Jack’s Back! 24 Season 8 Announced For Blu-ray!
May 25th, 2010 by Blu-ray Brian
It’s been less than “24” hours and I’m already missing my favorite American hero… of course I’m talking about the legendary Jack Bauer. Monday nights will never be the same, nor will my life without him. His fictional TV character inspired me to be all that I can be in life and for that I am forever grateful. Anyway, I have the perfect cure for all those pre-summertime blues (is that even possible?) out there. Jack’s BACK! Continue reading ‘Jack’s Back! 24 Season 8 Announced For Blu-ray!’
All this week, Why So Blu will be featuring some of its writers albums that, while not necessarily their favorites, were recordings that changed our lives in some way, shape, or form. Each day, Monday through Friday of this week, will highlight a different writer. When the crew sat down and discussed this, we figured everyone likes music and this will give our readers a little insight into what makes us musically tick. 
Queen Latifah has had a busy decade in terms of her film career. From appearing on episodes of the television show Spin City in 2001 to last year’s third installment in the Ice Age franchise, she has also had a variety of projects dotting the landscape along the way. Latifah has appeared comedies such as Scary Movie 3 and the critically acclaimed musical Chicago. The rapper-turned-actress has had a very productive 2010 as she co-starred in Valentine’s Day and now takes top billing in her latest work, Just Wright. 
It was 2001 when the original Shrek captured the attention of audiences around the globe. Kids liked it for the fun characters and colorful delivery. Adults enjoyed it for the cleverly placed humor throughout the film. The sequel came out three years later and it was another round of laughs and adventure for theater-goers and big bucks for Dreamworks. You know Hollywood. Where success was once found, try and try again. 
I’ve always had a weak spot for rousing sports movies where the underdogs battle the odds and win, so I was looking forward to Invictus for that reason plus the great cast and the direction of Clint Eastwood, whom I’ve admired as an actor and as a director. Unlike say, Rocky, Invictus is about more than the sport and it’s more akin to Hoosiers where the results of a championship have a broader effect on a community or in this case a country. 
The moment of truth has finally arrived! The moment we all have been waiting for! If you can read the headline above and are completely unaffected by it, then you don’t have a pulse. That’s right folks, Anchor Bay Entertainment has officially announced the Blu-ray release date of the Starz TV series Spartacus: Blood and Sand – The Complete First S
Tell me it ain’t so!? Michael Bay has cast his beloved Megan Fox out of the Transformers franchise. But Michael discovered her? He nurtured her career? How can this be true? Suck it up lads, apparently it is. But with the bad news (well bad to some I guess), comes the really great news. Of course, there is a whole slew of actresses lining up waiting for the chance to play Shia’s love interest, but only one is being rumored as a potential frontrunner right now (
Game developer W! Games takes on the challenge of bringing the Real-Time Strategy genre to the Playstation Network with Greed Corp. Game reviewers Sam Bushman and Dan Morrison dig into this recent addition the the PSN and discuss whether Greed Corp is worth the $9.99 price tag. As always, feel free to post any comments, questions, counterpoints, or critiques in the comments section at the bottom of the page. 
Here’s a TV show on Blu-ray that was a complete blind buy for me. Well, really for my wife, as she bought Seasons 1,2 and 3 for me on Blu-ray this past Valentine’s Day. I know. I have a great wife! Anyway, I am ecstatic to report that Season 4 of Dexter has just been announced for a Blu-ray release date of August 14th. I’m counting down the days. We tried to watch this On Demand, but the quality was just horrible and we did not want to sacrifice not enjoying the show simply over standard definition material. 
Of all the storylines that have taken place in the comic book industry recently, Blackest Night is arguably the most profound. Nekron and the Black Hand had almost successfully wiped out the DC universe in the eight-part series that kept buyers of the title on the edge of their seats. As I write that, I can hear a reader saying, “You didn’t really think DC would let that happen, did you?” Well, from a business standpoint, no, but it sure as heck looked like the last candle in the world was about to be snuffed out. 
I’m definitely going to be picking this title up. I have not seen this one in quite sometime, but I remember truly liking it back in the day. Like who could ever not like a David Fincher film? I know! Well anyway… Yesterday, Warner Home Video announced the Blu-ray edition of New Line’s Seven (also known as Se7en) for a September 14th release date. The Blu-ray will arrive in the DigiBook format, complete with a 32-page booklet containing photos on the making of the movie and much more. 
What can be more indicative of a romantic comedy than the title of Valentine’s Day? Sure it’s sappy, and sure it’s formulaic as hell, but I just can’t shake the minority feeling that when I say compared to the handful of lackluster films I have seen theatrically these first five months of 2010, Valentine’s Day was one of the better ones. Many will argue, and I welcome the discussion below, but rest assured, I’m pretty confident that by December of this year Valentine’s Day will be far removed on my list of memorable 2010 films. 
If anything, 2010 will be remembered as the year Hollywood made its (arguably) strongest push to make three-dimensional films part of the constant mainstream. The concept took audiences by storm in the 1950’s, though it proved to be nothing more than a fad associated with C-grade sci-fi films. It was something to take a date to, but seemed to offer little staying power. 
Believe it or not, Steven Seagal used to be a badass. I remember in junior high and high school me and my friends would geek out and hypothesize who would win a fight between Steven Seagal and Jean Claude-Van Damme. I always picked Steven Seagal, because he was one of the few martial artists that seemed to not exert himself when breaking bones. Van Damme would get his ass kicked, but always came back in the end. 
The Marvel universe has seen some tumultuous times in recent years, which have spurned book sales to atmospheric levels. Our heroes have been revealed, kidnapped, and nearly killed. The Siege was ground-breaking, literally, and has come to a monumental conclusion. With Norman Osborne falling from his plateau of power and the (Dark) Avengers rounded up, a team of old is about to begin anew. 
This film actually snuck up on me in the not so distant past. I wasn’t even aware work had wrapped up on a new Robin Hood story, let alone through the direction of the great Ridley Scott. Well here we are in the third weekend in May and Robin Hood has arrived. Starring the controversial Russell Crowe (at least that’s the way the media has portrayed him), we find ourselves going back to 12th century England where the good old English are still butting heads with the French and corruption is in good supply. 
After many, MANY various adaptations of the same story, Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Alien) has directed a re-visioning of the classic tale of Robin Hood, with an all star cast including Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Danny Huston and Max von Sydow. Many people say it looks just like another Gladiator, but my review will tell you why the trailers are completely misleading… as usual. Check it out! 
Before anyone goes bad mouthing this comedy I just wanted to go on record by saying it wasn’t that bad. I think Death at a Funeral had me laughing harder than this one did, but considering what we have to work with so far this year, Cop Out stands out amongst the best of the comedy genre selections in 2010 (see my full review 
