{"id":38574,"date":"2012-07-31T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=38574"},"modified":"2017-08-04T12:30:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T19:30:42","slug":"bluray-highlights-jul-31-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/bluray-highlights-jul-31-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Blu-ray Highlights for July 31st, 2012 &#8211; Get Your Ass to Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s Blu-ray release slate is low on new titles that many people are likely to have heard of, and heavy on double-bill reissues of previously released movies. However, we also have a handful of really good classics on tap today as well. (Yes, I count the Schwarzenegger picture as a &#8220;classic,&#8221; thank you very much.)<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-279\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_279\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_279_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"a8986701be\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"279\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_multiple_ans_279\" name=\"poll_multiple_ans_279\" value=\"38\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Which Blu-rays Interest You This Week (7\/31\/12)?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-279-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1785\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1785\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1785\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7086\/4321.html\">4. 3. 2. 1.<\/a>' (Universal)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1786\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1786\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1786\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7128\/steve_cooper.html\">All About Steve \/ I Love You, Beth Cooper<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1787\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1787\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1787\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7063\/atm.html\">ATM<\/a>' (MPI)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1788\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1788\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1788\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7044\/body_and_soul.html\">Body and Soul<\/a>' (Olive Films)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1789\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1789\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1789\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7129\/bride_27.html\">Bride Wars \/ 27 Dresses<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1790\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1790\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1790\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7125\/damsels_distress.html\">Damsels in Distress<\/a>' (Sony)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1791\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1791\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1791\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7124\/detention.html\">Detention<\/a>' (Sony)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1792\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1792\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1792\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7056\/the_faculty.html\">The Faculty<\/a>' (Miramax Echo Bridge)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1793\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1793\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1793\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7045\/fire_with_fire.html\">Fire With Fire<\/a>' (Olive Films)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1794\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1794\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1794\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7046\/first_born.html\">First Born<\/a>' (Olive Films)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1795\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1795\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1795\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7047\/force_of_evil.html\">Force of Evil<\/a>' (Olive Films)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1796\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1796\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1796\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7149\/forever_marilyn.html\">Forever Marilyn: The Blu-ray Collection<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1797\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1797\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1797\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7201\/gentlemen_blondes.html\">Gentlemen Prefer Blondes<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1798\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1798\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1798\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7130\/door_march.html\">The Girl Next Door \/ Miss March<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1799\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1799\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1799\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7127\/hatfields_mccoys_2012.html\">Hatfields &amp; McCoys<\/a>' (Sony)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1800\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1800\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1800\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/6854\/haunting_whaley.html\">The Haunting of Whaley House<\/a>' (Asylum)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1801\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1801\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1801\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7043\/heaven_strewn.html\">Heaven Strewn<\/a>' (Cinema Libre)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1802\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1802\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1802\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7116\/hijacked.html\">Hijacked<\/a>' (Starz\/Anchor Bay)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1803\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1803\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1803\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7200\/marry_millionaire.html\">How to Marry a Millionaire<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1804\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1804\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1804\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7131\/married_vegas.html\">Just Married \/ What Happens in Vegas<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1805\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1805\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1805\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7070\/La_grande_illusion.html\">La Grande Illusion<\/a>' (Lionsgate)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1806\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1806\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1806\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/6941\/havre.html\">Le Havre<\/a>' (Criterion)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1807\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1807\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1807\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7138\/lol.html\">LOL<\/a>' (Lionsgate)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1808\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1808\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1808\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7132\/myself_shallow.html\">Me, Myself and Irene \/ Shallow