"Ve vant ze money, Lebowski."
Boom boom and we're off on another week of DVD spending fun...yeah, it's a bit late this week, but I'm sure you can all survive...check here for the bunch as always...
Batman Begins This week's hit by far. I haven't seen it, but hear it's pretty good. This one's available in either a single "regular" version or a 2 disc "Collector's Edition."
Batman Anthology This set contains all the recent Batman films, save for the new one. You get new film transfers and a fair amount of bonus material. The original Batman (1989) really needed a refresh since its DVD came out in 1997. The films are all available seperately so you can skip the lousy ones.
Batman - The Complete 1943 Movie Serial Collection I had no idea this went back so far, though it seems to bear little resemblence to the modern one.
The Batman vs Dracula: The Animated Movie (2005) Bat Week flies on...
The Big Lebowski: Collector’s Edition OK, here's the deal with this one. The standard one disc version is pretty much the same, bonus-wise as the old DVD except that they don't put both widescreen and pan/scan on the same DVD. There's also an "Achiever's Edition" which throws in 8 Exclusive Photo Cards, 4 Character Coasters, and a Collectible Bowling Towel. The DVD is the same in both. The old DVD had a mediocre film transfer at a low bitrate so it doesn't look great on large screens. The new one addresses that but according to some, looks soft. For me, the lack of new bonuses and questionable picture quality upgrade makes this a non-starter for me. If Univeral had gotten something new or made a slam-dunk transfer, I'd double-dip without hesitation since this is a favorite of mine.
Bruce Lee Ultimate Collection Another packaging of the Lee films, including Game of Death 2, The Fist of Fury, Way of the Dragon, Game of Death, and The Big Boss. Apparently the discs contain newer film transfers and sound mixes.
The Coen Brothers Collection A repackaging of currently available DVDs with the new Lebowski disc: The Big Lebowski, Blood Simple, Intolerable Cruelty, and The Man Who Wasn’t There.
Land of the Dead (2005) This one's available as an R-rated theatrical or unrated director's cut.
Lifeboat Fox finally releases this Hitchcock classic for the first time on DVD. The DVD is supposed to be very good, so it was perhaps worth the wait.
The Man With the Golden Arm (1955) The Sinatra classic makes it to DVD.
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
The Mask of Zorro (1998) Gee, why would they be releasing this one again...for the fourth time???
The Twilight Zone-Definitive Edition: Season 4