First this week is the Casablanca (Ultimate Collector’s Edition) on Blu-ray. I thought of putting something else on as the top disc this week, but this is probably the coolest gift you can give anyone who cares about movies even a tiny bit.  This film is certainly on my top 5 of all time (if we’re not counting Star Wars movies) and I would highly recommend this film to anyone.  In fact, I demand that a lot of people I know see this because I really don’t want to talk to anyone who doesn’t know and love this movie.  And if you don’t like Black and White movies, both myself and Roger Ebert agree you shouldn’t be allowed to watch movies.

Frost/Nixon: The Original Watergate Interviews is next on the list. This is really something that has been of great interest to me. And I imagine this will probably be better than the Ron Howard movie, though I am surprised to find myself excited to see his dramatization.

There are a lot of Blu-Ray releases today that are pretty good:

Sin City [Blu-ray]: The best film Frank Miller has been involved in in history. Probably forever, too.

The Shawshank Redemption [Blu-ray]: Good, but not as great as IMDb users seem to think it is.

Wanted [Blu-ray]: Meh. Mark Millar is great, this adaptation? Not so much.

Children of Men [Blu-ray]: Perhaps one of the best movies of 2006. If you don’t own this movie I will look down on you. But if you buy this version, I will look upon you with delight once more.

We’ll be back next week when The Dark Knight comes out, among other things.