Last week’s Blu-ray release slate had the potential to bankrupt anyone foolish enough to buy every title worth owning. While this week may not be quite as financially devastating, the studios haven’t let up releasing some great titles.
Here’s what we’re up against:
- ‘3D Safari: Africa‘ (First Look)
- ‘Boccaccio ’70‘ (Kino)
- ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s‘ (Paramount)
- ‘Bride Flight‘ (Music Box Films)
- ‘Bridesmaids‘ (Universal)
- ‘Bridesmaids (DVD Packaging)‘ (Universal)
- ‘Casanova ’70‘ (Kino)
- ‘ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2‘ (Image)
- ‘Dead Heat‘ (Image)
- ‘The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya‘ (Bandai Visual)
- ‘Disco Worms‘ (Peace Arch Trinity)
- ‘Dumbo: 70th Anniversary Edition‘ (Disney/Buena Vista)
- ‘Dumbo: 70th Anniversary Edition (DVD Packaging)‘ (Disney/Buena Vista)
- ‘Gettysburg (2011)‘ (A & E)
- ‘Going Postal‘ (Acorn Media)
- ‘How to Make It in America: The Complete First Season‘ (HBO)
- ‘Hung: The Complete Second Season‘ (HBO)
- ‘An Invisible Sign‘ (MPI)
- ‘Lady Death‘ (ADV Films)
- ‘Le Beau Serge‘ (Criterion)
- ‘Les Cousins‘ (Criterion)
- ‘Mike & Molly: The Complete First Season‘ (Warner Brothers)
- ‘Modern Family: The Complete Second Season‘ (20th Century Fox)
- ‘The Others‘ (Lionsgate)
- ‘Scary Movie 2‘ (Lionsgate)
- ‘Scary Movie 3‘ (Lionsgate)
- ‘Set Up‘ (Lionsgate)
- ‘Spooky Buddies‘ (Disney/Buena Vista)
- ‘Spooky Buddies (DVD Packaging)‘ (Disney/Buena Vista)
- ‘The Strange Case of Angelica (Cinema Guild)
- ‘The Sword with No Name (FUNimation)
- ‘Tajomaru: Avenging Blade (FUNimation)
- ‘UFC: Ultimate Matt Hughes (Starz/Anchor Bay)
- ‘Vamp (1986)‘ (Image)
The two best releases of the week are both catalog titles. Paramount offers the Audrey Hepburn classic ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s‘, while Disney gives ‘Dumbo‘ a 70th Anniversary Edition.
Of the day-and-date titles, ‘Bridesmaids‘ is by far the most appealing. The R-rated comedy was a big hit over the summer for writer/star Kristen Wiig.
Back to catalog titles for a minute. Despite being a fairly obvious ‘Sixth Sense’ knockoff and having a twist ending that’s pretty easy to figure out in advance, ‘The Others‘ is still a classy and atmospheric ghost story starring Nicole Kidman. Beyond that, a pair of campy ’80s cult flicks also make their high-def debuts: ‘Dead Heat‘ and ‘Vamp‘.
The second season of ‘Modern Family‘ leads the TV offerings this week. HBO’s ‘Hung‘ is perhaps an acquired taste, but I enjoy it. On the other hand, I just couldn’t get into ‘How to Make It in America‘ and had to give up after the first couple of episodes. I’m really surprised that HBO renewed that one for a second season.
Finally, the Criterion Collection brings out two Claude Chabrol classics from the 1950s: ‘Le Beau Serge‘ and ‘Les Cousins‘.
TJ Kats
Dumbo came yesterday but haven’t gotten a chance to pop it in yet.
HuskerGuy
Bridesmaids and Dumbo for me. I passed on Star Wars last week so I have a little bit of money left 🙂
bruce
Picked up, breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Others and Dumbo.. No shit this is an expensive month.. Last week was killer.. Had a Star Wars marathon over the weekend..
EM
At the risk of sounding like yet another member of the chorus of dreamland Timothy Q. Mouses, I’m going to say, “Dumbo!” I’ve been deferring a lot of my Blu-ray purchases for budgetary reasons, but this one should be one of the less expensive ones, and so I might pick it up sooner instead of later.
William Henley
Yeah, I am broke. That being said, the only thing that really interests me is The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. Kinda disappointed that we don’t get Melancholy, though.
I am debating on giving Breakfast at Tiffany’s another chance. I got it on Laserdisc, and only watched about the first 15 minutes of it because it was not at all what I was expecting. I may revisit again now that I have a realistic expectation of what the movie is.