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Twentieth Century Fox, $34.99, with featurettes, prequel short and deleted scenes, available Tuesday.

BABYLON A.D.

Grade: C

By Mark A. Perigard

Vin Diesel aimed for a comeback in “Babylon A.D.,” a visually interesting, yet boring film. He plays...

Added 2d 9h ago

Lionsgate, $29.95, with featurettes, sing-alongs and commentary, available Tuesday.

DISASTER MOVIE

Grade: D

By Mark A. Perigard

If at first you don’t make someone laugh, bludgeon the audience until they bleed. That seems to be the...

Updated 9d 9h ago

Paramount, $34.99, with featurettes, gag reel and alternate ending, available today.

EAGLE EYE

Grade: C

By Mark A. Perigard

Who would have thought anyone could make a comedy about homeland security? Give credit to executive producer Steven...

Added 9d 13h ago

Paramount, $29.99, with featurettes and commentary, available today.

GHOST TOWN

Grade: B

By Nate Dow

An odd hybrid between fantasy, comedy and romance, “Ghost Town” has predictable moments. Though it...

Updated 16d 10h ago

Universal, $29.98, with director commentary, featurettes and theatrical and unrated versions of the film, available today.

DEATH RACE

Grade: C+

By Mark A. Perigard

For the most-ripped action hero working today, Jason Statham sure gets stuck behind the wheel of a lot of cars....

Added 16d 12h ago

Universal, $29.98, with commentary, deleted scenes and featurettes, available today.

HAMLET 2

Grade: B

By Nate Dow

Though the title suggests this is a sequel, there is no mistaking this feature as wholly original - and as funny...

Added 16d 12h ago

Universal, $29.98, with deleted scenes and making-of featurette, available today.

BURN AFTER READING

Grade: B

By Dave Wedge

The latest from brothers Joel and Ethan Coen (“No Country for Old Men”) is the tale of how one mistake...

Added 21d 8h ago

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JAMIE FOXX

Grade: B+

By Lauren Carter

No sophomore slump here. Actor, comedian and, yes, musician Foxx is too seasoned an entertainer for that. His stylish...

Added 21d 13h ago

1978 British miniseries released on DVD as ‘Will Shakespeare’

By Bruce Dancis / McClatchy-Tribune News Service

William Shakespeare, the man, playwright and poet, has been portrayed onscreen since the dawn of motion pictures....

Updated 22d 14h ago

Universal, $34.98, with featurettes, outtakes, sing-along option and digital copy, available Tuesday.

MAMMA MIA! THE MOVIE

Grade: C

By Tenley Woodman

“Mamma Mia! The Movie” is a prime example of hubris. Director Phyllida Lloyd, one of the women behind...

Updated 22d 14h ago

Universal, $34.98, with director commentary, deleted scenes, featurettes and digital copy, available Tuesday

THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR

Grade: D

By Nate Dow

In picking up “The Mummy” series from writer-director Stephen Sommers for a third installment, director...

Updated 29d 8h ago

Warner, $34.98, with featurettes, IMAX sequences and digital copy, available tomorrow.

THE DARK KNIGHT

Grade: B-

By Mark A. Perigard

An epic film deserves an epic DVD release. Warner’s release of the year’s biggest blockbuster “The...

Added 29d 10h ago

20th Century Fox, $29.98, with featurettes, director commentary and deleted scenes, available tomorrow.

HORTON HEARS A WHO

Grade: C

By Tenley Woodman

Jim Carrey (“How the Grinch Stole Christmas”) deflates the magic of yet another Dr. Seuss classic in...

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