Blu-ray releases on April 14th 2009

It's a slow week for blockbuster new releases, but it's a big week for catalog titles. So rather than focus on the new day-and-date movies like Splinter, we will take a look at the awaited older titles. One that we really enjoyed the first time around is 8 Mile, but there is also Mean Girls as well as The Last Kiss. More documentaries are making their way to Blu-ray and one of our favorite sources (PBS) has The Story of India -- although we'd rather see more episodes of Nova and Nature. Next week is already looking better though as there are a few X-Men movies as well as another instant classic, Sin City.

• Splinter (Magnolia)

• Strange Wilderness (Paramount)

• Mean Girls (Paramount)

• The Last Kiss (Paramount)

• The Thirteenth Floor (Sony)

• Universal Soldier: The Return (Sony)

• 8 Mile (Universal)

• The Spirit (Lionsgate)

• Deep Sea (Warner)

• Pride & Prejudice (A&E)

• Cranford (BBC)

• The Story of India (PBS)

• Living Landscapes: Earthscapes - Wild Africa (Allegro)