"Sorry miss, I was giving myself an oil-job."
We're getting close to Thanksgiving and the much-hyped Black Friday again this year, so the new DVDs pile up. This is the biggest release week in some time. This week, I'm going to try something different: instead of the usual IMDB links to the listed movies, I'm going to link directly to Netflix listings so you can add them right to your queues. This was suggested by one of you, so let me know if you don't like this. So here we go with this week's list of new DVDs:
3rd Rock from the Sun: Season 6
Accepted Starring Justin Long, the less-funny guy in the Mac vs. PC ads.
The Best of The Electric Company: Vol. 2 Another nostalgia trip coming up!
Bing Crosby: Screen Legend Collection Universal mines more from the old pre-war Paramount catalog: Waikiki Wedding (1937), Double or Nothing (1937), East Side of Heaven (1939), If I Had My Way (1940), and Here Come the Waves (1944).
Cary Grant: Screen Legend Collection Another Paramount/Uni box: Thirty Day Princess (1934), Kiss and Make-Up (1934), Wings in the Dark (1935), Big Brown Eyes (1936), and Wedding Present (1936).
Columbo - The Complete Sixth & Seventh Seasons
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: The Complete Sixth Season
The Da Vinci Code For anyone who cares, there are a couple of options if you want deluxe-o versions of this blockbuster.
Forbidden Planet - 50th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition The 1956 sci fi classic gets an upgrade on DVD. The transfer is improved from the old 1997 DVD and there are a lot of extras. Check out the excellent DVD Savant review here.
The Golden Girls - The Complete Sixth Season
Gunsmoke - The Director's Collection
Home Improvement - The Complete Fifth Season
King Kong: Deluxe Extended Edition Peter Jackson does another extended version ala LOTR. I have yet to hear how good the longer version is and I'm embarrassed to say that I haven't seen the film at all yet.
Lassie (2005) Wow, Peter O'Toole's in this one...
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2005)
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume Four Another four DVD set of classic Looney Tunes and bonuses. The shorts are way too numerous to list...if you want to see what's included, click here. If this one is as good as the previous three, it ought to be a great. There's a truncated 2 DVD set available as well ("Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volume 4").
Northern Exposure - The Complete Fifth Season
The Paul Newman Collection Yes, another Warner box set: Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), The Left Handed Gun (1958), The Young Philadelphians (1959), Harper (1966), Pocket Money (1972), The Mackintosh Man (1973), and The Drowning Pool (1975).
Rock Hudson: Screen Legend Collection Uni does a random mix of Rock films: Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952), The Golden Blade (1953), The Last Sunset (1961), The Spiral Road (1962), and A Very Special Favor (1965). All hail the holiday gift set!
Six Feet Under - The Complete Series Gift Set The whole thing.
Comments
Netflix links = Good idea!
Posted by: Tiberius | November 15, 2006 07:15 AM
But I bought every single disc you listed through the links to Amazon!
I hear LT, Vol. 4 has an entire disc devoted to Speedy Gonzales. It may rival Vol. 2's Road Runner disc. I can't tell you how tedious it is to watch 15 of those babies in a row!
Does Netflix send the Robbie the Robot action figure along with your rental of Forbidden Planet's ultra deluxe edition?
Posted by: Prof. Qwert | November 15, 2006 11:00 AM
Hey, I watched almost all of the Road Runner shorts in LT vol. 2 gladly, in one sitting. But then, I have an inexplicable affection for the Road Runner, who is possibly my favorite LT character. I can't say the same for Speedy Gonzales. Never liked that mouse.
Posted by: Stacie | November 17, 2006 11:33 AM