Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection: Includes "Lifeboat," "Spellbound," "Notorious," "The Paradine Case," "Sabotage," "Young and Innocent," "Rebecca" and "The Lodger." I find this set a bit frustrating: I've been looking for "Paradine Case" for years, and now that it's finally back in print, it's only out in an $84 dollar box set filled with seven other movies I already own. I can't quite justify getting the upgraded copies of "Young and Innocent" and "The Lodger" along with that for the total price. If I didn't already have the others, I'd grab it without hesitation.
Drive-In Cult Classics 3: Includes "The Babysitter," "Weekend with the Babysitter," "The Pink Angels," "Blood Mania," "Single Room Furnished," "The Pom Pom Girls," "Malibu Beach" and "Van Nuys Blvd."
Legendary Westerns 3-Film Collection: Includes "Support Your Local Sheriff," "Support Your Local Gunfighter" and "Hombre." I'm not a western fan at all, but I enjoyed both of the "Support Your Local ..." movies.
Finally, the pick of the week. If you missed the Criterion release, get this week's MGM release of Notorious, either as a single release or in the box set. It's a great Hitchcock film, and one of his most influential movies. Highly, highly recommended.
As far as Anime goes this month, the releases this month look rather dry... except for disk one of "Slayers Revolution" - the new "The Slayers" TV series. That's my pick for the week.
Either that, or if you don't have Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex or Azumanga Daioh, get the bricks (Season or partial-season collections) of those.
Either that, or if you don't have Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex or Azumanga Daioh, get the bricks (Season or partial-season collections) of those.
Everyone already has those. Heck, even I have both seasons of GitS, and Azumanga Daioh, and I'm not that much of an anime person.
A couple of weeks back, I theorized that "Dark Knight" wouldn't make it out by Christmas because of the January rerelease. I was wrong; it's coming out December 9 in <a href="http://www.bureau42.com/amazon/B001GZ6QC4">single DVD</a>, <a href="http://www.bureau42.com/amazon/B001GZ6QDS">double DVD</a>, and <a href="http://www.bureau42.com/amazon/B001GZ6QEC">Blu-Ray</a> editions. Currently, it takes up spots 1 (Blu-Ray), 2 (double DVD) and 6 (single DVD) on Amazon.com's bestseller list.
I have fond memories of Ultraman from when I was young, so I decided to get the DVDs from the library and watch the series all over again (this week's release isn't the first one). Oh, it was horrible. I didn't even make it all the way through before giving up. Guess I had to be 6 years old to appreciate it.
The Slayers DVD seems to have been a mistaken listing - it has been pulled from amazon and apparently was only two episodes anyway. Maybe next year they'll put the first 13 episode set together for the US market?
