Four critically acclaimed movies come out on DVD today, all of which are required viewing. The remainder... not so much. .

On Monday morning, John Malkovich confirmed that he was in negotiations to play the Vulture in Spider-Man 4. By the end of the day, he was out of a job. That's because there is no Spidey 4 anymore -- director Sam Raimi walked away from the franchise when script problems (likely involving Raimi's love of the Vulture, and Sony's wariness of an old, bald villain) threatened the release date, and Sony has decided to re-cast and re-boot the whole damn thing. Raimi's three movies may have their flaws (especially the last one), but they were hugely popular, which makes this a sad day for a lot of people. On the other hand, we couldn't be more excited about a re-boot, even if the franchise is only ten years old. Here's what we'd like to see this time around.

In Daybreakers, the Spierig brothers have come up with a pretty interesting idea: what if nearly everybody in the world was a vampire? Obviously, they'd have to preserve the human race somehow, or they'd run out of blood to drink -- nothing new there, we saw the vampires' attempt to farm humanity in Blade: Trinity, and even that was probably inspired by the farming of humans by machines in The Matrix. But what would happen as the blood supply dried up? That is something that would be interesting to see, so it's a good thing they show us, in grisly detail.

Here at TWoP, we tease Michael Cera for playing the same character over and over again, and the character he plays in Youth in Revolt is of the same ilk: intelligent, virginal and mumbling. However, his character also develops a devious alter ego, and it's that character that opens our eyes to the possible range of Mr. Cera. Here he is an anti-hero, but in another film one would have no problem seeing him as a villain.

James Bond fans have had plenty to say about the art-housening of Bond films lately, with the last two films having more in common stylistically with the Bourne films than the Bond franchise. Well, they ain't seen nothing yet. Sam Mendes, director of American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Revolutionary Road and Away We Go, will direct (or at least consult on) the next James Bond film. Additionally, writing chores will be partially handled by Peter Morgan, who also penned such tepid dramas as Frost/Nixon, The Queen and The Other Boleyn Girl. Looking back at their mostly sedate filmographies, we have some predictions as to what we'll see in the forthcoming action spectacle currently known only as Bond 23.

When your movie has made a cool billion, the only thing that would prevent a sequel from being made would be if you sank the boat that gave your film its title and drowned most of your characters. James Cameron learned his lesson with Titanic, and this time he left most of his Avatar characters alive to continue their adventures. He's already hinted at moving onto yet another of Polyphemus's moons, but we can think of several adventures that could take place right there on Pandora. For just a fraction of a billion dollars, Mr. Cameron, these ideas can be yours!

Our lead item today is a special edition of a ten-year-old film, but one that stands along side A Knight's Tale and Can't Hardly Wait in the pantheon of films that will stand the test of time. Yes, it's just that good.

Now that his long-gestating sci-fi epic Avatar has made over one billion dollars, director James Cameron has all the options in the world. He already had "eff-you" money from Titanic (which made $1.84 billion), but now he has "eff-you-and-the-exo-suit-you-walked-in-with" money. We called up his office to ask him what his next step was and, after being told politely that Mr. Cameron was currently aboard his personal space shuttle, came up with this list of possibilities on our own.