There are three exceptional DVDs out this weekend.

At the top of your list should be ALPHA DOG, the fact-based story of Jesse James Hollywood, the youngest person ever to be on the FBI’s most-wanted list.

He was a small-time drug dealer who kidnapped a rival’s young brother and then commanded his goons to kill the kid instead of releasing him.

Emile Hirsch plays Johnny who’s called Johnny Truelove in the film.

He makes a chilling little psychopath but it is Justin Timberlake as the pot-head Johnny entrusts first with taking care of the hostage and then disposing of him who really impresses.

It’s an outstanding performance of a guy who just wants to be high but is forced to be a killer.

DREAMGIRLS is the thinly-disguised story of the rise of The Supremes and a look at how Diana Ross stole all the glory.

Beyonce Knowles plays the Ross character, looks spectacular in the gowns and sings to perfection but it is Jennifer Hudson as the real talent who is ousted because she doesn’t look the part of a sexy, skinny superstar.

Eddie Murphy has some genuine show-stopping scenes as the womanizing singer who recalls a young James Brown.

Finally there’s LITTLE CHILDREN in which Kate Winslet and Patrick Wilson play married suburbanites who find themselves having an affair because their respective mates don’t fullfill them.

It’s a poweful adult film which doesn’t offer any easy answers to the characters’ dilemma.

For those not willing to line up for Spider-Man 3, there’s always Nicolas Cage’s NEXT which took an unwarranted critical beating last week.

It’s silly, preposterous fun with some of the best chase sequences Hollywood has churned out this year.

That is unless you consider the aerial acrobatics in Spider-Man 3 chase sequences.

This the last chance for Calgarians to catch an excellent production of Shakespeare’s rarely-done history play HENRY VI: PART III in the Calgary Opera Centre’s theatre.

Director Iam Coulter and a talented cast bring this violent period in British history known as The War of the Roses to exciting life.

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