

MGM will be releasing a series of three movie sets on August 14th under the guise of "College Essentials", each with a "SUBJECT" 101 theme. Each set will retail for about $26.98 and as you'll see, they've put together some rather eclectic combinations.ASTRONOMY 101: SPACEBALLS, BUCKAROO BANZAI, KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE This to me is the only one of these sets I could actually see myself purchasing. Though BUCKAROO BANZAI really didn't have an outer space theme to it. PHYSICAL EDUCATION 101: HOOSIERS, BULL DURHAM, KINGPIN This is precisely what I meant when I described these as "eclectic combinations". ROMANCE 101: HEARTBREAKERS, LEGALLY BLONDE, THE CUTTING EDGE Was LEGALLY BLONDE really a romance? When people think of that film do they talk about the film's romantic aspect? It's like labeling CLUELESS as a teen romance movie. MUSIC APPRECIATION 101: AIRHEADS, BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, THIS IS SPINAL TAP Hell, this should have been titled THEORY OF EVOLUTION 101. You got a total moron movie, then a moronic movie that has some genuine wit, and then a smart, funny flick about morons. COMPUTER SCIENCE 101: WARGAMES, ANTITRUST, HACKERS Well, at least you'll be getting one good movie in this set and if you have to ask me which one I'm talking about I might have to slap you... hard! HISTORY 101: PLATOON, DANCES WITH WOLVES, WINDTALKERS That combination of titles makes me want to start singing, "One of these things is not like the other..." ANATOMY 101: SHOWGIRLS, THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, SEX AND THE TEENAGE MIND Am I alone in having never even heard of SEX AND THE TEENAGE MIND? They pulling stuff out of their direct-to-DVD library to fill this one or what? PARTYING 101: BIO DOME, P.C.U., BACK TO SCHOOL If this was an actual college party BIO DOME and P.C.U. wouldn't even get in. Heck, BACK TO SCHOOL would probably be hazing them like the evil jocks from REVENGE OF THE NERDS. ANTI SOCIAL STUDIES 101: THE USUAL SUSPECTS, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, LEAVING LAS VEGAS Whoever at MGM got the idea to put these three movies together is either a total madman or a heavy drug user. |