Cult Camp Classics
WARNER BROS./SINGLE DVDS, $14.97/DVD SETS, $29.98
True cinematic milestones such as “The Giant Behemoth,” “Hot Rods to Hell” and “Attack of the 50-Foot Woman” are gathered in four collections of cult flicks from Hollywood’s schlock vaults. The three-disc, thematically arranged sets each contain three movies: The “Sci-Fi Thrillers” set has “The Giant Behemoth,” “Queen of Outer Space” and “Attack of the 50-Foot Woman,” the tale of a scorned wife who gets really big payback after an alien ray gun makes her the tallest girl in class; the “Women in Peril” set packs “The Big Cube,” “Trog” and “Caged”; the “Terrorized Travelers” set has “Skyjacked,” “Hot Rods to Hell” and “Zero Hour!” a midair disaster flick whose plot was the basis for the spoof “Airplane!”; and the “Historical Epics” set offers “Land of the Pharaohs,” “The Colossus of Rhodes” and “The Prodigal.”
Shooter
PARAMOUNT/$29.99
Mark Wahlberg plays a former military marksman who has become disillusioned with the government but is lured back into the fold to help scope out the people behind a plot to bump off the commander in chief, only to end up on the lam after he’s fingered as the trigger man. The action thriller is accompanied by audio commentary from director Antoine Fuqua, while the DVD also has seven deleted scenes and a couple of behind-the-scenes featurettes.
Pride
LIONSGATE/$28.98
Terrence Howard and Bernie Mac star in a standard-issue inspirational sports tale based on the true story of a black man in the 1970s who creates a world-class swimming program for inner-city youths in Philadelphia. The DVD comes with deleted and extended scenes and commentary from director Sunu Gonera.
Black Snake Moan
PARAMOUNT/DVD, $29.99/HD DVD AND BLU-RAY DISCS, $39.99
Samuel L. Jackson singing the blues, Justin Timberlake playing a jittery lover, Christine Ricci chained to a radiator — what more could you want in a movie? Jackson plays a former bluesman who finds a promiscuous Southern woman (Ricci) unconscious along the road and takes it upon himself to heal her body, mind and soul by chaining her in his house until she mends her ways — and in the process helps him mend his own. The DVD comes with deleted scenes and commentary by director Craig Brewer (“Hustle and Flow”), along with three behind-the-scenes featurettes.
COMING SOON
In stores next week
* “Blood Diamond”
* “Puccini For Beginners”
* “Driving Lessons”
* “The Warriors” (ultimate director’s cut)
