The Latest on DVD: 'Fantastic' Flicks

It's a great week for new DVD releases, so without further ado:

Featured Titles:

• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer- Starring Chris Evans and ... three other people. Also available in a 2-discer and Blu-Ray.
• The Jungle Book 40th Anniversary Platinum Edition- The beloved Disney classic will get the full Toon Talk treatment later this week.
• Paul Lynde Halloween Special- I chatted up this lost camp treasure a few months back, and now it's finally here.
• The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume 2- The iconoclastic queer filmmaker gets a second collection of his works; includes Scorpio Rising and four others.

Classically Speaking:

• Caligula- The notorious hard-core epic comes in three different editions, depending on how much kink you can handle.
• Funny Face: 50th Anniversary Edition- The Audrey Hepburn/Fred Astaire musical favorite is "'S Wonderful" (I bet you saw that one coming).
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull- Complete with Neil Diamond!
• A Room with a View- The Merchant Ivory charmer, now even more lush in high def!

Just in Time for ...:

• Halloween- The one that started it all, for better or worse, now on Blu-ray.
• Prom Night- Jamie Lee's follow up to the above, now in widescreen!
• Bram Stoker's Dracula: Collector's Edition- Coppola's Oscar-winning version of the oft-told tale, also in Blu-ray.
• Misery: Collector's Edition- Just get the cockadoodie DVD, Mr. Man!
• 1408- Another Stephen King chiller, starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. Also available in a 2-disc collector's edition.
• Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead and Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn- Dead enough for ya? All new to Blu-ray.

TV Time:

• Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Complete Series- You can "make it so" with every single episode.
• How I Met Your Mother - Season Two- Starring recent Emmy nominee Neil Patrick Harris.
• Girl Friday- Ab Fab's Joanna Lumley doing the Survivor thing.

More Queer Then Usual:

• Nine Lives- Or: Magnolia with 'mos.
• Red Without Blue- Documentary about gay identical twins and one's life-changing decision.
• One to Another- A bisexual man's death reveals shocking secrets in this French drama.
• And, There You Are- Tale of a gay looking for love in all the straight places.
• Rock Hudson: A Life Shrouded in Mystery- Not any more.
• Top Gun- Homoerotic subtext ... now in high def!

All titles can be purchased from Amazon.com by clicking on the above links.

Links via EW.com, LaughingPlace.com and YouTube.com.