Last Minute Gift Ideas from Warner Home Video

– Gift Idea –

This is a compilation post for your convenience of last minute gift ideas. It is part of this week’s series.

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NOW THAT BLU-RAY players are coming down in price, a lot of people are switching over their collections, or picking up copies of old favourites that they never had before. The following were re-released on Blu-ray this Fall from Warner Home Video, and contain some very worthwhile titles. I believe many of these classics need no introduction…

(The following are all on Blu-ray for the first time, with a wide array of special features)

• Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) – Best

Picture Winner, Blu-ray book

• The Maltese Falcon (1941) – Best Picture Nominee

• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) – Best Picture Nominee

• Oceans 11 (1960) – original with Frank Sinatra, 50th anniversary edition

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) – Best Picture Winner, 35th anniversary collectors edition with production collectibles and 52 pg. book

• Three Kings (1999) – stars George Clooney, dir. by David O. Russell (director of new film The Fighter)

Also released to Blu-ray:

• My Dog Skip (1999)

• The Hangover: Extreme Edition (2009) – includes short book of photos titled ‘The lost wedding album’

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BUT FOR THOSE of us who haven’t made the switch to ‘Blu’ yet, there are still a couple of classics being released on DVD in the Turner Classic Movies collections that are always great fun to revisit.

• TCM Greatest Gangster Films Collection: James Cagney

Includes: City for Conquest, “G” Men, Each Dawn I Die, White Heat

• TCM Greatest Gangster Films Collection: Prohibition Era

Includes: Little Caesar, Smart Money, The Public Enemy, The Roaring Twenties

• TCM Greatest Films Collection: Busby Berkeley Musicals

Includes: Dames, Gold Diggers of 1937, Footlight Parade, and 42nd Street.

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AND WHILE CLASSICS are always fun, there were some fun titles released this year that could help fill out your last minute shopping for family members.

• Star Wars: Clone Wars – The Complete Second Season – Blu-ray book

• Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

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• Inception – Thought-provoking, widely discussed film by Chris Nolan

• Flipped – A charming adaptation by dir. Rob Reiner of Wendelin Van Draanen’s book

• A Dog Year (DVD) – Based on a true story, an HBO film staring Jeff Bridges

AND WHO CAN forget a couple of Christmas classics? For some fun this holiday season, check out the following now available on Blu-ray and DVD.

• Peanuts Holiday Collection (Blu-ray)

• Yogi Bear’s All-Star Christmas Caper (DVD)

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Enjoy – and hope you get any last minute shopping done soon!

– Erin V.