This is a huge week for HD DVD releases of the blockbusters from earlier this year featuring discs that complete the collections of two popular series of movies, and a couple of discs that are also parts of their own interesting collections.

With only 5 of the 7 total movies completed, the Harry Potter films are already the most successful series in film history, even beating out the 21 James Bond movies. December 11 brings the latest of this series to HD DVD, and North America also gets the previous movies as well. You can purchase these films individually, or as a collector’s set which costs about as much as buying each one, but also happens to include some neat extras.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is also notable because of the “Live Community Screening” feature which allows friends to watch together from their own separate houses and send text messages to each other’s screens, similar to multiplayer video games.

Speaking of James Bond, the American spy sharing his initials has a new chapter in his saga due this week. Matt Damon stars in the The Bourne Ultimatum, the third of Robert Ludlum’s Bourne Identity books. It was one of the year’s biggest hits, and Amazon also happens to offer it as part of their Bourne Trilogy set. Sure you can buy all three of the movies anywhere, but if you’re planning on doing so, Amazon has made it a little more attractive by bundling them together at a discount.

I mentioned earlier that all of the HD DVD releases this week are volumes from a series. Anime title, Freedom 3, is the latest installment in the Freedom series. In this episode, Takeru’s dream of flying to Earth finally starts to come true. The Freedom series of HD DVD movies has been notable because they’re all made on the TWIN “combo” format where the HD DVD and DVD content is stored on different layers, which means you don’t have to flip the disc over to switch formats.

And that other disc that’s also an installment in a series? It’s Girls Gone Wild: Sexiest Moments Ever, Vol. 2 of course! I’m not sure what happened to Volume 1, but perhaps good sales numbers on Vol. 2 will encourage Mantra Films to satisfy everyone’s curiosity and put out a complete set on HD.

(all links, except Freedom 3 go to Amazon.com ordering pages

Harry Potter Years 1-5 Limited Edition Gift Set Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane Rated PG-13

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2006) Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Timothy Spall Directed by Mike Newell Rated PG-13

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint Directed by Alfonso Cuarón Rated PG

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint Directed by Chris Columbus Rated PG

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Robbie Coltrane Directed by Chris Columbus Rated PG

The Bourne Trilogy (2007) Matt Damon

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) Matt Damon, Joan Allen, Alber Finney, Scott Glenn Directed by Paul Greengrass Rated PG-13

Girls Gone Wild: Sexiest Moments, Vol. 2 (2007) Unrated

Freedom 3 (2007) Daisuke Namikawa, Shotaro Morikubo, Kappei Yamaguchi, Takua Kirimoto Directed by Shuhei Morita Rating is equivalent to PG-13