A couple of compelling documentaries top-line this week’s list: Burma VJ (a street-level view of a government crackdown on protestors) and Collapse (a chilling prediction of our imminent doom). Also interesting this week: the flawed-but-insightful claymation feature Mary And Max (one of the truest depiction of Asperger’s on film that this reporter has ever seen), the flawed-but-funny Youth In Revolt, and the flawed-but-fun post-apocalyptic actioner The Book Of Eli. And then there’s the straight-to-video Unthinkable, the much-buzzed-about thriller starring Sam Jackson as a torturer who tries to get terrorist Michael Sheen to give up the location of three nuclear bombs. It’s moral dilemma-riffic!
Air Bud: World Pup
Walt Disney, $19.99
American Dad: Volume Five
20th Century Fox, $39.98
The Best Years: The Complete Second Season
E1, $24.98
The Book Of Eli
Warner, $28.98; Blu-ray, $35.99
Burma VJ: Reporting From A Closed Country
Oscilloscope, $29.99
Circle Of Pain
Lionsgate, $26.98; Blu-ray, $29.99
Collapse
MPI, $19.98
Darkman
Universal Blu-ray, $26.98
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
First Run, $24.95
Everwood: The Complete Third Season
Warner, $39.98
Family Guy: Volume Eight
20th Century Fox, $49.98
Flash Gordon (1980)
Universal Blu-ray, $26.98
Happy Tears
Lionsgate, $27.98
Hawthorne: The Complete First Season
Sony, $34.95
Here’s Lucy: Season Three
MPI, $29.98
Horror Hospital (1973)
MPI, $19.98
The Horseman
Screen Media, $24.98; Blu-ray, $29.98
Johnny Bravo: Season One
Cartoon Network, $24.98
Leave It To Beaver: Season Three
Shout! Factory, $39.97
Lewis Black: Stark Raving Black
Comedy Central, $16.99
MacGyver: The TV Movies
Paramount, $19.99
Mary And Max
MPI, $24.98; Blu-ray, $29.98
Mystery Train
Criterion, $39.95; Blu-ray, $39.95
My Three Sons: The Second Season, Vol. 2
Paramount, $39.98
Raffles: The Complete Collection
Acorn, $59.99
Sanctuary: The Complete Second Season
E1, $44.98; Blu-ray, $49.98
The Secret Life Of The American Teenager
ABC, $39.99
Sex Positive
E1, $19.98
Sister’s Keeper
MTI, $24.95
The Stepfather
Shout! Factory Blu-ray, $26.97
Supernatural: The Complete First Season
Warner Blu-ray, $49.99
Trial & Retribution: Set 4
Acorn, $49.99
Unthinkable
Sony, $24.96; Blu-ray, $30.95
Vengeance Trilogy: Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance/Oldboy/Lady Vengeance
Tartan Blu-ray, $64.99
When In Rome
Walt Disney, $29.99; Blu-ray, $39.99
Youth In Revolt
Sony, $28.95; Blu-ray, $34.95