DVD/BD releases - October 2010

[tazber]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 8:16am

October 5
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Remastered Deluxe Edition) (Animation, Family)
- 30 Days of Night: Dark Days (Thriller)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (Horror)
- Ally McBeal: The Complete Fifth Season (Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance)
- Ally McBeal: The Complete Fourth Season (Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance)
- Ally McBeal: The Complete Third Season (Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance)
- Barbie in The Nutcracker (Animation, Family)
- Blue Mountain State: Season One (Comedy, Sports, TV)
- Bones: Season Five (Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, TV)
- Bratz Pampered Petz (Animation, Comedy, Family)
- Caprica: Season 1.0 (Action, Drama, Sci-Fi)
- The Evil/Twice Dead (Horror, Thriller) Buy Now!
- The Exorcist (Extended Director's Cut) (Drama, Horror, Thriller)
- Fade to Black (Mystery, Thriller)
- Fred: The Movie (Comedy, TV)
- Gunsmoke: The Fourth Season, Volume One (Drama, TV, Western)
- Holy Rollers (Comedy, Drama)
- The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (Drama, Horror)
- Humphrey Bogart: The Essential Collection (Various)
- Jackass Unrated 3-Pack (Comedy)
- The Karate Kid (Action)
- Ken Burns' Baseball: The Tenth Inning (Documentary, Sports, TV)
- Lock 'N Load (Reality TV)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Seventh Season (Comedy, TV)
- Medium: The Sixth Season (Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV)
- Monk: The Complete Series Limited Edition Box Set (Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV)
- NHL Stanley Cup Champions 2010: Chicago Blackhawks - Special Edition (Sports)
- Ocean's 11 (50th Anniversary) (Crime, Thriller)
- Olivia: Merry Christmas (Animation, Family)
- Penguins of Madagascar: I Was a Penguin Zombie (Animation, Comedy)
- The Rig (Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller)
- The Secret of Kells (Adventure, Animation)
- SGU Stargate Universe: The Complete First Season (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, TV)
- The Slumber Party Massacre Collection (Comedy, Horror)
- Space Chimps 2-Pack (Adventure, Animation, Comedy)
- Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back (Adventure, Animation, Comedy)
- Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back 3D (Adventure, Animation, Comedy)
- Splice (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller)
- Ugly Americans: Volume One (Animation, Comedy, Horror, TV)
- VeggieTales: It's a Meaningful Life (Family)

October 9
- Agora (Adventure, Drama, History, Romance)

October 12
- As Good as Dead (Psychological Thriller)
- Bangkok Adrenaline (Action, Comedy)
- Cartoon Network Hall of Fame: Dexter's Laboratory - Season One (Animation, Family, TV)
- CSI: Miami - The Eighth Season (Crime, Drama, TV)
- The Darjeeling Limited (The Criterion Collection) (Comedy, Drama)
- Dollhouse: Season 2 (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, TV)
- The Essential Bugs Bunny (Animation, Comedy, Family)
- The Gates (Documentary)
- Ghost Whisperer: Complete Series Value Pack (Drama, Fantasy, TV)
- Ghost Whisperer: The Final Season (Drama, Fantasy, TV)
- The Hangover (Extreme Edition) (Comedy)
- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (Family)
- Jonah Hex (Action, Thriller)
- Kimjongilia (Documentary)
- Kung-Fu Master (Action, Drama)
- Leaves of Grass (Comedy, Thriller)
- Lie to Me: Season Two (Drama, TV)
- Lost Boys: The Thirst (Comedy, Horror, Thriller)
- The Magician (The Criterion Collection) (Drama)
- Manson, My Name is Evil (Comedy, Crime, Fantasy)
- Saturday Night Live Presents A Very Gilly Christmas (Comedy, TV)
- Smokey and the Bandit: The 7-Movie Outlaw Collection (Action, Comedy)
- The Tudors: The Final Season (Drama, TV)

October 15
- How to Train Your Dragon (Dragon Double DVD Pack) (Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy)
- How to Train Your Dragon (Single Disc Edition) (Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy)

October 19
- Assault of the Sasquatch (Action, Horror)
- The Bionic Woman: Season 1 (Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, TV)
- C is for Cookie Monster (Family)
- Cartoon Network: Generator Rex - Volume 1 (Animation, Sci-Fi, TV)
- The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (Documentary)
- Dolph Lundgren is The Killing Machine (Action, Drama, Thriller)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Ultimate Edition) (Action, Adventure, Fantasy)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Ultimate Edition) (Action, Adventure, Fantasy)
- The Hitmen Diaries: Charlie Valentine (Drama)
- Mirrors 2 (Unrated) (Thriller)
- Naruto Shippuden: Box Set 4 (Action, Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi, Thriller, TV)
- Oceans (Documentary)
- Please Give (Comedy, Drama)
- Predators (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi)
- The Psycho Legacy (Documentary)
- The Real L Word: Season One (Reality TV)
- Scooby-Doo Where Are You?: Season One, Volume Four (Animation, Comedy, Family, Mystery)
- Tales from the Darkside: Complete Series (Fantasy, Horror, TV)
- Tales from the Darkside: The Final Season (Fantasy, Horror, TV)
- Theater of War (Documentary)
- The Ultimate Mirrors 2-Pack (Thriller)
- Wallander (Crime, Thriller)

