So many DVDs come out week that dozens of worthy titles often fall through the cracks. In an effort to keep you plugged into a few of titles that you might be missing each week, we've decided to launch our new Play All column to keep you updated on the select few DVDs that don't get the same big push as the major releases. The ever-expanding DVD market is a huge universe filled with digital fans of all shapes and sizes, so why not give a few favorites some web space?

Be sure to check back each week for a few off-the-beaten-path DVD releases that you might want to add to your queue or check out the next time the more obvious "guaranteed rentals" are out in someone else's player.

Releases for February 12, 2008:

Africa Unite
Studio: Palm Pictures
Starring: Rita Marley, Danny Glover, Ziggy Marley, and many Marleys
Features: 50 minutes of exclusive additional concert performances, Interviews with the Marley brothers & Rita Marley, Excerpts from Africa Unite: Ghana, Archival Bob Marley footage from New York City 1980, and Photo gallery

Near what would have been Bob Marley's 60th birthday, the Marley clan took their first-ever trip to Ethiopia in 2005. In the capital city of Addis Ababa, three generations of Marleys assembled for a one-week event that included a 12-hour concert. More than 350,000 people attended the event that was meant to inspire a new generation to help save their continent and now the entire experience has been chronicled in Africa Unite, a documentary from director Stephanie Black. The film is more than just a concert movie, focusing on the Marley family's life as much as their music while also dealing with the humanitarian issues surrounding Africa. It also features performances by the Marley brothers, a soundtrack of Bob Marley classics, and appearances by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Danny Glover, and many more. Bob Marley fans will definitely want to check out the disc just for the archival footage of the cultural icon from New York City in 1980. Also take a look at our full-length review of Ziggy Marley's Love Is My Religion Live.

Batman Double Feature
Studio: Warner Brothers
Starring: Kevin Conroy, Michael Ansera, Mark Hamill, Dana Delany, and Abe Vigoda
Features: "The Hunt For Mr. Freeze" Game, "Get the Picture: How to Draw Batman," Music montage, Cast and crew information, and Trailers

For the first time, Batman fans can have two of the best animated films to feature the Dark Knight on one DVD, as Warner Brothers rolls out Batman and Mr. Freeze: Sub Zero and Batman Mask of the Phantasm. Technically, the latter came first, debuting in theaters on Christmas Day in 1993. The film was meant to satisfy fans of Batman: The Animated Series and was relatively acclaimed on a critical level but didn't make much money in theaters. It was a much bigger hit on the home market and has been joined by the straight-to-video Sub Zero. Both films have been available for quite a while, with Sub Zero even getting divided into half-hour television episodes. Still, it's nice for fans to be able to have them on one DVD. It's not the most notable Batman DVD release of the year, but it's worth picking up for completists or fans nostalgic for the great Animated Series.

Dallas: Season Eight
Studio: Warner Brothers Starring: Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Larry Hagman, Susan Howard, Steve Kanaly, Howard Keel, Ken Kercheval, Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Victoria Principal, Donna Reed, and Charlene Tilton
Features: "Dallas Makeover - Travilla Style"

Can you believe that Dallas was on the air for THIRTEEN seasons? Wow. We're just a bit over halfway through the DVD releases, as the seventh chapter hits the home market this week (they call it "season eight" on the DVD but the first season was technically the mini-series - nothing is normal in the world of Dallas). This is the season that started the most notorious "gotcha" in TV history as Bobby (Patrick Duffy) was nailed by a car driven by his ex-sister-in-law and died in the season finale. Or did he? A year later, Pam would find him in her shower and fans would realize that anything could happen on Dallas. The show that really helped define the '80s cliffhanger was near the prime of its popularity in the mid-'80s (it was the #2 show on TV this season) and watching just one episode shows you why it was such a hit. It makes you wish that more of today's shows got the cheesy, sudsy soap opera fun down like Dallas did back in the day. Maybe they should bring it back. How about Dallas: The High School Years? On second thought...

Furnace: Unrated
Studio: Genius Products
Starring: Michael Pare, Tom Sizemore, Ja Rule, Danny Trejo, and Paul Wall
Features: 6 Alternate scenes, Cast interviews, and Easter egg

The most notable straight-to-DVD release of the week has to be Furnace just for its bizarre B-list cast, including the once-famous Michael Pare, the once-rapper Ja Rule, and the once-reality-TV-star Tom Sizemore. Pare plays a detective who gets stuck investigating a haunted prison. Director William Butler has the distinction of being the only guy who has been killed on-screen by Jason Voorhees, Leatherface, and Freddy Krueger, and he brings that extensive cheesy horror background to the home DVD market. The reviews have been understandably mixed for Furnace with Horror Review lauding the "creepy atmospherics" but Slasherpool saying "There's not even a moment of suspense to be found here." Check it out and decide for yourself.

Introducing the Dwights
Studio: Warner Brothers
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Khan Chittenden, Emma Booth, Richard Wilson, and Russel Dykstra
Features: None

Oscar nominee Brenda Blethyn returns to the quirky British comedy in Introducing the Dwights (known as Clubland overseas), a film that didn't make much of a ripple at all in theaters but should find some interested renters on the home market. Blethyn plays an aging comedienne and the mother of the lead character, Tim Dwight, who's caught between his new love interest and her own efforts in trying to find her big break and she struggles to hold her dreams and family together. Will the new girl in Tim's life break up this extremely unusual show family? Averaging a moderate 53% on Rotten Tomatoes, Introducing the Dwights sounds like a movie we've seen before, especially from Blethyn, but the Oscar nominee for Secrets and Lies is so consistently good that art house movie fans who didn't get a chance in theaters will probably want to check it out at home.

Tell Me You Love Me: Season One
Studio: HBO
Starring: Michelle Borth, Tim DeKay, Aislinn Paul, Adam Scott, Kate Towne, Sonya Walger, Ally Walker, and Jane Alexander
Features: Four audio commentaries with the creator and cast

HBO continues its search for the next big thing with Tell Me You Love Me, which would have been the most controversial show of 2007 if anybody had watched it. Like John From Cincinnati and Flight of the Conchords, Tell Me You Love Me never became the water cooler hit that the network was looking for, but it might find an audience with its season one release on DVD. Tell Me is a talking-head, relationship show that just happens to feature hardcore, explicit sex. It makes for a show with an interesting dilemma - women are more likely to be interested in a series about relationships, but every woman I know has been turned off by the explicitness of the sex. The failed HBO series, Tell Me You Love Me is a smart, well-written, and well-made show that will certainly find some form of audience on DVD, even if it's not the next Sopranos or Six Feet Under.