This Week on Blu-Ray: August 9th 2016

<p>Welcome to another installment of This Week On Blu-Ray&comma; where I tell you what the big releases are and whether they’re worth getting&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ll give it to you guys straight&comma; this week&&num;8217&semi;s releases really suck&period; If you want your DC comics media a little brighter&comma; you can pick up the first season of <strong><em>Supergirl<&sol;em><&sol;strong>&period; You can watch all 880 minutes of the former CBS series before it premieres on the CW later this year and why wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t you want to do that&quest; Unfortunately&comma; that show just doesn&&num;8217&semi;t seem to be my thing and critical reception hasn&&num;8217&semi;t proven me otherwise&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Next up is the James Franco-starring time travel miniseries&comma; <strong><em>11&period;22&period;63<&sol;em><&sol;strong>&period; Based on the acclaimed best-seller by Stephen King&comma; the story revolves around a man that goes back in time to prevent the assassination of president John F&period; Kennedy&period; Co-starring Chris Cooper and Sarah Gadon&comma; this Hulu miniseries sounds interesting&comma; but perhaps it&&num;8217&semi;s better as an over-bloated page turner or as I like to call it&comma; a Stephen King novel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;111260" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-111260" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-111260" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;09034513&sol;maxresdefault1-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Scooby Doo&excl; and WWE&colon; Curse of the Speed Demon&comma; Warner Bros&rpar;" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-111260" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Scooby Doo&excl; and WWE&colon; Curse of the Speed Demon&comma; Warner Bros&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>What should be your highest anticipated release of the week is <em><strong>Scooby Doo&excl; and WWE&colon; Curse of the Speed Demon<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&period; In this release&comma; the detectives must race against their opponent&comma; The Inferno&comma; with their new racing partner&comma; The Undertaker&period; Any series that features a scene like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;A1VgXrLYFtw">this<&sol;a> needs to continue&period; In other words&comma; what the hell are you waiting for&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you need your monthly dose of body horror&comma; make sure to pick up Tom Tykwer&&num;8217&semi;s latest film&comma; <em><strong>A Hologram for the King<&sol;strong><&sol;em><strong>&period; <&sol;strong>Starring Tom Hanks&comma; <em>Hologram<&sol;em> features a Tom Hanks-esque character roaming through Saudi Arabia to make a deal with&comma; you guessed it&comma; the King&period; You can hear Christopher Cross and I talk about it <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;film-fallout-podcast-12-hologram-king&sol;">here<&sol;a>&comma; but to sum it all up&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s not among Tykwer&&num;8217&semi;s finest&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s a sweet little film that we will welcome with open arms&comma; even if we&&num;8217&semi;re a little disappointed after his epic collaboration with the Wachowskis on Cloud Atlas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Well that is This Week on Blu-ray&period; Make sure to check in next week when I remind you that Once Upon a Time is still a TV show that&&num;8217&semi;s on the air and The Criterion Collection is still releasing movies&period; Until next time&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;