New on DVD

"The Simpsons Movie"

The first family of Springfield leaps to the big screen with this hit adaptation of the long-running animated TV comedy. Lovable moron Homer does what he does best -- cause an uproar for his family and fellow townsfolk, this time creating a pollution hazard that results in "President Schwarzenegger" quarantining Springfield behind glass, with the Simpsons going into exile in Alaska.

"Halloween"

Rob Zombie puts his own gory spin on one of the forebears of modern slasher flicks, examining the tormented formative years of psycho killer Michael Myers, who breaks out of the nuthouse and returns to his hometown wielding a big, fat knife.

"Stardust"

Falling stars, flying schooners, a cross-dressing captain, a pesky batch of sibling ghosts, a wicked old crone who morphs into a wicked young babe in the form of Michelle Pfeiffer. Director Matthew Vaughn's fairy-tale romance for adults is a visual delight featuring Claire Danes as a star that drops out of the sky to take human form, is wooed by a young hero in training (Charlie Cox), befriended by a prancing ship's skipper (Robert De Niro) and pursued by Pfeiffer as a hag-turned-beauty aiming to suck the life out of her prey to maintain her youth.

"Underdog"

Jason Lee provides the voice of a mutt mutated into a canine superhero in this live-action adaptation of the TV cartoon. Featuring Jim Belushi, Peter Dinklage, Patrick Warburton and Amy Adams, the movie follows the adventures of the heroic dog as he tries to foil the schemes of an archvillain.