Oh MAN do I appreciate "light" weeks in the land of movies & TV on DVD! Must be the Easter Monday holiday that the USA doesn't actually celebrate, but we only have 167 new titles to share with you this week. It breaks out to 130 DVDs, 20 Blu-rays, 16 "digital" titles and ONE...well, I'll save that as a surprise for later. You'll figure it out.
Everything's out Tuesday (4/2) unless noted otherwise - current top 24 sellers are in large italics. Additional info can be found by clicking away on titles and icons! There is much to see; please dig right in
TV OF THE WEEK
HAPPY EASTER! Top two selling items of the week ARE.....
NERD ALERT Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One - Avengers Assembled (10-Disc Limited Edition Six-Movie Collector's Set) [Blu-ray] "Complete with glowing Tesseract, this exciting collection includes stunning Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray presentations of Marvel’s The Avengers, Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor, as well as Blu-ray versions of Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and The Incredible Hulk in exclusive collectible packaging." Plus one bonus disc of surprise bonuses. Also, go figure... MOST EXPENSIVE TITLE OF THE WEEK ...but that won't stop YOU, nerds! It's the #3 seller of the week!
Hammer Horror Collection (3 Film Set) Dracula: Prince of Darkness, The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, Frankenstein Created Woman - I also can't believe it's up here
LUV (2012) Common, Michael Rainey Jr., Charles S. Dutton, Meagan Good, Dennis Haysbert, Danny Glover
Tormented (Rabitto horâ 3D - Netherlands/Japan, 2011) Directed by Takashi Shimizu English info on this DVD available at Well Go USA (wellgousa.com) Tormented [Blu-ray] Cover says it's Blu-ray 3D, so let's go with that
The Name of the Game is Kill (1968) Jack Lord, Tisha Sterling, Susan Strasberg - more info on this DVD and trailer at VCI (vcientertainment.com)
Return to Nim's Island (Australia, 2013) Bindi Irwin, Toby Wallace, Matthew Lillard, John Waters - currently a "Walmart exclusive" (but not after Tuesday!) - whoa, Bindi Irwin is 14? I ain't sayin' NOTHIN'.
BIG COLLECTION OF THE WEEK Best of Warner Bros 20 Film Collection Romance Jezebel (1938), Gone with the Wind (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Casablanca (1942), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Now, Voyager (1942), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), A Streetcar Named Desire: The Original Director's Version (1951), Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Splendor in the Grass (1961), Doctor Zhivago (1965), A Touch of Class (1973), A Star Is Born (1976), The Goodbye Girl (1977), The Bodyguard (1992), You've Got Mail (1998), Two Weeks Notice (2002), The Lake House (2006), Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
Meet the Fokkens (Ouwehoeren - Netherlands, 2011) Golly! Story about 69 year old identical twin prostitutes' Dutch title translates to "Bullshitting" - and that previous sentence is probably all you need to know about whether you need to see this movie or not. (Me...I need to see this movie.) (At least see the trailer...it's awesome)
White Elephant (Elefante Blanco - Argentina/Spain/France, 2012) Ricardo Darin, Martina Gusman, Jeremie Renier - more info on this DVD in English at Strand Releasing (strandreleasing.com)
"MANUFACTURED ON DEMAND" FROM SONY PICTURES HOME ENT. OF THE WEEK The Key (UK, 1958) William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard (probably all DVD-R) Branded (1931) Buck Jones A Night to Remember (1942) Loretta Young, Brian Aherne Too Many Husbands (1940) Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray, Melvyn Douglas, Harry Davenport Harem Girl (1952) Joan Davis IS, Peggy Castle
COLLECTION MOST MARGINALLY INTERESTING TO WRESTLING FANS OF THE WEEK Wrestling Superstars Collection Hell Comes to Frogtown, Grunt: The Wrestling Movie, I Like to Hurt People - more info on this set at Image (image-entertainment.com)
OTHER COLLECTIONS OF NO GREAT SHAKES 4-Film Miramax Action Collection No list ANYWHERE except Echo Bridge (echobridgeentertainment.com), who says: The Yards, Ordinary Decent Criminal, My Name is Modesty, Best of the Best: Without Warning - see? You really dodged a bullet there! 4-Film Action Pack 4 [Blu-ray] Equilibrium, Driven to Kill, Supercop, The Yards - wow, The Yards in TWO ACTION PACKS this week! Betty Boop Lone Ranger 8-Movie Action Pack 6 Amazon says "add your own commas!" Recoil Blackjack Spenser: Judas Goat No Code of Conduct Rage Street Corner Justice Malevolent Buffalo Soldiers 8-Movie Combat Collection "Hitler's Britain Passchendaele Escape From Sobibor The Struma Regeneration Prisoner of Paradise Firing Squad Hidden In Silence" 8-Film Great Actors NO LIST AT ALL!
Taxi Driver (1976) Robert DeNiro - many other versions are available right now; I recommend the 2 disc collector's edition Summer School aka: Mag Wheels (1978) IMDb reviewer said this was on USA's "Up All Night" all the time - somehow I must have missed that one. More info on this DVD and trailer at VCI The Champ (1979) Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway (import)
Badass Showdown (2013) Cynthia Rothrock (NO WAY DUDE) - sadly, this movie is totally gay - and I don't mean in the "MMA is gay" way, either (although the MMA looks totally gay) - brave the trailer if you dare and/or love dudes' abs!
YOU WILL RELAX NOW! Entspannungswelten [3 DVDs] "3 Dvds With Harmonic Asian Landscape Photography, Underwater Worlds, Water And Stones For Simple And Deep Relaxation!" ...except it's in German (PAL) (4/5) Relaxation, Health & Well Being Here's the English version - but let's be honest, is that much better? (PAL) (4/5)
AND FINALLY... Trading U.S. Dollar/Euro: Trading Tips and Strategies [VHS] A VIDEOTAPE. I believe this is the first time in all my years of doing this that I've listed a VHS tape. Hey, maybe you make enough money trading dollars and euros to buy yourself a nice DVD player, eh?
That's all we got - I'll put some covers in here later, but feel free to talk about anything which caught your eye RIGHT NOW.
I'll be back Easter Monday with the final Top 24 and a sneak peek at next week. EEK
Originally posted by Eddie Famous"The Return of Johnny V. (2011) Paul Matthew Lopez IS, Craig Rainey, David Rodriguez, Dana de la Garza"
Is it too much to ask?
Yes. BUT. If you visit their website at http://www.thereturnofjohnnyv.com/ you WILL see that one of their five posters features what looks like a guy in a La Parka mask.