The Latest on DVD: Close Encounters of the DVD Kind

Get up close and personal with this week's new releases on DVD:

• Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition- Steven Spielberg's first encounter with E.T.s, the set includes every version of the sci fi classic imaginable. Also his first film to hit high def Blu-ray.
• Melrose Place: The Third Season- Close encounters of the sexy kind abound on the popular nighttime soap.
• Cut Sleeve Boys- Gay party boys encounter harsh reality upon a friend's unexpected death.
• La Vie en Rose- Get a closer look at the sure-to-be Oscar nominated Marion Cotillard as French chanteuse Edith Piaf.
• Glue- All a teen-aged child of divorce wants to do is start a band ... and get close to his best pal Nacho.
• Golden Boy- Audiences first encountered William Holden in this boxing classic, co-starring Barbara Stanwyck.
• Dear Pillow- All a teen-aged child of divorce wants to do is write about porn ... and get close to his adult friend Dusty.
• Berlin Alexanderplatz- Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 16-hour opus means you'll be encountering a lot of lower back pain if you try to watch it all in one sitting.
• An Angel Named Billy- All a teen-aged child of divorce wants to do is help his ailing father ... and get close to dad's new nurse Billy.
• With a Song in My Heart- Oscar nominee Susan Hayward stars as singer Jane Froman whose career is jeopardized by a close encounter with death in this biopic.
• Ocean's Thirteen- Yeah, yeah ... we'd all like to get up close and personal with George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon. Get in line.
• Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream- One of the best movie about movies I've ever encountered covers such late night classics as George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, John Waters' Pink Flamingos and David Lynch's Eraserhead.

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