{"id":635,"date":"2007-09-11T12:01:22","date_gmt":"2007-09-11T17:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/11\/dvd-pick-of-the-week-away-from-her\/"},"modified":"2007-10-25T16:26:48","modified_gmt":"2007-10-25T21:26:48","slug":"dvd-pick-of-the-week-away-from-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/dvd-pick-of-the-week-away-from-her\/","title":{"rendered":"DVD Pick of the Week &#8211; Away From Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000T5O48A?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=thecuttinroom-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B000T5O48A\" target=\"_blank\"><img src='http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/away_from_her_ver3.thumbnail.jpg' align='right' alt='Away from Her' \/><\/a>Let&#8217;s just abandon any idea that my picks of the week are recommendations from personal experience.  I only see about two or three films a month in theatres, so most of the time I&#8217;m going to be picking the films that I most want to see or that I&#8217;ve heard good buzz about.  And I&#8217;ve heard great buzz about Sarah Polley&#8217;s directorial debut, <i><b>Away from Her<\/b><\/i>.  I find it really interesting that Polley, who&#8217;s 28 and best known for her acting in indie films, chose to make her first film as a director about an aging couple dealing with Alzheimer&#8217;s.  And apparently she does a really great job, too, as does veteran actress Julie Christie as the struggling woman.  I&#8217;m always glad to hear about good films from women directors, because dang it, we need more good women directors.  So I&#8217;m hoping to catch <i>Away from Her<\/i> soon.<\/p>\n<p>Other notable releases this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000RO6JYK?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=thecuttinroom-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B000RO6JYK\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Bones<\/i>: Season Two<\/a> &#8211; I quite enjoy <i>Bones<\/i>, though there were several story decision in the latter half of Season Two that didn&#8217;t make a whole lotta sense<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000P6YNSO?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=thecuttinroom-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B000P6YNSO\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Grey&#8217;s Anatomy<\/i>: Season Three<\/a> &#8211; And I&#8217;m addicted to <i>Grey&#8217;s<\/i>, even though last year&#8217;s finale made me pretty mad, not to mention scared about how this season will go<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000R7GKQE?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=thecuttinroom-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B000R7GKQE\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Supernatural<\/i>: Season Two<\/a> &#8211; Lots of my friends watch this, but I never have. Someday. That&#8217;s what DVDs are for.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000T28PU6?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=thecuttinroom-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B000T28PU6\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Las Vegas<\/i>: Season Four<\/a> &#8211; Another one on my &#8220;eventually&#8221; list<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000OIOPHC?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=thecuttinroom-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B000OIOPHC\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Charmed<\/i>: The Final Season<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m amused that apparently the <i>Charmed<\/i> producers can&#8217;t even remember how many seasons there are; or they&#8217;re just happy to be done with it<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000RXZL0E?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=thecuttinroom-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B000RXZL0E\" target=\"_blank\"><i>I Dream of Jeannie<\/i>: Season Four<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000R7HY00?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=thecuttinroom-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B000R7HY00\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Snow Cake<\/i><\/a> &#8211; Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, and Carrie-Anne Moss deal with a tragic accident and autism, which just seems like too much depressing stuff for one movie.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s just abandon any idea that my picks of the week are recommendations from personal experience. I only see about two or three films a month in theatres, so most of the time I&#8217;m going to be picking the films that I most want to see or that I&#8217;ve heard good buzz about. And I&#8217;ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,8],"tags":[489,490],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":265,"url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/trailer-watch-opening-march-23-2007\/","url_meta":{"origin":635,"position":0},"title":"Trailer Watch &#8211; Opening March 23, 2007","author":"Jandy","date":"March 20, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been struggling to figure out how best to showcase upcoming films--if I use IMDb's release schedule, it's sometimes hard to find the trailers. If I use the trailer sites, it's sometimes difficult to get correct release dates. 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