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September 22, 12:35 AMSalt Lake City Movie ExaminerBryan Young

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In my opinion, the two most important Blu-ray releases today are the classic, hilarious films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Both of these films have scripts that I would define as Swiss watches. Carefully crafted and as precise as a movie can be. For genre-comedies, these are two of the most finely written, acted and crafted ever conceived.

Next we have the Blu-ray release of the complete collection of Wallace & Gromit on Blu-ray. This contains the four short films in glorious high definition. These are really funny and fun to watch and is the perfect thing to watch with the kids or on your own.

The Star Trek: The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection comes out today on Blu-ray. I’m a little conflicted about this one. I was never that big of a fan of the TNG Star Trek movies. In fact, I didn’t really like them much at all. Even First Contact which everyone tells me is great and I need to watch it again. But I’m keen to give them another chance and them coming out on Blu-ray just may be enough to get me to check them out again.

In other Star Trek news, Star Trek The Original Series: Season Two comes out on Blu-ray. I enjoyed the first season so much, this is pretty much a must buy for me.

The complete first season of Castle hit DVD today. This is the show that stars Nathan FIllion and was constantly advertised during the 5th season of Lost. It was mildly entertaining, though the writing was pretty boring and predictable. The only thing about this show worth watching is Nathan Fillion. He’s funny, charming and just fun to watch, damnit.

Finally, we have 30 Rock - Season Three. I hadn’t watched a single episode of this show since it’s been on the air, but I’ve made it through most of this set and I have to say I’m pretty pleasantly surprised. This show has offered pretty consistent laughs. True, half of each episode is filled with pretty standard sitcom fare, but the guest stars are great and Alec Baldwin is a bloody treat to watch. Tina Fey shines, too. So does Tracy Morgan. In fact, this show is pretty great and now I’m pretty keen to grab seasons 1 and 2. And I feel stupid for missing the boat on it.