We’ve got Christmas cookies and Chex mix to prepare, and last minute shopping to do, so we’ll just note in passing that this is the week you can pick up District 9, a very entertaining sci-fi action comedy that narrowly missed making our Best Of ’09 list. You can also get your hands on the fine documentary It Might Get Loud, in which Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White sit around and talk about guitars. But if we’re being honest, the release today that has us most excited is Taxi: The Final Season. The fifth season of Taxi—following a jump from ABC to NBC—isn’t the sitcom’s best, though it does feature the bittersweet “Elaine And The Monk” (in which Elaine has a brief fling with a monk on vacation), and several wacky episodes revolving around Jim Ignatowski becoming millionaire. Mainly though, we’re happy to have this set because it’ll look nice on our shelf next to the other four.
All About Steve
20th Century Fox, $29.99; Blu-ray, $39.99
American Pie Presents: The Book Of Love
Universal, $29.98; Blu-ray, $36.98
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt
Starz/Anchor Bay, $29.98; Blu-ray, $29.98
Blind Date
E1, $26.98
Call Of The Wild 3D
Vivendi, $26.99
Captive
E1, $14.98
District 9
Sony, $28.96/$36.95; Blu-ray, $39.95
Extract
Miramax, $29.99; Blu-ray, $39.99
Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
20th Century Fox, $22.98; Blu-ray, $29.99
(500) Days Of Summer
Fox Searchlight, $29.98; Blu-ray, $39.99
Flowers In The Attic
Starz/Anchor Bay, $9.98
Ghost Machine
Starz/Anchor Bay, $26.97
It Might Get Loud
Sony, $27.96; Blu-ray, $37.95
The Kartemquin Films Collection Vol 1: Parents/Thumbs Down
Kartemquin, $29.95
Kyle XY: The Complete Third Season
Buena Vista, $39.99
Noble Things
Monarch, $24.95
The Philadelphia Experiment
Starz/Anchor Bay, $9.98
Pretty To Think So
Pathfinder, $24.98
The Secret Life Of The American Teenager: Volume Three
Buena Vista, $39.99
Shattered Lives
Lionsgate, $26.98
Staten Island
National Entertainment, $24.98; Blu-ray, $24.98
Taxi: The Final Season
Paramount, $39.98
Torso
E1, $14.98