(Notable DVD releases in the US, as listed on Amazon.)

Not the most exciting of weeks but that means I save some money ….

Get Smart Season 1 – The recent movie version did well, now watch the original Mel Brooks version.

The Counterfeiters – won the Oscar for best foreign language film, ain’t seen it

Wild China – sadly not a look into hostess bars in Shanghai, this is a very nice BBC natural history series, available standard def and Blu Ray

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song – documentary on a seminal figure in American folk music history

Anthony Bourdain No Reservations Collection 3 – WTF is up with these “collections?” Instead of releasing season by season, they’re putting out these collections of random episodes. And then you know they’ll just turn around in another year and release complete season editions with new bonus features. So I’ll wait.

Masters of Science Fiction The Complete Series – Only four episodes aired, this box contains those plus two that never made it. Based on the one episode I watched almost all the way through, I’m surprised they were able to get 4 on the air.

WWE Summerslam – The Complete Anthology – 20 discs of phony wrestling sure to please the 5 year old in all of us.

The Heavy Metal Movie – Not sure why this is being reissued again but if you never saw it, now’s as good a time as any to catch up with this uneven but occasional splendid animated anthology.

Love Story – Not the Ryan O’Neal/Al Gore movie but a documentary on Los Angeles psychedelic band Love. Only 50 minutes but said to contain some worthwhile clips.

Better Off Dead – 2 disc edition of the 80s John Cusack high school comedy that was a bit better than the rest but nowhere near as good as Risky Business or Ferris Bueller.

and let’s not forget

Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers 20th Anniversary Widescreen Edition – I’m getting one for my mom.

New on Blu-Ray – Starship Troopers, Lonesome Dove

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