Home Screening Room - A Hunger for The Lorax

Missed a couple of weeks with vacation and more…but it’s been a bit slow on the new release front here. So let’s take a look at new releases from the last couple weeks and a REALLY big release that comes out this Saturday.

This Week's Big Releases

The Hunger Games - Rated PG-13 (Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson)
What an amazingly successful start to this franchise. The Hunger Games will endear fans and first timers to one of the most popular series out right now. Check this out if you missed in it theaters…or if you caught it there, check it out again. AVAILABLE Saturday, August 18

The Raid: Redemption - Rated R (Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah)
Elite special forces rookie Rama is pushed into action to fight for the team and survive. This is the one that had taken a number of festivals by storm and been hailed as one of the best action films to come out in some time. Now you can see what all the fuss is about.

The Lorax- Rated PG (Danny DeVito, Zac Efron)
Classic Dr. Seuss, The Lorax comes home on an incredible Blu-ray package that will have even those who were marginal when it was released in theaters enjoying themselves and singing along to Let It Grow. Released August 6

Also New This Week

American Pickers: Volume 4 – Not Rated

Assassin’s Bullet – Rated R (Christian Slater, Donald Sutherland)

Breathless – Rated R (Gina Gershon, Kelli Giddish, Val Kilmer)

Community: The Complete Third Season – (Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs)

   The show that was near death at NBC gives you the third season of fun.

Dexter: The Sixth Season

   Showtime’s serial killer sensation lets you take a cut of the action.

A Girl Walks Into a Bar –Rated R (Carla Gugino, Zachary Quinto)

Glee: The Complete Third Season

Hick  – Rated R (Chloe Grace Moretz, Blake Lively)

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory– Not Raed

   The acclaimed conclusion to the story of the “West Memphis Three” comes to DVD.

Tonight You’re Mine– Rated R (Luke Treadaway, Natalia Tena)

Vega$: The Third Season Volume 2

   Dan Tanna….man this is classic stuff with Robert Urich

WWE: Money in the Bank 2012

And Finally

Jaws  – Rated PG

(Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfus)

How can I NOT pick the release on Blu-ray of the Original summer blockbuster? This one is a must have for ANY film lovers collection. More on this as I examine the disc, but this is really exciting and a reason to pick up a Blu-ray player if you haven’t yet and add it to your collection.

DVD/Blu-ray Tidbit of the Week

Chernobyl Diariescomes home November 13.

And some real exciting news about something coming without a date yet – Who Framed Roger Rabbit? : 25^th Anniversary Edition is coming it looks, like 2013. PLEEEEEEAAASE Eddie!!!.

Pick of the Week

Today…we MUST get Jaws on Blu-ray. But on top of that, The Hunger Games is something that should be in the collection at home alongside of your copies of the books.

Pop Popcorn, Do the Diet Dew, and Bust out the Blu and remember to Save Me A Seat!