Good morning, Class.  We will start this week with a quick history lesson.  <History Lesson> You know the big Hollywood sign, the one you've known ever since you were born?  Well, when your grandpa was a kid, it used to say "Hollywoodland", and it was an advertisement for a housing subdivision in LA, circa 1923.  What's that?  You don't believe me?  Here's confirmation from a bunch of anonymous internet "experts": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Sign.  Class dismissed. </History Lesson>
 
This week there are two new HD-DVD's, and one of them is. . .you guessed it - Hollywoodland.  A true story of murder and intrigue in Old Hollywood that is highly rated, I'm actually looking forward to watching this one.  Ben Affleck was even nominated for a Golden Globe for his portrayal of murdered actor George Reeves (yes, the original Superman).
 
The other new movie this week Failure to Launch.  This is one of those chick-flick movies that ain't so bad if your girlfriend/wife makes you watch it the first time, but trust me, you will definitely not want to go back to this well more than once.  Still, you and I both know it never hurts to have some nice HD-DVD selections for the "ladiez" in your collection.  On a side note, Terry Bradshaw puts in a decent acting performance, but c'mon, is it really necessary for him to have a "naked room"?
 
Below are the HD-DVD releases for the week, along with their IMDB rating and the number of votes recieved on IMDB so you can judge what "the people" think about the movie.  Each movie below is linked to Amazon if you would like to add the movie to your personal collection at a good price.  
 
HD-DVD Releases for February 6, 2007
Amazon - Failure to Launch -  5.6/10 (7,647 votes)
Amazon - Hollywoodland -  6.8/10 (2,849 votes)

[Thanks Knotty Monkey]