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April 6, 2010 DVD & Blu-ray - Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans, The Collector and more

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For this week's new releases we get to go after some bad guys and a slew of movies come to Blu-ray. We start with The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans where Nicolas Cage gets to play a rogue cop who must find a way solve a murder and take control his drug and gambling addictions and his illicit love for a prostitute played by the sexy Eva Mendes. Then off to The Collector where the writers of the Saw and Feast franchises bring us bad guy A versus bad guy B in a most gruesome bloody extravaganza ever when an ex-con finds a killer is lurking inside the house he was planning to rob. Finally in Dolan's Cadillac, Christian Slater plays the untouchable mobster who meets his match when a husband vows to avenge his wife's murder at all costs. In Blu-ray land, The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy arrives offering the theatrical version of the three movies. In conjunction to this epic's release, the animated version of The Lord of the Rings gets remastered for a new DVD and Blu-ray treatment. Nine more older movie titles finally come to Blu-ray as well.

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is the latest in Director Werner Herzog's catalog of extremes. Post Katrina, New Orleans Police Sergeant Terrence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) is used to getting his way, flaunting his gun and badge. Mix that lethally with a drug addiction problem stemming from a back injury, excessive gambling tendencies and a tumultuous love affair with prostitute Frankie Donnenfeld (Eva Mendes), he is quickly spinning out of control. Will he be able to perform his duties and find the murderer of a Senegalese family before he becomes a victim of his vices and loses his badge? Nicholas Cage and Eva Mendes are joined with an all-star cast including Val Kilmer, Xzibit, Brad Dourif, Fairuza Balk and Jennifer Coolidge.

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Best Prices:
DVD - $14.86 at Walmart.com, $14.99 at Amazon.com, Best Buy and Target.

Blu-ray - $14.99 at Amazon.com, $18.32 at Walmart.com, $18.99 at BestBuy.com, $19.99 at Best Buy store (can price match to the store's online price) and Target.


First time on Blu-ray!

The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy is now available for the first time on Blu-ray. Take an epic journey to save Middle-earth with Frodo the Ring Bearer (Elijah Wood) and a fellowship of eight companions: two men, Isildur's heir Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and Boromir (Sean Bean), son of the Steward of the land of Gondor; Prince Legolas Greenleaf (Orlando Bloom) of the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood; wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen); Dwarf Gimli (John Rhys-Davies); and Frodo's hobbit friends, Peregrin 'Pippin' Took (Billy Boyd), Meriadoc 'Merry' Brandybuck (Dominic Monaghan) and Samwise 'Sam' Gamgee (Sean Astin). With the help of friends Elf princess Arwen (Liv Tyler) and her father, Elrond (Hugo Weaving), Queen Galadriel (Cate Blanchett), Lord Celeborn (Marton Csokas) and many more allies, they must outwit ring-obssessed Gollum (Andy Serkis), defeat traitor wizard Saruman (Christopher Lee), Dark Lord Sauron (Sala Baker) and their armies and destroy the ring in the fires of Mount Doom before it is too late.

Go to April 6, 2010 - The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy Blu-ray and worldwide exclusives for best prices and exclusives from all over the world.

 

An animated classic gets remastered and
released for the first time on Blu-ray.

Ralph Bakshi's rotoscoped animated classic The Lord of the Rings (1978) is remastered and released in a deluxe edition on DVD and for the very first time on Blu-ray. By shooting in live-action and then tracing frames onto animation cels, Bakshi gives fans an unique creative perspective to Frodo's journey with friends Aragorn (John Hurt), Boromir (Michael Graham Cox), Legolas (Anthony Daniels), Gandalf (William Squire), Gimli (David Buck) and Frodo's hobbit friends, Pippin (Dominic Guard), Merry (Simon Chandler) and Sam (Michael Scholes) to destroy Gollum's (Peter Woodthorpe) precious ring before Dark Lord Sauron and wizard Saruman (Fraser Kerr) uses it to rule Middle-earth once more. The story only leads up to the destruction of orc army at Helm's Deep and the next installment never completed. The DVD & Blu-ray include the special feature: "Forging Through The Darkness: The Ralph Bakshi Vision for The Lord of the Rings."

Best Prices:

DVD - $12.99 at Target, $14.99 at Amazon.com and Best Buy.

Blu-ray Combo Pack (includes DVD and Digital Copy) - $19.96 at Walmart.com, $19.99 at Amazon.com, Best Buy and Target.

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Can a criminal outwit another criminal to
save a family and himself?

From the writers of Saw IV, V, VI and VII and Feast I, II and III, director and writer Marcus Dunstan and writer Patrick Melton bring us the latest heart-pounding bloody thriller The Collector. Ex-con Arkin (Josh Stewart) hoping to score on a heist to help his wife Lisa (Daniella Alonso) pay off a debt finds himself in a booby-trapped house with a twisted killer (Juan Fernández). Will he be able to save the Chase family (Michael (Michael Reilly Burke), his wife Victoria (Andrea Roth), their teenage daughter Jill (Madeleine Zima), and their little girl Hannah (Karley Scott Collins)) held hostage inside before the killer murders them all?

Best Prices:

DVD - $14.99 at FYE.com and Target.com, $15.86 at Walmart.com, $19.99 at Best Buy and Target store.

Blu-ray - $16.86 at Walmart.com, $17.99 at FYE.com, $19.19 at Target.com, $22.99 at Best Buy.


Never underestimate an man's revenge.

An adaptation of Stephen King's short story, Dolan's Cadillac is the story about the untouchable mobster Dolan (Christian Slater) who murders schoolteacher Elizabeth (Emmanuelle Vaugier) when she witnesses him cleaning up a "mess" and wants to testify against him. When the police cannot help, husband Robinson (Wes Bentley) takes it upon himself to find a way to avenge her death. Reinventing himself, he plots an outrageous plan to bury Dolan in his beloved Cadillac for good.

Best Price:

DVD - $14.86 at Walmart.com, $16.49 at Amazon.com, $16.59 at Target.com, $19.99 at Best Buy.

Blu-ray - $12.86 at Walmart.com, $14.49 at Amazon.com, $16.59 at Target.com, $19.99 at Best Buy.

A list of older movies finally getting released on Blu-ray:

Tip: There have been reports that Walmart stores are selling some of these titles for $10.00, including Cocoon, Flight of the Intruder, Jade and The Relic. Also, Thomas Crown Affair is selling for $15.00.

Stores:

Best Buy: New York City locations or use the store locator for other areas.

FYE: New York City locations or use the store locator for other areas.

Toys 'R' Us: New York City locations or use the store locator for other areas.

Target: New York City locations or use the store locator for other areas.

Walmart: Long Island locations or use the store locator for other areas.

Amazon.com charges sales tax for all New York shipping addresses.

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Annie Chu is President of the renowned media specialty site, SteelBookHunterz.com, the first dedicated to SteelBook™ collectors worldwide. She is a frequent contributor to numerous Blu-ray and DVD-related sites. An avid collector, her personal collection contains well more than 1,000 Blu-ray,...

Comments

  • evelyn alvarez (ny family recreation examiner) 2 years ago

    I'm glad I finally got to watch the LOTR cartoon for the first time today. But I did not like the mix of the different styles of animation. I am glad I read the books or I would have misunderstood much of it. Too bad they never finished it. Thanks for the review.

  • Annie 2 years ago

    Evelyn, I'm sorry you didn't enjoy Bashki's animated LOTR. There are other LOTR fans who feel the same way you do. I agree it is a pity they never had a chance to complete it. Maybe someone will do a "remake" down the line.

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