Top 50 Blu-ray Releases of 2009
By EH Staff
A look back at our favorite disc of each scheduled release week.

It’s safe to say that 2009 has been the year Blu-ray finally gained mainstream momentum.

Disc player prices have been on the decline, while feature sets — including streaming capabilities — are on the rise. Disc prices also seem to be more palatable, or at least there always appear to be decent deals, especially on new releases.



So while you’re beginning to amass your Blu-ray disc collection, we wanted to help give you a start. But where do you begin? We decided to present our Blu-ray releases of the year by beginning at the beginning, of the year that is.

It may be a tad discriminating, but we took a week-by-week basis for looking back at the Blu-ray releases for 2009, and selected our favorite for each week. (Yes, we know there are 52 weeks in a year. There were two weeks that just didn’t have anything good.)

This still oughta be plenty for you to peruse and choose from.

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78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip: an overly optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell.

Fight Club
The mundane existence of a product liability evaluator and insomniac, who is addicted to self- help groups, is turned upside down when he meets a
sado-masochistic anarchist who is secretly plotting to overthrow civilization.

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