The first release I’d like to direct your attention to is John Ford’s early masterpiece Stagecoach. It’s reported that this is the film Orson Welles watched repeatedly while he was working to draw inspiration for Citizen Kane. It’s a western that changed the rules of westerns and starred an incredibly young John Wayne as an outlaw. The Criterion Collection is putting it out on Blu-ray and it’s a release I can’t wait to get my hands on.

The Road, starring Viggo Mortensen, is hitting a DVD and Blu-ray release today. I haven’t seen it yet. I really, really wanted to, but every time I tried to go see it, I would be told invariably by whoever I was with that they weren’t in the mood to be depressed. Now, I can watch it by myself. And probably cry doing so.

Stanley Kubrick’s epic Spartacus comes out on Blu-ray. Starring Kirk Douglas, this one is pretty self-explanatory.

Although my brother reviewed it here, I thought it would be worth mentioning that today sees the release of David Cross: Bigger and Blackerer.

Next on the list is The Virginian, Season 1. This was a pretty interesting thing to see. Television from the 60s is always of interest to me from the standpoint of historical curiosity, and it was incredibly interesting to see television drama’s of the 60s through the lens of the western.