New Release Tuesday – Jesse James and Elizabeth travel Across the Universe

Posted in: New Release Tuesday, Regular Columns by Jeremy Frost on February 5th, 2008

Welcome to this week’s edition of the New Release Tuesday Blog. It is a good day in the world of DVD and HD, with a number of big titles hitting the streets. Headlining the discs released today are Across the Universe (DVD & Blu-ray), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (DVD, Blu-ray), Elizabeth – The Golden Age (DVD & HD DVD), The Brave One (DVD & Blu-ray), The Jane Austen Book Club (DVD & Blu-ray), Third Watch – The Complete First Season (DVD) and Disney’s Special Edition of The Aristocats. Here are the rest of this week’s notable releases…

Top DVD releases

• Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition)
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Elizabeth – The Golden Age
• The Brave One
• The Aristocats (Special Edition)
• The Jane Austen Book Club
• Snow Buddies
• Love & Basketball (Movie & Music Edition)
• When a Man Falls
• Two Days in Paris
• Feast of Love
• Tootsie (25th Anniversary Edition)
• The Apartment (Collector’s Edition)
• Descent (Original ‘NC-17′ Version)
• Fierce People
• The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection – Volume 10.2 (Giant Gila Monster / Swamp Diamonds / Teenage Strangler / Giant Spider Invasion)
• Iron Maiden: Live After Death
• Turok: Son of Stone
• Blonde & Blonder
• You’ve Got Mail (Deluxe Edition)

Top TV on DVD releases

• Third Watch – The Complete First Season
• Slings & Arrows: The Complete Collection
• The DL Chronicles: The Complete First Season
• Soul Food – The Third Season
• Beauty and the Beast – The Final Season
• Perfect Strangers – The Complete First and Second Seasons

Top Blu-ray / HD DVD releases

• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [Blu-ray]
• Across the Universe [Blu-ray]
• The Brave One [Blu-ray]
• Celine Dion: Live in Las Vegas – A New Day [Blu-ray]
• Crimson Tide [Blu-ray]
• Wall Street [Blu-ray]
• The Jane Austen Book Club [Blu-ray]
• Me, Myself & Irene [Blu-ray]
• Suburban Girl [Blu-ray]
• Elizabeth – The Golden Age [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.