We Arrive on Planet Terror: New DVD Releases for October 16

Things are finally starting to get interesting around here; hopefully the trend will continue as we head into the holidays. I'm starting to find a few things to put on my wish list.

In September, Death Proof, Quentin Tarantino's half of the Grindhouse duo, was released on DVD. This week sees the release of the other half as Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror makes its uncut and extended way to store shelves. I'm reasonably certain that Planet Terror and Death Proof will find their way under my Christmas tree this season — if you missed this double bill when it hit the theaters earlier this year and you'd like an evening of fun with your popcorn, pop these both into your Netflix queue.

Other recent theatrical releases making their home theater debut this week include Michael Bay's Transformers and the Angelina Jolie vehicle, A Mighty Heart, the story of slain journalist Daniel Pearl as told by his wife Mariane, whom Jolie plays in the film.

A glance down the long list leads me to mention the Critics Choice Collection, which is comprised of four critically acclaimed independent features: Thank You For Smoking, Sideways, Waking Ned Devine, and Garden State. I've seen these all, and there's not a loser in the bunch. For $26.99 (at Amazon), this is a bargain box of entertainment.

People who were disappointed by the cancellation of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip will be happy to know that the entire series is now available. I lost interest after the first couple of episodes, so I'll be sitting this one out, but it does have its many fans. Another TV release that might be up your alley is Mythbusters: Collection 2. If you haven't seen this Discovery Channel favorite, you're missing out on some fun. Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, and company test a variety of myths — haven't you always wanted to know whether or not a hurricane can blow the feathers off a chicken? — often in dangerous fashion. An entertaining combination of ingenuity and craziness, this show manages to be educational, too.

Stay tuned over the next few weeks as you make out your holiday shopping list. In the meantime, I am waiting — not very patiently, I might add — for the third season of Battlestar Galactica. C'mon guys…

If you're still with me, here's the long list:

666 – The Beast – (2007)
7 Kilos – (2007)
Absolutely Fabulous – Absolutely Everything
Absolutely Fabulous – White Box – (1994)
Amityville Collection
Ann Rule's And Never Let Her Go – (2001)
Believers (Unrated Edition) – (2007)
Bully 911: Stop Being a Victim – (2007)
Byron – (2003)
Caged Fury / Drug Traffikers / Savage Dawn (Triple Feature) – (1983)
Casshern – (2005)
Christmas Blessing, The – (2005)
Christmas Do-Over – (2006)
Class Act – (2006)
Coccia – Arrighetto – (2007)
Crazy Love – (2007)
Critics Choice Collection (Thank You for Smoking / Sideways / Waking Ned Devine / Garden State) – (1998)
Deadliest Catch: Season 2 – (2006)
Definitive Montreux Collection – (2007)
Displaced – (2006)
Eclipse Series 6 – Carlos Saura's Flamenco Trilogy (Blood Wedding / Carmen / El Amor Brujo) (Criterion Collection) – (2007)
England's Dreaming (5pc) (Eng Ltd) – (2007)
Everest: Beyond the Limit – (2006)
First Kings of Comedy Collection ("The Golden Age Of Comedy" and "When Comedy Was King")
Future Weapons: Season 1 – (2006)
Gakuen Heaven, Vol. 4: A Traitor Revealed – (2006)
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo-Complete Set
Ghost Train (B&W), The – (1941)
Girl 27 – (2006)
Girls Behaving Badly – Vol. Two – (2002)
Grindhouse Double Feature-Don't Open the Door/Don't Look in the Basement – (1973)
Grindhouse Presents, Planet Terror – Extended and Unrated – (2007)
Half Pint Brawlers – (2006)
Hard Knock Life: An Astounding Chronicle of Life Behind Bars – (2007)
Hoax, The – (2007)
Hollow Man (Director's Cut) – (2000)
Hood Times – (2007)
House Without a Christmas Tree, The – (1972)
Ice Spiders – (2007)
Icons of Horror Collection – Sam Katzman (The Giant Claw / Creature with the Atom Brain / Zombies of Mora Tau / The Werewolf) – (1957)
Invisible, The – (2007)
Ironside – Season 2
Jazz Singer, The – (Three-Disc Deluxe Edition) – (1927)
Jingle All the Way (Family Fun Edition) – (1996)
June Cabin – (2007)
Land of Hunted Men – (1943)
Lights in the Dusk – (2006)
Lost Wave: An African Surf Story, The – (2007)
Macgyver – The Complete Series – (1985)
Making Waves – (2004)
Mary Higgins Clark's Remember Me – (1995)
Mary Higgins Clark's While My Pretty One Sleeps – (1997)
Masters of Horror: Season 1, Vol. 1 [Blu-ray]Masters of Horror: Season 1, Vol. 2 [Blu-ray]Masters of Horror: The Damned Thing – (2006)
Medium – The Third Season – (2005)
MGM Best Picture Gift Set (The Silence of the Lambs / Platoon / Dances with Wolves / Rocky) – (1991)
MGM Holiday Classics Collection (The Bishop's Wife / March of the Wooden Soldiers / Pocketful of Miracles) – (1961)
Michael Moore Hates America – (2004)
Mighty Heart, A – (2007)
My Best Friend – (2006)
Mythbusters: Collection 2 (3pc) – (2007)
One Stone & Two Birds – (2005)
Other Conquest, The – (1999)
Outlaw Trail – (2007)
Raw Report, The – (2007)
Reaping, The – (2007)
Return to House on Haunted Hill (Unrated) – (2007)
Roseanne: The Complete Ninth Season
Russian Bride – (2005)
Secret Rapture – (1993)
Shakma – (1990)
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion – (2002)
Show Business: The Road to Broadway – (2005)
Something About Mary Magdalene – (2007)
Stitcher, The – (2007)
Stories of The American Puppet – (2007)
Stranger – (1999)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip – The Complete Series – (2006)
Subway Stories – (1997)
That '70s Show – Season 7 – (1998)
Tim O'Brien's in the Lake of the Woods – (1996)
Transformers – (2007)
Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film, 1900-1934 – (2007)
Trials of Darryl Hunt, The – (2005)
Ultimate Heroes Collection (X-Men / Fantastic 4 / Daredevil / Elektra), The – (2005)
United Artists Best Picture Collection (Marty / West Side Story / The Apartment / Tom Jones)
Urban Flesh – (1999)
Vampire Conspiracy, The – (2005)
Waking the Dead – The Complete Season Two
Wanted: Dead or Alive – Season 3
War of the Dead – (1997)
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? – (1989)
Women on Top Collection (Working Girl / The Devil Wears Prada / Picture Perfect) – (1997)
Woods Have Eyes, The – (2006)