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From the Maneater series that also includes the werewolf update HYBRID, here is a collection of three bloody great creature features where the monsters exist in the natural world. Whether it’s the poisonous jungle spiders of IN THE SPIDER’S WEB, the nearly half-ton Bengal tiger stalking unsuspecting victims in the Apalachian Mountains in MANEATER, or BLOOD MONKEY’s carnivorous apes, these brutal horror flicks will give any horror fan his or her fix. Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham, genre star Lance Henriksen, and the inimitable Gary Busey star in these various films.

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Based on Giovanni Guareschi’s satirical stories of a hilariously hot-tempered priest, DON CAMILLO (1953) and THE RETURN OF DON CAMILLO (1956) feature French comedy star Fernandel in the title role. These beloved Italian comedies follow the father’s attempts to protect his parish from the town’s communist mayor.

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Alice is a young girl who falls in with a bunch of witches in the anime series TWEENY WITCHES. This third volume of episodes from the show finds the Witch Realm disrupted by Warlocks, who threaten to bring a permanent end to the world. The Warlocks are searching for the True Book of Spells, and Alice has to undertake a frantic search to learn about the Magic of Light, which will effectively combat this new and powerful threat. This volume brings the Animax series to an exciting conclusion.

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Manchester is being torn apart by criminals. The police are useless. The killers, thieves, and junkies are unstoppable. Who can the people count on? The Boxer, that’s who. This brutal vigilante uses his fists to make outlaws pay for their crimes. But as the battle intensifies, and the streets get bloodier, it becomes less and less clear who the criminal is. Thrilling action and fantasy elements mix in this comic-book inspired film.

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Inspired by a true story, 21 mixes Las Vegas casino wheeling and dealing with college-kid angst: think OCEAN’S ELEVEN via THE PAPER CHASE. Kevin Spacey is crafty MIT professor Micky Rosa, who trains brainiac students to count cards and then flies them out to Vegas to raid the blackjack tables between classes. At first they rake in a bundle, but then catch the unwanted attention of tough-guy security chief, Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne) who wants to prove himself before he’s replaced by face recognition software. Super math genius Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) originally joins the ring in order to come up with the $300,000 he needs for tuition money, but he’s also gaga over the ring’s resident babe, Jill (Kate Bosworth). When he finds out Professor Rosa hasn’t been dealing entirely from a straight deck, Ben’s high-end shopping spree dreams turn sour (though card counting is not illegal) and the battle of wits is on, no second chances given. Spacey is in his preternaturally calm, morally compromised element, stealing scenes left and right; Fishburne brings the hangdog depth; and everything bubbles over the 24-karat rocks, courtesy of director Robert Luketic (LEGALLY BLONDE). 21 is based on the bestseller BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE by Ben Mezrich. (2 hrs. 2 min.)

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