Weekly Digital Disk Picks for March 6th, 2012

This is a huge week for library titles released for the 100th anniversary of Universal Studios.

Title Available Formats
Action
Action Adventure Spotlight Collection
Blaine: Includes The Bourne Identity, The Fast and the Furious, and the 1999 version of The Mummy.
Blade of Kings
Fan Favorites: Best of MacGyver
Jackie Chan 8 Movie Set
Blaine: Includes Operation Condor, Operation Condor 2: The Armour of God, Dragon Lord, Twin Dragons, Jackie Chan’s Project A, Jackie Chan’s Project A2, Supercop and The Accidental Spy
Anime
Grave of the Fireflies
Hetalia: Axis Powers – The Complete Series
Kimikiss: Pure Rouge Complete Collection
Alex: Harem romantic comedy.
Sands of Destruction: The Complete Series S.A.V.E.
Art House
Cinema Paradiso
Out of Africa
  • DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital combo: Amazon
Biopic
Frida
Classics (Cult)
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Blaine: This is the Roger Corman version with Jack Nicholson’s first on screen role, not the colour musical version.
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Classics (Traditional)
Classic Monsters Spotlight Collection
Blaine: Includes Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), The Bride of Frankenstein and Creature From the Black Lagoon.
Hollywood Legends Spotlight Collection
Blaine: Includes Harvey, Spartacus and Touch of Evil
Screen Couples Spotlight Collection
Blaine: Includes Charade, Double Indemnity, Pillow Talk and My Little Chickadee. The first two are great.
Comedy
’80s Comedies Spotlight Collection
Blaine: Includes The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Blues Brothers
  • DVD/Digital combo: Amazon
  • DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital combo: Amazon
Car Wash
Carry On Double Feature Vol. 1
Blaine: Includes Don’t Lose Your Head and Carry On Follow That Camel
Carry On Double Feature Vol. 2
Blaine: Includes Carry On Doctor and Carry On Up the Khyber
Comedy Greats Spotlight Collection
Blaine: Includes National Lampoon’s Animal House, The Blues Brothers, The Jerk and Car Wash.
Duck Soup
The Egg and I
Fan Favorites: The Best of Cheers
Fan Favorites: Best of Frasier
Fan Favorites: Best of Happy Days
Blaine: I find it suspicious that the “fan favorite” episodes from an eleven season run are all from the three seasons that have already been released on DVD.
Fan Favorites: Best of Hogan’s Heroes
Fan Favorites: The Best of the Honeymooners
Fan Favorites: The Best of the Odd Couple
Francis the Talking Mule
Jack and Jill
The Jerk
Kevin Smith Triple Feature
Blaine: Includes Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Clerks
Meet the Parents
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
My Man Godfrey
The Nutty Professor (1996)
  • DVD/Digital combo: Amazon
  • DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital combo: Amazon
Parenthood (1989)
  • DVD/Digital combo: Amazon
  • DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital combo: Amazon
Robot Chicken Star Wars: 1-3
The Search for One Eye Jimmy
Stiff Upper Lips
Striptease
Blaine: This was based on a hilarious book, but the comedy didn’t seem to translate to the screen very effectively. Speaking as someone who worked at a theatre when it came out, I think it’s safe to say that Demi Moore’s topless scenes are the main draw.
Sullivan’s Travels
Three Smart Girls
Young Adult
Documentary
Drama
9 1/2 Weeks
54
Best Picture Winners Spotlight Collection
Blaine: Includes Out of Africa, A Beautiful Mind, All Quiet on the Western Front and Going My Way
Disclosure
Forest Warrior
Gilmore Girls: The Complete Seasons One and Two
Hawthorne: Complete Third Season
Inspirational Favorites Spotlight Collection
Blaine: Includes Apollo 13, Field of Dreams, and Seabiscuit.
The Last Temptation of Christ
Nip/Tuck: The Complete Seasons 1 and 2
The Skin I Live In
Top 21 of 21 Jump Street
Vision Quest
Family
Adventure Time: It Came From the Nightosphere
Blaine: I keep hearing great things about this series.
Animal Movies: 12 Family Film Pack
Blaine: Includes A Dog’s Tale, Christian the Lion, Finn on the Fly, George!, Lassie the Painted Hills, Poco Little Dog Lost, The Adventures of Gallant Bess, The Big Cat, The Red Fury, White Fang to the Rescue, Wind Dancer, and Wild Fire the Arabian Heart
Benji (1974)
Despicable Me
  • DVD/Digital combo: Amazon
  • DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital combo: Amazon
Ferngully: The Last Rainforest
Fraggle Rock: Wembley’s Egg
The Lion King 1 1/2
The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride
Looney Tunes: Best of Bugs Bunny
Blaine: The reviews bash it for only including three cartoons, but the official runtime is 66 minutes.
Looney Tunes: Unleashed
Blaine: As with the other release, bad reviews indicate three titles but the runtime is 66 minutes.
Tennessee Tuxedo and his Tales: Complete Collection
Timeless Classics – Family Fun 12 Pack
Blaine: Includes Alice of Wonderland in Paris, A Dog of Flanders, The Borrowers, Seven Alone, Sounder, Mary White, Toby McTeague, The Over the Hill Gang, Misty, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Adventures of Heidi, and The Over the Hill Gang Rides Again.
Tooth Fairy 2
Transformers Prime: Season One
Fantasy
Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season
Immortals
Alex: The sword-and-sandal film from the director of “The Fall”.
Horror
Masters of Terror Vol. 3
Blaine: Includes The Prophecy, The Crow: Wicked Prayer, The Nameless and Ritual
Monster Movie 12 Pack
Blaine: includes The Creeping Terror, Gamera the Invincible, The Crater Lake Monster, Attack of the Monsters, Bride of the Gorilla, Horror High, Horror of the Zombies, The Wasp Woman, The Horrors of Spider Island, Kong Island, Land of the Minotaur, and Snowbeast.
Music / Musical
Elvis Four-Movie Collection, Vol. 2
Blaine: Includes Blue Hawaii, Easy Come, Easy Go, King Creole and Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Footloose (2011)
Musicals Spotlight Collection
Blaine: Includes Mamma Mia! The Movie, Jesus Christ Superstar and Flower Drum Song
Mystery
Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Series 3
MI-5: Volume 10
Reality
Romance
The Town
Science Fiction
Seasonal
A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
Sports
Friday Night Lights
Blaine: For some reason, season three is not being rereleased at this point.
Superhero
Suspense
Charade
Columbus Circle
Dead in the Water
Reindeer Games: The Director’s Cut
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
To Catch a Thief
War
The Deer Hunter
John Wayne Adventure Three Pack
Blaine: Includes Donovan’s Reef, Hatari! and In Harm’s Way
Western
Cimarron City: The Complete Series
Destry Rides Again
John Wayne Western Three Pack
Blaine: Includes The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Sons of Katie Elder and The Shootist
Westerns Spotlight Collection
Blaine: Includes High Plains Drifter, Destry Rides Again and Winchester ’73
Wyatt Earp’s Revenge

Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “the combination of Charade and Double Indemnity at that price makes Screen Couples Spotlight Collection my pick of the week.” Alex says, “While I admit I haven’t seen Game of Thrones yet, it’s definitely going into my Netflix queue, as, well, since I don’t have HBO I haven’t had a chance to watch it until this release.”

5 replies on “Weekly Digital Disk Picks for March 6th, 2012”

  1. The Grail, she be temping, but alas, I already own two DVD versions (regular, and the special anniversary edition)… One must wonder if it’s really worth the upgrade.

  2. Ah, the romance of the Grail. The Meaning of Life is also up this week, I see. Yeah, I wonder about any upgrade to Grail, since it used cheapness as an asset.

    Some recommendations, sort of:

    The original Little Shop of Horrors is worth seeing once; I don’t know if I’d recommend buying it. The Kevin Smith collection has two of his better films, Clerks and Chasing Amy, the Universal Monster collection’s not a bad lot, if you don’t already have their earlier versions, The Deer Hunter is another must-see, and I recommend Fast Times at Ridgemont High to those who might be skeptical of an 80s teen film (and the other two in that package have some interesting depictions of high school nerds)

    We also have some interesting curiosities: The Egg and I introduced Ma and Pa Kettle, and Car Wash while hardly a masterpiece, is an interesting bit of 1970sana.

  3. I wonder if the Jackie Chan collection is the ones with the original, horrible and awesome dubbing, or the new ones where Jackie Chan went back and re-recorded the audio with his own voice. Because those are nowhere NEAR as hilarious.

      • Nothing like Jackie Chan walking around and calling people “Old chap” in a perfect English accent.

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