New on DVD

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

(Music Box Films, $29.95)

Like the best-selling Stieg Larsson novel from which it was adapted, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is a “mystery layered with intrigue,” said the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The 152-minute Swedish-language film “needs every second” to digest the contents of the 460-page book, but it “moves like a Maglev mystery train.”

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Days of Thrills & Laughter

(Wham!, $20)

Days of Thrills & Laughter takes us back to the silent era, said the New York Daily News. Directed by Robert Youngson, the 1961 documentary examines then-forgotten silent classics while featuring “extensive” footage of Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Harry Langdon, Harry Houdini, and others.

Marty Stouffer’s Wild America: Seasons 1–4

(Topics, $25)

Premiering in 1981, Marty Stouffer’s wildlife and nature series on PBS was “one of the first of its kind,” said the Chicago Daily Herald. This four-disc set includes 40 complete episodes of the documentary-style show, including “Swamp Critters” and “Controversial Coyote.”