Everyone is doing Top-10 movies from 2011 lists. Or top-10 movies that they’re anticipating for 2012. That’s all fine and dandy and I’m guessing maybe some of you like the idea of mulling things around. (Let me know if you do.) But in some regard it’s all pretty subjective, depending on who is saying what.
For instance, the connoisseur of popcorn movies might say that Transformers: Dark of the Moon was the best movie in 2011. Or the comedy movies fan might say that The Hangover Part 2 was the best of 2011. Or animated movie fans might say that Kung Fu Panda 2 was the best film of the year.
Or the art film fan might say something completely different, and claim that Drive or Hanna were wonderful artistic journey or risks taken by the director. (But don’t tell the popcorn movie fans that!!! They might say that the marketing for these movies was nothing but lies and they may never go near another movie from those directors again!)
But a more pragmatic perspective would be to take a look at who you, the movie-goer, spoke with your wallet in 2011.
Now obviously, there are a few movies missing from this list that should be there, but they’ve only been out a few weeks and they’re almost on the list! Those movies are Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol; Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, who are both very close to my threshold of getting past the $100 million dollar domestic mark.
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New DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this week include mutants, a community of funny people, a classic Al Pacino flick, some hard-core exercising and a few more TV shows with sci-fi tendencies and some crimes that need to be solved. Don’t forget, we also have a child assassin on the loose, exploring the world for the first time!
With that said…
Movies Coming to DVD/Blu-ray
The highly praised sci-fi/fantasy comic book genre movie, X-Men: First Class, starring Starring James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, is due out this week. Though most new DVD releases are coming out September 6th, this title is coming out Sept. 9th.
If you’re curious about the single-disk DVD version, check out my DVD Review of X-Men: First Class. I also talk about the Blu-ray features you can expect. The Blu-ray is the way to go. It’s loaded with two hours of content.
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Amongst some of the new Blu-ray releases this week is the classic, Scarface, with Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer, is coming to Blu-ray finally. The Blu-ray is called ‘Scarface Limited Edition Steelbook [Blu-ray + Digital Copy].’
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Hanna Starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana & Cate Blanchett is finally here. But before making any snap decisions, feel free to check out my movie review of Hanna.
The quick of it: Almost all the action scenes are in the preview movie clips you’ve seen. The rest of the movie is a journey as Hanna crawls out of the rabbit hole. (That will all make sense to those who have seen it.)
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Scream Five-Film Set (Scream 1-3 + Two Documentaries) starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette and the rest of the murderee’s are part of this collected set of Scream movies is coming out on Blu-ray disc.
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