The Incredible Hulk

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.

The Incredible Hulk
Last Summer I predicted that The Incredible Hulk might be the season's forgotten superhero movie, nestled as it was between the releases of Iron Man and The Dark Knight, and not having quite the existing fan base that Hellboy II did. It was definitely a huge improvement over the last time someone tried to bring the green giant to the big screen, but it still had a hard time standing out in the 2008 Summer of the Superhero Movie.

But hey, that's what DVDs are for! And I think this is a perfectly thrilling option to take home and curl up with, especially if you never got around to seeing it in the theaters. Special features include an alternate opening and a making-of featurette.

Two more up next, so read more

The cutest robot to hit the screen in a long time, Wall-E, proved irresistible to audiences over the weekend, earning the top spot at the box office with an estimated $62.5 million. According to Variety, this is the third best opening for a Pixar film after The Incredibles ($70.5 million) and Finding Nemo ($70.2 million).

The Angelina Jolie-James McAvoy action flick Wanted nabbed the No. 2 spot with a respectable $51 million, and Get Smart stayed strong in the third spot earning $20 million over the weekend.

While most had adorable robots on the brain this weekend, some were still looking for some big panda fun and kept Kung Fu Panda going strong at No. 4, beating The Incredible Hulk which landed in the fifth spot.

Photos courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures

Welcome to the Caption It game on BuzzSugar! Every other Wednesday, I'll post a photo still from a TV show or movie here and challenge you to think of the most hilarious caption possible. I'll announce the finalists the following Tuesday, and you'll get to vote for the best caption; the winner will get a fabulous BuzzSugar T-shirt!

You guys had a field day with the Swingtown picture and your suggestions were seriously hilarious. There could only be one winner, though, and the honor goes to khowell, whose caption wins last week's poll:

"If you think these are impressive, you should see the butcher's sausage."

Next up for this week's challenge, which is taken from the Marvel blockbuster, The Incredible Hulk:

Leave your captions in the comment space below before 5 p.m. PDT on Monday, June 30, to be considered for a spot in the voting round. Have fun! To see a photo of the BuzzSugar T-shirt, just read more

• According to her father, Amy Winehouse has been diagnosed with emphysema connected with her smoking cigarettes and crack cocaine. — PopSugarUK
• Get Smart opened in the number one spot at the box office this weekend, with The Love Guru only coming in at fourth, after second-place Kung Fu Panda and third-place Incredible Hulk. — BuzzSugar
• Tom Brokaw will be hosting Meet the Press through the November elections, filling the vacancy left by Tim Russert's death. — CitizenSugar
• Ellen DeGeneres gave Portia de Rossi a pink diamond engagement ring, and the couple has set a date for their upcoming wedding, part of which will be aired on Ellen's show. — People
• Timbaland and Monique Idlett had their second wedding ceremony Sunday night on a private island in Aruba. — Us Weekly
• A paparazzi photographer is suing Woody Harrelson for $2.5 million, accusing the actor of assaulting him and breaking his camera two years ago. — AP
• Ellen DeGeneres, Rachael Ray, and Tyra Banks won Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday night. Check out the full list of winners. — BuzzSugar
• ICYMI, comedian George Carlin passed away of heart failure yesterday.

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Looks like enough people were craving the silly fun of an updated Maxwell Smart story this weekend, making the Steve Carell-Anne Hathaway comedy No. 1 at the box office. The Mike Meyers comedy The Love Guru was expected to show Get Smart some stiff competition during the opening weekend for both movies. Instead, The Love Guru brought in $14 million to Get Smart's $39 million, and failed to crack the top three.

At No. 2 was Kung Fu Panda, which bumped the more recent Incredible Hulk to third place. The Love Guru came in fourth, followed by M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening.

This weekend the crown will most likely go to Pixar's latest (and much-promoted) project, WALL-E about a little robot with the saddest, most endearing "eyes" ever. The action flick Wanted, however, may entice that coveted young male demographic, and will probably do quite well for itself.

Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.

It may feel like the Summer movie season kicked off ages ago what with the smash success of Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and the Sex and the City movie but really, we're just getting started, folks. My summer is going to be packed with movies and I figured yours might be, too. That's why I'm giving away $200 worth of Fandango tickets every Friday this June!

You still have time to take my newest quiz, which focuses on trivia about the Hulk now that the new, box-office topping edition of The Incredible Hulk has hit theaters. You must take the quiz before 5 p.m. PDT on Thursday, June 19 to be entered. You just have to log into your TeamSugar account and take the quiz to be entered — it doesn't matter how well you score.

If you don't win, don't worry — I'll post a new quiz every Friday till the end of June. But why hold out for the next one when you can take the Hulk quiz right now? If you don't have a TeamSugar account, what are you waiting for? Go here to sign up. For the official rules, click here — and good luck!