You Ready For Some Trek? Or Some Fight Club, Or Hey How About Some Fight Trek...To Boldy Punch Where No One Has Punched Before.

Well buckle up because here we go.

The DVD Report 11/17/2009

Title - Star Trek
Rating: PG-13
Number Of Discs: Comes in everything from 1 to 3 disc packages.
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Zoe Saldana, Leonard Nimoy, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Eric Bana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine

Synopsis: The future begins in J.J. Abrams' smash hit Star Trek, "a burst of pure filmmaking exhilaration and an irresistible invitation for fun." (Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood). When the Romulan Nero comes from the future to take revenge on the Federation, rivals Kirk and Spock must work together to stop him from destroying everything they know. On a thrilling journey filled with incredible action, the new recruits of the U.S.S. Enterprise will voyage through unimaginable danger in one of the biggest and most critically acclaimed movies of the year.

Special Features - *based on two disc and higher versions*
DVD-
- Nine Deleted Scenes: Featuring young Kirk and Spock, Klingons and more of the Green Girls
- Behind-The-Scenes Featurettes: A New Vision, To Boldly Go, Casting, Aliens, Score
- Gag Reel
- Filmmaker Commentary
- Star Trek D-A-C Free Game Trial
- Includes A Digital Copy For Mac and PC.

Blu-Ray-
30 Behind The Scenes Featurettes
9 Deleted Scenes
Gag Reel
Filmmaker Commentary
Star Trek D-A-C Free Game Trial
Blu-ray Exclusive Content
Includes Digital Copy Of Star Trek For Portable Media Players

Not So Mini-Review: JJ Abrams is one of those persona's in Hollyweird that always seem to have a grin and a trick up their sleeve. His Mission Impossible rocked, Lost is still awesome, and how many directors have the balls to make a new Star Trek movie with the original crew and toss most of the conventional trek lore to the wind, and better still to do it so well as to not piss off the Trekkers? Not many could have pulled it off let alone made it successful at the box office.

While I'm not the biggest fan of Star Trek you'll find, hell I'm probably not even in the top 10 in my zip code (live in a small town by the way) I do enjoy the shows and films, I love Shatner, and have been really enjoying those Enhanced Original Star Trek sets on Blu-Ray. That said I walked into JJ's new Trek expecting to enjoy it but not really expecting to be blow away. But that's exactly what happened, and for me to get caught off guard by a film is an amazing thing.

What's great about this is very simple; if you love Trek you'll enjoy this (some of you nitpickers might be at odds with this statement, but lets face it you nitpickers are miserable people anyway), if you just enjoy good sci fi and or adventure you'll enjoy this, even some of you rom-com people can find some things to love about this. You don't need to have any knowledge of Star Trek whatsoever to jump on board and have fun. The action is great, the story is cool, and that's all you need baby.

Buckle up and enjoy.

Title - The Best Of Star Trek: The Original Series - Volume 2
Rating: Not Rated
Number Of Discs: 1
Director: N/A
Cast: James Doohan , DeForest Kelley , Walter Koenig , Nichelle Nichols , Leonard Nimoy , Eddie Paskey , William Shatner , George Takei

Synopsis: The Star Trek excitement continues with four of the most popular episodes of all time. Enter a world of 1920's gangsters, meet Spock's father and encounter the legendary Khan for the first time as the original crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise fights to save the ship that started the phenomenon.

Special Features -
DVD-
Episodes -
Where No Man Has Gone Before
Warp speed goes wild when a Starfleet propulsion expert and his alien assistant come aboard the Enterprise to increase efficiency. The ship mysteriously rockets to an area previously unexplored by humans. Now in danger at the edge of the universe, the crew must uncover the link between space, time and travel if they hope to make it back alive.

Space Seed
Kirk discovers a ship carrying cryogenically frozen survivors of the 1990s Earth war known as the Eugenic Wars. When his life-support system dies, Khan, a warrior who ruled much of Earth, comes to life immediately, hatching a plan to rule mankind. Kirk and Khan now battle for control of the Enterprise and the entire human race.

