Welcome to this week’s edition of the New Release Tuesday Blog. Well, it looks like we are going from one of the best release dates of the year last week, to one of the worst this week. The only real notable DVD hitting the streets to day is the Unrated Edition of Hannibal Rising. All we get for TV-on-DVD is the Second Season of The Closer. Lastly, on Blu-ray we get Basic Instinct and Weeds – Season One, while on HD DVD we get Lost in Translation and Dragonheart. Here are…the rest of this week’s notable releases…

Top DVD releases

• Hannibal Rising (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
• Circle of Iron (2-Disc Special Edition)
• Free Zone

Top TV on DVD releases

• The Closer - The Complete Second Season
• The Andy Griffith Show - The Complete Series

Top HD DVD/Blu-Ray releases

• Basic Instinct [Blu-ray]
• Curse of the Golden Flower [Blu-ray]
• Weeds - Season 1 [Blu-ray]
• Chris Botti: Live [Blu-ray]
• Lost in Translation [HD DVD]
• The Frighteners: Peter Jackson’s Director’s Cut [HD DVD]
• Dragonheart [HD DVD]
• Midnight Run [HD DVD]
• The River [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.