I’m trying to think of weeks deader than this one, and I really can’t. There isn’t even a release of 25 badly dubbed pan-and-scan public domain chop-socky flicks or ’50s monster movies to liven things up.
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Weekly Digital Disk Picks for December 27th, 2011
The first Tuesday after Boxing Day is traditionally a light week.
Weekly Digital Disk Picks for December 20th, 2011
Here is part one of our double-header. The post-Christmas list is going to get posted early, as usual.
Weekly Digital Disk Picks for December 13th, 2011
Not a terribly heavy week this week. The post-Black Friday releases are tapering off now.
Weekly Digital Disc Picks – December 6, 2011
I suspect that the number of releases each week can be used as an indicator of the economy. When I started writing these columns, each Tuesday between October 1 and December 26 would have over 1000 releases to sift through. For the past three years, those same weeks have been in the 170-250 release range. This week is up to 396, which I take as a sign of recovery.
Weekly Digital Disk Picks for November 29th, 2011
The Tuesday after Black Friday tends to be light on major releases.
Weekly Digital Disc Picks – November 22, 2011
There are a couple of prominent releases, and what may be a fissioning of Image and TGG.
Weekly Digital Disk Picks for November 15th, 2011
Blaine: Disney is trying something new this year, that I apologize for not noticing sooner: the highly economical single disc DVD releases of major titles are shipping a few weeks later than the deluxe editions. Since these discs appear identical to the ones included in the previously released combination packs, I can only conclude that the entire point of releasing them later is to get people who want them but who don’t look ahead at release schedules to buy a more expensive edition first.
Weekly Digital Disc Picks – November 8, 2011
The biggest release of the week actually comes out on Friday, November 11. There is also a considerable volume of legacy titles hitting Blu-Ray on Tuesday, presumably so that the parents and grandparents who come looking for Harry Potter see one of their favorites right next to it in the new release racks.
Weekly Digital Disc Picks – November 1, 2011
It’s a slow week, but there are some worthwhile titles out this week.