Originally published Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 3:00 PM
DVDs released this week
A weekly listing of new DVDs.
Here are some of Tuesday's DVD releases. Star ratings are by Seattle Times movie reviewers, freelancers or wire services (for full reviews, search seattletimes.com).
"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" (PG): In the sequel to "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," the Pevensie siblings (William Moseley, Georgie Henley, Anna Popplewell and Skandar Keynes) return to Narnia, where they help young Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) battle his evil uncle for the throne.
"The Longshots" (PG): Fred Durst's sports tale stars Ice Cube and Keke Palmer, as the first girl to play Pop Warner (pre-high-school) football.
"Step Brothers" (R): Adam McKay's comedy imagines the arrested development of two 40-year-olds (Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly) suffering sibling rivalry after their single parents marry.
"Wanted" (R): Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy play assassins with superhuman abilities in Timur Bekmambetov's hyperviolent action-fantasy.
"The X-Files: I Want to Believe" (PG-13): A call from the FBI brings Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) back into the world of the paranormal in this second big-screen take on the creepy TV show.
"Fly Me to the Moon" (G): This 3-D animated adventure about the Apollo 11 moon landing is told from the perspective of three flies. The voice cast includes Christopher Lloyd, Tim Curry and Buzz Aldrin himself.
TV on DVD
"Frost/Nixon: The Original Watergate Interviews": This release comes before Ron Howard's drama, "Frost/ Nixon," in theaters Dec. 12.
"Law & Order: The Sixth Year"
"Perry Mason: Season 3, Volume 2"
"Saturday Night Live: The Complete Fourth Season"
Compiled by Lori Taki Uno: luno@seattletimes.com
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