I’m all moved in and back online, so I’ll celebrate by
posting another DVD column.

First, the genre releases:

• Astro
  Boy –
  The Complete Series (2003): These aren’t the ones
  I grew up with,
  but the recent attempt to revive the character.
• Toxic
  Avenger: This is the 21st Anniversary Edition of
  the camp
  classic.
• Twilight
  Zone
  – Season 2 (The Definitive Collection): The
  original series
  continues to come to DVD in season packages.
• Wind
  in the
  Willows – The Complete First Season: I remember
  that this was on
  often when I was a kid, and that I deliberately chose
  not to watch
  it.

Now, the non-genre releases:

• Apollo
  13 –
  10th Anniversary Edition: This is a great movie.
  Entertaining and
  inspiring.
• Closer:
  This movie had multiple Oscar nominations.
• I
  Vitonelli: Federico Fellinni gets another
  Criterion Collection
  release.
• Kagemusha:
  Another Kurosawa film reaches the Criterion
  Collection, as well.
• Murder,
  She
  Wrote – Complete Season One: This was before JMS
  started writing
  for the series.

Finally, the pick of the week. I have to go with The
Lone
Gunmen. This is the complete series, including the
pilot (uncut),
and “Jump The Shark,” the episode of The
X-Files that wrapped
up the loose ends. I have to give Fox credit for
releasing that pilot
as is, considering how closely it accidentally
paralleled 9/11. I’ll
own this series by the end of the year, I promise you.