It's the time of year when every site on the planet is compiling their retrospective "Best of" lists, and we're no exception.
But when it comes to the world of home entertainment and DVDs, what exactly constitutes the "best" of the year? Is it the highest profile releases? The ones that brought in the most bank? The ones with the most expansive bonus features? Maybe just an unexpected gem that came out of nowhere? The answer, as far as we're concerned, is all of the above.
Hollywood may be feeling the recession in its pocketbook lately, but that didn't stop movie and TV fans from having a great array of DVD releases to choose from. Here are our favorite titles we added to our shelves in 2010.
But when it comes to the world of home entertainment and DVDs, what exactly constitutes the "best" of the year? Is it the highest profile releases? The ones that brought in the most bank? The ones with the most expansive bonus features? Maybe just an unexpected gem that came out of nowhere? The answer, as far as we're concerned, is all of the above.
Hollywood may be feeling the recession in its pocketbook lately, but that didn't stop movie and TV fans from having a great array of DVD releases to choose from. Here are our favorite titles we added to our shelves in 2010.
The Alien Anthology
Until Ridley Scott's as-yet-unmade prequel officially makes it into the canon, the Alien series will have to make do with this enormous, six-disc Blu-ray anthology. Shucks, right? This isn't the first time these films have been compiled together, but they've never looked or sounded better. On top of that, you get multiple versions of each movie to choose from. And then there's, oh I don't know, about three days' worth of special features for your sci-fi addled mind to wrap around. No other set this year had H.R. Giger talking about sexual imagery. Whether you're interested in isolated film scores, monster make-up, James Cameron's lack of military knowledge, special effects, or thousands upon thousands of on-set photographs, then look no further.
