Sorry for the delay, but we’ve had technical difficulties all around. So, without further adou, here are this week’s Weekly Digital Disk Picks.
Title | DVD Release(s) | Blu-Ray Release(s) | |||
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Action | |||||
Battle of the River Plate | DVD | 1950s-era British film about the sinking of the Graf spee. | |||
The Man Who Would Be King | DVD | Sean Connery and Michael Caine play British soldiers attempting to con some native tribesemen. | |||
Robin-B-Hood | Blu-Ray | Dragon Dynasty Release of Jackie Chan’s latest martial arts comedy. | |||
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World | DVD | Blu-Ray | Alex: I really need to get around to watching this film. I missed the panel for this at SDCC and didn’t get around to picking up the comic. Considering that the comic has finished, I might as well read all of that and watch the movie. | ||
Shaolin Rescuers | Amazon.com & RightStuf.com | Shaw Brothers martial arts film, re-uniting the cast of the classic “The Five Deadly Venoms”. | |||
Shinsengumi Chronicles | Amazon.com & RightStuf.com | Samurai film set during the twilight of the Shogunate. | |||
Soul of the Sword | Amazon.com & RightStuf.com | Another wuxia film from the Shaw Brothers. | |||
Anime | |||||
Comic Party Revolution – SAVE Edition | Amazon.com & RightStuf.com | Season 2 of the show I reviewed earlier. | |||
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle – Season 2, Veridian Collection | Amazon.com & RightStuf.com | Second season of the show based on the manga I’m slowly working my way through. | |||
Xam’d – Collection 2 | Amazon.com & RightStuf.com | Amazon.com & RightStuf.com | These episodes were previously only available on PlayStation Network. | ||
Classics | |||||
An American In Paris | DVD | ||||
Arsenic & Old Lace | DVD | Cary Grant taking a slightly different comedic turn. | |||
Auntie Mame | DVD | ||||
The Elia Kazan Collection | DVD | Collection of films by director Elia Kazan, including Gentleman’s Agreement, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Film Noir Panic in the Streets, A Streetcar Named Desire, On The Waterfront, Pinky, Man On A Tightrope, Viva Zapata, East of Eden, Baby Doll, A Face In The Crowd, Wild River, Splendor in the Grass, and America, America. | |||
Gigi | DVD | ||||
The Haunting | DVD | ||||
North By Northwest | DVD | ||||
Ocean’s 11 | Blu-Ray | This is the original Rat Pack film. | |||
Singin’ In The Rain | DVD | ||||
The Time Machine | DVD | ||||
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? | DVD | ||||
Comedy | |||||
The Boondocks Season 3 | DVD | Blu-Ray | |||
Detroit Metal City | Amazon.com & RightStuf.com | Live action film based on the anime and manga of the same title. | |||
Metalocalypse – Season 3 | DVD | Blu-Ray | |||
Mystery Science Theater 3000, Vol. 19 | DVD | Contains the episodes “Devil Doll”, “Bride of the Monster”, “Robot Monster” and “Devil Fish”. | |||
Ramona & Beezus | DVD | Based on the novel by Beverly Cleary, and not shot in Portland, were the book was set. | |||
Drama | |||||
Antichrist | DVD | Blu-Ray | Criterion Collection release of Lars Von Trier’s latest film. | ||
Charlie St. Cloud | DVD | Blu-Ray | |||
Lie to Me Season 2 | DVD | ||||
Sherlock – Season 1 | DVD | This is the new Sherlock Holmes series set in the present day, and starring Benedict Cumberpatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) as Watson. | |||
Horror | |||||
Tremors | Blu-Ray | ||||
Science-Fiction | |||||
Doctor Who – Season 5 | DVD | Blu-Ray | |||
Rock and Rule | Blu-Ray | A sort of odd Rock & Roll/Metal Animated film, with apparently a more unified plot than Heavy Metal, though it’s not necessarily better than Heavy Metal. |
Our picks of the week – Blaine says, “My pick of the week of what I’ve seen is “Arsenic and Old Lace,” while “Doctor Who Series Five” is also a must-have.” Alex says, “Unfortunately, I haven’t seen Doctor Who Series 5 yet, but it is going into my Netflix queue. However I have seen some of season 1 of Sherlock, and was very impressed, and reccomend that wholeheartedly.”
FYI there are no links provided for “The Man Who Would Be King” or “Ocean’s 11”.
Oh man, I LOVE Tremors! Really one of those so-bad-it’s-good films. Can’t really speak to the sequels though.
Baby Jane is teh awesome old timey creepy!