A smaller but nonetheless interesting week of DVDs this week; a chance to check out intricate documentaries, the latest X-Men incarnation, Will Ferrel's dramatic turn, and a seriously ass-kicking girl. More after the jump. 

It's a great week to revisit old movies, as we've got everything from Kubrick's earliest, a new on DVD Polanski movie, mad science sci-fi from the 60's, and much, much more. 

We've got a small but eclectic offering this week, which includes a 1960's stranded-in-a-desert flick from Olive Films, a new one from Film Movement, and more, inside. 

Reviewer: James Van Maanen
Rating (out of five): * * *

A coming-of-age (but not coming-out) movie that takes us back to a British all-girls school during the 1930s -- complete with requisite lesbianism, nude scenes, and a backward glance at the young ladies, fashions and automobiles of pre-WWII-- Cracks, the first full-length film from Jordan Scott (daughter of Ridley) is a ripe piece of cinema that is, fortunately, still a short distance from going bad. You can bite into its succulent fruit and enjoy the sweet taste, while realizing that, by tomorrow, it will have passed optimum status. But that's tomorrow. Why carp when we still have today?