A deviously smart "dumb" gross-out comedy, Kingpin gets a deluxe DVD release from MGM that is chock full of extras. Essentially similar to the theatrical version, this director's cut adds minutes to eight scenes that seemed too off-color in the days before There's Something About Mary helped change public standards of decency. A separate audio track features the Farrelly brothers' off-the-cuff, good-natured commentary on the making of the film. The two use the opportunity to tell amusing anecdotes about cast and crew and their individual contributions to the film. While much of this is trivial information, the commentary track illustrates how the Farrelly brothers keep finding comic inspiration on the set and then include it in the final film (including a hilarious bit where Woody Harrelson accidentally spills coffee in a scene with a baby). Unfortunately, the brothers rarely discuss the actual decision-making process behind the film. It may be true that dissecting comedy is rarely funny, but the opportunity to discover how the Farrelly brothers manage to succeed with tasteless comedies where their many followers fail is lost. The anamorphic widescreen transfer shows off Mark Irwin's lovely Super 35 lensing and the Dolby Digital transfer also comes in Surround Sound.

This DVD captures the American edit of Luc Besson's international hit known in most parts of the world as Leon. This version boasts a widescreen 2.35:1 image that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio. An English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while Spanish and French soundtracks are mixed in Dolby Digital Stereo. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are also accessible. The only extra feature is a theatrical trailer. While this disc will not disappoint people who liked the film, purists might want to seek out the DVD titled Leon that presents Besson's original cut of the film.

The Thundercats are back with the Season One: Volume One DVD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. With 33 episodes and over 12 hours of crazy cartoon action, the set is a must for fans of the show and should prove to be a good seller thanks to the built-in demand and an eye-catching holographic cover. Bonus features include the "Feel the Magic, Hear the Roar! Thundercats Fans Speak Out!" featurette, a total nerd-out clip from self-proclaimed Thundercats Super-Fans and actor-turned-blogger Wil Wheaton (yes, it is that random!). Picture quality and Dolby Digital Mono tracks superbly present the episodes with a vibrancy that does the series much justice all these years later.

The special edition of The Usual Suspects has much going for it, on both sides of the disc. Naturally there is a commentary track with director Bryan Singer and Oscar-winning writer Christopher McQuarrie. Naturally, it is very interesting and detail heavy. There is also another commentary track featuring composer John Ottman, who offers insights the other two do not. With such a dialogue-intensive script as this, the soundtrack has to be up to snuff, and the Dolby Digital 5.1 surround here has been designed to highlight the words without muting the ambient noise. This DVD makes the best case yet in the argument for widescreen vs. pan-and-scan because it gives you the option. Choose the 2.35:1 anamorphic letterboxed version and you'll see a digitized movie the way it was supposed to be seen, in sharp colors and remarkable clarity; choose the TV-style full-frame version and you'll see scenes where the person talking isn't on the screen, and the visual image is slightly dreary. New supplements include "Pursuing the Suspects," a documentary about the casting choices, and "Doin' Time With The Usual Suspects," which collects interviews with the cast members as they talk about the movie and their lives after. "Heisting Cannes with The Usual Suspects" goes to France with the cast and feels like an elaborate home movie. "Keyser Soze: Lie or Legend" continues the parlor game of Who Was Soze? that fans of the movie love to play. Speaking of games, an easter egg is solved if you can piece together the order the clues to Soze's identity appear in the film, with your reward being even more documentary material, one having to do with the film's composer. Less interesting is an elaborate, indulgent gag reel of outtakes introduced by Singer that is nearly a short movie in itself. It's not very interesting, but the rest of the disc is fascinating.