that this tale has been told WAY too many times, though.
• Modern Times: Criterion Collection
• The Charlie Chaplin classic gets the treatment from what Kevin Smith once called "The hallmark of movie collections".  He also had some choice words for DVD over Laserdisc that he later tounge-in-cheek took back.
• Heroes: The Complete Series
• Really.  Honestly.  The complete series is Season One.  Debate me.  I triple dog dare you.
• The John Cena Experience
• Sharla, this is for you.
• The Last Airbender
• I am shocked that this absolute financial failure took this long to get to DVD.  I do kinda feel bad for Shyamalan because he couldn't name it the animated series it was based on because Cameron stole "Avatar".

New In Your Local Music Store This Week

• "30 Rock" Soundtrack
• I am told there is some audio gold here.  I'll give it a spin, as I love the show.  Congrats to Tina Fey and the crew on some GREAT success!
• "Tangled" Soundtrack
• The movie comes out next week as Disney tries to get this holiday release thing back under control.  Looks like it could be fun, but I'm not sure I need the music from it.
• "Glee
• The Christmas Album": I think this pretty much explains itself.

That's it for this week, my friends!  Hope to have you on with us Sunday afternoon at 6:30 Eastern/ 3:30 Pacific for our Survivor Series pre-show, and then Tuesday night at 8 Eastern/5 Pacific for another LIVE edition of The Clubhouse With Rob & Cody  Join us, won't you?

BB

New Releases For The Week Of November 7th, 2010

We didn't have time for ANY of these this week on The Clubhouse With Rob & Cody this week, so we have a lot to cover!

In Theaters This Week

• Morning Glory: Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, & Rachel McAdams star in the story of a morning television show.  Hilarity may ensue.
• Skyline: Aliens invade.  What is interesting here is that this thing literally went from blank page to big screen in just about a year.  Might rent it later.
• Unstoppable: Denzel Washington (if I have to tell you who he is... I won't) and Chris Pine (the new Captain Kirk) try to stop a runaway train.  And no, I don't think the Soul Asylum song applies here.

On DVD & Blu-Ray This Week

• Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: Michael Cera falls in love with a girl, and in order to be with her, he must fight her 7 Evil Exes, Mortal Kombat-style.  Bummed I missed this in theaters, but I will DEFINITELY rent, if not buy.
• Grown Ups: Adam Sandler, Rob Scheider, Chris Rock, David Spade, Selma Hayek and Kevin James.  Do you NEED a plot here?  And I think we ALL know who was supposed to be in the Kevin James role here.  No disrespect, sir.
• Superman/Shazam: The Return Of Black Adam: Meh.  More interested in the other DC release this week. 
• Charlie St. Cloud: Zac Efron is a kid whose brother dies, and his ghost starts to slip away when he falls in love.  Teenage girls buying this by the dozen ensues.
• Knucklehead: Paul "The Big Show" Wight, Melora Hardin, Paul Feuerstein, and more.  Hilarity WILL ensue, and I will watch it.
• Ramona & Beezus:  Kids movie brought to light.  I am not the one to ask about this.
• Sherlock: Season One: This is a new series from the BBC, updating the detective into modern times.  I am slightly interested.
• Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 (Chicago): They do this in one city a year, and CLAPTON FOUNDED IT.  Sold.
• Californication: Season Three: Red Hot Chili Peppers sued them for the name.  And I'm pretty sure they settled out of court.  That's all I've got here.
• Lie To Me: Season Two: My wife was on board with this in Season One, but not after.  And I LIKE Tim Roth.
• Depeche Mode: Tour Of The Universe, Barcelona: Chad told me that Dave Gahan was having SERIOUS health issues when this was filmed.  Not quite sure why they went ahead and released it anyway.
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?: The Complete Series: This comes in a replica of the Mystery Machine.  That alone makes it cool.  Would prefer "The Scooby-Doo Movies".
• Arsenic & Old Lace: My mom LOVES this movie.  That is why it's on the list.
• Hell's Kitchen: Season Four: And Gordon Ramsay STILL gets work.
• Golden Girls: 25th Anniversary Complete Collection: Comes in a replica of a handbag.  And this was 25 YEARS AGO.  Wow.
• Tremors (Blu-Ray): Wasn't Reba McEntire in this?  Kevin Bacon was, I know that.  Great B-movie.
• Ocean's 11 50th Anniversary (Blu-Ray): Yes, this is the ORIGINAL with The Rat Pack.  MUCH better ending.  Check it out.
• Hunt To Kill: Latest from "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.  He kills people.  They probably don't kill him.
• Secret Origin: The Story Of DC Comics: THIS is the DC release I'm interested in.  Documenntary (DVD only) of it's history.  Want to double-feature this with "Waking Sleeping Beauty".

