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“End of Days” Blu-ray
Protect your daughters! Break out the chastity belts! Get thee to a nunnery! Set on the eve of the millennium, this 1999 throwback finds Satan popping the Viagra and going on the prowl for sex, particularly between the hours of 11p.m. and midnight, when the great horned one himself will rise from hell to mate with a woman who not only will give birth to the anti-Christ, but who will also bring about the end of days. The movie pits Arnold Schwarzenegger against the devil (Gabriel Byrne), with director Peter Hyams delivering tense moments of action amid not-so-subtle choices for character development. To wit: In an effort to strike the big bell of masculinity early on, Hyams has his suicidal police detective, Jericho Cane (Schwarzenegger), begin his day with coffee, a piece of moldy pizza pealed off a filthy floor and other unmentionables liquefied in a grimy blender. Delicious! So yes, Jericho is a butch, action-adventure stereotype, but he’s also a sensitive softy, as revealed when he clutches a ballerina music box and weeps openly for his dead wife and daughter while the box warbles a thin ribbon of treacly music. If these decisions push “End of Days” straight to the brink of cinematic hell, Hyams eventually settles down to the real business at hand: Satan is randy and he wants to mate. The unlucky soul chosen at birth to bear his child is Christina York (Robin Tunney), a neurotic yet likable piece of work who, as an infant, was suckled with snake’s blood in one of the film’s more bizarre sequences. Now aware of her fate, Christina fights Satan with Cane, a man whose faith was once shattered but which suddenly is renewed--rather predictably--just when he needs it most. Rated R. Grade: C+

"Entourage: Season Four"
Entre nous, the show--often called “Sex and the City” for men--only has gotten better. Beyond Jeremy Piven’s unhinged performance as Ari Gold, a high-strung Hollywood agent who steamrolls through this season in an effort to make sure his client, Vince Chase (Adrian Grenier), does well with his new movie, “Medellin,” what this fourth season gets right is what the show always has done well: While Vince and his three close friends (Kevin Dillon, Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara) are otherwise everyday guys having the time of their lives in Hollywood, there always is the sense that this dream world in which they live could be taken away from them in an instant. “Entourage” builds on the fear inherent in that, and it uses it to its benefit. Grade: A-

“Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 2”
Forbidden? There was a time when some wanted them to be, but those people likely are dead now and these hardboiled movies live on, proving just as necessary as ever. The five films comprised in this blue collection from Warner all came before the Hays Code began its corrupt squeeze of censorship. As such, these films are more racy, free and entertaining than many that came after it. Included are Norma Shearer in 1930’s “The Divorce” and 1931’s “A Free Soul,” with Shearer winning the Academy Award for the former; 1931’s harrowing “Night Nurse,” with Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Blondell and a sleazy Clark Gable taking each other out; and 1932’s “Three on a Match,” in which Blondell appears opposite Anne Dvorak and an impossibly good-natured Bette Davis. Rounding out this satisfying set is 1933’s “Female,” with Ruth Chatterson taking her share of male secretaries to bed, and then coldly ditching them to the curb when she’s finished with them. Lovely woman. Fine collection. Commentaries abound. Grade: B+

“Miami Vice” Blu-ray
Mullet mediocrity. This rough-and-tumble version of Michael Mann's "Miami Vice" never finds a story that competes with Miami itself, which looks at once hot and cool, dangerous and seductive. Those same qualities should apply to the story, and while they occasionally do, it's only when the characters connect. They don’t with vice cops Sonny Crockett (Farrell) and Ricardo Tubbs (Jamie Foxx, barely registering), who have zero chemistry here. Instead, it's Crockett and the mysterious Isabella (the terrific Gong Li) that gives the movie the soul it otherwise would have lacked. Rated R. Grade: C

“The Private Life of a Masterpiece: Complete Seasons 1-5”
A fascinating series that roams the world to study and explore 20 famous pieces of art, from such Renaissance masterpieces as Piero della Francesca’s “The Resurrection” and Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” to such Impressionist works as Van Gogh’s “The Sunflowers” and Auguste Renoir’s “Dance at the Moulin de la Galette.” Also in this award-winning set are revealing observations of Edouard Manet’s “Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe,” Whistler’s iconic painting of his mother in the then-controversial “Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist’s Mother,” and Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” The value of this collection is evident at the start: In spite of how well known these works are, the art historians assembled to discus them nevertheless manage to build drama through insight, such as when they explore “Michelangelo’s David” or Rodin’s “The Kiss.” In doing so, “The Private Life of a Masterpiece” neatly skirts the pitfalls of mainstream familiarity to offer the surprise of something new, a fresh angle we might not have considered, and the richness that rests within. Grade: A

