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For people who want something new to watch now that they’re all caught up on [insert good show here]: Friday Night Lights: The Fourth Season/Cougar Town: The Complete First Season

There are many shows out there that are favorites of the higher ups at BOP. Yet Friday Night Lights, and to a lesser extent Cougar Town, are two titles that will get positive shout-outs from staff.

While Cougar Town is one of those shows whose consensus seems to be that it got better as the season went on, Friday Night Lights has apparently been not only good, but great since like the beginning. FNL is a series I’ve been meaning to add to my queue – I’m torn between it and The Wire – for some time now. Its critical praise borders on ridiculous, and maybe one of these days I’ll get around to finding out what all the fuss is about.

Friday Night Lights disc includes: Deleted scenes, three featurettes, Peter Berg Intros, audio commentary

Cougar Town disc includes: Bloopers, deleted scenes, Taming Cougar Town featurette, Jimmy Kimmel Live: Saber-Tooth Tiger Town featurette, As Barb: The Ultimate Cougar Answers Your Questions featurette, Stroking It with Bobby Cobb featurette

For people who want to see Brendan Fraser get outsmarted by raccoons: Furry Vengeance

Because I pursued a new column idea, it’s been awhile since I’ve done Trailer Hitch. Even so, the one for Furry Vengeance still sticks out in my head as one of the worst I’ve seen in my nearly two-year history with the column. Furry Vengeance has a) animals that are furry, b) animals that can talk and c) Brendan Fraser. What more do you need?

Not that Fraser’s oeuvre was anything like DiCaprio’s or De Niro’s, but remember when the guy worked on movies like Crash? Gods and Generals? Excluding Furry Vengeance, his last five pictures have been Extraordinary Measures, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Inkheart, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and Journey to the Center of the Earth. I didn’t want to see (nor have I seen) any of those movies.

Disc includes: Audio commentary, deleted scenes, The Pitfalls of Pratfalls featurette, Working with Animals featurette, gag reel

August 17, 2010
Blu-ray
Black Orpheus (Criterion Collection)
Casshem: Part 1
Casshem: Part 2
Cemetery Junction
The City of Your Final Destination
Dead Man Running
Dexter: Seasons 1-4
Dexter: The Fourth Season
DOA: Dead or Alive
Furry Vengeance
The Good, The Bad, The Weird
Hamlet
The Last Song
Nanny McPhee
Origin Special Edition
Skellig: The Owl Man
WWE: Best Pay Per View Matches of the Year 2009-10

DVD
About The Golden Rule (Limited Edition)
Black Orpheus (Criterion Collection)
Cemetery Junction
The City of Your Final Destination
Cougar Town: The Complete First Season
Dexter: Seasons 1-4 (Set)
Dexter: The Fourth Season
DOA: Dead or Alive
Friday Night Lights: The Fourth Season
Furry Vengeance
The Good, The Bad, The Weird
Hamlet
L'Enfance Nue (Criterion Collection)
The Last Song
Nanny McPhee
National Geographic: Inside Hurricane Katrina (Commemorative Edition)
One Tree Hill: The Complete Seventh Season
Origin (Special Edition)
Orlando (Special Edition)
Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends: Season 4
Skellig: The Owl Man
Ugly Betty: The Complete Fourth and Final Season

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