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For people who hate it when their grocery store cart has one bad wheel: The Road

Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is in all probability one of the most disturbing novels I’ve ever read. (In particular, any moments pertaining to those cannibalistic nomads who scour the country for human flesh). Awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Road takes place after a vague and unnamed apocalyptic event renders earth nearly lifeless. A father and son journey across the grim landscape together in search of the sea, which is somewhere south.

When a film adaptation was announced, I knew I’d wait to see it at home. For me, watching a movie as, well, depressing as The Road on the big screen seemed like a giant waste of capital. Why spend the money on it – or a movie like Precious, or My Sister’s Keeper, or Towelhead (all which I’ve read) – when going in I knew the end result would be anything but entertaining? That’s more or less my philosophy on the movies. (Of course there are exceptions, but they’re few).

The Road gets released today on DVD and Blu-ray after earning just $23.9 million in its coffers ($8.1 million of that coming from U.S theaters). Based on 187 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, The Road maintains a 75% Fresh rating, yet failed to be the award season contender that The Weinstein Company probably expected it to be.

Disc includes: Audio commentary, deleted and extended scenes, Making Of featurette

For people who think Neil Patrick Harris has the voice of an angel: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog [Blu-ray]

Joss Whedon’s Internet project during the WGA writers’ strike fiasco, the wildly popular Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, debuts in Blu-ray today after being released on DVD as an Amazon.com exclusive in 2008 and a New Video Group release the following year. The three episode web series stars Neil Patrick Harris as the titular character, an aspiring supervillain who falls for the same girl (Felicia Day) as his nemesis, Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion).

Disc includes: N/A

May 25, 2010

Blu-ray

Babysitter Wanted
Beyond Sherwood Forest
By Brakhage: An Anthology (Criterion Collection)
City Of The Living Dead
Clash Of The Titans
Class Of Nuke 'Em High
Dear John
Django
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Flashbacks of a Fool
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Part 1
Godkiller
It Waits
Merlin and the Book of Beasts
National Geographic: American Serengeti
Pep Squad
The Road
Samurai Princess
Seven Swords
The Shortcut
Someone's Knocking at the Door
Spartacus (50th Anniversary Edition)
Stagecoach (Criterion Collection)
Surf Nazis Must Die
Tell-Tale
Tromeo & Juliet
True Blood: The Complete Second Season
White Wall

DVD

Babysitter Wanted (2 Disc Collector's Edition)
Buster Keaton: Volume 1
Buster Keaton: Volume 2
By Brakhage: An Anthology (Criterion Collection)
City Of The Living Dead (Special Edition)
Clash Of The Titans
David Cross: Bigger & Blacker
Dear John
Degrassi the Next Generation: Season 7
Degrassi the Next Generation: Season 8
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Dunston Checks In / Space Chimps (Double Feature)
Flashpoint: The Second Season
Godkiller
Highlights of the 2010 Masters Tournament (Widescreen)
Hoarders: The Complete Season One
Leverage: The 2nd Season
Manhunt: The Complete Series
Marked: The Complete Season One
National Geographic: American Serengeti
Panic Room / Glass House (Side-By-Side)
Pep Squad
The Road
Royal Pains: The Complete First Season
Someone's Knocking at the Door
Spartacus (50th Anniversary Edition)
Stagecoach (Criterion Collection)
Tell-Tale
True Blood: The Complete Second Season
The Virginian: The Complete First Season
Waiting For God: Season Five
Waiting For God: The Complete Series (Set)
White Wall

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