Weekly New Releases – February 5, 2013

There are some very interesting digital releases this week, including some titles that are hitting digital a week before physical media, and some classic Best Picture Oscar winners coming to Amazon’s digital format.

Above Suspicion Series 2
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Alex Cross
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray / Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD / Digital: US, CAN
  • Digital: US
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
The Andy Griffith Show: Embossed Slim-Tin Packaging
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Animaniacs, Vol. 4
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: Finally, after years of waiting, the last 24 episodes of the series are out on DVD.
Argo
Amazon
  • Digital: US
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Comments This has been cleaning up at industry awards.
Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Digital: US
Comments Blaine: The 1999 original is #70 on the IMDB worst 100 movies of all time list. The 2004 sequel is #4 on that same list. This was originally named (and is still listed on the IMDB as) Baby Geniuses 3: Baby Squad Investigators. I do not understand why the franchise is still alive.
The Ballad of Narayama (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Bela Lugosi: Scared to Death Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes White Zombie, The Death Kiss, The Whispering Shadow, Chandu on Magic Island, The Mysterious Mr. Wong, Murder by Television, Shadow of Chinatown, The Phantom Creeps, The Devil Bat, Invisible Ghost, The Gorilla, Spooks Run Wild, Black Dragons, The Corpse Vanishes, Bowery at Midnight, The Ape Man, Ghosts on the Loose, One Body Too Many, Scared to Death and Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla.
Best of the Naked City
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes 40 episodes.
The Beverly Hillbillies: Collector’s Edition
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Bonanza: Collector’s Edition
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Cabaret
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Casshern: Sins – The Complete Series, SAVE Edition
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
  • Blu-Ray: US
Comments As seen on Toonami.
The Cider House Rules
Amazon
  • Digital: US
Deadfall
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Digital: US
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Emma: A Victorian Romance – Season 1
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Comments As the title states, this is a Victorian romance anime.
Flight
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Digital: US
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Gunsmoke: The Seventh Season, Vol. 2
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Here Comes the Boom
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray / Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD / Digital: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
House of Cards Trilogy
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth: 25th Anniversary Edition
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
A Late Quartet
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Laura
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments One of the great film noir movies.
Life is Beautiful
Amazon
  • Digital: US
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Munsters
Amazon
  • Season One DVD: US, CAN
  • Season Two DVD: US, CAN
Comments The series only lasted two seasons.
My Worst Nightmare
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Nosferatu
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments The silent classic with a new soundtrack by Del Rey and the Sun Kings.
Peter Pan
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/App: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Shakespeare in Love
Amazon
  • Digital: US
Side by Side
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Skyfall
Amazon
  • Digital: US
So Undercover
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Southland: The Complete Second, Third and Fourth Seasons
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
A Star Is Born
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Toriko – Part 2
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Tyler Perry’s Madea Gets a Job: The Play
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Digital: US
Ultimate Spider-Man: Avenging Spider-Man
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Virginian Season 7
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN

Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “If you can’t wait (or don’t want to wait) for the DVD or Blu-Ray, go with the Amazon Instant video release of Skyfall. Otherwise, I’d recommend Volume 4 of Animaniacs or Joseph Cambell: The Power of Myth.” Blaine says, “I also vote for Animaniacs this week, and Skyfall in your preferred format between Feb. 5 and 12.”

One reply

  1. I’m sure it’s as terrible as its reputation, but Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla ranks among the greatest titles of the twentieth century, clearly.

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