Blu-ray 27th July Releases

Clash of the Titans (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)

Warner Brothers / 2010 / 106 Minutes
Street Date: July 27, 2010

Overall Grade Recommended









Genres: Action, Fantasy, Epic

Starring: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes
Director: Louis Leterrier

Plot Synopsis: In Clash of the Titans, the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Liam Neeson) and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.

Disc Features:

Maximum Movie Mode: Harnessing the Gods, with Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, and director Louis Leterrier and enhanced picture-in-picture; enhanced scene breakdowns; enhanced VFX breakdowns; on-the-spot vignettes; close-up views of the Kraken, the Scorpiochs, Medusa, stuntwork, filming locales, and more
Sam Worthington: An Action Hero for the Ages
Alternate ending: Perseus confronts Zeus on Mount Olympus
Additional scenes

Repo Men (Unrated) [Blu-ray]

Universal Studios / 2010 / 120 Minutes / Unrated
Street Date: July 20, 2010

Overall Grade Violently nice!










Genres: Action, sci-fi thriller
Starring: Jude Law, Forest Whitaker
Director: Miguel Sapochnik

Plot Synopsis: In the future, artificial internal organs will be widely available, but their high cost will lead to a thriving, if bloody, repossession business--at least that's the idea in Repo Men, whose title characters must carry scalpels, and not scruples. When clients default--and, at 19 percent interest rates, it happens all the time--it's up to Remy (Jude Law) and Jake (Forest Whitaker), the two most swashbuckling field operatives at the Union company, to reclaim the merchandise. The film's reviewers largely seemed to miss the wicked humor that underlies Repo Men's kooky futuristic world, as Remy's domestic situation is portrayed with typical backyard barbecues and typical nagging wife who wants hubby to ask his boss about that promotion, already. Everything's amusingly typical, that is, except for the fact that Remy regularly charges into people's apartments and grabs their kidneys. It would be nice to report that director Miguel Sapochnik was able to maintain the initial air of satire (RoboCop comes to mind at least as often as an obvious inspiration such as Brazil), but this movie begins to stumble in its middle section, as Remy himself becomes a subject for organ replacement. (His efforts at self-medicating procedures, especially a climactic surgery sequence, leave Patrick Swayze's similar efforts in Road House far behind.) Sudden shifts to a woman-in-peril scenario--with capable Alice Braga as the target of Union's organ hunters--make for an even more puzzling turn, and the jumbled rhythm of the second act suggests a certain amount of postproduction futzing around. The soundtrack is rife with Guy Ritchie-style song cues, some of which are fun, and Liev Schreiber has a good time smirking his way through his role as Remy's cold-hearted boss. The biggest problem here is that once the movie is over, a great many things don't make any logical sense, and a last-minute switcheroo only muddies the waters. Which are pretty bloody to begin with.

Disc Features:

• Audio Commentary - With Miguel Sapochnik, Eric Garcia and Garrett Lerner, on the unrated cut.
  
• Deleted Scenes (SD, 8 min) - With optional commentary by the same trio who provided the commentary for the film.
  
• The Union Commercials (SD, 3 min)
  
• Inside the Visual Effects (HD, 6 min)

Batman: Under the Red Hood [Blu-ray]

Warner Brothers / 2010 / 75 Minutes / Unrated
Street Date: July 27, 2010

Overall Grade Recommended










Genres: Animation, fantasy, superhero
Starring: Russell Tovey, Lenora Crichlow, Aidan Turner, Jason Watkins, Dylan Brown
Director: Brandon Vietti

Plot Synopsis: Batman faces his ultimate challenge as the mysterious Red Hood takes Gotham City by firestorm. One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code. Killing is an option. And when the Joker falls in the balance between the two, hard truths are revealed and old wounds are reopened.

Disc Features:
Featurette: Robin’s Requiem: The Tale of Jason Todd - The story of how DC Comics heard the fan outcry and reshaped the Robin character for the new millennium.
2 bonus episodes from Batman The Animated Series Season 1 handpicked by Bruce Timm
Next Upcoming DCU Sneak Peak (10 min)
DC Showcase: Jonah Hex – animated short. The tough-as-nails bounty hunter Jonah Hex always gets his man – until someone else gets to him first – in this case a murderous madam who wants to steal more than just his bounty from Jonah Hex. Based on a story from the award-winning Jonah Hex comic series.
Featurette: Robin: The Story of Dick Grayson- Explore the evolution of the character through the years.
2 bonus episodes from Batman The Animated Series Season 1 handpicked by Bruce Timm

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