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For people who actually think Jon Heder is a good actor: Blades of Glory

Don't worry, I don't fall into that category - I still hold on to the opinion that replacing Heder with Luke Wilson would have made this a much better flick. Even so, Blades of Glory tells the story of two rival Olympic ice skaters (Heder and Will Ferrell), who are permanently banned from men's single competitions after being stripped of their 2002 gold medals. However, the duo discovers a loophole that allows them to qualify as a pairs team. Though Blades of Glory doesn't rank higher than Old School and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, it does surpass Kicking & Screaming and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, all star vehicles for funny man Ferrell.

Disc includes: Return to Glory: The Making of Blades documentary, five featurettes, four deleted scenes, Bo Bice's Blades of Glory music video, gag reel, five photo galleries.

For people who need a distraction from the disastrous new season of Lost: Cloverfield

Seriously, what is going on with that show these days? I used to watch with anticipation for new episodes, but now you'd have to pay me to tune in. Well, to make a long story short, J.J. Abrams made the right decision in taking a break from his T.V. drama to release his very own monster movie for the big screen. Stealing a page from the Blair Witch handbook, Abrams decided to film this one in extreme cinema verite (aka: if you eat a huge meal before popping this one in the DVD player, you may lose it all by the time the closing credits begin crawling). Though nothing is really explained in the film - what the monster is, where the monster comes from, why New York City - Cloverfield gets the job done in the making-you-jump-out-of-your-seat department. Consider it the monster flick of this generation.

Disc includes: Document 1.18.08: The Making of Cloverfield, Cloverfield Visual Effects, deleted scenes, gag reel, two alternative endings.

For people who think Albert Brooks is underrated: Defending Your Life / Looking For Comedy In the Muslim World (Double Feature)

Defending Your Life is a little known romantic comedy starring Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep as two dead people who must literally defend their lives - the good and the bad - with the help of special lawyers (Oh I love you, Rip Torn!) in order to convince the intergalactic judges who look over their separate cases that they are fit for moving on to the next level of their lives. The film is absolutely charming, and very funny. In fact, most everything I have seen written by Brooks - Mother, The Muse - falls into this category. The exception, of course, is Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, a movie bundled here with Defending Your Life. This one is about Brooks, who plays himself, as a comedy-actor hired by the U.S. government to travel to India and Pakistan to find out what makes Muslims laugh. Though to give him credit, I found the first two-thirds or so to be quite enjoyable, before it completely collapsed in on itself.

Disc includes: Biographies, trailers.

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