We told you things would pick up in February.
First, the DVD picks:
- Air Bud: Golden Receiver
- Amelia
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Vol. 3
- Best of Family Feud: 43 episodes
- Best of the Match Game: 30 episodes
- Best of Password: 32 episodes
- Best of the Price is Right: 26 episodes
- Beverly Hills 90210: Season Nine
- Casablanca
- The Delightful Forest: Alex: Shaw Brothers film, with a title that doesn’t seem to fit, going from the plot summary and the cover art.
- Doctor Who: The Complete Specials: Includes “The Next Doctor,” “Planet of the Dead,” “The Waters of Mars” and “The End of Time” Parts 1 and 2
- Doctor Who: The End of Time, Parts 1 and 2
- Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
- Dragon Ball: Season 3
- Driving Miss Daisy
- Dynasty: Season Four, Vol. 2
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Season 1.3
- Heroes Shed No Tears: Alex: Another Shaw Brothers film.
- Hitler’s Bodyguard
- Kirsten Dunst 2 Pack: Includes “Deeply” and “Lover’s Prayer”
- L.A. Confidential
- Lean On Me
- London Betty
- Love Happens
- Malcolm X
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season Six
- A Mind to Kill: The Complete First Series
- Mister Ed: Season Two
- Murder, She Wrote: Season Eleven: Blaine: This series lasted 12 seasons in total.
- Nana: Uncut Box Set Vol. 4
- New York, I Love You
- Night Court: Seasons 1 and 2
- Ong Bak 2: The Beginning (Two Disc Collector’s Edition): Alex: A prequel to Tony Jaa’s breakout hit martial arts film.
- Ong Bak 2 (Widescreen Edition)
- Planet Hulk (Two Disc Edition): Blaine: Based on the 14 issue comic story arc.
- Planet Hulk (Single Disc Edition)
- Ramen Fighter Miki Complete
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- Scholastic Storybook Treasures Giant Bundle With Plush: There are 35 unspecified DVDs in this set.
- She-Wolf of London: The Complete Series
- The Shining: Reviewed here.
- Skull Man: The Complete Collection
- Super Mario World: Koopa’s Stone Age Quests
- TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Marx Brothers: Includes “A Day at the Races,” “A Night in Casablanca,” “Room Service” and “At the Circus.”
- TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Romance: Includes “Splendor in the Grass,” “Love in the Afternoon,” “Mogambo” and “Now Voyager.”
- TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Sci-Fi Adventures: Includes “Them!,” “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “World Without End” and “Satellite in the Sky.”
- Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases, Vol. 4
- Training Day
- Triangle (Regular Packaging)
- Triangle (Lenticular Packaging)
- Universal Soldier: Regeneration
- The Wolf Man (Special Edition): Blaine: A new release of the first film of the franchise from 1941, which was covered in this review by Timeshredder.
- Wolverine and the X-Men: Fate of the Future
- Zane’s Sex Chronicles
- Zomebieland
Now, the Blu-Ray picks:
- Amadeus
- Amelia
- An American In Paris
- The Babysitters
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Casablanca
- The Departed
- Doctor Who: The Complete Specials: Includes “The Next Doctor,” “Planet of the Dead,” “The Waters of Mars” and “The End of Time: Parts 1 and 2.”
- Doctor Who: The End of Time, Parts 1 and 2
- Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Gangs of New York
- Gigi
- The Godfather
- The Godfather: Part II
- He Was A Quiet Man
- Hellboy: Sword of Storms and Blood and Iron: Alex: Both Hellboy Animated films on one Blu-Ray. Sword of Storms was my first review for the Bureau.
- The Last King of Scotland
- Love Happens
- Maid in Manhattan
- Man From Earth
- March of the Penguins
- Million Dollar Baby
- Mona Lisa Smile
- The Music Man: Blaine: This is definitely one of the better musicals. Between Robert Preston’s charisma and the fact that it actually makes sense for these particular characters to break into song, it’s one of the ones that requires the least suspension of disbelief.
- Mystic River
- New York, I Love You
- Ong Bak: Thai Warrior: Alex: The aforementioned breakout hit for Jaa.
- Ong Bak 2: The Beginning
- Pan’s Labyrinth
- Planet Hulk
- Training Day
- Triangle
- The Unforgiven
- Universal Soldier: Regeneration
- Walk the Line
- Zombieland
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “As much as I loved Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, I cannot in good consense reccomend the Blu-Ray release, as it lacks the Criterion Collection special features – or any other special features for that matter. Not even the commentary with Terry Gilliam. So, I’m going to make my pick be the Hellboy Blu-Ray collection. I’ve seen both Hellboy Animated films, and I was very impressed by them.” Blaine says, “I haven’t seen the Doctor Who specials yet, though I have preordered the Blu-Ray box. Of those I have seen, Casablanca, The Music Man and L.A. Confidential are all must-see titles from their respective genres.”
Zombieland!
I’ll be picking that up for certain, and probably passing on everything else.
A second vote for Zombieland. I didn’t have very high expectations going into it but was pleasantly surprised that it was pretty good.
I may pick up Planet Hulk, Marvel animated has been decent lately, even if the Hulk Vs. movies were horribly overpriced.
Oh, and in case you couldn’t infer from the title, Zane’s Sex Chronicles is a Skinemax-esque TV show, except from HBO. Consider yourself warned.