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Headlining the DVD releases this wee are Pride and Prejudice and Walk the Line, or you know, Ray with white people.

Johnny Cash handpicked Joaquin Pheonix for the part, and it’s hard to argue with the results. While it doesn’t break any biopic ground, it does hold together better than Ray because, from start to finish, it's a love story about Cash’s obsession and pursuit of June Carter. It doesn’t try to do too much. “Because you’re mine. I walk the line.”

I haven't seen the Keira Knightley version of Pride and Prejudice — my wife is devoted to the six-hour A and E epic that served as the foundation for Colin Firth's performance in Bridget Jones' Diary, except or that scene where he jacks Hugh Grant in the mouth. (I bet that was improvised.) But my wife reluctantly admits the new adaptation is a worthy one, and Oscar agrees. So there you have it, two romantic movies (one for the guys, one for the ladies) to watch this week.

“It’s a strange world,” Kyle MacLachlan said 20 years ago this week in David Lynch’s surreal thriller Blue Velvet. The New York Times offers an in-depth analysis of the movie, but you know people celebrating the anniversary of the film this week will be just as shocked and confused as they were in the mid-80s. Lynch’s Inland Empire, starring Laura Dern and Jeremy Irons, premieres at Cannes in May, but if you need a Lynch fix, go to DavidLynch.com, where you can see video of the off-kilter director sitting in his kitchen giving a daily weather report for the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

Christmas, baby, Christmas! Vince Vaughn and Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin are re-teaming for Fred Clause, a holiday comedy about St. Nick’s loser brother. Cue cameos by the Wilson brothers, Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell. This sounds kind of like a mix between Elf and Bad Santa, and only Vaughn could pull that off.

Sweet justice. If you read last week’s column, you’ll know I’ve taken some shots at Samuel Jackson’s movie selection. No disrespect to the guy. I like a lot of his work—there is A LOT of it to like, after all—but finally I have proof the Freedomland star never turns down a script. He signed up in his latest thriller without speaking to the director and based only on the film’s title. What is it called, you ask? Are you ready for it? Snakes on a Plane! Behold Jackson’s discerning eye for quality projects here.