New Releases, week of 12/15/12: "Dragon Sound" editionToday you can enjoy Miami Connection in the comfort of your own home. Yes, the Citizen Kane of Florida-based taekwondo movies has arrived on DVD, Blu-ray, and limited edition VHS. (That makes Miami Connection more hardcore than Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind.) In our interview with star/co-director Grandmaster Y.K. Kim, I got a sense that the positive response to his kitsch masterpiece was the last thing he expected, especially 25 years after he'd made the movie. Notable new releases this week include The Bourne Legacy, Ted, and Ice Age: Continental Drift. The Korean anthology film Doomsday Book also comes out today, though it really should have received a special 12/21 release to coincide with that dumb Mayan bulls**t. One movie no longer coming out this week is Age of the Hobbits, a direct-to-video rip-off/knock-off of The Hobbit. A California federal judge blocked the release of Age of the Hobbits yesterday saying that it will likely cause consumer confusion. (Trailer after the cut.) Two big releases from Criterion this week: there's Christopher Nolan's first film, Following, which is a stylish bit of noir, and there's the masterful Qatsi Trilogy from Godfrey Reggio, three of the finest avant-garde documentaries every made. Rounding out re-releases are a special edition of Jane Campion's Portrait of a Lady, a big Buster Keaton box set, and bunch of Blu-ray debuts including Dick Tracy, Babes in Toyland, Heavyweights, and Bill Cunningham New York, which was my favorite documentary of 2011. Check out what's new on DVD, Blu-ray, and VHS after the cut. New Releases Alien Origin (Blu-ray) La Boheme (Stage Production) (DVD, Blu-ray) The Bourne Legacy (DVD, Blu-ray) Collision Earth (DVD, Blu-ray) Doomsday Book (DVD, Blu-ray) Ice Age: Continental Drift (DVD, Blu-ray) Kill 'Em All (DVD, Blu-ray) Metallica - Quebec Magnetic (DVD, Blu-ray) Osombie (DVD, Blu-ray) The San Francisco Giants: 2012 World Series Collector's Edition (DVD, Blu-ray) Ted (DVD, Blu-ray) Why Stop Now (DVD, Blu-ray)
Re-releases Ashanti (DVD, Blu-ray) Babes in Toyland (Blu-ray) Baron Blood: Kino Classics' Remastered Edition (DVD, Blu-ray) Bill Cunningham New York (Blu-ray) Death Valley (DVD, Blu-ray) Dick Tracy (Blu-ray) Following [Criterion Collection] (DVD, Blu-ray) Heavyweights (Blu-ray) The Island (DVD, Blu-ray) Manufactured Landscapes (Blu-ray) Les Miserables (Blu-ray) Miami Connection (DVD, Blu-ray, VHS) Portrait of a Lady (Special Edition) (DVD, Blu-ray) The Qatsi Trilogy [Criterion Collection] (DVD, Blu-ray) The Ultimate Buster Keaton Collection - 15-Disc Set (Blu-ray) The Wild Geese (DVD, Blu-ray) Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
12:00 PM on 05.21.2013 New Releases, week of 5/25/13: Arnold's Return EditionIt's a week of many new releases and re-releases on DVD and Blu-ray. Leading the way is Arnold Schwarzenegger's return to the big screen The Last Stand, along with the horror anthology The ABCs of Death, the Jason Statham fli...
10:00 AM on 05.14.2013 New Releases, week of 5/18/13: Happy Little Cloud EditionToday's affirmation: whenever you're feeling down, just remember that the blue Jedi ghost of Bob Ross loves you like a little woodland critter. This will save your life some day, trust me. The big new release this week is Clo...
12:00 PM on 05.08.2013 New Releases, week of 5/11/13: Heading Upstream EditionFirst off, sorry this edition of New Releases is a day later than usual. Running behind with lots of things this week. Netflix Now will also be a day late. I owe you an ice cream.* The new releases this week include Jack Reac...
12:00 PM on 05.06.2013 Cleopatra getting 50th anniversary re-releasesCleopatra, the epic film known as much for its off screen issues as it was for its grandeur, is turning 50 this year and 20th Century Fox isn't about to miss out on the opportunity to celebrate it. They've remastered the...
12:00 PM on 04.30.2013 New Releases, week of 5/14/13: Big Bad Borg EditionWhile most folks will be interested in Silver Linings Playbook today (as it earned a bunch of awards and the like), I'll be trying to find myself a copy of Manborg. We've featured a trailer for the film on the site recently a...
12:00 PM on 04.23.2013 New Releases, week of 4/27/13: Gangsta's Paradise EditionThis week's biggest release is arguably the re-re-re-re-re-release of Jurassic Park (IN 3D!!!), oh, there's new stuff this week also? Well...then the biggest new release is probably Gangster Squad, which is ironic since Matt ...
8:00 AM on 04.16.2013 New Releases, week of 4/20/13: Djangowned EditionHowdy, folks, and welcome to this week's new releases, a sort of pre-Tribeca reprieve for me. This week boasts two genre deconstructions. The biggie is Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, starring Jamie Foxx (who, as Nick p...
10:00 AM on 04.09.2013 New Releases, week of 4/13/13: Historical Hot Dog EditionIt's another slow week on the DVD/Blu-ray release front. The most high-profile title is the disappointing Hyde Park on Hudson, which features Bill Murray as FDR. (More accurately, Bill Murray doing an impersonation of Cary Gr...
8:00 AM on 04.02.2013 New Releases, week of 4/6/13: All Cleaned Up EditionI know something major happened yesterday... Hmm... weird. Don't know what it was. Funny how that works. An oddly sparse week with new releases. The biggest thing by far is a re-release: The Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase O...
12:00 PM on 03.26.2013 New Releases, week of 3/30/13: Fightin' Abe EditionToday is the day that Steven Spielberg's Lincoln rolls onto DVD and Blu-ray. I think Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt are my favorite U.S. Presidents. Both were supreme badasses in different ways. Lincoln steered the count...
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