Tuesday January 29, 2008 6:52 pm
This Week on HD DVD and Blu-ray: January 29, 2008
Posted by Johnny Mercedes Categories: Sony, Warner Bros, Adaptation, Classics, Drama, Foreign, Music, Musicals, Religious, Satire, Comedy, Thrillers, Home Entertainment, New Releases,
Happy Tuesday, all!
The big news this week is the release of Monty Python’s Life of Brian on Blu-ray. The classic film, walking the hyper-sensitive line between important social issues and side-splitting comedy, is easily one of the best from the Python team, and should have a place on every movie lover’s shelf. Why not own it in gorgeous 1080p resolution and Dolby 5.1 surround sound? The harmless religious satire is that much better.
On a side note, am I crazy, or has Warner started consistently releasing films on HD DVD weeks later than those released on Blu-ray? For instance, this week’s Blu-ray release, The Invasion, won’t come out on HD DVD until February 19. And it’s not this one time either—the list of upcoming titles from High-Def Digest shows a serious lag in Warner HD DVD releases. I realize that Warner is phasing the format out, but have they officially put HD DVD on the back burner?
Check out the full list of high-def releases after the jump.
Blu-ray:
- Daddy Day Camp (Sony)—starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Lochlyn Monroe and Richard Gant; directed by Fred Savage
- Damages: The Complete First Season (Sony)—starring Glenn Close, Ted Danson and Rose Byrne
- Dispatch: Zimbabwe - Live at Madison Square Garden (Warner Music Group)—directed by Danny Clinch
- The Invasion (Warner)—starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam; directed by Oliver Hirschbeigel
- Justin Timberlake: Live at Madison Square Garden (Sony BMG)—directed by Marty Callner
- King of California (First Look)—starring Michael Douglas and Rachel Evan-Wood, directed by Mike Cahill
- Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Sony)—starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle and Michael Palin; directed by Terry Jones
HD DVD:
- Dispatch: Zimbabwe - Live at Madison Square Garden (Warner Music Group)—directed by Danny Clinch
- King of California (First Look)—starring Michael Douglas and Rachel Evan-Wood, directed by Mike Cahill
- Strauss: Die Fledermaus (Opus Arte)—starring Pamela Armstrong, Lyubov Petrova, Pär Lindskog; directed by Stephen Lawless
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