It's quite a busy week on the home market front, but most of the new releases are TV on DVD. This includes Modern Family: Season Three on DVD or Blu-ray, which is a contender for Pick of the Week. The best limited release of the week is The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel on DVD or Blu-ray, while the Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures Blu-ray Box Set is also a contender for Pick of the Week. However, in the end I went with The Cabin in the Woods Blu-ray, which is practically the only first-run release of the week.

Army Wives: Season Six, Part 1 - Buy from Amazon
Still waiting for the screener for this release. I've liked the show so far, so I'm looking forward to seeing it again.

The Babymakers - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
This film earned just 10% positive reviews. Even if you are a fan of the cast and director, it is still a film you should avoid.

Bait - Buy from Amazon: DVD or 3D Combo Pack
I'm still waiting for the screener for this film. I doubt it will be Oscar-worthy, but it could be entertaining in a low expectations way.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
I'm still waiting for this screener to arrive. I'm really looking forward to it, because I'm a big fan of a lot of the cast.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3 - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
Who would have thought this film would spawn a franchise. The film is selling quite well according to Amazon.com, but there are almost no reviews to judge the film.

Blu-ray Releases - Buy from Amazon: Black Sunday, Children of Paradise (Criterion Collection), Daimajin - Triple Feature Collector's Edition, Devil's Advocate, Fafner: Complete Series, The Game (The Criterion Collection), Halloween II, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Hatchet For The Honeymoon, King of Thorns, Lisa and The Devil / The House of Exorcism, Love Exposure, Macbeth, Paul Simon: Live In New York City, Persona 4: Collection 1, Queen of the Damned, The Victim, Les visiteurs du soir (Criterion Collection), War of the Roses, and WWE: SummerSlam 2012
Quite a Halloween theme this week, with two films from the actual franchise, plus a number of other horror films.

3D Blu-ray Releases - Buy from Amazon: Bait 3D and Katy Perry The Movie: Part of Me
There are two 3D movies coming out this week. I was expecting to get screeners for both, but so far they are late.

Body of Proof: Season Two - Buy from Amazon
A police procedural show with a female medical examiner as the lead. It's a good show, but the ratings are weak. The extras are good and if you like the show, it's is worth picking up. If you haven't seen it give it a try.

Chico & Rita - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
This film earned a surprise Oscar nomination. After all, before the nods were announced, I bet a lot of people never heard of the film. The film did earn great reviews, but failed to turn that into box office success. Extras include an audio commentary track and a making of featurette, which isn't bad for a limited release. Definitely worth picking up.

Complete Series Megasets - Buy from Amazon: Get a Life
One of the first signs its truly is Christmas is TV on DVD full series Megasets.

Detachment - Buy from Amazon
Adrien Brody stars as a substitute teacher who has avoided becoming close to his students or the fellow staff, until his latest assignment, where he becomes close to girl in his first period class, Betty Kaye; a fellow teacher, Christina Hendricks; a teenage prostitute, Sami Gayle. The film just missed overall positive reviews and failed to find an audience in limited release. It should do better on the home market.

Do-Deca-Pentathlon - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
I'm still waiting for the screener for this film. It didn't earn as strong reviews has I was hoping and it bombed at the box office. That said, 74% positive reviews is still damn good, so I'm looking forward to seeing the film.

Games of the XXX Olympiad - Buy from Amazon: Gymnastics and Highlights or Blu-ray
If I were in charge of the Olympics, I would strip NBC of the rights to all future Olympics they own, and deal with the inevitable lawsuit, but put someone else in charge before they destroy your brand.

Hysteria - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
A film about the creation of the vibrator, which was originally made as medical equipment to cure female hysteria. The film just missed overall positive reviews, but did better than most limited releases. Extras include an audio commentary track, a few featurettes, and deleted scenes. It's worth a rental.

Magic of Belle Isle - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
This film is co-written and directed by Rob Reiner and has a major cast. However, its reviews were really bad. I might get the screener to review, but so far it is late. Extras include an audio commentary, featurette, and deleted scenes.

The Mentalist: The Complete Fourth Season - Buy from Amazon
One of the many police procedurals I used to watch. I would say this one is most similar to Castle, but while Castle keeps getting better, this one hasn't, and I stopped watching.

Munger Road - Buy from Amazon
This film opened in limited release with a huge per theater average, but its reviews were weak and it couldn't expand. It should do better on the home market.

The Revenant - Buy from Amazon
I'm still waiting for the screener for this movie. It only earned mixed reviews, but I remain cautiously optimistic.

Steve Martin: The Television Stuff - Buy from Amazon
A 3-disc, six-hour collection of Steve Martin stand-up specials, comedy specials, TV guest appearances, speeches, etc. It's a lot of entertainment for $30.

Suburgatory: Season One - Buy from Amazon
This show earn good reviews when it first aired, and picked up a People's Choice Award nomination for Favorite New TV Comedy, but it struggled to find an audience losing 40% of its initial audience and overall it placed 71st for the season. Extras are not great with just a featurette, deleted scenes, and outtakes, but that's not bad either.

Supernatural: Season Seven - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
One of the few shows on CW that isn't doing terrible in the ratings. In fact, despite airing on Friday, which is generally a death-sentence for TV shows, its ratings are better than average for the network. It is also still one of the best shows on the network, even if it is off its peak quality. Extras include audio commentary tracks on three episodes, more than 100 minutes of making of featurettes, deleted scenes, and outtakes. Granted, if it doesn't turn around soon, this season could be its last.

Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery the Movie - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
This kids show isn't as popular as it used to be, but the DVD is one of the better selling new releases of the week.

- C.S.Strowbridge

Date posted: 2012-09-18