Sorry for the delay in today’s post, but today is a good day.  First we have Woody Allen’s most recent addition to his filmography, Whatever Works. This film was terribly funny (even though some prominent film critics *cough*Jeff Vice*cough* didn’t like it as much I did) and is easily in the upper-middle-tier of Woody Allen films.

Next we have the complete series Blu-ray release of The Prisoner, which I’m quite keen to check out. I was sent a copy for review and have popped it in briefly, but haven’t had a chance to poke around on the discs yet, though for a BBC show, the transfer looks fantastic.

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan comes out on DVD and Blu-ray. I have not watched a single episode yet, so I have no idea what this is all about. I’m going to start watching the show soon and will start regular updates and reviews of my progress here on the site. So, I’m sure I’ll get to reviewing this soon enough. Perhaps sometime next year.

I got an early peek at History’s Life After People , which was a fascinating documentary style look at a pretty fantastic hypothetical: what would happen to the Earth as we know it if we suddenly didn’t exist? I was reasonably addicted to this series. Another title I had the privilege to check out early was Patton 360: The Complete Season 1. This is a History Channel recreation of Patton’s battles and it’s endlessly fascinating. If you’re a World War II nerd like I am, this is going to be a perfect gift.

I also got a copy of On the Road with Charles Kuralt and I have to say I was endlessly fascinated. Apparently, Kuralt traveled the country a few times over in the 60s and 70s for CBS interviewing people and taking a long hard look at the real America. Again, for anyone interested in that sort of historical documentation on film, this would be a great gift.

To cap off the day, we have two Monty Python documentary sets, Monty Python: The Other British Invasion and Monty Python: Almost The Truth. Between these two purchases, this is probably all you’d ever need or want to know about the Pythons. And, even for documentaries, they’re as fun to watch as The Flying Circus itself. So, these are good choices.