New on DVD and Blu-ray
Despicable Me; Prisoner; The Jack Ryan Collection
Despicable Me 2
(Universal, $30)
One of the year’s biggest hits, this “smartly calculated” animated sequel delivers amusement for all ages, said The Globe and Mail (Canada). The “zany alternative sensibility” of the original is gone, but the story’s reformed villain and his yellow minions remain “lively, ingratiating” company.
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Prisoners
(Warner Bros., $29)
Hugh Jackman gives “a staggering performance” in this “powerfully disturbing” thriller about a dad who turns brutal vigilante, said Entertainment Weekly. Almost from the moment his daughter goes missing, we’re never sure if this man is a monster or an exemplar of true morality.
The Jack Ryan Collection
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(Paramount, $27)
This four-disc set “provides an object lesson in how, and how not, to manage a series,” said The New York Times. Tom Clancy’s CIA hero twice made smart jumps to the screen, and the misses can’t all be blamed on the change in leads, from Alec Baldwin to Harrison Ford to Ben Affleck.
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