New Release Round-Up: It Begins 11/4

The start of the holiday overload begins this week with a crap load of DVDs and Video Games coming out.  Let’s get into it, shall we?

DVDs:

Kung Fu Panda

Futurama: Bender’s Game

Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

Star Wars Classic Trilogy

Primeval Series 1 and 2

Fraggle Rock Complete Series

Batman: The Animated Series Complete Series

The Bourne Trilogy

Planet of the Apes 40th Anniversary

WTF of the Week: Waterworld Extended Edition

Pick of the Week: Get Smart

Steve Carrell stars as Maxwell Smart in the big screen edition of the classic TV show. The movie seems to have a little trouble deciding if it’s an action comedy or a comedy with action but it’s still a fun movie. There’s a great supporting cast including Anne Hathaway as Agent 99, Alan Arkin as The Chief, Dwayne Johnson as Agent 23 and Terrence Stamp as the evil Siegfried. Arkin definitely steals the show with classic lines like this:

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6d3-XWORY

Video Games

Gears of War 2

Quantum of Solace

Resistance 2

Tom Clancy’s EndWar

KORG DS-10 Synthesizer