new dvd releases

New Releases on DVD & Blu-ray: Drive, ST:TNG; The Thing, TF3 3D

by Bruce Simmons on January 30, 2012

This week there are over 100 new releases coming to DVD & Blu-ray discs this week, on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012.

Stars hitting the home entertainment venue this week include Ryan Gosling, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Gregory Peck, Steve Martin and Richard Gere.

Featured amongst these new titles are Drive, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Thing and the 3D Blu-ray release of Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Drive Starring Ryan Gosling and Bryan Cranston. (It behooves me to remind you of the marketing of this film… see my warning and movie review of Drive)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Three-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy)

New Releases on Amazon

New DVD & Blu-ray Releases: Real Steel, Paranormal Activity 3 & Godzilla

by Bruce Simmons on January 23, 2012

There are over 100 new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this week but there are only a few big titles are hitting the market that might interest you. Celebrities you’ll see on the new DVD and Blu-ray discs include Hugh Jackman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Katie Featherston, Claude Rains, Woody Allen and more.

There seem to be quite a few first-time to Blu-ray titles, including a few Woody Allen movies:

Check out some of the new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this week, on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012:

Real Steel

Starring Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly and Dakota Goyo

This movie surprised me as it was more than just a fighting robot movie (CS’s movie review) If you were on the fence about this, I don’t think you’d go wrong renting or buying this movie. It was a fun movie with pretty awesome CGI.

On Amazon: Real Steel

50/50

Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen

A movie about a man struggling to beat his cancer diagnosis, the IMDb score for this movie is at 8.0 and it has made $35M at the domestic box office. I haven’t seen the movie but it sounds like it would be an incredible rental and you probably wouldn’t be wasting your money on the DVD or Blu-ray

On Amazon: 50/50

New DVD & Blu-ray Releases This Week: Courageous; Ides of March; Merlin

by Bruce Simmons on January 15, 2012

The Ides of March on Amazon

This week, there are just over 100 new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this week, on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012.

Last week Moneyball, Boardwalk Empire and Killer Elite came out as new DVD & Blu-rays. This week, celebrities such as Alex Kendrick, Ken Bevel, Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Taylor Lautner, and Colin Morgan are gracing the confines of newly layered digital media.

Check it out…

Courageous Starring Alex Kendrick, Ken Bevel, Kevin Downes and Ben Davies…

DVD Special Features
Commentary with the Kendrick Brothers
Deleted Scenes
OUTRAGEOUS: Outtakes and Bloopers
Courageous in 60 Seconds
The Making of Courageous
The Heart of Courageous
The Story Of My Father

Maybe a rental… it pulled in a 5.8 over on IMDb…

Courageous on DVD

The Ides of March Starring Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman…

DVD Special Features
Commentary with George Clooney and Grant Heslov
Believe: George Clooney
On The Campaign: The Cast of The Ides Of March

This is probably worth picking up… our fellow movie-goers left an average score of 7.4 on IMDb.

New DVD & Blu-ray Releases This Week: Archer, Shameless, Final Destination

by Bruce Simmons on December 27, 2011

Christmas has come and gone. We’re spent and exhausted, presents have been delivered and now we’re gearing up for New Year’s Eve. But the marketing machine that is, never stops. And as it is, that means there are around 60 new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this week, on Tuesday, December 27th, 2011.

This is the last batch of new DVD and BD releases for 2011. But amongst the new DVD releases coming out, there might be a popular title or two… check it out.

Each image is a link to Amazon’s page for that title…

Archer Season Two

Special Features

Disc 1:

Swiss Miss
Going Concern, A
Blood Test
Pipeline Fever
Double Deuce, The
Tragical History
Movie Star
Stage Two

Disc 2:

Placebo Effect
El Secuestro
Jeu Monegasque
White Nights
Double Trouble

Archersaurus – Self Extinction
Ask Archer
Semper Fi
L’espoin Mal Fait
ISIS infiltrates Comic-con

New DVD and Blu-ray Releases this Week [Dolphin Tale, Midnight in Paris]

by Bruce Simmons on December 18, 2011

This week, the tide of new DVD & Blu-ray releases is slowing down a bit with the Christmas season in full swing! There are around 70 new titles hitting the market this week on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011.

You can look for stars such as Harry Connick Jr., Owen Wilson, Dianna Agron, Morgan Freeman, Chad Michael Murray, Tom Hardy, Kevin Spacey and Paul Bettany amongst the list that you can take home.

Before I charge in to the new releases, don’t forget that some folks on your Christmas lists (Or maybe yourself!) might like to get some more popular older titles… I for one am looking to start filling up my Blu-ray coffers a little bit… and some of these titles are priced pretty decently. I mean heck, if you wait long enough, older titles get pretty well priced!

(Director/Movie/ IMDb rating)

Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight (8.9)
Jon Favreau’s Iron Man (7.9)
Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins (8.3)
Gore Verbinski’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (8.0)
Michael Bay’s Transformers (7.2)
Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale (7.9)
Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down (7.7)
Zack Snyder’s 300 (7.8)
Francis Lawrence’s I Am Legend (7.1)
Gore Verbinski’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (7.0)
Brad Bird’s Ratatouille (8.1)
Gore Verbinski’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (7.3)
James Mangold’s 3:10 to Yuma (7.8)
John Lasseter’s Cars (7.4)
Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (8.3)
Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element (Remastered) (7.5)
Alex Proyas’ I, Robot (7.0)
Martin Scorsese’s The Departed (8.5)
Marc Forster’s Quantum of Solace (6.8)
Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (8.4)

New DVD and Blu-ray Releases this Week: The Hangover p2, The Help, The Debt

by Bruce Simmons on December 5, 2011

This week, there are more than 100 new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this Tuesday, December 6th, 2011.

With Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper, Daniel Craig, Jim Carrey, & Sam Worthington leading the fray of new DVD’s. Other interesting titles you might want to ponder a few other titles down the list, like from The Biggest Loser, or cult fan favorite like Mystery Science Theater 3000!

There are quite a few exercise DVD’s, which I’m presuming, are aimed at all the holiday eating we’ll be doing and how we’ll need to work it all off again!

Check out my list of New DVD and Blu-ray releases below:

New Movies on DVD:

The Help, from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures & starring Emma Stone and Bryce Dallas Howard

Buy, Rent or Wait?:

Having made $199M worldwide and being the number one movie at the box office for quite a few weeks, this breakout hit movie is rated 8 on IMDb… this would seem to be a must-see, must-catch any way you can movie, if you haven’t already seen it in the movie theater.

[The Help on Amazon]

The Hangover Part II from Warner Bros. Pictures and starring Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis.

Buy, Rent or Wait?:

with an $80M budget, and having made $565M worldwide in movie theaters, the movie has a 6.7 rating on IMDb.

Buy it? Eh. Renting it seems to be the thing to do here.

[The Hangover Part II on Amazon]

New DVD and Blu-ray Releases this Week: The Smurfs, Smallville

by Bruce Simmons on November 27, 2011

This week, there are just under 100 new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this Tuesday, November 27th, 2011. With Neil Patrick Harris, Adele, Tom Welling, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Tina Fey and mnay more leading the fray of new DVD & Blu-rays.

Check out my list of New Releases below:

New Movies on DVD (& Blu-ray):

The Smurfs (Two-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D / Blu-ray / DVD) Starring Neil Patrick Harris, Anton Yelchin, Jayma Mays

Special Features
PS3 Theme; The Smurfs Fantastic Adventure Game; Find the Smurfs Game; Director’s Commentary; Producer, Writers and VFX Supervisor Commentary; Deleted & Extended Scenes; The Smurfs: Comic Book to the Big Screen; Smurf Speak: Meet the Cast; Going Gargamel; Progression Reels

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Friends with Benefits (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) Starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis

Special Features
Commentary with Writer/Director Will Gluck, Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis; Bonus Benefits: A Pop-Up Trivia Track;
Deleted Scenes; Outtakes; On Set With FWB; In A Flash: Choreographing A Mob

• Seven Days in Utopia Starring Robert Duvall

• One Day Starring Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess

• 30 Minutes or Less Starring Jesse Eisenberg

• Our Idiot Brother Starring Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks

• Another Earth

• Tucker & Dale vs. Evil Starring Tyler Labine and Katrina Bowden

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Christmas 2011 Movies, Plot and Plan Now: Tintin, Dragon Tatoo, Mission Impossible

by Bruce Simmons on November 25, 2011

in Entertainment, movies

Christmas Day 2011 Opening Movies:

If you’re wondering what new movies might be playing in your local movie theater during the holidays, particularly what movies are playing during the Christmas week, look no further, because I’ve done the research for you!

In this article I am putting together what new movies are coming out during the Christmas holidays, but I’m also recapping what big-time movies have come out prior to the holiday movie season week, just in case they might still be actually playing in your movie theater when Christmas lands in all our laps.

Plus, included in this list are the more popular new DVD releases are also coming out, just in case you want to plan your holidays around the fireplace with the family instead of the screaming hordes of movie goers. (Times & dates subject to change since this article was posted.)

First up, What Is Coming Out On Christmas Week:

On Wed December 21st 2011: We have The Adventures of Tintin from Steven Spielberg and starring Daniel Craig. Behind this release, is the next mission, if you decide to see it, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol: with Tom Cruise returning to his role of Ethan Hunt. (If you look at the list below, MI comes out a few weeks earlier on IMAX. Another film that seems to be anticipated, if you believe the marketing, is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , with Daniel Craig starring. This is an interesting not because it seems that actor Daniel Craig has two movies coming out on the same day!

On Thursday, December 22nd: A film called The Arrested Development Documentary Project is hitting theaters, which is about the TV show by the same name.

On Friday, Dec 23rd: We Bought a Zoo, starring Scarlett Johansson & Matt Damon is slated to be released. (Though news is hitting the street this might have already had an early release.)

On Sunday, December 25th, 2011; Christmas Day!
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New DVD and Blu-ray Releases this Week: Conan, Super 8, Doctor Who

by Bruce Simmons on November 21, 2011

This week, there are more than 125 new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this Tuesday, November 22, 2011. With Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Tyler Perry, Jason Momoa, Matt Smith and others leading the fray of new DVD’s.

Check out my list of New Releases below and check out my search window link if you’re looking for product details!:

New Movies on DVD:

Super 8 Starring Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney and Ryan Lee

A Madea Christmas: The Play Starring Tyler Perry and Tony Grant

Conan the Barbarian Starring Jason Momoa and Ron Perlman

Sarah’s Key Starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Niels Arestrup, Melusine Mayance

Love Begins Starring Abigail Mavity and Nancy Mckeon

Movies New to Blu-ray:

Three Amigos [Blu-ray] Starring Martin Short, Steve Martin