If you plan to watch videos at home this week, these
are the latest choices. I won’t be watching much at
home until Friday, what with Star Wars: Episode
III coming out on Thursday and all.
First, the genre releases:
- Batman:
Return
to the Batcave: Adam West and Burt Ward have to
find the stolen
Batmobile. - The
Grudge:
Director’s Cut: The theatrical release was decent,
but not
spectacular. This might be of interest. - Team
America:
World Police: Trey Parker made another movie. - White
Noise: This came out earlier this year, with
little or no
fanfare.
Now, the non-genre releases:
- Cheers:
Season
Five: Man, I loved this show. This season still
had Dianne
Chambers, though, so it’s not the best one to
come. - Kinsey
(Two
Disc Special Edition): This was a well reviewed
movie that I
haven’t gotten around to seeing. - Scrubs
– The
Complete First Season: Another well respected
sitcom that I’ve
never watched. - Seinfeld
–
Complete Fourth Season: I loved this show in its
run, but I just
don’t see myself buying it on DVD. - The
Simpsons:
Bart Wars: Two days before Star Wars: Episode
III hits
theaters, Fox is releasing this collection with
Star Wars
cover art and a few episodes that are almost
completely unrelated to
Star Wars itself. (One is Mark Hamill’s
guest shot. The
others have no Star Wars connection I’m aware
of.) If you’ve
been getting the season sets, you’ve got half of these
already. - Six
Feet Under
– Complete Third Season: Another well reviewed
show I’ve never
seen. There seem to be a lot of those.
Finally, the pick of the week. The
Steve McQueen
Collection contains some of the best of a good
career. The
Great Escape and The Magnificent Seven
are included
here, as are Junior Bonner and the original
version of
The Thomas Crown Affair.
White Noise
White Noise was pretty good, say 3/5. It built tension through-out the movie and didn’t really let go until the end. There were a few creepy bits but it thankfully didn’t go for gore (rare these days). There were, however, a few leaps of faith that stretched it a bit far, but they didn’t completely destroy the movie. The acting was also pretty good.
Worth seeing.
Damien