This Week on DVD & Blu-ray (11-13-12)
November 13, 2012
There’s no gettin’ around it – the holidays are upon us! Between now and the end of the year, you can count on some hefty Tuesday releases. The big one this week is “Brave”, an animated feature I enjoyed but it still felt like the first Disney movie to come from Pixar. I anticipate finally seeing Jean-Luc Godard’s dark comedy “Weekend” from 1967, which is getting the Criterion treatment, it’s a film that’s been floating in that gaping hole of my movie-watching. A documentary I plan on catching up with is “The Queen of Versailles”, about a wealthy family who build the most expensive home in the U.S. and then feel the burn of the economic crash. Looks to be both an appalling and uncomfortably humorous examination of greed.
Another recent release worthy of your time, would be Julie Delpy’s sequel “2 Days in New York”. If you enjoyed her first film, which she co-wrote, starred in and directed, you’ll like this one too. A couple of others that didn’t do so well is Oliver Stone’s “Savages”, about the drug trade, and “The Watch” which suffered from bad-timing.
New to Blu-ray this week are two totally different movies from the 80s, “Empire of the Sun” and “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure”, both great in their own right. There’s also a ginormous “Lawrence of Arabia” set in celebration of the classic film’s 50 years and it looks amazing. And if you’re looking for some undeniable laughs, you can’t go wrong with a master, “The Incredible Mel Brooks: An Irresistible Collection of Unhinged Comedy” (what a mouthful!)
That’s it for this week! Links to previous reviews will be highlighted below. Enjoy the Rundown….
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2 Days in New York (DVD/Blu-ray)
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The Big Trail (Blu-ray)
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Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Blu-ray)
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Brave (DVD/Blu-ray)
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Season Two (DVD)
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Culinary Masterpieces: Four Great Foodie Films (Special Edition Box set) (DVD)
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The Definitive Document of the Dead (DVD)
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The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
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D.W. Griffith’s Abraham Lincoln (Blu-ray)
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Empire of the Sun (Blu-ray)
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Friends: The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
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Harold and Kumar Blu-ray Ultimate Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray)
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and 2: Ultimate Edition (Blu-ray)
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The Incredible Mel Brooks: An Irresistible Collection Of Unhinged Comedy (DVD)
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The Island President (DVD)
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Kino Classic’s The Selznick Collection (DVD/Blu-ray)
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Lawrence of Arabia (3-Disc 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition) (Blu-ray)
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Let the Music Play: The Story of the Doobie Brothers (DVD)
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Lost Girl: Season Two (DVD/Blu-ray)
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Marvel Knights: Astonishing X-Men Blu-ray Box (Blu-ray)
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Marvel Knights: Astonishing X-Men Unstoppable (Blu-ray)
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding: 10th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
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Natural Selection (DVD/Blu-ray)
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Painted Skin: The Resurrection (DVD/Blu-ray)
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Patti Smith: Live at Montreux 2005 (DVD/Blu-ray)
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Paul McCartney: Live Kisses (DVD/Blu-ray)
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Pixar Short Films Collection 2 (DVD/Blu-ray)
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) (Blu-ray)
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) (Blu-ray)
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The Queen of Versailles (DVD/Blu-ray)
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The Raw and the Cooked: A Culinary Journey Through Taiwan (DVD)
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Savages (DVD/Blu-ray)
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Snowmageddon (DVD/Blu-ray)
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Stephen Sondheim’s Company (DVD/Blu-ray)
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Complete Classic Series Collection 23-Disc DVD Set (DVD/Blu-ray)
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Trilogy of Life (The Decameron, The Canterbury Tales, Arabian Nights) (Criterion Collection) (DVD)/Blu-ray
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Vamps (DVD/Blu-ray)
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The Watch (DVD/Blu-ray)
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Weekend (Criterion Collection) (DVD/Blu-ray)
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X-Game (DVD)
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