Welcome to this week’s edition of the New Release Tuesday Blog. Not too much is happening today in the world of DVD, but Universal sure is making a splash with their HD DVD releases. On DVD we get Shooter, Pride and Black Snake Moan, while on TV-on-DVD all we get is Monk Season Five. Lastly, HD DVD exclusives today include The Big Lebowski, Mallrats and Being John Malkovich, while Black Snake Moan and Hustle and Flow will hit the streets on both Blu-ray …nd HD DVD. Here are the rest of this week’s notable releases…

Top DVD releases

• Shooter
• Black Snake Moan
• Pride
• Dead Silence (Unrated)
• La Jetee/Sans Soleil (Criterion Collection)
• High School Musical, The Concert - Extreme Access Pass
• Cult Camp Classics 1 - Sci-Fi Thrillers (Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman 1958 / Giant Behemoth / Queen of Outer Space)
• Cult Camp Classics 2 - Women in Peril (The Big Cube / Caged / Trog)
• Cult Camp Classics 3 - Terrorized Travelers (Hot Rods to Hell / Skyjacked / Zero Hour!)
• Cult Camp Classics 4 - Historical Epics (The Colossus of Rhodes / Land of the Pharaohs / The Prodigal)
• Peaceful Warrior

Top TV on DVD releases

• Monk - Season Five
• Reno 911! - The Complete Fourth Season (Uncensored)
• Miami Vice: Season Five

Top HD DVD/Blu-Ray releases

• Black Snake Moan [Blu-ray]
• Hustle and Flow [Blu-ray]
• The Big Lebowski [HD DVD]
• Black Snake Moan [HD DVD]
• Dead Silence (Unrated) [HD DVD]
• Meet Joe Black [HD DVD]
• Being John Malkovich [HD DVD]
• Mallrats [HD DVD]
• Mystery Men [HD DVD]
• Hustle and Flow [HD DVD]
• Freedom Vol. 1 [HD DVD]
• Bulletproof [HD DVD]
• The Watcher [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.