Clueless "Whatever!" Edition

Want to feel old? Clueless was released 10 years ago this month. The film that propelled Alicia Silverstone from that-girl-in-the-Aerosmith-videos status to bona fide Peta-supporting, vegetarian-poster-girl A-list movie star is being rereleased in spiffy new packaging (her character Cher would, like, so approve) as Clueless "Whatever!" Edition. Director Amy Heckerling, forever beloved for her other seminal high school flick, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, adapted Jane Austen's Emma into the tale of a teenaged matchmaker, who, realizing her potential love interest is maybe a little too enamored with gladiator movies, finds herself attracted to her cute ex-step brother. As with Fast Times, Clueless was a launching pad for future stars like Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd, and Jeremy Sisto. The DVD is accessorized with bonus features including "The Class of '95," which looks at the cast then and now, "Fashion 101," which discusses the trendsetting fashions that defined the movie, and "We're History," cast and crew stories on the making of the film. -- Jeremy Kinser

Harry and Max

Harry and Max are brothers and fading teeny-bopper rock stars. Harry, the older of the two, and Max, only 16, once shared an experience that brought them closer together than most siblings, but they discarded it as curious hormonal rubbish. At least that is how Harry feels until Max gives him a blowjob during a camping excursion and turns Harry into a dopey, dick-craving slut who begins banging anything that moves, including Max's older (and male) yoga instructor. Are Harry and Max meant to be together not just as brothers but also as lovers? Do we care? Not really. Harry and Max is downright awful -- a film that contains no originality, no depth, and no characters that wouldn't seem more at home inside Barbie's Plastic Malibu Estate. The DVD contains a moronic director's commentary, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and the theatrical trailer. Harry and Max is -- along with Eating Out and Fantastic Four -- one of the year's worst. -- Matthew Dalton

The Shirley Temple Collection

Seventy years after Shirley Temple charmed Depression-era audiences with her optimistic pluck -- she was the number one box office star from 1934-38 -- she continues to cast a strange spell over not only little girls, but even certain grown men (and known heterosexuals) like Michael Jackson and David Gest, who keeps a shrine (a Temple temple?) to the little ringlet-haired urchin in his home. I admit that, while I understand the necessary diversion she provided audiences during her heyday, the moppet's appeal is otherwise lost on me. I like my child stars full of piss and vinegar like Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon (or least full of pea soup like Linda Blair in The Exorcist). I'm not alone. After respected '30s film critic Graham Greene made disparaging remarks about Temple's, um, precocious appeal to the elderly male characters with whom the tyke was often paired, he was sued in court and his magazine soon went belly up. As if film titles like Dimples, The Littlest Rebel, and Poor Little Rich Girl aren't nauseating enough, the plots of Temple's vehicles -- in which even the surliest curmudgeon is not immune to her impish charms -- are treacly enough to give a guy a toothache. All this aside, my young niece loves her. Three of Temple's best-known vehicles Curly Top, in which she plays an adorable orphan, Heidi, in which she plays an adorable orphan, and Little Miss Broadway, in which she plays -- are you sitting? -- an adorable orphan, are being released on DVD in both their original black-and-white and you'd-never-know-it colorized versions. I'd rather visit the dentist than watch them again, but they'll make great gifts for my niece. -- Jeremy Kinser

Beauty Shop

All hail the Queen! The force of nature known as Latifah is now a raison d'etre for fluffy comedies and they don't come much fluffier than Beauty Shop, an estrogen-driven sequel to the Barbershop films. Latifah stars as Gina, who after the ubiquitous "I quit/you're fired" scenario with her arrogant boss (a flamboyant Kevin Bacon) at a posh salon, opens her own beauty shop in an Atlanta 'hood. The film isn't especially funny, but it's harmless and filled with enough "you go, girl" moments to make it ideal for party viewing. Latifah acquits herself very well, as does her game supporting cast, including Alicia Silverstone (channeling Daryl Hanna's overbaked southern accent in Steel Magnolias), Djimon Hounsou as Gina's Prince Charming, and particularly Alfre Woodard, having a field day slumming as an Afro-centric, Maya Angelou-reciting beautician. Bonus features include a gag reel, audio commentary from director Bille Woodruff, and a making-of featurette. -- Jeremy Kinser

Small Screen Spotlight: Open Bar

Tyler Robuck, the owner of icandy in West Hollywood, has a story to tell. Logo's reality series Open Bar, airing Mondays at 10 p.m., chronicles his journey of opening the bar and his immersion into WeHo's gay scene. Thirty-four-year-old Robuck's all-American background makes him the ideal fodder for a classic coming out story: A high school football star, fraternity president, and MBA graduate, he remained in the closet through his 20s, and had a hard time figuring out what to do when he came out. With Open Bar, Robuck has noble intentions -- he wants to be a role model who helps families realize that anyone can be gay, and that it's okay to talk about it. Unfortunately, the show's attempts to parallel icandy's opening with Robuck's personal life has limited scope. Several times it flip-flops between the two themes trying to tie them together, i.e., jumping from a construction scene to Robuck emoting to the camera about coming out. Cheesy moments abound, like when he recalls going running one day (cut to footage of him running shirtless) and realizing, "It was like God spoke to me and said 'You will open a gay bar.'" If that's what God is worrying about these days Open Bar's redemption comes when it is able to successfully merge the two stories, which occurs best when the blundering building developer has difficulty handling Robuck's sexuality. Robuck has good intentions with this show, and hopefully once its foundation is set it will be less contrived and more what he strives for it to be. -- Sarika Chawla