Some movies never play commercially, for whatever reason. Many of these are terrible wastes of time. Some are not. Below you get a grab bag of titles that struck me throughout last year from both groups.

Nothing But the Truth
The greatest injustice of last year was this awards-caliber Rod Lurie movie going straight to DVD (no Blu-ray!) thanks to the financial failure of the Yari Film Group.

Spring Breakdown
A comedy written by a smart woman, go figure. The best (and only) parody of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) is done here by the un-hatable Jane Lynch.

What Doesn't Kill You
Another Yari yarn. Not as good as NBTT, but still good.

The Code
The scenery gets chewed, but Banderas and Freeman contribute to a better-than-many action flick.

An American Affair
JFK assassination conspiracy fiction starring the wonderful Gretchen Mol as his mistress.

The Tiger's Tail
Brendan Gleeson is excellent here in The Irish Industrialist Prince and the Pauper. Kim Cattrall's Irish accent is absolutely atrocious.

Green Street Hooligans 2
I'm laughing too hard to come up with how to describe this piece of utter tripe.

Hardwired
Val Kilmer. Cuba Gooding Jr. A plot from 1995. This somehow ends up pretty entertaining.

The Maiden Heist
Walken, Freeman, and Macy (plus Marcia Gay Harden). A heist movie with elements of the first Night at the Museum (older guys get their revenge), it's like 9 bucks at Walmart. Review on its way soon.

The Marc Pease Experience
Just because Cinematical's William Goss found a way to see this in one of its invisible bookings doesn't make this a non-DTV title. I think he told me it's a comedy without the "comedy" part.

Discs of the Year is a look back at the year in disc releases and trends, from the best to the worst.