Awesome Dvds

Available 6/8, Not the Messiah is the one-night-only live stage show based on Monty Python’s Life of Brian. Special features include sing-along songs, bonus featurettes, trivia and real-time cast info.

If you didn’t bother to see Tim Burton’s latest when it came out, now’s your chance to see the over-the-top fairy tale in the comfort of your home. Sorry, no 3D for these discs, but who needs it?

Batman encounters a mysterious villain who knows all of his dark secrets. The film stars the voices of Bruce Greenwood, Jensen Ackles and – wait for it – NPH! Coming to DVD and Blu-ray this Summer.

Don’t Hassel the Hoff, and the Hoff won’t Hassel you. Show your support and put some residuals in his pocket with Knight Rider: The Complete Collection. 85 Episodes. 24 DVDs. 1 talking car.

It’s not the original Filmation version, but 2002’s He-Man won a Daytime Emmy during its 39 episode run; The Complete Series is a 4-disc set that includes a PDF version of episode 40.

Go ahead, make our day: Clint Eastwood: 35 Films, 35 Years includes everything from Where Eagles Dare and Dirty Harry to Gran Torino; the uber-Clint DVD set is due out 2/16/10.

It’s not the first site to let you buy and sell used dvds, books, and games, but Glyde is a trade-up from eBay with a clean interface, pre-stamped packaging, and no-hassle returns.

Relive Turkey Day ’95 in style with Mystery Science Theater 3000: XVI Limited Edition; it includes four shows (two hosted by Joel, two by Mike), four mini posters, and a Tom Servo figurine.

Farscape: The Complete Series packs all 88 episodes of Crichton and company into 25 discs with enough bonuses to make even Scorpius weep; Peacekeeper Wars is sold separately.

We can never get enough of Michael Chiklis losin’ it, which is why we’ll gladly lose our badge for The Shield: Complete Series; you’ll get all 88 episodes on 29 discs, plus a 34 page book.

The Playstation 3 finally gets to share the silver screen with the Xbox 360: Netflix arrives on the PS3 in November and will be activated via a special Blu-ray disc that uses BD-Live.

From lumberjacks to knights, Monty Python: Almost The Truth squeezes 40 years into 8 hours; it interviews all five living members plus modern comedians like Jimmy Fallon and Seth Green.

Available 12/22/09, Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Darkside is Seth MacFarlane’s latest faithful Star Wars retelling, this time parodying The Empire Strikes Back.

While Akira Kurosawa’s later works are an acquired taste, there’s no denying how badass Rashomon and Seven Samurai were; AK 100 collects all 25 films of his career on 25 DVDs.

The Good Men Project is an anthology of 31 essays about what it means to be a man today in America; nuanced yet covering a broad range, it’s available both in book and DVD form.

Now available: Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is a buddy cop film with our two favorite caped crusaders battling seemingly insurmountable odds: Lex Luthor is the US president.

Available 10/27/09: The Plan runs two hours and gives us a Cylon perspective on the attempted genocide of humanity in Battlestar Galactica. It’ll also air on Syfy in November 2009.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen isn’t Oscar material, but its over-the-top special effects make it “Prime” for home theaters; it’s available 10/20/09 in a two-disc Blu-ray or DVD set.

Available 9/22, Star Trek: TNG Movie Collection is a five-disc set with Picard and crew (Generations, First Contact, Insurrection and Nemesis) plus a fifth bonus disc; Blu-ray or DVD.

The G.I. Joe Complete Collector’s Set is a “Yo Joe!” shoutout to 80s cartoon buffs with 95 episodes across 17 DVDs, printable scripts, Hasbro toy ads, a 2GB flash drive, PSAs and more.

The Schwartz has been with us ever since Mel Brook’s Star Wars spoof, Spaceballs came out in 1987; it finally hits ludicrous speed with a 2-disc Blu-ray version in DTS-HD 5.1.

Now available on DVD and as a digital download, the pilot episode for Caprica is set 58 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica; critics are giving it above average reviews.

Dark Maze Studios is nuts: they’re releasing a retro-packaged DVD on 4/24 of Rampage, a 23 year-old Turkish rip-off of Rambo with laughable sound effects and really bad hair.