Welcome back! Well, to some of you, anyway. To the rest of you, glad you decided to stop by and I hope that this humble column helps you navigate the stacks of new releases each week. My goal is to point you towards titles of interest and warn you away from those films that seek to do nothing but leech away your time and give you nothing in return.

This week brings with it a selection that includes an Oscar winner, an animated sequel, a failed television series, an Asian import, a new edition of a classic, and a variety of others, both good and bad. Read on for the week's titles that are worthy of your consideration.

Lost Highway. I have been waiting for some time for this movie to finally arrive on DVD. This David Lynch mind twister is a movie that I cannot explain, cannot come close to explaining, and likely never will be able to explain. Also, I have not seen it in a very long time. The movie stars Bill Pullman as a man who's accused of killing his wife, is arrested, and wakes up the next day as a different character (played by a different actor). That is just one of the weird things that happens. I am eagerly looking forward to seeing this again, I just hope that the DVD does the film justice.

The Kite Runner. Based on a popular novel, this film had its theatrical release delayed for fears of backlash in Afghanistan against its young stars. It arrived in December, never reached wide release, nor the level of attention it was expected to receive, and is now arriving on DVD. Now is as good a chance as any to catch up on this tale of friendship and hardship.

The Mist. This Stephen King adaptation is being released in both single- and two-disk editions. Here is a film, adapted by Frank Darabont, that pulls no punches in its depiction of unexplained horrors, especially when the climax hits like a punch to the gut. I found this movie to be completely engrossing and rather scary. It is not exactly the short story, but it does accurately represent the bleak horror of the printed page. Easily among the upper echelon of King adaptations.

Day Break: The Complete Series. This series is like a dramatic televised version of Bill Murray's Groundhog Day. Taye Diggs stars in the short-lived series about a man who wakes up, finds himself accused of murder, things happen, and he wakes up to do it all over again. It was not bad, but never found an audience.

The Invisible Man: Season One. This series ran on the Sci Fi Channel at the same time as Farscape, and while it never captured my imagination like the series with the muppets, it was still pretty good. It will definitely be worth rediscovering on DVD.