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DVD releases
(continued from Restaurant page) Landis keeps the pace brisk and the laughs flowing. The 25th Anniversary Blu-ray edition contains deleted scenes, a 1986 interview with the stars, and a 16-page commemorative booklet featuring cast and director reuniting and reminiscing after 25 years. “World War II in HD: Collector’s Edition” (A&E Home Entertainment) claims to be the first documentary to show original color footage of World War II in high definition. It uses the journals and accounts of 12 Americans who served in the war’s biggest battles to create a personal, introspective, and detailed account of life on and off the front lines. Culled from over 3,000 hours of rare color film found in a two-year worldwide search and converted to HD with great care, “WW II in HD” provides a picture of World War II as it has never been seen before. Also included is “The Battle for Iwo Jima,” a look at the momentous battle using restored, full-color footage, some of which has never been seen before, and “WW II in HD: The Air War,” the untold story of the American Eighth Air Force’s bloody battle to defeat the Luftwaffe in the months leading up to D-Day. The four-disc Blu-ray edition further contains two featurettes chronicling the creation of this impressive release: “Finding the Footage” and “Preserving the Footage.” “Spy Kids: All the Time in the World” (Anchor Bay) is the fourth film in this family-film franchise. Marissa
Cortez Wilson (Jessica Alba) has it all. She is married to a famous spy-hunting television reporter (Joel McHale), and has a new baby and intelligent twin stepchildren Rebecca (Rowan Blanchard) and Cecil (Mason Cook). When the maniacal Timekeeper (Jeremy Piven) disrupts her domestic bliss -- threatening to take over the planet -- Marissa comes out of retirement as a top secret agent. Rebecca and Cecil also are thrust into action. With a little help from friends Carmen (Alexa Vega) and Juni (Daryl Sabara), their faithful dog Argonaut (Ricky Gervais), and some amazing gadgets, the Spy Kids just might be able to save the world. The plot is pretty convoluted for young viewers. The jokes often are of the scatological variety and rarely aspire to anything more imaginative. The theatrical version was released in “4D,” an intrusive scratch-and sniff gimmick. Fortunately, the four-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack does not come with this. It does include a digital copy, Blu-ray 3D version, deleted scenes, an interview with director Robert Rodriguez, and two featurettes. “Perry Mason: Season 6, Volume 2” (CBS/Paramount) is a four-disc set containing 14 episodes of TV’s first hugely successful lawyer show from 1963 and one of the longestrunning courtroom dramas in American TV history. Los Angeles defense attorney Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) specializes in winning tough cases. With the aid of secretary Della Street (Barbara Hale) and investigator Paul Drake (William Hopper), he uncovers startling truths. The regular cast also includes Lee Miller, Richard Anderson, and Ray Collins. Guest star Karl Held has a recurring role as David Gideon, a law-school dropout who befriends Mason during the sixth season. There are no extras.