Looking to build your HD DVD collection? This is a good week to shop. If not, don’t spend Tuesday night watching DVDs, spend it in line for a “Live Free Or Die Hard” midnight screening.
First, the DVD releases:
- The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3: The Complete Series: I picked up the Captain N set. It doesn’t age well.
- Agatha Christie’s Poirot – The Classic Collection, Vol. 2
- Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman: The original cult classic.
- Being John Malkovich
- The Big Lebowski: If he invites you for dinner, don’t have the turkey.
- Black Snake Moan
- Caged
- Cult Camp Classics 1 – Sci-Fi Thrillers: Includes “Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman,” “Giant Behemoth” and “Queen of Outer Space.”
- Cult Camp Classics 2 – Women In Perial: Includes “The Big Cube,” “Caged” and “Trog.”
- Cult Camp Classics 3 – Terrorized Travelers: Includes “Hot Rods To Hell,” “Skyjacked” and “Zero Hour!”
- Cult Camp Classics 4 – Historical Epics: Includes “The Colossus of Rhodes,” “Land of the Pharaohs,” and “The Prodigal.”
- Dead Silence
- The Giant Behemoth
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. – Second Season
- Hammer Film Noir 6: Includes “The Black Glove” and “The Deadly Game.”
- Hammer Film Noir 7: Includes “The Unholy Four” and “A Race For Life.”
- La Jetee / Sans Soleil (Criterion Collection): The excellent “12 Monkeys” was a remake of “La Jetee,” now available from the Criterion Collection. ‘Nuff said.
- Land of the Pharaohs
- Miami Vice: Season Five
- Monk – Season Five
- Monk Season Five / Psych Season One double pack: I usually don’t list the shrink wrap collections, but this one’s a a much lower price point than the sum of the two, and they do seem to be similar items.
- Naruto, Vol. 13
- The New Adventures of Batman: The animated series with Adam West and Burt Ward as voice actors.
- The New Adventures of Superman: The animated series that returned Bud Collyer to the voice work.
- Pride
- The Prodigal
- Psych – The Complete First Season
- Reno 911! – The Complete Fourth Season
- Santa Claus Conquers The Martians: A true Christmas classic.
- Shooter
- Silent Greats: The Ultimate Collection
- Trog
Now, the Blu-Ray releases:
Here are the HD DVD releases:
- American Me
- Army of Darkness
- Black Snake Moan
- Bulletproof
- Dead Silence
- Hustle and Flow
- Mallrats
- Meet Joe Black
- Mystery Men
- Unleashed
- The Watcher
Finally, the pick of the week. This isn’t the strongest line of titles. There are some good HD DVD archive titles out, and you can never go wrong with Monk, Santa Claus Conquers The Martians or the Warner Cult Classic collections, but nothing really stands out as the cream of this week’s crop.