Clint Eastwood fans are going to love this week. We’ve also tried colour coding the genres to help them stand out, as requested. Did it work? Should we try something else?
| Title | DVD Release(s) | Blu-Ray Release(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Action | ||
| Bad Boys | Blu-Ray | |
| Blaine: I quite enjoyed this one. The sequel was a different story. | ||
| Gen-Y Cops | DVD | |
| Alex: The sequel to the Jackie Chan produced martial arts cop flick Gen-X cop. The first one wasn’t bad, so I might be interested in giving this one a try. | ||
| Prince | DVD | |
| Alex: This looks like a Bollywood martial arts film, which is notable only in that I’ve never heard of a martial arts film coming out of India. | ||
| Stranger | DVD | Blu-Ray |
| Timecop 2 | DVD | |
| Anime | ||
| Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad | DVD | |
| Alex: S.A.V.E. release of this semi-slice of life anime about a rock band. | ||
| Brighter Than The Brilliant Blue | Complete Collection | |
| Moribito | DVD | |
| Alex: This release is in a nice attractively designed box to show of to all your friends when they come over, so they can see how cool you are – or they can not see it because it’s next to all your other DVDs on your shelves. | ||
| Naruto Shippuden Vol. 10 | DVD | |
| Slayers Evolution R | DVD | |
| Soul Eater Part 3 | DVD | |
| UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie | Season 3 and 4 | |
| Alex: This is one of the reduced price S.A.V.E. collections. | ||
| Classics (Cult) | ||
| Class of Nuke ‘Em High | Blu-Ray | |
| Classics (Traditional) | ||
| The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Vol. 2 | DVD | |
| Classic Quad Set 11 | DVD | |
| Blaine: Includes The Blue Max, The Desert Fox, Immortal Sergeant and Sink the Bismarck. | ||
| Classic Quad Set 12 | DVD | |
| Blaine: Includes The Desert Rats, Twelve O’Clock High, Von Ryan’s Express and The Young Lions. | ||
| Clint Eastwood | ||
| Absolute Power | DVD | Blu-Ray |
| Any Which Way You Can | DVD | |
| Blaine: The sequel to Every Which Way But Loose. | ||
| Beguiled | DVD | |
| Blood Work | DVD | |
| Bridges of Madison County | DVD | |
| Bronco Billy | DVD | |
| Clint Eastwood Collection | Blu-Ray | |
| Blaine: Includes Absolute Power, Dirty Harry, Gran Torino, Kelly’s Heroes, Letters from Iwo Jima, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, The Rookie, Unforgiven and Where Eagles Dare. | ||
| The Eastwood Factor | Extended Edition DVD | |
| Blaine: A documentary on Clint Eastwood. | ||
| The Enforcer / Sudden Impact Double Feature | Blu-Ray | |
| Essential Eastwood: Action Collection | DVD | |
| Blaine: Includes Firefox, Heartbreak Ridge, Kelly’s Heroes and Where Eagles Dare. | ||
| Essential Eastwood: Director’s Collection | DVD | Blu-Ray |
| Blaine: Includes Letters from Iwo Jima, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River and Unforgiven. | ||
| Every Which Way But Loose | Blu-Ray | |
| Alex: Wherein Clint Eastwood teams up with a Orangutan and beats people up. Yeah. I guess he had a boat payment due or something. | ||
| The Gauntlet | DVD | Blu-Ray |
| Gran Torino | DVD | |
| Honkytonk Man | DVD | |
| The Man with No Name Trilogy | Blu-Ray | |
| Blaine: Includes A Fistful of Dollars (a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s classic Yojimbo), For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. | ||
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | DVD | |
| Million Dollar Baby | DVD | |
| Mystic River | DVD | |
| Outlaw Josey Wales | DVD | |
| Pale Rider | DVD | Blu-Ray |
| A Perfect World | DVD | |
| Pink Cadillac | DVD | |
| Rookie | DVD | Blu-Ray |
| Space Cowboys | DVD | Blu-Ray |
| Tightrope | DVD | |
| True Crime | DVD | |
| Unforgiven | DVD | |
| Where Eagles Dare | DVD | |
| White Hunter Black Heart | DVD | |
| Comedy | ||
| Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Vol. 7 | |
| Change of Habit | DVD | |
| Elvis: 75th Birthday Collection | DVD | |
| Blaine: Includes Clambake, Flaming Star, Follow That Dream, Frankie and Johnny, Kid Galahad, Love Me Tender and Wild in the Country. | ||
| Fierce Creatures | DVD | |
