"Kung Fu Panda," "Hellboy II" released on DVD 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).

"Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (PG-13): The big, broken-horned, cigar-chomping, beer-guzzling "Red" (Ron Perlman) is back in Guillermo del Toro's sequel to the 2004 comic-book flick. This time the call to action comes when an elf prince (Luke Goss) decides to activate an indestructible golden army.

"Kung Fu Panda" (PG): Everybody is kung fu fighting in DreamWorks' animated film featuring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen and David Cross.

"The Perfect Holiday" (PG): Morris Chestnut and Gabrielle Union star in Lance Rivera's romantic comedy, wrapped in Christmas paper.

"Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (PG): Cute forces make up this animated feature involving the kidnapping of Jabba's baby "Huttlet." The adventure is set between events of the fifth and sixth films, "Attack of the Clones" (2002) and "Revenge of the Sith" (2005).

"This Christmas" (PG-13): This holiday family-reunion comedy features an ensemble cast including Regina King, Delroy Lindo and Loretta Devine.

"The General": Buster Keaton rides the rails again in a DVD update of his 1927 silent classic.

TV on DVD

"The Sopranos: The Complete Series"

"The Cosby Show: 25th Anniversary Commemorative Edition"

"Little House on the Prairie: The Complete Television Series"

"I Dream of Jeannie: The Complete Series"

"Studio One Anthology"

"Scrubs: The Complete Seventh"

"Firefly: The Complete Series"

Compiled by Lori Taki Uno: luno@seattletimes.com