In addition to the two titles that our readers would consider door-crashers, we also have an assortment of “Best of” 10 episode TV collections and some rereleases. The economy must be bouncing back, too; I haven’t had to sift through that much soft porn preparing this column since 2006!
| Title | DVD Release(s) | Blu-Ray Release(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Action | ||
| Belly of the Beast | Amazon.com | |
| House of the Rising Sun | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
| Nowhere to Run | Amazon.com | |
| Tekken | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
| Alex: Live Action film based on the Tekken games, with nothing to do with the CGI Tekken film that gets a one-night only screening through Fathom Events next week, nor to do with the Tekken anime made to promote the release of Tekken 3. | ||
| Anime | ||
| Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Box Six | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
| Alex: Covers the Babidi and Majin Buu Sagas. | ||
| Gungrave: The Complete Series | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com |
| Alex: I’ve previously reviewed this. | ||
| Hidamari Sketch: Hoshimittsu | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
| Season 3 of the anime series about art students. | ||
| Queen’s Blade 2: The Evil Eye, Part 2 | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
| Art House | ||
| Double Life of Veronique (Criterion Collection) | Amazon.com | |
| Classics (Cult) | ||
| Rifftrax | House on Haunted Hill (live), Old Tyme Shorts Roundup, Shorts-To-Go | |
| Classics (Traditional) | ||
| 24 Hours to Kill | Amazon.com | |
| Comedy | ||
| California Dreams – Best of | Amazon.com | |
| Mayor Cupcake | Amazon.com | |
| Blaine: – Lea Thompson and Judd Nelson star in this comedy about a cupcake baker who is accidentally elected mayor of her town. People who credits include “Back to the Future” and “The Breakfast Club” should be getting better offers than this. | ||
| Peep World | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
| Potiche | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
| Punky Brewster | Best of Season Two, Best of Season Three | |
| Skidoo | Amazon.com | |
| Blaine: This is the first I’ve heard of it, but with a cast including Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Groucho Marx, George Raft and Mickey Rooney, all directed by Otto Preminger, I’m curious. | ||
| Documentary | ||
| Dark Days – 10th Anniversary Collection | Amazon.com | |
| Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird | Amazon.com | |
| Drama | ||
| Boyz ‘N The Hood | Amazon.com | |
| Limitless | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
| Melrose Place: Season Six | Volume 2 only, complete season | |
| Take Me Home Tonight | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
| Family | ||
| 200 Colossal Cartoons | Amazon.com | |
| The Littles | Best of, Complete series | |
| Blaine: At the time of this writing, the 10 episode “Best of” set is $9.98, the MSRP. The 29 episode “Complete Series” is $10.99, on sale from the MSRP of $12.98. The choice is not difficult. | ||
| The Smurfs: A Magical Smurf Adventure | Amazon.com | |
| Spirit Bear | Amazon.com | |
| Timeless Animated Favorites | Amazon.com | |
| Includes non-Disney versions of “Snow White,” “Cinderella,” “Hercules,” “Black Beauty,” “The Little Mermaid,” “The Call of the Wild,” “Pocahontas,” “Thumbelina,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Little Princess.” | ||
| Fantasy | ||
| Beauty and the Beast (Criterion Collection) | Amazon.com | |
| Blaine: This is the 1946 French version, not the Disney version. This is not a movie for most children. This is yet another title on my “need to watch and review” list, as I own the DVD. | ||
| Horror | ||
| Hellraiser VIII: Hellworld | Amazon.com | |
| Alex: From the film’s premise (the suicide of a user of Hellraiser themed MMO leading to someone summoning Pinhead again), I’d say that this film’s connections to the Hellraiser films and short story would be dubious at best. | ||
| Music / Musical | ||
| Beastie Boys Anthology (Criterion Collection) | Amazon.com | |
| The Music Room (Criterion Collection) | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
| Mystery | ||
| Simon and Simon | Best of Season Three | |
| Reality | ||
| The Girls Next Door: Season Six | Amazon.com | |
| Top Gear: US Season One | Amazon.com | |
| Romance | ||
| Amelie | Amazon.com | |
| Blaine: It was hard to decide whether to file this under “Romance,” “Comedy,” “Art House” or a newly created “Forget Labels – This Is Just Damn Awesome” genre. | ||
| Bridget Jones’ Diary | Amazon.com | |
| Blaine: I don’t care if the official title does have a second letter s after the apostrophe, that is wrong and I’m not doing it. | ||
| Chocolat | Amazon.com | |
| Science Fiction | ||
| Doctor Who, Season Six, Part One | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
| Blaine: These prices are far lower than previous releases. Huzzah! | ||
| Torchwood: The Complete Original UK Series | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
| When Animals Strike Back Vol. 1 | Amazon.com | |
| Includes the King Kong from 1978, Orca: The Killer Whale and Congo. | ||
| Sports | ||
| 2011 NBA Finals Champions: Dallas Mavericks | Amazon.com | |
| TNA Wrestling: Immortal Forever | Amazon.com | |
| Alex: 2 DVD set highlighting TNA’s Heel(?) faction, Immortal. | ||
| NHL Stanley Cup Champions: Boston Bruins | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
| WWE Presents Capitol Punishment 2011 | Amazon.com | |
| Alex: So, if you’ve been watching WWE programming for a while you may remember when they had a bad Bill Clinton impersonator at Wrestlemania. Near as I can tell this Pay Per View was done so they could have a bad President Obama personator. There were some good matches here, but none that merit this sort of *ahem* punishment. | ||
| Superhero | ||
| Justice League 3 Pack | Amazon.com | |
| Includes “Justice League: The Brave and the Bold” (four episodes from the first series of that show), “Justice League Unlimited: Season One Volume One” and “Young Justice Season One Volume One.” | ||
| Young Justice: Season One, Volume One | Amazon.com | |
| Suspense | ||
| War | ||
| Western | ||
| Hey Dude – Season One | Amazon.com | |
Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “had this been the first Blu-Ray release, I’d have gone with Amelie. As this is a rerelease, I’ll go with Doctor Who, Season Six Part One. As much as I love the Doctor, he’s no Amelie Poulin.” Alex says, “As I have not seen Doctor Who, Season 6 yet, I’m not picking that for my pick. However, I am picking Gungrave.”
Soft Core Porn as an economic index?
I see a grad thesis there…..