This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: October 19, 2010

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate, Universal, Documentary, Drama, Horror, Musicals, Period, Sequels, Comedy, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases

Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this week:

• Agora: DVD
• Apocalypse Now (Two-Disc Special Edition): Blu-ray
• Apocalypse Now (Three-Disc Full Disclosure Edition): Blu-ray
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Ultimate Edition): DVD, Blu-ray
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Ultimate Edition): DVD, Blu-ray
• Mirrors 2: DVD, Blu-ray
• Moulin Rouge!: Blu-ray
• Predators: DVD, Blu-ray
• Psycho (50th Anniversary Edition): Blu-ray
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (35th Anniv. Edition): Blu-ray
• Romeo + Juliet: Blu-ray

Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.

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Heath Ledger: Legendary Villain

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Horror, Thrillers, Casting, New Releases

The Dark Knight has yet to hit theaters, yet it’s already shaping up to be Heath Ledger’s greatest flick. Critics are raving, the trailers primarily feature him in grotesque make-up, and Moviefone has added him to their list of great on-screen villains. There’s only one problem: I don’t agree with Moviefone’s list.

The list of Top 25 movie villains includes old favorites like Khan (Star Trek II), Cruella de Ville (101 Dalmations), Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford (Mommie Dearest), Jimmy Cagney as the Public Enemy (love, love, love Cagney), Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers. On Moviefone’s list, Heath’s Joker comes in at Number 5, trumped by Hannibal Lecter, the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz), Darth Vader and Lord Voldemort.

And I think Moviefone is wrong. While there were some on the list who were truly chilling - Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes in Misery, for instance - others were left off the countdown completely. So with no further delay I will name the on-screen villains I found the most frightening and fearsome in big-screen flicks. None of my villains made it to Moviefone’s list and I can’t imagine why.

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