The number of DVD releases coming out each week
continues to increase. Some of them are even quite
good.

First, the genre releases:

• The
  Arnold
  Schwarzenegger Celebrity Pack: Includes
  Predator,
  Commando, and True Lies.
• Charmed
  – The
  Complete Fifth Season: I recently picked up the
  first season based
  on the recommendations of a friend. We’ll see how
  that turns out
  before I decide if I’ll buy the other seven.
• The
  Colin
  Farrell Celebrity Pack: This includes
  Daredevil (in the
  superior director’s cut release), Phone Booth
  and
  Tigerland.
• Doctor
  Who –
  Genesis of the Daleks: This one interests me
  somewhat.
• Doctor
  Who –
  Revelation of the Daleks: This one doesn’t
  interest me quite as
  much.
• Dumbo
  (Big Top
  Edition): Disney’s rerelease.
• George
  Clooney
  Celebrity Pack: Includes One Fine Day,
  the Soderbergh
  version of Solaris, and The Thin Red
  Line.
• Godzilla
  – The
  Original Animated Series Vol. 1: The really old
  cartoons.
• Godzilla
  – The
  Original Animated Series Vol. 2: The rest of the
  series.
• He-Man
  and the
  Masters of the Universe, Season Two Volume One:
  I’m afraid to get
  this, in case it’s not nearly as good as I
  remember.
• Oh My
  Goddess:
  The Collector’s Edition: For the anime fans.
• Star
  Trek Fan
  Collective – Q: Collecting Encounter at
  Farpoint,
  Hide and Q, Q Who, Deja Q,
  Qpid,
  True Q, Q-Less, Tapestry,
  All Good
  Things…, Death Wish, The Q and the
  Grey and
  Q2 from TNG, DS9, and Voyager.
• The
  Time
  Tunnel: Season 1, Volume 2: Completing the first
  season collection.
• Underworld:
  Evolution (Widescreen Special Edition): The sequel
  to the “Romeo
  and Juliet” story that has transformed into a
  trilogy.
• Wandaba
  Style:
  Complete Collection: For the anime fans.
• Weird
  Worlds
  Collection: Some rare sci-fi stuff.
• The
  X-Files:
  Season Seven: A thin-pack rerelease of the
  second-worst season.
• The
  X-Files:
  Season Eight: A thin-pack rerelease of a pretty
  good season.
• The
  X-Files:
  Season Nine: A thin-pack rerelease of the worst
  season.

Now, the non-genre releases:

• 3
  Godfathers: I’ve heard of this, but I haven’t seen
  it. (I’m not
  really a western fan.)
• Air
  America –
  The Complete Series: I enjoyed the movie, but
  never saw the series.
• Angelina
  Jolie
  Celebrity Pack: Includes Mr. and Mrs.
  Smith, Pushing
  Tin, and Life or Something Like It.
• The
  Batjac
  Suspense Collection: Includes Ring of
  Fear, Track of
  the Cat, Plunder of the Sun, Man in
  the Vault.
• Black
  Hawk
  Down (Extended Cut): I still haven’t seen the
  original cut. All I
  know is that it beat out Memento for the
  editing Oscar, so I
  really want to see how it did that.
• Butch
  Cassidy
  and the Sundance Kid (2 Disk Collectors Edition):
  Now this is a
  western I can enjoy.
• Cheyenne
  – The
  Complete First Season: More westerns.
• Dazed
  and
  Confused – Criterion Collection: Criterion always
  releases the
  good movies, and they do an amazing job with
  them.
• Denzel
  Washington Celebrity Pack: Includes Man on
  Fire, The
  Seige, and Courage Under Fire.
• Drew
  Barrymore
  Celebrity Pack: Includes Never Been
  Kissed, Ever
  After, and Fever Pitch.
• Entourage
  –
  The Complete Second Season: Also available in a
  two-season pack of
  the first two seasons.
• F-Troop
  – The
  Complete First Season: Yet another western.
• The
  Fast and
  the Furious Franchise Collection: The first two
  movies. Lucas
  Black deserves so much better than to star in the
  third film in this
  series.
• Firewall:
  This year’s Harrison Ford movie.
• Fort
  Apache: Another western.
• Fried
  Green
  Tomatoes (Extended Anniversary Edition): Remind me
  to never eat in
  that restaurant.
• Glory
  Road: Disney’s true story about a basketball
  team.
• Home
  Improvement – Season Four: Fill your grunting
  quota.
• House
  of
  Strangers: Part of the Fox Film Noir
  collection.
• I
  Wake Up
  Screaming: Also part of the Fox Film Noir
  collection.
• Jennifer
  Aniston Celebrity Pack: Includes She’s the
  One,
  Picture Perfect, and The Object of my
  Affection.
• The
  John Ford
  Film Collection: Includes The Lost
  Patrol, The
  Informer, Mary of Scotland, Sergeant
  Rutledge
  and Cheyenne Autumn.
• The
  John Wayne
  – John Ford Film Collection: Western
  collaborations, including
  The Searchers (Ultimate Edition),
  Stagecoach (Two Disk
  Special Editon), Fort Apache, The
  Long Voyage
  Home, The Wings of Eagles, She Wore
  a Yellow
  Ribbon, They Were Expendable, and 3
  Godfathers.
• The
  Little
  Tramp: Charlie Chaplin Collection: A five DVD
  collection.
• The
  Long
  Voyage Home: A western.
• The
  Lost
  Boys: A BBC version of J.M. Barrie’s life.
• The
  Missing: Another strong Oscar performer. It
  sounds somewhat like
  The Searchers to me.
• Mommie
  Dearest
  (Hollywood Royalty Edition): The Faye Dunaway
  movie about Joan
  Crawford.
• Monty
  Python
  In The Beginning DVD Book Set: There don’t seem to
  be a lot of
  details on this set.
• Mr.
  and
  Mrs. Smith: This is a new unrated 2 DVD
  edition.
• Natalie
  Portman Celebrity Pack: Includes Anywhere But
  Here,
  Garden State, and Where The Heart
  Is.
• NCIS
  –
  Complete First Season: The JAG spinoff.
• A Nos
  Amours –
  Criterion Collection: Another Criterion
  release.
• Ring
  of
  Fear: A Paramount film noir-ish movie.
• The
  Searchers
  (Ultimate Edition): This was the western that was
  used in my film
  studies class. I wasn’t impressed, which is the main
  reason I don’t
  really give the genre a chance anymore.
• She
  Wore a
  Yellow Ribbon: Another western.
• Stagecoach:
  The
  westerns abound this week.
• They
  Were
  Expendable: Ford and Wayne together again, but
  this time it’s in a
  war movie.
• The
  Wild, Wild
  West – Complete First Season: The old series that
  inspired the
  more recent movie.
• Wings
  of
  Eagles: More Ford/Wayne war stuff.

Finally, the pick of the week. The X-Files Season
Eight came
close, but I’ve got to go with the Criterion
Collection Dazed and
Confused release. If you’ve never tried a
Criterion Collection
release, you really should. I’ve never seen DVDs so
well authored.
No other DVD makes the layer change so completely
transparent. It’s
remarkable.