A Piece Of The Action
Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam down to a planet run like 1920s gangster America. Mob boss Okmyx threatens them with death if they don't surrender their phasers. Kirk engages the mobsters in a card game called "Fizzbin" to stall, while Spock and McCoy plot an escape to the Enterprise that will result in Kirk's rescue... or his death.

Journey To Babel
The U.S.S. Enterprise is transporting a delegation of diplomas, including Spock's parents, to a conference on Babel when Kirk is stabbed, Spock's father suffers a heart attack and the Enterprise itself is attacked by a warship. It will take deception, medical intervention and pure force to will to save the ship... and the mission.

Blu-Ray-
N/A

Mini-Review: Enjoy the show but not a big enough fan to buy those awesome enhanced sets? Not to worry they've got you covered with these Star Trek Mix Tapes (aka Best of Volumes). Volume two gives us more of the same hand picked goodness to get your Trek on. This though we get Khaaaaaannn!!! And a trip to the Gangster planet (awesome!). It's a week for Star Trek and you've got three ways to boldly go.

Title - The Best Of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Volume 2
Rating: Not Rated
Number Of Discs: 1
Director: N/A
Cast: LeVar Burton , Michael Dorn , Jonathan Frakes , Gates McFadden , Marina Sirtis , Brent Spiner , Patrick Stewart , Wil Wheaton

Synopsis: The Best Of Star Trek The Next Generation continues on volume two. Four featured episodes selected from various seasons; Relics, The Inner Light, Cause and Effect, and Tapestry.

Special Features -
DVD-
Episodes -
Relics
The U.S.S. Enterprise crew is surprised to encounter the U.S.S. Jenolen, which crashed 75 years ago, on the surface of a tremendous gravitational force known as a Dyson Sphere. However, they are even more surprised to discover a survivor hidden in the ship's transporter: the legendary Captain Montgomery Scott has survived for three quarters of a century by keeping himself suspended in molecular limbo.

The Inner Light
An unsophisticated alien probe assumes a relative position, holding steady with the U.S.S. Enterprise, and releases a nucleonic particle stream that penetrates the ship's shields. Focusing solely on Picard, the beam knocks him unconscious. When he wakes up, Picard finds himself in unfamiliar surroundings, being cared for by an attractive woman. The woman, Eline, tells him his name is "Kamin," and he is her husband of three years. She also tells him that he has been sick and must be experiencing a memory loss. Picard soon learns that he lives on the planet Kataan, where he works as a simple iron weaver. His confusion is compounded when he notices that Eline wears an exact replica of the alien probe as jewelry.

Cause and Effect
The Enterprise-D is charting the Typhon Expanse, a previously unexplored region of space, until a distortion field suddenly fluctuates, the main propulsion systems collapse, and the Enterprise is thrown into red alert on a collision course with an older starship. Kelsey Grammer guest-stars.

Tapestry
Gravely injured in a Lenarian attack, Picard slips into a white, seamless limbo while Beverly struggles to save his life. There, he encounters Q, who informs Picard that he is dead, and this is the afterlife...and that Q himself is God! Picard refuses to believe that he is dead, let alone that Q is the supreme being. But Q is determined to prove otherwise. He produces the artificial heart that failed Picard and caused his death, which triggers Picard's sense of regret. With Q's urging, he admits that, given the opportunity to live life over, he would do things differently. Picard's wish is Q's command.

Blu-Ray-
N/A

Mini-Review: I think Wayne Campbell said it best when he said: "Ah yes, it's a lot like "Star Trek: The Next Generation". In many ways it's superior but will never be as recognized as the original.".

Sure I like the original Trek but I didn't fall in love with the franchise until TNG hit the airwaves...ok when it hit syndication. The show had kept most of the space cowboy feel of it but added a ton of extra layers that just made for a wonderfully enjoyable show.

Now they are getting the best of treatment while we wait for TNG in High Def (there is a complete series on DVD available but trust me grab this and wait). If I had to pick some of my favorite episodes I'm pretty sure the selections of both Volume one & two would nearly mirror my own, you've got your borg (vol 1) and some of the best written tales and guest appearances. Nice when they pay attention to the fans right?

Make it so..

