DVDs

Happy 70th anniversary, Scarlett, Rhett and Melanie. Warner Home Video is re-releasing that grandest of all romantic spectacles, 'Gone With the Wind,' in new standard DVD and Blu-ray editions so we can better see Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh fight it out on the big screen (and watch General Sherman destroy Atlanta). Our next stop is outer space, where we land with 'Farscape: The Complete Series.'

Three releases this week explore strange new worlds: From the warp speed of 'Star Trek' to the shape-changing fashion world of 'Bruno' to the world of a priest-turned-vampire in 'Thirst.' Throw in the tearjerker 'My Sister's Keeper' and you have an eclectic slate of movies to watch.

Oh 'Mamma Mia!' Yes, that fabulous musical starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, Christine Baranski and Julie Walters is back again just in time for holiday gift giving. And don't forget to scare the little ones with a Blu-ray disc version of 'Monsters,Inc.'

Sacha Baron Cohen recently announced that he's "done" with the characters from Da Ali G show. No more G, no more Borat and his cultural learnings, and no more Bruno.

Which makes the arrival on DVD of his latest, and last, cringe-comedy, 'Bruno', on Nov. 17, all the more precious to fans. And with many never-before-seen deleted scenes, we'll all soon get even more opportunities to groan. (Yesterday we showed you the infamous LaToya Jackson clip being restored for the DVD release.)

Three comedies come to the forefront this week but only one rises to the occasion: 'Up' takes animated films to new levels while 'The Accidental Husband' and 'The Ugly Truth' pair up talented actors in all-too-familiar romantic situations.

On a day that fell somewhere between 'The Surreal Life' and Improv Everywhere, Philadelphia hosted 1,000 Rockys, a dancing woman dressed as Apollo Creed in 'Rocky IV,' and a cheese steak-eating contest all under the watchful eye of radio host/pugnacious pugilist Danny Bonaduce on Sunday.

We're gonna wait and let that sink in for a second before continuing.

Romance and a bit of '80s nostalgia were in the air today as a pack of Lloyd Dobler lookalikes descended upon various New York City locations to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Cameron Crowe's beloved romantic comedy 'Say Anything.' The day also marked the release of the movie's 20th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray and DVD.

'Say Anything,' with its witty, natural dialogue and believable characters, was a refreshing departure from typical teen rom-coms back in the day, and underachieving kickboxer Dobler (a typically understated John Cusack), was a perfect anti-hero. In the movie's most celebrated scene, the lovelorn Lloyd serenades ex-girlfriend Diane (Ione Skye) by holding a boombox playing Peter Gabriel's 'In Your Eyes' outside her bedroom window. (The scene's so classic it's been parodied on both 'South Park' and 'American Dad.')

Movie fans get a nice birthday present with Warner Home Video's 50th anniversary remastering of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece 'North by Northwest,' and Sony packages five 1950s noir thrillers in 'Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics Volume 1.' Get the scoop on these and more Blu-ray and special edition DVD releases for Nov. 3.

Craving action this week? Join up with the hard-fighting boys (and girls) in 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,' but cash in your ticket before taking a subway ride with 'The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3,' both arriving on DVD this week. Plus there's 'Food, Inc.,' a documentary that lifts the veil on our nation's food industry.

'The Samuel Fuller Collection' pays homage to the opus of a filmmaking legend, 'The Prisoner: The Complete Series' hits DVD and Blu-Ray in a special edition, and 'The Rise of Monty Python' celebrates 40 years of laughs.