OOF – Out of Food

Four years in the making, Life ($40-$49) is the latest visceral journey from the makers of Planet Earth.

The 4-disc, 10-part set features 130 stories of life on our planet, an incredible 54 of which had never been filmed before. Rich, vivid, and often times riveting, the amazing full HD visuals are accompanied by a spot-one score by George Fenton.

Oh, and be sure to pick up the BBC version narrated by the great David Attenborough, unless you actually want to listen to 10-plus hours of Oprah.

Bleak, dark, unrelenting, and unquestionably great, Gomorrah ($33) is based on the true-life expose of the same name, and takes viewers inside the Camorra, a Naples-based Italian crime organization said to be so large and widespread that it brings in hundreds of billions of dollars a year.

Directed by Matteo Garrone using a documentary style, it skips the forced glamour and glorification of normal mobster movies for something that’s much more moving: the truth.

There’s the question of whether or not it’s really possible to build a particle accelerator in your own home with sufficient power to create a new element.

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Late on this one but it’s a great film and has an even better soundtrack. I wish life were as fun as this.

Relive the glory days of Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, and the rest of the crew with Jackass: The Lost Tapes ($13).

Containing a mix of lost skits and unedited clips that were too extreme to air.

The Lost Tapes is a must have for any Jackass fan, and also packs all of the show openers, credit montages, extra bonus footage, and more.

Find it at your local video store or HMV.

LOS ANGELES – An elite squad of guinea pigs has worked its own brand of magic at the box office, taking the No. 1 spot from boy wizard Harry Potter.

The 3-D “G-Force” was the top movie at the box office this weekend, opening with $32.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Walt Disney release from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, with its mixture of live action and computer-generated animation, is a “Mission: Impossible”-style adventure. It features voiceover work from Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Tracy Morgan and Penelope Cruz as resourceful rodents.

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