Sorry we’re late with this week’s list, folks. We’d try to come up with a decent excuse, but we respect you too much for that. Truth is: we just flaked. So in the interest of expediency, we won’t take up too much time here up front, except to say that there are a trio of weird and/or worthwhile indie films that deserve your attention this week (namely Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans, Taxidermia and Beeswax), and a trio of good TV releases (namely Party Down, The Unusuals and the award-winning, long-unavailable PBS docu-series Eyes On The Prize). Today’s also the big Blu-ray release day for The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, though since they’re arriving in the theatrical versions only (and in a single box set), you may want to wait until Christmas, when they’re sure to be re-released in their extended cuts, and individually. You can wait, right?
Ally McBeal: The Complete Second Season
20th Century Fox, $39.98
The Awakening Of Spring
E1, $19.98
Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans
First Look, $28.98; Blu-ray, $29.98
Beeswax
The Cinema Guild, $29.95
The Big Gay Musical
Breaking Glass, $21.99; Blu-ray, $29.99
Brothers Five
Well Go Blu-ray, $19.98
Cocoon
20th Century Fox Blu-ray, $24.99
The Delightful Forest
Well Go Blu-ray, $19.98
Dirt! The Movie
Docurama, $26.95
Dreamscape
Image Blu-ray, $24.98
Easier With Practice
Breaking Class, $21.99
Eyes On The Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years 1954-1965
PBS, $69.99
Finn On The Fly
E1, $24.98
Flight Of The Intruder
Lionsgate Blu-ray, $19.99
Hart & Soul: The Hart Family Anthology
Vivendi, $34.95
The Heroic Ones
Well Go Blu-ray, $19.98
High Plains Invaders
Vivendi, $14.93
The Icons Of Suspense Collection: Hammer Films
Sony, $24.96
I’m No Dummy
Salient, $19.98
The Italian Straw Hat
Flicker Alley, $29.95
Jade
Lionsgate Blu-ray, $19.99
Jade Warrior
Lionsgate, $26.98
Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami
Lionsgate, $19.98
The Lord Of The Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
New Line Blu-ray, $99.98
The Lord Of The Rings: Original Animated Classic
Warner, $19.98; Blu-ray, $29.99
Lucy Calls The President
MPI, $14.98
Madonna: Sticky & Sweet Tour
WEA/Reprise Blu-ray, $24.98
Mythbusters: Collection 5
Discovery, $19.98
The Natural
Sony Blu-ray, $24.95
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
New Line Blu-ray, $24.98
Party Down: Season One
Starz/Anchor Bay, $29.97
Plunder: The Crime Of Our Time
Disinformation, $19.98
Poseidon
Warner Blu-ray, $24.98
The Relic
Lionsgate Blu-ray, $19.99
Sex Galaxy
Breaking Glass, $19.99
Sharpe’s Challenge
BBC Warner Blu-ray, $24.99
Sharpe’s Peril
BBC Warner, $24.98; Blu-ray, $24.99
Simon & Simon: Season Four
Shout! Factory, $49.97
Storm
Film Movement, $24.95
Taxidermia
E1, $24.98
The Unusuals: The Complete Series
Sony, $29.95
War Eagle, Arkansas
Hannover House, $19.95
Yesterday Was A Lie
E1, $24.98