If you are looking for new flicks to add to your DVD collection you have a diverse selection to chose from this week.

If you are a sucker for alien abductions films The Fourth Kind hits stores today, which  stars Milla Jovovich.

Synopsis: Set in the fall of 2000 and purportedly based on actual events, The Fourth Kind stars Milla Jovovich as Dr. Abigail Tyler, a Nome, Alaska-based psychotherapist whose videotaped sessions with her patients offer the most compelling evidence of alien abduction ever documented. Elias Koteas and Will Patton co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

You can keep down those vampire kids from Forks, Washington down. The Twilight Saga: New Moon is on DVD, which stars Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattison.

Synopsis: The supernatural tale of star-crossed lovers continues as the Cullen family flees Forks in order to protect Bella (Kristen Stewart), and the heartbroken high-school senior discovers that vampires aren’t the only creatures in town. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Need a little something for the whole family? Disney’s Oscar nominated film The Princess and the Frog is on DVD, which includes Anika Noni Rose as the first Black princess.

Synopsis: After being summoned back to the Mouse House by Pixar founder John Lasseter in 2006, Alladin and Treasure Planet directors Ron Clements and John Musker join forces once again for this traditionally animated 2-D fantasy for the entire family, set in New Orleans. Former Dreamgirl Anika Noni Rose will voice the lead character Tiana, Disney’s first African-American heroine in their long heritage of fairy tale animated features. Also in the voice cast is Keith David, lending his baritone chords to the film’s villain, Dr. Facilier. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Some classic Kung Fu action is all packed in Ninja Assassin.

Synopsis: V for Vendetta director James McTeigue re-teams with that film’s producers Larry and Andy Wachowski for this action-packed tale of a skilled assassin who was trained by a mythical secret society, and patiently awaits the day he will avenge the death of his best friend. Swept off the streets as a young boy, Raizo (Korean pop star Rain) is transformed into an unstoppable killing machine by a secret society known as the Ozunu Clan. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Check out BET’s exclusive clip from Ninja Assassin!

V-Day is this weekend and there is a movie that fits the bill — Gary Marshall’s Valentine’s Day. The cast is endless with names that include Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah, Julia Roberts, Taylor Lautner, Taylor Swift and George Lopez.

There are so many people packed into the movie it will be interesting to see how the flick works.  Check out the trailer below!

Yesterday, I attended a screening of the sequel to Twilight, the  highly anticipated New Moon, which is in theaters this Friday. Like most vampire movies, Black people are little to none, but there is one loc-headed vampire who was in the first and this new installment. Edi Gathegi is vampire Laurent and in an interview with Black Voices the actor revealed he received backlash about his color from some Twilight fans:

“There was actually some fan backlash when I got cast, because people didn’t see Laurent being black. In the book, he’s described at being olived-toned, and I decided to address the issue head on. I did an interview where I said, ‘The character is described as olive-toned, but there are many patches of olives. Black olives anyone?’ I think the fans responded to that, and they immediately gave me an open reception after the interview. I think that they did a great job in casting colorblind, because it makes it more accessible to many groups of people, and for African Americans to see me in the film, they know that they are being represented.”

What a shame Edi had to justify his validity in a movie with an example of olives because some “fans” cried they wanted everyone pale and White.  Furthermore, when is there racial strife among vampires?  Aren’t they soulless, but somehow sexual, bloodsuckers?  Lawd…

Oh, and if you are wondering, the kid who has a serious brown tan, Taylor Lautner (for a minute, I thought he was pulling a Jessica “Don’t Call Me Latina” Alba), is not Black or Latin.  According to Wikipedia he is, “mostly Dutch, French, and German descent, and claims some Native American (specifically Ottawa and Potawatomi).”  He got Indian in his family?!

Be sure to come back tomorrow for a full review of The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

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