It’s a wonderful Tuesdee morning, meaning its DVD Release Day. Like always, let’s just get right into the swing of things. Below is some cover art for the major releases today. Continue reading for more information and my opinion on what I would buy.

The Prestige is the latest release from Memento/Batman Begins director Christopher Nolan which is about 2 rival magicians who let things get personal in their acts. Babel is about an American couple (Brad Pitt & Cate Blanchett) in a foreign country, the woman gets shot, and the press labels it terrorism. For Your Consideration is from This Is Spinal Tap director Christopher Guest; it’s a ridiculous story about filming a low budget movie. Man of the Year is about Robin Williams as a comedian becoming President, I think Robin’s career is officially over and this may be the proof. Flushed Away is an animated movie about a rich rat having to live in the sewers with all the scum, and from what I hear, compared to other animated comedies these days, it stinks.

A couple other releases for today are Open Water 2 (how can there be a sequel?!), A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints with Robert Downey Jr, Flight Of Fury with Steven Seagal which had this review on Amazon.com, “Anyone who seeks out a Steven Seagal movie has certain expectations: Bone-crunchingly brutal martial arts action; spiritual or ecological wisdom uttered in Seagal’s hoarse monotone; and one long relentless scowl. Flight of Fury fails to deliver on all counts.” Then on the TV show season front we get Family Ties Season 1. The Keatons have officially hit DVD.

If I had to choose one movie to buy it would be The Prestige. It was a really cool movie that had you guessing the entire time. Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman put on good performances and it also has hot ass Scarlett Johansson who will turn even a bad movie into a good one for the eyes. I saw it in theaters on opening weekend and enjoyed it. But since Babel has been getting a lot of awards and nominations, I would give that one a shot too. It didn’t look too bad and Brad Pitt usually knows how to pick his flicks. I’m not too sure about For Your Consideration. This Is Spinal Tap is GREAT! The only other movie I saw by Guest is bits and pieces of Best in Show and it was no Spinal Tap I’ll tell you that right now. So who knows.

Stick with Nolan’s The Prestige. It’s a winner… in more ways than one.