New DVD Blu-Ray: ‘The Expendables 2,’ ‘Tarantino XX’

Moviefone’s Blu-ray Pick of the Week
“Tarantino XX: 8-Film Collection”
What’s It About? This Blu-ray box set gathers all of QT’s movies — even “True Romance”(!) — in one cool collection, and is stuffed with more special goodies than a double order from Big Kahuna Burger. (The collection even comes with a massive mural, depicting all of his iconic characters in one colorful splash.)

See It Because: Besides owning everything he’s done in the first twenty years of his career, “Django Unchained” notwithstanding, the box set’s special features include exhaustive insight into his work from friends, actors and critics, and offers a comprehensive biography of the unique filmmaker, his influences and his attitude.

Pam Grier Talks About Working With QT in An Exclusive Clip from “Tarantino XX”

Moviefone’s New Release Pick of the Week
“The Expendables 2”
What’s It About? It’s “The Expendables” + Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris and more scenes with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis this time around.
See It Because: If you liked the first “Expendables” you will literally get more of the same. (Plus, even on a bare pre-Thanksigiving release week, we needed to recommend something.)
(Also Available on Amazon Instant Video | Netflix | Redbox Blu-ray & DVD)

New on DVD and Blu-ray
“The Obama Effect”
What’s It About? Charles S. Dutton stars as an ailing man, who puts his health aside to do everything he can to get Obama elected, in this family comedy.
See It or Skip It: Wherever you may fall on the political spectrum, we’re sure that you’ll be able to view this inspirational tribute to Obama’s “Hope” campaign with open and objective eyes. In other news, today is opposite day!
(Also Available on Netflix )

“Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups”
What’s It About? The dense and epic mythology of the “Air Bud” universe continues with a new installment featuring a litter of magical North Pole pups that must team up with Mrs. Claus (played by “Charlie’s Angel” Cheryl Ladd, leaving us with all sorts of conflicting thoughts) to recover the quickly-vanishing Christmas spirit… before it disappears forever.
See It or Skip It: What kind of scrooge do you have to be, to hate on these puppy faces?
(Also Available on Amazon Instant Video | Netflix)

New to Blu-ray
“Cinderella II: Dreams Come True” | “Cinderella III: A Twist in Time”

“Deathtrap”

“Grave of the Fireflies”

“Gypsy”

“Heaven’s Gate” (The Criterion Collection)

New on Redbox
“Abraham Lincoln” Blu-ray & DVD

“Brave” Blu-ray & DVD

“Crooked Arrows”

“Disney’s A Christmas Carol”

“Nitro Circus: The Movie”

“The Search for Santa Paws”

“Seeking a Friend for the End of the World” Blu-ray & DVD

“2 Days in New York”