{"id":17993,"date":"2011-07-05T06:00:17","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=17993"},"modified":"2017-07-20T11:25:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T18:25:35","slug":"bluray-highlights-jul-5-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/bluray-highlights-jul-5-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Blu-ray Highlights for 7\/5\/11 \u2013 What Are You Buying?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back! Did you all have a good long weekend? While we&#8217;re back to work today, things are looking pretty slow in Blu-ray land.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the list of what&#8217;s being released today:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"release_dates\">\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5144\/13_assassins.html\">13 Assassins<\/a>&#8216; (Magnolia)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5278\/arakawa_under_the_bridge.html\">Arakawa Under the Bridge: Complete Premium Edition<\/a>&#8216; (NIS America)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5121\/be_cool.html\">Be Cool<\/a>&#8216; (MGM\/UA)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/4906\/beyond_darkness.html\">Beyond the Darkness<\/a>&#8216; (Shriek Show)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5031\/crack_world.html\">Crack in the World<\/a>&#8216; (Olive Films)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5397\/cutting_edge.html\">The Cutting Edge<\/a>&#8216; (MGM\/UA)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5084\/damage.html\">Damage<\/a>&#8216; (20th Century Fox)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/4978\/dasboot_dc.html\">Das Boot: The Director&#8217;s Cut<\/a>&#8216; (Sony)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5258\/menace_juice.html\">Don&#8217;t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood<\/a>&#8216; (Echo Bridge)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5489\/fish_wanda.html\">A Fish Called Wanda<\/a>&#8216; (MGM\/UA)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5096\/floridas_parks.html\">Florida&#8217;s State Parks<\/a>&#8216; (Topics)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5259\/fdtd3.html\">From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman&#8217;s Daughter<\/a>&#8216; (Echo Bridge)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5005\/gettysburg_gods_le.html\">Gettysburg \/ Gods and Generals: Limited Collector&#8217;s Edition<\/a>&#8216; (Warner Brothers \u2013 July 4th) <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5102\/gc_serenade.html\">Grand Canyon Serenade<\/a>&#8216; (Topics)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5139\/guy_thing.html\">A Guy Thing<\/a>&#8216; (MGM\/UA)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5061\/hannie.html\">Hannie Caulder<\/a>&#8216; (Olive Films)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5257\/hellraiser_hellworld.html\">Hellraiser: Hellworld<\/a>&#8216; (Echo Bridge)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/4784\/hobo_shotgun.html\">Hobo with a Shotgun<\/a>&#8216; (Magnolia)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5079\/beer_hell.html\">I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell<\/a>&#8216; (20th Century Fox)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5492\/mmmm_world.html\">It&#8217;s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World<\/a>&#8216; (MGM\/UA)  <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/5275\/k_on_v2.html\">K-On! 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The most interesting day-and-date title would be &#8216;<strong>13 Assassins<\/strong>&#8216;, a samurai action flick from crazily prolific Japanese cult director Takashi Miike (&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/2587\/audition.html\">Audition<\/a>&#8216;, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/1661\/sukiyakiwesterndjango.html\">Sukiyaki Western Django<\/a>&#8216;). Aaron raved about it in his review (linked above), and it sounds like a lot of fun. <\/p>\n<p>In other exploitation news, we also get &#8216;<strong>Hobo with a Shotgun<\/strong>&#8216;, starring Rutger Hauer as a\u2026 well, as a hobo with a shotgun. Do you need more of a plot than that? This film was originally spawned from a fake movie trailer contest. You can find the original trailer (sans Rutger Hauer) on the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/3723\/grindhouse.html\">Grindhouse<\/a>&#8216; Blu-ray. Apparently, someone thought it was funny enough to make a whole feature out of it. <\/p>\n<p>The best catalog title of the week is Wolfgang Petersen&#8217;s terrific WWII submarine thriller &#8216;<strong>Das Boot<\/strong>&#8216;, which was originally scheduled for release a few weeks ago but got pushed back to today. The Blu-ray contains both the 1981 theatrical cut (145 minutes) and the 1997 Director&#8217;s Cut (210 minutes). Unfortunately, it does not include the 293-minute TV miniseries version, which is currently only available on DVD, but it&#8217;s a great movie in any of its forms. <\/p>\n<p>Catalog releases are otherwise dominated by &#8217;80s comedies such as &#8216;<strong>A Fish Called Wanda<\/strong>&#8216;, &#8216;<strong>Overboard<\/strong>&#8216;, &#8216;<strong>Throw Momma from the Train<\/strong>&#8216; and &#8216;<strong>When Harry Met Sally<\/strong>&#8216;. 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