Weekly Digital Disk Picks for August 3rd, 2010

For space considerations, the plethora of rerelease titles was omitted, and we kept this down to “first time released in this edition” or “first time released in this format” releases.

Title DVD Release(s) Blu-Ray Release(s)
Action
300 Limited Collector’s Edition DVD
Charlie’s Angels Blu-Ray
Blaine: In my opinion, She Spies did the whole “tongue in cheek hot female spies” thing a lot better.
Hawaii 5-O Season Nine DVD
The Duel DVD
Alex: Shaw Brothers film about a martial artist trying to avenge his father’s death.
Anime
Kodocha – Season 1 DVD
Alex: SAVE Edition of the first season of the slice-of-life comedy series.
Kodocha – Season 2 DVD
Alex: SAVE Edition.
Naruto Shippuden Set 3 Regular, Special Edition
Princess Resurrection Season 3 – Complete DVD
The Wallflower DVD
Alex: SAVE Edition of the reverse harem romantic comedy.
Art House
Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa (The Criterion Collection) DVD
Includes “Sanshiro Sugata,” “The Most Beautiful,” “Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two,” and “The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail.”
Classics (Cult)
Death Sport / Battle Truck DVD
Part of the Roger Corman classics collection, with David Carradine and John Ratzenberger
Humanoids from the Deep DVD Blu-Ray
Part of the Roger Corman Classics Collection
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared Syn DVD
Blaine: What I don’t understand is why this was funded as a 2D DVD release when the 3D effects are really the only appeal of the title.
Piranha DVD Blu-Ray
Part of the Roger Corman Classics Collection
Classics (Traditional)
The Breakfast Club (25th Anniversary Edition) Blu-Ray
Classic Quad Set 13 DVD
Includes “On the Avenue,” “Pin Up Girl,” “Something for the Boys,” and “You’re in the Navy Now.”
Classic Quad Set 14 DVD
Includes “Desk Set,” “Hollywood Cavalcade,” “How to Steal a Million” and “I Was a Male War Bride.”
Classic Quad Set 15 DVD Blu-Ray
Blaine: Includes “Move Over, Darling,” “O’Henry’s Full House,” “On the Riviera,” and “Rally ‘Round the Flag, Boys!”
The Kim Novak Collection DVD
Blaine: Includes “Picnic,” “Jeanne Eagels,” “Bell, Book and Candle,” “Middle of the Night” and “Pal Joey.”
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman DVD Blu-Ray
TCM Spotlight: Errol Flynn Adventures DVD
Includes “Desperate Journey,” “Edge of Darkness 1943,” “Northern Pursuit,” “Uncertain Glory” and “Objective Burma.”
Comedy
Going Berserk DVD
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell Volume 3 DVD
Documentary
Henson’s Place: The Man Behind the Muppets DVD
Nerdcore for Life DVD
Alex: Documentary about the Nerdcore hip-hop scene. Reading the description, while MC Frontalot is absent, MC Lars and MC Hawking are interviewed in this documentary.
The Dungeon Masters DVD
Alex: Documentary about tabletop gaming which focuses heavily on the more ultra-extreme aspects of the hobby for exploitative purposes.
Drama
Ghost Writer DVD Blu-Ray
Great Waldo Pepper DVD
Mercy: Complete First Season DVD
Road to Perdition Blu-Ray
Family
Diary of a Wimpy Kid DVD Blu-Ray
James and the Giant Peach Blu-Ray
The Real Ghostbusters Vol. 3 DVD
Horror
After.Life DVD Blu-Ray
Music
Elvis 75th Anniversary Collection DVD
Includes “Jailhouse Rock,” “It Happened at the World’s Fair,” “Kissin’ Cousins,” “Viva Las Vegas,” “Girl Happy,” “Tickle Me,” “Harum Scarum,” “Spinout,” “Double Trouble,” “Stay Away, Joe,” “Speedway,” “Live a Little, Love a Little,” “Charro!,” “The Trouble With Girls,” “Elvis: That’s the Way It Is Special Edition,” “Elvis on Tour” and “This is Elvis.”
Elvis: Blu-Ray Collection Blu-Ray
Includes “Jailhouse Rock,” “Viva Las Vegas,” and “Elvis on Tour.”
Elvis on Tour DVD Blu-Ray
Sports
Wrestlemania 26 Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray
TNA Wrestling: Destination X 2010 DVD
Superhero
Heroes: Season Four DVD Blu-Ray
Blaine: I find it amusing that the stars listed on the Blu-Ray edition are Ali Larter and Kristen Bell, while the DVD lists Milo Ventimiglia and Zachary Quinto.
Kick-Ass DVD Blu-Ray

Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “The Breakfast Club is a fantastic film, and my favorite from John Hughes. If you’ve got Blu-Ray, grab a copy.” Alex says, “I never really watched The Breakfast Club, or much else of the actual new releases this week before hand, so I can’t really make a pick. However, the Sanshiro Sugata films are going into my Netflix Queue.”

2 replies on “Weekly Digital Disk Picks for August 3rd, 2010”

  1. You mean someone other than me ever watched She Spies??

    I personally think Drew Barrimore should be legally barred form EVER attempting to be in an action movie ever again.

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