On Demand Weekly

On Demand Weekly provides new movie reviews of hot movies on demand from the POV of watching from the comfort of your home. Today’s review: KABOOM (Sundance Selects).

KABOOM is a film that’s so absurd, so over the top; the storyline defies all imagination, plus Director Gregg Araki has cast nothing but gorgeous youngsters and a couple gorgeous not-so-young folk, too. KABOOM exists entirely for the moment, in the moment.

 

Greg Araki

 

It’s the Kuchar Brothers mixed with John Waters mixed with early Gregg Araki…which means, it’s not for everyone, but it’s thoroughly entertaining. Just don’t think or look too hard for meaning. In the end, you’ll get it if you let yourself go for the ride.

 

The story: a college freshman, Smith (Thomas Dekker), who is sexually “undecided” arrives at a UCLA–like university with his best high school buddy, Stella (Haley Bennett) who just happens to be a lesbian. His roommate, Thor (Chris Zylka) is a hunky surfer-dude, dumb as a doorpost, who lusts for waves and girls. Their resident advisor is a druggy, older student called The Messiah (James Duvall). Or so it all seems…

 

The Movies On Demand MOD January Preview of The Indies has arrived. Highlights of the new release schedule for January, 2012 include PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES, DIRTY GIRL, HELL AND BACK AGAIN, THE OTHER F WORD and more. People who missed these highly-regarded titles can catch them on demand in January.

Almost every indie new release listed comes to Movies On Demand either before or the same day as DVD.

Enjoy On Demanding this month!


Indie Titles:

THE GUARD – Premieres January 3
R, Comedy
Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle

Same day as DVD


PERFECT SENSE – Premieres January 6
TV-MA, Drama
Ewan McGregor, Eva Green

Before theatrical release


BENEATH THE DARKNESS – Premieres January 6
PG-13, Thriller
Dennis Quaid, Tony Oller

Same day as theatrical release


THERE BE DRAGONS – Premieres January 10
PG-13, Drama
Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley

Same day as DVD, Weeks before Netflix & Redbox


HIGHER GROUND – Premieres January 10
R, Drama
Vera Farmiga, John Hawkes

Same day as DVD


DIRTY GIRL – Premieres January 17
R, Comedy
Juno Temple, Jeremy Dozier

Same day as DVD