While this week may be lacking in quality recent titles, it more than makes up for it with quality classic titles. Also, there are a lot of love stories due this Tuesday before the Valentine’s Day weekend…
Title | DVD Release(s) | Blu-Ray Release(s) |
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Action | ||
National Treasure | Amazon.com | |
Blaine: This was surprisingly enjoyable. Also, it’s an action movie that you can watch with an eight year old; language and violence are toned down without actually feeling like they’re toned down. This is about solving the puzzles before the bad guys, not about killing them first. | ||
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets | Amazon.com | |
Blaine: I still haven’t seen this one, but I’d like to based on the original. | ||
Ong Bak 3 | One disc DVD only, one disc DVD + digital copy, two disc DVD + digital copy | Blu-ray |
Alex: This is Tony Jaa’s last film before he decided to retire from acting and become a monk. | ||
The River Wild | Amazon.com | |
Wild Target | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Anime | ||
Chrome Shelled Regios: Part One (Limited Edition) | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
Comes with an art box that can hold parts one and two, plus a flag for the Zuellni Academy City (the city where the heroes are based) | ||
Chrome Shelled Regios: Part Two | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
A bit more about the setting – the series is based in a post apocalyptic future where humanity is forced to survive in domed cities, and fend off attacks from mutant monsters called Contaminoids. | ||
Dirty Pair: The Original TV Series Pt. 2 | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
Dragon Ball: The Complete Movie Collection | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
Eyeshield 21 Collection 4 | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
Art House | ||
Amarcord (Criterion Collection) | Amazon.com | |
Still Walking (Criterion Collection) | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Classics (Cult) | ||
Classics (Traditional) | ||
Bringing Up Baby | Amazon.com | |
Blaine: Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant in a classic screwball comedy. Highly recommended. | ||
Rebel Without a Cause | Amazon.com | |
Comedy | ||
Beverly Hillbillies (Special Edition) | Amazon.com | |
Blaine: These are seemingly random episodes from the early seasons of the series. | ||
Drop Dead Gorgeous | Amazon.com | |
Blaine: This is not the entertaining mockumentary, but some Jeremy London vehicle I’ve never heard of before. | ||
Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, Vol. 6 | Amazon.com | |
Old Dogs | Amazon.com | |
Uncle Buck | Amazon.com | |
Documentary | ||
Drama | ||
For Colored Girls | Amazon.com, | Amazon.com, |
It’s Kind of a Funny Story | Amazon.com | |
Legends of the Fall | Amazon.com | |
Life as We Know It | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Middle Men | Amazon.com, | Amazon.com, |
The Right Stuff | Amazon.com | |
Thelma and Louise | Amazon.com | |
Blaine: This is another one that has spent years on my must-see list. | ||
Family | ||
Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Amazon.com | |
Chicken Little | Amazon.com | |
Disney’s Dinosaur | Amazon.com | |
Flipper | Amazon.com | |
Meet The Robinsons | Amazon.com | |
Blaine: Another entertaining little flick. Good family title. | ||
Princess and the Frog | Amazon.com | |
Space Jam | Amazon.com | |
Fantasy | ||
Pleasantville | Amazon.com | |
Blaine: This appears to be the equivalent of last week’s Blu-Ray edition. | ||
Horror | ||
Paranormal Activity 2 | Amazon.com, | Amazon.com, |
Music / Musical | ||
Easter Parade | Amazon.com | |
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Amazon.com, | |
Mystery | ||
Columbo: Mystery Movie Collection 1991-1993 | Amazon.com, | |
Blaine: One more release this size will complete the set. Please don’t make us wait this long again, Universal. | ||
The Guardian: Final Season | Amazon.com, | |
Reality | ||
Project Runway: Season Eight | Amazon.com | |
Romance | ||
Beauty and the Briefcase | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Enchanted | Amazon.com | |
Blaine: This is a surprisingly great romantic comedy. I have two huge complaints about the genre in general: predictability, and the habit of starting the movie with at least one romantic partner in a relationship already, followed by subsequent infidelity. This movie avoids both traps, and it’s loaded with references to classic Disney films for the eagle-eyed film geek to find. | ||
The Romantics | Amazon.com | |
You Again | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Science Fiction | ||
Barb Wire | Amazon.com | |
Doctor Who: The Mutants (Story 63) | Amazon.com | |
Doctor Who: The Movie | Amazon.com | |
Blaine: This was Paul McGann’s entire run as the Doctor, ending the original series to be following by the Russell T. Davies relaunch.
Alex: Though McGann would follow this up with a not-unsubstancial run of audio dramas with Big Finish. |
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Sports | ||
Superhero | ||
The Super Hero Squad Show: Quest For The Infinity Sword Volume Three | Amazon.com | |
Suspense | ||
I Spit on Your Grave | Original edition, unrated edition | Original edition, unrated edition |
Alex: This is the remake. | ||
Strangers on a Train | Amazon.com | |
Blaine: Classic and highly recommended Hitchcock | ||
War | ||
Western |
Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “in a week that offers new Columbo, my pick will always be Columbo.” Alex says, “As the T-Shirt says, you never forget your first Doctor, and my first exposure to Doctor Who was the TV movie, and that’s my pick of the week.”
Paul McGann, mostly due to the Audio, is My Doctor.