COMING ATTRACTIONS

Notable DVDs being released Tuesday include:

· The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark (Unrated) Remember "Mystery Science Theater 3000"? That show where you watched assorted characters watch bad movies and make snarky comments about what they saw? Well, it's being reborn as a DVD series, and the debut release features the show's Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett and head writer and on-air host Mike Nelson watching "Hollywood After Dark." That's a 1968 film about a hard-luck fellow who gets mixed up in an attempted robbery and falls for a would-be actress turned stripper played by (cue drum roll) Rue McClanahan (yes, of TV's "The Golden Girls"). The movie also screened under a couple of other titles and seems like a prime candidate for "MST3K"-style treatment.

· The Page Turner (Unrated) Mélanie is 10 and about to play the piano before a panel that will decide whether she's to enter a prestigious academy. As she begins her prelude, one of the judges is interrupted by an autograph seeker, and it completely throws the young pianist off track. She never forgets, and as she grows up, she gradually insinuates herself into the lives of the people she considers responsible for dashing her dream. Post film critic Stephen Hunter calls this film "a small French delicacy, tart, acerbic and cynical."

· The Astronaut Farmer (PG) Billy Bob Thornton stars in this good-hearted tale about pursuing your bliss -- even if it means building a rocket on your farm in hopes of blasting off into space one day. Thornton's character is a farmer who in his younger days was an aspiring astronaut. A family crisis slammed the door on that career option but didn't end his dream. Yeah, it's a tad hokey at times, but it's a nice little feel-good movie that uses charm and quality performances to connect with the audience.

· "Follow Along" series Based on the idea that children (and adults, too, for that matter) can improve their literacy skills by viewing captioned programming, this series offers a selection of titles, including "Anastasia," "Garfield the Movie," "Good Boy!," "Ice Age," "Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids," "Robots" and "Thumbelina," all with an optional track of colorful "kids captioning" -- similar to karaoke.

· Wild Tigers I Have Known (Unrated) Executive-produced by Gus Van Sant and directed by Cam Archer, this film explores teenage sexuality and stars Malcolm Stumpf as a 13-year-old coming to terms with his sexual orientation. Also in the cast are Fairuza Balk, Kim Dickens, Patrick White and Max Paradise.

· After the Wedding (R) Post film critic Desson Thomson says: "This Danish film, nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar . . . cuts to the core of who we are, who we belong to and where we come from. It's the story of Jacob (Mads Mikkelsen), the director of an orphanage in Mumbai, and Jorgen (Rolf Lassgard), a Danish benefactor who offers to donate millions to the home, provided that Jacob leave his beloved kids to administer the orphanage from Denmark. [This] is just a prelude, however, to more intriguing and fatalistic developments involving Jorgen's wife, Helene (an intense, affecting Sidse Babett Knudsen), and daughter Anna (Stine Fischer Christensen). Ultimately, the film brings us face to face with the movie's starkest truth: It's not whether or not we prevail over the inevitable setbacks in life, but who we connect with along the way."

· The Last Stand: The Drama of Comedy (Unrated) This movie follows four aspiring performers on the comedy circuit. It was written and directed by Russ Parr (yep, the one from the radio) and stars Guy Torry and Anthony Anderson (who has developed into quite an actor).

· You're Gonna Miss Me (Unrated) This is a documentary about Roky Erickson, lead singer of the 13th Floor Elevators, the group credited with coining the term psychedelic rock. Arrested for marijuana possession, Erickson pleaded insanity and spent three years in a mental institution. He was subjected to electroshock treatment after a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Later he would release influential albums, but he never fully recovered.

· The Contractor (R) This stars Wesley Snipes. Sadly, the sequel "The Tax Accountant" never happened.

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