Every year, there is a lull in theatrical releases because (aside from the week of Christmas and New Year’s) people typcially stop going to theatres between (U.s.) Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day. We are now in the DVD/Blu-Ray release cycle corresponding to this period. Expect several weeks worth of decent library titles, but no real doorcrashers.
| Title | Available Formats |
|---|---|
| Action | |
| Crows Zero | |
| Alex: Live action prequel to the popular juvenile delinquent manga “Crows” from director Takeshi Miike. | |
| Dragon Dynasty Collection 2 |
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| Contains the Shaw Brothers films Avenging Eagle, Blood Brothers, Golden Swallow, and Killer Clan | |
| Anime | |
| Dream Eater Merry: Complete Collection | |
| Alex: Romantic comedy anime about a boy who can predict peoples dreams trying to help an attractive “dream demon” return to the dream world. | |
| Art House | |
| A Dangerous Method | |
| Biopic | |
| Confucius | |
| Classics (Cult) | |
| Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXIII |
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| Includes King Dinosaur, The Castle of Fu Manchu, Code Name: Diamond Head and Last of the Wild Horses. | |
| Classics (Traditional) | |
| David Lean Directs Noel Coward (Criterion Collection) | |
| Comedy | |
| Buster Keaton at MGM Triple Feature |
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| Includes Parlor, Bedroom and Bath, Speak Easily and The Passionate Plumber | |
| Come Blow Your Horn | |
| It’s Only Money | |
| South Park: The Complete Fifteenth Season | |
| Who’s Got the Action? | |
| Who’s Minding the Store? | |
| Documentary | |
| Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | |
| Metal Evolution |
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| Alex: 11 Episode documentary series from VH1 Classic charting the history and evolution of Metal. | |
| Drama | |
| Assault on a Queen | |
| Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | |
| I, Claudius – 35th Anniversary Edition |
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| Special Edition of the classic BBC miniseries. | |
| In The Land of Blood and Money |
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| A Night to Remember (Criterion Collection) | |
| About the sinking of the Titanic. | |
| No Man of Her Own |
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| Family | |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | |
| Lego: Ninjago Masters of Spinjitzu |
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| Fantasy | |
| Dragonheart |
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| Horror | |
| Music / Musical | |
| Verdi’s Macbeth | |
| Alex: The Royal Opera’s production of Verdi’s operatic adaptation of The Scottish Play. | |
| Mystery | |
| Reality | |
| Romance | |
| The Bodyguard |
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| Blaine: No, this isn’t an opportunistic cash grab. This item was on the release schedule for this date before Whitney Houston died. It was much, much lower on the sales list, but it was there. | |
| Casablanca (70th Anniversary Edition) |
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| Science Fiction | |
| Eureka: Season 4.5 |
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| Seasonal | |
| Sports | |
| Superhero | |
| Suspense | |
| War | |
| Western | |
Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “the next release that gets me truly excited is over a month away.” Alex says, “I’m going with the new edition of I, Claudius.”