This is a week loaded with B-level titles, many of which are flicks of low visibility starring TV actors trying to fight typecasting with very different roles during the summer break. There’s also a lot of low-budget horror.
Title | DVD Release(s) | Blu-Ray Release(s) |
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Action | ||
Airwolf: Season Four | Amazon.com | |
A Woman, A Gun and a Noodle Shop | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
A Wuxia remake of the Coen Brothers’ “Blood Simple” directed by Ziang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers). | ||
Anime | ||
Dirty Pair TV Part 2 | rightstuf.com | |
Features the second half of the show’s first season. | ||
Durarara!! Part 1 | rightstuf.com | |
Alex: This was actually released last week, but I missed it as it was only available through RightStuf. This series has previously been reviewed. | ||
Initial D: Second Stage | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
You’re Under Arrest: Fast And Furious Complete Collection | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
This is season 2 of the series. | ||
Classics (Cult) | ||
Death Hunt / Butch & Sundance: The Early Days | Amazon.com | |
Highlander 2 Film Set | Amazon.com | |
Blaine: This includes two films, as there was only one sequel. Really. Honest. There’s no “Highlander 3” or “Highlander 4” in existence. At all. | ||
Shopping | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Classics (Traditional) | ||
TCM Greatest Classic Film Collection: Lassie | ||
Includes “Lassie Come Home,” “Son of Lassie,” “Courage of Lassie,” and “Hills of Home” | ||
TCM Greatest Classic Film Collection: Legends – Errol Flynn | Amazon.com | |
Includes “The Adventures of Robin Hood,” “Adventures of Don Juan,” “Sea Hawk” and “Captain Blood.” | ||
TCM Greatest Classic Film Collection: Legends – John Ford | Amazon.com | |
Includes “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,” “Wagonmaster,” “Cheyenne Autumn,” and “3 Godfathers.” | ||
TCM Greatest Classic Film Collection: Legends – Jean Harlow | Amazon.com | |
Includes “Dinner at Eight,” “Libeled Lady,” “China Seas,” and “Wife vs. Secretary” | ||
Comedy | ||
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who’s On First? | Amazon.com | |
Lucky Lady | Amazon.com | |
SNL: Tribute to Chris Farley | Amazon.com | |
SNL: Tribute to John Belushi | Amazon.com | |
Time Bandits | Amazon.com | |
Documentary | ||
Tillman Story | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Drama | ||
10 | Amazon.com | |
11 Harrowhouse | Amazon.com | |
All About Eve | Amazon.com | |
Bad Boys | Amazon.com | |
The Sean Penn version from the 1980s, not the Will Smith version from the 1990s. They have the same title, but have nothing else in common. | ||
Boys Don’t Cry | Amazon.com | |
The Client List | Amazon.com | |
Conviction | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
The Long Good Friday | Amazon.com | |
Never Let Me Go | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Ray | Amazon.com | |
Blaine: This is on my must-see list. | ||
Welcome to the Rileys | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Family | ||
Alice in Wonderland | DVD/Blu-Ray combo edition | |
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Blaine: I can’t think of chihuahuas and not immediately think of Les Nessman. Damn the cost of original music! I want the rest of WKRP on DVD! | ||
How To Train Your Dragon | Amazon.com | |
Single disc edition this time | ||
Fantasy | ||
Pleasantville | Amazon.com | |
This was reviewed several years ago. | ||
Horror | ||
Chain Letter | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Hatchet II | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Hell in a Cell 2010 | Amazon.com | |
Let Me In | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Monsters | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Mystery | ||
I Spy: Complete Series Bundle | Amazon.com | |
Romance | ||
An Affair to Remember | Amazon.com | |
You’ve Got Mail | Amazon.com | |
Sports | ||
Hurricane Season | Amazon.com | |
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “To make up for my omission last week, and due to this being such a slow week, I’m picking Durarara Part 1, for reasons that are clear if your read the review.” Blaine says, “Alice in Wonderland is tempting, as is Pleasantville, both now on Blu-Ray.”
This is what I get for my birthday? Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2? Not even the ORIGINAL Beverly Hills Chihuahua?!?? Thanks a LOT Hollywood!!!