Entertainment options are expanding left and right, but the films with the biggest advertising budgets can often create such a wall of noise that they drown out all competitors, making it difficult to discover on DVD new movies or things you might have missed in theaters (and subsequently forgotten to add to a Netflix queue). And that hardly seems fair. Enter this column. Each week I’ll be offering up thoughts and preview looks at a wide variety of titles, a true grab bag inclusive of documentaries, new releases and forgotten classics (as well as probably some deservedly forgotten duds) just now making their bow on home video platforms. When it…

Title: TRON: Legacy Directed By: Joseph Kosinski Starring: Garrett Hedlund, Jeff Bridges, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, Beau Garrett, Michael Sheen, Owen Best As a sequel to a film made in 1982 with a premise that lends itself to be visually and mentally stimulating, TRON: Legacy was guaranteed to be a spectacle. First time feature director Joseph Kosinski certainly makes due on that expectation, but not much else. Looks may not be everything, but in the case of TRON: Legacy, they’re enough to keep you entertained for almost all of the film’s 125 minutes, but beyond that, the only possible way the film will have resonance is through the Daft Punk…

Billboard is reporting the unlikely announcement that the upcoming “Tron” sequel, titled “TR2N”, will be scored by French electric-pop titans Daft Punk. Daft Punk, who split their time between Los Angeles and Paris, France, are perhaps best known The original film, which is known for how it pioneered the use of computer graphics in creating the visuals, was scored by Wendy Carlos, an electronic musician. “TR2N” has been rumored to be in the works for years before official confirmation, and the first film itself has continued to “TR2N” has a tentative 2011 release date set and will star Garrett Hedlund, Beau Garret, Olivia Wilde, and Jeff Bridges, who starred in…