(Click on the "DVD" thread icon to find threads going back to the beginning of the year...here are links to the previous four weeks: 6/5 - 6/12 - 6/19 - 6/26)
Hello.
Due to the Independence Day holiday inconveniently falling on a Wednesday, all the major American distributors have figured that nobody's really interested in buying any new DVDs on Tuesday. Thus, we have another slew of Televista releases (they're Italian, they don't know any better) and....well, nothing really. We'll be done before you know it!
Actually, we have 164 releases, including four HD DVDs and three Blu-Ray (anybody bought the new format yet?), 24 pairings of movies that have been out forever (and probably aren't that good a deal), and...oh, let's just get to the list already.
For those of you who haven't endured one of these lists before, it works thusly:
Hovering over links should provide you with Amazon's current price.
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Because Amazon sometimes can't come correct with the information, you will see some exposition from me (or, more likely, a bad joke) in addition to the listing along with IMDb icons (which can be clicked to take you to a movie's IMDb listing) or tv.com icons (which can be clicked to take you to the relevant episode list from tv.com)
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UNIVERSAL: Disappearances (2006) Kris Kristofferson, Gary Parker, Luis Guzman, Genevieve Bujold - that's the kinda cast list that tells you everything you need to know, don't it?
MIRAMAX: Our Very Own (2005) Allison Janney, Keith Carradine, Cheryl Hines, Beth Grant, Jason Ritter Neverwas (2005) Aaron Eckhart, Ian McKellen, William Hurt, Bill Bellamy, Michael Moriarty, Brittany Murphy, Jessica Lange
DOCUMENTARIES OF THE WEEK: All My Babies (1952) Classic midwifery documentary Image All the Presidents' Movies (Made for TV, 2003) Narrated by Martin Sheen - what movies screened in the White House? War & Truth (2005) A history of embedded journalists Gangster With a Heart of Gold - The Noonie G. Story (2006) Common and Kanye West narrate Wamego Strikes Back (2007) Sequel to "Wamego: Making Movies Anywhere" follows the progress of a completed indie film to its eventual distribution...or does it? Cast list guaranteed to include at least one of your favourite people
CODE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT: 4 Life (2007) - Info & Trailer (codeblackentertainment.com)
MAC FILMS: Double Cross (1994) Jennifer Tilly, Kelly Preston, Kevin Tighe
MAVERICK: Battlespace (direct to video, Australia, 2006) - Info & trailer at Maverick (maverickentertainment.cc)
MTI HOME VIDEO: How You Look to Me (2005) Frank Langella, Laura Allen, Bruce Marshall Romans
COLLECTIONS FROM...NOBODY'S TAKING CREDIT FOR THIS ONE: Music Lovers DVD Collection - Walk the Line, Garage Days, The Commitments, The Five Heartbeats, This is Spinal Tap, and Hendrix
BASEBALL: Baseball's Most Unbreakable Feats "Legendary pitcher Roger Clemens narrates ... a detailed look at 10 seemingly untouchable baseball achievements." List and trailer at Shout! Factory
WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT: WWE: One Night Stand 2007 - as always, we feel a better deal can be found with the DVD/T-shirt package at the ol' WWESHOP (shopzone.wwe.com)
TRICKED OUT RIDES: Bikes and Ballers "O-yeah and wherever there are chromed out bikes and tricked out rides, there will be ballers with money to blow and the booty will be somewhere close."
I WILL be back in this thread on Monday with a Top 24 that will end up representing almost 1/7th of this list - who KNOWS what amongst these will sell - well, you could go get an early check right now, I suppose. Just come back Monday.
Oh HEY maybe YOU'VE seen something on this list - it's obvious I sure haven't - so go ahead and post a reply!
I am buying Blu-Rays and watching them on my PS3 in 1080p.
I have Talladega Nights (came with the PS3), Pirates 1 and 2, Ghost Rider, Fantastic Four, and Eragon on Blu-Ray. They all look stunning in HD.
I've seen The Fifth Element and Underworld Evolution on Blu-Ray on my HD setup and the transfers were CRAP. It didn't look better than my DVDs in 480p being upscaled on my TV. Lots of artifacts everywhere. It was pretty distracting.
I can see why they're re-mastering The Fifth Element and I'll probably get the new version when it comes out.
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM 2 was NOT direct to video. I remember seeing it in a theater and wondering why Jason Robards wasn't in it.
EUREKA is an awesome show, everyone should watch it.
...oh yeah, and out of ALL the movies that have EVER been made, why the fuck is FLATLINERS getting released on BluRay? Seriously, was someone just really fucked up on drugs and said "Hey! Lets put out FLATLINERS! That should sell like hotcakes."
Originally posted by CRZBatfink: The Complete Series (synidcated, 1966-7) Parody of guess who - 100 five minute episodes, give or take - Shout! Factory (shoutfactory.com)
Quite possibly the worst cartoon in the history of mankind, you can see these on Boomerang on occasion.
Worse than Mighty Man and Yuk, worse than the Cattanooga Cats.
As of 2/28/05: 101 pounds since December 7, 2004 OFFICIAL THREE-MONTH COUNT: 112 pounds on March 9, 2005 OFFICIAL SIX-MONTH COUNT: 142 pounds on June 8, 2005 OFFICIAL ONE YEAR COUNT: 187 pounds on December 7, 2005 As of 2/27/06: 202 pounds "I've lost a heavyweight" As of 7/31/06: 224 pounds
Pretty bummed about this... but there were signs this was coming over the past month or two. I'm happy he continued to do what he'd been doing for 34 years right up until two weekends ago.