There have been better weeks.
First, the DVD picks:
- The Code
- Confessions of a Shopaholic: Single disc edition.
- Confessions of a Shopaholic: Two disc edition
- D-Gray Man Season 1 Pt. 2
- Darker Than Black Vol. 5
- Death Note: Re-Light Vol. 1: This is a re-telling of Death Note through the eyes of Ryuk. I haven’t seen the series yet, but from what I understand, what helped make the show good was the cat-and-mouse game between Light and L. I don’t know how this will effect the presentation of that story, and whether it will make things better or worse.
- Dragon Hunters: Regular Edition
- Dragon Hunters: Bonus edition with free comic book, for exactly the same price (currently) as the regular edition.
- The FBI Files: Best of 1998-2000
- The FBI Files – The Best of…. – AS SEEN ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL! 6 DVD Set
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa Special Edition
- The Girls Next Door: Season Five
- Inkheart
- Jesus’ Son
- Johnny Legend Presents: Vampire Chronicles, Vol. 1 – The Devil Bat / An American Vampire In London
- Johnny Legend Presents: Vampire Chronicles, Vol. 2 – Hannah, Queen of the Vampires:
- Johnny Legend Presents: Vampire Chronicles, Vol. 3 – Last Man On Earth / Atom Age Vampire
- Johnny Legend Presents: Vampire Chronicles, Vol. 4 – Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride
- Johnny Legend Presents: Vampire Chronicles, Vol. 5 – Vampire Bat / Dead Men Walk
- Kyo Kara Maoh! Season 1: This is a re-release by Funimation of a show rescued from Geneon about a boy who ends up becoming the king of the Demon World.
- Last Year at Marienbad (Criterion Collection): Also on Blu-Ray
- Love, Murder and Deceit
- Moeyo Ken: The Complete Series: It’s an anime set in an alternate Meiji-era where monsters work with Samurai (it’s sort of a boy-and-his-pet-monster show).
- The Monster Squad: The Complete Collection: This is the 1970s TV series, not the later movie.
- Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit Volumes 3 & 4
- My Dinner With Andre (Criterion Collection): Wallace Shawn before “The Princess Bride.” The movie is a dinner conversation formed by combined actual conversations Wallace Shawn had with his friend Andre Gregory.
- Phoebe in Wonderland
- The Pink Panther 2
- Reba: Season Six
- Romeo x Juliet: Romeo Collection 1
- Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection
- Two Outs, Bottom of the Ninth Inning
- Waltz With Bashir: Yeah, this movie is from Israel rather than Japan, but they stuck it under “Anime & Manga”, go figure. Anyway, this film got an Acadamy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film – unfortunately I wasn’t able to see it in theaters, but I’ve heard very good things about it. Also on Blu-Ray.
Now, the Blu-Ray picks:
- The Code
- Confessions of a Shopaholic
- Dragon Hunters
- Inkheart
- Last Year at Marienbad (Criterion Collection)
- Origin: Spirits of the Past
- The Pianist
- Pink Panther 2
- Waltz With Bashir
Finally, the picks of the week. AceCaseOR says, “Tom and Jerry: the Chuck Jones Collection – There isn’t particularly anything else of note this week that I’ve seen (though, if you’re looking for a Blu-Ray title, I’d go with Waltz With Bashir, even though I haven’t seen it).” Fiziko says, “this week is pretty poor. If you must, grab a Criterion release; I’ve heard amazing things about My Dinner With Andre but haven’t seen it myself. Personally, I’m holding off on this week to save room in the budget for July 28 and/or September 1, both of which are loaded with good stuff.”
I think this is a good week to buy a new video game.
By which I mean a really old one from the discount bin.
Myst is a classic, and they have an updated version that works with WinXP (Myst Masterpiece Edition).