This week’s list is generally unremarkable.
First, the DVD releases:
- 7th Heaven: The Sixth Season
- American Gangster – The Complete Second Season
- Army Wives: Complete First Season
- Bleach Uncut Season 1 Box Set
- Boondocks: Complete Second Season
- Bucket List
- Burst Angel Boxset
- Da Vinci’s Inquest – Season 3: This Canadian series got fantastic reviews for its entire run.
- DIC Gold Collection: The box art says it has six feature length animated films starring Archie, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Inspector Gadget, Dennis the Menace and others. I know nothing else about it.
- The Dukes of Hazzard Two Movie Collection: These are the two made for TV movies that followed the series with the original cast. These are not the theatrical remakes.
- Fantastic Four – World’s Greatest Heroes – The Complete First Season: Unlike the individual episode volumes, this is widescreen.
- Final Fantasy Unlimited: Complete Collection: Note that by “complete,” they mean every episode produced, and not the entire story which was later finished in other media, not yet released outside of Japan.
- Flatland: The Movie: Based on the Edwin A. Abbott novel, this is a direct to video educational movie voiced by Martin Sheen, Kirsten Bell and Michael York, among others.
- The Fugitive: Season Two, Vol. 1
- Funny Games
- GaoGaiGar King of Braves – Premium Box Collection: Volumes 1-5, Episodes 1-25. Box 2 will be out on August 19. Google tells me there were 49 episodes, so that should finish the run.
- The Grand
- Hawaii Five-O – The Fourth Season
- High Noon (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition)
- Home Improvement: The Complete Eighth Season
- Icons of Adventure Collection: Includes “The Pirates of Blood River,” “The Devil-Ship Pirates,” “The Strangles of Bombay” and “The Terror of the Tongs.”
- John Adams
- Jumper (Two-Disc Special Edition w/ Digital Copy)
- The List
- McLeod’s Daughters: The Complete Sixth Season
- Moeyo Ken TV Complete Collection
- My Boys: The Complete First Season
- Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok: Complete Collection
- Naruto Uncut Box Set, Volume 8
- Naruto Uncut Box Set, Volume 8 (Special Edition)
- Ninja Resurrection
- The Odd Couple: The Fourth Season
- The Other Boleyn Girl
- The Signal
- Soap: The Complete Series: This was an entertaining spoof.
- Sophia Loren 4-Film Collection: Includes “Neapolitan Carousel,” “Attila,” “Madame Sans-Gene” and “Sunflower.”
- Tekwar
- Waiting For God: Season Three
- What’s Happening: The Complete Series
- Witless Protection
Now, the Blu-Ray releases:
- Blu-Ray 12 Pack: Includes “Black Hawk Down,” “Casino Royale,” “The Fifth Element,” “Gattaca,” “Hellboy,” “House of Flying Daggers,” “A Knight’s Tale,” “Layer Cake,” “Spider-Man 3,” “Superbad,” “Talladega Nights,” and “Underworld Evolution.”
- Broken Trail
- Bucket List
- Jumper
- Natural Born Killers
- The Other Boleyn Girl
- The Professionals
- The Signal
- Witless Protection
Finally, the pick of the week. Based on my own viewings, I’d go with the Soap: Complete Series collection. Based on reputation, I’d go with The Bucket List in the highest definition your current hardware can handle.