On Music Store Shelves This Week

• Reba McEntire, "All The Woman I Am": She's REBA.  That is all you need to know.  She's the Queen.
• Cee-Lo Green, "The Lady Killer": With the success of "F**k You," and a lot of critical buzz for the latest album from one half of Gnarles Barkley, I'm intrigued.
• Kid Rock, "Born Free":  Yeah, no.
• Lee DeWyze, "Lee DeWyze": Last season's "American Idol" winner releases his album.  I'll reserve judgement until I hear a couple of tracks.  BTW, this show is DONE.
• Nelly, "5.0": Given the not-so-success of his last two albums, the guy who is a proud member of the St. Lunatics (they're from St. Louis and they are Lunatics, get it?) pledges that this is the best thing he's done creatively in years.  Hope so.
• Bon Jovi: Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection": Until another few albums.
• Pink, "Greatest Hits... So Far!" Until another album.
• Rascal Flatts, "Nothing Like This": As long as it's better than their "CSI" episode, I'll give it a pass.
• Rihanna, "Loud": If "Only Girl (In The World)" doesn't get your energy up, check your pulse.  You may not have one.
• Alter Bridge, "AB III": Creed taking another break?  Or does Edge need a new theme song?
• Kid Cudi, "Man On The Moon 2: The Legend Of Mr. Roger": Supposed to be a concept album. ... 'Kay.
• Twista, "The Perfect Storm": Is this his first album since "Overnight Celebrity"?  Damn kids, get off my lawn!
• Lil' Boosie, Webbie, Lil' Trill & Trill Fam, "All Or Nothing": Did these guys decide to do a bunch of EP's and put them together?
• Now 36: For those of you that don't like to download singles individually.
• Dave Matthews Band, "Live In New York City":If his cover of "All Along The Watchtower" is here, I'll check it out.
• Elvis Costello, "National Ransom": This guy is a LEGEND.  And he's married to Diana Krall.  I am willing to check out anything this guy does once.  Plus, he was the first to change a performance mid-stream on "SNL".

Have a great week, kids!

BB

Change In The House Of Jerry

So, Wade Phillips is out as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.  At the end of Week 9.  And Jason Garrett is promoted.

Now I am not the Cowboy fan I used to be.  Truth be told, I became a fan when they drafted Emmit Smith.  They never took the place of my beloved Dolphins or my beloved Bucs, but I still rooted for them.

When I moved to Dallas, I realized the concept of "the culture of winning".  It happens here, it happens in New York, it happens in Chicago, it happens in Detroit (different sports, all, BTW).  This is not the same concept as "fair-weather fans" to me, as this is more "we were used to winning at one point, and now we're not".  Even the Dallas Stars, who one ONE STANLEY CUP 12 SEASONS ago suffer from this, as the game I watched this past Friday night saw a TON of lower level empty seats.

Anyway, to make you, the non Metroplex reader truly understand, I will quote a promo cut by a local radio personality (Dan McDowell) for the Rangers a number of years ago before the opening day of Major League Baseball: "We'll talk Rangers, and if they win, we're World Series bound.  If they lose, we'll talk about rebuilding for next year."  As funny as that sounds, that's the way it is here.  VERY hot & cold.

Now that this is in it's proper framework, here is why this is a TERRIBLE idea.

This team is 1-7 at this point in the season.  Looking at the rest of their schedule (@NYG, DET, NO, @ IND, PHI, WAS, @ ARI, @ PHI), there are no more than three winable games by my estimation, which puts the team at 4-12 at best.  At this point, you are playing to finish.

I have asserted all season that Jerry Jones has NEVER fired a coach mid-season before, and didn't think he would this time.  Well, as 4:00 Central time approaches and this actually comes to pass, here is the question: Is this REALLY the right move?

People have said for years that Garrett is the heir apparent to this team, but the offense has not been exactly stellar this year.  With losing Romo to injury (and remember what I have said: never trust a quarterback named Gus, Elvis, or Kitna), Kitna being Kitna, and the team in just plain disaray, why fire a guy and replace him with another guy from the same group?  Does this really change the team dynamic, or is it six of one and half a dozen of the other?

Given that we are realistically looking at a lockout next year, you don't want to put another head coach from the outside under contract so you can pay him to sit at the house.  So why not just let Philips (whom you are going to pay anyway) to finish out the year and get this thing done.  You won't need him after January 2nd anyway, so pay him to do SOMETHING.

