If you’re looking for feature films, it’s not a wonderful week. If you’re looking for TV releases, this is an excellent week, including some nifty complete series sets.

First, the DVD releases:

• Abbott and Costello – Christmas Show
• Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines – Vol. 1
• Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines – Vol. 2
• Battleplan: Complete Series
• Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad IV
• Beetle Bailey: The Complete Collection
• The Best of the Colbert Report
• Blood Monkey
• Captain and Tennille – The TV Specials
• Casino Royale (40th Anniversary Edition): This is the spoof version.
• Chinatown
• The Christmas Tree
• Christopher Reeve – Hope In Motion
• Chuck Jones Collection
• The Cosby Show – Season 5
• The Cosby Show – Season 6
• The Coen Brothers Gift Set: Includes “Fargo,” “Miller’s Crossing,” “Barton Fink,” “Raising Arizona” and “Blood Simple.”
• Deck The Halls
• Doctor Who – Time-Flight (Episode 123)
• Doctor Who – Arc of Infinity (Episode 124)
• Doctor Who – The Complete Third Series: This is the new David Tennant series
• East Side Kids Collection
• Eraserhead / Short Films of David Lynch
• Flight of the Conchords – The Complete First Season
• Full House – The Complete Eighth Season
• Full House – The Complete Series Collection: Another lackluster series in a really spiffy package.
• Gantz: Perfect Score Collection
• Gilligan’s Island – The Complete Series Collection
• Golden Boy: Complete Series
• Heavens Fall
• Heeere’s Johnny – The Definitive DVD Collection from The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson: And the home video award for the longest title goes to…
• Help!
• Help! (Deluxe Edition): For the die hard Beatles fans.
• I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry
• Iron King – The Complete Series
• King of Queens – The Complete Series: I have no interest in this series, but I do have to acknowledge the nifty packaging.
• Kung Fu – The Complete Series Collection
• James Bond Ultimate Collector’s Set: A 42 disc set of all 21 movies with 21 bonus discs.
• Leading Ladies Collection, Vol. 2: Includes “A Big Hand For The Little Lady,” “I’ll Cry Tomorrow,” “Rich And Famous,” “Shoot The Moon” and “Up The Down Staircase.”
• Manufacturing Dissent: This is a documentary about Michael Moore.
• Martin: The Complete Third Season
• Martin and Lewis – Vol. 3 – Still Laughing
• McLeod’s Daughters – Season 4
• The Munsters Scary Little Christmas
• Naruto Vol. 17
• Opus and Bill in a Wish for Things That Work
• The Pink Panther – A Pink Christmas
• Pixar Short Films Collection – Volume 1: Includes “Lifted,” “Mater and the Ghostlight,” “Boundin’,” “Jack-Jack Attack,” “For The Birds,” “Geri’s Game,” “One Man Band,” “Luxo Jr.,” “Mike’s New Car,” “Tin Toy,” “Knick Knack,” “Red’s Dream” and “The Adventures of Andre and Wally B.” Also available on Blu-Ray.
• Project Runway – The Complete Third Season
• Ratatouille
• Rich and Famous
• Seinfeld – Season 9: The final season.
• Seinfeld – The Complete Series: All nine seasons, yadda yadda yadda.
• Sesame Street: Vol. 2 – Old School (1974-1979): Sesame Street without Elmo. Man, do I miss those days.
• Sicko (Special Edition)
• The Two Jakes (Special Collector’s Edition)
• Us Or Them 3 Pack: Includes “I, Robot,” “The Abyss,” and “Alien Nation”
• Weird Cinema: 15 Freaky Flicks: Includes “The Terror of Tiny Town,” “Child Bride,” “Hitler: Dead or Alive,” “Bill and Coo,” “Chained For Life,” “Glen or Glenda,” “Mesa of Lost Women,” “The Killer Shrews,” “Teenagers from Outer Space,” “The Sadist,” “Santa Claus Conquers The Martians,” and “Spider Baby.”
• Wildfire – Season 2
• Wings – The Fifth Season
• Witchblade Vol. 2
• Wonder Woman – The Complete Collection: I should really get around to reviewing the last two seasons of this.
• The X-Files: The Ultimate Collection: All nine seasons in one box, plus the first movie, at a price close to a quarter of the total original price. I haven’t done complete season reviews of the last two seasons of this, either.

Now, the Blu-Ray releases:

• The Aviator
• Beowulf and Grendel
• The Best of Blu-Ray – Action: Includes “Troy (Director’s Cut),” “Blood Diamond,” “Wyatt Earp” and “Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut”
• The Best of Blu-Ray – Family: Includes “Happy Feet,” “Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride,” “Scooby-Doo” and “The Ant Bully.”
• Blu-Ray 4 Pack: Action Movies: Includes “Pearl Harbour,” “Gone In 60 Seconds,” “The Guardian” and “Deja Vu.”
• Blu-Ray 4 Pack: Disney Movies: Includes “The Wild,” “Chicken Little,” “Dinosaur” and “Bridge To Terabithia.”
• Blu-Ray 4-Pack: Family Movies: Includes the first two “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies, “Invincible” and “Eight Below.”
• Cars
• Oldboy
• Pixar Short Films Collection – Volume 1
• Ratatouille

The HD DVD releases are as follows:

• The Aviator
• The Best of HD DVD – Action: Includes “Troy (Director’s Cut),” “Blood Diamond,” “Wyatt Earp” and “Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut”
• The Best of HD DVD – Family: Includes “Happy Feet,” “Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride,” “Scooby-Doo” and “The Ant Bully.”
• I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry: This is a combo DVD/HD DVD edition.

Finally, the pick of the week. Though the X-Files and Weird Cinema sets are tempting choices, I’ve got to go with the Pixar collection. Their short films are simply fantastic.