Top 5: Quirky DVD Rentals
Our staff lets you in on the best DVDs to grace their players this year.
Maria, Copy chief
The Lookout
This
under-the-radar gem examines a fallen high school hockey star who,
after suffering a devastating brain injury, tries to regain his life
and is manipulated into becoming a bank heist "lookout."
Sarah, Editor-in-chief
The Lost Boys of Sudan is like a modern The Gods Must Be Crazy,
following the fate of thousands of orphaned children who walked across
the desert to safety, and the two who were chosen to go to America.
Athena, Toronto editor
Junebug
This
sweet and poignant charmer explores the disrupted family dynamic of a
North Carolina brood when the prodigal son—and his chic new wife—return
to his childhood home in North Carolina for a brief visit from the big
city.
Tara, Publisher
Once
This
refreshing and truthful modern musical follows a down-and-out musician
and a Czech immigrant in Dublin falling in love while writing and
recording music: a 2007 critical favourite.
Marianne, Montreal editor
Freaks & Geeks: The Complete Series
Executive produced by Knocked Up's Judd Apatow, this dry comedy series makes us feel a lot better about our own tortured high school years.