07.25.11 | Chris Cummins | New Releases This WeekPrint this Post
Are you ready for another terrific week of new releases? Whether you are looking for classic comedy from the golden age of television or recent blockbusters, there's plenty of offerings making their debuts this week. Take a look at what DVDs and Blu-rays are now available.
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis: The Colgate Comedy Hour
This two-disc set features the great comic duo Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in four episodes of the popular 1950-55 variety program "The Colgate Comedy Hour." Special guests include Polly Bergen, Connie Russell, Dorothy Dandridge, and Helen O'Connell; also features "The Magic Act," a pantomime performance between Lewis and Red Skelton from "The Red Skelton Show."
Complex and futuristic tale stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a government agent working inside an experimental program that allows one's psyche to take over another person's body during the final eight minutes of their life. Assigned to identify the bomber of a train, he continues to wake up inside the body of the same passenger and must repeatedly experience the tragic incident until he can solve the mystery and save the woman (Michelle Monaghan) he's starting to fall for. Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright co-star.
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
This made-for-TV feature spun off from the series "Burn Notice" follows Navy SEAL Commander Sam Axe (Bruce Campbell) to South Africa in pursuit of terrorists. When Axe falls prey to a nasty ruse engineered by shadowy evildoers, he sharpens his wits, loads his weapons, and prepares to deal out some hardcore justice. With Kiele Sanchez, John Diehl.
Based on the popular series of Italian comic books, this quirky mix of horror and comedy chronicles the adventures of paranormal private detective Dylan Dog (Brandon Routh). Dylan becomes drawn into the middle of a supernatural whodunit, trying to solve a murder while tracking down a dangerously powerful artifact that could spark a war between vampires, werewolves, and zombies. Peter Stormare, Taye Diggs, Sam Huntington, Anita Briem also star.
Deceived by months of online chat with someone she thinks is a boy her own age, 14-year-old Annie (Liana Liberato) becomes the victim of a pedophile (Chris Henry Coffey) who lures her to a hotel room. While the difficult search to locate the culprit begins, her parents (Clive Owen, Catherine Keener) struggle to cope with the violation of their daughter and its impact on their lives. David Schwimmer directs; with Jason Clarke, Viola Davis.
It's GTL time again! All 13 episodes from the third season-including "Back to the Shore," "Free Snooki," "Drunk Punch Love," "Gym, Tan, Find Out Who Sammi Is Texting," and "At the End of the Day"-plus the reunion special are featured in a four-disc set.
Hank Ketcham's mischief-loving moppet first came to TV with this 1959-63 CBS comedy. Jay North starred as household hurricane Dennis, whose well-meaning efforts always wound up causing problems for his parents (Herbert Anderson and Gloria Henry)...and especially for long-suffering neighbor Mr. Wilson (Joseph Kearns). All 38 episodes from the second season-including "Out of Retirement," "The Rock Collection," "The Raffle Ticket," "The Fortune Cookie," and "Dennis and the Picnic"-are featured in a five-disc set.
For details and availability of more of this week's new releases, click here.
Here's last week's DVD and Blu-ray releases.
Pingback: Upcoming DVD & Blu-ray Releases: Week of 7-31-11 | MovieFanFare