January 2010 Releases

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

List of Blu-ray movies, CDs, PlayStation 3 games, and Nintendo DS games to be released in January 2010.

January 5, 2010

Movies

Music

• Slum Village – Fantastic Vol.1 (re-issue)
  • produced by Jay Dee, remastered

Video Games

January 12, 2010

Movies

• Last Action Hero [1993] PG-13
• The Matrix [1999] R

Music

• Awol One and Ecid – Awol One and Ecid are…
• Blockhead – The Music Scene
• Factor – 13 Stories (A Prelude)
  • features Awol One, Sole, Onry Ozzborn, Sunspot Jonz, Sleep, Existereo, iCON the mic king, and others
• Slum Village – Fantastic Vol. 2.10 (official 10th anniversary re-issue of Fantastic Vol. 2)
  • [mostly] produced by Jay Dee; includes original mixes and skits not on the original release, three bonus tracks, and an instrumentals disc; features Jazzy Jeff, Q-Tip, Kurupt, Pete Rock, Busta Rhymes and others

Video Games

January 19, 2010

Movies

• Children of the Corn [1984] / Hellraiser [1987] R
• Magnolia [1999] R
• Smokin’ Aces [2006] R
• Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball [2010] Unrated
• The Bourne Identity [2002] PG-13
• The Bourne Supremacy [2004] PG-13
• The Bourne Ultimatum [2007] PG-13

Music

• RJD2 - The Colossus

Video Games

January 26, 2010

Movies

Music

• Eligh - Gandalf’s Beat Machine Level 3
• Strong Arm Steady - In Search of Stoney Jackson
  • produced by Madlib; features Planet Asia, Talib Kweli, Evidence, Roscoe, Guilty Simpson, and others

Video Games

November 2009 Releases

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

November 3

Blu-ray

• Forrest Gump - Sapphire Edition [1994] PG-13
• James Bond 10-pack Blu-ray Collection [1962-2008] NR
  • Dr. No / From Russia With Love / Goldfinger / Thunderball / Live and Let Die / Moonraker / For Your Eyes Only / The World is Not Enough / Die Another Day / Quantum of Solace
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation - Ultimate Collector’s Edition [1989] PG-13
• Transformers Gift Set
  • Transformers [2007] PG-13 / Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen [2009] PG-13

Music

• CunninLynguists - Strange Journey Vol. Two
  • features Substantial, Sean Price, Poison Pen, Deacon The Villain, Geologic, Grieves, Macklemore, E-40, Evidence, and others
  • Track 11 remixed by Blue Sky Black Death, track 13 produced by J-Zone, all others produced by Kno.
• Gift of Gab - Escape 2 Mars
  • features Del, Brother Ali
• Masta Ace & Edo G - Arts & Entertainment
  • feat. Large Pro, Posdnuos (De La Soul), Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, KRS One, and others
• Nile - Those Whom the Gods Detest
• Overkill - Killbox 13 (reissue)
• Overkill - RelixIV (reissue)
• Overkill - Wrecking Everything: Live (reissue)
• RJD2 - Dead Ringer: The Reissue
  • features Blueprint, Copywrite, and others
  • 2 previously unreleased bonus tracks
• Slayer - World Painted Blood
• Themselves - CrownsDown

Video Games

• Dragon Age: Origins (PS3/360/PC)

November 10

Blu-ray

• Heat [1995] R
• Watchmen - The Ultimate Cut [2009] R

Music

• DOOM (MF Doom) – Unexpected Guests
  • features Talib Kweli, J Dilla, Scienz of Life, Vast Aire, Supafriendz, Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck, GZA, Ghostface, Babu, and others
• GWAR - America Must Be Destroyed (reissue)
• King Diamond - House of God (reissue)
• King Diamond - Voodoo (reissue)
• Unearth - The March (CD/DVD deluxe reissue)
• Wu-Tang Meets Indie Vol.2: Enter the Dubstep
  • features Raekwon, Ghostface Killa, RZA, GZA, Method Man, U-God,  Masta Killa, Killah Priest, Bronze Nazareth, Busta Rhymes, MF Doom, Pimp C, Three 6 Mafia, Ras Kass, Vast Aire, Canibus, and others

November 17

Blu-ray

• Brüno [2009] R
• Chasing Amy [1997] R
• Clerks - 15th Anniversary Edition [1994] R
• Fight Club [1999] R
• Kevin Smith 3-Movie Collection [] Not rated
  • Clerks / Chasing Amy / Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
• Léon: The Professional - Theatrical and Extended Versions [1994] UR
• Sex, Lies and Videotape [1989] R

