Weekly New Releases – Feb. 25, 2014

It’s one of the best weeks in some time.

300 Spartans (1962)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Above Suspicion: Set 3
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Adventure Time: The Complete Third Season
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Appleseed XIII: Tartaros & Ouranos
Amazon
  • DVD/Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD/Blu-Ray: US
  • DVD: US
Comments Alex: A TV CGI adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s manga Appleseed.
Blue is the Warmest Color (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Digital: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Breathless (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Bullet
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Di Gi Charat Winter Garden
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Comments Alex: Sequel to the gag anime Di Gi Charat, set in the main character’s high school years.
Frozen
Amazon
  • Digital: US, CAN
iTunes
  • Digital: US, CAN
Comments Available as a physical product on March 18.
Ghost Adventures: Season 5
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Girl Und Panzer OVA Specials
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
  • Blu-Ray: US
Comments Alex: A collection of side stories related to the anime series about the High School girls sport of Tankery.
Gravity
Amazon
  • 3D Blu-Ray/Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Harry Potter Hogwarts Collection (Amazon Exclusive)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
Comments Includes all 8 movies in a 31 disc set.
Ice Soldiers
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
K – The Complete Series
Amazon
  • DVD/Blu-Ray Combo (Special Edition): US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD/Blu-Ray Combo (Special Edition): US
  • DVD: US
Comments Alex: Anime series about a high school student falsely accused of killing a member of a clan of people with super-powers. Special edition comes with a chipboard artbox and an artbook. If ordered from RightStuf, while supplies last, both the DVD and the combo release will come with decals.
King of the Hill (Criterion Collection) (1993)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
L.A. Law: Season One
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Last Stand of the 300 and Other Famous Greek Battles
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Law and Order: The Fourteenth Year
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Legit: Season One
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Lily C.a.T
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Comments Alex: Another early ’80s science fiction OVA, this time from Hisayuki Toriumi, the director of Gatchaman and the Area 88 OVA.
Love, Election and Chocolate Complete Collection
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • Blu-Ray: US
  • DVD: US
Comments Alex: Anime series about an elite private high school’s Food Research Club. The problem is that the president of the student council hates chocolate, while the heads of the club love it.
Mama’s Family: The Complete Third Season
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Mamoru Oshii’s Dallos
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Comments Alex: One of Mamoru Oshii’s early OVA series from the early ’80s.
The Middle: Season Four
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Mighty Space Miners
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Rightstuf
  • DVD: US
Comments Alex: Yet another science fiction OVA, this time from 1994, from Umanosuke Iida, the director of Tide-Line Blue, and the second half of the Mobile Suit Gundam 08th MS Team OVA.
Monsters: The Complete Series
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Mr. Nobody
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Nebraska
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Sci-Fi Creature Classics – 4-Movie Set
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Includes 20 Million Miles to Earth, The Giant Claw, It Came From Beneath the Sea and Mothra.
The Shadow (Collector’s Edition)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Blaine: The subject of a future podcast, many years down the road.
Sword of the Assassin
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Wuxia film.
Tess (Criterion Collection)
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray/DVD: US, CAN
Thor: The Dark World
Amazon
  • 3D Blu-Ray/Blu-Ray/Digital: US, CAN
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Ultimate Horror Classics
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
Comments Includes The Ghoul, White Zombie, The Vampire Bat, The Phantom Ship, Dr. Maniac – The Man Who Changed His Mind, King of the Zombies, Chamber of Horrors, The Dead Eyes of London, Crimes at the Dark House, The House on Haunted Hill, The Last Man on Earth, Mania – Flesh and the Fiends, The City of the Dead, Carnival of Souls, Sweeney Todd, The Hounds of Zaroff, Svengali and The Terror, with release dates ranging from 1931 to 1964.
The Waltons: The Complete Seasons 1 and 2
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
The Wedding Pact
Amazon
  • DVD: US, CAN
WWE Presents The Royal Rumble 2014
Amazon
  • Blu-Ray: US, CAN
  • DVD: US, CAN
Comments Alex: C.M. Punk’s last event with the WWE.

Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “Thor: The Dark World is the best of the titles I’ve seen, but Gravity is high on my must see list.” Alex says, “Thor: The Dark World is my definite pick of the week.”

2 replies on “Weekly New Releases – Feb. 25, 2014”

  1. We’ve reviewed the three strongest entries, Gravity, Thor: the Dark World, and (somewhat unusual for us, but it’s based on a graphic novel and one scene features a “Jane” hat) Blue is the Warmest Color.

    Ultimate Horror seems an odd mix of memorable, terrible, and ones which might be either– I haven’t seen’em all.

    And, if you’re a fan of family-friendly drama, the two seasons up of The Waltons are their best. Unfortunately, I cannot find anything indicating the tv-movie that became the show’s retroactive pilot (The Homecoming: A Christmas Story) appears with the episodes.

    OT: Obligatory Canadian reaction for 2014/02/23:

    Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

  2. Thor is a sure thing. I want to rent Gravity eventually but I’m just not so sure about it.

    I remember going to see The Shadow during its initial theater run and liking it, but that was many years ago. I have only caught fragments of it on TV ever since. I may eventually pick it up.

    In other news probably worthy of its own story/discussion: Heroes is coming back on NBC. Yes, that Heroes. Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.

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