It’s another strong week in the DVD biz, highlighted by one of 2009’s most underrated big studio releases, the pointed corporate spy caper Duplicity. The indies and semi-indies are in fine form too, with the home video debuts of Rahmin Bahrani’s Goodbye Solo, the soldier-comes-home drama American Son, and the post-grad hang-out comedy/romance Adventureland. Criterion has one of its most formidable slates in months, featuring Whit Stillman’s Last Days Of Disco and Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielmann (reviews of both coming tomorrow), and a set of cracklingly good late ‘50s/early ‘60s Japanese crime films from the company’s Eclipse line. (Review of that coming next week.) And though you could’ve seen Patton Oswalt’s latest stand-up special for free this past weekend on cable, the DVD version is uncensored, and features a very cool cover that has cartoonist Ivan Brunetti mimicking old Jack Chick tracts. That’s worth the list price right there.
Abduction
R2, $14.99
Adventureland
Miramax, $29.99; Blu-ray, $44.99
The Adventures Of Robin Hood: The Complete Fourth Season
Mill Creek, $14.98
The Adventures Of Robin Hood: The Complete Series
Mill Creek, $29.98
American Son
Miramax, $29.99
Art Of War
A&E, $14.95
Batman – The Brave And The Bold: Volume One
Warner, $14.98
Battles B.C.: The Complete Season One
A&E, $29.95
Booker
Mill Creek, $14.98
Boot Camp
MGM, $26.98
Californication: The Complete Second Season
Showtime/Paramount, $42.99
The Complete Billy Jack Collection
Image, $29.98
Dungeons & Dragons: The Animated Series
Mill Creek, $24.98
Duplicity
Universal, $29.99; Blu-ray, $39.98
Eclipse Series 17: Nikkatsu Noir
Criterion, $69.98
Fighting
Universal, $29.98; Blu-ray, $39.98
Fire And Ice
Blue Underground Blu-ray, $34.95
Frayed
Lionsgate, $26.98
Full Grown Men
Liberation, $19.95
Goodbye Solo
Lionsgate, $27.98
Green Street Hooligans 2
Vivendi, $26.99
Here’s Lucy: Season One
MPI, $29.98
House, M.D.: Season Five
Universal, $59.98
How Bruce Lee Changed The World
A&E, $19.95
How The Earth Was Made: The Complete Season One
A&E, $39.95
The Informers
Senator, $24.96; Blu-ray, $34.95
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Criterion, $39.98
The Last Days Of Disco
Criterion, $39.98
Lie To Me: Season One
20th Century Fox, $49.98; Blu-ray,
Life: Season Two
Universal, $59.98
The Mama Cass Television Program
Classic World, $14.98
Mistral’s Daughter
E1, $39.98
Mushi-shi: The Movie
Funimation, $24.98
NCIS: The Complete Sixth Season
Paramount, $55.98
New Tricks: Season One
BBC Warner, $39.98
Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad
Tokyo Shock, $19.99
One Tree Hill: The Complete Sixth Season
Warner, $59.98
Patton Oswalt: My Weakness Is Strong
Warner, $14.98
Promise
R2, $14.99
Rudo Y Cursi
Sony, $28.96; Blu-ray, $39.95
Samantha Who?: The Complete Second (And Final) Season
ABC, $39.99
Screwballs
Severin, $19.95; Blu-ray, $34.98
Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season
ABC, $39.99
Second Skin
Liberation, $19.95
Sick Girl
Synapse, $19.95
Smallville: The Complete Eighth Season
Warner, $59.98; Blu-ray, $79.98
Sonny With A Chance: Sonny’s Big Break
Walt Disney, $19.99
Stunt Rock
Code Red, $29.98
The Suite Life On Deck: Anchor’s Away
Walt Disney, $19.99
Sunshine Cleaning
Overture/Anchor Bay, $29.98; Blu-ray, $39.98
Thirtysomething: The Complete First Season
Shout! Factory, $59.99
Trouble The Water
Zeitgeist, $29.99
The Untouchables: Season Three, Vol. 1
Paramount, $39.99
Wanted Dead Or Alive: The Complete Series
Mill Creek, $29.98
Wiseguy: The Complete First Season
Mill Creek, $14.98