Title - Fight Club [Blu-Ray]
Rating: R
Number Of Discs:
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Jared Leto, Meat Loaf

Synopsis: A lonely, isolated thirty-something young professional in an unidentified, semi-stylized city, seeks an escape from his ordinary life with the help of a devious soap salesman. They find their release from the prison of reality through underground fight clubs, where men can be what the world denies them.

Special Features -
DVD-
N/A

Blu-Ray-
New A Hit In The Ear: Ren Klyce and the Sound Design of Fight Club
Welcome To Fight Club
Angel Faces Beating
The Crash
Tyler's Goodbye
New Flogging Fight Club
New Insomniac Mode: I Am Jack's Search Index, Commentary Log, Topic Search
Behind the Scenes Vignettes: Production, Visual Effects, On Location
Edward Norton Interview
Commentary by David Fincher
Commentary by David Fincher, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter
Commentary by Chuck Palahniuk and Jim Uhls
Commentary by Alex McDowell, Jeff Cronenweth, Michael Kaplan and Kevin Haug
Seven Deleted Scenes and Alternate Scenes
Trailer Farm - Theatrical Teaser, Theatrical Trailer, The Eight Rules of Fight Club
12 TV Spots
Public Service Announcements
Music Video
Five Internet Spots
Promotional Gallery
Art Gallery

Mini-Review: On my list of "10 Movies you'd take with you on a deserted island" (I'd make a Blu-Ray player, TV, and power source from coconuts..See Gilligans Island is educational) Fight Club has made the list from jump. Not only that it's one of those movies made from books that actually improved the source material (which is saying quite a bit).

For every generation there is a movie that defines each gender and Fight Club is certainly that for guys around my age. It's biting and cynical and brutally honest about how many of have felt or feel. Life isn't always sunshine and lollipops and it's a frustrating factoid to process. It took someone like Chuck Palahniuk to put it into words and someone like David Fincher to show it to us.

If you haven't seen it already, now's your chance to see it in the best possible format. If you have it's time to upgrade. This is what quality writing and filmmaking look and sound like.

Welcome to Fight Club.

*Special Things Await When You Pop This Baby In*

Title - Brüno
Rating: R
Number Of Discs:
Director: Larry Charles
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Paula Abdul, Pete Rose, Latoya Jackson

Synopsis: Oscar® nominee and Golden Globe® winner Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Da Ali G Show and Talladega Nights) brings you the comedy that has started more conversations, generated more controversy and dared to go further than ever before!

As brüno travels the world in search of fame, everyone he encounters - celebrities, politicians, Hasidic Jews, terrorists and cage fighters - becomes a stepping-stone to stardom, with hilarious results!

So prepare yourself for nonstop laughs in the film Peter Travers of Rolling Stone says should be "Numero uno on your funny-time list!"

Special Features -
DVD-
Deleted, Alternate And Extended Scenes
An Interview with Lloyd Robinson

Blu-Ray-
Deleted, Alternate And Extended Scenes
An Interview with Lloyd Robinson
Enhanced VIDEO Commentary with Sacha Baron Cohen and Larry Charles
BD Live Features

Mini-Review: Think Borat was crazy? Then you haven't seen Bruno yet. While the set up is very similar to Borat (I.E: screw with people and show just what stupid comments can be pulled out of unsuspecting morons) Bruno is a whole other monster. Where Borat made people uncomfortable with his odd ways and ignorance of other cultures Bruno makes doesn't care if his naked sexuality freaks you out, to him everyone is playing on a lower level and should beg to catch up. Now where Borat had some moments you'd want to shield kids and people with delicate sensibilities Bruno has nothing but these moments it seems at times. Sacha is a mastermind of manipulation and disguise and there are times you'll wonder how he even got out of this movie alive.

If you love shock and awe, or raunchy and racy Bruno will work for you, if you hated Borat then avoid this one it wont change your opinion of Sacha or his character work.

Watching it at home does have one major downfall and that's the crowd reaction of seeing it in a theater, nothing quite divides an audience like one of these movies.

