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Tuesday January 29, 2008 6:52 pm

This Week on HD DVD and Blu-ray: January 29, 2008

Life of Brian Blu-rayHappy Tuesday, all!

The big news this week is the release of Monty Python’s Life of Brian on Blu-ray. The classic film, walking the hyper-sensitive line between important social issues and side-splitting comedy, is easily one of the best from the Python team, and should have a place on every movie lover’s shelf. Why not own it in gorgeous 1080p resolution and Dolby 5.1 surround sound? The harmless religious satire is that much better.

On a side note, am I crazy, or has Warner started consistently releasing films on HD DVD weeks later than those released on Blu-ray? For instance, this week’s Blu-ray release, The Invasion, won’t come out on HD DVD until February 19. And it’s not this one time either—the list of upcoming titles from High-Def Digest shows a serious lag in Warner HD DVD releases. I realize that Warner is phasing the format out, but have they officially put HD DVD on the back burner?

Check out the full list of high-def releases after the jump.

Blu-ray:

  • Daddy Day Camp (Sony)—starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Lochlyn Monroe and Richard Gant; directed by Fred Savage
  • Damages: The Complete First Season (Sony)—starring Glenn Close, Ted Danson and Rose Byrne
  • Dispatch: Zimbabwe - Live at Madison Square Garden (Warner Music Group)—directed by Danny Clinch
  • The Invasion (Warner)—starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam; directed by Oliver Hirschbeigel
  • Justin Timberlake: Live at Madison Square Garden (Sony BMG)—directed by Marty Callner
  • King of California (First Look)—starring Michael Douglas and Rachel Evan-Wood, directed by Mike Cahill
  • Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Sony)—starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle and Michael Palin; directed by Terry Jones

HD DVD:

  • Dispatch: Zimbabwe - Live at Madison Square Garden (Warner Music Group)—directed by Danny Clinch
  • King of California (First Look)—starring Michael Douglas and Rachel Evan-Wood, directed by Mike Cahill
  • Strauss: Die Fledermaus (Opus Arte)—starring Pamela Armstrong, Lyubov Petrova, Pär Lindskog; directed by Stephen Lawless

(Click here to see the options for this week.)

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