Susan’s DVD Update for week of Fri., Oct. 1:
Judd Apatow’s outrageously silly “Get Him to the Greek” focuses on Aldous Snow (Russell Brand), an infamous British rocker whom a hapless young recording exec (Jonah Hill) must deliver to a comeback concert at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.
“Babies” observantly tracks four newborns from different cultures during the first two years of their lives, documenting the universality of human development and socialization as these tiny creatures discover and explore the world around them.
Viggo Mortensen stars as a German literary professor forced to choose between good and evil in the riveting WWII drama “Good,” based on the acclaimed Broadway play. And “The Locksmith” is a quirky romantic comedy following a rehabilitated felon (Anselm Richardson) who unsuspectingly gets dragged into his customer’s (Ana Reeder) neuroses when she recruits him to spy on her supposedly cheating boyfriend.
Basketball fans will enjoy “Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals,” exploring the rivalry and friendship between Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Larry Bird.
Explore the endless impossibilities in “Fringe: The Complete Second Season” with more than four hours of bonus features delving into the FBI’s Fringe Division. And the acclaimed miniseries “Rich Man, Poor Man” traces the epic story of the Jordache family from 1945 to the late 1960s – with all 34 episodes, plus an interview with Peter Strauss.
“Until the Light Takes Us” tells the story of black metal rising to worldwide notoriety in the mid-‘90s when a rash of suicides, murders and church burnings accompanied the output of the music that redefined heavy metal. “Soundtrack for a Revolution” explores the civil rights struggle through the stirring freedom songs that inspired a generation.
For kids, there’s Mo Willems’ “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” and “The Ralph Mouse Collection,” featuring Beverly Cleary’s beloved, adventure-seeking mouse.
PICK OF THE WEEK: Robert Downey reprises his portrayal of billionaire playboy Tony Stark in the action-packed “Iron Man 2,” detailing how he’s become pathologically conflicted about the complexities of his high-tech anatomy while facing a powerful new enemy: a tattooed, muscle-bound, revenge-seeking Russian physicist (Mickey Rourke).