This Week on DVD: Kick-Ass, The Ghost Writer, A Prophet
There’s an interesting assortment of releases on DVD and Blu-ray this week, whether you’re looking for action, drama, horror, or just a bunch of nerds rolling twenty-sided dice. The biggest release of the week is Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass, along with the family comedy Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan. Also worth checking out is the Oscar-nominated French film A Prophet, After.Life starring Christina Ricci and Liam Neeson, and the role-playing documentary The Dungeon Masters. On the small screen we have the fourth and final season of Heroes, and debuting on Blu-ray, Joe Dante’s Piranha, Escape from New York, and The Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple. What will you be picking up this week?
- Kick-Ass (+ Blu-ray)
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid (+ Blu-ray)
- The Ghost Writer (+ Blu-ray)
- A Prophet (+ Blu-ray)
- After.Life (+ Blu-ray)
- To Save a Life (+ Blu-ray)
- The Living Wake
- Finding Bliss
- Happiness Runs
- Open House (+ Blu-ray)
- Spike
- Piranha: Special Edition (+ Blu-ray)
- Humanoids from the Deep (+ Blu-ray)
- The First Films of Akira Kurosawa: Criterion Collection
- The Dungeon Masters
- Henson’s Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
- Elvis on Tour (+ Blu-ray)
- Elvis: 75th Anniversary DVD Collection
- Heroes: Season 4 (+ Blu-ray)
- Hawaii Five-O: The Ninth Season
- Mercy: Season 1
- Blood Simple (Blu-ray)
- The Breakfast Club: 25th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)
- Bull Durham (Blu-ray)
- Charlie’s Angels (Blu-ray)
- Escape from New York (Blu-ray)
- James and the Giant Peach (Blu-ray)
- Kalifornia (Blu-ray)
- Road to Perdition (Blu-ray)
- Splinter (2006) (Blu-ray)
- Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music: 40th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)
- Elvis Blu-ray Collection (Blu-ray)
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Will be watching A Prophet tonight!
Posted by Al on August 3rd, 2010Ok, so now I’ve seen A Prophet… WOW!!!!!!!!!
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