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:
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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
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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
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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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