Published: June 11, 2009 03:48 pm      

Entertainment Picks (June 12, 2009)

3 Things to check out this weekend

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

DVD (Blu-ray $39.95)Amazon



“King of Queens” TV star Kevin James puts another notch in his growing comedy belt as an overzealous security guard who finds himself answering the call to become a hero when a hostage situation develops on his watch. James shines as a one-man slapstick show, and a load of bonus features take you behind the hilarity and into the intricacies of filming inside a real shopping mall. (Rated PG)

—Neil Pond, American Profile





Ad Boy

By Warren Dotz & Masud Husain

Softcover, 176 pages ($16.95)Amazon



Colorful and classic advertising characters line this breezy walk down a memory lane of Madison Avenue creations that captured the imagination—and the marketplace—in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. Nostalgia buffs and baby boomers will enjoy becoming re-acquainted with such icons as Tony the Tiger, the Dutch Boy, the Orkin Man and hundreds of other lesser-known mascots that put a friendly, goofy or helpful “face” on hamburgers, hot dogs, breakfast cereal, bubble bath, bathroom cleaners and a store-stocked spectrum of other products.

—Neil Pond, American Profile





Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music

—The Director’s Cut 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition

DVD (Blu-ray $69.99, DVD $59.98)Amazon



The title says it all. This new re-packaging celebrates the 1969 landmark rock concert with all the hippie hoopla it deserves. In addition to a remastered version of the Oscar-winning three-hour theatrical documentary, it also includes two additional hours of never-released bonus concert footage, an hour of featurettes, and festival souvenir recreations like a 60-page reproduction of “LIFE” magazine’s commemorative issue that chronicled the musicians, the mud and all the groovy countercultural merriment. Far out!

—Neil Pond, American Profile