This really should have been a comedy classic. You had people that, individually, have created some of the best comedy ever. Director Bob Odenkirk is one of the geniuses behind "The Ben Stiller Show" and "Mr. Show." Writers Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon are best known for their work on the cult sketch comedy show "The State," as well as their current jobs on "Reno 911!." And in front of the camera, you've got Will Arnett from "Arrested Development" as a snotty white-collar criminal sent to a criminal penitentiary. But, sadly, while there are a few laughs here and there, the film is so disjointed and devoid of gut-busters, it has to rank as a serious disappointment. This one, against all odds, really isn't even worth a rental. Louis Fowler
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9/11 Press for Truth (NR)
Disinformation
Featuring four prominent 9/11 widows known as the "Jersey Girls" and presenting the extensive evidence compiled by Paul Thompson author of The Terror Timeline Press for Truth doesn't make the convoluted assertions that turn many 9/11 films into easily written-off conspiracy jobs. Rather, the well- constructed expos allows the major media outlets (through archival footage) and the key players (Bush cabinet members) to expose details that don't quite add up. The film also points out disgusting truths, like how much more money was spent investigating Clinton's sex scandal than was allotted for the 9/11 Commission to do its inquiry. Of the catalog of 9/11 films from the past few years, Press for Truth might be the best- researched and most convincing documentary yet. Matthew Schniper
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Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back: '65 Tour Deluxe Edition (NR)
Docurama
While the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night might have created and revolutionized the "wacky" rock film, the Bob Dylan-based documentary Don't Look Back is probably even more influential; what with its cinema verite, its intrusive camera, its opening music video for "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and its pure candidness, this film is an honest documentation of a superstar. It's a style that seems to be copied, even crossing over into a fictionalized world with films like This Is Spinal Tap. In other words, Don't Look Back is probably the most important rock film of all time. This deluxe edition features a second, new documentary Bob Dylan '65 Revisited cut from an additional 20 hours of previously unseen tour footage, which works as a great companion. Louis Fowler
