Play All is bursting at the seams this week, not just with quantity but with pride. Where else are you going to find THIS diverse a round-up of DVDs? Of course, the market leads Play All, not the other way around. And June is crazy for lovers of digital video discs. The 10th of the month in particular was so crowded with titles that we couldn't even get this column out by Tuesday. We were too buried in DVDs. And the variety this week is out of control. In one column, you'll find a very interesting season set and a dozen movies from different eras and even different countries. Who else can get Larry the Cable Guy, Sophia Loren, and an Iraqi heavy metal band into one column? No one but Play All. Clear some time off your schedule. Only when you're really sure you're ready to make some time with your DVD player, hit Play All.

The Boondocks: Season Two
Studio: Sony
Starring: Regina King, Gabby Soleil, Jill Talley, John Witherspoon, Cedric Yarbrough, and Gary Anthony Williams
Features: Behind The Boondocks, Introduction to "The Hunger Strike, Introduction to "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show", Audio Commentaries, Trouble In Woodcrest?, What Niggas?, Minisodes

When The Boondocks debuted in 2005 on Adult Swim, it was heralded as the next South Park or at least the next Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The show never quite developed the following I thought it would and, to be honest, I hadn't even seen it since the early parts of season one when I had to review it - around two and a half years ago. The fifteen-episode second season hit DVD this week and I was impressed to find a show that feels even more confident and well-written than when it began. Adult Swim is simply one of the most impressive lineups on TV right now - Venture Bros., Robot Chicken, Metalocalypse, Squidbillies, Aqua Teen. The Boondocks may not be the clean-up hitter of that amazing lineup but it's a consistently funny show, especially uncensored and in beautiful widescreen, as it appears on the Sony second season set. With great voice work by Regina King and John Witherspoon every week joined by awesome guest stars including Snoop Dogg, Monique, Aisha Tyler, Busta Rhymes and many more, The Boondocks may not be perfect, but it is never, ever boring. You can't say that about a lot of shows. If you've strayed from The Boondocks, as I did, this season set is the perfect way to dive back in.

Catherine Deneuve: 5-Film Collection
Studio: Lionsgate
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Yves Montand, Alain Delon, and Gerard Depardieu
Features: None

Lionsgate is rocking our world so far this year. They could have just continued to carve out the house that Saw built and released a neverending string of cut rate horror movies. No one has ever lost money underestimating the cash cow that is the horror movie audience. Add their horror flicks to the fact that they own Weeds and Mad Men and they really didn't need to think outside the box any more than that. But they have. They've been releasing great underrated indies like Diva and The Red Violin and a series of very attractive film collections that star very attractive Hollywood legends. They're like "starter sets" for classic movie fans who may not be familiar with these icon's lesser-known films. Brigitte Bardot and Alain Delon already got the treatment (and there are director sets for Alfred Hitchcock and Jean Luc-Godard) and this week sees two more. (You'll have to keep reading for the other one.) The first features five films with the gorgeous Catherine Deneuve - 1968's Manon 70, 1975's Le Sauvage, 1981'a Hotel Des Ameriques, 1982's Le Choc, and 1984's Fort Saganne. They're not exactly the best of Deneuve's career, but they're a great sampler set for fans who might be unfamiliar with her work.

The Grand
Studio: Anchor Bay
Starring: Woody Harrelson, David Cross, Dennis Farina, Cheryl Hines, Ray Romano, Jason Alexander, Richard Kind, and Chris Parnell
Features: Alternate Endings, Deleted Scenes, Wild Cards: Player Profiles, Audio Commentary with Writer/Producer/Director Zak Penn, Writer/Executive Producer Matt Bierman and Actor Michael Karnow, Selected Scene Commentaries with Actors Woody Harrelson, Cheryl Hines and Ray Romano

I wasn't that big a fan of The Grand when it was in theaters and, especially considering I saw it in screener form, my opinion isn't going to change too much on DVD. If we've learned anything in 2008 with Deal, 21, and The Grand it's that gambling and the movies don't mix. I said then, "The cast is so good and there's enough good material in the first act to almost merit a recommendation, but, like a poker player who just stops getting dealt the cards he needs, the film runs out of chips long before the credits roll." Only hardcore poker or Woody Harrelson fans really need apply for this comedy that's never awful (it's almost worth seeing just for Werner Herzog's spectacularly over-the-top performance) but wears out its welcome by the final table. At least the DVD comes with a few extra poker hands including commentaries and deleted scenes.

