Thursday, August 9, 2007

This Week in DVD

THIS WEEK IN DVD
What's new and notable on disc this week:

MOVIES
DISTURBIA: Housebound (and presumably housebroken) Shia LeBouf sees bad stuff going on outside his window. You know, there's a great special edition of Rear Window still in print and reasonably priced at all leading e-tailers. I'm just saying.
TCM SPOTLIGHT: William Powell/Myrna Loy Collection: If you love them in the Thin Man movies, you will get your money's worth here. Speaking of the Thin Man series, WB is also releasing the titles in that box as single discs this week, though if you're at all interested, you should just get the set.
HUNKA HUNKA DIGITAL ELVIS: Warners also releases a bunch of Elvis movies, including new-to-dvd titles like Kissin' Cousins and reissues like Jailhouse Rock. Oh, and Paramount is reissuing a group of their earlier half-assed Elvis releases--with no fuller ass given.
FILM CREW: KILLERS FROM SPACE: The guys from Mystery Science have revamped the concept, found a way to avoid legal trouble, and are riffing on bad movies again. I found their initial release, Hollywood After Dark, somewhat disappointing, but the source material might have limited them. I expect better from this one.

TV ON DVD
HOME IMPROVEMENT SEASON 7: Recently overplayed on TBS, soon to be overplayed on Nick at Nite, and now you can overplay it in your own home!
CORY IN THE HOUSE ALL-STAR EDITION: I think all of us true fans of the series are waiting for the season sets Cory deserves.
SUPER FRIENDS: THE LEGENDARY SUPER POWERS COLLECTION: Offhand, I'd rank the Super Powers properties as such: 1) The toys 2) This cartoon 3) The comics.

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