Photo courtesy of The Weinstein Company Even though they are the two big releases today, I just couldn't bring myself to lead with the awful Saw IV and the even worse The Game Plan. Save yourself some money and buy the truly entertaining The Hunting Party instead. Remember that Jessica Simpson movie that made only a few hundred bucks in theaters a few weeks ago? It's out on DVD, ready to be ignored again.......

Hollywood remains in a state of flux as it waits to see whether or not writers will trade in their pens in favor of picket signs. The contract between the WGA and the AMPTP expired at midnight last night with little fanfare other than continued antagonistic rhetoric between the two negotiating parties. Discussions yesterday were again fruitless, and mired in the contentious atmosphere that has been a constant since bargaining commenced. The day began......

Recommended 13 Tzameti - French movie with an Eastern European sensibility about a young handyman who decides to follow instructions intended for the owner of the house he's repairing. He ends up in a remote house, where he is forced to take part in a brutal game of Russian Roulette in which only one of the 13 participants will survive. Bicycle Thieves - Criterion has released a DVD of Vittorio De Sica's 1947 classic......

Remember the sex ed film that the high schoolers produced in the romantic comedy The Girl Next Door? Well, think of The Maxwell Multiple Climax DVD as the sequel those boys would have made as dirty old men. It's fun and instructional -- and if it works for him, the DVD would be the perfect gift for Valentine's Day -- for both of you. Yes, finally a gift that truly keeps on giving...and giving.........

LAist tries not to play favorites. So for those who just are haters of Laguna Beach and all the O.C. stands for, enjoy the above clip of a MadTV skit on the tenn-popular show that has just launched its third season. For those who can't get enough, we encourage you to pop the Laguna Beach, Season 2 DVD on your netflix or grab from your fav. tenny bopper. The DVD relives all the moments......

Checking out Pennies From Heaven with no idea what to expect was an interesting experience. This 1981 movie is not the minor comedy we'd vaguely anticipated, but an artsy quasi-musical whose dramatic turning point involves a tap-dance striptease by Christopher Walken. Steve Martin stars in the movie but didn't write it; Dennis Potter did. It's a very visual musical (an American remake of a British television miniseries) that replaces the usual perky storyline with......