We’ve got another week aiming for the Christmas shoppers.
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2 Days in New York |
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2001: A Space Odyssey / Clockwork Orange / The Shining Triple Feature |
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Three of Kubrick’s best films, two of which are in our Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament. |
Austin Powers Triple Feature |
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Barbarian and the Geisha |
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Brave |
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Children Who Chase Lost Voices |
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Alex: The new film from Makoto Shinkai (director of Voices of a Distant Star). Blaine: Part of this week’s Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament qualifying round. |
D.W. Griffith’s Abraham Lincoln (1930) |
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The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Complete Series |
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Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe |
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Blaine: As with all Doctor Who product, there is a significant price difference between digital and physical products. Look closely before making your final buying decision. |
Doctor Who: Episode 57 – The Claws of Axos (Special Edition) |
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Blaine: iTunes doesn’t carry the bonus features of the Special Edition releases of classic Doctor Who, but I encourage price comparisons again. I don’t find special features on anything (including Criterion titles) would be enough to make up for differences this extreme. |
Doctor Who (2005): Series Seven, Part One |
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Blaine: Yes, this is a rapid rerelease. I’m listing it again because it’s great stuff and because it was clearly in demand and can now be found again at retailers that were previously out of stock. |
Duck Dynasty: Season One |
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Duck Dynasty: Season Two |
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Film Noir Collection: Volume One |
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Includes Union Station, Appointment with Danger, Dark City and Rope of Sand. |
Flintstones: The Complete Series |
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Friends: The Complete Series |
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Harold and Kumar: Christmas Ultimate Collector’s Edition |
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Hellsing (Anime Classics Collection) |
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Alex: The earlier anime series from Studio Gonzo that was kind of inferior to the manga and to the later Hellsing Ultimate series. |
Hellsing Ultimate Boxed Set 2 |
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Alex: Contains episodes 5-8, and a slipcover box that will hold both combo sets. Also, RightStuff is offering a Hellsing Organization patch with each order (in case you want to let the vampires around you know that they’re on notice). |
The Incredible Mel Brooks: An Irresistible Collection of Unhinged Comedy |
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Blaine: A six disc collection of Mel Brooks’ TV appearances and works. |
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
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Kino Classics: The Selznick Collection |
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Includes Nothing Sacred, A Farewell to Arms, A Star is Born, Bird of Paradise and Little Lord Fauntleroy. |
Lawrence of Arabia |
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Lost Girl: Season Two |
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Marvel Knights: Astonishing X-Men Blu-Ray Box |
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Blaine: The motion comics adaptation of the entire Whedon/Cassady run on Astonishing X-Men, which was fantastic in print but left me unsatisfied after I watched the first episode in motion comic form. |
Marvel Knights: Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable |
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The fourth and final Whedon/Cassady motion comic adaptation |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding |
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Ocean’s Eleven / Twelve / Thirteen Trilogy |
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The Otto Preminger Collection |
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Includes Hurry Sundown, Skidoo and Such Good Friends. |
Pixar Short Films Collection 2 |
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Includes Your Friend the Rat, Presto, BURN-E, Partly Cloudy, Dug’s Special Mission, George and A.J., Day and Night, Hawaiin Vacation, Air Mater, Small Fry, La Luna and Time Travel Mater as main features, and the following student films as bonus features: Nitemare, The Lady and the Lamp, Somewhere in the Arctic, A Story, Winter, Palm Springs and Next Door. |
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) |
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Real McCoys: Season Two |
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Ristorante Paradiso |
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Alex: Anime series about a young woman who ends up working at a restauraunt in Italy. |
Savages |
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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Complete Series |
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Packaged in the Mystery Machine. |
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season 2 Part 1: Danger in the Deep |
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Sergei Eisenstein: Double Feature |
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Includes Battleship Potemkin and Strike. The first in the set, Battleship Potemkin, revolutionized the way films are edited, and was a major driving force in the transformation of films from animated postcards and recorded plays into a unique medium. |
Sgt Frog Season 3 |
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Superman: The Movie / Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut / Superman Returns Trilogy |
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Blaine: Two of these are in our Greatest Science Fiction Film tournament, and all will receive the podcast treatment as part of the Silver Screen Superman series that starts in January. |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Classic Series Collection |
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Blaine: This was the series I grew up with, and is packaged in the Turtle Van. |
Trilogy of Life (Criterion Collection) |
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Includes The Decameron, The Canterbury Tales and Arabian Nights. |
Watchmen Collector’s Edition: Ultimate Cut+Graphic Novel |
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Weekend (Criterion Collection) |
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Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “the Kubrick and Superman three packs are the most appealing titles this week.” Alex says, “I can’t say no to Lawrence of Arabia on Blu-Ray.”
I would say “Brave” is my pick of the week followed closely by Pixar Shorts Vol 2.