Today on DVD: In the Loop

This is a forecast you can count on, too! Behold! There's a nice wintry mix of entertainment moving onto the shelves today.

First, I have to talk about In the Loop, hands down, the funniest movie I've seen in a very long time. The world is at stake. It hinges on words - an accidental utterance...and misunderstandings, and ego, and, of course, politics. It's political satire. It's Dr. Strangelove turned upside-down, inside-out, and on its ear for a new era. Its language, the likes of which you've never heard, is scathing, wildly creative (um, some may say "filthy"), rapid-fire, and relentless. Proving that bad language is not always a sign of no or low intelligence, a team of writers is responsible for this brilliantly smart, exhausting, and screechingly hilarious film from the other side of the pond that does not stop its assault until the credits roll.

Also out today on DVD:

And, new to the book shelves today: