Further evidence of economic recover: a full 47 of 307 releases listed on Amazon.com this week will not be mentioned on our family friendly website.
Title | DVD Release(s) | Blu-Ray Release(s) |
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Action | ||
Bodyguards and Assassins | Amazon.com | |
New semi-wuxia film starring Donnie Yen | ||
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Dante’s Peak | Amazon.com | |
Ironclad | Amazon.com | |
King of Fighters | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Based on the long-running fighting game series. | ||
Soldier | Amazon.com | |
Anime | ||
Angel Beats! Complete Collection | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com |
Alex: Anime series that kind of envisions Purgatory as being like a Japanese RPG. | ||
Fist of the North Star – The Complete Series Vol. 3 | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
Contains the final third of the series. | ||
Kanokon OVA Collection | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
Alex: The fact that there’s fanservice on the very cover of the box should tell you everything you need to know. | ||
One Piece Collection 1 | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
Contains Season 1 of One Piece in its entirety | ||
Peach Girl: The Complete Series (SAVE Edition) | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
High School romantic comedy series. | ||
Sgt. Frog – Season 3, Pt. 1 | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
Shin-Chan – Season 3, Pt. 1 | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
Strike Witches – The Complete First Season | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
Supernatural: The Anime Series | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com |
Adapts the first two seasons of the live action show in a compacted format. | ||
Vampire Knight Guilty 3 | Amazon.com, rightstuf.com | |
Art House | ||
High and Low: Criterion Collection | Amazon.com | |
Leon Morin, Priest: Criterion Collection | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Life During Wartime: Criterion Collection | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Comedy | ||
Animal House | Amazon.com | |
Blues Brothers | Amazon.com | |
They’re on a mission from God. | ||
The General | Amazon.com | |
Blaine: This fantastic movie is now public domain. I cannot comment on the quality of the transfer in this version, but I love the Kino Blu-Ray edition. | ||
Drama | ||
Alice: The Complete First Season | Amazon.com | |
Jersey Shore: Season Three | Amazon.com | |
Trust | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Family | ||
Dennis the Menace: Season Two | Amazon.com | |
Herculoids: Complete Series | Amazon.com | |
Jetsons Meet the Flintstones | Amazon.com | |
Shaun the Sheep: Animal Antics | Amazon.com | |
Fantasy | ||
Conan: The Adventurer Season One | Amazon.com | |
Dylan Dog | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Mystery | ||
McMillan and Wife | Season Four, Season Five | |
Science Fiction | ||
Donnie Darko | Amazon.com | |
Red Planet | Amazon.com | |
S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale | Amazon.com | |
Sci-Fi Invasion: 50 Movie Set | Amazon.com | |
Source Code | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Sports | ||
WWE Presents Greatest Stars of the New Millennium | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
Superhero | ||
Justice League: Season Two | Amazon.com | |
Western | ||
Cowboys and Bandits – 50 Movie Set | Amazon.com | |
Blaine: To the best of my knowledge, this 50 movie set does not contain aliens. |
Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “of the titles I’ve actually seen, I’d say The General if it’s a decent transfer, or Justice League otherwise. Of course, if my word is all it takes to sell you on The General, anyone who has been reading this column for more than a year already has a copy. Of those I haven’t seen, Supernatural: The Anime Series and Donnie Darko are the most tempting. The original Darko has been sitting in my collection unwatched far too long already.” Alex says, “This week I’m going with the Blu-Ray release of The Blues Brothers, though I’ll be giving King of Fighters and Bodyguards and Assassins a shot. KoF will probably stink, but Bodyguards and Assassins should make up for it.”
Donnie Darko must be a re-release, as I already have it on Blu-Ray. It was on sale for $5 when I got it. Avoid S.Darko like the plague! it is bad, bad, bad, and not even so bad it’s fun to watch bad. I’d like that time back, but alas, it’s gone for good.
If you’re a Bruce Campbell and Burn Notice fan, and you didn’t catch The Fall of Sam Axe on TV, it’s worth a rental at least.
I’ll probably rent Source Code even though I think the name is ridiculous given the premise.