New on DVD

The Book of Eli

(Warner, $30)

The Book of Eli isn’t just another post-apocalyptic thriller, said the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The film, starring Denzel Washington as a “Christ-like survivor” on a mission to save a treasured tome, manages to “distinguish itself with its smarts and star power.”

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Cinema Pride Collection

(MGM, $50)

The Cinema Pride Collection celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first Gay Pride marches, said the New York Daily News. The 10 films packaged here range from the drag-queen comedy Priscilla, Queen of the Desert to the tragic tale of a transgender man in Nebraska, Boys Don’t Cry.

Charlie Chan Collection

(Warner Home Video, $40)

After playing this famous Asian sleuth for 20th Century Fox in the 1940s, Sidney Toler bought the rights and carried on the role for Monogram Pictures, said The New York Times. Full of “threadbare charm,” these low-budget films seem to “take place in a cinematic universe” unlike any other.