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New DVDs you can watch this weekend:
MARQUEE NAMES
-- Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience (G) Fans of the Jonas Brothers will no doubt love this movie, but for parents, Post critic Jane Horwitz offered this: "The film is a contrived and commercial bit of nothing. Even the supposedly 'candid' moments . . . come off as awkwardly staged, with the brothers unable even to fake spontaneity." Extras include additional performances. Also on Blu-ray.
-- Tokyo! (Unrated) Three short segments make up this film about life in 21st-century Tokyo. But the stories are too disparate, said The Post's Philip Kennicott, adding, "Think twice before booking a ticket to this destination." Extras include making-of featurettes. Also on Blu-ray.
-- Two Lovers (R) Joaquin Phoenix (as his clean-shaven self) plays a depressed man living with his parents and struggling to choose between two women (Gwyneth Paltrow and Vinessa Shaw). It's predictable, said Post critic Ann Hornaday, but "has its pleasures, too, even if Paltrow seems wildly out of place in a drama committed to adamantly un-starry realism." Extras include deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes footage. Also on Blu-ray.
SUMMER THRILLS AND CHILLS
-- Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (PG-13) This movie, based on the arcade video game, stars Kristin Kreuk (of TV's "Smallville") as a young woman adept at martial arts. But despite Kreuk's charming performance, Horwitz said the movie is "too often a bore."
-- 12 Rounds (PG-13) In this crime thriller, wrestling star John Cena plays a New Orleans detective whose girlfriend is kidnapped by a terrorist. It's action-filled, said Horwitz, but otherwise undistinguished.
TV to DVD
-- Blue Murder: Set 4 This British crime drama features Caroline Quentin as a detective and single mother of four.
-- Eastbound & Down: Season 1 Danny McBride ("Pineapple Express") plays a washed-up pitcher trying to get back in the majors in this HBO comedy.
-- Entourage: The Complete 5th Season This popular HBO show about a young movie star and his hometown buddies is back for a sixth season this month.
-- The IT Crowd: The Complete 2nd Season If you like British humor, you'll get a big kick out of this award-winning show about two hapless IT nerds and their technologically inept boss.
