This 4th of July weekend is just like any other 4th of July weekend: there'll be barbecues, fireworks and a big-budget blockbuster starring Will Smith. This year's entry is Hancock, in which the former Fresh Prince plays a hard-drinking, foul-mouthed superhero. Is it worth heading to your local cinema during your long weekend? Click above for the Rolling Stone film critic's full take.

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The DVD of the week is definitely Mad Men. I know it’s a TV show—cable TV even—but it’s eons better than any new movie released on DVD for the Fourth of July weekend. That is unless you harbor some perverse affection for Owen Wilson’ roaringly unfunny Drillbit Taylor, the thrill-free Vantage Point, or misfires from Wong Kar Wai (My Blueberry Nights) and John Cusack (War, Inc.). Your time can be more excitingly spent with the first season of AMC’s Mad Men—all thirteen episodes collected in a smashing DVD package, the better to capture the look, sound and atmosphere of Manhattan’s Madison Avenue advertising world, circa 1960, where the show is set. If you haven’t seen Mad Men yet, get busy. The Emmy nominations, to be announced on July 17th, will surely be heaping praise upon it, to go along with the Peabody award and Golden Globes for Best Drama and star Jon Hamm. The DVD set is your best chance to play catch up. If you have seen Season One, a DVD refresher course will only reinforce the show’s quality and whet your appetite for Season Two which starts on July 27th with a stunning new episode that leaps ahead a bit in time. Here are five reasons why I think Mad Men is the best new drama series on television If you disagree, fire at will:

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