I hate award shows. I was almost able to avoid the whole Academy Award fiasco last night. Sadly, I caught the opening few minutes of this years self-congratulatory Hollywood travesty, like a stray botox-bullet to the face. I’ll no doubt spend the rest of the week recovering.
I caught up on all the Oscar award winners afterward and I can’t say I was surprised or delighted by much of the news. I am happy to tell you though, that most of the films that took home a statue are either already available on Blu-ray or have been announced to be released on the format soon. Are you more apt to pick up any of the following titles, now that they are Academy Award winners?
AVATAR – ART DIRECTION, CINEMATOGRAPHY, VISUAL EFFECTS
Available now in 2D movie-only Blu-ray and DVD and 4-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray sometime in November (unofficial) from Fox.
THE BLIND SIDE – SANDRA BULLOCK – BEST ACTRESS
Available now from Warner.
THE COVE – DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Available on Blu-ray only in France and Germany with no domestic release pending from Lionsgate.
CRAZY HEART – JEFF BRIDGES – BEST ACTOR; ORIGINAL SONG – “THE WEARY KIND (Theme from Crazy Heart)”
Available now from Fox.
THE HURT LOCKER – DIRECTING; FILM EDITING; BEST PICTURE; SOUND EDITING; SOUND MIXING; ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Now available on Blu-ray from Summit.
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS – CHRISTOPH WALTZ – BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Now available on Blu-ray from Universal.
PRECIOUS – MO’NIQUE – BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS; ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Available now from Lionsgate.
EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS – BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (Argentina)
Blu-ray announcement pending from Sony. Available in Spain now.
STAR TREK – MAKEUP
Now available on Blu-ray from Paramount.
UP – ANIMATED FEATURE; ORIGINAL SCORE
Now available on Blu-ray from Disney.
THE YOUNG VICTORIA – COSTUME DESIGN
Available now from Sony.
With thanks to Blu-ray.com.