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There are plenty of new releases this week, some hits, some misses and some you've never heard of. Thankfully for us Blu-ray collecting-aholics, there are more than enough to keep our BD players in action. In fact, there are more than three titles worth picking up in stores this week, but not all of them can make it into the top 3 hot picks obviously (A special name drop to Magnolia and Lock, Stock). The top three consists of cartoon meatballs, Asian action and Zinedine Zidane.

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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

(Sony Pictures | 2008 | 90 mins | Rated PG)

Another CG animation to add to growing list. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs tells the story of an eccentric wannabe scientist, Flint Lockwood. His latest contraption is a miraculous device designed to solve the world hunger crisis. But when Flint bites off more than he can chew, he sets in motion a global disaster of epic proportions. This is one to entertain the kids, and yourself, but not that you would admit that you were buying this for yourself!

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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

(Palisades Tartan | 2002 | 129 mins | Rated 18)

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is the first part of Park Chan-Wook's Vengeance Trilogy, followed up by the brilliant Oldboy and pretty good Lady Vengeance. This Korean film follows a deaf-mute man called Ryu as he searches for a new kidney for his sister. When Ryu is fired from his job, he kidnaps the bosses daughter. This leads to severe and horrible consequences and one hell of a movie. If you're not into subtitled movies, this is a good excuse to try and get into them. Simple.

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Zidane - A 21st Century Portrait

(Artificial Eye | 2006 | 90 mins | Rated N/A)

Zidane - A 21st Century Portrait is one for the football obsessives out there. The film follows Zidane's every movement over the 90 minutes of a Madrid derby match. Overlay this with a hypnotic soundtrack by Mogwai and you have a film that's hard to take your eyes off. This being a film starring Zinedine Zidane, you can predict the ending though.

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Also Available:

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Black Book

Bullet Boy

Candy

Fame

Katyn

KidYogi

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Magnolia

Mesrine Parts 1 & 2 - Killer Instinct / Public Enemy No 1

Passchendaele

Permissive

Pontypool

Privilege

Red Road

Sin Nombre

Smokin' Aces

Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball

Smokin' Aces: The Collection

Straightheads

Talk to Me

TeenYogi

That Kind of Girl

The Army of Crime

The Double Life of Veronique

The Proposition

Thirst

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