The Academy Award winning Slumdog Millionaire finishes its victory lap after winning Best Picture to land on DVD this Tuesday amidst a ton of Stand-up specials.
Pick of the Week
Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle’s masterful film made Hollywood fall in love with Mumbai and helped launch some knock-offs, one releases this week (The Other End of the Line) and be prepared for more in the coming months. The production, like the movie, had its own rags to riches tale and you can check it out in the features, but the film on its own is worth your money. For more check my detailed review here.
Marley And Me
Similar to Disney’s recent releases the Blu-ray edition comes with a standard DVD and both special editions come with a Digital copy. The many featurettes are heavy on the Dog love, which is probably smart given the film’s focused appeal.
Seven Pounds
The reviews seem to all say the movie is a little improbable and overly serious, but I love Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, and Woody Harrelson, so I intend to rent it anyway.
After Dark Horrorfest, Vol. 3 (The Broken, Slaughter, Perkins’ 14, The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations, From Within, Dying Breed, Voices, Autopsy)
Here are a series of B movies for the late night horror fan. Don’t expect a lot of features, or perhaps quality in general. However, if you are a fan of one you can buy any individually as well.
Ricky Gervais: Out of England – The Stand-Up Special
His stand up comedy isn’t quite as strong as his performance based comedy, but I will still encourage people to buy anything he puts out.
Jim Gaffigan: King Baby
The Hot Pocket hero from Pale Force follows up the hilarious Beyond the Pale with a stronger DVD. If you missed the special on Comedy Central snatch up the DVD.
Dennis Miller: The HBO Comedy Specials
This is a collection of seven HBO specials spanning 1988-2006 from the political mind of Dennis Miller. My fear is that his political material will be dated, but the price point is pretty good for seven specials.
Lisa Lampanelli: Long Live The Queen
Lisa Lampanelli has risen to fame as a roastmaster who appears frequently on the Comedy Central roasts. This is her first hour long DVD special from HBO.
TV and Re-Issues
The Real Ghostbusters, Vol 1
The Ghostbusters animated show that was actually based on the movie, and didn’t feature a Gorilla with a back pack (Filmation’s Ghostbusters). This is probably the best volume to get, but if you want them all you will have three to four more volumes to buy.