Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray

The late, great Blake Edwards’ 10 — starring Dudley Moore and Bo Derek — gets immortalized on Blu-Ray. Two films go from silver screen to Blu-Ray… Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr star in AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER; and Bette Davis stars in ALL ABOUT EVE, just in time for it’s 60th anniversary. Disney’s animated classic ALICE IN WONDERLAND comes out of the vault for a special 60th anniversary treatment. Sticking with the anniversary trend, HIGHLANDER reaches it’s 25th (tentatively) with a special gift set, boxed with HIGHLANDER 2. LET ME IN fills the role as this week’s primary horror release, with HATCHET 2 showing up to the party a day late. My indie Blu-Ray pick of the week goes to the indie sci-fi/drama MONSTERS, a low-budget film which made huge waves on the festival circuit, is being released as a special edition.

Blu-Ray for Tuesday, Feb. 1st, 2011

1. Blake Edwards’ 10 (1979)
   
2. AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (1957)
3. Walt Disney’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND: 60th Anniversary Edition
4. ALL ABOUT EVE: 60th Anniversary Edition (1950)
5. BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA 2 (2010)
6. BIG MAMA’S HOUSE 1 & 2
7. BOYS DON’T CRY (1999)
8. CHAIN LETTER (2010)
9. CONVICTION (2010)
10. HIGHLANDER: 25th Anniversary Gift Set
11. LET ME IN (2010)
12. MONSTERS: Special Edition (2010)
13. NEVER LET ME GO (2010)
14. NIGHT CATCHES US (2010)
15. PLEASANTVILLE (1998)
16. THE TILLMAN STORY (2010)
17. WELCOME TO THE RILEYS (2010)
18. A WOMAN, A GUN AND A NOODLE SHOP (2010)
19. YOU’VE GOT MAIL (1998)

Blu-Ray for Wednesday, Feb. 2nd, 2011:

1. HATCHET 2 (2010)

On the DVD platter this week is an eclectic mix spanning genres and eras. 11 HARROWHOUSE is a crime-comedy starring Charles Grodin, Candice Bergan and James Mason; BULLSHOT is a comedy set during WWI starring Alan Shearman and Billy Connolly; being re-released in the British gangster film THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY, starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren; and Stanley Donen’s LUCKY LADY is a comedy about rum-running in the 1930’s, starring Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli and Burt Reynolds. Going further back is a film noir called THE PROWLER and a pair of pre-code 30’s-era films. (For ya young’uns, that’s before men and women were required to sleep in separate beds on the big screen.) Three smaller films to consider are NEVER LET ME GO, a sci-fi/drama starring Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield and Keira Knightley; NIGHT CATCHES US, a drama set during the Black Panther movement of the 70’s starring Kerry Washington and Anthony Mackie; and WELCOME TO THE RILEYS, a drama about an older man who befriends a younger woman, starring James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart and Melissa Leo. Finally, my indie DVD pick of the week is RHINELAND, a WWII drama by Chris Grega shot in the Saint Louis area.

DVD for Tuesday, Feb. 1st, 2011

1. 11 HARROWHOUSE (1974)
2. BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA 2 (2010)
3. BONDED BY BLOOD (2010)
4. BULLSHOT (1983)
5. CHAIN LETTER (2010)
6. THE CLIENT LIST (2010)
7. CONVICTION (2010)
8. GIULIA DOESN’T DATE AT NIGHT (2009)
9. LET ME IN (2010)
10. THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY (1980)
11. LUCKY LADY (1975)
12. MEAN GIRLS 2 (2011)
13. MONA LISA (1986)
14. MONSTERS (2010)
15. NEVER LET ME GO (2010)
16. NIGHT CATCHES US (2010)
17. Pre-Code Hollywood Double Feature: HELL HARBOR and JUNGLE BRIDE (1930/1933)
18. THE PROWLER (1951)
19. RHINELAND (2007)
20. SHOPPING (1994)
21. SKIN (2008)
22. WELCOME TO THE RILEYS (2010)
23. A WOMAN, A GUN AND A NOODLE SHOP (2010)

DVD for Wednesday, Feb. 2nd, 2011:

1. HATCHET 2 (2010)