Music

• Devin Townsend - Addicted
• Factor - Old Souls Volume One
  • Features Luckyiam, Eligh, Awol One, Myka 9, Aesop Rock, Existereo, Barfly, Mickey Avalon, Xzibit, Moka Only, and others
• Felt (Murs & Slug) – Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez
  • Produced by Aesop Rock.
• Ol’ Dirty Bastard - Message to the Other Side
  • An official ODB collection of all new unreleased tracks, featuring RZA, Masta Killah, Method Man and others.
  • Bonus DVD contains a 20-minute excerpt of the soon to be released film about ODB, “Dirty”.
• Rakim - The Seventh Seal

November 24

Blu-ray

• Angels & Demons - Theatrical and Extended Edition [2009]
• Blood: The Last Vampire [2000] NR
• Cujo - 25th Anniversary Edition [1983] R
• Frailty [2001] R
• Ghost in the Shell 2.0 [1995] NR
• Ink [2009] NR
• The Way of the Gun [2000] R

Music

• The Prime - One-Uppers
  • Luckyiam (Living Legends) & Sapient (Sandpeople)
  • Produced by Sapient.

October 2009 Releases

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

October 6

Blu-ray

• Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Deluxe Edition [1966]
• Ghost Ship [2002]
• Kurt Cobain: About a Son [2006]
• Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein [1994]
• The National Parks: America’s Best Idea [2009]
• The Number 23 [2007]
• Red Dwarf: Back to Earth [2009]
• Romantic Comedy 3 Pack: There’s Something About Mary [] / What Happens in Vegas [] / The Girl Next Door []
• Sci-Fi 3 Pack: Jumper [] / Independence Day [] / I, Robot []
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory [1971]
• Wolf [1994]
• Wolf [1994]/ Dracula []/ Frankenstein Trilogy []
  
• Year One [2009]

CDs

• Afro Classics - Classic Rock
• Apathy - Wanna Snuggle?
• Arch Enemy - The Root of All Evil
• BK-One with Benzilla - Rádio do Canibal
  • Featuring Slug, Brother Ali, Raekwon, The Grouch, Blueprint, Murs, and others over Brazilian funk-inspired hip-hop beats
• Horse the Band - Desperate Living
• Joe Perry - Have Guitar, Will Travel

NDS

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes

PS3

• Demon’s Souls – $59.99
  
• Demon’s Souls (Deluxe Edition) – $69.99
  • includes an exclusive 160-page strategy guide and a “beautiful embossed slipcase with foil accents”.
• NBA 2K10
• NBA 2K10 (Anniversary Edition)
  • packaged in a specially designed 2K Sports locker configured for game storage, and include exclusive items.
• NBA Live 10
• Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
• Saw: The Videogame
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes

October 13

Blu-ray

• Fox Searchlight Collection Vol. 1: Juno []/ Slumdog Millionaire [] / The Wrestler []
• Fox Searchlight Collection Vol. 2: Little Miss Sunshine []/ Sideways []/ Antwone Fisher []
• Fox Searchlight Collection Vol. 3: Napoleon Dynamite []/ Super Troopers []/ Miss March []
• Fox Searchlight Collection Vol. 4: 28 Days Later []/ Sunshine []/ Night Watch []
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas [2000]
• Land of the Lost [2009]
• Natural Born Killers - Director’s Cut [1994]
• South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut [1999]

CDs

• Gojira - Terra Incognita (reissue)
• Jern Eye (Lunar Heights) – Vision
  • Features Mistah F.A.B., Zion I, Guilty Simpson, Planet Asia, Rasco, and others with production by Jake One and others.
• King Diamond - The Graveyard (reissue)
• King Diamond - The Spider’s Lullaby (reissue)
• Mac Lethal - Love Potion 5
• Moka Only (as Ron Contour) – The Summer of Ron
• People Under the Stairs - Carried Away
• R. A. The Rugged Man - Legendary Classics vol. 1 CD+DVD
  • featuring J-Live, Jedi Mind Tricks, Havoc, The Notorious BIG, Kool G Rap, Big John, and others
• The Roots - How I Got Over

NDS

• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky – Oct. 12
  
• Where the Wild Things Are

PS3

• Brütal Legend
• Critter Crunch - Oct. 8, $6.99 on PSN
• Fallout 3 (Game of the Year Edition)
  • includes five DLC packs: The Pitt, Operation: Anchorage, Broken Steel, Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta.
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
• Way of the Samurai 3
• Where the Wild Things Are

