If you know a John Wayne fan, this is the week to do the birthday or Christmas shopping for them. Heck, this is a HUGE week, and you can probably shop for anyone.

First, the DVD releases:

• 24 Season 1 – Slimpack release
• 24 Season 2 – Slimpack release
• 24 Season 3 – Slimpack release
• 24 Season 4 – Slimpack release
• 3 Godfathers: The first in a LONG list of releases that make me wonder if Tuesday was declared “International John Wayne Appreciation Day.”
• 40 Year Old Virgin (Unrated two disk Double Your Pleasure edition): This movie was funnier than it had any right to be.
• Adventures of Marko Polo
• Afro Samurai (Director’s Cut)
• Airwolf – Season Three
• Alex Rider – Operation Stormbreaker
• Alien Nation: The James Caan movie, not the TV series.
• Allegheny Uprising: John Wayne
• Alvin and the Chipmunks – The Chipmunks Go To The Movies
• As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me
• Avatar The Last Airbender – Book 2 Earth, Vol. 3
• Back To Bataan: John Wayne
• Bad Movie Police – Crimewave!: A collection of five really bad police movies, specifically “Galaxy of the Dinosaurs,” “Chickboxer,” “Humanoids From Atlantis,” “Zombie Cop” and “Maximum Impact.”
• Ball of Fire
• Big Jim McLain: John Wayne
• The Big Stampede: John Wayne
• Black Lagoon: A two disk set.
• Blood Alley: John Wayne
• Breaking Point
• Broken Arrow: The Jimmy Stewart western, not the John Travolta action flick.
• Cahill – United Stats Marshal: John Wayne
• Can-Can
• Casanova Brown
• Chain Reaction
• Chisum: John Wayne.
• Convict Stage
• The Cowboys: John Wayne, in his last role if memory serves.
• Cutthroat Island
• Dark Corners
• Doki Doki School Hours – Complete Boxed Set
• Dragon Ball Z – Season Two
• El Dorado / Hatari! (Double Feature): John Wayne
• Epic Movie (Unrated Edition)
• Fay Grim
• Films of Faith Collection, Vol. 2: Includes “A Walk To Remember,” “Pay It Forward,” and “Hometown Legend.”
• Flags of Our Fathers: Two Disc Special Edition
• Flying Leathernecks: John Wayne
• Fort Apache: John Wayne
• Fort Courageous
• From Russia With Love
• Gary Cooper MGM Movie Legends Collection: Includes “The Cowboy And The Lady,” “The Real Glory,” “Vera Cruz,” and “The Winning of Barbara Worth.”
• Gilgamesh Complete Collection
• The Good German
• The Green Berets: More John Wayne
• Gun The Man Down
• Gunbuster 2, Vol. 1
• The Hard Easy
• Haunted Gold: John Wayne
• Hell and High Water
• Hero High – The Complete Series: This was the second half of the Captain Marvel power hour animated series from the 1980s.
• The Hills Run Red
• Hot Shots!
• Hot Shots! Part Deux
• How the West Was Won
• The John Wayne Adventure Collection
• The John Wayne Century Collection
• The John Wayne Collection
• The John Wayne Film Collection
• The John Wayne Western Collection
• Johnny Dangerously
• Kitchen Confidential – The Complete Series
• Kyle XY – The Complete First Season – Declassified
• Legend of the Dragon: The Complete First Season
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Letters from Iwo Jima / Flags of Our Fathers: A five disc set.
• The Living Daylights
• The Long Voyage Home: John Wayne
• The Luc Moullet Collection
• The Magnificent Seven – The Complete Second Season
• The Man from Monterey: John Wayne
• The Man With The Golden Gun
• Mars
• McQ: John Wayne
• Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto
• Memory: A direct-to-video release starring Billy Zane, Tricia Helfer, Dennis Hopper and Ann-Margret.
• Mission: Impossible – The Complete First TV Season
• Moonraker
• The Murder of Fred Hampton
• Mythbusters: Collection 1
• Naruto OVA – The Lost Story
• The Ninth Gate
• No Man of Her Own
• The O.C. – The Complete Fourth Season
• On The Riviera
• Operation Pacific
• Perry Mason – Season 1, Vol. 2
• The Peter Sellers Giftset: Includes “The Pink Panther,” “What’s New, Pussycat?,” “The Party,” and the comedic “Casino Royale” adaptation.
• Pokemon 10th Anniversary
• Porky’s (The One Size Fits All Edition)
• Porky’s the Ultimate Collection
• Prince of the City
• Reunion in France: John Wayne
• Ride Him, Cowboy: John Wayne
• Rio Bravo: Ultimate Collecto’s Edition of a John Wayne movie.
• Roots: This is the 30th Anniversary Edition
• Rush Hour
• Rush Hour 2
• Sansho the Bailiff – Criterion Collection
• Scarface: The 1932 original
• Scrubs – The Complete Fifth Season
• The Sea Chase: John Wayne
• The Searchers: John Wayne
• She Wore A Yellow Ribbon: John Wayne
• So Proudly We Hail
• Somewhere in Sonora: John Wayne
• The Sons of Katie Elder / The Shootist: John Wayne double feature.
• Sports Giftset: Includes “Bull Durham,” “Hoosiers,” “Raging Bull” and “Rocky.”
• Stagecoach: John Wayne
• Steelyard Blues
• Straight Time
• Summer School (Life’s a Beach Edition)
• Tall in the Saddle: John Wayne
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Season 1, Part 1
• The Telegraph Trail: John Wayne
• They Were Expendale
• The Third Man – Criterion Collection: It’s a two disc release this time.
• The Train Robbers: John Wayne
• Trouble Along the Way: John Wayne
• True Grit: John Wayne
• Tycoon: John Wayne
• Unconquered
• The Wedding Night
• White Feather
• Whose Life Is It Anyway?
• The Wings of Eagles: John Wayne
• Without Reservations: John Wayne
• The World Is Not Enough
• World War II Heroes Film Collection: Includes “Run Silent, Run Deep,” “The Great Escape,” “A Bridge Too Far” and “The Battle of Britain.”
• You Only Live Twice
• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX – The King of Copycats v. 3

Now, the Blu-Ray releases:

• Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto
• Closer
• Flags of Our Fathers: Two Disc Special Edition
• Freedom Writers
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Mission: Impossible
• Mission: Impossible 2
• Pirates of the Caribbean – Curse of the Black Pearl
• Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest

Here are the HD DVD releases:

• 40 Year Old Virgin (Unrated Edition)
• The Complete Matrix Trilogy
• Flags of Our Fathers: Two Disc Special Edition
• Freedom Writers
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Mission: Impossible
• Mission: Impossible II
• The Skeleton Key
• Smokey and the Bandit: Remember, you can’t be the Bandit unless you have a moustache.
• Ultimate Matrix Collection: Includes the trilogy in the above set, as well as “Revisited” and “Animatrix.”
• Uncommon Bach: A music only release on HD DVD.

Finally, the pick of the week. If I were a fan of John Wayne, Gary Cooper, or westerns in general, this would be a tough choice. Thankfully, I’m not. I’ll go with The Third Man issued by the Criterion Collection. It’s British film noir. Check it out.