We’re playing with the format this week. Let us know what you think of it. Also, the items listed as including “Digital” in the combos are those with discs or download codes included. Many of the TV series have digital options on the DVD and Blu-Ray page listings.
Title | Available Formats |
---|---|
Action | |
The Mummy Trilogy |
|
Nikita: Season One | |
Point of No Return |
|
Rush Hour 3 |
|
Blaine: I just realized that this is both the only movie in the franchise I’ve never seen, and the only one I own. How did that happen? | |
Swordfish |
|
Tango and Cash |
|
Under Siege |
|
Anime | |
Neo Angelique Abyss Complete Collection | |
Contains both seasons. | |
Spice and Wolf Season 1 | |
Spice and Wolf Season 2 | |
The Limited Edition comes in an artbox with a collectable coin. | |
Art House | |
The Complete Jean Vigo (Criterion Collection) | |
Includes A propos de Nice, Taris, Zero de conduite and L`atalante. | |
The Discrete Charm of the Bourgoisie | |
Blaine: This is a highly respected example of “French New Wave” filmmaking, which I saw in film studies class. If you want to see it but haven’t yet, rent it before you buy it. Trust me. It’s not for everybody. The point of “French New Wave” was to violate the conventions of filmmaking, taking the road less travelled as they put their stories together. As Jerry Seinfeld once said, “sometimes the road less travelled is less travelled for a reason.” | |
If… (Criterion Collection) |
|
Orpheus (Criterion Collection) | |
Classics (Cult) | |
The Incredible Shrinking Man |
|
Classics (Traditional) | |
An Affair to Remember |
|
All About Eve |
|
Comedy | |
Coen Brothers Collection |
|
Includes “Blood Simple,” “Miller’s Crossing,” “Raising Arizona” and “Fargo.” | |
Cougar Town: Season Two |
|
Madea’s Big Happy Family | |
Meet the Browns: Season One |
|
Raising Arizona |
|
Documentary | |
Forks Over Knives | |
Blaine: A documentary promoting dietary habits which could literally kill me. I find that odd. | |
Wonders of the Universe | |
Drama | |
90210: Season Three |
|
Blaine: This is the new series, not the original. | |
The Defenders: The DVD Edition |
|
The Departed |
|
Desperate Housewive: The Complete Seventh Season |
|
Blaine: I believe this is also the final season. | |
Detroit 1-8-7: Complete First Season |
|
Doc Martin: The Movies |
|
Good Will Hunting |
|
House, M.D.: Season Seven | |
Miller’s Crossing |
|
Parenthood: Season Two |
|
Sons of Anarchy: Season Three | |
Top Gun |
|
Family | |
Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
|
The Herculoids: The Complete Series |
|
iCarly: The Complete Third Season |
|
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs |
|
The Nightmare Before Christmas |
|
Prom |
|
Rio |
|
Fantasy | |
Clash of the Titans (1981) |
|
Blaine: The Harryhausen version. | |
The Vampire Diaries: Complete Second Season | |
Horror | |
Final Destination 2 |
|
Final Destination 3 |
|
Music / Musical | |
Carmen | |
A film version of Bizet’s opera, starring Placido Domingo. | |
Rock and Roll Backstage Pass |
|
Includes U2: Rattle and Hum, Bob Dylan: No Direction Home, Rolling Stones: Shine a Light and Neil Young: Heart of Gold. | |
Mystery | |
The Gauntlet |
|
The George Sanders Saint Collection |
|
Blaine: Before Val Kilmer… before Roger Moore… there was… George Sanders! Includes The Saint Strikes Back, The Saint in London, The Saint’s Double Trouble, The Saint Takes Over and The Saint in Palm Springs, released from 1939 to 1941. | |
Reality | |
Hell’s Kitchen: Season Five |
|
Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy: Volume One |
|
Romance | |
Science Fiction | |
Gantz | |
The first of several live action films adapting the anime and manga. | |
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) |
|
The Twilight Zone: Season Five |
|
This was also the final season of the original incarnation. | |
Sports | |
5th Quarter | |
Superhero | |
Batman (1989) |
|
Blaine: It’s not as well adapted as Chris Nolan’s version, but it’s still well made. | |
Suspense | |
Blood Simple |
|
The Perfect Host | |
War | |
In a Better World | |
Western | |
The Wild Bunch |
|
Finally, the picks of the week. Blaine says, “Although I haven’t seen it yet, House, M.D.: Season Seven is a title I’ve already bought through iTunes. I clearly need to get caught up on this series. I’m four seasons behind, and I only recognize half of the people on the cover…” Alex says, “There isn’t much this week that I’ve seen before. However, I have seen The Wild Bunch, so that’s going on my pick for this week. Anime fans also want to pick up Spice & Wolf, if they haven’t done so already.”
Wow there is a lot to choose from this week, the fall release machine is getting up to speed.
House S7 is quite good, though in some ways not as strong as the earlier seasons. My wife and I started watching house from the beginning back in January, and managed to get through S1-S7 in time that we had to TiVo the last few S7 episodes. Had quite an ending on S7, should be quite interesting once 8 starts up.
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Blaine: The Harryhausen version.
Is there another? ;)
Like the new format.
I think I like the old (last weeks) format better.
I haven’t seen anything but previews for the new Nikita, and I’ve really been wanting to catch up on the old series. We geeks loves our hot chicks.
Doc Martin is one of those addictive UK series, begat from the original movie ‘Amazing Grace’, which depicted some of the characters VERY differently. Martin Clunes is not one of those handsome, chiseled actors by any stretch of the imagination, but his characters are quite believable. Think of ‘Doc Martin’ as the British ‘House’.
Finally, how many versions of ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ do there have to be? It seems like they are milking it for all its wirth. I think I have three copies in my house already.
Sorry, ‘Saving Grace’ not ‘Amazing Grace’, and not the series of the same name with Holly Hunter.