{"id":33710,"date":"2012-05-01T06:00:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=33710"},"modified":"2013-04-24T13:32:26","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T20:32:26","slug":"bluray-highlights-may-1-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/bluray-highlights-may-1-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Blu-ray Highlights for May 1st, 2012 &#8211; As If!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy May Day, everyone! Does anyone even know what May Day is about? Personally, I don&#8217;t have a clue. I guess we&#8217;re supposed to celebrate that it&#8217;s the start of a new month. If that&#8217;s so, why don&#8217;t we have an April Day or a June Day, etc.? Just because those don&#8217;t rhyme? I could probably Wikipedia this if I felt like it, but I think that I&#8217;ve already strayed on this tangent long enough. Sorry about that. This is what happens when you write your blog posts on an airplane. <em>Anyway<\/em>\u2026 as far as Blu-ray releases go, the new month is off to a slow start.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at the weekly release slate:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"release_dates\">\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/6542\/about_boy.html\">About a Boy<\/a>&#8216; (Universal) <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/6768\/assassins_cobra_specialist.html\">Assassins \/ Cobra \/ The Specialist<\/a>&#8216; (Warner Brothers) <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/6769\/beetlejuice_charlie_corpse.html\">Beetlejuice \/ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory \/ Tim Burton&#8217;s Corpse Bride<\/a>&#8216; (Warner Brothers) <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/6463\/believe_in_me.html\">Believe In Me<\/a>&#8216; (Gaiam) <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/6657\/bird_paradise.html\">Bird of Paradise<\/a>&#8216; (Kino) <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/6770\/blazing_caddyshack_vacation.html\">Blazing Saddles \/ Caddyshack \/ National Lampoon&#8217;s European Vacation<\/a>&#8216; (Warner Brothers) <\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/6771\/body_confidential_player.html\">Body Heat \/ L.A. 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I like Soderbergh, and I like the idea of him experimenting in new genres. On the other hand, I don&#8217;t like that he&#8217;s apparently now best buds with Channing Tatum and feels the need to cast the oaf in his movies. I think this will be a rental. <\/p>\n<p>I recall that our reader William was a fan of the church choir musical drama &#8216;<strong>Joyful Noise<\/strong>&#8216;, starring Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah. I also recall that pretty much no one else anywhere was. My interest in this is so minimal that it actually bounces into the negative range and I want to push it far, far away from me. Sorry, William. We can&#8217;t all like the same things.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time, Garry Marshall was a very important TV producer who, while never a great filmmaker per se, was also capable of making decent populist entertainment movies. Now he churns out lazy rom-com crap like &#8216;Valentine&#8217;s Day&#8217; and its new pseudo-sequel &#8216;<strong>New Year&#8217;s Eve<\/strong>&#8216;. Look for the all-star &#8216;Flag Day&#8217; to go into production soon. <\/p>\n<p>Why does Madonna suddenly think that she can direct movies? Her latest attempt, the historical romance &#8216;<strong>W.E.<\/strong>&#8216; tells the story of the scandalous affair between England\u2019s King Edward VIII and divorcee Wallis Simpson. You may recall this as a subplot in Oscar winner &#8216;The King&#8217;s Speech&#8217;. This one was never in any danger of being an Oscar winner. The singer&#8217;s fans may enjoy this, but I don&#8217;t see it having much appeal outside those circles. <\/p>\n<h5>Catalog Titles<\/h5>\n<p>Like, ohmygawd, &#8216;<strong>Clueless<\/strong>&#8216; is totally now on Blu-ray! Amy Heckerling&#8217;s clever comedy repositions Jane Austen&#8217;s &#8216;Emma&#8217; in the contemporary high school scene. It made Alicia Silverstone a star for about a minute, and is a smarter movie than it appears at first glance. Seeing co-star Brittany Murphy on screen again may be a little melancholy, however. Not just because it will remind you that she died in 2009, but because her career was pretty much a train wreck after this point. <\/p>\n<p>Weeding out the huge volume of reissues flooding the market today, other titles of interest include the Doris Day\/Rock Hudson musical classic &#8216;<strong>Pillow Talk<\/strong>&#8216;, Robert Redford&#8217;s &#8220;Mountain Man&#8221; drama &#8216;<strong>Jeremiah Johnson<\/strong>&#8216;, and Hugh Grant&#8217;s very touching and very funny &#8216;<strong>About a Boy<\/strong>&#8216;. <\/p>\n<h5>Television<\/h5>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be honest; I have no idea whether the &#8217;70s cult TV series &#8216;<strong>The Invisible Man<\/strong>&#8216;, starring David McCallum as an invisible scientist, is actually being released on Blu-ray today. 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