Heavy Metal in Baghdad
Studio: Arts Alliance America
Starring: Acrassicauda
Features: 7 Additional and Deleted Scenes, 3 Live Performances, 8 Page Booklet, Movie Trailer

We've highlighted several interesting documentaries here in Play All that just don't have the audience to break out into their own full-length reviews but are nonetheless worth your time. There's a definite audience out there for an unusual doc like Heavy Metal in Baghdad, a film that received pretty good buzz at last year's Toronto Film Festival and this year's South by Southwest Festival. It also played the NY Underground Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival. Heavy Metal in Baghdad follows the unusual phenomenon that is Acrassicauda, an Iraqi heavy metal band. The film follows their existence from the fall of Saddam Hussein to their escape from Iraq. The band members are so deep in metal that the reportedly learned how to speak English listening to Slayer, Metallica, and Slipknot. (I wonder if they're always inclined to scream when they speak it.) Acrassicauda, like a lot of Iraqis, saw a chance for real freedom after the fall of Saddam, but that quickly fell apart. This is a band that not only struggled to stay together but to stay alive. You should hear their story while you still can.

Millions: A Lottery Story
Studio: Lifesize Entertainment
Directed by: Paul LaBlanc
Features: None

Could it possibly be a curse to win the lottery? The fact is that every winner is different and money doesn't always lead to happiness. The most fascinating question posed by Millions is how it took so long for someone to make a doc about lottery winners. It seems like a subject that's perfect for a talented documentary filmmaker. The man who finally made Millions is named Paul LaBlanc and his film won Outstanding Achievement in Direction at the Brooklyn Film Festival, Best Documentary at the Staten Island Film Festival, and the Reality Check Award at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival. His film follows the lives of six lottery winners to show in detail how winning wads of cash can change the lives of ordinary people forever. The winners profiled stretch from the heart of the Bible Belt to the farms of the Midwest to the hurricane-ravaged communities of Southern Florida. Roger Ebert gave Millions three and a half stars and it still couldn't land a wide release. Seek it out on DVD.

Sophia Loren: 4-Film Collection
Studio: Lionsgate
Starring: Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, and Marcello Mastroianni
Features: None

The other release in Lionsgate's Celebrity Series this week is a four-disc set that features the gorgeous Sophia Loren. Once again, you won't find her most well-known work in the set but it's great for completists looking to have all the works of their favorite stars and for brand new fans looking for an efficient "starter set". Impress your friends by looking past the super-popular Sophia Loren movies and bring up 1954's Attila, 1970's I Girasoli, 1962's Madame Sans-Gere, and 1954's Carosello Napoletano. Sophia Loren is timeless. When you say "classically beautiful foreign actress" to a hundred people, 90 of them will think of Sophia Loren first. The last ten will probably think of Catherine Deneuve. Did we mention we love Lionsgate this week?

Witless Protection
Studio: Lionsgate
Starring: Larry the Cable Guy, Ivana Milicevic, Yaphet Kotto, Peter Stormare, Eric Roberts, Joe Mantegna, and Jenny McCarthy
Features: Making Witless: The Cast on the Cast, Larry's Use of the Analogy, The Musicians of Witless Protection

We love Lionsgate so much that it almost makes Witless Protection forgivable. Last year, when I published my Worst of 2007 list, one of the most regular comments was "Where's Delta Farce?" Honestly, I usually don't include movies by Larry the Cable Guy - a list that included Health Inspector in 2006, Delta Farce in 2007, and now Witless Protection. I've now seen them all and they're undeniably awful, but they're barely even movies. There are basic screenwriting and moviemaking thresholds that these things don't cross. How do you judge something put together with so little effort that the most memorable moment involves one man emptying his bowels on another during a body cavity search at an airport? Health Inspector and Delta Farce may have been bad but Witless Protection is, remarkably, far worse, currently ranking #22 on the IMDB user list of the worst movies EVER MADE. From Justin to Kelly doesn't rank that low. Maybe I won't forget this one this year when I do my worst of feature. Don't say we didn't warn you.