What to Watch: 'G.I. Joe,' Obsessed' DVD and 'Lipstick and Dynamite'

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Coming out this week is the last action-packed film of the summer, 'G.I Joe: Rise of the Cobra.'

Directed by Stephen Sommers, the cast includes Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Arnold Vosloo and Christopher Eccleston.

Based on the Hasbro toys and the cartoon series, the elite G.I. Joe team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization.

For an early look at the film, click here


Out on DVD and Blu-ray is 'Obsessed,' which stars Grammy-winning artist Beyonce, Idris Elba and Ali Larter.

Derek Charles (Elba), a successful asset manager who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage to the beautiful Sharon (Beyoncé). But when Lisa (Larter), a temp worker, starts stalking Derek, all the things he's worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy.

The film landed the number-one spot at the box office during its opening weekend and grossed $68 million domestically.

With the advent of the WWF (and later the WWE), female wrestling entered a new phase in its popularity, with the top stars in the game earning considerable amounts of money and taking up the sport professionally.

'Lipstick and Dynamite
' takes a look at the trailblazers of the sport -- the women who bucked tradition and decided to become wrestlers in the 1940s and '50s. The recollections veer dramatically between good and bad times, making some fascinating viewing for enthusiasts of the sport. With all-time greats such as the Fabulous Moolah, Gladys "Killem" Gillem and Ella Waldek dipping into the memory banks, the documentary is a fond look back on a bygone era in women's wrestling.

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