Blu-ray releases on October 28th 2008
By Ben Drawbaugh 
posted Oct 27th 2008 11:26AM
posted Oct 27th 2008 11:26AM
This could be the weirdest week of releases we've seen to date, because there are like 20 titles released (15 mentioned below) but not one that we are really interested in. If you can't wait for Christmas movies, then Warner has Elf and the Essential Holiday Collection which also includes Elf and other Warner movies like our favorites -- which were previously released -- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story. We really had a hard time deciding which title was the best this week, and ultimately just picked Hell Ride for no good reason. We also considered Zombie Strippers or Tinker Bell, but didn't want the stigma. If you're a 3D fan then this is an exceptionally good week for you, as we can't ever remember another week with not one, but two movies were released in 3D (Polar Express and Journey to the Center of the Earth). If there's nothing for you this week maybe next week will have something, but it might depend on how much you like Planet of the Apes' movies.Blu-ray
- Hell Ride (Weinstein)
- Zombie Strippers (Sony)
- Tinker Bell (Disney)
- Elf (New Line)
- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (New Line)
- Dead Space: Downfall (Starz/Anchor Bay)
- The Polar Express Presented in 3-D (Warner)
- Cruel World (Echo Bridge)
- Essential Holiday Collection (Warner)
- The Final Countdown (Blue Underground)
- The Final Patient (Echo Bridge)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (New Line)
- Mysterious Island (Echo Bridge)
- The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding (First Look)
- The Prince & Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon (First Look)
Best title this week, Final Countdown.
Wow. What a stellar list of releases. Way to go, Blu!!
Best Release this week.... Jesus Christ Vampire Slayer!
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1852/jesuschristvampirehunter.html
For all the whining about Blu-ray not selling well, there are way too many crap videos coming out, and this list is a good example. There's a small group of goodies there, but most are junk.
Where are the great movies of all time? Where's Star Trek TOS? There are way too many great movies and TV shows of the past not coming out, I'm waiting for the good stuff to arrive.
How come the Weinstein company can get Hell Ride out so quickly but not Grindhouse, Jackie Brown or Pulp Fiction?
Weinstein doesn't own Pulp Fiction. Miramax(Disney in reality) owns Pulp. It will be on Blu someday....but I wouldn't count on it being a Disney priority...Q
First week in a while that I didn't add any new blu-rays to my queue on netflix.
You left out Baraka...this is a must own for any Blu-ray collector.
Exactly! What happened to Baraka?
Baraka "is the finest video disc I have ever viewed or ever imagined", according to Ebert, and "'Baraka' by itself is sufficient reason to acquire a Blu-ray player" - and it doesn't even make your list?