This Week on DVD: The Wrestler, Frost/Nixon, Caprica
Finally a decent DVD release week with a few things worth checking out. At the top of the list has to be Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler, which may not have gotten a lot of love at the Oscars but is still the best movie of last year according to Film Junk. Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon also hits stores today, along with the Notorious B.I.G. biopic, Notorious, and Battlestar Galactica prequel pilot, Caprica. If you’re a fan of horror or sci-fi, you might want to look at J.T. Petty’s horror-western The Burrowers, Marc Caro’s sci-fi flick Dante 01, or the Hellraiser Puzzle Box, and quirky documentary lovers won’t want to miss Audience of One. Also out on Blu-ray this week: Sin City and the X-Men trilogy.
- The Wrestler (DVD, Blu-ray)
- Frost/Nixon (DVD, Blu-ray)
- Notorious (DVD, Blu-ray)
- The Burrowers
- Dante 01
- I Dismember Mama
- Into The Blue 2: The Reef
- Mulligans
- Kicking the Dog
- The Poker Club
- The Last Word
- Sam’s Lake
- Laid to Rest
- Street Warrior
- Moscow Chill
- Flying Saucer Rock N Roll
- Hellraiser Puzzle Box
- Science is Fiction: 23 Films by Jean Painlevé: Criterion Collection
- Audience of One
- Caprica
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 2
- Freakazoid: Season 2
- Squidbillies: Volume 2
- Wyatt Earp: Season 1
- Rhoda: Season One
- My Own Worst Enemy: The Complete Series
- Life of Ryan: The Complete Series
- Hawaii Five-O: The Sixth Season
- Dallas: The Complete Eleventh Season
- Wolverine & the X-Men: Heroes Return Trilogy
- Arctic Tale (Blu-ray)
- The Arrival (Blu-ray)
- Hellraiser (Blu-ray)
- Sin City (Blu-ray)
- The Wages of Fear: Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)
- X-Men Trilogy (Blu-ray)
Comments (6)
Might want to check out Border’s book stores if you live near one… they are not going to sell DVD/CDs anymore and have everything 50% off to clear out.
Some deals on amazon right now, too.
I’ll definitely be netflixing Sin City on bluray. Haven’t seen it yet.
Posted by joe on April 21st, 2009Am I the only one who thinks Mickey Rourke’s torso and head are facing forward at us in that dvd cover, and his thighs and legs are aimed backward away from us? Regardless, I hate that dvd cover, especially compared to the poster of him tired on the ropes.
Posted by Glendon on April 21st, 2009I don’t like the cover for the DVD of The Wrestler. It looks like a superhero parody movie. And maybe in a way it is like that, horrah for irony but this was a good movie that deserves a thoughtful cover for people to judge it by.
Posted by Ian on April 22nd, 2009^is that what it looks like in some places? the cover I have is him leaning on the ropes.
Posted by Goon on April 22nd, 2009That cover above makes it look like the movie is about wrestling, and not a wrestler.
Posted by Henrik on April 22nd, 2009Goon: The cover you have (and I have) is the Canadian release of The Wrestler. It’s a much better cover, BUT….you might notice your disc is missing the 45 minute ‘In the Ring’ behind the scenes documentary which apparently was only included in the American release of the movie. Not sure if this applies to SD releases, but My BD is missing the feature and the digital copy. LAME.
Posted by Jay C. on April 22nd, 2009Leave a Reply