Welcome to yet another edition of DVD Pick of the Week. Brought to you each Tuesday with the love of a fellow DVD lover. This week brings a decent selection of films to choose from. Whether you are looking for Oscar nominees, sequels, superheroes, old school comedy, televised drama, or splatter, there is plenty to go around. While the releases are many, the desirables are considerably slimmer. Of those few remaining, I was able to cut it down to a single title; sure, there are a few that I want, but one stands above them.

This week's pick is the Oscar nominated film Blood Diamond. The film received five nominations including two acting nominations for Leonardo DiCaprio's portrayal of Danny Archer, a diamond smuggler in Africa, and Djimon Hounsou as Solomon, a man whose family is taken from him while he is forced to dig for diamonds. Edward Zwick directed as his follow-up to the excellent The Last Samurai.

Blood Diamond is a film that pulls no punches in its depiction of violence surrounding the black market diamond smuggling. The film is moving, exciting, and highly dramatic. If there is one problem with it, it is that the story is strung along a little too conveniently at times. Despite how easily the story moved from point to point, it is hard not to get caught up with Solomon's quest to be reunited with his family, and Archer's change of heart the further their adventure takes them. Let us not forget the considerable contribution from Jennifer Connolly as an American reporter looking to dig into the bloody diamond business.

The DVD is now available in one- and two-disk editions. The single disk includes a commentary track with director Edward Zwick. The two-disk includes that track, but also includes: "Blood on the Stone" documentary: follow the path of a diamond from the ground to the store; featurettes: "Becoming Archer" (a profile of Leonardo DiCaprio and how he trained for the war), "Journalism on the Front Line" (Jennifer Connelly on women journalists at war), "Inside the Siege of Freetown" (see how Ed Zwick tackled the pivotal scene), and a music video for "Shine On Em" by Nas.