This week's Blu-ray release list is looking a little bare -- only two movies, a TV show, and one concert. The most interesting releases are probably the Chinese epic
The Curse of the Golden Flower and the Showtime dark comedy,
Weeds: Season One (which also happens to be one of the first TV shows to be released on Blu-ray). Check out the full release list below:
- The Curse of the Golden Flower
- Basic Instinct: Director's Cut
- Weeds: Season One
- Chris Botti: Live with Orchestra and Guests
Though this week was a little underwhelming, next week looks like one to look forward to. We'll be getting ten new Blu-ray releases including
Hellboy and
Trading Places. Mmm ... remember when Eddie Murphy was still funny?
For those out there who have been yearning for some Prince in glorious TrueHD, your prayers have finally been answered. This week, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince and Now Just Known as Prince is featured on Blu-ray in his cinematic masterpiece, Purple Rain. The vertically-challenged singer/actor/maestro plays The Kid, a promising musician at the start of his career who has to struggle against prejudices and his own past in order to reach super-mega-stardom. The movie came out before most of the readers of this blog were even born, but is considered a classic by uh, Prince fans. Here is the full list of titles this week:
