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DVD/Blu-ray DISCussion (New for 7.27.10)

This week’s DVD and Blu-ray releases offer us violence galore. We have the release of the hit Clash of the Titans, which has fights between men, gods and monsters and the very bloody Repo Men that consists of Jude Law with knives. There is martial arts in the form of Hong Kong film Ip Man and the slightly more family friendly but very artistic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. We have animated offerings with a new Batman adventure and the re-release of G.I. Joe: The Movie. And finally we have the Blu-ray release of all the very violent Rambo films that gives us a mix of good and bad films.

Daniel Craig officially joins “Dragon Tattoo” remake

The news continues to pour in from Comic Con as Daniel Craig, representing his upcoming John Favreau project Cowboys & Aliens, has been confirmed to play the male lead in director David Fincher’s remake of the hit Swedish film of the same name.

The British actor, known for portraying the most recent incarnation of James Bond, will star as Mikael Blomkvist, a newspaper reporter investigating the decade old disappearance of a young girl.

Green Lantern character posters reveal Sinestro, Hector

Just because Comic Con is over doesn’t mean that we have to wait a while to see anything big from next year’s anticipated blockbusters. Warner Bros. has released four new character posters (that fit together) featuring Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds), Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), Sinestro (Mark Strong) and Hector Hammond (Peter Sarsgaard). In addition to the faces, the posters, all together, contain part of the Green Lantern oath, which ought to get any fanboy giddy.

“Salt” adds flavor but “Inception” has more kick

Angelina Jolie proved she’s still got box office allure this weekend but it wasn’t enough to knock fellow Academy member Leonardo DiCaprio off the theater throne. Inception had a win within a win; rather, the layered cinematic experience came in at number one for the second week in a row. Salt put some zest in the top ten lineup, finishing at number two this weekend. Ramona and Beezus, a children’s tale based on a popular book series, was easily trumped by fellow family competition; it landed at number six.

Comic Con Movies: Resident Evil: Afterlife Panel

Paul W.S. Anderson, Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, and Wentworth Miller were on hand to talk about the latest sequel in the longest running video game adaptation:Resident Evil: Afterlife. The panel was short on spark or new revelations. The movie was actually filmed in 3-D but you couldn’t tell from the trailer and clips; both lacked depth.

Comic Con Movies: Paul Panel

You have to expect a good reaction from the Comic Con crowd when you show footage from a film that starts off with two guys at Comic Con. Such is the case with Paul, a film that comes out for Universal next March from Superbad and Adventureland director Greg Mottola. Some footage of the Comic Con part was even shown, naturally a strange (in a cool way) for this year’s attendees, even though the filming was not actually done at a previous Comic Con, but at a pretty solid re-creation.

Comic Con Movies: Cowboys & Aliens Panel

Jon Favreau, who’s known how to rock Comic Con going on four years now since arriving to promote the first Iron Man, brought his most recent project, Cowboys & Aliens, to Hall H Saturday evening. 

The first big announcement during the Cowboys & Aliens segment was that the film will be shot and shown in glorious 2-D.

Comic Con Movies: Marvel Studios Panel

Perhaps the most anticipated panel of Comic Con 2010 was the Marvel Studios panel, which was set to feature Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and the long-rumored full cast forThe Avengers. Although nothing was a total surprise, Marvel definitely delivered.

Comic Con Movies: Let Me In Panel

This afternoon, Overture Films presented a panel for its upcoming remake of the Swedish film (based on the Swedish novel) Let the Right One In, retitled Let Me In because apparently that’s more straightforward for us Americans. The story focuses on the relationship of two pre-teens played by Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass). Both were on the panel along with Academy Award nominee Richard Jenkins and director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield).

Comic Con Movies: Harry Potter and Sucker Punch Panels

The lengthy Warner Bros. panel that started with The Green Lantern capped off with some new footage of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (it’s not certain if it was just Part 1 or both) and then Zack Snyder’s (300, Watchmen) new movie Sucker Punch which wowed the crowd.