{"id":298,"date":"2010-02-24T19:11:54","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T01:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cis-nc.com\/wordpress\/?p=298"},"modified":"2010-02-24T19:11:55","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T01:11:55","slug":"top-10-blu-ray-releases-for-february-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cis-nc.com\/wordpress\/cisncuser\/flat-panel-tvs\/top-10-blu-ray-releases-for-february-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Blu-ray Releases for February 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Some two-fer releases and some good titles you may have missed in the theater highlight this week’s new Blu-rays.<\/span><\/p>\n

Director Steven Soderbergh has a pretty good track history. So does actor Matt Damon. So how is it that so many people missed out on The Informant! when it was in the theaters?<\/p>\n

Whistleblower movies are always entertaining and informative, and this one seems like it would make for good viewing. Maybe not as gritty as The Insider, but a good look at big business nonetheless. It\u2019s based on a true story.<\/p>\n

Another lesser-known screener is about a big-mouthed football manager – football as in soccer – in the demanding English Premier League. It\u2019s called The Damned United, a dark comedy about the brief tenure of the manager of reigning champ Leeds United. Should be a must-see for sports fans, and with the screenplay by Peter Morgan, who also wrote The Queen and Frost\/Nixon, it should be engaging for most viewers.<\/p>\n

If it\u2019s horror that you\u2019re after, take a gander at George Romero\u2019s The Crazies. Yup, same tale as the movie you\u2019ve seen advertised on TV a bunch lately, except this is the original from the master zombie movie director, with stark grit as only early 1970s horror can provide.<\/p>\n

Also this week several two-fer Blu-ray offerings will hit shelves. You can double-dip on Chevy Chase (Funny Farm\/Spies Like Us), Harrison Ford (Presumed Innocent\/Frantic), Sandra Bullock (Miss Congeniality and sequel), Clint Eastwood (Dirty Harry\/Magnum Force), De Niro\/Crystal (Analyze This\/Analyze That) and Grumpy and Grumpier Old Men.<\/p>\n

For classical music fans, there are also a slew of classical and operatic releases this week for your listening pleasure.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Here\u2019s the full release schedule this week (listings and synopses courtesy of Blu-ray.com):
\nAnalyze This\/Analyze That
\nBirtwistle: The Minotaur
\nThe Box
\nCavalli: Ercole Amante
\nCirque du Freak: The Vampire\u2019s Assistant
\nThe Crazies
\nThe Damned United
\nDead Snow
\nDirty Harry\/Magnum Force
\nFunny Farm\/Spies Like Us
\nGoogle Me
\nGrumpy Old Men\/Grumpier Old Men
\nIchi the Killer
\nThe Informant!
\nJustice League: Crisis on Two Earths
\nMiss Congeniality\/Miss Congeniality 2
\nMotherhood
\nMozart: Don Giovanni
\nNeil Diamond: Hot August Night
\nNurse Jackie: Season One
\nPoultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
\nPresumed Innocent\/Frantic
\nRossini: Il Turco in Italia
\nSorority Row
\nSchumann: Symphony No. 4 – Piano Concerto
\nTrailer Park Boys
\nThe Universe: The Complete Season 4
\nVerdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
\nWagner: G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung
\nWagner: Siegfried
\nWrong Side of Town<\/p>\n

by Arlen Schweiger<\/p>\n

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