New Releases For Tuesday.

The past few months have produced a blizzard of new blockbuster DVD releases. This week we see the release of 2 summer hits. The first is, in my opinion, the best Batman movie made to date. Batman Begins comes to us in a loaded 2-disc set with lots of special features.

The movie itself can be purchased in widescreen or pan-n-scan(why would anyone want that?) The special features run the gamut of movie, comic and spoofs. it includes the MTV Tankman Begins skit from the movie awards, an interactive comic book, over 10 featurettes on costume and design, a photo gallery and a collectible 72-page comic book containing Detective Comics #27, Batman The Man That Fell and a excerpt from Batman The Long Halloween. This was just a wonderfully done movie that gave us a gritty look and Batman and really fleshed out the Bruce Wayne character. Nolan and Bale did a great job and are already in the works for a sequel.
The 2nd movie this week is George Romero's 4th Zombie film Land Of The Dead. It has been a long time in the works and finally saw the light of day after the release and box office draw of other zombie flicks like the Dawn remake and Shaun Of The Dead. Romero has taken the premise one step further with the zombies now populating the the world and the surviving humans inside walled cities for protection. This time the zombie have also involved and become more intelligent. Also like all Romero movies there is that underlying look at our present social and political issues. The disc is toted as a Unrated Director's Cut, so hopefully a lot of the stuff that Romero says was cut will make it back in. The disc includes commentary by Romero and 6 featurettes. The main feature is entitled Undead Again and gives a great view behind the scenes of the production. Also a very cool featurette called When Shaun met George is included which brings the stars of Shaun Of The Dead on set.

I would recommend both these movies to any genre fan and both are well worth the $19.95 price tag on each. (or cheaper if you try Discountdvd.com). The coming month will be a little tough on the movie collectors pocket with the release of some more great movies like, war Of The Worlds, The Devil's Rejects, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and more. And December looks to be just as full of release.