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While Pixar’s Up has certainly dominated my attention over the past few weeks, leading up to it’s Blu-ray and DVD release this week, I want to take a minute to point out a few other releases below that haven’t gotten much attention. In fact, there are a couple that people may have missed entirely. In fact, the entire list of Blu-ray releases are worth scanning over this week.

We've gotten to the time of the year where a lot of the movies we saw earlier in the year are now making their way to DVD.

This week’s pick of the week should come as no surprise to anyone who has read this site or listened to our podcast in the past. The new Battlestar Galactica won me over quickly and kept me as a dedicated viewer throughout its entire run. Even the between-season webseries were fun to watch, as was the made-for-tv movie Razor. Now Ronald D.

The mixture of Halloween and Christmas themed releases continues this week, again seeing many holiday specials and treats coming out on Blu-ray. We’re more in the mood for horror this time, and as horrific as Will Ferrell’s take on Land of the Lost may be, it’s not what we’re talking about.

It’s the month of Halloween, which means studios are quickly trying to capitalize on that by tossing out re-releases of horror favorites on DVD and Blu-ray. This week that includes the lackluster Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Wolf, as well as the long desired Trick ‘r Treat.

One of my favorite sitcoms in recent years is How I Met Your Mother. The show has managed to hit just the right pulse with some great catchphrases (that it hasn’t worn out) and social insights combined with a killer cast. Frankly, I don’t actually care how Ted (Josh Radnor) meets the future mother of his kids.

I really wanted my pick of the week this week to be X-Men Origins: Wolverine, or at least that’s what I wanted a few months ago before I actually saw the movie. Now I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone. Sure, there’s some fun to be had with the latest X-Men movie, but it’s not the kind of thing you set above all others, even on a largely lackluster week like this.

When I saw State of Play in theaters, I wasn’t aware of the BBC Miniseries, beyond just knowing it existed. I wound up enjoying the Russell Crowe movie quite a bit, particularly the movie’s gutsy approach to the subject of “true” journalism vs. blogging journalism.

The highest profile release this week is Watchmen, which comes out in both the theatrical version as well as an extended director’s cut that adds 25 additional minutes to the film. The problem is, a longer director’s cut isn’t necessarily going to fix a film that had flaws, particularly if one of its flaws was already length.