It seems that folks who may have missed out on the short theatrical run of Alpha Dog are now picking up the DVD and being knocked out by it. Check out some excerpts from this very impressive review from Collider.com:

Occasionally there is one of those movies that just completely slips through the cracks. Usually it's a low to medium budget movie that is either mis-marketed, under marketed or just dumped to die a quick death. A few years later you might discover a movie like this on cable at 3 AM and think, "whoa, that was actually pretty good."

Films like Running Scared, Wrong Turn, Turistas, Josie and the Pussycats, Can't Hardly Wait, Teachers Pet, Rent, The Fountain, Breach and Win a Date with Tad Hamilton are some recent additions to this sad subgenre of film. And it looks as if Alpha Dog is in prime position to be the new guy.

All of the acting is top shelf, especially Ben Foster who just drips an oddly charismatic brand sleaze. The usually clean cut [Emile] Hirsch is a revelation as the total scumbag, Johnny Truelove and Sharon Stone has an absolutely heartbreaking monologue that almost steals the movie at the beginning of the third act.

Also of note is Justin Timberlake who is making a very interesting career for himself. Instead of picking the easy romantic leads or action heroes, Timberlake has cut a path of smaller, more complex character roles that imply higher aspirations as an actor than the cross promotion that most musicians get from film roles. At this rate, he's on tap to end of like Mark Wahlberg instead of Madonna.

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Meanwhile, Axiom Films has announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of Off The Black on 25th June 2007 priced at 19.99.

Features include:

* Feature length Audio commentary with director James Ponsoldt
* Production video diary (approx. 30 mins)
* Stills gallery
* English subtitles for the hearing impaired

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And speaking of Alpha Dog, that film's star Anton Yelchin walks away with Charlie Bartlett, one of our Top Picks from the just-completed Tribeca Film Festival. It hits theaters on August 3rd. The Hollywood Reporter picks Charlie Bartlett as one of the top 10 sleeper hits of summer:

Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and MGM's R rated comedy Charlie Bartlett (Aug. 3) is directed by Jon Poll (who edited such films as Meet the Fockers and Scary Movie 3) and stars Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis and Robert Downey Jr. Its storyline about an eccentric teenager who becomes popular as a supplier at school of prescription drugs should appeal to a core audience of young adults and that's often the road to becoming a sleeper.