April DVD & On Demand Releases a la the Film Fatales

The Film Fatales give you a quick rundown recent films we previously reviewed that are slated for April release on DVD and On Demand. Here's the scoop: 

APRIL 1st:

ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES

HOW WE SAW IT:   

Nicole: I’ve waited long for this day…and I’m relieved to say the sequel to Anchorman did not disappoint. Phew! If you’re worried that this movie won’t be filled with the same brand of ridiculousness, the same flavor of sassy one-liners, the same tasteless and unPC gags – let me allay your fears: It’s just as wonderfully tacky and quotable as the first. 

elizabeth: I was laughing to myself. I do that often. It keeps people away from me. It had nothing to do with Ron Burgundy and his entourage. Okay, full disclosure here – Steve Carell did a good job playing a man who isn’t quite wired like the rest of us. His childlike antics did propel a chuckle or two out of me. He was the only good part of this film. And that guy Champ made me very uncomfortable while Paul Rudd is still adorable in plaid. But the movie sucked. There I said it.

The Film Fatales give ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND CONTINUES

(Well, one of us would like to give it only ½ stilletto).

 

APRIL 8th: 

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG

HOW WE SAW IT:

Nicole: Enough can’t be said about Jackson’s WETA team. From special effects, to costuming, to set dressing – this movie is a feast for the eyes. Just wait till you get a load of Smaug (brilliantly voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch). Fanboys and Fangirls around the world have been clamoring to see The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and it’s no wonder –it’s pure genius. I find it hard to leave the theater after Jackson’s forays into Middle-Earth…wanting to linger a little longer in his imagining of Tolkein’s universe.
 

elizabeth: Please get out of Middle-Earth and join the rest of us. And you can bring your new friends Thorin Oakenshield and Tauriel. I am sure they are in need of hot shower or two. I’ll bring the soap. 

The Film Fatales give THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG 

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

HOW WE SAW IT:   

 

elizabeth: Humor can masterfully mask great pain, while great pain needs humor in order for the human spirit to survive. I went into this movie knowing that it wasn’t going to be a love fest, but a close look at what happens when emotional wounds do not heal and are left to fester and grow. For anyone going to this movie and believing that you are going to a see comedic piece with a brilliant cast (thanks to the moronic advertising campaign out here), prepare to be mistaken. There is really nothing funny about August: Osage County. It is the great American Tragedy.  Whatever humor makes its way out of the muck is to keep the audience from leaving the theater screaming.

Nicole: Can I just give you a slow, praise-worthy round of applause here? That was so perfectly summed up, I don’t really have anything to add that could remotely do your description justice.

The Film Fatales give AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

APRIL 15th: 

THE INVISIBLE WOMAN

HOW WE SAW IT:  

For our review, please visit our home across the pond at SMITTEN BY BRITAIN.