| For Love or Money | DVD | |
| Kuffs | DVD | |
| Blaine: Funny, I don’t remember Milla Jovovich being advertised this prominently when the original release hit. | ||
| Mister Ed | Season Three | |
| Opportunity Knocks | DVD | |
| The Paleface | DVD | |
| The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 8: 1955-1959 | DVD | |
| Documentary | ||
| Ghost Hunters International | Season One, Part One | |
| Life | Narrated by David Attenborough or Oprah Winfrey | David Attenborough or Oprah Winfrey |
| Blaine: A new narration was recorded when it was brought across the pond. What, is Attenborough’s accent really that hard to decipher? | ||
| Drama | ||
| Burn Notice | Season three | |
| Alex: If the Jason-Bourne-with-a-sense-of-humor (and smartass narration) spy action isn’t enough to get you hooked, hopefully the presence of Bruce “The Chin” Campbell will finish the job. However, if you’re coming in cold, I would reccomend getting seasons one and two from Netflix (though the opening narration usually does enough to get you started). | ||
| The Cleaner | Final Season or Complete Series | |
| Crossing Over | Blu-Ray | |
| The Gingerbread Man | DVD | |
| Hope Springs | DVD | |
| Havana | DVD | |
| Blaine: My grade 8 Language Arts teacher was an extra in two scenes for this movie. | ||
| Rescue Me | Season Five | |
| The Sting | DVD | |
| The Truth About Charlie | DVD | |
| Blaine: This was a remake. The original, Charade, stars Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, and is included as a bonus feature in this release. | ||
| Family | ||
| Peanuts | 1970s Collection, Vol. 2 | |
| Blaine: Includes Be My Valentine Charlie Brown, You’re a Good Sport, It’s Arbor Day, What a Nightmare, It’s Your First Kiss, and You’re the Greatest. | ||
| Fantasy | ||
| 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption | DVD | |
| Alex: Live action film based on the manga from the creator of the manga series “Pluto” and “Monster” | ||
| Alice in Wonderland (2010) | single disc DVD | single disc Blu-Ray or Three disc Blu-Ray/DVD combination, or an Amazon exclusive Three Disc Blu-Ray with Film Cell |
| Blaine: I reviewed this here. | ||
| Drop Dead Diva | Complete First Season | |
| Horror | ||
| Village of the Damned | DVD | |
| The Wolfman (2010) | DVD | Blu-Ray |
| Science Fiction | ||
| The Cold Equations | DVD | |
| Blaine: Amazon calls this a 2010 release, but it isn’t. It’s at least 15 years old, and not a bad little character study considering the obviously tiny budget. | ||
| Dragonfly | DVD | |
| War of the Worlds (2005) | Blu-Ray | |
| Blaine: Reviewed here. | ||
| Superhero | ||
| Darkman III – Die Darkman Die | DVD | |
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “My pick of the week is the Man With No Name trilogy collection on Blu-Ray. These are some of the best westerns of all time and you owe it to yourself to see them, ideally in the highest quality format possible.” Blaine says, “while The Sting is great, I’m actually picking The Truth About Charlie release, not for the title flick (which I haven’t seen) but for the fantastic Charade that is included as a bonus feature. I’ve got the excellent Criterion Collection edition, but this edition is on a far different budget.”
Burn Notice is just awesome, definitely recommended. I’d be interested to see a Bureau review of the first few seasons, given it’s (ok, I’m reaching) spy genre?
+1 for Burn Notice. The show is great, and fun in a way that few series manage to pull off.
I completely forgot to list the Canadian retailer release of The Outer Limits (1995): Complete Season Three.
For $22 Beck is a pretty good deal. Probably one of the better high school “slice of life” shows I’ve seen in awhile and has a rather impressive soundtrack to go with it.
I remember quite enjoying both The Truth About Charlie and Charade (and I saw them in that order).
Has anyone here seen any of the movies on Classic Quad Set 11 (the Blue Max, The Desert Fox, Immortal Sergeant and Sink the Bismarck)? Are they good? Spouse’s dad enjoys classic war movies, so she’s considering that as a gift idea.
Season 5 of Rescue Me was really, really good.