Blu-ray releases for the week of November 23rd

Posted by Mister-X on November 23rd, 2008 at 07:45pm

Filed under: Blu-ray

Will Smith plays an unlikely superhero in the summer blockbuster Hancock. The film beamed with potential in the beginning, but the poor execution brought down what could have been otherwise an edgy satire on the superhero genre. Will the additional 10 minutes in the uncut version change that?

Theatrical releases:

• Action Thriller Starter Pack (Jarhead / The Kingdom)
  
• Becket
  
• Flesh for The Beast (Uncut)
• Fred Claus
• Gunnin' for That #1 Spot
  
• Hancock (Unrated)
• Jarhead
  
• The Kingdom
• The Line
• Talento de Barrio
• Meet Dave
• Shadow: Dead Riot (Uncut)
• Space Chimps

The extremely poor box office performance of Meet Dave begs the question: why do they keep putting Eddie Murphy in leading roles? The Kingdom is an entertaining and action-packed thriller about FBI agents who investigate a bombing in Saudi Arabia ... if you can ignore the extremely misguided kill em' all message it sends about terrorists. Becket unites Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton in a single film -- what more could you ask for? Theatrical releases are above, everything else (including TV releases) are after the jump:

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