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Chicago – Time to catch up with the DVD Round-Up, a collection of titles that may have slipped under your radar while you were busy blogging about Inglourious Basterds” or programming your DVR for the new Fall TV season.

This week’s titles are a motley crew of horror, drama, action, and a couple of films clearly tied to bigger theatrical releases. “Like Mila Kunis in “Extract”? Why not check her out in “Boot Camp”?” “Like Kelli Garner in “Taking Woodstock”? Take a look at “Red Velvet””

Plot synopsis, cast, and special features information - what you really want to know - for a half-dozen titles follow. At least one should make your Netflix queue.

“Dark Rising” and “London to Brighton” were released on August 11th, 2009.

“Boot Camp” and “Red Velvet” were released on August 25th, 2009.

“Homeboy” was released on September 1st, 2009.

“Boot Camp”

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LONDON -- Actor-writer Noel Clarke will make his directorial debut with Adulthood, the follow-up to the cult hit Kidulthood, which he wrote and starred in, the producers said Wednesday.

Adulthood will see Clarke return to play the rough and tough London street hood in his follow-up script backed by Pathe, the U.K. Film Council and Limelight.

Damian Jones and George Isaac also return to produce the project, which begins shooting this week in the British capital.

The script reprises Clarke's role as Sam Peel, who finds himself jailed for six years after killing someone at the end of Kidulthood.

Adulthood begins six years on, with Peel released from prison to find life no easier on the outside with people looking for revenge.

Joining Clarke from the original film are actors Adam Deacon, Femi Oyeniran, Red Madrell, Cornell John and Madelaine Fairley along with newcomers Scarlett Alice Johnson, Jacob Anderson, Shanika Warren Markland, Nathan Constance, Don Klass and Arnold Oceng as well as rappers Ben "Plan B" Drew and Shystie.