Region 4 DVD releases for week ending 25th July 2008

It's been a big week this week, Dark Knight, Wicked. Well, not that big?!
Another slim week on the DVD front. That's not to say that these titles aren't interesting and worthy. It's just that there's sooo feeew real quality titles. Everything is kiddie or manga-e or just plain reality tv on dvd. **Sniff**

The Doors - Perception
A nice looking box set which includes all of The Doors studio albums (remastered one presumes?) plus a whole bunch of oddities. One for the fans.

Led Zeppelin - Live At Earl's Court Vols 1 & 2
Methinks this is some cheap release and not on a par with that title a few years back (which you could probably find quite cheap now) that had several polished and shined feature length performances. But I could be wrong. Something about the cover strikes me as cheap Photoshop job.

Get Smart Seasons 1-3
Now this is more like it! The full 15 DVD bundle out locally, and although unconfirmed, I believe it does have all the Time Life extras on them. At $140 you want them to be! Assuming this is complete this is the title of the week (and one of the titles of the year).

Kurt & Courtney
I knew this was out there but have never seen it. A Nick Broomfield documentary, this looks fascinating and certainly supports certain theories.

My Life Without Me
A Sarah Polley double bill. Thank you Palace Films (even it is a re-release). This is a great film and needs to be seen by all. However, I must take a stand at a generally followed trend lately and that is to keep changing the bloody covers. I understand it might be because the market is swamped by so many variations on the one title, so it's reasonably easy to differentiate between the 2 disc version released in 06 and the 3 disc version released in 07 but man, do they do some shit covers sometimes! The above cover is NOT the cover of the Oz release where Polley is more of the lying down variety with her hand to her face.

The Sweet Hereafter
The other Sarah Polley film, another re-release and a real classic this one. Possibly Atom Egoyan's finest moment, this is an exceptional film with excellent performances from Polley and Ian Holm and a compelling, heartbreaking story. This is title of the week (if we got screwed on Get Smart) even though it has been released before as well as the fact that we don't seem to get any of the great extras (commentary, Charlie Rose Show interview etc.) on the Region 1 disc.