New on DVD 12/4/08

"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian"

The Pevensie kids and their talking lion pal (voiced by Liam Neeson) meet again in the followup to "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." The new installment of the C.S. Lewis fantasy adaptation casts the Pevensies (William Moseley, Georgie Henley, Anna Popplewell and Skandar Keynes) into the company of a new ally, Caspian (Ben Barnes), heir to the throne of Narnia, which has been hurled into dark times under a tyrannical ruler.

"Wanted"

Angelina Jolie takes up arms in this action tale about a team of assassins using their super-human abilities -- and an ancient loom that spells out victims' names -- to weed out unwanted people. Jolie and her boss (Morgan Freeman) recruit a loser (James McAvoy) and train him to use his dormant talents to go after a rogue member of their group.

"Step Brothers"

"Talladega Nights" colleagues Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and director Adam McKay reunite for this comedy about sibling rivalry and bonding. Ferrell and Reilly play middle-aged slackers living lazily at home, one with his dad (Richard Jenkins), the other with his mom (Mary Steenburgen), whose marriage forces the two into unwanted step-brotherhood.

"The X-Files: I Want to Believe"

David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson and series creator Chris Carter believed in this second big-screen take on the creepy TV show, but audiences didn't as the movie came and went with barely a ripple. Directed by Carter, the movie reunites Duchovny's Mulder and Anderson's Scully in their post-FBI days, the bureau enlisting them to help on a missing-persons case with ghoulish Frankenstein overtones.

"The Longshots"

Ice Cube hits the sidelines in this sports tale about the first girl to play Pop Warner football, a league that was previously a boys-only club. Cube plays a coach who drafts his niece (Keke Palmer) to take over as quarterback, her natural athletic ability lifting the team from also-rans to championship contenders.