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DVD & Blu-ray

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.

Paris

2008, Cédric Klapisch

not star rated Klapisch isn't swinging for the thematic fences; he's showing us a spectrum of Parisian life -- RD

Capitalism: A Love Story

Moore tells Capitalism: A Love Story

2009, Michael Moore

not star rated Are Capitalism's hits and misses equal in number? -- RD

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

2009, Lee Daniels

not star rated DFF crowd cheers Precious -- BW

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

2009, Lee Daniels

**** About perseverance and rising above your circumstances -- MA

Up in the Air

Clooney looks Up in the Air

2009, Jason Reitman

not star rated One of the year's best; Reitman's most appealing film to date -- RD

Paris

2008, Cédric Klapisch

**1/2 Paean to Paris is light in all the right ways -- MM

World’s Greatest Dad

2009, Bobcat Goldthwait

**1/2 Works for those who like a little black in their comedy -- MM

The Cove

, Louis Psihoyos

*** A-team adventure needs a fifth column -- MM

Amelia Earhart: Queen of the Air

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*** TV-length biography a safer bet than Amelia -- AB

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

1978, Lau Kar-Leung

*** An excellent, palatable example of the genre that just about anybody can enjoy -- MM

Ponyo

Ponyo rides the waves of sea-level rise

2009, Hayao Miyazaki

*** Miyazaki refuses to be dismissed -- MM

Where the Wild Things Are

Jonze takes us to Where the Wild Things Are

2009, Spike Jonze

not star rated These hulking creatures tend to grow on you -- RD

2012

Harrelson prophesizes destruction in 2012

2009, Roland Emmerich

not star rated When it comes to global mayhem, Emmerich doesn't disappoint, but 2012 is too long -- RD

Ponyo

Ponyo rides the waves of sea-level rise

2009, Hayao Miyazaki

*** The first American Blu-ray release of a Miyazaki film! Hooray! -- MM

The Girlfriend Experience

Grey sells The Girlfriend Experience

, Steven Soderbergh

**** The nature of men and the business of relationships -- MM