Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray

Blu-Ray for Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011

David Fincher’s Best Picture contender THE SOCIAL NETWORK hits store shelves today. Two modern classics — Kevin Costner’s western DANCES WITH WOLVES and Martin Scorsese’s RAGING BULL,  adapted from Jake La Matta’s memoir — receive special anniversary special editions. Criterion Collection releases two classic films on Blu-Ray: John-Pierre Melville’s ARMY OF SHADOWS — a WWII story about the French Resistance, set in 1942 and thick with realism — and Byron Haskin’s ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS — a fascinating sci-fi story about an astronaut stranded on Mars with only a monkey as his companion, he must find someway to survive with limited water and oxygen.

1. ARMY OF SHADOWS: Criterion Collection (1969)
2. DANCES WITH WOLVES: 20th Anniversary Edition (1990)
3. ENDLESS SUMMER (1966)
4. THE GREAT DEBATERS (2007)
5. ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (1984)
6. PIRANHA (1978)
7. RAGING BULL: 30th Anniversary Edition (1980)
8. ROB ROY (1995)
9. ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS: Criterion Collection (1964)
10. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010)

DVD for Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011

Debuting solely on DVD are a few indie films worth checking out, including Katie Aselton’s THE FREEBIE — the story of a couple who decide to give each other the night off, no questions asked; CANDY MAN — a documentary about the rise and fall of David Klein, the man behind the Jelly Belly jelly bean; Louis CK’s HILARIOUS — the comedian’s latest comedy concert and a huge hit at Sundance 2010; and A LONG RIDE FROM HELL — Camillo Bazzoni’s spaghetti western about two brothers serving prison time for a train-robbery, starring Steve Reeves.

1. CANDY MAN (2010)
2. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
3. THE FREEBIE (2010)
4. GREEN HORNET, THE: 75th Anniversary Original Serials Collector’s Set
5. HAPPILY EVER AFTER (1993)
6. HEARTBREAKER (2010)
7. LOUIS C.K.: HILARIOUS (2010)
8. HOW TO GET AHEAD IN ADVERTISING (1989)
9. A LONG RIDE FROM HELL (1968)
10. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010)