Weekly New Releases – March 12, 2013

A generally light week, although there’s a lot of anime. Also, we hope you remembered to change your clocks if your region participates in Daylight Savings Time.

4 Film Favorites: Ben Stiller
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Tropic Thunder, Zoolander, The Heartbreak Kid and Envy
4 Film Favorites: Contemporary Westerns
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Appaloosa, American Outlaws, Jonah Hex and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
4 Film Favorites: John Grisham
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes The Client, The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker and A Time to Kill
4 Film Favorites: John Travolta
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Domestic Disturbance, Face/Off, The General’s Daughter and Swordfish
4 Film Favorites: Leslie Nielsen
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes the Naked Gun trilogy and Wrongfully Accused.
4 Film Favorites: Post-Apocalypse Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes The Omega Man, I Am Legend, Dark City and Logan’s Run, all of which are in the Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament
4 Film Favorites: Richard Gere
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes Sommersby, Nights in Rodanthe, American Gigolo and An Officer and a Gentleman.
4 Film Favorites: Robert Redford
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes The Great Gatsby, Indecent Proposal, All the President’s Men and Jeremiah Johnson
4 Film Favorites: Urban Life
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes ATL, Set It Off, New Jack City and Menace II Society
Alfred Hitchcock: The Classic Collection
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Includes Notorious, Rebecca and Spellbound
All the President’s Men / Three Days of the Condor
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
Amazon
  • 2 DVD Special Edition: US, CAN
Ben-Hur / The Ten Commandments
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Blade Runner: The Final Cut
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Part of the Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament. We intend to release podcasts about them all. Before recording a podcast, I go through all bonus features and commentaries and all available edits. Blade Runner is going to take a LOT of prep time…
Bleach Set 16
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
The Blob (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Part of the Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament. It shows up in week 21.
Brother Bear / Brother Bear 2
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray / DVD: US, CAN
Casablanca / African Queen
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Doctor Who: The Aztecs (Story 6)
Amazon
  • Special Edition DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Comments The William Hartnell years
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space (Story 76)
Amazon
  • Special Edition DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Comments The Tom Baker years
Dragon Ball Z Kai Season 4
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
  • Blu-Ray: US
Father Dowling Mysteries
Amazon
  • Season Three: US, CAN
  • Complete Series: US, CAN
Fraggle Rock: Complete Season One
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Green Mile / Forrest Gump
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Hellsing Ultimate Vols. 5-8
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray: US
iTunes
  • Vol. 5 Digital: US, CAN
  • Vol. 6 Digital: US, CAN
  • Vol. 7 Digital: US, CAN
  • Vol. 8 Digital: US, CAN
Comments Alex: I’m not sure how this differs from the collectors edition that came out earlier.
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: Season Four
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Hitchcock
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Amazon
  • Digital: US
Comments Blaine: Available in other formats next week. I’m not entirely certain that this is actually coming out early in Amazon’s digital format. No release date is listed here, and I’ve noticed them popping up early here and then reappearing a week later on the next week’s list.
Hunchback of Notre Dame 2 Movie Collection
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Jay and Silent Bob Get Irish – The Swearing O’ The Green
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Law and Order: Criminal Intent: The Final Year
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp: Season Two
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Life of Pi
Amazon
  • 3D Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Digital: US
Maria Watches Over Us – Season 4 (Litebox Edition)
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Ministry of Fear (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Mob Doctor: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Mulan / Mulan II
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray / DVD: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Penguindrum Collection 2
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
  • Blu-Ray: US
Queen’s Blade Complete
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Comments Alex: Though this series is trashy as all hell, for what it’s worth, the releases of this are keeping Media Blasters alive.
Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rise of the Guardians
Amazon
  • 3D Blu-Ray / Blu-Ray / DVD / Digital: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray / DVD / Digital: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray / DVD / Digital / 2 Hopping Eggs: US, CAN
  • DVD / 2 Hopping Eggs: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars (Litebox Edition)
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Comments Alex: Space opera adventure anime, unfortunately not one that I’ve seen… yet.
Spiders
Amazon
  • 3D Blu-Ray / Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Eighth Season
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Amazon
  • Season One DVD: US, CAN
  • Season Two DVD: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Comments The DVD releases are repackages of the broadcast episodes. If you already own the DVDs, you have everything but the new package already. If you have the Blu-Ray, you have more than this. The other five seasons follow on April 16.
Superman: Brainiac Attacks
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
TCM Greatest Classic Legends
Amazon
  • Judy Garland DVD: US, CAN
  • Natalie Wood DVD: US, CAN
  • Sidney Poitier DVD: US, CAN
Comments The Judy Garland set includes The Harvey Girls, For Me and My Gal, Summer Stock and In The Good Old Summertime. The Natalie Wood set includes Gypsy, Sex and the Single Girl, Splendor in the Grass and Inside Daisy Clover. The Sidney Poitier sets includes Something of Value, Edge of the City, A Patch of Blue and Blackboard Jungle.
Trigun: The Complete Series Box Set
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Comments Alex: Why have I not reviewed this yet? I own the darn thing and I’ve seen it before. Blaine: This is one of the few anime series I own as well, but I haven’t gotten around to watching it.
Vampire Princess Miyu TV Complete Collection
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Comments Alex: Anime series about a half-vampire girl who also is a vampire hunter.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Willow
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray / DVD: US, CAN
WWE Presents Wrestlemania
Amazon
  • Wrestlemania I DVD: US, CAN
  • Wrestlemania II DVD: US, CAN
  • Wrestlemania III DVD: US, CAN
  • Wrestlemania IV DVD: US, CAN
  • Wrestlemania V DVD: US, CAN
  • Wrestlemania VI DVD: US, CAN
  • Wrestlemania VII DVD: US, CAN
  • Wrestlemania VIII DVD: US, CAN
  • Wrestlemania IX DVD: US, CAN
  • Wrestlemania X DVD: US, CAN
  • Wrestlemania XI DVD: US, CAN
  • Wrestlemania XII DVD: US, CAN
  • Wrestlemania XIII DVD: US, CAN
  • Wrestlemania XIV DVD: US, CAN
  • Wrestlemania XV DVD: US, CAN
Xena: Warrior Princess: The Complete Fourth Season
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Zulu Dawn
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray / DVD: US, CAN

Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “since I doubt The Hobbit is actually getting an early release based on past experience, I’m going with Alfred Hitchcock: The Classic Collection.” Alex says, ” If you don’t want to wait for the DVD and Blu-Ray releases, well, there’s The Hobbit. Otherwise, I’m putting The Blob firmly in my to-watch list.”

6 replies on “Weekly New Releases – March 12, 2013”

  1. Jethro says:
    March 10, 2013 at 8:14 am

    I’m not getting The Hobbit until the boxed set with the entire trilogy in extended director’s cut is available on blu-ray (or whatever we have in 3-4 years).

    • W. Blaine Dowler says:
      March 10, 2013 at 9:07 am

      I’m tempted to do the same. I’m also tempted to get the bare-bones DVD edition or rent via iTunes to rewatch it before the release of part 2, and then do the same again before the release of part 3.

      • Jethro says:
        March 10, 2013 at 2:10 pm

        I dunno. I’m pretty good at remembering details, and I’m pretty sure I can remember the 30 minutes of stuff they added that wasn’t even remotely in the books. Plus most the stuff they changed from the books.

  2. Brian Rollins says:
    March 10, 2013 at 9:14 pm

    Casablanca and African Queen? My two favorite Bogart films on one set. Yes please.

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