We’ve had a couple of big weeks for Blu-ray releases in a row. This week, the volume of incoming discs slows down dramatically to make room for one huge new release and one equally desirable catalog title. Beyond that, well\u2026 At least we know where we’ll all be spending our money this week. <\/p>\n
For what it’s worth, here’s the complete list of new releases:<\/p>\n
Of course, the disc everyone’s going to rush out to buy this week is ‘Country Strong<\/strong>‘. Because if there’s one thing that Hollywood knows about folks in the red states, it’s how much they love Gwyneth Paltrow and cast members from ‘Gossip Girl’ singing a li’l down-home country music\u2026 Right? Wait, no? No one’s going to buy this turkey? Huh\u2026<\/p>\n I guess then perhaps you might be more interested in a little movie called ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1<\/strong>‘, which hits store shelves on Friday. I have to say, I don’t understand Harry Potter fans at all. For years now, J.K. Rowling purists have been complaining that her books are so huge that the only way to do them justice on screen is to divide them each into two movies. So the studio finally does that with the final novel, and when ‘Part 1’ hit theaters, everybody was abuzz about how it was by far the best Potter movie yet. But then Aaron wrote his Blu-ray review a couple weeks ago, and now all the readers in our site forums can do is whine about how much it sucks and what a stupid idea it was to split the book up. Whatever. This thing’s still going to sell a bazillion copies anyway. I didn’t get a chance to see this in theaters, but I have a standing date to watch the Blu-ray with my niece. I’m sure it will be consistent in quality with the last couple, which were very good in my book. <\/p>\n