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PICKS OF THE WEEK

Barbra Streisand: The Concerts . "JCVD" - I never thought I'd use the words "best," "movie" and "Jean-Claude Van Damme" in the same sentence, but here it is: "JCVD" is the best Jean-Claude Van Damme movie ever.

Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as ... wait for it ... Jean-Claude Van Damme, a flat-broke, down-and-out ex-action star who can't get any work and is in a heated legal battle with his ex-wife over custody of their daughter.

He returns to Brussels to live, and one day while at a post office, a bunch of thugs bust in to rob the place, taking all the patrons (including Jean-Claude Van Damme) hostage. The police show up and somehow get the impression that Jean-Claude Van Damme is the guy holding everyone hostage. This leaves Jean- Claude Van Damme in the curious pickle of having to not only protect the hostages from the thugs, but also act as a negotiator for the thugs with the police.

"JCVD" has some great action scenes, which surprised me. For an older guy, Jean-Claude Van Damme still has some good moves. And the ending, which I won't spoil, is an awesome, non-Hollywood resolution of the story. Check it out.

. "Frost/Nixon: The Complete Interviews" - Looking to cash in on the DVD release of the feature film comes this two-disc collection of the historic 1977 interviews between David Frost and Richard Nixon. When they first aired, the interviews captured 45 million television viewers, who watched as Frost hammered away at the former president over details of the Watergate scandal. Granted, this isn't a DVD for everyone, but for history buffs and political junkies, this DVD set is gold.

. "Barbra Streisand: The Concerts" - Fans of Babs will simply be giddy over this three-disc set. The first disc is her sold-out 2006 Ft. Lauderdale concert, including 10 songs never before seen on DVD; disc two is the 1994 concert in Anaheim, which was her first show following a 17-year hiatus; and disc three 3 is "Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album," which includes as special features performance clips from her TV specials of the 1960s and '70s.

TV SERIES . "American Dad!" Vol. 4 . "The Waltons" The Complete Ninth Season . "X-Men, Volume 1" (Marvel DVD Comic Book Collection) . "Mission: Impossible" The Sixth TV Season . "Spin City" The Complete Second Season . "Voltron" Volume 8 . "UFO Hunters" The Complete Season 2