We’ve got a lot of choices this week, but none are
particularly spectacular.

First, the genre releases:

• Banner
  of the
  Stars – Anime Legends Complete Collection: Man,
  that company’s
  going nuts with this series.
• The
  Best of
  Boris and Natasha, Vol. 1: Featuring exerpts from
  the “Rocky and
  Bullwinkle” show.
• The
  Best of
  Rocky And Bullwinkle Vol. 1: A companion DVD.
• Cowboy
  Bebop
  Remix 5: This series continues.
• Dr.
  Katz –
  Professional Therapist, Season One: Man, that
  squigglevision
  drives me up the wall.
• Dragon
  Drive,
  Complete Collection – Vol. 1: More Bandai
  anime.
• Masters
  of
  Horror – Don Coscarelli: This chapter is from the
  man who brought
  us Bubba Ho-Tep.
• Masters
  of
  Horror – Mick Garris: Another collection in the
  series.
• Mobile
  Fighter
  G-Gundam: Anime Legends Complete Collection, Vol.
  1: I assume this
  is related to the next item.
• Mobile
  Suit
  Gundam – Complete Collection 2: Does anyone else
  chuckle when a
  “complete collection” comes in more than one
  volume?
• Nanny
  McPhee: The family film from earlier this
  year.
• Saber
  Marionette J TO X – Anime Legends Complete
  Collection: Bandai must
  be churning these out 24/7.

Now, the non-genre releases:

• The
  400
  Blows: Criterion goodness.
• American
  Heroes Collection: Three war movies from
  Paramount.
• Andy
  Griffith
  Show – The Complete Sixth Season: Thus ends the
  series. Don
  Knotts left due to scheduling conflicts, and the
  series just couldn’t
  last without him.
• Big
  Momma’s
  House 2: Just in case the first wasn’t enough for
  you.
• Cheech
  and
  Chong’s Nice Dreams: Just in case you need a
  fix.
• Everybody
  Loves Raymond – Complete Sixth Season: I’ll never
  understand how
  this lasted so long. I really enjoy Peter Boyle and
  Doris Roberts,
  but even they can’t fix what’s wrong with this
  sucker.
• The
  Facts Of
  Life – Complete First and Second Seasons: I
  enjoyed this when I
  was very young.
• The
  Golden
  Girls – Season Five: This one had a very specific
  target audience,
  and reached it well.
• Grandma’s
  Boy: I didn’t even hear about this one.
• Late
  Spring: More from the Criterion Collection. How
  can you go wrong?
• Life
  Goes On –
  The Complete First Season: I really enjoyed this
  show. I wouldn’t
  want to live in that town, given the high frequency of
  remarkably rare
  diseases, but it was still a good show.
• Munich:
  This is a link to the two disk edition.
• The
  New
  World: Another telling of the Pocahontas
  story.
• Northern
  Exposure – First and Second Seasons: Repackaged at
  a much lower
  price.
• The
  Poseidon
  Adventure (Special Edition): Timed to coincide
  with the remake, no
  doubt. This one is well worth watching.
• Rescue
  Me –
  The Complete Second Season: The well reviewed
  Dennis Leary show.
• Ronin:
  This is a two disk special edition.
• Rumor
  Has
  It…: This comes out on regular DVD and on HD-DVD
  on the
  same day.
• Scrubs
  –
  Season Three: Another well reviewed comedy I
  haven’t seen. (The
  only sitcom I’m watching is My Name Is
  Earl.)
• Sgt.
  Bilko –
  50th Anniversary Edition: For the Phil Silvers
  fans.
• That
  70’s Show
  – Season Four: I enjoyed the first couple seasons,
  but tuned out
  when they decided to rewrite the year and pretending
  nobody would
  notice.
• The
  Towering
  Inferno (Special Edition): Another Irwin Allen
  disaster movie.
• The
  West Wing
  – Complete Sixth Season: I don’t remember if Aaron
  Sorkin was
  involved with this season or not.

Finally, the pick of the week. The first season of
Life Goes
On is a quality show, that will likely hold up to
my fond
memories of watching it during junior high. Check it
out.