October 20

Blu-ray

• Blood: The Last Vampire [2009]
• Easy Rider [1969]
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen [2009]
• Waterworld [1995]

CDs

• Flight of the Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky
• Fu Manchu - Signs of Infinite Power
• Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da
• Royce Da 5’9″ - Street Hop
• Themselves - CrownsDown

NDS

• FIFA Soccer 10
• Hero’s Saga: Laevatein Tactics – Oct. 15
• Jam Sessions 2
• Nostalgia
• WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010

PS3

• FIFA Soccer 10
• WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010

October 27

Blu-ray

• Ice Age Triple Pack: Ice Age / The Meltdown / Dawn of the Dinosaurs
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs [2009]
• Night of the Creeps - Director’s Cut [1986]
• Steve Vai: Where the Wild Things Are
• The Prisoner: Complete Series [1968]

CDs

• Bassnectar - Cozza Frenzy
  • features Zumbi (of Zion I) and others
• Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
• DOOM (MF Doom) – Unexpected Guest
  • features De La Soul, Jake One, Talib Kweli, Dilla, Ghostface, Vast Aire, Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck, GZA, and others
• J Dilla (Jay Dee) – Dillanthology 3
  • features Jaylib, Madlib, Guilty Simpson, Black Thought, Common, and others
• Kool Keith, Denis Deft, Yeti Beats - Bikinis & Thongs
• The Red Chord - Fed through the Teeth Machine
• Snowgoons - The Trojan Horse
  • features La Coka Nostra (Everlast, Danny Boy, Ill Bill, Slaine), Dilated Peoples, Defari, Termanology, Skyzoo, Outerspace, Krumb Snatcha, Buckshot (of Black Moon), Sabac Red (Non Phixion), El Da Sensai, Kaze, Virtuoso, Edo G, and others
• Swollen Members - Armed to the Teeth
  • prequel to Beautiful Death Machine
• Tech N9ne - K.O.D.
• Weezer - Raditude
• Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg

NDS

• 100 All-Time Favorites
• Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes

PS3

• Alpha Protocol
• Borderlands – Oct. 26
• DJ Hero
• DJ Hero (Renegade Edition)
• includes a premium Renegade turntable controller boasting a custom black finish and premium metal controls, custom hardshell carrying case that converts into a DJ stand, and a 2-CD pack featuring previously unreleased tracks from Jay-Z and Eminem.
• Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time – $59.99
  • preorder bonuses:
  • Amazon: Bolt Package (Box Basher, Bolt Magnetizer, and 5,000 bolts)
  • Best Buy???: Power Package (exclusive weapon skin for one of Ratchet’s weapons, start the game with extra hit points, Cryo Mine Glove) “This pre-order program goes into effect over the next few weeks.“
  • Game Crazy: Space Package (exclusive hotrod skin for Ratchet’s ship, 5,000 bolts, and an exclusive Ratchet & Clank PlayStation Home avatar skin)
  • GameStop: Discovery Package (Insomniac Moon level that resembles the layout of the Insomniac Games’ offices that contains extra content that didn’t quite make it into the game)
• Rogue Warrior
• Tekken 6

June 2009 Releases

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

June 2, 2009

Blu-ray

• Air Force One [1997]
• Bruce Almighty [2003]
• Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children [2005]
• Fletch [1985]
• Glory [1989]
• Inside Man [2006]
• Neil Young : Archives Volume One (1963-1972) [2008]
• Out of Time [2003]
• Road House [1989]

CDs

• Amorphis – Skyforger – May 29
• AZ – Legendary
• J Dilla (Jay Dee) – Jay Stay Paid

PS3

• Final Fantasy VII PSN – trailer

June 9, 2009

Blu-ray

• Fatal Attraction [1987]
• Indecent Proposal [1993]
• Predator 2 [1990]
• Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music – 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collectors Edition w/ Amazon-exclusive bonus disc [1970]

CDs

• Anti-Flag – People or the Gun
• Chickenfoot – Chickenfoot (Best Buy) – June 7
  • Sammy Hagar & Michael Anthony of Van Halen, Joe Satriani, and Chad Smith of RHCP
• DJ Quik & Kurupt – BlaQKout
• Moka Only – Carrots & Eggs
• Mos Def – The Ecstatic

PS3

• Trash Panic PSN – screenshots – June 4
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 - screenshots – June 8

