Weekly New Releases – October 30, 2012

As new series get the full season pickup decisions, the season passes are showing up in the iTunes store.

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Collection
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: I own and love the DVD collection with the same titles: Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, Rope, Rear Window, The Trouble with Harry, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds, Marnie, Torn Curtain, Topaz, Frenzy and Family Plot.
All in the Family: Complete Series
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Amazing Spider-Man
Amazon
  • Digital rental: US
  • Digital purchase: US
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: This is only out in digital formats this week. The physical product has been pushed back to Friday, November 9, and I don’t know if the digital versions will follow suit or not.
Americano
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • Digital: US
  • DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Arrow, Season 1
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: The CW’s new show, now on episode 3. If you get the season pass, you’ll get those three episodes now and the other 19 as they come out. If you’ve already picked up an episode or two, you can use “complete my season” to get the rest at no extra charge.
Brain
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
C: The Money of Soul & Possibility Control (Limited Edition)
Amazon
  • DVD/Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD/Blu-Ray: US
Comments Anime series about a poor college student who wagers his future in a bizarre series of contests.
The Campaign
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Digital: US
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
The Case for Christmas
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
A Christmas Story 2
Amazon
  • DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: Set five years after the original. Instead of a Red Rider BB gun, Randy wants a car. I don’t see how that can work with only a five year gap… Also, I know that this was listed on iTunes last week, but I can’t find it today.
Chuck: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: This was a great show. The poor customer reviews on Amazon seem to be based on an older MSRP.
Complete Fractured Fairy Tales
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Copper: Season One
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Dave’s World Season 3
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Dreamworks Holiday Classics
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Includes Marry Madagascar, Shrek the Halls and Gift of the Night Fury.
Elementary, Season One
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: I’ve found the first four episodes quite enjoyable.
Fafner: Heaven and Earth
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray: US
Fireplace
Amazon
  • 3D Blu-Ray / Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: Okay, I can understand getting the fireplace home video to run in the background as Christmas approaches, but in 3D? Do people actually sit down and watch it, or are they going to be walking around with battery operated glasses at all times to this is 3D in their peripheral vision?
First Position
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Digital: US
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Happy Endings, Season Three
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Hellsing Ultimate Vol. 1-4
Amazon
  • DVD/Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD/Blu-Ray: US
iTunes
  • Vol. 1 Digital: US, CAN
  • Vol. 2 Digital: US, CAN
  • Vol. 3 Digital: US, CAN
  • Vol. 4 Digital: US, CAN
Comments This is a license rescue from Geneon.
House of Dark Shadows
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Season Eight
iTunes
  • Digital: US
Little Rascals: Best of Our Gang
Amazon
  • 3D Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
March of the Wooden Soldiers
Amazon
  • 3D Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Max Fleischer’s Superman Collector’s Edition
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: Includes 17 shorts I’ll be podcasting about in January and February.
Metalocalpyse: Season 4
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
My Favorite Martian: Season 3
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Night of Dark Shadows
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Nikita, Season Three
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
One Piece Season 4, Voyage 2
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Outlaw Brothers
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Dragon Dynasty release of a martial arts film directed by Frankie Chan.
Rosemary’s Baby (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Ruby Sparks
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Digital rental: US
  • Digital purchase: US
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Safety Not Guaranteed
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Digital rental: US
  • Digital purchase: US
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: I haven’t seen this movie, but it made our list of films to vote for in the Greatest Science Fiction Film tournament as one of the entries in week 20.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Digital: US
Comments Blaine: It’s getting the Kino Classics treatment. It’s also public domain now, so you can download it for free through podcasts like the Cult of UHF via iTunes.
Streets of San Francisco: Season Five
Amazon
  • Vol. 1 DVD: US, CAN
  • Vol. 2 DVD: US, CAN
  • Complete DVD: US, CAN
Three Stooges in 3D
Amazon
  • 3D Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Un-Go: Complete Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
  • Blu-Ray: US
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Comments Alex: Anime detective series.
Blaine: Only the first three episodes can be downloaded from iTunes at this time, but the season pass is available to obtain the complete set as it becomes available.
The Vampire Diaries, Season Four
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
WWE Presents Brock Lesnar: Here Comes The Pain – Special Edition
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN

Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection or Chuck, take your pick.” Alex says, “This week I’m going with the Hellsing Ultimate boxed set.”