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For people who missed out on a horror movie that actually reviewed very well: Splinter

There's been so many horror movies released as of late that I'm not entirely surprised when you come across one that slips through the cracks. Though Splinter, which basically earned zero dollars at the box office, did more than slip through the cracks. It recklessly tumbled through the pavement and made a mess of itself on the floor below.

The flick, whose trailer made it out to look like your standard chiller, worked well with critics. About 70% of 'em gave it a positive review according to Rotten Tomatoes. And in horror movie terms, that's pretty damn fantastic. Too bad the rogue in Splinter is some demented virus-y thing that causes its victims to take on porcupine-like characteristics. Else wise, a bigger audience likely would have been had.

Disc includes: The Splinter Creature featurette, art gallery, The Wizard featurette, Building the Gas Station featurette, Shoot Digitally featurette, Oklahoma Weather featurette, How to Make a Splinter Pumpkin featurette, HDNet: A Look at Splinter, audio commentary

For the Goddamn Batman: The Spirit (Special Edition)

Frank Miller hit it big with Sin City. (That title's expecting not one but two sequels here a bit down the road). But The Spirit? Eh...not so much. Even with its impressive cast – Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johannson, Eva Mendes, Sarah Paulson, Paz Vega, and so on – the movie managed just $37 million in worldwide receipts. (And a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 14% isn't something to write home about, either).

I mention both in the same breath not only because they're both Frank Miller products, but also because they certainly look like they're of the same family, style-wise. The Spirit could've been marketed as the follow up to Sin City, and the average moviegoer wouldn't have known the difference. (Because of Sin City, the movie's black and white backdrop, interspersed with bits of color, is by no means revolutionary).

In The Spirit, Gabriel Macht stars as the title character, who returns from the dead to fight crime, and his arch-enemy (Jackson) in Central City. While tracking him down, The Spirit clashes with a number of beautiful women. It's based on a comic strip first published in 1940 by Will Eisner.

Disc includes: Green World featurette, Miller on Miller featurette, alternate storyboard ending, audio commentary, digital copy of the film

April 14, 2009
Blu-ray
8 Mile
Bali
California Redwoods
Costa Rica
Cranford
Fall In New England
Florez / Zurich: Donizetti: Don Pasquale
IMAX: Deep Sea / IMAX: Into The Deep
The Last Kiss
Mean Girls
Olympic Rainforest
Pacific Coast
Pride and Prejudice
Rocky Mountains
Sacred Canyons of the Southwest
The Spirit
Splinter
The Story of India
Strange Wilderness
The Thirteenth Floor
Universal Soldier
Wild Africa

DVD
House of Saddam
IMAX: Deep Sea / IMAX: Into The Deep (Double Feature)
John Wayne Western Collection (Deluxe Edition)
Knots Landing: The Complete Second Season
Lost Concert Series: Dean Martin
Lost in Austen
Malcolm & Eddie: Season One
Pete Seegar: Live In Australia 1963
Phish: The Clifford Ball
Pillow Talk (50th Anniversary Edition)
Pride and Prejudice
Skins: Volume 2 (Widescreen)
Taste of Life: Season Three
The Thirteenth Floor
The Who: Live
Wild Africa
Wings: The Complete Series (Set)
Wings: The Final Season

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