This Week on DVD & Bluray (01-04-11)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  This week there are a handful of so-so movies to check out that may breathe a little better on your own screen than they did on the big screen. There’s ” Dinner for Schmucks”, “The Last Exorcism”, and “Machete”, which will find more viewers now (especially those last two) and then there’s “Catfish” a controversial doc that hardly anyone saw yet is so worth your time. You’ll find links to all four below….

 

Among the films (and TV shows) I’ve never seen that strike my interested: that Ricky Gervais animated show looks fun as does the complete collection of an animated classic with a certain Moose and Squirrel. I am quite happy to find all those old Jack Lemmon comedies (“Under the Yum Yum Tree”, “Phfft!”, “Good Neighbor Sam”, and “Notorious Landlady”) now available.

Also, “1981” looks interesting….I’ve never heard of it but here’s the synopsis is about an 11 year-old by who shirks his family and spins a web of lies in order to gain acceptance from his friends.

 

As for the rest? Well, you got your requisite Cuba Gooding Jr. (“Ticking Clock”) and Val Kilmer (“Gun”) straight-to-DVD flicks, and several others that finally made it to Bluray (“A Walk in the Clouds” & “Ishtar” yes!),  and you have one bloated First Release Date of the Year….

 

1981 – DVD A Walk in the Clouds – Bluray Backdraft (Anniversary Edition) – Bluray Battlestar Galactica: Season Four – Bluray Big Love: The Complete Fourth Season – DVD Bitter Feast – DVD Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season Eight Motion Comic – Bluray Camille – DVD Caroline – Bluray Case 39 – DVD Catfish – DVD/Bluray Dinner For Schmucks – DVD/Bluray Dirty Tricks – DVD El Mariachi/Desperado – DVD/Bluray Ever After: A Cinderella Story – Bluray Good Neighbor Sam -DVD The Guilty – DVD Gun -DVD/Bluray Hope Floats – Bluray Howl -DVD/Bluray iCarly: Season Two, Vol. 2 -DVD Ishtar – Bluray Last American Cowboy -DVD The Last Exorcism -DVD/Bluray The Lena Baker Story -DVD Life Unexpected: The Complete First Season -DVD Machete -DVD/Bluray Make it Or Break It: Season One, Vol. 2 -DVD Mannix: The Fourth Season -DVD My Dog Skip – Bluray The Notorious Landlady -DVD Once Upon A Time In Mexico -DVD/Bluray Operation Mad Bull -DVD Phffft! – DVD The Ricky Gervais Show: The Complete First Season -DVD Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends: The Complete Series -DVD The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Complete Third Season -DVD Ticking Clock -DVD/Bluray Top Chef: The Complete Season Seven -DVD Touching Home -DVD Under the Yum Yum Tree – DVD The Yellow Handkerchief -DVD