New on DVD: 'Night at the Museum' sequel
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN (PG) 2.5 stars
PLOT The Smithsonian Institution gives a fantastic performance in Ben Stiller's new family comedy; the museum sparkles, but the movie is awfully dull. Last seen wowing his son by handling the late-night shenanigans at the Museum of Natural History, onetime night guard Larry Daley (Stiller) is now a CEO. On one of his visits back to the museum, he learns that most of his moonlight pals - Dexter the capuchin and belligerent tiny cowboy Jedediah (Owen Wilson) among them - are being shipped away.
EXTRAS Commentary by cast and crew, featurettes, six deleted scenes with an alternate ending, gag reel.
LIST PRICES DVD: $29.98; three-disc Blu-ray: $39.99
TERMINATOR SALVATION (PG-13) 3 stars
PLOT The latest installment in the "Terminator" series - starring Christian Bale as John Connor, leader-to-be of the human rebellion - offers towering mechanical assassins; writhing, chrome-plated centipedes; humans engaged in an epic battle, all in a movie that mixes blockbuster hysterics with moody, visual grit. Director McG picks up the pre-apocalyptic cue from "T3" and drops us in 2018, with the machines of the malevolent Skynet well into their campaign against humankind.
EXTRAS Featurettes, digital comic
LIST PRICES DVD: $28.98; Blu-ray: $35.99
- The Washington Post
