Videodrone Guide to What's New on DVD and Blu-ray

Here's what's new and notable on DVD and Blu-ray this week as featured on Videodrone

Hot Tips and Top Picks: DVDs for August 2

 

New Releases:

"Rio" – Birds of a Feather

"Stake Land" – Welcome to the Vampire Apocalypse

The New Release Rack: "Soul Surfer," "The Music Never Stopped" and "Outside the Law"

 

TV on DVD:

"Zen" - Rufus Sewell solves crimes in Rome

Tara Unbound in The Final Season of "United States of Tara"

TV on DVD Channel Guide: "Eastbound & Down" Again, plus the end of "Everwood" and a new "Jesse Stone" movie

 

The Cool and the Collectible:

"Sands of the Kalahari" – Stranded in the Desert

"MST3K Vs. Gamera," Melissa Leo goes "Streetwalkin'" and more

 

Blu-ray Debuts:

King "Conan"

"Spy Kids" – You Only Live Thrice

Blu-ray Round-up: "The Name of the Rose," and "Better Off Dead" and Ferris Bueller turns 25

Hot Tips and Top Picks: DVDs for July 26

 

New Releases:

"Source Code" – Once More, With Feeling

"Dylan Dog" – A Detective for Very Special Cases

Foreign Affairs: "Winter in Wartime," "Bodyguards and Assassins," "Park Benches" and more

The New Release Rack: "Trust" in "Life During Wartime"

 

TV on DVD:

"Supernatural: The Anime Series" – Sam and Dean Get Animated

TV on DVD Channel Guide: "Burn Notice": The Prequel and an "Omnibus" anthology

 

The Cool and the Collectible:

"Léon Morin, Priest" – Desire and Faith in the Shadows of Nazi Occupied France

Cult Watch: "Jackboots on Whitehall"

"American Grindhouse," Pasolini's rare "La rabbia" and a new "Donnie Darko" edition

 

Blu-ray Debuts:

"Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers": John Belushi in HD

Blu-ray Round-up: Kurosawa's "High and Low," the complete "Stargate Atlantis"

and "Four Weddings"

Highlights from weeks past:
"Limitless" – Soaring on a Cognitive High
"Rango" – A Lizard in the Old West

"Of Gods and Men" and Spirituality and Humanity

Cult Watch: "Hobo With a Shotgun"

"13 Assassins" - Miike Takashi puts his spin on the classic warrior spectacle

The Compleat "Torchwood" – The British Years

"ER: The Complete Fifteenth and Final Season"

"Damages: The Complete Third Season" – Patty Hewes takes on Bernie Madoff

"The Cape" – Another Small Screen Dark Knight

"The Music Room" – Satyajit Ray's Historic Tragedy

Cult Watch: "Skidoo" – Youth Culture Satire meets Mobster Comedy

Buster Keaton Begins: "Buster Keaton: The Short Films Collection (1920-1923)"

Cult Watch: "Battle Beyond the Stars"

Cult Watch: Two-minute Commentary in "Trailers From Hell"

"Wild and Weird" – The Alloy Orchestra Accompanies 14 Fascinating and Innovative Films

Blu-ray: Jean Cocteau's "Beauty and the Beast"

Blu-ray: Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" and Mike Leigh's "Naked"
Blu-ray: The Definitive "Das Boot"

MOD Movies:

Swinging Sixties: "Don't Make Waves" and "Riot on Sunset Strip"

Sixties Thrills: "The Prize" and "Dark of the Sun"

Samuel Fuller's "Park Row"
"A Thousands Clowns"

Coming next week:
"Paul" (Universal)

"Your Highness" (Universal)

"Mars Need Moms" (Disney)

"Jumping the Broom" (Sony)

"Super" (MPI)

"The Fox And The Hound / The Fox And The Hound 2 - 2-Movie Collection" (Disney)

"Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff" (Strand)

"The Battle Of Algiers" (Blu-ray) (Criterion)

"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (Blu-ray) (Universal)

"Dazed and Confused" (Blu-ray) (Universal)

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