Obviously The Amazing Spider-Man is the choice this time, with a very unusual release schedule. It hits the big screen tomorrow to try to pull in the holiday audience, and Tuesday releases are not the norm. My first thought was they meant midnight Tuesday night (Wednesday morning, and a Wednesday release date is pretty normal), but when I checked the site the first showings will be at 12:01AM Tuesday morning. Regardless of how offbeat the timing is, I am looking forward to this one.
You know it is a slow week when the only two American offerings to roll out are Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Giant Monsters, a set of four movies, except none of the stores trying to sell you this package have a clue what any of the four movies are called, and Mysteries at the Museum: Season 2, a documentary series from The Travel Channel. That’s it, nothing else on offer this time around. Guessing the US holiday weekend made a major impact on the release decisions.
From an overseas source but still with a US release we have Needless: The Complete Collection as the new offering, where World War 3 has run its course and the survivors are depending on a pervert superhero to put the planet back together. Meanwhile, Ergo Proxy: The Complete Series gets re-released in a cost effective package, so if you shop around you should be able to grab it for just over $20.
If there is anything else interesting coming out on DVD this week, I haven’t been able to find it. If you have better luck, post a comment and let me know.