DVD new releases May 18, 2009: True Blood! 24! Fanboys! Astral Weeks! Peyton Place! Pufnstuf! More!

New DVDs of note this week. Click the titles to order discounted disks from Amazon.


True Blood: The Complete First Season


24: Season Seven


Fanboys


Astral Weeks Live At The Hollywood Bowl: The Concert Film


Peyton Place: Part One


Battlestar Galactica: Season 2.0 and 2.5


Pufnstuf


Girl on a Motorcycle

Golden Age Captain America splash/pin-up

Dollhouse renewed

Variety confirms rumors that Joss Whedon's ratings-challenged "Dollhouse" will be back for at least 13 more episodes next season.

As I wrote here a while back, the show didn't resonate with me and I gave up watching. A number of friends have told me it got better, but I'm still not so sure I'll give it another chance. The premise just never worked for me. Maybe I'll try an ep or two. But there's a lot of other stuff I DO like. It's not like I need to find more to watch.

Australian actor tapped to play Thor

Chris Hemsworth, who plays James Kirk's father in the new Star Trek film, has been tapped to star as Thor in a big screen adaptation of the Marvel Comics series, along with an Avengers film to follow.

The Thor film is set for May 2011 release.

Nanananananana, Bat Bike!

Via Bat-Blog: Check out this Batman-style "Batt Cruiser" created for Nirve Bicycles by the famed Baris Kustoms Shop, designer of the 1960s TV Batmobile. You can buy one direct, here.



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Lost in Space TV show photos pt. 7








Lost season 5 finale: What happened?!!!

Get the full rundown here!

Vintage Captain America Sentinels of Liberty ad

Pop links: Tennant gets PBS gig! Scorsese plans Sinatra pic! Hear Wilco! Les Baxter! Get a bass lesson from Macca! Fast Forward teaser! Ditko! More!

Soon to be former Doctor Who actor David Tennant has been named the new host of "Masterpiece Contemporary."

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Martin Scorsese plans a bio-pic of Frank Sinatra.

The film's co-producer Cathy Shulman said the film would not be "a cradle-to-the-grave traditional portrait of the consecutive events in a man's life".

"Instead, it's more of a collage and, in many ways, it will feel like an album itself.

"It's a collection of various moments and impressions in his life and together we hope they'll tell the full story and present full themes."


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If you haven't heard yet, you can check out a streaming version of the new Wilco album here. I had a listen yesterday. Nice stuff, but I think it's too bad the band has retreated from the experimentation that made some of its more recent LPs so interesting.

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Today in sharity, some cool exotica from Les Baxter.



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From Hard Dies Night, how about a bass lesson from Paul McCartney?



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Once we were young.



Found randomly in my Web wanderings.

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See the first official preview of "Fast Forward," a new sci-fi-ish series from ABC.

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Check out a 1970s horror tale illustrated by the great Steve Ditko.



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NPR streams a new musical collaboration between movie director David Lynch, producer Danger Mouse and the band Sparklehorse.

Spider-Man 1967 cartoon episode

Marvel Comics is sharing this ep from Spidey's 1960s TV series: