It has been 15 years since the original release of Titanic and eight months since the 3D release. Now, the 15th Anniversary four-disc Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray is out and it features documentaries, deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes featurettes.
First Release
- Snow White and the Huntsman (DVD and Blu-ray)
- What to Expect When You’re Expecting (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Lola Versus (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Cleanskin (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Elles (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Goats (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Where Do We Go Now? (DVD and Blu-ray)
- The Loved Ones (DVD)
- We Have a Pope (DVD)
Re-Release
- Titanic (1997) (Blu-ray) (Release date Sept. 10)
- Ghost of the Abyss (2003) (Blu-ray)
- The Devil Inside (2012) (Blu-ray)
- Paranormal Activity Trilogy (Blu-ray)
- The Sapphire Collection (Blu-ray)
- Airplane (1980) (Blu-ray)
- The Firm (1993) (Blu-ray)
- Killer Clowns from Outer Space (1988) (Blu-ray) 
Titanic (1997) (Release Date Sept. 10) (Blu-ray) *Recommendation of the Week
Written and directed by James Cameron
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet
What’s the Deal?
Titanic is the second highest-grossing movie in history, making over $2 billion from a $200-million budget. It was the most expensive movie to be made at the time and won 11 Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture.
In 1996, an underwater archeologist (Bill Paxton) finds a valuable diamond necklace in the Titanic wreck and only one person knows the story behind it, a 101-year-old woman, Rose (Gloria Stuart). Rose tells her story how as a young high society woman (Kate Winslet) in 1912 she fell in love with a poor man, Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) on the ill-fated voyage despite being engaged to major business tycoon, Cal (Billy Zane).
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 88% (excellent)
Player Affinity Score: 7.5/10
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: 2 All-new Documentaries: Reflections on Titanic & Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron: 30 Deleted Scenes; 60 Behind-the-scenes Featurettes; Digital Copy of the film you can watch anytime, anywhere; And more!
Amazon Price: $22.99 (Blu-ray), $29.99 (3D Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
The big new release of the week is the dark fantasy version of Snow White's tale, Snow White and the Huntsman. The other new releases are the comedy failure What to Expect When You’re Expecting and a collection of indie and foreign films. On the re-release front there are two major box-sets, the comedy classic Airplane! and another James Cameron film. 
Snow White and the Huntsman (DVD and Blu-ray)
Directed by Rupert Sanders
Written by Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock, Hossein Amini (screenplay), Evan Daugherty (story)
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Claflin
What’s the Deal?
Snow White and the Huntsman was the second movie based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, the other being Mirror, Mirror. First-time director Rupert Sanders helmed this epic fantasy with a big name cast in Stewart, Theron and Thor himself.
In a medieval kingdom, the evil queen Ravenna (Theron) has seized the throne and locks up the rightful heir, Snow White (Stewart) in a tower. Years of Ravenna’s rule have laid waste to the land and she sucks the youth out of many women in the kingdom to keep herself young. But when Snow White escapes into the dark forest, Ravenna sends Eric the Huntsman (Hemsworth) to find her before she can raise an army to reclaim the throne.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 48% (average)
Player Affinity Score: 5.7/10 (read our review)
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: A new legend is born: Director's vision comes to life; A costumer's dream; Building the world; Stunt time with the stars; The magic behind the epic; Feature commentary with director Rupert Sanders
Additional Blu-ray Special Features: Reinventing the fairytale; Citizens of the kingdom -; Fairest of them all: Snow White; Deliciously evil: Queen Ravenna; The Huntsman; Motley crew: The Dwarves; The magic of Snow White & The Huntsman; Around the kingdom 360° set tour; A new legend is born; Feature commentary
Amazon Price: $16.99 (DVD), $19.99 (Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
What to Expect When You’re Expecting (DVD and Blu-ray)
Directed by Kirk Jones
Written by Shauna Cross, Heather Hach (screenplay), Heidi Murk off (book)
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Chace Crawford, Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quiad, Chris Rock, Rodrigo Santoro
What’s the Deal?
Despite having an ensemble cast comparable in size to Valentine's Day and New Year's Eve, the adaptation of What to Expect When You’re Expecting was a critical failure as the movie follows five couples expecting a child and how they deal with the challenges of impending parenthood.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 23% (bad)
Player Affinity Score: N/A
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: Closed Caption; The Dudes Unscrewed featurette; What to Expect and the Pregnancy Bible featurette; Deleted Scenes; Theatrical Trailer
Amazon Price: $14.96 (DVD), $19.96 (Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
Lola Versus (DVD and Blu-ray)
Directed by Daryl Wein
Written by Daryl Wein, Zoe Lister Jones
Starring: Greta Gerwig, Joel Kinnaman, Zoe Lister Jones, Bill Pullman, Debra Winger
What’s the Deal?