"U-571” Blu-ray
Jonathan Mostow’s submarine potboiler follows a bunch of cardboard cutout Chippendale dancers who lay audiences flat with performances that are so rote--and dialogue that’s so corny--they effectively torpedo what could have been an engrossing film. In the movie, a German U-boat carrying the Nazi Enigma machine has been damaged in the mid-Atlantic. With the United States desperate to retrieve the machine so it can crack the Nazi radio codes, Lt. Andrew Tyler (Matthew McConaughey) and his men devise a mission to remove it from the crippled boat and get it into the hands of the U.S. Navy. Predictably, nothing goes as planned. Mostow proves masterful in swinging his camera around the claustrophobic ship and he does get a fair performance from McConaughey, but the dialogue sinks, he wastes Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi is reduced to showcasing his jawline, and Bill Paxton delivers a performance that’s so nauseating, some might wish that a twister would just touch down and sweep him out to sea for good. Rated PG-13. Grade C-.

“Warner Gangsters Collection, Vol. 3”
Six gangster films from Warner, most dipped in noir, all peppered with some of the key players of the time. Included are four films starring James Cagney--1933’s “Picture Snatcher,” 1933’s “Lady Killer,” 1931’s “Smart Money,” with Cagney paired opposite that other giant of the gangster genre, Edward G. Robinson, and 1933’s “Major of Hell,” in which Cagney co-stars with Frank Darro and Madge Evans. In 1937’s “Black Legion,” Humphrey Bogart takes the lead with Ann Sheridan, and in 1940’s “Brother Orchid,” it’s Robinson and Bogart sharing the screeen, this time in an entertaining gangster comedy. The boxed set is filled with extras, including trailers, commentaries and Warner cartoons. Grade: B+

“What Happens in Vegas” DVD, Blu-ray
Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz are Jack and Joy, two good-looking New Yorkers who know nothing about each other when they meet while on vacation in Las Vegas, and who know only slightly more about each other when they return home as a not-so-happily married couple. Here are a few things they learn about each other while in the loose, drunken arms of Sin City: neither can handle their booze, each looks hot after several shots, Joy is a powerhouse when it comes to sliding across a bar top, Jack is a funnel of good times. Turns out that’s enough for marriage, particularly for these two desperate souls, each of whom was on the rebound before they left for Vegas. So, what better way to cap off a bad week than with a fantastic night out on the town that results in a quickie wedding? Moreover, what better way to screw up your life than with the complications that ensue when Jack uses Joy’s money to unexpectedly win $3 million on a slot pull? Since Jack wins the jackpot the day after their impromptu wedding, that money now belongs to them, and--go figure--they’re willing to fight for their share of it. From Dana Fox’s fizzy, formulaic script, the film offers more smiles than big laughs, but it’s never short on charm and it gets points for not being the gross-out comedy the genre usually attracts. Since nobody coming to the movie will be surprised by what eventually occurs between Joy and Jack, it’s to Kutcher and Diaz’s credit that they make this greased slope of silliness as light and as enjoyable as it is. Rated PG-13. Grade: B-

Also on DVD and Blu-ray Disc:
Fans of science fiction with a British twist should look to the three recent editions from the Doctor Who series, including “Doctor Who: The Time Meddler,” “Doctor Who: Black Orchid,” and the 25th anniversary edition of “Doctor Who: The Five Doctors.”

Each is entertaining and appropriately surreal, but they have nothing on the weirdness that’s unleashed in “Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Tour 3D.” Available on DVD and Blu-ray from Disney, “Worlds” features a performer who’s such an annoying, unstoppable little juggernaut of good times and cheer, tweens likely will be fainting in the aisles at the prospect of owning another piece of her. I don’t get it, but I’m not supposed to.

Likewise for “Camp Rock” (DVD, Blu-ray), which features the music of the Jonas Brothers paired opposite that other pop sensation, Demi Lovato, all of whom rolled off Disney’s assembly line to bang their bobble heads just long enough to secure their futures until the next sensations come along. Hopefully sooner than later.