New on DVD

The Kim Novak Collection

(Sony Pictures, $40)

Kim Novak rose to fame in the mid-1950s as Columbia Pictures’ “answer to Marilyn Monroe,” said The New York Times. Presenting the starlet at the “height of her popularity,” the five classic films in this collection—including Pal Joey, with Frank Sinatra—show her surprising comic and dramatic range.

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Hamlet

(Warner Brothers $35)

Now on high-definition Blu-ray, Kenneth Branagh’s 1996 film was the first to ever ­incorporate a complete text of Shakespeare’s tragedy, said The Kansas City Star. “Spectacular photography” and a cast that includes Derek Jacobi, Julie Christie, Kate Winslet, and Judi Dench “make for a fast four hours.”

Cemetery Junction

(Sony Pictures, $25)

This “lovingly shot and well-acted” comedy from the creators of BBC’s The Office has inexplicably gone straight to video, said The Washington Post. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant re-create 1970s England with “vibrancy and authenticity” in this slightly meandering coming-of-age drama.