This Week in DVD

Casablanca Ultimate Collector's Edition: This is the Greatest Movie of All Time and my Favorite Movie of All Time, and so I'm kind of releived Warner Brothers added no significant extras other than spiffy packaging and ephemera. Otherwise, as expensive as this is, I think I might have had to buy it. That said, those replica Letters of Transit make a pretty cool extra.

Wanted: Is it significant that this high-profile title is only the third-most-prominent one in Redbox's New Releases e-mail this week? Probably not. I can't remember now if this is based on a comic book, a video game, or a hallucinogenic reaction to one of Angelina Jolie's malaria shots; but I do remember the Tomb Raider-era Angelina Jolie, and I have to say that one > this one.

Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: I'm sure this is filled with wonder and derring-do and all. The first movie was in that "Enjoyed it, wouldn't need to see it again" category.

Step Brothers: OK, maybe we're all a little tired of Will Ferrell by now, but doesn't the poster look funny, if unoriginal? Worth a rental, at least?

Best of Password: Not the episodes that are on GSN all the time, but installments from the sixties and seventies. This set should be a lot of fun.

The Man Called Flintstone: A former boss of mine called this "the greatest spy movie ever made." He was a great boss and a great guy. This one's for you, John!

The Longshots: "Directed by Fred Durst." 'Nuff said.

Cannon Season 1 Volume 2: Warm up the tuba! Frank Cannon is back! It may have taken him a while to get here, but the man's no Usain Bolt, you know.

White Dog: Sam Fuller's flick about a dog who's been trained to attack black people. Criterion gives us this heartwarming opus just in time for the holidays!

Cinematic Titanic: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians: Two interesting things about this latest effort from the group of former MST3K-ites: 1) It's a title that Mystery Science Theater already lampooned 2) It, like other Cinematic Titanic efforts, ain't carried by Netflix. Wazzupwidat?

Saturday Night Live Season 4: Notable sketches in this season include the party with all the superheroes, a longtime Brooks Family Favorite, with Belushi as the Hulk leaving a memorable surprise for the Invisible Girl. This set also includes the notoriously bad Milton Berle episode, which was supposedly not syndicated for years because host Uncle Miltie was such a butthead.