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I'm slightly surprised that we don't have more DVD options this week. After all, isn't it Black Frickin' Friday this week? Nothing against what we do have...OK, that's not true; this is a really lousy week of new releases, at least as far as the recent theatrical fare is concerned.

If there's good news out of all of that, I guess it's that the next month is predictably stockpiled with big, big movies. And there is one legit heavy hitter this week, so perhaps we should stop complaining. (But really, it's the everything but the new movies that have my interest.)

Hancock

Will Smith as a superhero. I mean, that's all you need for a summer movie, right? Trouble is, Hancock just isn't as good as it could be. I loved the surly superhero approach, but if there was a blockbuster this year that really lost it in the third act...OK, that was Indiana Jones. But if there was another movie that was better on paper, it was this one.

There are four different versions of Hancock in stores today, the PG-13 rated single disc and double disc editions, the unrated double disc, and the Blu-Ray version. Why the hell are they trying to market an "unrated" version of Hancock? Do they really think people are that convinced Charlize Theron gets naked for any movie?

(Here's our review)

Space Chimps

I regret that I didn't get a chance to see Space Chimps, not that I heard too much positive about it. However, I slogged through the similar Fly Me to the Moon, which is the worst animated movie since Happily N'Ever After, so I'm sure this would've seemed like Fantasia by comparison.

I think the movie would've been better served if it had remained an animal in space affair, but then I guess the chimp (Ham III) has to save the universe or something. That's two separate movies. You can't ask an eight-year-old in the audience to go along for that kind of ride.

Meet Dave

Hey look - Meet Dave. Again, I regret that I didn't get a chance to see Space Chimps, because I slogged through Eddie Murphy's latest...uh...comedy. On the plus side, it was not the worst movie this year featuring a dramatically overpaid and decreasingly entertaining and relevant Saturday Night Live cast member (see: The Love Guru).

It was, however, completely banal and unfunny, and those are generally bad ingredients for a comedy. Murphy was so awful in this that people learned calligraphy just to pen notes of apology to Norbit for being too harsh. And it's directed by Brian Robbins, who is Hollywood's worst director. And honestly, if one of the kids from Head of the Class had to keep going, why him? Wouldn't we all prefer more Robin Givens?

(Read our review)

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