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Noteworthy DVDs released 5/12/09
PICK OF THE WEEK
“Galaxy Quest” (Paramount): Peeved at all the hoopla over J.J. Abrams’s new “Trek” revival? This freshly reissued parody earns more laughs than you might expect, without belly-flopping into anything-goes gags like those increasingly tiresome David Zucker productions and their imitators.
OTHER TOP PICKS
“Star Trek” Original Motion Picture Collection (Paramount): All the original crew’s big-screen outings, available in either DVD or Blu-ray box sets.
“Wise Blood” (Criterion): John Huston tackles Flannery O’Connor’s tale, casting Brad Dourif in the lead before he was pigeonholed as a character actor.
“The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” (MGM): Sergio Leone’s epic gets its desert vistas scrubbed for high-def Blu-ray presentation.
Alexander Korda’s Private Lives (Eclipse): Four 1930’s titles from director Korda, who skewers iconic characters in films like “The Private Life of Don Juan.”
NEW ON BLU-RAY
“C.S.I.” Season 1, “Major League,” and both “Wayne’s World” films (Paramount); “Dodgeball” (Fox); “Fargo” and “Force 10 from Navarone” (MGM); “The Grudge” (Sony); 007 in “Licence [SIC] to Kill” and “The Man with the Golden Gun” (MGM)
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX
“Taken” (Fox); “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans” (Sony)
ARTHOUSE/FOREIGN
“Just Another Love Story” (E1 Entertainment); “O Jerusalem” (Anchor Bay)
FROM THE VAULTS
Westerns and war films “The King and Four Queens,” “Northwest Frontier,” “Time Limit,” and “Young Billy Young” (MGM)
DOCUMENTARIES
“Kill The Record Labels” (MVD); “Of Time and The City” (Strand)
BEST OF TV
“The Dana Carvey Show” (Shout! Factory); “The Jeff Foxworthy Show” Season 2 (Sony); Ian McShane in “Lovejoy” Season 5 (BBC); “Penn & Teller: BS!” Season 6 (Paramount); “Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy” (Fox)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO
This week’s heavy video-direct haul includes sequels and spinoffs “Grudge 3” (Sony) and “S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale” (Fox); the pot comedy “High Hopes” (Lions Gate); and a handful of star vehicles: Anne Hathaway in “Passengers” (Sony), Michelle Pfeiffer in “Personal Effects” (Universal), Sarah Michelle Gellar in “Possession” (2009) (Fox), and Kevin Bacon in “Taking Chance” (HBO).
REISSUE/REPACKAGE
“Underworld Trilogy” (Sony)
KIDS’ STUFF
“Curious George Goes Green” (Universal); Disney’s “The Tortoise and the Hare,” “The Wind in the Willows,” and “The Reluctant Dragon” (Walt Disney)
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By jp
May 12, 2009 1:45 PM | Link to this
I second Galaxy Quest.
By Ang
May 12, 2009 8:08 AM | Link to this
Galaxy Quest was hilarious - I highly recommend it!! It’s the only Tim Allen movie I will probably EVER recommend.