Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull : Harrison Ford learns there's no seniors' discount on ADVENTURE as he tackles his most recent adventure yet! Also starring Cate Blanchett (as the latest woman what can't be trusted), Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent, Shia the Beef, plus an assortment of CGI monkeys and groundhogs.
War, Inc. : John Cusack is another neurotic hitman in this political satire, a Wag the Dog for the Bush years. With Hilary Duff as an Arabic pop star, Marisa Tomei, Joan Cusack, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, and the voice of Montel Williams.
The Edge of Heaven : The latest from German/Turkish filmmaker Fatih Akin chronicles two young people's journey into Turkey to find an imprisoned friend.
Fugitive Pieces : Heartwarming tale of a young Polish WW2 refugee and his coming of age in Greece and Canada. From Canada's own Jeremy Podeswa, starring omnipresent 90s movie villain Rade Serbedzija.
Intervention : One of only five films from the last two years called Intervention, but the only one starring Colm Feore! Apparently it's about an intervention. In the desert. With Andie MacDowell and others. Like Colm Feore.
Lady Chatterley : The extended European version of a popular Gen X renter that appeals to Princess patrons, books-on-film fans, and skin-flick addicts alike! Do the 40 extra minutes contain more nudity? Find out for yourselves, pervs!
Mongol : Japanese it-boy Tadanobu Asano plays the young Genghis Khan in this visually stunning epic.
Planet B-Boy : Those who think of breakdancing as a short-lived fad of the 80s will be surprised by this energetic documentary celebrating some of the foremost practicioners around the world.
Ripple Effect : The first of two new releases this week to involve a car accident and the moral quandry it imposes on the lives of those involved. Forest Whitaker stars.
Shelter : Tender gay romance with plenty of surfing.
Stuck : Stephen Rea (The Crying Game) and 90s footnote Mena Suvari star in a morally challenging genre picture from Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon. We won't tell you what the title refers to (the basic plot conceit, which is a weird one), but we will tell you that the second keyword for this film on the IMDb is "Kicked Out of Room Naked".
Young People Fucking : This is what your tax dollars finance, people! And you know it drives Stephen Harper bonkers, so right on. 5 comedic tales involving post-pubescent individuals engaging in sexual relations.
Brotherhood of Blood / Dance of the Dead / Dark Floors / Last House in the Woods / Room 205 / Trackman : 6 of the first batch of releases from Sam Raimi's Ghosthouse project, showcasing quality horror films from around the world.
CSI: Season 8 : Why people need CSI DVDs when the CTV network is devoted to playing the show 24/7 is beyond me, but here you go.
Kenny vs. Spenny: Season 1 : Y'all keep asking for it, so here it is. For the uninitiated, it's two guys doing really offensive things to one another.
Midsomer Murders - Death in Disguise / Death of a Hollow Man / Faithful Unto Death / The Killings at Badger's Drift / Written in Blood : Five more mysteries from the killingest small town in the western world.
Quark: The Complete Series : Short-lived 1977 sci-fi comedy cult series from Buck Henry.
The Sarah Silverman Program: Season 2, Part 1 : Comedienne Silverman returns with the sophomore season of her peculiar sitcom. I hope she says something offensive and breaks some taboos! Word has it that the Tab car makes a return appearance.
Spongebob Squarepants: Who Bob What Pants? : The existence of this disc either interests you or it does not. Nothing I write is ever gonna change that. Except maybe that Ray Liotta does a guest voice.
Yo Gabba Gabba: Dancey Dance Bunch : The first DVD of the single greatest kids' TV show currently on the air.
The Big Sleep : Not the Bogie/Bacall classic, but a 1970s version that transplants Chandler's L.A.-isms to England. More faithful to the book, mostly because of things the production code of the 1940s wouldn't allow. Robert Mitchum plays Philip Marlowe. James Stewart, Oliver Reed, and Sarah Miles co-star.
The Blue Kite : I thought we already had Tian Zhuangzhuang's 1993 masterpiece on DVD. Oops. Well, now we do.
Dark Star : John Carpenter's first feature film, and it set the stage for what was to come. It's a weird low-budget comedy/sci-fi hybrid, not really like anything else you've ever seen.
Fist of Legend : One of Jet Li's finest hours - uncut, remastered and finally subtitled!
Lost Horizon : The "restored" version of Frank Capra's 1937 fantasy classic of life in and out of Shangri-la.
Melo : One of Alain Resnais' formally playful revivals of a long-forgotten piece of ancient theatre. With Pierre Arditi and Sabine Azema, natch, as well as Fanny Ardant.
Moonlighting : Jerzy Skolimowski's much-admired London-based allegory, starring Jeremy Irons.
Operation Petticoat : Cary Grant and Tony Curtis in Blake Edwards' eternally popular WW2 naval comedy.
Russell Peters: Comedy Now : Two comedy concerts jam-packed with hilarious Indian accents.
Rebecca : Hitchcock's first American film and lone Best Picture Oscar winner is finally available on DVD again.
Short Circuit : 80s comedy about a cute robot. Stars Steve Guttenberg, yet still much requested by customers. So here ya go.
Smiths, The: Inside the Smiths : The two members of The Smiths that no one cares about tell you what it was like to be in The Smiths.
Touch of Evil (Special Edition) : 50th Anniversary edition of Orson Welles' greatest film contains three different versions - the 93 minute studio-approved cut released in 1958, the 108-minute preview version discovered in the vaults during the 1970s, and the 1998 re-edit based on a Welles memo that contains no new footage but rejigs the scene order somewhat and removes the credits and Henry Mancini's super-cool theme music from the famed opening shot. Which version you prefer is up to you, but DVD viewers finally get to make the choice themselves.
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