Tuesday 1 July 2008

DVDs released this week

Here are some of today's DVD releases. Star ratings are by Seattle Times movie reviewers, freelancers or wire services (for full reviews, go to www.seattletimes.com/movies).



3 stars "My Blueberry Nights" (PG-13), Wong Kar Wai's pastry-filled romantic reverie starring Norah Jones, in her acting debut, and Jude Law.



2 stars "Drillbit Taylor" (PG-13), a comedy, directed by Steven Brill, about three high-school freshmen who seek protection from a pair of bullies. What do they do? They hire Owen Wilson.



2 stars"Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns" (PG-13), a comedy/drama starring Angela Bassett as a struggling single mother of three who heads to Georgia for the funeral of the father she never met.



Also available in a three-disc set is the TV series "Tyler Perry's House of Payne: Volume Two."



2 stars "Vantage Point" (PG-13), Pete Travis' tale of the shooting of an American president (William Hurt), told "Rashomon"-style, through the different perceptions of several people who witnessed the event. The cast also includes Dennis Quaid, Sigourney Weaver and Forest Whitaker.



TV on DVD



"Mad Men: Season One"



"The Closer: The Complete Third Season"



" 'Til Death Do Us Part: The Complete First Season"



"The Streets of San Francisco: Season 2, Volume 1"



"Walker, Texas Ranger: The Fifth Season"



"Anglo-Saxon Attitudes"



"Rebus: Set 3"








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