Since we know time is money, here's a quick handy reference guide to recent DVD releases that should be on your radar and, in many cases, on your shelf. Immediately.
MacGruber (Blu-ray)
Release Date: September 7
What it is: The Saturday Night Live skit—you know, the one that averages about 30 seconds in length and features exactly one joke—gets the movie treatment because…well…it was either this or "Two A-Holes," we guess. Starring (predictably) Will Forte and Kristen Wiig, and (surprisingly) Ryan Phillipe, Val Kilmer, and Powers Boothe.
Why you need it: Let's be fair—MacGruber is not a great movie. It scores the occasional ridiculous chuckle and it's nice to see Kilmer in a comedy again, but too often the jokes veer from flatly unfunny to "already done in Hot Shots Part Deux." At home, though, you can distract yourself until the next funny or just so-ridiculous-you-can't-help-but-laugh moment and that makes the experience more palatable. This will soon be on a steady rotation with Pootie Tang and PCU on Comedy Central soon enough, and who knows? Maybe it'll achieve its own form of misunderstood-at-the-time cult cred. Stranger things have happened, my damie. We'd love for it to happen, for the cast's sake. Good times.
The Office: Season Six
Release Date: September 7
What it is: The U.S. version of the Ricky Gervais/Stephen Merchant series just keeps seeing the original's paltry two seasons and raising. With rumors of Steve Carell's imminent departure and a replacement boss, enjoy the pre-jumped shark times while you can.
Why you need it: The show took potentially series-crushing moments—Pam and Jim's wedding, Jim's promotion—and managed to keep its momentum going. That's saying a lot. This DVD set comes with deleted scenes as well as an uncensored original digital short. Nothing ground-breaking, but enough to make fans happy and satisfy anyone who waits to watch all of their TV in one sitting.