The releases for this week (November 2) are below.
In other news, the release date for the fifth and
final season of Angel has just been
announced as February 15.

First, the genre releases:

• Doctor
  Who
  Lost In Time Collection of Rare Episodes – The
  Patrick Troughton Years
  1966-1969: The first of two collections out this
  date.
• Doctor
  Who
  Lost In Time Collection of Rare Episodes – The
  William Harnell Years
  1963-1966: The second of two. There is also a three
  DVD set
  with episodes from both. (I assume it’s a boxed set
  packaging the
  two.)
• Dr.
  Strangelove: or,
  How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb
  (40th Anniversary Two
  Disk Special Edition): This is a great movie. I
  already have a
  copy and I’m tempted to upgrade.
• Looney
  Tunes –
  Golden Collection, Volume Two: The first volume
  was fantastic. My
  copy of volume two is already en route. The second
  volume includes
  some great stuff, including “What’s Opera, Doc,” “One
  Froggy Evening,”
  and “Broomstick Bunny.” This is the only must-own
  title this week, by
  my count. If you missed volume one, there’s also a
  convenient package
  deal. The
  Spotlight Collection is continuing, too, but those
  are unrestored, and
  only contain cartoons restored for the Golden
  Collection, so I
  wouldn’t recommend them as this is available. Expect
  a review to take
  a high priority.
• Monster
  Island: This is a made-for-TV movie starring
  Carmen Electra that
  came out not long ago. I didn’t catch it.
• Mutant
  X
  Season One: This is a box set, with a decent
  price for a full
  season.
• Pirates
  of the
  Caribbean – The Curse of the Black Pearl (Special
  Edition): See it
  before the sequel comes out.
• Real
  Genius: A great movie that just barely qualifies
  as sci-fi. (I
  should get around to that review soon…) The only
  reason this
  release isn’t a must-own is that it’s been out for
  two years, so you
  should have your copies already.
• Shrek
  2:
  Another one I’m embarrassed to admit I haven’t seen.
  In my defense, I
  was working 70 hour work weeks the month it came
  out.
• Star
  Trek The
  Original Series – The Complete Second Season: How
  many of us will
  pass on this release, but would snap it up at half
  that price?

Then, the non-genre releases:

• Around
  the
  World in 80 Days: Probably not Jackie Chan’s
  best.
• Comedy
  10
  Pack: It’s a Warner Home Video release, priced
  like a normal box
  set, so I suspect there’s some quality stuff here.
  Would it kill them
  to tell us which titles they are?
• Criterion
  Collection Holiday 2004 Gift Set: All of
  the Criterion
  Collection releases that are still in print. That’s
  241 titles. If
  you can afford it, get it.
• Dazed
  and
  Confused: A new edition of the film on DVD. Very
  amusing and
  nostalgic.
• Family
  10
  Pack: Another unspecified Warner Home Video
  collection.
• Fast
  Times at
  Ridgemont High: Amy Heckerling can write and
  direct good teen
  comedy.
• Philadelphia
  (Anniversary Edition): Man, if only I could
  afford to buy all the
  well reviewed movies I haven’t seen…
• Romance
  10
  Pack: Another Warner Home Video batch.