Today's new DVDs: 'Black Snake Moan'

Pick of the week: Cult Camp Classics I-IV
Dog of the week: No woofer this week, sorry

The way it went with "Black Snake Moan," you either loved it or hated it. Me, I liked it. Samuel Jackson and Christina Ricci star in a tale of dirt-road enslavement. The movie's nowhere as lurid as the marketing suggests, despite the man's long chain. Sad to report that it turns sentimental in that weird Stockholm Syndrome way. Ricci brings serious drive-in hotness to her white-trash role, for which she's barely clothed. The blues soundtrack is the subject of a decent bonus docu.

I sampled Warner Home Video's "Cult Camp Classics" via "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman." Hadn't seen it in decades. Stupid movie but a respectable retro-goof. Interesting commentary from other-woman Yvette Vickers, who talks mostly about herself.

New and notable:
Black Snake Moan (Paramount)
Cult Camp Classics I-IV (Warner)
Gomer Pyle, USMC: Season 2 (Paramount)
Hannah Montana: Pop Star Profile (Disney)
La jetee / Sans soleil (Criterion)
The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adam (ThinkFilm)
Peaceful Warrior (Universal)
Shooter (Paramount)
Standing Still (Genius)
Uncle P (New Line)
Who Can Kill a Child? (MPI Home Video)
Drive-In: Search and Destroy/The Glove (MPI)
High School Musical: Concert Extreme Pass (Disney)

Complete list of today's releases on my pal Harley's site, onvideo.org