Here's a look at the hottest new DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases for the week of January 19, 2010:
BLU-RAY MOVIES:
Across the Hall (Image)
Artie Lange: Jack & Coke (Image)
Boogie Nights (Warner)
The Bourne Identity (BD-DVD Flipper) (Universal)
The Bourne Supremacy (BD-DVD Flipper) (Universal)
The Bourne Ultimatum (BD-DVD Flipper) (Universal)
Che (Criterion)
Death in Love (Screen Media)
Gamer (Lionsgate)
The Invention of Lying (Warner)
Magnolia (Warner)
Pandorum (Anchor Bay)
Smokin' Aces (Universal)
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (Universal)
Whiteout (Warner)
DVD MOVIES:
Across the Hall (Image)
Artie Lange: Jack & Coke (Image)
Che (Criterion)
Death in Love (Screen Media)
Defying Gravity: Season 1 (Fox)
Gamer (Lionsgate)
The Invention of Lying (Warner)
The Keeper (Fox)
Kingdom of the Spiders (SHOUT! Factory)
No Greater Love (Lionsgate)
No Impact Man (Oscilloscope)
Pandorum (Anchor Bay)
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (Universal)
Streamers (SHOUT! Factory)
Whiteout (Warner)
TV-on-DISC:
Cranford: Return to Cranford (BBC/Warner)
Dallas: Season 12 (Warner)
Damages: Season 2 (Sony)
Hunter: Season 1 (Mill Creek)
Law & Order: Season 7 (Universal)
One Piece: Season 2 Fifth Voyage (FUNimation)
Renegade: Season 1 (Mill Creek)
Rin: Daughter of Mnemosyne (FUNimation)
Thirtysomething: Season 2 (SHOUT! Factory)
Weeds: Season 5 (Lionsgate) (BD)
GREG'S PICK OF THE WEEK:
PANDORUM (Anchor Bay)
After spreading his wings as Angel in X-Men 3, Ben Foster has done some chilling, scene-stealing work in 30 Days of Night and 3:10 to Yuma. That being said, Pandorum may be his creepiest film yet - but in a good way. Foster and Dennis Quaid star as two men who wake from hypersleep aboard a deep space vessel with no memory of how or why they came to be there - or if they're alone.
Anchor Bay brings the sci-fi thriller to Blu-ray sporting alternate/deleted scenes and Digital Copy. The 1080p video looks particularly good, with strong shadow delineation and suitably deep blacks (which there's a lot of). The Dolby TrueHD soundtrack is equally good, thanks to rampant use of spooky (but often subtle) noises in the surround channels.
