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No one connected with making "Baghead" need hide his face, the way the mortified fans of the New Orleans Saints once did, under brown paper bags. But moviegoers watching this film may want to have a passing knowledge of "The Blair Witch Project" or the culture of struggling actors desperate for even the most modest success.

A guide to movies from a family perspective:

"Traitor"

-- Rated: PG-13.

-- Suitable for: Mature teens and older.

Here's a look at the major movies coming to DVD this fall. Some of the blockbusters do not have dates yet.

TUESDAY

"Baby Mama": One-time "Saturday Night Live" co-stars Tina Fey and Amy Poehler play, respectively, a successful 37-year-old who longs for a child and her unlikely surrogate, a South Philly working girl.

"BOOMERANG." (1947. NOT RATED. 20TH CENTURY FOX. $14.98.)

So you think this is all there is to the Three Stooges: Moe gets mad, pokes Larry in the eye and hits Curly on the head, followed by a torrent of flying pies, nyuk-nyuk-nyuks and woo-woo-woos.

Well, how about the Three Stooges as Nazi fighters?

The end is near for summer movies geared to adolescent boys and grown men in arrested development. Fall movies have adult themes.

Ah, fall! The films that roll into theaters in autumn tend to be quieter, more serious and are frequently the first appearances of the year's big award winners. So let's welcome the highly anticipated. ...

A guide to movies from a family perspective:

"Traitor"

-- Rated: PG-13.

-- Suitable for: Mature teens and older.

"PRETTY IN PINK." (1986. PG-13. PARAMOUNT. $14.98.)

With bloated staffs and citizens e-mailing opinions 24/7, Barack Obama and John McCain probably don't feel the need for any more advice. But the presidential candidates could learn a thing or two by watching the best of the movies that have been made about political campaigns.