ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH [BLU-RAY]: (2013) "If you want great animated entertainment, you won’t find it with Escape from Planet Earth. However, you will find a reasonably likable and amusing little action comedy and you could do much worse. The Blu-ray boasts excellent visuals and audio along with a decent set of supplements led by a good commentary. While not a classic, Escape offers a fun time." Starring Brendan Fraser, Rob Corddry. Anchor Bay, $39.99, 6/4/2013.

PAUL MCCARTNEY - WINGS OVER AMERICA - DELUXE EDITION: (2013) "My all-time favorite album for many decades, Wings Over America remains a killer release. It shows Paul McCartney in peak form and brings us two hours of terrific music and great performances. This release provides the 2-CD album along with a documentary on a DVD, a bonus CD, a high-quality download and a surfeit of paper materials." Starring Paul McCartney. Hear Music, $138.99, 5/28/2013.

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES [BLU-RAY]: (2013) "If you expect Beautiful Creatures to be much more than “Twilight with witches”, expect disappointment. While not a carbon copy, Creatures lacks originality and provides a pretty slow, dull supernatural tale. The Blu-ray comes with pretty good audio but visuals seem somewhat flat and it lacks an interesting roster of supplements. Maybe fans of the source novel will enjoy this adaptation, but it does nothing for me." Starring Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert. Warner, $35.99, 5/21/2013.

THE VERDICT [BLU-RAY]: (1982) "The Verdict presents a good but not great film. The story has promise, and the actors make it work, but the execution of the plot seems flat and melodramatic much of the time. Still, it works well enough to offer an enjoyable experience. The Blu-ray offers decent picture and audio along with a fairly informative mix of bonus materials. This is an upgrade over the DVD, but only a minor one, as I don’t get the impression it delivered a new transfer." Starring Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling. Fox, $19.99, 5/7/2013.

THE PETRIFIED FOREST [BLU-RAY]: (1936) "While its stars would all go on to greater glory in later endeavors, The Petrified Forest provides a satisfying flick. It meshes the romantic and gangster genres to create a lively and involving character drama. The Blu-ray presents terrific picture quality along with more than acceptable audio and a nice roster of supplements. I like the film and think the Blu-ray reproduces it about as well as I could imagine." Starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis. Warner, $19.97, 5/21/2013.

CHEECH & CHONG'S ANIMATED MOVIE [BLU-RAY]: (2013) "Maybe if I’d been of stoner age in the 1970s I’d better understand the appeal of Cheech and Chong. Alas, I was born too late and find myself perplexed by their continued popularity. Cheech and Chong’s Animated Movie packages a lot of their old routines into cartoon form with generally unfunny results. The Blu-ray delivers excellent visuals as well as good sound and a bevy of commentaries. The Blu-ray is a quality product but the movie itself leaves me cold." Starring Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin. Fox, $29.99, 4/23/2013.

VEGAS VACATION [BLU-RAY]: (1997) "No one will confuse Vegas Vacation for a great comedy, but I must admit I found it to offer a surprisingly – though sporadically – amusing affair. It mixes some weak moments with enough reasonably funny ones to create a generally watchable effort. The Blu-ray gives us generally positive picture and audio but lacks supplements. This becomes a competent presentation of the film but not one that impresses." Starring Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid. Warner, $19.98, 5/21/2013.

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