June 16, 2009

Blu-ray

• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb [1964]
• Friday The 13th - Killer Cut [2009]
• Friday the 13th Part 2 [1981]
• Friday the 13th Part 3 - 3-D [1982]
• Ghostbusters [1984]
• Kickboxer - Uncut [1989]
• Sling Blade [1996]
• Spaceballs [1987]
• Sword of the Stranger [2007]

CDs

• Street Sweeper SocialClub - Street Sweeper SocialClub
  • Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine & Audioslave) and Boots Riley (The Coup)

PS3

• Burnout Paradise: Big Surf Island – screenshots – June 11
• Gunstar Heroes - screenshots – June 11
• Heavy Weapon: Atomic Tank PSN – screenshots – June 11

June 23, 2009

CDs

• Chali 2na – Fish Outta Water
  • features  Talib Kweli, eLZhi of Slum Village, and others
• DJ JS-1 – No Sellout
  • Includes MP3 disc dirty, clean, instrumental, and acapella versions of all tracks
  • features Rahzel, KRS One, Canibus, Chino XL, Brother Ali, Aesop Rock, C-Rayz Walz, Vast Aire, Pharoahe Monch, Copywrite, Punchline, Ill Bill, Vinnie Paz, Edo G, C-Rayz Walz, Akrobatik, J-Live, Pack FM, Wordsworth, Rahzel, Rakaa Iriscience, C-Rayz Walz, Krondon, Q-Unique, Ultramagnetic MCs, Canibus, and others
• Dream Theater – Black Clouds & Silver Linings
• Jedi Mind Tricks - Greatest Features
  • features Vinnie Paz, Esoteric, Guilty Simpson, Outerspace, Mr. Lif, Canibus, Apathy, Ill Bill, 7L & Esoteric, Supernatural, Q-Unique, and others
• Soul Assassins (DJ Muggs) – Intermission
  • features Alchemist, La Coka Nostra, Necro, Self Scientific, Outerspace, Rza, Planet Asia, B-Real, Prodigy, Krondon, Xzibit
• U-God – Dopium
  • features Ghostface Killah, Cappadonna, Killah Priest, GZA, Raekwon, Method Man, and others
• Voivod – Infini
• Dillanthology 2
  • J Dilla’s remixes of songs by De La Soul, The Pharcyde, Masta Ace, Slum Village, Busta Rhymes, and others
  • featuring Mos Def and others

PS3

• Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires – screenshots
• Fight Night Round 4 - screenshots
• Overlord II - screenshots
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - screenshots

June 30, 2009

CDs

• AZ – I Am Legend

• Main Flow - Return of the Castle
  
  • features Chali 2na, The Grouch, Planet Asia, and more.
• Obituary - Darkest Day

• Sleep (of Oldominion) – Hesitation Wounds
  • features Del the Funky Homosapien, Grayskul
• Tash (Tha Alkaholiks) – Control Freek
  • features E-Swift,  Del The Funky Homosapien,  B-Real,  J-Ro, and others
• Wu-Tang Clan – Chamber Music
  • Wu with Masta Ace, AZ, Havoc, Kool G Rap, and others
• Wu-Tang Clan – Playlist: The Very Best Of

PS3

• BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Limited Edition – screenshots
• Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood - screenshots

March 2009 Releases

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

New Blu-ray, CD, DVD, NDS, and PS3 releases for the month of March that seem interesting to me for one or more reasons. If something is too special to come out on a Tuesday like everything else, it’s under the following Tuesday.

March 3, 2009

Blu-ray

• The Silence of the Lambs [1991]

CDs

• Grandmaster Flash – The Bridge
  • Features Q-Tip, KRS-One, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Supernatural, Big Daddy Kane, and others.

Nintendo DS

• Peggle: Dual Shot – videos, images

PS3

• Killzone 2 – Feb. 27 – videos, screenshots

March 10, 2009

Blu-ray

• Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology
  • Batman [1989]
  • Batman Returns [1992]
  • Batman Forever [1995]
  • Batman & Robin [1997]
    
• Primal Fear: Special Edition [1996]
  

CDs

• Afro Classics (Scarub & Very) – The Classic EP
• Brother Ali – The Truth Is Here
• Eligh and Jo Wilkinson – On Sacred Ground: Mother and Son
  • Eligh and his folk singer mom. Features The Grouch, Slug, and others.
• J-Ro (Tha Alkaholiks) – Rare Earth B-Boy Funk Vol. 2
  • Features Method Man, Keith Murray, and others.
• The Number Twelve Looks Like You – Worse Than Alone

