Today marks the beginning of the fourth quarter in retail sales, a time where manufacturers, content providers, and retailers join together in order to provide the largest variety of titles and hardware in anticipation of the holiday gift-buying season. How appropriate it is that the today also marks the Blu-ray release one of the biggest titles this summer - '
Iron Man' - to launch it off.
Over the past month, Paramount has revived their high definition offerings, becoming a producer of some of the best Blu-ray titles available. '
Transformers' and '
The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration' have quickly become fan-favorites, their release of 'Iron Man' is to be no exception. As Blu-ray.com Reviewer Greg Maltz points out in his
review, "Iron Man is the best two-disc package available on Blu-ray". This is a release that should not be missed.
Also coming out today, Universal is releasing two more three-disc collections of popular catalog titles. The '
Ultimate Unrated Comedy Collection' features '
The 40 Year Old Virgin', '
Knocked Up', and '
Forgetting Sarah Marshall', which are also available to purchase individually. 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' will always hold a special place in my collection, as one of the funniest, and most quotable movies I've ever seen.
Marking the beginning of the Halloween horror-fest, they are also releasing the '
Halloween Starter Pack' which includes '
Land of the Dead', '
Dawn of the Dead', and '
The Thing' (also available individually). For more horror fun, Disney is releasing M. Night Shyamalan's '
The Sixth Sense'. Next week sees the release of many horror classics as well as the highly anticipated release of Disney's first Platinum Blu-ray release '
Sleeping Beauty'.
For a complete listing of all the Blu-ray titles released today,
click here.