Published: October 09, 2008 05:30 pm            

Entertainment Picks (October 3, 2008)

3 Things to check out this weekend

Criminal Minds

DVD ($29.98 retail)-Amazon



Joe Mantegna heads the cast of this gritty CBS network drama about an elite group of FBI profilers constantly trying to outsmart the country’s most deviant criminals. In these 20 episodes from last season, the unit juggles some of their toughest cases while trying to deal with various personal problems that threaten to undermine the workplace. Bonus features include cut-ups and goof-ups, deleted scenes and several documentaries that take you behind the scenes. (Rated PG-13)

—Neil Pond, American Profile





Football’s Greatest Stars

By Allan Maki

Hardcover, 216 pages (retail $35)-Amazon



Down…Set…Hike! Get in the game with this rundown of the 50 greatest professional football players of the modern (post-1950) era, plus past-and-present profiles of the NFL’s 32 teams, a history of the Super Bowl and a section on “Legends in the Making.” Packed with 120 color photos of Peyton Manning, O.J. Simpson, Jerry Rice, Jim Brown, Joe Namath, Terry Bradshaw, Deion Sanders and many, many other touchdown titans, it’s sure to be a hit with any gridiron fan.

—Neil Pond, American Profile





Leatherheads

DVD (retail $29.98)-Amazon



George Clooney directs as well as stars—alongside Renee Zellweger, plus John Krasinski from TV’s The Office—in this romping romantic comedy set in the bumpy, muddy, hardscrapple world of 1920s football. Bonus features include commentary by Clooney, deleted scenes and four featurettes, including one revealing the special effects that convincingly transformed modern settings into the movie’s authentic-looking period backdrops.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

        

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