Today's DVDs

Big DVD day today! Lots of classics coming out. Just in time for Van Helsing, Universal is releasing the Monster Legacy box set, which contains five classic Dracula films, five classic Frankenstien films, and five classic Wolfman films. And, it has busts by Sideshow (of Lord of the Rings fame) for the hardcore collectors. The box set is the way to go, since you get the busts, one extra movie, and you save money - it's cheaper than buying them all individually. To accompany it, there's this release of Hammer films in one box set, including the three great Dracula ones with Christopher Lee.

New films being released today include Big Fish, Tim Burton's latest. I'm gonna get this one blind, becuase it comes so highly recommended. Also coming out today is an indie film I missed in the theater, Osama, the first movie made in Afghanistan after the Americans kicked the Taliban around a little, about a girl who is forced to dress up like a boy to live. Finally there's Ghosts of the Abyss, a Titanic documentary shot by James Cameron. It was originally made for IMAX, so I expect it to be a little hammy (and that's exactly what reviews say it is), but being a Titanic buff, I couldn't pass it up. Besides, it will give me something to do in my downtime this weekend.