Shine a Light>

Thirty years after making one of the greatest rock 'n' roll films, Martin Scorsese has made a very good one.

Like Scorsese's 1978 movie of the Band's farewell concert, "The Last Waltz," his latest, "Shine a Light," is a vibrant, joyous concert documentary. The legendary director uses numerous cameras - many by the best cinematographers in the business - to capture the action.

The one key difference is that the Band knew the concert, with its notable guests from their past, including Bob Dylan, was the end for them. And while there were many great performances, what raised "The Last Waltz" were the interviews with the band members. Listening to them, we got to know them as they told descriptive stories of their years on the road.

(The Band, unlike so many others, did resist re-forming, which over time has seemed to enhance the film's poignancy.)

The Rolling Stones are a different species. As much as we know them, we don't. They are Peter Pan bad boys who get older but don't seem to notice. And after more than 40 years, it's still the Mick and Keith show. The pair are the only remaining original members.

Jagger, who was 63 when the concerts that make up the film were shot in 2006, still struts and Jumpin' Jack flashes across the stage. Bandanna-clad Richards, with his pirate grin, looks like a thief of time as he powers through his guitar licks.

And though "Shine a Light" includes preconcert footage and excerpts from interviews from the Stones through the years, Scorsese's real aim is to give you a front seat for a show by a rock band he loves and believes is one of the best of all time.

There's a horn section, a keyboardist (Chuck Leavell), a bass guitarist (Darryl Jones) and backup singers to help Mick and Keith roll through Stones classics like "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Tumbling Dice," "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Shattered," "Sympathy for the Devil," "Some Girls," and "Start Me Up."

Guests arrive. Jack White - whose Raconteurs album, "Consolers of the Lonely," is one of the best rockers of the year - and Jagger do "Loving Cup." Christina Aguilera duets on "Live With Me," and blues great Buddy Guy performs on the Muddy Waters song "Champagne and Reefer."

Thirty years ago when I saw them, I wondered then if the Stones were getting too old. But now I just marvel - and I didn't even see the film in IMAX.

The disc includes four songs not in the original concert film - "Paint It Black," "Little T and A," "I'm Free" and "Undercover of the Night," plus a behind-the-scenes featurette.

Harold & Kumar>

I was hoping that "Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" would be as funny as them going to "White Castle," but it's a lot more miss than hit. The idea that the pair - one of Indian descent and the other of Korean - would be mistaken for terrorists seemed like a timely and satirical idea, but the filmmakers bounce from trying to take jabs at racism and our national paranoia serving up the usual scatological jokes found in such comedies. The film has moments, but if you watch the unrated version, be prepared for grossness.

Keep in mind>

"Stargate - Continuum" is the second movie based on the TV show "SG-1" and starring the same cast. "Continuum" has the same pluses and minuses of the series - not a bad sci-fi adventure, engaging cast, but too much mumbo-jumbo and not enough real character development. But for "SG-1" fans, "Continuum" is one of the more clever - in this case two to make a movie - episodes.

A director cut's version Alex Proyas' trippy 1998 "Dark City" is out Tuesday. It stars Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly and William Hurt in a story about a place where everybody falls asleep at the same time and, when they awake, their world has been switched around by mad scientists. (Or is that our world?) Anyway, "Dark City" is fun.

There's a 25th-anniversary edition of "War Games," the cautionary tale of a teen (Matthew Broderick) who hacks into the defense system looking for a game and sets World War III in motion. Kind of seems quaint now, but well-done and entertaining. There's a straight-to-DVD update out, too, called "WarGames: The Dead Code."

"Robin Hood - Season 2," the BBC action series with the decidedly tone-in-cheek modern tone, brings us Jonas Armstrong as Robin and Lucy Griffiths as Marian. Season two is a bit more serious than the first. Still, not that serious. And Armstrong and Griffiths make a cute couple as they run around fighting, shooting arrows and never sweating.

Rob Lowman (818) 713-3687; robert.lowman@dailynews.com

out tuesday>

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