We love the DVD world and this week is a perfect example of why - variety. Beyond the major titles, the week of February 26 releases see a few older TV shows, a number of made-for-cable movies, British comedies, and period pieces with that guy who just won an Oscar for No Country For Old Men. Wait. Really? For a second we had to look down the list twice for a Coen Brothers movie, but we quickly remembered it was Javier Bardem instead. From week to week, there are a number of DVD releases that surprise us, which is why we gather all of the titles that fall through the cracks and compile them into our weekly DVD column, Play All. If you're tired of all the Oscar buzz and golden statue related stories, look no further than the Play All titles released this week - there's nary an Oscar nom in the group. But there is Burt Reynolds.

B.L. Stryker: The Complete First Season
Studio: Arts Alliance America
Starring: Burt Reynolds and Ossie Davis
Features: Original scripts for select episodes

Here's that Burt bit we promised you. Reynolds has gone through so many career ups and downs that you could almost say he's in a never ending comeback. Depending on how you look at it, B.L. Stryker could either be the beginning of the one that led to Evening Shade or the end of the dark days before that particular comeback series. Sure, these made-for-TV movies, in which Burt played a Columbo-esque mystery solver in Palm Beach, Florida, won't be the main focus of a career retrospective of the man, the myth, and the mustache, but they're bound to have fans out there. Now those fans and Burt completists can have the first five TV movies that aired in the spring of 1989 together in one set. Considering the show only ran for one more season with a few additional movies, it seems a little odd that the complete series couldn't be included in one set. But the serious Reynolds fans won't mind having two Stryker discs on their shelves and that's who this is really aimed at. You already know if that fan is you. Need we say more?

Death at a Funeral
Studio: MGM
Starring: Matthew Macfadyen, Alan Tudyk, Peter Dinklage, and Ewen Bremner
Features: Audio commentary by director Frank Oz, Audio commentary by screenwriter Dean Craig and actors Alan Tudyk and Andy Nyman, and Gag reel

Death at a Funeral is an awkward mix of American direction (courtesy of Frank Oz) and dry British humor. At a morbid affair, our poor hero learns that not only was his dad secretly gay but he was also sleeping with a blackmailing little person (played by Peter Dinklage). Bodies fall out of coffins, people end up dead (who weren't in that condition when the funeral began), and there's even a drug trip that ends with the almost prerequisite male nudity. Death at a Funeral wants to be dry British wit but you can feel director Frank Oz and his team trying hard to nail it with every scene. The script screams "Isn't this HILARIOUS!??" with every turn and it makes for one of the most grating films of 2007. Hardcore fans of British comedy are the only ones that need to attend this Funeral and they'll find a reasonably good DVD from MGM/Fox with two commentaries and a gag reel.

The Fugitive: Season One, Volume Two
Studio: Paramount
Starring: David Janssen and Barry Morse
Features: None

Why did it take so long for The Fugitive to hit DVD? And why is it taking so long to complete the series? (The first volume came out over six months ago.) These are the types of DVDs that should hit the market like a flood. Soon there will have been three Two and a Half Men season releases in the last calendar year, but we have to wait too long for Fugitive DVDs. We only say that because we love this classic show and we want them all in our collection as soon as possible. This second volume completes the first season with fifteen additional episodes of the adventures of poor Dr. Richard Kimble. The Fugitive changed the face of television and turned a little mystery into a national obsession. Who was the one-armed man? Would Kimble escape Lt. Philip Gerard? Nearly every action show since has featured a man wrongly framed. Even Prison Break and 24 have cribbed from The Fugitive. It's a classic and should be a part of every good TV fan's collection. Now let's get season two running (which starts with the first season two release this June). There are 90 episodes to go and we can't wait forever.

Goya's Ghosts
Studio: Sony
Starring: Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, and Stellan Skarsgard
Features: Behind-the-scenes featurette

Very few critics liked Goya's Ghosts and the film came and went with barely a whisper. Still, the pedigree behind the film is undeniable. Star Javier Bardem just won an Oscar and Natalie Portman and Stellan Skarsgard are typically fantastic. Add to that the fact that legendary director Milos Forman helmed the film and it almost becomes a curiosity of the "what went wrong" variety. You know - the same reason you had to rent Waterworld or Cutthroat Island - you had to see what happened. But Goya's Ghosts isn't that disastrously bad, which means it will probably fall through the cracks. The film tells the story of famous Spanish painter Francisco Goya when his muse and inspiration Ines is imprisoned for heresy. Goya turns to Inquisitor Brother Lorenzo to save his love and betrayal is inevitable. A gorgeous film that never quite gets below the surface, Goya's Ghosts should appeal to fans of costume drama, but the lone special feature, a standard featurette, makes it clear that Sony doesn't think it will have any more wider appeal than it did in theaters.

Highlander: The Source
Studio: Lionsgate
Starring: Adrian Paul, Thekla Reuten, Peter Wingfield, and Jim Byrnes
Features: "Highlander: The Process," Storyboard-to-scene comparisons, Tribute to Bill Panzer, and Highlander video game sneak peek

Is it ironic that the legend of an immortal had become a never ending series of movies and TV shows that it now feels like it will long outlive all of us? Ask your English teacher. After you do that, check out Highlander: The Source but only hardcore Duncan MacLeod fans need apply. The Source was originally broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel in September of last year and this project bears such a small resemblance to what the series once was back in the Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert days. No offense to Adrian Paul, who took over the title role in the series and now movies, but The Source feels like an afterthought to a once-vital mythology. Its relation to the original films is roughly that of Alien vs. Predator: Requiem to the Ridley Scott and James Cameron films. We're pretty far removed. But Highlander fans will take what they can get and probably be aware that they deserve better. A surprising number of special features, including storyboard-to-scene comparisons, are included but the video/audio transfer is just as disappointing as the film. These kind of cut-rate projects are easily forgiven on the Sci-Fi Channel on a Saturday night but when you try to watch them at any other time on DVD, it's tougher to digest.

Newhart: The Complete First Season
Studio: Fox
Starring: Bob Newhart, Tom Poston, Mary Frann, Jennifer Holmes, and Steven Kampmann
Features: "Guess Who's Coming to (Bed and) Breakfast?", "You Really Should Wear More Sweaters," "What a Cast!," and "Getting to the Heart of Newhart"

Bob Newhart is one of the rare, supremely talented comedians who strike TV gold not once, but twice. Sure, Newhart isn't as sublimely hilarious as The Bob Newhart Show but it still has some undeniable comedic peaks. The finally-available first season should make fans of '80s TV ecstatic this week. Somewhat similar to Green Acres, Newhart featured the legendary comedian as Dick Loudon, an author who is forced to move to a Vermont town and open the historic Stratford Inn. Playing the typical straight man in a world of crazy people, Newhart the actor is consistently great and Newhart the show is better than you remember. The series lasted eight years and racked up dozens of Emmy nominations (including a nod for Best Comedy Series for this inaugural outing) and featured arguably the best series finale in history. In other words, your newest TV-on-DVD collection begins here and you should start saving for seven more seasons.