Blu-ray releases for the week of April 26, 2009

by James Ransom-Wiley on Apr 27th 2009 12:15PM

Anything with "Wars" in the title must be bloody epic in high-def ... right? Here's the week in Blu-ray video releases:

Amazing Journeys (IMAX)
Bride Wars
Brideshead Revisited (2008)
Connected [Chinese]
The Da Vinci Code (Extended Cut)
Fast Company
Giulio Cesare [Italian]
Hotel for Dogs
In the Realm of the Senses (Criterion Collection)
JCVD
Luisa Fernanda [Spanish]
Orlando [Italian]
The Reader
Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 1
Tamerlano [Italian]
The Uninvited
What Doesn't Kill You

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Reader Comments (13)

Everyone must rent JCVD (don't buy it). It's a priceless movie to watch...I guarantee. But definitely not worth owning.

Jean Claude Van Damme plays himself (the actor) who can't get movie roles anymore and is running out of money due to legal fees (custody battle). You see, the judge took custody away because of all the violent movies he had made in the past. In the process of going to the bank to perform a transfer of funds, he gets caught in the middle of a bank robbery. Hilarity and weirdness ensues.

Sounds similar to My Name Is Bruce, with Bruce Campbell playing himself as his career is falling apart then getting caught in a scenario straight out of a B movie. Also, a rental.

Yes, very similar! Except I think Bruce takes himself less seriously than Jean Claude. JCVD is trying to be a serious dramatic movie...it fails!

"Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 1"

Why can't Blu-ray hold all three seasons?

Because when you remaster each episode in 1080p and Provide lossless audio it takes up alot of space on the discs

HD?

Yeah, it could probably hold the whole series on a disc or two, but considering it's in HD with hi-quality audio and such, it takes full use of those GB.

Not to mention, even if they could do it, they'd release them separately to make more money. Which is why, now that LOTR is finally coming to Blu-ray, they're only releasing the theatrical versions. They want you to buy now so you can finally have BD HD, but they'll hold onto the extended cuts for another year or so. F'ing movie studios......