You can just bet that this week’s major DVD release is going to be flying off the shelves.

We’re talking Night at the Museum which made a whopping $250 million in its North America theatre release alone.

Ben Stiller is the night watchman at a museum whose exhibs come to life each evening.

It’s an excellent family film filled with solid special effects, some good suspense and even better humor.

Last week it was the Best Actor Oscar winner The Last King of Scotland that hit the shelves.

This week it’s The Queen which netted Helen Mirren the Oscar for Best Actress.

It’s an amazing performance that’s almost eerie as Mirren transforms in Elizabeth II.

The film looks at the Royal Family’s reactions to the death of Princess Diana.

Elizabeth actually comes off much better than Prince Philip or the Queen Mother.

With the summer blockbusters on the horizon, films that don’t register during their first weekend will slide quickly into oblivion and then to DVD.

That means if you want to catch the Anthony Hopkins thriller Fracture at the theatres you’d best do it now.

It didn’t even manage to dethrone Disturbia, the teen slasher version of the Alfred Hitchcock classic Rear Window.

Calgarians on the prowl for some top-notch live theatre should check out Alberta Theatre Projects’ version of Eugene Stickland’s witty comedy Sitting On Paradise.

Maureen Thomas headlines an exceptional cast.

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