October 26
- A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism (Documentary)
- Altitude (Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller)
- The Art of Ballet (Documentary)
- Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy (Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi)
- Elf (Ultimate Collector's Edition) (Comedy, Family, Fantasy)
- Freaknik: The Musical (Animation, Comedy, Music, Musical, TV)
- The Girl Who Played With Fire (Action, Mystery, Thriller)
- House (The Criterion Collection) (Comedy, Fantasy, Horror)
- Lake Placid 3 (Unrated) (Horror, TV)
- Maniac: 30th Anniversary Edition (Horror)
- Paths of Glory (The Criterion Collection) (Crime, Drama, War)
- Sex and the City 2 (Comedy, Romance)
- Sex and the City: The Complete Collection (Comedy, Romance, TV)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Complete Season Two (Action, Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi, TV)
- The Twilight Zone: Fan Favorites (Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller)
- Ultimate NFL (Sports)
- The Venture Bros.: Season 4, Vol. 1 (Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi, TV)
- Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (Documentary, Music)
- Winter's Bone (Drama)
- You Don't Know Jack (Drama, TV)

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The fourth quarter kicks off with lots of spiffed up titles debuting on BD. Personally I'm not one to double dip for a replacement unless it's really a special title to me, and none of this month's upgrades fit that category.

But the industry will be rolling out some serious titles on BD this quarter including an upgraded Avatar (with extra footage, extra footage beyond what was included in the re-release (extra-extra footage?) and 45 minutes of completed deleted scenes on top of all that. Still not in 3D yet, so expect at least two more iterations of this movie in the coming year). And a bevy of classic titles which I will post monthly.

As far as new releases go, I'm looking forward to:

The Evil/Twice Dead and The Slumber Party Massacre Collection - these are 2 more titles in the ongoing Roger Corman series. Shout! Factory has done a nearly Criterion-level job with this series and despite the B level of the movies the dvds offer scholarly assessments of their impact and influence on much of what we see today.

The Secret Of Kells - the surprise animated Oscar nominee that no one had ever heard of. I hear it's visually stunning and a true delight.

Splice - word is that this more psychological thriller than monster movie. It got pretty good reviews and I'm intrigued.

Agora - Rachel Weisz in a little seen but highly lauded costume drama set in ancient Egypt.

Please Give - Nicole Holofcener's latest and the best reviewed film of the summer (next to Winter's Bone). She always makes deeply felt dramas, and this one has her usual cast of complex, sometimes unlikable but always real characters.

The Psycho Legacy - an incisive doc about the mother of all horror movies and Hitchcock's masterpiece. Lots of rare interviews and behind the scenes stuff.

Winter's Bone - the other movie of the summer that no one saw but everyone will be talking about if (as is very likely) Jennifer Lawrence gets an Oscar nomination.

The Girl Who Played Fire - the second installment of the trilogy (part 3 comes to dvd in December)

So, what are my fellow BWW'ers looking forward? Besides of course Fred:The Movie.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 9:10am

I'm mostly psyched that Bergman's THE MAGICIAN is hitting DVD in a Criterion version. One of his liveliest and most entertaining films, it deserves to be better known.

And any new DVD of the MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW is cause for happiness. I'll have to check out that ESSENTIAL BUGS BUNNY thing, too.

[BroadwayBenny]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 9:51am

Secret of Kells IS visually amazing. The script runs a little slow, but it's still refreshing to see something outside of the american animated feature formula.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 9:55am

Well I just thank God that LAKE PLACID 3 is finally coming out. Part 2 ended with such a cliffhanger, I've been dying to know what happens next!!!!

[tazber]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 10:23am

****SPOILER*****

Giant crocodiles eat people and there is a salty old broad somewhere in the cast.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 10:52am

What I read about Agora made it seem like the Johnny Guitar of ancient period pieces. Very interested.

Really want to see Winter's Bone and How To Train Your Dragon (poor Dreamworks, they supposedly make their best animated film to date the same year Toy Story 3 comes out).

Is it just me or is there a lack of horror releases (and re-releases for that matter)? I guess I'll check out The Twilight Zone: Fan Favorites.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 11:01am

Thanks for mentioning WINTER'S BONE, I'd missed that it was on the list. Just put it in my netflix queue.

[morosco]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 2:50pm

Hitchcock's PSYCHO will be released on Blu-ray on October 19th. It features a newly created (and presumably optional) 5.1 audio mix.

[Calvin]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 2:58pm

Saw Winter's Bone in the theater. It's one of the best movies, if not the best movie, I've seen all year.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 3:22pm

"Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition" also came out yesterday.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 3:40pm

And it looks AMAZING.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 3:44pm

I wanted to see Agora in the the theater but it played for a split second.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 10/7/10 at 1:52pm

WBshop.com releasing 'Pretty Maids All In A Row' on Oct. 12th

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 10/29/10 at 8:27pm

Review of the 'Score' DVD

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 11/1/10 at 10:42am

Saw Winter's Bone over the weekend. Amazing film. I truly hope Jennifer Lawrence's performance doesn't get lost in the shuffle of the annual flurry of Oscar bait films over the next few months. The girl was astonishing.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 11/1/10 at 9:04pm

This might interest you, Matt:
Dave Poland interviews Jennifer Lawrence

[strummergirl]

Posted: 11/1/10 at 9:11pm

One of my local theaters is actually showing Winter's Bone on the big screen next week. $3 a pop. Going.