New Blu-ray & DVD releases w/c May 23rd 2011

New Blu-ray & DVD releases w/c May 23rd 2011: Once again, we look at a few titles in more detail which are due out next week. The prices listed are the current prices on Amazon.

• 48 Hours (£12.93 Blu-ray, Paramount)
  
• Alice (£11.99 Blu-ray & DVD, BFI)
  
• Barney’s Version (£15.93 Blu-ray, £12.93 DVD, Universal)
  
• Clash of Empires: Battle for Asia (£12.93 Blu-ray, £9.97 DVD, Metrodome)
  
• Escape From L.A. (£12.93 Blu-ray, Paramount)
  
• Ice Road Truckers Season 4 (£13.93 Blu-ray, £10.93 DVD, History)
  
• Jacques Cousteau: The Silent World (£8.93 Blu-ray, History)
  
• Jacques Cousteau: Voyage to the Edge of the World (£8.93 Blu-ray, History)
  
• Jacques Cousteau: World Without Sun (£8.93 Blu-ray, History)
  
• Love and Other Drugs (£16.99 Blu-ray, £9.97 DVD, Fox)
  
• Morning Glory (£16.93 Blu-ray, £9.93 DVD, Paramount)
  
• NEDS (£11.93 Blu-ray, £8.99 DVD, E1)
  
• Salo (£13.99 Blu-ray & DVD, BFI)
  
• Stanley Kubrick: Visionary Filmmaker Collection (£42.93 Blu-ray, Warner)
  
• Tangled (£15.93 Blu-ray, £17.99 3D Blu-ray, £11.97 DVD, Walt Disney)
  
• Tracker (£10.93 Blu-ray, £7.99 DVD, Kaleidoscope)
  
• True Blood Season 3 (£34.93 Blu-ray, £27.93 DVD, Warner)
  
• The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (£79.47 DVD, History)
  
• Vera Series 1 (£14.99 DVD, ITV)
  

Tangled

Walt Disney Pictures presents Tangled, one of the most hilarious, hair-raising tales ever told. When the kingdom’s most wanted–and most charming–bandit Flynn Rider (voiced by Zachary Levi) hides out in a mysterious tower, he’s taken hostage by Rapunzel (voiced by Mandy Moore), a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair.

Flynn’s curious captor, in search of a ticket out of the tower in which she’s been locked for many years, strikes a deal with the handsome thief. The unlikely duo sets off on an action-packed escapade, complete with a super-cop horse, an over-protective chameleon and a gruff gang of pub thugs. Tangled is a story of adventure, heart, humor and hair–lots of hair.

Tangled is released on Blu-ray (£15.93), 3D Blu-ray (£17.99) and DVD (£11.97).

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True Blood Season 3

In Bon Temps, everyone has something to hide. But when new threats emerge, no one can conceal the secrets of their past.

After Sookie discovers that Bill has been kidnapped, she heads to Mississippi where she becomes entangled in a world ruled by a pack of vicious werewolves and the powerful Vampire King, Russell Edgington. There, her powers resurface and she learns that Bill may not be trusted. Eric is also drawn to the King’s domain to settle an old score; Tara dives deep into turmoil; Jason falls for a mysterious woman; Lafayette can’t avoid love or demons; Jessica sharpens her vampire skills; and Sam uncovers the truth about his birth family.

It all leads up to the revelation of the series… Sookie’s true identity.

Special Features:

• Episode 2 Audio Commentary with Alexander Skarsgard and Scott Winant
  
• Episode 3 Audio Commentary with Michael Lehmann and Alexander Woo
  
• Episode 4 Audio Commentary with Kristin Bauer and David Petrarca
  
• Episode 6 Audio Commentary with Alan Ball and Dennis O’Hare
  
• Episode 7 Audio Commentary with Anna Paquin, Joe Manganiello, and Brian Buckner
  
• Episode 12 Audio Commentary with Stephen Moyer and Anthony Hemingway
  
• Previews (1 min each approx)
  
• Enhanced Viewing: Character Perspectives, PiP (Jessica, Andy, Tommy, Alcide) – English only
  
• Enhanced Viewing: Minisodes / Post Mortems / Flash Backs / Flash Forwards (Branching Video, TRT 60 mins, approx ) – English only
  
• Enhanced Viewing: Vampire Histories / Bios / Hints / FYIs (PNG based) – English only
  
• Anatomy of a Scene (25 mins, approx) from Episode 2
  
• Character Perspectives, Standalone (130 mins, approx)
  
• Snoop Dogg Video (2 mins, approx)
  
• True Blood Lines – English only
  
• Post Mortems (one per episode, approx 2.30 mins each)
  

True Blood Season 3 is released on Blu-ray (£34.93), DVD (£27.93), Complete Blu-ray Boxset (£49.93) and Complete DVD Boxset (£44.93).

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Love and Other Drugs

Maggie (Hathaway) is an alluring free spirit who won’t let anyone–or anything–tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie (Gyllenhaal), whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales.

Maggie and Jamie’s evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.

Love and Other Drugs is released on Blu-ray (£16.99) and DVD (£9.97).

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Stanley Kubrick: Visionary Filmmaker Collection

The Stanley Kubrick: Visionary Filmmaker Collection on Blu-ray is an unprecedented 7-film, 8-disc collection. The collection features the film and bonus content from A Clockwork Orange 40th Anniversary Edition, the Blu-ray debuts of Lolita and Barry Lyndon, as well as the feature films 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, and Eyes Wide Shut.

The Blu-ray collection will be elegantly boxed in new book-style premium packaging and will include a 36-page hard-cover book that explores the breadth of genres and themes in Kubrick’s work.

For full details on the extras, click on the packshot.

Stanley Kubrick: Visionary Filmmaker Collection is released on Blu-ray (£14.93).