This Week on DVD: Watchmen, Coraline, Pontypool
Finally after weeks of lacklustre DVD releases, we’ve got a decent assortment of must-buy discs to gorge on including Zack Snyder’s Watchmen (both the theatrical version and the director’s cut) and the beautiful stop-motion animated Coraline. There are also some interesting indie releases this week including the superhero comedy Super Capers, the surreal Zach Galifianakis flick Visioneers, and Bruce McDonald’s cerebral take on the zombie genre Pontypool (unfortunately, only available in Canada at the moment). In terms of TV, we’ve got the second and final season of Pushing Daisies, the final season of Prison Break, and all three seasons of the cult British comedy The Mighty Boosh. Is that enough for you? What will you be picking up this week?
- Watchmen
- Watchmen: Director’s Cut (DVD, Blu-ray)
- Coraline (DVD, Blu-ray)
- Pontypool (Canada only)
- The Great Buck Howard (DVD, Blu-ray)
- Echelon Conspiracy (DVD, Blu-ray)
- Visioneers
- Super Capers
- The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens
- Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods
- Messengers 2: The Scarecrow
- Retribution Road
- Made in U.S.A.: Criterion Collection
- 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her: Criterion Collection
- Global Metal
- Robot Chicken Star Wars: Episode II
- Pushing Daisies: The Complete Second Season (DVD, Blu-ray)
- Prison Break: The Final Break (DVD, Blu-ray)
- Jon & Kate Plus Eight: Season 4, Volume 2
- Voltron: Volume 8
- Charlie’s Angels: The Complete Fourth Season
- G.I. Joe: The Complete Series Collector’s Set
- Leverage: Season 1
- The Mighty Boosh: The Complete Season 1
- The Mighty Boosh: The Complete Season 2
- The Mighty Boosh: The Complete Season 3
- This American Life: Season 2
- 300: The Complete Experience (Blu-ray)
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (Blu-ray)
- Midnight Express (Blu-ray)
Comments (13)
Can’t wait to see The “Watchmen” Director’s cut.
Posted by Matt Keith on July 21st, 2009missing from the list
This American Life – season 2
Posted by Goon on July 21st, 2009I find it ironic that the Canada only release of Pontypool doesn’t have bilingual packaging.
Posted by Jay C. on July 21st, 2009asking on this thread for no reason: Is Cantankerous’ new ep coming out before or after the new podcast?
Posted by Goon on July 21st, 2009Jay, neither does Fubar or Hard Core Logo
a quick glance shows most times though yes they are bilingual – It’s All Gone Pete Tong, Waydowntown, Kitchen Party, to name a few…
Whenever Beauty Day is released, give it a French title and packaging, but make it all a joke, like its describing a completely different movie, and the French title would translate to something like “Chocolate Retard on Fire”
Posted by Goon on July 21st, 2009the French title would translate to something like “Chocolate Retard on Fireâ€
I would support this. I would support this monetarily. Cash money.
Posted by Dave on July 21st, 2009Cantankerous probably won’t be edited until the end of the week at least. We have Film Junk tonight and Movie Club tomorrow and I’ve still got like 3 reviews to write.
Posted by Sean on July 21st, 2009How can i get pictures when i comment here? I can’t seem to find the register button, hehe
Posted by Ummm on July 21st, 2009The site currently uses Gravatars. Just sign up for an account at Gravatar.com, upload an image and then use the same e-mail address when posting here… your picture should show up automatically.
Posted by Sean on July 21st, 2009When the hell will I be able to see Pontypool stateside??
Posted by Jon Rocks on July 21st, 2009If I order Pontypool from amazon.ca will it play in my dvd player? Both region 1 right?
Posted by Jon Rocks on July 21st, 2009I believe Pontypool is currently available through IFC on demand or something like that in the U.S. Not sure when it will be released on DVD, but Canada is indeed Region 1.
Posted by Sean on July 21st, 2009got a torrent, was very impressed, thanks for making me see it,
Posted by xego on November 17th, 2009Leave a Reply