I honestly don't believe that the players have given up on Wade; I believe the players have given up on THEMSELVES and THE SITUATION THAT THEY ARE IN.  I don't believe that Jason Garrett (former QB of this team himself... kinda) can turn the ship around, and he has to realize that he is being set up to fail here.  Any further meltdown of this team is going to hurt his stock to any other team in the league that may want to consider him in the off-season.  The argument can be made that his stock is already hurt, but the other side of that coin is that you'd still have a bit of the unknown of him as a head coach.

To me, the only sense that can be made here is if there IS a season next year, you give Garrett a full season with the team to see what he can do.  However, I honestly feel that even IF there is a season next year, Garrett won't be here either way.

Comments?  Join myself and Cody tomorrow night, and EVERY Tuesday night at 8 Eastern/5 Pacific for The Clubhouse With Rob & Cody on Ustream!  Start at our website and click on the microphone to get to the show page.  Hope you can either join us live or listen to any of our past shows in the archive!

BB

Extra Releases For The Week Of November 1st, 2010

Starting this week, and hopefully each week, I will be taking New Releases for movies, DVD/Blu-Ray, and music that we don't get to on The Clubhouse With Rob & Cody, which you can get to from The Show's Official Website and putting them here, so we can still highlight great stuff that you should check out!

DVD/Blu-Ray

• Phil Collins: Going Back Live
• This is a concert he did in his native country of England to coincide with his new cover album of 60's R&B classics.  I'd rent it, but he is also one of my leaders.  So take that for what you are paying for it.
• The Rolling Stones: Let's Spend The Night Together
• Another concert film.  You gotta admit: these cats are still getting it done live.
• Centurion
• Mark Cuban's company does their version of Robin Hood/300/Spartacus.  But it does have Dominic West in it, so it's got that going for it.  Which is nice.
• Mad About You: Season 5
• Only really watched a handful of episodes of this show.  Thought the finale was kinda weak.
• The Big 4: Live From Sofia Bulgaria
• Metallica.  Slayer.  Anthrax.  Megadeth.  Do I really need to say any more here?
• Highlander: Director's Cut and Highlander 2 (Blu-Ray)
• There can be only one.  Or two.  Or three. Or four and a TV show.
• The Sound Of Music (Blu-Ray)
• One of my wife's favorite movies.  Always found it kinda strange under the surface.
• V: Season 1
• This is the new version ABC is doing.  And that's what I have to say about that.
• The Facts Of Life: Season 5
• I actually watched this show when I was a kid and didn't realize it went this long.
• Beverly Hills, 9021: Season 10
• The final season of the original.  Again, I stopped watching when they graduated high school.  Cody was a fan all the way through.  He still is.
• Christmas Treats
• This features Christmas episodes of Happy Days, Mork & Mindy, The Odd Couple, Cheers, and The Beverly Hillbillies.  And at some point, I think Kevin Bacon shows up somewhere.
• UFC: The Ultimate 100 Greatest Fights
• I really put this in here for Misty, if I'm being perfectly honest.  And I really think that is what America expects from me.
• The Wiz (Blu-Ray)
• Made half of it's budget theatrically.  Actually made more than the other half in the home video market.
• UFC 118
• In case you missed it before.  This was the Couture vs. Toney fight as the co-main event, and you also had Penn vs. Edgar.  So there you go.
•  WWE Hell In A Cell
• I was there.  That's the only reason I will own it.
• Winnebago Man
• I actually want to see this documentary about this dude that is a YouTube sensation where he's just cussing like a sailor.  I've heard good f****n things.
• TNA Hard Core Justice
• They couldn't use "ECW" for this thing.  That's all you need to know.  And I'd almost take WWE's Tuesday night version of ECW over this.  Almost.
• Katt Williams: 9 Lives
• This guy's bits about getting shot and driving a Chrysler 300 alone gets him credibility with me.

Music Releases

• Joe - Home Is The Essence Of Christmas
• One of the most underrated R&B artists of our time.  Go back and check out some of his stuff when you get a chance.
• Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas II You
• The roman numeral is because this is her second Christmas album, following up 2004's "Merry Christmas".  Really enjoyed the first one, and this will be her last holiday season before becoming a mother.

That's all we've got for this week.  Remember to listen to The Clubhouse With Rob & Cody every Tuesday night at 8 Eastern/5 Pacific.  And if you miss us live, go to the page anyway to listen to all of our archived shows!  Hope to have you with us then!

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