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'Zombieland' brings gore to fore (2/5/2010)

Available on DVD this week: "Zombieland": Uncontaminated by a plague that has transformed the population into zombies, four survivors battle the flesh eaters while traveling to a zombie-free amusement park. With Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin. (1:28; R for horror violence/gore and profanity) •••

'This Is It' shows MJ once again (1/29/2010)

Available on DVD this week:"Michael Jackson's This Is It": A behind-the-scenes peek at planning for the late King of Pop's planned farewell concert tour. (1:51; PG for some suggestive choreography and scary images) •••

Writer finds upside of lying (1/22/2010)

Available on DVD this week:"The Invention of Lying": In an alternate reality where no one, including politicians, tells lies, a writer realizes that fibbing is advantageous. With Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill. (1:39; PG-13 for profanity including some sexual material and a drug reference.) ••1/2

'Hurt Locker' is a riveting Iraq war film (1/15/2010)

Available this week on DVD:"The Hurt Locker": Kathryn Bigelow's riveting and profoundly tense war movie, set in 2004 Baghdad, follows the members of a bomb squad as they search for IEDs, looking to stay alive. Far and away one of the strongest of the films to come out of the Iraq conflict – a white-knuckle war movie. (2:10; R for violence, profanity and adult themes) •••

Inventor's machine acts up in 'Meatballs' (1/8/2010)

Available this week on DVD:Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: Hot dogs, cheeseburgers, meatballs and all kinds of food rain down from the sky when an inventor's contraption goes awry. With Anna Faris, Bruce Campbell. (1:30; PG for brief profanity) •••1/2