Today is a big day with lots of interesting things to check out .  First we have the excellent Zombie parody film, Zombieland.  Though not as good as Shaun of the Dead, this is still and incredibly entertaining piece of zombie satire.    And let’s be honest, Bill Murray’s cameo is one of the best cameos in film history.  It belongs up there with Orson Welles in The Third Man.

One of the best and most important films to ever grace the silver screen is getting an affordable Blu-ray release today.  Casablanca is coming out now for only $16.99.  This is easily one of my favorite films and I’m dying to get my hands on it to see it in glorious high definition.  If you haven’t seen this film, now is the time.

Another classic to hit Blu-ray today is Martin Scorsese’s sprawling epic Gangs of New York.  This picture was tremendous, please don’t make me explain why you should check it out any more than that.  Forget for a second that Cameron Diaz is in it and just get it.  Seriously.  You won’t regret it.  And if you do, I’m not sorry.

Next we have Planet Hulk, another surprise gem from the Marvel/Lions Gate partnership.  If there’s one thing I’ll be sad to see go because of the Disney/Marvel acquisition, it’s that Lions Gate will have to stop making these animated films.  Clang! Boom! Steam! will be around with a full review of the DVD, but rest assured, I enjoyed it immensely.  And it reminded me why I like Beta Ray Bill so much.

Terry Gilliam’s masterpiece Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas comes out on Blu-ray today.  Though it seems as though no one has ever heard of this movie anymore, maybe Johnny Depp on the cover will bring in some new blood and extend the fan base of this film.  This was in the batch of the first 20 movies I bought on DVD and I’ll be happy to add it to that same number on Blu-ray.

The House of the Devil comes out today.  I haven’t even really heard of it, but Budgetron gave it an incredibly stunning review here.

Last on the list this week is the release of all of David Tennant’s Dr. Who specials.  I haven’t known much about Dr. Who at all, but I was tricked into watching The Water of Mars and The End of Time Part 1 and 2 and I haven’t been the same since.  I really, really enjoyed these and they got me in the mindset enough to want to seek out more Dr. Who.  So, I still don’t know much about the whole Dr. Who thing, but thanks to most of that box set, I’m going to find out.