Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray

Perhaps the most anticipated release this week is Rodrigo Cortes’ BURIED, a groundbreaking indie thriller starring Ryan Reynolds who wakes up to find himself buried alive, but much more is at play in this ingenious film. David Michod’s ANIMAL KINGDOM — about a 17-year old coping with life in a criminal family —  was also a festival favorite on the indie scene; FREAKONOMICS is an anthology from six innovative documentary filmmakers that explores the hidden side of everything; and two classics from director Samuel Fuller — NAKED KISS, a film noir about a prostitute who finds redemption; and SHOCK CORRIDOR, about a journalist who commits himself to a mental institution to solve a strange murder — get the Blu-Ray treatment from Criterion Collection.

Blu-Ray for Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011

1. ANIMAL KINGDOM (2010)
2. ARMY OF CRIME (2010)
3. BURIED (2010)
4. DEATH RACE 2: Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack (2011)
5. DOWN TERRACE (2010)
6. FREAKONOMICS (2010)
7. LEBANON (2010)
8. THE NAKED KISS: Criterion Collection (1964)
9. NOMAD: THE WARRIOR (2005)
10. SHOCK CORRIDOR: Criterion Collection (1963)
11. TAKERS (2010)

John Curran’s STONE — starring Edward Norton and Robert DeNiro — and John Luessenhop’s TAKERS — an urban crime drama — both hope for better DVD sales than they received at the box office. Writer-director Ben Wheatley’s British crime-dramedy wants to catch your private home-viewing eye; Samuel Moaz’s critically-acclaimed LEBANON — about a single tank and parachute platoon in the first Lebanese War — releases on both Blu-Ray and DVD; while Roger Corman sees five more of his sci-fi/cult classics dug up and dusted off for a whole new generation to enjoy on DVD.

DVD for Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011

1. ANIMAL KINGDOM (2010)
2. ARMY OF CRIME (2010)
3. DEATH RACE 2 (2011)
4. DOWN TERRACE (2010)
5. FREAKONOMICS (2010)
6. LEBANON (2010)
7. THE NAKED KISS: Criterion Collection (1964)
8. Roger Corman’s Sci-Fi Classics — ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS/WAR OF THE SATELLITES/NOT OF THIS EARTH (1957/1958/1957)
9. SHOCK CORRIDOR: Criterion Collection (1963)
10. STONE (2010)
11. TAKERS (2010)
12. UP FROM THE DEPTHS / DEMON OF PARADISE: Roger Corman’s Cult Classics Two-Pack (1979/1987)