Lola Versus is an independent comedy about Lola (Greta Gerwig, Arthur), a 29-year-old who is dumped by her fiancé (Joel Kinnaman) three weeks before their wedding and with her friends and family embarks on single life as her 30th birthday approaches.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 35% (poor)
Player Affinity Score: N/A
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: N/A
Amazon Price: $24.99 (DVD), $24.99 (Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
Cleanskin (DVD and Blu-ray)
Written and directed by Hadi Hajaig
Starring: Sean Bean, Abhin Galeya, Charlotte Rampling
What’s the Deal?
From the U.K. this week is the spy thriller Cleanskin in which a British Secret Service agent, Ewan (Sean Bean), is assigned the mission to stop a British suicide bomber from causing havoc in London. Meanwhile, the bomber himself Ash (Abhin Galeya) reflects on his journey to terrorism.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 47% (average)
Player Affinity Score: N/A
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: N/A
Amazon Price: $19.99 (DVD), $19.99 (Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): Content 4.5 stars, Video 4.5 stars, Audio 4.5 stars, Extras 1 stars, Replay 4 stars (out of 5). Highly Recommended.
Elles (DVD and Blu-ray)
Directed by Małgorzata Szumowska
Written by Małgorzata Szumowska, Tine Byrckel
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Joanna Kulig, Anaïs Demoustier
What’s the Deal?
Premiering in 2011 at the Toronto International Film Festival is Elles, a French-Polish co-production. Juliette Binoche (Hidden) plays Anne, a mother of two and an investigative journalist. She has written an article for Elle magazine about student prostitution and gets two university students to talk to her (Joanna Kulig and Anaïs Demoustier).
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 23% (poor)
Player Affinity Score: N/A
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: Edited and unedited ("green" and "red band) trailers; Stills Gallery
Amazon Price: $24.99 (DVD), $29.99 (Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
Goats (DVD and Blu-ray)
Directed by Christopher Neil
Written by Mark Poirier
Starring: Graham Phillips, David Duchovny, Vera Farmiga, Keri Russell, Justin Kirk, Ty Burrell
What’s the Deal?
Graham Phillips (The Good Wife) stars in the adaptation of Goats as Ellis, a 15-year-old boy from a very unusual family background. He is accepted to attend a prestigious East Coast prep school and is forced to leave behind his New Age mother (Vera Farmiga) and the only father he has ever known, Goat Man (David Duchovny).
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 20% (awful)
Player Affinity Score: N/A
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: N/A
Amazon Price: $15.83 (DVD), $16.85 (Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
Where Do We Go Now? (DVD and Blu-ray)
Directed by Nadine Labaki
Written by Nadine Labaki, Rodney El Haddad, Jihad Hojeily, Sam Mounier
Starring: Nadine Labaki, Leyla Fouad, Claude Msawbaa, Antoinette El-Noufaily
What’s the Deal?
Nadine Labaki (Cameral) wrote, starred and directed in the Lebanese movie Where Do We Go Now? in which a group of women try to defuse the tensions between Muslims and Christians in a small village. The movie was nominated for the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and won the Cadillac People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 48% (average)
Player Affinity Score: N/A
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: N/A
Amazon Price: $26.93 (DVD), $36.93 (Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
The Loved Ones (DVD)
Written and directed by Sean Byrne
Starring: Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton
What’s the Deal?
The Loved Ones is an Australian horror movie that is fast becoming a cult classic. Brent Mitchell (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) is a high school student who turns down going to the prom with Lola (Robin McLeavy, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter). Unfortunately, Lola is a bit of psychopath and kidnaps Brent to enact her strange revenge.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 97% (excellent)
Player Affinity Score: N/A
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: Closed Caption; Cast and crew interviews
Amazon Price: $19.99 (DVD)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
We Have a Pope (DVD)
Directed by Nanni Moretti
Written by Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli
Starring: Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti
What’s the Deal?
Premiering at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, this Italian comedy is about Cardinal Melville (Michel Piccoli), a man who is elected to be the next pope. But there is one major problem: Melville does not want the job. To resolve the crisis, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church gets Melville to see a psychiatrist (Nanni Moretti).
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 62% (good)
Player Affinity Score: N/A
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: N/A
Amazon Price: $19.99 (DVD)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) (3D Blu-ray)
Directed by James Cameron
Starring: Bill Paxton, James Cameron, Dr. John Broadwater, Dr. Lori Johnston
What’s the Deal?
The other James Cameron movie about the Titanic this week is his 2003 3D documentary Ghosts of the Abyss. Made with cutting edge 3D technology, Cameron, a team of historic and marine experts and Titanic actor Bill Paxton explore the wreck of the sunken ship.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 80% (very good)
Player Affinity Score: N/A
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: Includes original IMAX 61-minute version and expanded 92-minute version; "Reflections From the Deep" Making-of feature including unseen footage and interviews; "The ROV Experience" Multi-angle feature of different camera angles made during the dives
Amazon Price: $29.96 (3D Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
The Devil Inside (2012) (Blu-ray)
Directed by William Brent Bell
Written by William Brent Bell, Matthew Peterman
Starring: Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Suzan Crowley
What’s the Deal?
