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These are our most recent DVD and Blu-ray reviews. Skip to the bottom of any review ("How to Use This DVD") for advice on which extra features are worth watching and which ones are a waste of your time.

Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

2011, Bill Condon

Twilight series nears the end -- RD

Anonymous

2011, Roland Emmerich

**1/2 It’s ambitious in scope, but unconvincing in execution. -- MA

The Big Year

2011, David Frankel

Owen Wilson, Jack Black and Steve Martin find a formula for blandness -- RD

In Time

2011, Andrew Niccol

** In Time is like a cheap Rolex picked up in Battery Park. -- MA

In Time

2011, Andrew Niccol

Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried play for time in a monotonous, one-note thriller -- RD

Real Steel

2011, Shawn Levy

**1/2 Real Steel is a grating, coldly calculated mix of elements. -- MA

Real Steel

2011, Shawn Levy

The robots are fun, but the script never gets beyond cliches -- RD

The Ides of March

2011, George Clooney

*** Modern-day Game of Thrones -- MM

The Ides of March

2011, George Clooney

Wallows in fashionable cynicism -- RD

Moneyball

2011

***1/2 Moneyball makes the marriage of baseball and economics a highly entertaining affair. -- MA

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark

$Del Toro warns: Don\'t Be Afraid of the Dark$

2011

Well-crafted and ambitious, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark doesn’t quite click. -- RD

The Guard

2011, Michael McDonagh

*** Gleeson’s enigmatic character: really smart or really dumb? -- MM

The Tempest

Julie Taymor

***1/2 The impeccable cast alone makes this version of The Tempest a pleasure well worth watching. -- MA

Margin Call

2011, J.C. Chandor

*** Humanizes the cause of the current recession -- MM

Warrior

2011, Gavin O'Connor

*** Warrior ultimately taps out in the final round. -- MA

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