Why is July a slower month for DVD releases? Does anyone know? Is there a good reason for that? August looks like a great month, at least as far as Criterion releases go.

But I've seen Combat Girls and it's actually not that good. The actors are decent and Alina Levshin is fantastic, but the whole film is full of clichés, is so naive and suffers from an obvious narrative. It looks as if the filmmaker had to use every little detail, secret symbols or aphorisms, he found and crammed it into the movie, mostly as tattoos on the main character's body. And as an portrayal of Neo Nazi youths I found it to be quite problematic. I'm not saying the depiction was unrealistic, but it seemed one dimensional and too easy. Young Neo Nazis portrayed as unemployed losers, school drop-out, post-teen virgins, or wannabe rebels. Listening to silly video and "let me tell how it used to be" propaganda from a creepy grandpa who just hangs with the "kids." That's too superficial and easy for my taste.