All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to the titles below, you can also now check out the Bratz movie on DVD, if you are so inclined.

The O.C. — The Complete Series
Okay, so this one's not so much to rent as to buy: the entire collection of DVDs from The O.C.'s four-season run can now be purchased in one massive collection — just in time for Chrismakkuh. The set includes the show's 92 episodes on 28 discs and two discs of bonus content.

In the immediate future, you can catch Melinda Clarke — a.k.a. Julie Cooper on tonight's episode of Reaper playing (who else?) the Devil's girlfriend.

Two more new-on-DVD selections, so read more

Waitress
Finally! If you've been reading Buzz fairly regularly, you'll know I've been anxious for this movie to come out on DVD so I can add it to my library. It was one of my November Must-Haves as well as one of my suggestions for gifts to give your mom this holiday season.

Keri Russell plays Jenna, a pie-making waitress who finds out she's pregnant by her not-so-nice husband (Jeremy Sisto). Then she meets her hunky gynecologist Dr. Pomatter (Nathan Fillion) and everything suddenly seems a bit brighter. Cheryl Hines plays Jenna's hilarious and loyal friend.

This was sadly the last film writer/director Adrienne Shelly completed before her untimely death last year, which lends a bittersweet quality to the whole thing.

The Namesake
Though this is certainly a case of the book being superior to the movie, the film version of The Namesake by director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair) is lush, beautiful and stirring. Kal Penn, in an extremely non-White Castle role, plays Gogol, a young Indian-American who was named after his father's favorite author.

The film weaves together both Gogol's story as a child of India-born parents in America, and the story of Gogol's mother Ashima (Tabu), a woman who finds love in her arranged marriage, but struggles with the cultural differences she finds in the States. Most of all, the film is gorgeously shot. For more of my take on The Namesake check out my full review.


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