The summer movies that didn’t end up being blockbusters are fading fast.

Kevin Costner’s dynamite thriller Mr. Brooks will soon be history and it’s a shame because he is so good and the film is a real nail-biter.

On DVD this week is the action thriller Shooter in which Mark Wahlberg plays a army marksman who was betrayed by his superiors.

He’s coaxed out of retirement in the hills to ward off an assassination attempt only to be set up.

Then he has to go after the people that put his life on the line.

It’s a great chase film and Wahlberg is excellent.

Also on DVD is Blake Snake Moan, filmmaker Craig Brewer’s followup to Hustle & Flow.

In this one a religious blues artist (Samuel L. Jackson) strikes up a most unlikely friendship with a boozing nymphomaniac (Christina Ricci) when her timid boyfriend (Justin Timberlake) goes off to war.

It’s a sultry drama.

Workshop Theatre’s comedy Five Blue Haired Ladies Sitting on a Green Park Bench winds up it successful run on Saturday.

It’s a gentle little comedy about approaching and accepting death.

The cast seems to be having as much fun as the audiences.

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