Title - My Sisters Keeper
Rating: PG-13
Number Of Discs: Standard DVD 1. Blu-Ray 2
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Joan Cusack, Sofia Vassilieva, Alec Baldwin, Jason Patric

Synopsis: What keeps a family together? Nick Cassavetes, the director of The Notebook, again demonstrates his sure hand with tales of deep human emotion in this inspiring film about a loving family challenged - and united - by a child's illness. Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin and others in an exceptional cast bring sensitivity to the story of an 11-year-old girl, conceived to be a donor for her leukemia-stricken sister, and who finally demands the right to control her own body. This act of free will may tear the Fitzgeralds apart. Or, it may be the first step to a triumphant realization of devotion, dignity and what it means to be a family.

Special Features -
DVD-
- Over 15-Minutes of Powerful Additional Scenes.

Blu-Ray-
From Picolut To Screen
15 Minutes Of Powerful Additional Scenes
Includes Digital Copy Of My Sister's Keeper For Portable Media Players

Mini-Review: Get some tissues and get ready to leak profusely from your face. A very powerful film for me that makes it a very tough viewing but sometimes the tough ones are worth the effort. A great cast and wonderful filmmaking, yet I can't help wonder who would pop this on their IPod for on the go viewing..Am I wrong? That seems like an odd choice.

Another fine performance from Breslin that keeps her on that "ones to watch" list...at least until her and Fanning end up in a dueling death match for superior acting skills (it could happen).

If you like you films sad but powerful then this could be a fine choice for you this week, however if your tastes lean towards the Saw franchise then you might want to reconsider this at the video store (ya sicko).

Title - Gone With The Wind: Two Disc 70th Anniversary Edition
Rating: Not Rated
Number Of Discs: Standard DVD - 2, Blu-Ray - 3
Director: Victor Flemming
Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland

Synopsis: Period romance. War epic. Family saga. Popular fiction adapted with crowd-pleasing brilliance. Star acting aglow with charisma and passion. Moviemaking craft at its height. These are sublimely joined in the words Gone with the Wind.

This dynamic and durable screen entertainment of the Civil War-era South comes home with the renewed splendor of a New 70th-Anniversary Digital Transfer capturing a higher-resolution image from Restored Picture Elements than ever before possible. David O. Selznick's monumental production of Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning book can now enthrall new generations of home viewers with a majestic vibrance that befits one of Hollywood's greatest achievements.

Special Features -
DVD-
Two Disc Version:
Disc 1 The Movie, Part 1
• Remastered feature with Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio
• Commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer

DISC 2 The Movie, Part 2

• Remastered feature

Includes everything listed in the Two Disc SE as well as the following:

Disc 3
About The Movie
• The Making of a Legend documentary (1989 TV Special) (Narrated by Christopher Plummer)
• Restoring a Legend - Chronicles the film/video restoration process
• Dixie Hails Gone with the Wind -1939 Premiere newsreel
• 1940 MGM historical short - The Old South
• Atlanta Civil War Centennial 1961 premiere newsreel

• International prologue

Disc 4
About The Cast
• Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland - Exclusive 2004 Documentary
• Cast profile - Gable: The King Remembered
• Cast profile - Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
• The Supporting Players - Cameo portraits of an unforgettable ensemble
o At Tara
 The O'Hara Plantation in Georgia
 Thomas Mitchell as Gerald O'Hara
 Barbara O'Neill as Ellen, his wife
o Their Daughters
 Evelyn Keyes as Suellen
 Ann Rutherford as Carreen
o The house servants
 Hattie McDaniel as Mammy
 Oscar Polk as Pork
 Butterfly McQueen as Prissy
o At Twelve Oaks
 Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes
 Rand Brooks as Charles Hamilton, her brother
 Carroll Nye as Frank Kennedy, a guest
o In Atlanta
 Laura Hope Crews as Aunt Pittypat Hamilton
 Eddie Anderson as Uncle Peter, her coachman
 Harry Davenport as Dr. Meade
 Jane Darwell as Mrs. Merriwether
 Ona Munson as Belle Watling
 Cammie King as Bonnie Blue Butler

Disc 5
New Bonus Disc
• Warner Bros. Home Entertainment presents 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year -
New documentary about Hollywood's watershed year narrated by Kenneth Branagh
• Gone with the Wind: The Legend Lives On -- Exploring the legacy of the most beloved film
through illuminating interviews, footage and visits to historical sites, events and museums
• Moviola: The Scarlett O'Hara Wars 1980 WBTV Special never before on home video
• Trailers

