What's new on DVD and CD this week - 11/25/08

There are a number of good releases this week, giving you all plenty of things to spend your money on when Black Friday hits.

And btw, I'll be posting my review of "Quantum of Solace," the newest James Bond movie, later today.  So be sure to look for that.

My picks for DVD:

• Chungking Express: Criterion Collection (note: this is one of my favorite movies, so if you haven't seen it yet I urge you to do so immediately)
• A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All
• Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series (special "Yearbook" edition)

Also available on DVD:

Hancock

24: Redemption

Fred Claus

Space Chimps

Meet Dave

Beautiful Ohio

A Man Named Pearl

Still Life

Bottle Rocket: Criterion Collection

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold: Criterion Collection

The Atomic Cafe

Madhouse

Shadow Company

Superman: Doomsday

Tales of Phantasia

Beverly Hills 90210: Season 6

George Carlin: It’s Bad For Ya

David Lynch: The Lime Green Set

Voltron Beast King Golion: Volume 3

Dark Than Black: Volume 1

Ah! My Goddess: Season 2

Karin: Volume 6 - Ceremony of Blood

My picks for CD (note: some of these were released earlier in the week):

• Guns N' Roses - "Chinese Democracy" (only available at Best Buy and iTunes)
• Kanye West - "808s and Heartbreak"
• Linkin Park - "Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes"
• Coldplay - "Prospekt's March EP"
• Ludacris - "Theater of the Mind"
• The Killers - "Day and Age"
• Death Cab For Cutie - "Something About Airplanes" (deluxe edition)
• Katie Melua - "Katie Melua Collection" (w/ DVD) (import)

Also available on CD:

Fireman - “Electric Arguments”

David Byrne - “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today”

“Fable II - Original Soundtrack”

“Gears of War 2 - Original Soundtrack”

Scott Weiland - “Happy in Galoshes”

Supersuckers - “Get It Together!”

Sheryl Crow - “Home for Christmas”

Jimmy Page & Black Crows - “Live at the Greek”

Good Charlotte - “The Greatest Remixes”

ABK - “Mudface”

Port O’Brien - “All We Could Do Was Sing”

Hope for the Dying - “Hope for the Dying”