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For people who haven’t seen John Travolta shoot a gun in a movie for what seems like a very long time: From Paris with Love (Special Edition)

Am I as crazy as John Travolta apparently was in From Paris with Love to think that the aforesaid movie would be a good time? Its trailer was exciting enough. It basically sold the idea that Travolta would be playing a nutso, yet seasoned special agent who’s partnered with a younger dude (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) after Meyers’ character is offered his first senior-level assignment in France.

What resulted wasn’t pretty for its distributor, EuropaCorp. Though not a total bomb, the $52 million actioner pulled in just $42 million worldwide – with a little more than half of that coming from U.S. engagements. Critics weren’t too kind to it either. Just 37% liked
what they saw according to Rotten Tomatoes.

But, a movie like From Paris with Love will undoubtedly be in the black after DVD sales are included. Cheap guys like me, for instance, have been waiting for the Travolta vehicle – which doesn’t have Hairspray or Old Dogs in the title – to hit the rental market.

Disc includes: Audio commentary; The Making-Of featurette; Spies, Spooks and Special Ops: Life Under Cover featurette; Secrets of Spy Craft: Inside the International Spy Museum featurette; Friend or Foe trivia game; Charlie Wax’s Gun Locker featurette

For people who forgot that Nip/Tuck even aired original episodes this year: Nip/Tuck: The Sixth and Final Season (Widescreen)

Nip/Tuck’s six-season run on FX is a solid example of what a crash and burn on television looks like. At its height – Nip/Tuck’s third season – everybody’s favorite plastic surgery drama routinely drew more than five million viewers per episode. Its two-hour season three finale, “Cherry Peck/Quentin Costa,” became the most-watched scripted program in FX history when 5.7 million people tuned in to see the unmasking of The Carver, a season-long antagonist who actually debuted on the show in season two.

As a point of reference, a meager 1.8 million saw the series finale, “Hiro Yoshimura,” which aired in early March and rounded off Nip/Tuck at an even 100 episodes. Even two back-to-back episodes of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne out delivered the finale, luring in an average of 2.6 million each.

How sad, really, for a show that was nominated for a Best Drama Golden Globe in 2003 and won the prize outright two years later.

Disc includes: Tell Me What You Don’t Like About Yourself: The Psychology Behind the Plastic featurette, Surgery featurette

June 8, 2010
Blu-ray
180° South
Animation Express
Caddyshack
Crossing Over
From Paris with Love (Special Edition)
Happy Together
Ice Road Truckers: The Complete Season Three
The Illusionist
Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy
Power Kids
Shutter Island
UFC Rampage Greatest Hits
World's Most Beautiful Waterfalls
The X Files: I Want to Believe / Fight the Future

DVD
180° South (Widescreen)
The 41 Year Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah... (Widescreen)
The A-Team: The Complete Series (Limited Edition)
Animation Express
The Beatles: Behind The Curtain
Caddyshack
The Cry of the Owl
Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Seventh Season
Dire Straits: Alchemy Live
Family Matters: The Complete First Season
From Paris with Love (Special Edition)
Ghost Writer: Season 1
Gypsy (Deluxe Edition)
Happy Together
iCarly: iSaved Your Life
Ice Road Truckers: The Complete Season Three
The Illusionist
Nip/Tuck: The Sixth and Final Season (Widescreen)
Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy
Papillon Rose: The Complete Collection
Power Kids
Shutter Island
Starstruck (Extended Edition)
UFC Rampage Greatest Hits
WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches
The X Files: I Want to Believe / Fight the Future (Double Feature)

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