The Devil Inside was the first movie of 2012 to break the $100-million mark, but it had near universal negative reviews and earned a rare if not controversial F grade on CinemaScore. This found-footage horror movie — made on a low budget of $1 million — tells how a young woman making a documentary, Isabella (Fernanda Andrade) goes to Italy to find a couple of rogue priests to perform an exorcism on her mother (Suzan Crowley).
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 7% (awful)
Player Affinity Score: 2.3/10 (read our review)
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: N/A
Amazon Price: $26.98 (Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
Paranormal Activity Trilogy (DVD and Blu-ray)
Paranormal Activity (2009)
Written and directed by Oren Peli
Starring: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat
Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
Directed by Tod Williams
Written by Michael R. Perry, Christopher B. Landon, Tom Pabst (screenplay), Michael R. Perry (story), Oren Peli (characters)
Starring: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Brian Boland, Molly Ephraim, Sprague Grayden
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
Directed by Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Written by Christopher B. Landon (screenplay), Oren Peli (characters)
Starring: Lauren Bittner, Chris Smith, Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown, Katie Featherston
What’s the Deal?
Are you ready to be scared by things that go bump in the night? Paranormal Activity 4 is about to be released in theaters next month, so in the mean time you can watch the whole trilogy on a Blu-ray box-set, the series that has become a massive cash cow for Paramount and helped kick-start the found footage genre. The series follows a young woman, Katie (Katie Featherston), and her family, who are constantly being haunted by a malevolent spirit.
Paranormal Activity (2009)
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 82% (very good)
Player Affinity Score: 5.2/10
Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 59% (average)
Player Affinity Score: 4.7/10 (read our review)
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 68% (good)
Player Affinity Score: 7.3/10 (read our review)
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: N/A
Amazon Price: $34.27 (Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
The Sapphire Collection (Blu-ray)
Braveheart (1995)
Directed by Mel Gibson
Written by Randall Wallace
Starring: Mel Gibson. Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan
Gladiator (2000)
Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson (screenplay), David Franzoni (story)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Written by Robert Rodat
Starring: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore
What’s the Deal?
Are you a fan of epic movies? Then The Sapphire Collection is for you as three Oscar-winning movies are coming out together in a box-set: Braveheart, Gladiator and Saving Private Ryan. Focusing on three time periods, Ancient Rome, World War II and Medieval Scotland, this collection will supply plenty of bloody and epic action.
Braveheart (1995)
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 80% (very good)
Player Affinity Score: 4.6/10
Gladiator (2000)
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 78% (very good)
Player Affinity Score: 8.8/10
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 93% (excellent)
Player Affinity Score: 9.0/10
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: N/A
Amazon Price: $34.27 (Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
Airplane! (1980) (Blu-ray)
Written and director by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Starring: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty
What’s the Deal?
Airplane! is often regarded as one of the first great spoof movies and often seen as a comedy classic: readers of Empire voted it the Funniest Comedies Ever. Made as a parody of disaster movies of the late '70s Airplane! sees a former fighter pilot, Ted Striker (Robert Hays) who must take over a plane when the whole crew is struck by food poisoning.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 98% (excellent)
Player Affinity Score: 8.5/10
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: N/A
Amazon Price: $16.85 (Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
The Firm (1993) (Blu-ray)
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Written by David Rabe, Robert Towne, David Rayfiel (screenplay), John Grisham (novel)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter, Hal Holbrook, David Strathairn
What’s the Deal?
Based on John Grisham’s popular novel, The Firm is a legal thriller about Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise), a young and talented lawyer who gets an offer he cannot refuse. He joins a small executive legal practice in Memphis with the promise to make more money then he could imagine. But it turns out the firm is a front for the Mafia and Mitch is approached by the FBI to inform on them.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 75% (very good)
Player Affinity Score: 7.5/10
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: N/A
Amazon Price: $19.99 (Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) (Blu-ray)
Directed by Stephen Chiodo
Written by Charles Chiodo, Stephen Chiodo
Starring: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, John Vernon
What’s the Deal?
Killer Klowns From Out Space is a deliberately kitschy horror-comedy from the 1980s and it is the only movie to be written and directed by special effects specialists the Chiodo Brothers. A small American town is invaded by a strange race of aliens that look like clowns and plan to harvest humans. Only a few townspeople realize what happens and try to warn everyone of the danger.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 71% (good)
Player Affinity Score: N/A
DISC DETAILS
DVD Special Features: Behind the Scenes footage; Photo Gallery; Character concept featurette
Amazon Price: $11.86 (Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
