Welcome to another DVD report from Brusimm.
This week, the new DVD and Blu-ray releases coming out on Tuesday, August 7th, include the acting or voice talent of Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, John Cusack, Alan Arkin, Tim Curry and more!
Before we move on to this week’s sellers, here’s a quick peek at the latest best-sellers in the previous week:
Best Selling Titles
For the week ending July 29th, The Three Stooges led the way in newer title sales. Behind the three funny guys, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, American Reunion, 21 Jump Street and Wrath of the Titans followed suit.
The Christopher Nolan films The Dark Knight and Batman Begins are also in the top-10, as fans play catch up on the Nolan trilogy.
Top disc rentals include Lockout, American Reunion and The Three Stooges.
per Rentrak.
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Let’s take a peek at the new titles to disc coming out on Tuesday, Aug 7th:
TV & Other
Marley
Starring Bob Marley
One Direction – The Only Way Is Up
Starring One Direction
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Grimm
Season One Starring Silas Weir Mitchell, Russell Hornsby, David Giuntoli
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My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic: Royal Pony Wedding
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One Piece
Season Four, Voyage One
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Gunsmoke
The Sixth Season Vol. 1 Starring Milburn Stone, Dennis Weaver, James Arness
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Parenthood
Season Three Starring Lauren Graham, Craig T. Nelson
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Let It Shine
Starring Brandon Smith, Tyler James Williams
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Garrow’s Law
Series 3 Starring Alun Armstrong and Andrew Bucha
Squidbillies 5
Strike Back
The Complete First Season (Cinemax) Starring Eva Birthistle, Philip Winchester, Richard Armitag
Dance Moms
Season 1
Ghost Hunters
Season 7: Part 1 Starring Grant Wilson and Jason Hawe
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Below are the movies coming out this week and as always, I add the IMDb user ratings to the title. If you like, you can use these rating numbers as a gauge as to whether you would want to buy, rent or disc or Amazon VoD or to run for the hills from the release.
Movies
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (6.4)
Starring Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron and Taylor Swif
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Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (6.7)
This was a TV movie starring Tom Selleck.
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Bel Ami (5.4)
Starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas
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1997′s Grosse Pointe Blank (7.4)
15th Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray] Starring Alan Arkin, John Cusack and Dan Aykroyd
(I remember this movie and remember enjoying it when I watched it back then. Early Cusack stuff was pretty fun.
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1985′s Clue: The Movie [Blu-ray] (7.2)
Starring Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn
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1987′s Adventures in Babysitting (6.6)
25th Anniversary Ed [Blu-ray] Starring Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp
2000′s High Fidelity [Blu-ray] (7.6)
Starring Jack Black, John Cusack
Blue Like Jazz (6.3)
Starring Marshall Allman, Jason Marsden
1950′s Rio Grande [Blu-ray] (7.2)
Starring John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara
1987′s Spaceballs (7.0)
(25th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] Starring Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis and Bill Pullman
Iron Sky (6.3)
Starring Julia Dietze, Peta Sergeant
Other titles include 1981′s The Boogens (5.1), Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion: 15th Anniv [Blu-ray], 1954′s Johnny Guitar (7.7), Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom Movie, 1987′s Full Metal Jacket 25th Anniversary [Blu-ray] (8.4), 2007′s Evan Almighty (5.4), Looney Tunes Show: There Goes the Neighborhood and
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New DVD and Blu-ray releases at Amazon
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About Bruce Simmons
I've been writing newsletters since 1999. Of late, I've been focusing on the entertainment consumer angle on mostly the sci-fi, fantasy and action genres of TV, movies and books.
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