Play All is just as excited as you are to watch the Giants try and defend their Super Bowl title (they won't) and 90210 become a hit again (it looks like it might). Wait, what year is it? Seriously, the deja vu of early September 2008 is a little overwhelming. A classic rivalry opens the NFL season (Giants & Redskins), 90210 is back, and here we are preparing to write about Jet Li, Sam Malone, and Charlie Brown! What the hell? Everything old is new again. Strap in to the way back machine and hit Play All.

Black Mask (Blu-Ray)
Studio: Lionsgate
Starring: Jet Li, Karen Mok, and Lau Ching Wan
Features: Wushu Technique, Wushu in Action, Black Mask Game, Trailers

One of the cool things about the end of the format war is that we can be virtually guaranteed that every major Blu-Ray release will be piggy-backed by another catalog title on Blu-Ray. Take for example this week. With Forbidden Kingdom hitting the home market next week (and we'll cover that excellent Blu-Ray release soon), what other Jet Li or Jackie Chan movie would be pulled from the vaults in the hope that Kingdom buyers wouldn't be satisfied with just one purchase? Hero would be a dream come true. Or maybe some classic Chan? No, this week's two-fer is Black Mask, an interesting Jet Li movie that kind of ushered in his new era as a summer movie star. It was originally made in 1996, but released stateside in 1999 after Lethal Weapon 4 turned Jet Li into a more marketable star. We're huge Jet Li fans here at Play All, but Black Mask is an average-to-lesser Li title that only really found an audience because it was shoved between Weapon 4 and Romeo Must Die. Hardcore Li fans with Blu-Ray players will have to include it in their collection and it does look better than we remembered, but we're holding out hope for some more classic Li films in the format. Until then, Black Mask will have to do.

The Art of Travel
Studio: First Look
Starring: Christopher Masterson, Brooke Burns, Johnny Messner, James Duval, Bijou Phillips, and Maria Conchita Alonso
Features: None

"The art of travel is to deviate from the current plan." This week's straight-to-DVD release played a few festivals earlier this year and is actually a likable romantic drama with some recognizable faces. Breaking out of a hit like Malcolm in the Middle has to be incredibly difficult. Going from kid star to adult star is tough enough, but there's a reason that you don't see the Cosby kids or Tina Yothers all that often any more. What will happen to the four kid actors of Malcolm in the Middle? Frankie Muniz has virtually disappeared but Christopher Masterson, who played the oldest brother, has done an interesting thing with The Art of Travel. It's a left-of-center drama about a young man who catches his fiance with another guy and just hits the road. He vows to get on the first plane out of the country and ends up in Nicaragua, where he decides to take on even bigger challenges from there. The urge to just get away and leave everything behind hits every man (and, probably, woman) at some point in his life. The Art of Travel becomes a little too TV Movie-of-the-week when the inevitable romance kicks in but the idea of making a movie that feels like a travelogue is a good one. The Travel Channel should pick it up and air it after the next No Reservations.

Cheers: Season Ten
Studio: Paramount
Starring: Ted Danson, Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Woody Harrelson, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger, and Rhea Perlman
Features: None

Cheers rules. It's that simple. It's unbelievable that one of the best comedies in the history of television was still rocking the house in its tenth season. How much does Cheers rule? After its notorious first season, when it was nearly cancelled for finishing last in the ratings, and its rise in the second and third season, it never finished out of the top ten for any of its last eight years. Honestly, the trajectory of Cheers is literally impossible now. We're in a world of TV where a show that finishes last in its first year, wouldn't even make it through that season, much less get another (ask the producers of the great-but-unwatched Aliens in America). But it might be even more remarkable that Cheers held up the quality for so long. Shows that can make it five years are looked at as old and you can't make seven or eight years without someone using the words "jumping" and "shark". Cheers never made the leap for eleven years. This season, the tenth, was one of the best and it finished 4th in the ratings, earning Emmy nominations in all four acting categories and for best comedy series (it was beaten by Murphy Brown). Watching it a decade-and-a-half later, Cheers is just as funny, brilliant, and perfect. Anyone who doesn't think it's one of the ten best sitcoms of all time must be ignored. And it will never happen again.

It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Deluxe Edition
Studio: Warner Brothers
Created by: Charles M. Schulz
Features: Another Story Featuring the Gang: "It's Magic, Charlie Brown", All-New Featurette: "We Need a Blockbuster, Charlie Brown!"

"Peanuts, Pumpkins and Pleasure for the Whole Family!" For several of the most formative years of my life, It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown was an important, annual event. I LOVED Peanuts. And there's still something about Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Peppermint Patty, Woodstock, and the rest of the gang that brings out the kid in me. I'm sure I'm not alone. Now that I'm older, I realize THAT was always the massive appeal of Peanuts. Charles Schulz' amazing creation was one that didn't just appeal to kids, it turned everyone into children again. There's something about that Peanuts theme and the genius of The Great Pumpkin that make me feel like I need a blanket and a bottle again, which has led me to conclude something - everyone needs as much Peanuts in their DVD collection as possible. If you've had a bad day, if life is bringing you down, watching Charlie miss the kick again and Linus hug his blanket somehow makes everything better. There's a lot of remastered Charlie Brown coming your way this season on DVD. (We'll cover more in depth with a full review later.) This is just the start. And it's a great one.

Supernatural: The Complete Third Season
Studio: Warner Brothers
Starring: Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki
Features: From Legends to Reality: Supernatural Effects, Supernatural Impala Featurette: A Look Inside the Classic 1967 Chevrolet Impala, A Closer Look: Short Segments Showcasing Favorite Aspects of Specific Episodes, Ghostfacers! Confessionals Minifeaturette Gallery, Gag Reel

There was a point in the trajectory of Supernatural (a show that we know VERY well, having written weekly recaps at one point in our illustrious careers) when it looked like the series could become the next Buffy the Vampire Slayer or The X-Files. It now looks like that's not going to happen. But we don't mean that as a knock on the series. Not everything can be a classic. Sometimes just being consistently good is notable enough and Supernatural is one of the more consistently good shows on TV. It now looks like Supernatural could easily be one of those dark horse shows like Smallville or Charmed, ones that stay on the air for more than five years and very rarely falter in quality. The third season of Supernatural was just as good as the second and probably just as good as the inevitable fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons. One thing about Supernatural that is well above average is that the show's seasons are released by Warner Brothers, the best studio for TV on DVD. The widescreen episodes of the third season of Supernatural look and sound better than a lot of recently released big budget films. If you liked season one and two of Supernatural, pick up season three. You won't be disappointed.