Welcome to this week’s edition of the New Release Tuesday Blog! There are so many big releases this week, I don’t even know where to start. On the DVD front, we get The Da Vinci Code, the Ultimate Editions of both Forbidden Planet & Oldboy, the Extended Edition of Peter Jackson’s King Kong, and the Special Edition of The Green Mile. TV-on-DVD features a number of big Complete Series Gift Sets – including Six Feet Under, Friends & Homicide Life on the Street. …It is also a HUGE day in the world of HD. We get wave one of Blu-ray releases from Fox (Speed, X-Men: The Last Stand, Kingdom of Heaven, Fantastic Four and more), as well as some other big releases such as King Kong and Casablanca on HD DVD and Black Hawk Down on Blu-ray. Here are the other titles that made our list…

Top SD DVD releases

• The Da Vinci Code
• King Kong (3 Disc Deluxe Extended Edition)
• Forbidden Planet (Ultimate Collector’s Edition)
• John Tucker Must Die
• Strangers with Candy
• Joyeux Noel
• Oldboy (Three-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition)
• Accepted
• The Green Mile (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Top TV on DVD releases

• Six Feet Under - The Complete Series Gift Set
• Friends - The Complete Series Collection
• Homicide Life on the Street - Complete Series Megaset
• Family Guy, Vol. 4 (Season 4: Part 2)
• C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation - The Complete Sixth Season
• Northern Exposure - The Complete Fifth Season
• Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Four
• The Golden Girls - The Complete Sixth Season
• NCIS Naval Criminal Investigative Service - The Complete Second Season
• Lois & Clark - The New Adventures of Superman - The Complete Fourth Season
• Quantum Leap - The Complete Fifth Season
• Home Improvement - The Complete Fifth Season

Top HD-DVD/Blu-Ray releases

• Black Hawk Down [Blu-ray]
• Kingdom of Heaven (Director’s Cut) [Blu-ray]
• X-Men 3 - The Last Stand [Blu-ray]
• Fantastic Four [Blu-ray]
• Speed [Blu-ray]
• League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [Blu-ray]
• The Last Samurai [Blu-ray]
• The Transporter [Blu-ray]
• Behind Enemy Lines [Blu-ray]
• The Omen [Blu-ray]
• Kiss of the Dragon [Blu-ray]
• Million Dollar Baby [Blu-ray]
• ATL [Blu-ray]
• King Kong [HD DVD]
• Casablanca [HD DVD]
• Forbidden Planet (Ultimate Collector’s Edition) [HD DVD]
• Forbidden Planet (Ultimate Collector’s Edition) [HD DVD]
• Mutiny on the Bounty [HD DVD]

That’s it for this week… check back again next Tuesday to see what makes our list. As always, feel free to post your comments on this “New Release Tuesday” blog… let me know what you think.