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Tomatometer: 49%

Actor-director Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer) switches gears to bring us his oddly sweet take on the family film, with a nod to ET: The Extra-Terrestrial, Lilo & Stitch, and a sprinkling of CGI kung fu action. Chow stars as Ti, a father who brings home a glowing green toy that turns out to be a doglike alien with magical powers.

Bonus Features:

Chow contributes a brisk full-length commentary track, and a handful of featurettes provide insight into the making of the film. Plus, learn "How to Bully a Bully" from Stephen Chow himself.

Irina Palm

Tomatometer: 72%

Rock icon Marianne Faithfull stars in this drama as Maggie, a 50-something grandmother who desperately takes a job as a hostess in a London sex club in order to pay for her grandson's operation. Why they call her "Irina Palm"...well, let's just say the name fits the service. Ahem.

Bonus Features:

Besides trailers and cast and director interviews, there's not much in the way of bonus material. Critical praise and sheer curiosity value considered, however, Irina Palm should be one of the week's more interesting releases.

South Park: The Complete Eleventh Season

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If the kids of South Park aged in real time, Cartman would be elephant-walking his way through freshman orientation and hazing Kyle, Stan, and Kenny in college. But by Season 11, the boys are still where they belong: elementary school. Check out South Park: The Complete Eleventh Season in all of its uncensored, foul-mouthed glory for episodes like "Guitar Queer-O" and the three-part, Emmy-nominated "Imaginationland" saga.

Bonus Features:

Creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker offer mini commentary tracks on all 14 episodes.

The Wire - The Complete Fifth Season

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Complete your collection of one of HBO's most celebrated original series when the fifth and final season of The Wire hits DVD this week. The Peabody Award-winning show -- a gritty, sprawling portrait of urban Baltimore that centers on a different crumbling Baltimore institution each season -- ends with a focus on the city's news media. Pick up Season 5 and finish the series some television critics called better than The Sopranos.

Bonus Features:

Ex-cop and creator David Simon joins cast and crew members on six commentary tracks. A documentary on the role of the media augments Season 5's theme, while a show retrospective revisits the milestones of the previous four seasons.

Prison Break - Season Three

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Who ever thought a primetime drama about a guy breaking out of jail would turn into a hit show, let alone run for four seasons? In Season 3, we find Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) and his prison buddies on the lam in Panama -- but more importantly, fans get a shocking surprise appearance, a la Se7en, by Michael's sweetheart, Dr. Sara Tancredi.

Bonus Features:

The 13 hour-length episodes come with featurettes, "director's takes" on characters and life on set, spotlights on cast members, and a bonus episode of The Unit.

The Secret

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Each week plenty of direct-to-DVD films flood the market, and if you're like us, you ignore most of them. But sometimes a title catches your eye, and you wonder, what were they thinking? Enter The Secret. (Enthusiasts of the best-selling self-help book, beware; this is not an adaptation.) David Duchovny stars as a man whose wife (Lili Taylor) and 16-year-old daughter (Olivia Thirlby) are involved in a fatal accident, leading the mother's spirit to inhabit her daughter's body. Still in love, Duchovny and Thirlby (as the mom) struggle to help their daughter's spirit survive -- and, you know, avoid technically committing incest. Ick.

Bonus Features:

The disc includes interviews and behind-the-scenes features, but did we mention that parent-child sexual tension? Initial revolt aside, the French production (helmed by actor-director Vincent Perez) has skyrocketed to the top of our Netflix queue.