None of the regular authors have had time for a Saturday review this week, but I did manage to put this together. If any one of you wants to grab a set of review templates and a set of rubrics to write a review to submit via the “Submit Article” link at the left, go right ahead.
First, the DVD releases:
- 52 Pick-Up
- Against Time
- Blood and Chocolate
- Blue Murder – Set 1
- Breach
- Charley’s Aunt
- Creature Features Collection: Includes “The Beasts,” “The Machines,” and “The Dead.”
- Criminal Law
- Deadwood – The Complete Third Season
- Diagnosis Murder – The Second Season
- Doc Martin: Series 1
- Ghost Rider (Extended Cut): I honestly don’t know what’s extended about it, but I suspect it’s the director’s preferred version, since it’s the only one available on Blu-Ray.
- The Hardy Boys Nacy Drew Mysteries: Season Two
- Hellboy – Blood and Iron
- The Hustler: A two disc collector’s edition.
- James Stewart: Screen Legend Collection: Includes “Shenandoah,” “The Glenn Miller Story,” “Thunder Bay,” “You Gotta Stay Happy” and “Next Time, We Love.”
- The Jeeves Collection: Includes “That You, Jeeves!” and “Step Lively, Jeeves!”
- John Wayne: Screen Legend Collection: Includes “Reap The Wild Wind,” “Rooster Cogburn,” “The Hellfighters,” “The War Wagon,” and “The Spoilers.”
- Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List – The Complete First Season
- Kung Pow – Enter The Fist (The Chosen Edition)
- Late Ozu – Eclipse Series 3 – Criterion Collection
- Masters of Horror – The Screwfly Edition
- Mile High – Season 2, Vol. 1
- Mile High – Season 2, Vol. 2
- Noah’s Arc – The Complete Second Season
- The Original Nancy Drew Movie Myster Collection: Includes “Detective,” “Reporter,” “Troubleshooter” and “Hidden Staircase.”
- The Practice – Volume One
- Primeval
- The Rat Patrol – The Complete Second Season
- Starship Troopers: I’d review this, but that would require watching it a second time. (I’d gladly review the book, though.)
- The Three Musketeers
- The Two of Us – Criterion Collection
- Daddy’s Little Girls
- Diary of a Mad Black Woman The Movie
- The Verdict (Two Disc Collector’s Edition)
- Waiting For God – Season Two
- Walker, Texas Ranger – The Complete Third Season
- Welcome Back, Kotter – The Complete First Season
- What’s Happening Now!! – The Complete First Season
Now, the Blu-Ray releases:
- Blood and Chocolate
- Cruel Intentions
- Daylight
- Ghost Rider (Extended Cut)
- Music and Lyrics
- Primeval: Part of me just looks at Michael Katleman director credit and the really low user scores on both Amazon.com and the IMDB. Other parts of me just keep screaming “Brooke Langton in high definition!”
- Seven Years In Tibet
Here are the HD DVD releases:
- Black Christmas (Unrated)
- Born on the Fourth of July
- Breach (DVD / HD DVD combo)
- Bruce Almighty
- Harsh Times
- Liar Liar
- Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life
- Music and Lyrics
- Sneakers: An underrated flick.
Finally, the pick of the week. If you’ve got HD-DVD capability, go for Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. The other 99+ % of the population should save their pennies for one incredible July.