Blu-ray movie releases for the week of September 7th

by Alan Tsang { Sep 7th 2008 at 7:20PM }

A blonde female samurai and Russian vampires are just some of what you'll find this week. Take a look:

Both volumes of the Tarantino blood-fest Kill Bill are out this week, but who would buy them separately? Night Watch and Day Watch marks the first time the initial two movies of Bekmambetov's vampire trilogy is on Blu-ray. The fantasy epic The Fall is one of the better films we saw this year, so be sure to check that out if you enjoy the genre. The Forbidden Kingdom is entertaining ... for families -- those of you who were hoping for a more serious collaboration between Jackie Chan and Jet Li will be left sorely disappointed. Check out all of this week's releases above.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

mezzanine @ Sep 7th 2008 7:23PM

I think both Kill Bill volumes should be on one disc. And does anyone like Night Watch more than Day Watch?

jq71586 @ Sep 7th 2008 9:49PM

If you want a DVD quality movie, sure. A PCM lossless track and 1080p video takes up the space that blu-ray provides. The disc space is bigger, but the quality is greater, so you are still going to get one movie on one disc and seasons of shows will still come on multiple discs.

J @ Sep 7th 2008 7:59PM

is matrix trilogy on blu ray yet?

guillemot @ Sep 7th 2008 9:03PM

mid ocober.. mid october...

theoneneo81 @ Sep 7th 2008 9:31PM

Oct 10th i think the date is and im still waiting for the whole bloddy affair Kill bill set since last year he announced that :(

Alan Tsang @ Sep 7th 2008 9:44PM

It's coming in a little over a month: October 14th. Check out our post on it here.

Waqman @ Sep 7th 2008 8:18PM

No Love for Cool Hand Luke? That's a Paul Newman classic.

j.howlett @ Sep 7th 2008 10:50PM

now that's a failure to communicate

Popfrogs @ Sep 8th 2008 1:03AM

Spoken like a true mullet-head.

ryuk @ Sep 7th 2008 8:28PM

yes! kill bill on blu ray, and yeah i was disappointed by forbidden kingdom too

John-Paul-Jones @ Sep 7th 2008 10:42PM

DAMN! I thought, "How the West Was Won" was the Led Zeppelin concert! Damn, again!

Oh well, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, ftw!

lorddshadow @ Sep 7th 2008 11:02PM

i was wondering if your name was from the bassist or the patriot. guess i figured out. led zeppelin rules! i can't get enough of immigrant song live.

j.howlett @ Sep 7th 2008 10:49PM

kill bill and cool hand luke. that's a real cool hand. shaking it over here now boss.

ZeroCorpse @ Sep 8th 2008 1:14AM

So is this the standard American version of Kill Bill, or do we yanks finally get the uncensored version?

I know it's not much, but the big fight scene at the end of Kill Bill Vol. 1 switching to black & white happened for American audiences; Not for Japanese audiences (and others around the world). It's silly that so far, every Region 1 release of Kill Bill has been the theatrical-only cuts of the films.

This is Blu-Ray! It's supposed to be the pinnacle of home entertainment. Would they actually put out the same North American versions on Blu-Ray when they have the space, opportunity, and incentive to release the original versions?

`Need more research before I buy.

Gob @ Sep 8th 2008 6:01PM

BABY MAMA!!!

Tez (PSN: Tezasaurus) @ Sep 8th 2008 2:43AM

Looking forward to seeing how good the visual quality is on the Kill Bill flicks. The Fall caught my eye on this week's PSN update as well, so I think I'll check that out. Looks like a great bluray demo, and it's got the backing of my main man David Fincher.

jq71586 @ Sep 8th 2008 8:05AM

It's getting a lot of perfect scores. Anything done by a Disney company (with the exception of Gangs of New York) is going to be top notch

Jon Acheson @ Sep 8th 2008 10:00AM

Forbidden Kingdom isn't a must-have, but I was really happy with the Jackie-vs-Jet Li parts of it, worth a look for that alone. The weak framing sequence knocks a couple stars off it, though.

I'd say definitely worth Netflixing if you haven't seen it.

ModeMan101 @ Sep 8th 2008 11:11AM

Night Watch/Day Watch aren't vampire movies. They have vampires in them, but they're not *about* vampires. Grrr!!

Ranus Studios @ Sep 8th 2008 11:35AM

Cool Hand Luke, huh? I think it may be one of my not-often-enough Blu-Ray purchases.

Josh @ Sep 8th 2008 3:45PM

For those who watched forbidden kingdom,

I guess you took way too serious and it was stated before it was suppose to be a family movie. I thought the movie was fun and had a lot of reference to the old school martial arts movie. It was also stated it was suppose to introduce a wider audience to the Asia culture

I'm not mad or anything but i keep hearing about it being a disappointment