(Blu-ray Hi-Def will have all discs above combined onto 2 discs)
Also included are unique premiums housed in a beautiful velvet keepsake box, limited and numbered

Blu-Ray-
8 Hours Of Revealing Extras About This Timeless Classic Including More Than 3 Hours New To The Collection
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Presents 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year Documentary
Gone With The Wind: The Legend Lives On
The Marvelous Emmy-Wining Telefilm Moviola: The Scarlett O'Hara War
Bonus DVD: 6 Hour Documentary: MGM: When The Lion Roars
Commemorative 52-Page Photo And Production Art Book
Ten 5"x7" Watercolor Reproduction Art Prints
Archival Correspondence From Producer David O' Seiznick
Reproduction Of 1939 Original Program
Bonus CD Soundtrack Sampler

Mini-Review: *whew* Now that is a ton of special features....my goodness I think I got the vapors just reading all that.

Quite possibly one of the most well known movies ever made, but how many of you have actually seen it? Exactly! Having seen it or not now is the time to discover it or be amazed at the restoration and massive special features.

Gone with the wind is one of those movies I do love and enjoy but for me it's not something that can be viewed all the time, once a year or every other works just fine for me and I'm thrilled to have a much better copy now available for these random viewing moments.

Get gone and be blown away.

Title - Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season [Blu-Ray]
Rating: Not Rated
Number Of Discs: 2
Director: N/A
Cast: John C. McGinley, Sarah Chalke, Judy Reyes, Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn

Synopsis: Enjoy every surreal moment of Scrubs' hilarious eighth season as television's celebrated sitcome delivers "much more loopy, creative humor that fans have come to know and love," raves Chicago Tribune. It's a different world for attending physicians J.D., Turk and Elliot as they have their own interns to confuse and bewilder, and a major shakeup in the hospital staff might be enough to finally unite Dr. Kelso and Dr. Cox. Get a big shot of comedy as your favorite characters, and some exciting guest stars (including Courteney Cox), return for a hilarious new year at Sacred Heart. The best way to enjoy the contagious comedy of the complere eighth season is on DVD, featuring exclusive bonus features -- including deleted scenes, bloopers and webisodes. It's just what the doctor ordered.

Special Features -
DVD-
*Previously Released*
Bloopers
Deleted Scenes
Alternate Lines
My Bahamas Vacation
Scrubs Intern Webisodes

Blu-Ray-
My Bahamas Trip
Deleted Scenes
Bloopers
Alternate Lines
Webisodes

Mini-Review: Say what you will but Scrubs is one of the funnier comedies around. There's a reason it's been on for eight seasons, two networks, and about a bazillion channels in syndication. Season eight was one of the stronger seasons despite being on the bubble and the network switcheroo.

While season nine may or may not be the end of the line (been said before), season eight certainly gave them plenty of jumping off points to get the ball rolling for a new season. Now you can go back and watch it all in High Def...Cougar Towns Courtney Cox in High Def. Heh heh.

Scrub up and jump in the waters fine.

Title - It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas
Rating: Not Rated
Number Of Discs: 1
Director: N/A
Cast: Danny DeVito, Kaitlin Olson, Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day

Synopsis: Ho, ho, heyooo! Christmas is upon us and the Paddy's gang has got the spirit. Well, not really. For them, the holidays have always been a time of trickery, backstabbing, and disappointment. But this year things are going to be different as they are determined to rediscover the joy in Christmas. Join Mac, Charlie, Dennis, Dee and Frank as they embark on a holiday adventure filled with stolen toys, childhood videos, naked elves, and a bloody run in with Santa Claus that is guaranteed to blast Christmas spirit all over you!

Special Features -
DVD-
•"Young Charlie & Young Mac: Deleted Scenes
oDad
oDogs
oBird
•Behind the Scenes/Making Of featurette

• Sunny Sing-A-Long

• Sunny Sing-A-Long

That's all for this week kids...and remember YOU CAN'T UNREAD IT!