Hal<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1809\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1809\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1809\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7133\/smith_date.html\">Mr. and Mrs. Smith \/ Date Night<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1810\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1810\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1810\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7134\/cousin_cyrus.html\">My Cousin Vinny \/ Cyrus<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1811\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1811\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1811\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7135\/space_napoleon.html\">Office Space \/ Napoleon Dynamite<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1812\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1812\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1812\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7199\/river_return.html\">River of No Return<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1813\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1813\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1813\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7121\/scalene.html\">Scalene<\/a>' (Breaking Glass)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1814\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1814\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1814\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7198\/7_year_itch.html\">The Seven Year Itch<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1815\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1815\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1815\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/6971\/shark_week_25th.html\">Shark Week: 25th Anniversary Collection<\/a>' (Discovery Channel)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1816\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1816\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1816\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7197\/no_business_show_business.html\">There's No Business Like Show Business<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1817\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1817\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1817\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7136\/something_underdog.html\">There's Something About Mary \/ Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1818\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1818\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1818\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7010\/total_recall_mbe.html\">Total Recall: Mind-Bending Edition<\/a>' (Lionsgate)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1819\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1819\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1819\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7458\/we_the_party.html\">We the Party<\/a>' (Xlrator)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1820\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1820\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1820\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7137\/frankenstein_robin.html\">Young Frankenstein \/ Robin Hood: Men in Tights<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1821\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1821\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1821\">Other (Tell us in the Comments)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-1822\" name=\"poll_279\" value=\"1822\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1822\">Nothing for me this week<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(279);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(279); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-279-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<h5>New Releases<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/bluray-highlights-jul-24-2012\/\">Last week<\/a>, the Criterion Collection brought two of director Whit Stillman&#8217;s old movies to Blu-ray, presumably to tie in with his new &#8216;<strong>Damsels in Distress<\/strong>&#8216;, which Sony offers up today. Rising starlets Greta Gerwig (&#8216;Greenberg&#8217;) and Analeigh Tipton (&#8216;Crazy, Stupid, Love.&#8217;) play sorority sisters who take it upon themselves to improve the social scene in their university by dating and &#8220;taming&#8221; the boorish men on campus. As a Whit Stillman movie, expect a bunch of characters who all look, sound, act and speak exactly like each other to stand around talking, and talking, and talking and talking. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Greta Gerwig, back in 2006, the actress made an indie comedy called &#8216;LOL&#8217;. Unfortunately, that&#8217;s not the &#8216;<strong>LOL<\/strong>&#8216; we get on Blu-ray today. This one is Miley Cyrus&#8217; latest attempt to pretend she&#8217;s a movie star. That should be all you need to know to keep moving along. <\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, the only other new releases are the low-budget horror thrillers &#8216;<strong>ATM<\/strong>&#8216; and &#8216;<strong>Detention<\/strong>&#8216;. The latter has Dane Cook in the cast. That&#8217;s reason enough to skip it. <\/p>\n<h5>Catalog Titles<\/h5>\n<p>First off, have you looked at some of Fox&#8217;s double-bill pairings on the list today? Some of them make sense, like matching up the Farrelly brothers&#8217; &#8216;Me, Myself and Irene&#8217; with &#8216;Shallow Hall&#8217;, or the putting the thematically-similar comedies &#8216;Just Married&#8217; and &#8216;What Happens in Vegas&#8217; together. But what do &#8216;Mr. and Mrs. Smith&#8217; and &#8216;Date Night&#8217; have in common? I think that even Marisa Tomei fans will find &#8216;My Cousin Vinny&#8217; and &#8216;Cyrus&#8217; a bizarrely discordant double feature. <\/p>\n<p>In better news, Fox also celebrates the iconic Marilyn Monroe with the &#8216;<strong>Forever Marilyn<\/strong>&#8216; collection, as well as standalone editions of &#8216;Gentlemen Prefer Blondes&#8217;, &#8216;How to Marry a Millionaire&#8217;, &#8216;River of No Return&#8217;, &#8216;The Seven Year Itch&#8217; and &#8216;There&#8217;s No Business Like Show Business&#8217;. True, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/4870\/somelikeithot_59.html\">Some Like It Hot<\/a>&#8216; and &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/4970\/misfits.html\">The Misfits<\/a>&#8216; were previously released, but I never got around to buying those, so this box set seems like a good deal to me. <\/p>\n<p>The Criterion Collection brings us &#8216;<strong>Le Havre<\/strong>&#8216;, the latest deadpan comedy from Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurism\u00e4ki (director of &#8216;Leningrad Cowboys Go America&#8217;). <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Lionsgate ports over the Studio Canal Collection edition of Jean Renoir&#8217;s World War I POW classic &#8216;<strong>La Grande Illusion<\/strong>&#8216;. Unlike some of Studio Canal&#8217;s previous botched releases, this one is said to feature an excellent video transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Just in time for this week&#8217;s remake, Lionsgate has also freshly remastered the original &#8216;<strong>Total Recall<\/strong>&#8216; for the stupidly-named &#8220;Mind-Bending Edition.&#8221; Given how crummy the Blu-ray from 2006 was, this is bound to be a welcome improvement. <\/p>\n<h5>Television<\/h5>\n<p>The only notable TV release this week is the Emmy-nominated miniseries &#8216;<strong>Hatfields &#038; McCoys<\/strong>&#8216;, starring Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton. Admittedly, I didn&#8217;t actually watch this, but every single clip I saw of it looked insanely cheesy. Is that unfair?<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>You can put me down for &#8216;Grand Illusion&#8217; and &#8216;Total Recall&#8217;, and the Marilyn Monroe box will go on my wish list for a later date. 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