New Blu-ray Buzz: This Week's Picks

Kristen Bell is back as Veronica Mars; Mel Brooks' classic comedy Blazing Saddles celebrates its 40th anniversary; classic Godzilla double features stomp onto Blu-ray; I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners are better than ever on Blu-ray; and more this week!

Back by popular demand! Kristen Bell returns as TV favorite Veronica Mars in the character's first big-screen adventure, and it's all thanks to the fans and a little thing called Kickstarter. Now on the eve of graduating law school and interviewing at high-end New York law firms, having put her amateur sleuthing days in the coastal California town of Neptune behind her. But when her ex-boyfriend Logan has been accused of murder, Veronica heads back to Neptune to help Logan find the right help, only to finds herself pulled back into a life she thought she had left behind -- and to her dreaded high school reunion! Directed and co-written by show creator Rob Thomas, Veronica Mars co-stars Jason Dohring,Krysten Ritter, Ryan Hansen, Francis Capra, Percy Daggs III, Chris Lowell, Tina Majorino and Enrico Colantoni.

This highly entertaining ensemble heist thriller casts Kurt Russell as Crunch, a third rate motorcycle daredevil and semi-reformed art thief who agrees to one final job with his untrustworthy brother (played by Matt Dillon). Of course, the plan to lift a masterpiece goes awry and Crunch's code of honor and the bonds of brotherhood are seriously put to the test. Written and directed by Jonathan Sobol, The Art of the Steal co-stars Jay Baruchel, Katheryn Winnick, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jason Jones, Kenneth Welsh and Terence Stamp.

Mel Brooks' uproarious comedy western celebrates its 40th anniversary on Blu-ray with a badge of honor: a warning sticker that reads, "This could be the most offensive movie of all time." Boasting a new featurette, Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West, and 10 collectible, quotable art cards with funny quotes and images from the film, the unforgettable story follows what happens when an unlikely black sheriff (Cleavon Little) tries to uphold justice in a wild west town, with Harvey Korman as the villain, Madeline Kahn as a Marlene Dietrich-style chanteuse, Gene Wilder as the wacko Waco Kid and Mel Brooks himself as a dimwitted politico.

Godzilla is back on the big screen this month with an all-new look in an epic adventure, and what better way to get into destruction mode than with these brand-new, re-mastered hi-def Blu-ray releases of his greatest hits of the '90s and 2000's? A quantum leap in effects and mayhem from the Godzilla films of the '50s through the '80s, these eight kaiju films premiere new bad guys while re-introducing some of your fave adversaries such as Mothra, Rodan, Mechagodzilla and King Ghidorah. Bring it!

Titles Available: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) & Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992); Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) & Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994); Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) & Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) & Godzilla: Final Wars (2004).

Celebrate Memorial Day and the 70th anniversary of D-Day with these two heroic World War II movies, both inspired by true stories, on Blu-ray. Memphis Belle sports an all-star cast including Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Sean Astin and Harry Connick Jr. in the story of a B-17 bomber crew's final perilous mission, while The Big Red One stars Mark Hamill and Lee Marvin in director's Sam Fuller's chronicle of an army squad fighting across the European and North African fields of battle. Each sold separately.

I Love Lucy: Ultimate Season One, The Honeymooners: 'Classic 39' Episodes and The Andy Griffith Show: Season One are all now available on Blu-ray for the first time ever! Every episode has been transferred from the original camera negative to produce crisp details and top-notch image quality like never before. Each sold separately.

The classic '70s series inspired by the books series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie follows the dramatic, gripping adventures of a young pioneer family’s struggle to build a new life for themselves on the American frontier of the 1870s. Follow the adventures of Charles Ingalls (played by Michael Landon) and his family in Walnut Grove, as they live off the land and learn life lessons along the way.