Nintendo DS

• Avalon Code – videos, screenshots

March 17, 2009

Blu-ray

• Clear and Present Danger [1994] / The Hunt for Red October [1990]
• Hustle & Flow [2005] / Black Snake Moan [2007]
• The Princess Bride [1987]
• This is Spinal Tap [1984]

CDs

• 7th Veil (Kool Keith & H Bomb) – Stoned
  • Features Ike Turner, Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Silkk the Shocker, Ice-T, Rosco, Jewel, Flava Flav, and Rick James (bitch!)
• GZA - Pro Tools Instrumentals
• Static-X – Cult of Static

Nintendo DS

• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars – screenshots
• Suikoden Tierkreis – videos, screenshots
• TrackMania DS – videos, screenshots
  
• Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume – videos, screenshots
  

PS3

• Resident Evil 5 – Mar. 13 – videos, screenshots
• Resident Evil 5 Collectors Edition- Mar. 13
  • Extras?

March 24, 2009

Blu-ray

• Goldfinger [1964]
• James Bond Blu-ray Collection: Volume 3
  • Goldfinger [1964]
  • Moonraker [1979]
  • The World is Not Enough [1999]
• Moonraker [1979]
• Never Say Never Again [1983]
• Quantum of Solace [2008]
• The World is Not Enough [1999]

CDs

• Busta Rhymes – Back On My B.S.
  • Features Linkin Park, Jamie Foxx, Common, Ludacris, and others.
• Guru – Guru 8.0: Lost & Found
• Mastodon – Crack the Skye
  
• MF Doom – Born Like This
  • Features Ghostface and Raekwon, with production by J Dilla and Dangermouse.
• Type O Negative – Slow, Deep and Hard remastered with expanded booklet
  

Nintendo DS

• Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templar (Director’s Cut)
• Lux-Pain – screenshots
• Pokemon Platinum Version – Mar. 22 – screenshots
  

PS3

• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Ultimate Edition) – videos, screenshots
  
• Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 – videos, screenshots
  
• Sacred 2: Fallen Angel – videos, screenshots

March 31, 2009

Blu-ray

• Chronicles of Riddick & Pitch Black 2-pack
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Unrated Director’s Cut [2004]
• The Matrix: 10th Anniversary Edition [1999]
• Pitch Black: Unrated Director’s Cut [2000]

CDs

• Big Business – Mind the Drift
• J-Live – The Best Part 2-CD reissue
• Queensrÿche - American Soldier

Nintendo DS

• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time – video, screenshots
• Secret Files: Tunguska -  screenshots
• Tokyo Beat Down – screenshots
• Touch Mechanic – screenshots

PS3

• Guitar Hero: Metallica – Mar. 29 – videos, screenshots
  • All songs unlocked from the start for Quick Play, Expert+ mode allows a second bass drum pedal.
  • Metallica songs:
    • All Nightmare Long
    • Battery
    • Creeping Death
    • Disposable Heroes
    • Dyers Eve
    • Enter Sandman
    • Fade To Black
    • Fight Fire With Fire
    • For Whom The Bell Tolls
    • Frantic
    • Fuel
    • Hit The Lights
    • King Nothing
    • Master of Puppets
    • Mercyful Fate (Medley)
    • No Leaf Clover
    • Nothing Else Matters
    • One
    • Orion
    • Sad But True
    • Seek And Destroy
    • The Memory Remains
    • The Shortest Straw
    • The Thing That Should Not Be
    • The Unforgiven
    • Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
    • Wherever I May Roam
    • Whiplash
  • Bob Seger – Turn The Page
  • Corrosion of Conformity – Albatross
  • Diamond Head – Am I Evil?
  • Foo Fighters – Stacked Actors
  • Judas Priest – Hell Bent For Leather
  • Kyuss – Demon Cleaner
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd – Tuesdays Gone
  • Machine Head – Beautiful Mourning
  • Mastodon – Blood And Thunder
  • Mercyful Fate – Evil
  • Michael Schenker Group – Armed and Ready
  • Motorhead – Ace of Spades
  • Queen – Stone Cold Crazy
  • Samhain – Mother of Mercy
  • Slayer – War Ensemble
  • Social Distortion – Mommy’s Little Monster
  • Suicidal Tendencies – War Inside My Head
  • System of a Down – Toxicity
  • The Sword – Black River
  • Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back in Town