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Originally published Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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DVDs released this week

A weekly listing of new DVDs.

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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