How to Spend $20
By Eric Hughes
April 21, 2009
Disc includes: Audio commentary, deleted scenes, video blogs
For people who like it when you call me Big Poppa: Notorious (Collector's Edition)
The week's most pimped out DVD has to be Notorious, the Fox Searchlight biopic of famed hip hop star Biggie Smalls – aka Big Poppa, aka The Notorious B.I.G. (What can I say? He was the Diddy of his day). The collector's edition comes packed with two versions of the film, seven featurettes, some deleted scenes and a digital copy of the film.
The flick was a surprise winner for Fox Searchlight. In just 1,600 screens over its opening weekend, Notorious managed to earn upwards of $20 million at the box office. In a typical January, that kind of number would put you at or near the top. But since it was released on the same weekend as Paul Blart, My Bloody Valentine 3D and Gran Torino (in its second wide release weekend), the biopic managed a fourth place finish.
Disc includes: Theatrical version and unrated director's cut, audio commentary, Behind-the-Scenes: Making of Notorious featurette, Notorious Thugs: Casting the Film featurette, Biggie Boot Camp featurette, Anatomy of a B.I.G. Performance featurette, The B.I.G. Three-Sixty featurette, Never-Before-Seen Concert Footage of the Real B.I.G. featurette, I Got a Story to Tell: The Lyrics of Biggie Smalls featurette, deleted scenes, digital copy of the film
For people who wonder how low NBC can go: My Own Worst Enemy: The Complete Series
For fun, I'll include this one in the lineup. Not enough people watched My Own Worst Enemy. And that's probably a good thing. With NBC sacrificing five primetime hours to the honorable Jay Leno next season - combined with My Own Worst Enemy's bitterly low ratings - there wasn't a chance in hell this one was going to get called back for a sophomore season. Time to look for work again, Christian!
Disc includes: Bare bones
April 21, 2009
Blu-ray
Arctic Tale
The Arrival
Frost/Nixon
Gary Moore & Friends: One Night in Dublin
Genghis Khan: To The Ends Of The Earth & Sea
Hellraiser
The Last Word
Notorious (Collector's Edition)
Sin City
Styx & Contemporary Youth Orchestra of Cleveland
The Wages Of Fear (Criterion Collection)
The Wrestler
X-Men
X-Men Trilogy
X-Men: The Last Stand
X2: X-Men United
DVD
Arctic Tale
The Arrival
Britney Spears: The Return of an Angel
Dallas: The Complete Eleventh Season
Finding Me (Widescreen)
Gary Moore & Friends: One Night in Dublin
Genghis Khan: To The Ends Of The Earth & Sea (Special Edition)
Hawaii Five-O: The Sixth Season
Honey We Shrunk Ourselves / Honey I Blew Up... (Double Feature)
Into the Blue 2: The Reef (Widescreen)
The Last Word
Life of Ryan: The Complete Series
Muddy Waters: Live at Chicagofest
Rhoda: Season One
Ron White: Behavioral Problems
Top Gear: The Complete Season 10 (Widescreen)
Tribute to Heath Ledger: Unauthorized Story
Wyatt Earp: Season 1
X-Men Trilogy
Continued:
1
2
Print this column
