My first major recommendation of the week comes in the form of Green Lantern: First Flight. This looks to be like another great addition to the DC Animated film library, though you can read an opposing view here. The animation looks great and DC hasn’t let me down yet on the animated film front.
Next on my list is The Middleman: The Complete Series. I had heard vague rumblings about this show around the internet a couple of years back and never got a chance to see it on television. I got this Complete Series set to watch and I have to say I was quite pleasantly surprised. The humour is very tongue-in-cheek, the dialogue is fast, witty, and snappy, the acting is above-average for TV, and the concept is fun. It was made by ABC family, so it’s safe to watch with everyone in the family from 2-80, so this will be a treat to watch for everyone. Add to all of that the fact that Natalie Morales, the lead in the show, is terribly attractive and you’ve got a DVD box set worth owning for a number of different reasons.
I’m quite keen to see The 10th Victim which comes out today. It stars Marcello Mastroianni and Ursella Andress in a film that sounds quite exciting. It’s one of those sci-fi sorts of movies where entertainment has turned into hunting people like the Running Man or something. Mastroianni and Andress are pitted against each other, despite a romance and the audience is left wondering who is going to end up dead. Sounds like a hoot.
Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series comes out on Blu-ray today. I’m sure a lot of you will want to know all about that. I don’t know, personally. I haven’t watched any of it yet. Let me emphasize yet. I will watch it, I just don’t know when.
Next on the list, for obvious reasons, is Spectacular Spider-Man: Complete First Season.
Rob Reiner’s classic film This Is Spinal Tap is coming out on Blu-ray today. This is one worth owning. If you don’t already own it, this is the perfect time to jump on board since this edition goes to 11.
The last thing I’m going to mention today is Dragonball: Evolution. I tried watching this with the kids and I did not enjoy it all that much. But they put it in again. And again. And again. It’s made their heavy rotation list. Trust me, I don’t understand what it is, but they get something about it, we don’t. They’ll like it.
That’s it for this week. I’ll be back next time with more cool DVD’s and Blu-ray’s to check out.
Be sure to visit Arse-bot over at his Examiner page to check out his highlights for this week’s DVD releases!